for managers Chapter 7— Net Present Value and Other Investment Question 1 : List the methods that a firm can use to evaluate a potential investment. There are discounted and non-discounted cash-flow capital budgeting criteria to evaluate proposed investments. They are 1) Net present value: NPV is a discounted cash flow technique‚ which is the difference between an investment’s market value and its cost. NPV = Present value of cash inflow- Present value of cash outflow
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Creating Shared Value Michael E. Porter‚ Mark R. Kramer; Harvard Business Review Summary The article “Creating Shared Value“‚ written by Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer and published in the “Harvard Business Review“ in January 2011 deals with the idea of innovating the purpose of a corporation and their relationship to the government and social environment in order to identify unknown customer needs and expand the total pool of economic and social value. In the introduction the authors
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airline miles‚ free hotel stays‚ a variety of on-property benefits and services game players corporation Hilton: managed by Hilton hotels corporation and Hilton international 492 hotels‚ 154000 rooms revenues of $158 per night per guest occupancy exceeded break-even well-recognized brand HHoners program: 4 membership tiers-- blue‚ silver‚ gold‚ diamond double dipping competition Hilton‚ Starwood‚ Hyatt & Marriott (chart) Starwood preferred guest program No blackout dates No capacity control
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Summary of pricing article Value based pricing intro This article is focused on the value based pricing strategy. Traditionally many sellers have taken an approach of charging what the market will bear when it comes to price. This strategy leads to a transactional relationship with the customer which means they will have little to no loyalty. If a competitor comes along with a lower price and the relationship is only based on price then the customer will switch to the lower cost competitor.
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Case Study | Hilton The challenge Facing intense competition to secure high calibre graduates‚ Hilton International were keen to radically overhaul their approach to the recruitment and selection of management trainees. Equally critical for the future success of the business was the need to introduce an accelerated management training and development scheme which would significantly reduce the typical 15-20 year timeframe for a new recruit to reach the level of an international Hotel General
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Creating Black Americans‚ by Nell Irvin Painter Review and Discussion Questions Chapter 13: Protest Makes a Civil Rights Revolution Review Questions 1. What was the role of Ella Baker (1903-1986) with regard to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)? Why is this important? 2. How was Freedom Summer of 1964 different from earlier southern civil rights struggles of the 1960s? 3. What were the political and racial
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Chapter 9 THE FIXED PRICE KEYNESIAN MODEL The Keynesian Critique of the Classical Model Wages‚ prices and interest may be “sticky‚” or inflexible‚ so that markets may not always clear. The classical model assumed that wages were flexible enough so that labor markets always cleared; the price level was flexible enough so the product market always cleared; and real interest rates were flexible enough so that saving is always equal to investment so that the loanable funds markets cleared. Money
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Introduction Transfer pricing is one of the key factors of a management control system‚ which helps a company to achieve its goals‚ including profit maximization and tax minimization. There are several methods of setting transfer prices among profit centers within the same organization. Each profit center tries to set transfer prices which maximize their own profit. The buying and selling profit centers’ profits are largely affected by transfer prices. For example‚ when a high transfer price is charged
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There are several differences between cost-based pricing and value-based pricing. In this essay we will consider a few of them. Value-based pricing is based on the customer’s perception of value rather than the seller’s cost as the key. Cost-based pricing is based on the product. A company comes up with an idea of what they think would be a good product and sets the price after considering all the production costs plus a target profit. (Kotler‚ Armstrong‚ 2008‚ p. 285‚ 286) Instead of starting
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Chapter 13 Analysis Overview: The final chapter starts with Romulus experiencing internal pain. After being dismissed by many local doctors‚ he is taken to Ballarat Hospital where it is announced that he has a dead gut. Raimond‚ his family‚ Milka and Hora all visit him however Romulus at most times‚ is unable to respond because of his pain. As they leave‚ Raimond stays by his fathers’ side until he passes away. A funeral is held for him where Raimond speaks of his father‚ celebrating his morals
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