|Renovating Home Depot | |By Brian Grow‚ with Diane Brady in New York and Michael Arndt | | | |Adapted from Business Week‚ March 2006
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Corporate Finance and Investment 1. Define “Working Capital” Working Capital=Current Assets-Current Liabilities =Accounts Receivable + Inventory - Accounts Payable “Working capital is how much in liquid assets that a company has on hand. Working capital is needed to pay for planned and unexpected expenses‚ meet the short-term obligations of the business‚ and to build the business.” 2. Give concrete measures how w.c. can be optimized (receivable‚ inventories (JIT
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Home Depot’s Bumpy Road to Equality Internet/Case Study Assignment: 1. If Home Depot was correct in that it was not discriminating‚ but simply filling positions consistent with those who applied for them (and very few women were applying for customer service positions)‚ given your reading of this chapter‚ was the firm guilty of discrimination? If so‚ under what theory? Yes‚ Home Depot was accountable of discrimination towards women due to their standards of hiring by reinforcing gender stereotyping;
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A Centralized Structure Transforms Home Depot 1. In what ways can (a) decentralizing and (b) centralizing authority help an organization like Home Depot to improve its performance? From 2000 to 2007‚ Robert Nardelli‚ a former senior executive at GE (General Electric)‚ served as CEO of Home Depot. Almost immediately‚ he transformed Home Depot’s logistics and leadership structure from decentralized to centralized. It was one way to respond to the pressures of competition from the Internet
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INTRODUCTION Home Depot enjoyed high growth of revenues and profits in the period 1978-2003. From 7 mio USD of revenues in 1979 to 64‚8 bn in 2003. Revenue growth was generated mainly due to external growth coming from mergers and acquisitions. Home Depot has four product categories: Building and Remodeling‚ Home Décor and Organizing‚ Outdoor Living and Tool and Hardware. Company went through some structural changes when in 2000 first non funder Bob Nerdelli became the CEO of the company. Nerdelli
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The Home Depot Case Analysis "The Home Depot NYSE: HD‚ headquartered in Vinings‚ Georgia‚ is a home improvement retailer that aims for both the do-it-yourself consumer and the professional in home improvement and construction. It is the second largest retailer in the United States‚ behind Wal-Mart; and the third largest retailer in the world‚ behind Wal-Mart and French company Carrefour. The Home Depot operates about 1‚900 stores across North America. The company operates stores in the United States
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“The Home Depot is in the home improvement business and our goal is to provide the highest level of service‚ the broadest selection of products and the most competitive prices. We are a values-driven company.” The above sentence is the mission statement of The Home Depot. The mission statement itself reveals what kind of standard The Home Depot is looking for. The Home Depot Incorporation was established on 22nd June‚ 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. Home Depot is the world’s biggest home improvement
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such as Home Depot‚ is a direct relationship between their fixed and variable costs. Apparently‚ Home Depot was taking advantage of their operating leverage in the years prior to 2006 and found this approach to be profitable. In fact‚ it appears they were gambling with the fact of whether the market was in a lull and would recover. Based upon their decline in 2007‚ they had underestimated the market. A major activity of management is to plan and control costs of the firm. Assuming‚ Home Depot
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HOME DEPOT Financial Analysis The Home Depot at the end of 2000 stands on rock solid financial footing as the World’s largest home improvement Retailer. As they continue to grow in size‚ so has their outcome of success. Home Depot’s net revenues have grown 208% between FY 1995 and FY 2000. Home Depot’s growth in net earnings over the same period has been 284%. The revenue that the firm is retaining as profits is outweighing the total amount being brought into the company. In 1998‚ Home Depot was
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Overview Office Depot‚ Inc. (“Office Depot”)‚ a supplier of a broad assortment of office products and business services throughout the United States and worldwide‚ announced on February 20‚ 2013 a merger agreement with OfficeMax‚ Inc.‚ which will better equip them to compete in the rapidly-changing industry. In fiscal year 2012 alone‚ Office Depot generated $10.7 billion of revenues from its products and services‚ yet industry reviews of this company seem unfavorable. In this FSA Case Analysis
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