10/24/2014 American Tool Works Case American Tool Works Case GOAL: Increase ATW’s sales in small and midsize dealers BACKGROUND: American Tool Works want to compete with other competitors in small and midsize dealers in order to increase their sales and market share. CURRENT CONDITION: * Large distributors have a vendor-managed inventory (VMI) agreement with ATW‚ not with midsize and small distributors * Distributors not only sales ATW products but also ATW’s competitor product * Space is limited
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Executive Summary Purinex is a drug discovery and development company based in Syracuse‚ New York. The company sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on Purine‚ which is useful in numerous biochemical processes and its intellectual portfolio of Purinex consists of more than 35 patents‚ pending and issued in the purine field. The company has a headcount of 14 and maintains a chemistry laboratory a few miles from its main office. The company’s target is to develop products that act
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Northern Tool Northern Tool began as a catalog business‚ but soon grew to store locations in 19 states. Offering a wide variety of products‚ Northern Tool focuses its business on the home improvement and offers its brands to homeowners‚ builders‚ and large businesses. Whether you are a homeowner looking for a pressure washer or an industrial-sized business in need of air compressors‚ Northern Tool will have what you need to get the job done. From generators and power tools to trailers and towing
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Arundel Partners Edgefield Consulting 09/25/98 As a new business opportunity arises‚ so do some of the uncertainties that come along with it. Our company has been brought in to evaluate some of these uncertainties that come along when unchartered territory is explored. Arundel Partners has an idea that has great potential‚ but there are a few problems that must be addressed in order for the idea to become reality. First‚ we will look at potential limited partners. More than likely general
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ABRAMS COMAPANY CASE 5-4 ABRAMS COMPANY Que. 1: Evaluate each of the concerns expressed by top management‚ and if necessary‚ make recommendation appropriate to the circumtences described in the case The Abrams case is about using profitability measures to evaluate profit centers. The case also reflects a long academic debate in the US-literature about ROI problems. In EU companies it is more common to evaluate PCs with Income measures like RI and EVA. This case covers the tree main problems
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Case 15 Version 2.1 Teletech Corporation‚ 1996 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives In January 1996‚ the chief financial officer of this telecommunications company must fashion a response to a raider who claims that a major business segment of this company should be sold because it is not earning a satisfactory rate of return. The case recounts the debate within the company over the use of a single hurdle rate to evaluate all segments of the company versus a riskadjusted hurdle-rate
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Problem: Decathlon is failing to maintain customer focus with the social media marketing strategy it is currently deploying. Analysis: Prior to the social media invasion‚ Decathlon succeeded quickly in China by adopting an effective marketing strategy that was compatible with their targeted customer groups. For example‚ it used less TV and instead adopted a “word of mouth” marketing strategy by using outdoor billboards in populous areas and organizing outdoor events and contests. Even though the
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following updates to the existing cases should be noted. Case 03-5a Part I: Trademark Subsequent to the release of the Exposure Draft issued by the FASB and IASB in June 2010 the Boards received a number of comments and is currently reviewing and analyzing these comments. A revised draft of the Exposure Draft is expected in Q3 of 2011. We encourage users of this case study to follow this project and review the FASB’s and IASB’s Web site for updates. Case 04-9: Healthcare Depot On April 22
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already far too common in our criminal justice system and in our society”. The Sentencing Commission did not do a study however‚ ProPublica issued an article called Machine Bias in May 2016. They compare the risk assessment of individual arrested with the same crime but of different races. ProPublica compared two burglary cases. Brisha Borden an 18 year-old black female to that of Vernon Prater a 41 year-old white male;
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Credit rating agencies take a wide range of factors – debt raising purpose‚ industry outlook‚ corporate profile and financial measures into account when performing corporate bond rating service. Debt is raised to repurchase shares rather than the normal case of capturing expansion opportunities to strengthen cash flow. This is not going to be regarded favorable to debt holders since the debt coverage ability in terms of cash or collateral is not strengthened. UST is characterized positively by commanding
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