1.i. Test Marketing Expense: These can be identified as sunk costs‚ using the with-or-without test. These costs were undertaken to determine whether the Super project was feasible‚ and would exist even if the project were deemed unfeasible. 1.ii. Overhead Expenses: Mr. Sanberg proposed to include these in the fully allocated method used in Alternative III. However‚ we believe that these expenses have already been attributed to the Jell-O line of products‚ and the data does not explicitly provide
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1. Having in regard all the information that is given in the Case Study‚ what is‚ in your opinion‚ the best Investor/Partner choice for NatuRi Corporation? Is it the Angel Investor‚ the Strategic Investor‚ Waltham Partners or Westlake Partners? Please justify your answers. We are going to discuss each investor separately before coming to our conclusion. 1. The Angel Investor An angel investor bears extremely high risk and is usually subject to dilution from future investment rounds. Therefore
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Case Study Analysis HBS: The Coop: Market Research Case Study Analysis HBS: The Coop: Market Research Task 1 Decision Statement of the Coop. Where and how should the Coop invest money to retain the sales to their normal level? Why it is important to the company? The Coop had been going through an impressive growth since the foundation of the restaurant chain in 1974. However‚ about 20 years later‚ it found itself struggling with a sharp decrease in sales of certain restaurants that represented
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Interview Guide Cases contributed by Management Consulting Club and consulting companies. Note: Case guide is strictly for the use of current HBS Management Consulting Club members. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording‚ or otherwise—without the permission of HBS Management Consulting Club. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW OF THE CASE........................................................
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Rosewood Hotels and Resorts is considering a new brand strategy in an attempt to increase their multi property guest stays‚ revenues and cross selling rates. However‚ the company needs to do so without the expense of possibly diminishing the powerful brand image and strategy of their existing properties. Rosewood has built a customer value proposition on a core set of philosophies‚ as well as‚ strategic and marketing plans designed to create their unique competitive advantage through differentiation
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Dollar General Case 1. Consider the $13.4 million of freight costs. What is the correct (GAAP) method of accounting for these? How did Dollar General in fact originally account for these costs? (Include in your answer a table of the effects on income in any years affected‚ both before and after tax‚ of the correct accounting and the accounting they originally used. The correct GAAP method to account for freight costs is as an expense of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) that occur at the time
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5. Evaluate Intel’s shift in strategy under CEO Craig Barrett and new CEO Paul Otellini. Craig Barrett’s strategic focus was on innovation and R&D. He aggressively built new businesses thru acquisitions and internal ventures‚ to the tune of $12 billion. Under his leadership‚ Intel entered a myriad of new markets – wireless‚ networks‚ communications‚ and online services. In 1999‚ he changed the corporate mission statement. Intel went from “being the preeminent supplier to the new computing
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Ameritrade Case Writeup questions (do all this as if it is June 1997‚ date of the case): 1. What is Ameritrade’s capital structure? Because there is no preferred stock or long term debt‚ Ameritrade is a 100% equity firm. 2. What is Ameritrade’s cost of equity capital? CAPM= (.0643)+ (1.8264)(.188-.0559)=.2902=29.02% Return on Market=(899.470-757.12)/757.12=.188 Beta calculation on Attached Excel Spreadsheet. 3. What is Ameritrade’s cost of debt capital? Because there is
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HBS CASE: THE FASHION CHANNEL Answers by Chenghao Zheng (Chuck) 1. What insight do you get from the consumer and market data? TFC’s revenue for 2006: $310.6 million ($80 million from affiliate fees and $230.6 million from ad sales) Strength: the only network dedicated exclusively to fashion‚ with up-to-date and entertaining information broadcast 24/7 Weakness: no detailed segmentation‚ branding‚ or positioning strategy According to customer analysis: there are four groups of customers‚ Fashionistas
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Why did LTCM have difficulty raising its level of risk? What is Value at Risk‚ and what role did it play in the LTCM failure? In September 1997‚ the Fund had an annualized standard deviation of approximately 10.7%‚ which was significantly lower than the Fund’s long-run goal of 20% annualized standard deviation. There are several reasons to explain why LTCM had difficulties in raising its level of risk. LTCM structured the majority of its trades in a way that required minimal initial outlay
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