Doing Business in Europe Preliminary day‐to‐day programme 02.07.2012 ‐ 10.08.2012 Course Director: Elske Barens E‐mail address: summerschool.business@hu.nl Special Track consists of: European Politics and Economy 02.07.2012 – 13.07.2012 European Business Skills 16.07.2012 – 03.08.2012 Management Simulation: 06.08.2012 – 10.08.2012 Choose Your Way: Business Logistics from A‐Z or It’s All about Money: Management Simulation Finance or The Right Target; Management Simulation Marketing
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Proctor and Gamble Europe faced several issues around the launch of their innovative product‚ an HDL named Vizir. P&G struggled with the concept of Global Standardization in which they termed “Eurobrand”‚ in comparison to the challenges they faced by segmenting marketing and product launches by companies. The standardization of P&G controls and products produces several benefits such as international uniformity‚ reduction in customer confusion‚ improved efficiencies in marketing‚ planning
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UGBA 103 Fixed Income Valuation 1A) YTM is 4.75% at time of issuance. YTM is 4.88% at 99 per 100. YTM is 4.62% at 101 per 100. 1B) NTT should have been selling at $915.861M PVpredrop = (47.5/.0475)*(1-(1/((1.0475)^2))) = 88.636M PVpostdrop = ((30/.03)*(1-(1/((1.03)^2))))/(1.03^2) = 198.502M PVfacevalue = 1B/(1.0475)^10 = 628.723M PVpredrop + PVpostdrop + PVfacevalue = 915.861M 2A) Bond A should sell at $1040.55 each. Bond B should sell at $1000 each. Bond C should sell
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operates in diverse industries of Automotive‚ Communications and Media‚ Financial Services‚ Government Services‚ Healthcare Services and Technology. The firm is based in 17 countries with a total of 62 delivery centers. The company is listed on NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) stock exchange‚ which is the second largest stock exchange after the New York Stock Exchange in terms of market capitalization. The given case analysis presents an argument between the
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which Colfax products are excelled. The five major business units of Colfax were former leading independent and highly regarded pump companies from Germany‚ France‚ Sweden‚ Netherlands and the United States. 1. What problems Colfax faces in this case? In the year 2008‚ all the heavy industrial manufacturers faced an important business development issue across the world‚ one of them was Colfax. The reason behind the issue was the rapidly rising thirst for oil from markets like Asia‚ Middle East
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Atlantic Corp – case study | | | | Question 1: Is the acquisition of Royal’s Linerboard mill and box plants a sound strategic move? Yes. Atlantic corporation intends to increase its linerboard capacity‚ as it is a net buyer of linerboard. This acquisition of Royal by Atlantic Corporation would be a horizontal integration‚ which occurs when both the firm being taken over and the firm taking over are in the same industry and in the same stage of production. The linerboard industry
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Case Summary One: United Parcel Service Financial Statement Analysis Alexis Lusitana-Ruiz Point Loma Nazarene University Abstract “In July of 1999‚ United Parcel Service (UPS) surprised both Wall Street and Main Street with the announcement that‚ after more than 90 years as a private‚ employee-owned operation‚ it was planning an initial public offering that would transform “Big Brown” into a publicly traded company (Healy 2005)”. This paper reviews UPS against FedEx on financial statements‚ business
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distinctive competencies‚ first discussed by (1957) and (1965)‚ was further reiterated by and (1990). In their analysis‚ key resources‚ skills and technologies are called core competencies. The following takes the Integrated Electronics (Intel) case and analyses the giant digital company’s core competencies by way of the three epochs that it has gone through since 1968. EPOCH I This first era that Intel has gone through‚ specifically between the years 1968 and 1985‚ has displayed
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Charles Scott should take a few actions to overcome current weaknesses of Whistler Corporation and to make Whistler more competitive in the long term. The company was successful in its business until 1985 because the radar detector market was not in so intensive price competition. However‚ after 1985 the price competition became severe and Whistler Corporation could not catch up with this change. As a result‚ it decreased its market share from 21% to 12%. Considering these situations‚ there are three
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Marriott Corporation: Questions for HBS case “Marriott Corporation: The cost of capital” 1) Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? In my opinion‚ the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy are consistent with its growth objective. As we find in the case‚ the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy: Manage rather than own hotel assets‚ Invest in projects that increase shareholder value‚ Optimize the use of debt
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