Kanthal Case Study Solutions INTRODUCTION: Kanthal is company that specializes in the production and sales of electrical resistance heating elements. Kanthal has about 10‚000 customers and they produce about 15‚000 items. The company consists of three divisions and these three divisions are as follows: 1)Kanthal Heating Technology - 25% global market share 2)Kanthal Furnace Products - 40% global market share 3)Kanthal Bimetals - Manufacturer of one of the few fully integrated temperature control
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You are offered a T-note that pays $1‚000 in 9 months (or 270 days) for $910. You have $910 in a bank that pays a 5% nominal rate‚ with 365 daily compounding. You plan to leave the money in the bank if you don’t buy the risk-free T-note. Which investment should you choose? Use the following all three solution methods to verify your answer. Greatest future wealth: FV Figure out FV of $910 left in a bank with 9 months‚ and then compare with T-note’s FV=$1‚000 Inputs: N = 270‚ I/Y =5%/365=0.0137%
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shares on margin 12 months ago at a cost per share of $35. The initial margin requirement on this stock is 60 percent and the maintenance margin is 30 percent. Robin also needs to pay loan rate of 3.0 percent. What is her total dollar return on this investment? 800 Shares $29440 Assets $35 cost per share $28000 x .6 = $16800 $28000 - $16800 = $11200 3% of $11200 = 336 $29440 -11536 = $17904 $17904 - $16800 = $1104 5. Rudolfo purchased 900 shares of stock for $62.20 a share six months
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Chapter 8 Discussion Questions 8-1. It is advisable to borrow in order to take a cash discount when the cost of borrowing is less than the cost of forgoing the discount. If it cost us 36 percent to miss a discount‚ we would be much better off finding an alternate source of funds for 8 to 10 percent. 8-2. Larger firms tend to be in a net creditor position because they have the financial resources to be suppliers to credit. The smaller firm must look to the larger manufacturer or wholesaler
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\ Return on Investment Name Institutional Affiliation QUESTION 1 Experts argue that its essentials to establish ROI parameters before embarking on new public health projects especially those involve acquisition of new information technologies. This means that before embarking on the projects‚ organizations should calculate the incremental gain from such actions basing their parameters on the long term gain. Before undertaking healthcare information systems and related projects‚
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service 1. Key Problems that needs to be addressed by the company are: * The complexity of the barista’s job to prepare customized beverages has been increasing considerably which is affecting the service time. This might have led to reduction in customer satisfaction which could affect the company’s brand image and revenues. * The company did not have an individual department for Marketing Strategies. This kind of structure overburdened the senior executives
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Homework 1 According to Wayt (2008) The main role of a teacher is to have a good way of communication level with its students which will encourage them to speak up in lessons and voice opinion. I agree with this as if a student feels comfortable in a classroom then he is more likely to voice an opinion during a lesson. Reference List Wayt‚ S (2008) Describe what your role‚ responsibilities and boundaries would be as a teacher in terms of the teaching/training cycle‚ http://www.holistichealthandwellbeing
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offer and for the original offer to create a floor. Go-shop process is meant to help ensure that the board of directors fulfills its fiduciary duty to make sure shareholders get the best deal possible from the transaction. 4. Why were so many investment bankers involved in this transaction‚ and what were their respective roles? Many banks had supporting roles in the acquisition. Independent advisory banks put the deal together and did most the work. Bank of America Merrill Lynch was Heinz’s
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First Union: An Office Without Walls Introduction The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Integrative Case 5.0‚ “First Union: An Office Without Walls‚” found on page 589 of the text book Organization Theory & Design‚ by Richard L. Daft‚ and to respond to the questions relating to the case study. Problem Statement First Union Federal is a large savings and loan banking organization at which Meg Rabb has been employed with since she was 18. Meg has been recently promoted to Vice President
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CASE STUDY Curled Metal Inc. Engineered Products Division Marketing Management Professor João Borges de Assunção Alexandre Neves‚ student nº 153011108 Curled Metal Inc. Engineered Products Division CONTENTS The Problem Statement ................................................................................................................ 3 Demand Estimation ....................................................................................................................... 3 Cost
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