Marketing Case: Office depot The case that we are going to talk about today is about how office depot manages customer care & services. In the article we had to read they took an example of a couple‚ Steve and Dana. Dana experienced a dreadful delivery and therefore Steve‚ a marketing professor who heard the story from Dana and had just done a presentation about how important customer service is‚ decided to phone office depots customer service to see how they would handle his complaint. Steve had
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inventory‚ despite the profit made. This was the beginning of the cash flow statement‚ which was later made compulsory by the Financial Accounting Standard Boards (FASB) under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This step was followed by International Accounting Standard Boards (IASB) when they issue IAS 7 Cash Flow Statement. The Cash Flow Statement only reported transactions that took place by the use of cash or cash equivalents‚ and discarded anything that was recorded on accrual basis
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Accounting for Uncertainty in Discounted Cash Flow Valuation of Upstream Oil and Gas Investments∗ by William H. Knull‚ III‚ Scott T. Jones‚ Timothy J. Tyler & Richard D. Deutsch∗∗ Valuing future income streams from the production of oil and gas is a welldeveloped discipline within the industry and among sophisticated investors. Valuations drive companies’ investment decisions and market transactions every day. In the context of resolving disputes‚ especially international ones‚ arbitral tribunals
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[Comprehensive business Analysis: Office Depot] | Background Office Depot was founded in 1986 by F. Patrick Sher‚ Stephen Dougherty and Jack Kopkin in Boca Raton‚ Florida. The three envisioned a warehouse style store that could offer office supplies at discounted prices. The first store was opened in October in Fort Lauderdale. It was immediately successful and before the year was over‚ two more stores were opened in Florida. While Office Depot was one of the first companies to tap into this
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Analyse the cash flow and highlight any problems that are evident such as a shortage of cash and any other cash flow problems his business might experience. (M1) In P3‚ a cash flow forecast for John Adams was created. A cash flow forecast is a simple statement showing opening balance‚ cash in‚ cash out and closing balance. Cash flow forecast are usually compiled on a month by month basis‚ for up to twelve months ahead. The exact contents of an individual firm’s cash flow forecast will depend on the
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In the article “An Analysis of Patterns from the Statement of Cash Flows”‚ the writers Benton E. Gup‚ William D. Samson‚ Michael T. Dugan‚ Myung J. Kim‚ and Thawatchai Jittrapanun discuss some of the various aspects of the Statement of Cash Flows. Prior to 1987‚ the Statement of Cash Flows was not a mandatory portion of financial statements (73). On a Statement of Cash Flows‚ there can be three types of cash flows: operating activities‚ financial activities‚ and investing activities; these activities
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such events occur‚ they may contradict the goal of maximizing the share price of the equity of the firm. 【Liquidity】 What does liquidity measure? Explain the trade-off a firm faces between high liquidity and low liquidity levels. 【Calculating Cash Flows】 Dahlia Industries had the following operating results for 2009: sales = 22‚800; cost of goods sold = 16‚050; depreciation expense = 4‚050; interest expense = 1‚830; dividends paid = 1‚300. At the beginning of the year‚ net fixed assets were 13
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2.4.3 CASH 2.4.3.1 POLICY 1. The amount of cash kept in the office must be kept to a minimum to reduce the risk of fraud or theft. This amount should be determined by the PO or CO Head of Finance on the basis of regular cash requirements. An imprest petty cash system should be implemente (see Annex 2.4.03 Petty Cash Book template‚ and below Guidelines). 2. The maximum imprest for a petty cash fund should not exceed the equivalent of CHF 2‚000. The PO Representative or Country
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Besides the points mentioned above‚ there is also other information that needs to be considered during forecasting. It is not related to the switch from seasonal production to level production‚ but it has impacts on pro-forma incomes‚ balance and cash flow statement. Below is what was taken into consideration during the forecasting. 1. Operating expenses is projected to 24% of sales. This has noting to do with the two possible producing styles. 2. Tax rate is 34% 3. 7o% of the sales was
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1.2 What is the difference between an annual report and a 10-K report? An annual report although could be consider as shorter version of 10k but the key difference lies in approach and intention of reporting‚ meaning with what point of view the document is prepared an annual report is persuasive in nature and persuade investors to invest with the corporation‚ printed on a glossy paper with attractive graphic and contains management spin‚ management could chose the level of detail to be provided
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