Smart and connected products are revolutionizing the structures of various industries by reconstituting/reshaping industry boundaries and in some industries creating new industries. The nature of the industry is determined by the composition and strength of Porter’s competitive forces namely the bargaining power of customers‚ bargaining power of suppliers‚ threat of new entrants‚ threat of substitutes and the intensity of rivalry among competitors in the industry. This therefore implies that the
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FIN 571 FINAL EXAM 1 http://www.finalexamguideline.com/FIN-571-FINAL-EXAM-1-19.htm 1) Occurs when a "follower" receives the benefit of an expenditure made by a "leader" by imitating the leader’s behavior. 2) Occurs when inaccurate information can falsely exist. 3) Refers to situations wherein the agent can take unseen actions for personal benefit even though such actions are costly to the principal. 4) The annual report refers to 5) Remaining maturity refers to: 6) Generally accepted accounting
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Exam #1 (Chapters 1-10) • According to the definitions of stress‚ identify the components of which stress is comprised. o 1. A stressor or some sort of demand‚ pressure‚ situation‚ or event 2. our perception of that stressor 3. an emotional reactions 4. a psychiological reaction • Describe the two types of stress and the two types of distress. o public speaking‚ abusive relationship • Describe the Yerkes-Dodson Principle. o Too little stress‚ as
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2. Critically evaluate the pros and cons of the sustainability and recycling and its effects on buyer behavior The pros of recycle product packaging which helps to bring down the cost of production and reduce the use of raw materials required to produce product packaging (Friends of the Earth). According to National Environment Agency (NEA)‚ with the growth of population and economy‚ solid waste generated increased from 7.67 million tonnes in 2015 to 7.81 million tonnes in 2016. Moving towards to
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Safety and Health of Products Safety and Health of a products play an important roles in determining consumer satisfaction. According to Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) all pharmaceutical products including health supplements and traditional preparations must be registered with the Drug Control Authority (DCA) of Malaysia before being marketed in Malaysia. Evaluation of the products’ quality‚ safety and efficacy (except for traditional preparations and health supplements) are carried out to ensure
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FIN 3332-XTID-T4-2013 Research Project 1. When I reviewed the capital structure charts for the four companies‚ Cheesecake Factory‚ Chipotle‚ Ruby Tuesday‚ and O’Charley’s‚ I noticed that Ruby Tuesday and O’Charley’s had more total debt than the other two and were consistent with each other in relationship to equity and liabilities. Both of these organizations capital structures also seem to fluctuate with increases and decreases in the same years. Chipotle and Cheesecake Factory both have
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Repositioning the product – change Caferoma’s image is not a good solution for the Caferoma’s problems. Actually‚ our brand already is a well-known brand of coffee and can not loose it. I would just mention about our packaging that is old fashion and needs to be updated. - Pricing – to reduce the price is necessary to change some work process and‚ it take a large amount of time for it. Anyway‚ it is very difficult to reduce the price between 20% to 30%. - Advertising – to reach new consumers‚ it
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32. Comparison of Techniques for Hedging Receivables. a. Assume that Carbondale Co. expects to receive S$500‚000 in one year. The existing spot rate of the Singapore dollar is $.60. The one‑year forward rate of the Singapore dollar is $.62. Carbondale created a probability distribution for the future spot rate in one year as follows: Future Spot Rate Probability $.61 20% .63 50 .67 30 Assume that one‑year put options on Singapore dollars are available
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Threat of Substitute Products (High Pressure) Although creating its own resort city‚ IOI Resort City still unable to secure any advantage and the threat of substitute remain high. In terms of food and beverage selection‚ IOI Resort City only have IOI City Mall as the main point for food selection which offer limit choices same goes to fashion and purchase of daily products. YTL Hotels with J.W Marriot hotels and Ritz Carlton offer not only 5 Stars cuisine but with walking distance comes the anchor
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Question 1 Activity Based Service Cost for the TFC business Activity | Total Activity Cost (’000) | Activity Driver | Usage | Actual Cost | Storage | $ 1‚550 | Number of Cartons | 350‚000 | $ 4.43 | Requisition Handling | $ 1‚801 | Number of Requisition | 310‚000 | $ 5.81 | Basic Warehouse stock selection | $ 761 | Number of Requisition × 2.5 lines | 775‚000 | $
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