a. Both Ford and Toyota management comment on the fact that internal control over financial reporting has “inherent limitations.” What are those inherent limitations? Inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting include things like fraud‚ human error‚ overriding of controls. Internal controls‚ no matter how big or small the company‚ can only assure that they provide “reasonable assurance” that the objectives of the internal control system and being achieved. b. Locate the
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Store location and real estate markets are two most important areas of concern for a retailer by the virtue of the fact that real estate is the largest fixed investment for a retailer. For a retailer‚ being at the right place at the right time facilitates the development of sustainable competitive advantage. The decline in real estate prices in last 4-5 years has boosted the morale of the retailers. Because of this there has also been an increase in the supply of property for retail locations.
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1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? This document is the property of Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon. Ben passed out from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. He is 28 years of age and his goal I to become an investment banker. Ben’s age can affect his decision to get an MBA due to the following reasons: o His age determines the time period wherein he can be productively employed. The time window available to Ben keeps on reducing with age
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The discussion of Border experience can be illustrated by insights from Homi Bhabha ‘s The Location of Culture(1994) where key concepts such as The Third Space of Enunciations and Hybridity are highly relevant. For Bhabha‚ the “Third Space of enunciations” is “the precondition for the articulation of cultural difference” and it serves to create the “instability which presages powerful cultural changes” (Bhabha 56). These third space sites revolutionized the very idea of “purity” in the way it creates
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Pricing Decisions are decisions faced by top management and marketing managers. How much to charge for a product or service depends on a multitude of factors such as competition‚ cost‚ advertising‚ and sales promotion. Economic theory suggests that the best price for a product or service is the one that maximizes the difference between total revenue and total costs. However‚ in reality‚ the price charged is usually some form of cost-plus‚ which is later adjusted for market conditions and competition
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of independent work of the student. In the light of this‚ the student has chosen to write on the topic: Developing a coding and location system; a case study of St Michael’s Catholic Hospital. 1.2 Research Background In a typical store house‚ there is the need for pragmatic and strategic considerations to be taken with regards to the development of a coding and location system. These two functions play a very important role as far as stores operations are concerned. 1.2.1 Definition of Coding According
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Section 1.2 Review Questions 1. List the components of and explain the Business Pressures–Responses–Support model. The components of the pressure-response-support model are business pressures‚ companies’ responses to these pressures‚ and computerized support. The model suggests that responses are made to counter the pressures or to take advantage of opportunities‚ support facilitates monitoring the environment (e.g.‚ for opportunities) and enhances the quality of the responses. 2. What are
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Consumer decision making is a process – Evaluate why marketers need to understand this process. Consumers constantly make decisions regarding to the choices‚ purchases and use of products and services. Consumers are often faced with a large number of alternatives‚ which are changing due to new technologies and competitive pressures (Bettman‚ J. R.‚ & Sujan‚ M. (1987). Journal of Consumer Research‚ 14‚ 50-51). The consumer is often not completely certain about how a product may perform. Even when
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Behavior and Holiday ***** 1. Identify and discuss how holiday decision-making‚ as described in the case‚ is different from the traditional problem-solving model of consumer decision-making. In view traditional decision-making‚ the consumers have been portrayed as ration and risk averse. They often spend much time to research information to solve their problem and have process to decision-making. The research has indicated that decision-making typically entails five steps: Need recognition Information
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Chapter 1 Cost Management and Strategy Cases 1-1 Critical Success Factors 1-2 Contemporary Management Techniques 1-3 Pricing 1-4 Selected Ethics Cases 1-5 Strategy: Branding Beef 1-6 Sales‚ Profits‚ and Competitive Strategy Readings 1-1 “Are You a Business Partner?” Parts 1 and 2 by Gary Siegel‚ James E. Sorensen‚ and Sandra Richtermeyer‚ Strategic Finance (September and October 2003). This article is based on interviews of 100 accountants who
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