MKTG 489 – FINANCIAL EXERCISES (AY 2015) Due as an Excel (.xls) file via Titanium prior to class EXERCISE 1 Fred Flintstone has just become the product manager for Yabba Dabba Doo‚ a consumer packaged product with a retail price of $2.00. Retail margins on the product are 33%‚ while wholesalers take a 12% margin. Yabba and its direct competitors sell a total of 40 million units annually‚ and Yabba has 24% market share of this total. Variable manufacturing costs for Yabba are $0.09 per unit. Fixed
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HelloALLLLL Monday‚ March 28‚ 2011 HelloAll (15-1) Net working capital F S Answer: b EASY 1. Net working capital‚ defined as current assets minus the sum of payables and accruals‚ is equal to the current ratio minus the quick ratio. a. True b. False (15-1) Net working capital F S Answer: b EASY 2. Net working capital is defined as current assets divided by current liabilities. a. True b. False (15-1) Working capital F S Answer: b EASY 3. An increase in any current asset must be
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1. Cheers Inc. operates as a partnership. Now the partners have decided to convert the business into a corporation. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? (Points: 5) a. Cheers™ shareholders (the ex-partners) will now be exposed to less liability. b. Cheers will now be subject to fewer regulations. c. Assuming Cheers is profitable‚ of its income will be subject to federal income taxes. d. Cheers™ investors will be exposed to less liability‚ but they will find it more difficult to transfer
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FIN 571 Final Exam 1)Which of the following statements is true 2)Book value‚ or net book value‚ refers to 3)Assume that the par value of a bond is 1‚000. Consider a bond where the coupon rate is 9 and the current yield is 10. Which of the following statements is true 4)If the yield to maturity for a bond is less than the bonds coupon rate‚ the market value of the bond is __________ 5)For investors‚ the proper measure of a stocks risk is its __________ 6)A companys beta is -1.5. If the overall stock
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McDonalds and Starbucks spend huge dollars developing their brand names and marketing initiatives domestically and internationally. How do you think McDonalds and Starbucks are able to establish their brands to fit local markets through architectural design of the stores‚ their e-commerce strategies and service to accommodate the local markets and culture? APU BUSN601 McDonalds: McDonalds is a longtime leader in the fast food business. Since its opening in 1954 it has seen tremendous growth
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1. What are the key elements of Starbucks’ strategy as of 2004? The key elements of Starbuck’s strategy were as follows: a. Grow the business by constantly adding more stores around the world: The Company has had tremendous success in opening stores around the world. It has applied its global strategy effectively and has enjoyed increase in sales from global operations. b. Store design‚ planning and construction are also part of the strategy. The company began to create its own in house
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cappuccino wars. 1‚ The reason for it being so popular is perhaps firstly that the branding effect. Starbucks have a great reputation in the USA and therefore when it comes to UK it has seen great perceptions from the public. Similarly for Nero and Costa. What’s more to that is they bring the US culture into UK. Before there were only Seattle Coffee with 49 shops in 1997‚ after the inception of the Starbucks followed by Costa‚ Nero and Coffee Republic the coffee shops has increased greatly. Secondly
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Analysis the operations management of Starbucks Operations management concentrates on managing process. All operations focus on the process of input‚ transformation and output. Operations management will concern about the cost of ingredients‚ labor requirements‚ and customer satisfaction. (Heizer‚ J‚ p‚ 39). So all the operators need to concentrate on some main objects of operations management such as capacity‚ quality‚ variability‚ and queuing. They should treat the task of balancing the supply
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CATFISH CAKES 4. CAJUN CATFISH SUPREME 5. LEMON PEPPER CATFISH RANE / FIN BREAM RANE OR KNOWN NAME FIN BREAM IS A SPECIES OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER FISH OF PORGY FAMILY‚ SPARIDAE. IT IS A DEEP-BODIED FISH‚ BUT IS GENERALLY DISTINGUISHED BY ITS YELLOWISH VENTRAL AND ANAL FINS. SOME OF POPULAR DISHES OF FIN BREAM ARE :- 1. STEAMED FIN BREAM 2. DEEP FRIED THREADFIN BREAM 3. FIN BREAM WITH WINE SAUCE 4. FIN
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Starbucks * U.S. Income Inequality Worse Now than In 1774: Study Believe it or not; income inequality in the United States is worse today than it was back in 1774. That’s what a recent report from the National Bureau of Economic Research has found. In “American Incomes 1774 to 1860‚” authors Peter H. Lindert and Jeffrey G. Williamson argue that the American colonies were exceptionally egalitarian‚ compared to both other nations at the time and the U.S. today. (http://www
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