ASSIGNMENT 2: PRADA Refer to the HBS case "Prada: To IPO or Not to IPO" and answer the questions below. Note: Complete the related textbook chapters (RWJJ Chapters 14‚ 15 & 19) before attempting this case. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM SAID TO BE FACING PRADA? Prada got some financial trouble. First‚ Prada failed for several times to IPO due to various reasons like SARS‚ financial crisis‚ etc. Second‚ because of the long-term debt maturing in one year‚ Prada needed to raise more than 1 billion euros
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In the Italian tale‚ The Happy Man’s Shirt‚ one of the themes is that happiness is not defined by what a person has. An example of this is at the beginning‚ when the king realizes that his son is always unhappy. “‘What on earth do you lack?’ asked the king. ‘What’s wrong with you?’ ‘I don’t even know myself‚ Father.’ ‘Are you in love? If there’s a particular girl you fancy‚ tell me‚ and I’ll arrange for you to marry her‚ no matter whether she’s the daughter of the most powerful king on earth or the
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manufactures and designs special events T-shirts. He has owned this lucrative T-shirt business for six years and designed T-shirts for “special events” such as rock concerts‚ major sporting events‚ and special fund-raising events‚ provided cleverly designed‚ well-produced‚ and reasonably priced products. His product was not endorsed by event sponsors. He sold the shirts to his regular crew of vendors for $100 per dozen‚ and these vendors sold the public for $10 per shirt. Apart from this he was distributing
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Russia: the Gazelle light commercial truck 1. What were the major challenges facing Bo Andersson when he assumed the CEO role at GAZ Group Russia? When Bo Andersson assumed the CEO role at GAZ in 2009 the company was not in a good situation: GAZ in this period was carachterized mainly by cash flows problems‚ thousand of unsold vehicles and an high debt. In order to better describe the situation in late 2009
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George J Machange BUS METHODS Dr. Ramdas Case Study 2 : T-shirt Design I’m left with one semester of my MBA program and I am looking to paying back some hefty students loans. Even though I had to borrow money to complete the program‚ I thought it was a worthwhile investment. Nonetheless‚ I would like to repay some of my loans before graduating‚ if at all possible. I had recently taken entrepreneurial and small business classes and decided to put some of my knowledge to work. I suspect that a
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analysis on the proposal of increasing debt ratio and repurchase the shares. In 1974‚ Marriot Corporation was in a situation where it had limited access to a few funding resources. A significant amount of short maturities debt is used to finance the company. This financing approach put a heavy debt burden on Marriott‚ resulting in huge amount of debt repayments. Upon figuring out such heavy debt issue‚ Marriot broadened its potential lenders‚ opened up the financial market‚ refinanced with long term
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machine. 1.What is the initial outlay? -The initial outlay is the Net Investment of $813‚296. 2. What are the benefits over time? - The benefits over time include higher quality products‚ lower scrap rates‚ which will save raw material costs. The company will employ twenty-five less workers which equates to lower costs in terms of managing‚ training‚ and insuring those employees. Lastly the foundry will create 30% more floor space which has not yet been used for due to the old machines current location
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An executive summary for managers and executives can be found at the end of this article Green marketing of cosmetics and toiletries in Thailand Lalit M. Johri Associate Professor at the School of Management‚ Asian Institute of Technology‚ Klong Luang‚ Pathumthani‚ Thailand Kanokthip Sahasakmontri Retail Network Strategic Planning Assistant‚ Shell Companies in Thailand‚ Klongtoey‚ Bangkok‚ Thailand Introduction The green marketing of products and services is an important development in
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Travels of a T-Shirt Prologue 1. Describe Sherry Manufacturing Company-give a description. • Sherry Manufacturing is a T-shirt screen printing business in Florida. 2. From whom does Gary buy his t-shirts? • They import their t-shirts from China. 3. Who is Patrick Xu? • Patrick is a cotton t-shirt producer that exports t-shirts to Sherry Manufacturing. Chapter 1 1. How big is the Reinsch farm? How many t-shirts can be produced
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