pre-determined cost structure to account for and control expenses. WaMu primarily realizes transaction costs‚ fixed costs‚ and variable costs. Because WaMu doesn’t provide free services per-say‚ the sunk costs of the structure are fairly minimal. Transaction costs constitute the next smallest portion of WaMu’s cost structure. WaMu is free of infrastructure based transaction costs like those that smaller retailers who use point of sale services might incur. The primary transaction costs are the commissions
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JANUARY 2011 HVS HOTEL DEVELOPMENT COST SURVEY 2010 Elaine Sahlins Senior Vice President‚ HVS San Francisco Consulting & Valuation HVS Consulting & Valuation | 100 Bush Street‚ Ste 750‚ San Francisco‚ CA 94104‚ USA HVS Hotel Development Cost Survey 2010 Elaine Sahlins – January 2011 HVS has tracked hotel construction costs throughout the United States since 1976. The survey considers data for six lodging types: Economy/Budget Hotels‚ Midscale Hotels w/o F&B (without Food and Beverage)
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What Are the Differences in Organizational Structures? Organizational structure development is driven by an organization ’s type. According to Lamar University‚ organizational structure is‚ “the formal system of task and reporting relationships that controls‚ coordinates‚ and motivates employees so that they cooperate to achieve an organization ’s goals.” Depending on the type of business or organization‚ the organizational structure will be developed differently. For example‚ if you were running
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HKUSPACE Introduction to Front Office Operations (Directed Study) The Hotel Organisational Structure Hotels employ a vast number of persons with variety of skills. The larger the hotel‚ the more specialised the tasks. Large hotels have bigger resident populations and provide more services than do many small towns. Hotel organisations follow the pattern of other business institutions. They break up the work force into separate departments‚ with each department entrusted with a share of the
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C.of. F/B.2 Organizational Structure of a Hotel. General manager Resident Manager or Executive Asst. Manager Chief Accountant/Personal Manager H.R.M./F&B Manager/Chief Ingineer A.Front Office Manager/B.Executive House keeper/C. Restaurant Manager/D. Exe.Chef A.Front Office Manager Head Hall Porter Asst Head Hall Porter Door man
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COST STRUCTURE The Wal-Mart cost structure is known to be the lowest in the retail industry. Many economists do not agree with this structure because although consumers are happy with low prices Wal-Mart has forced its suppliers and competitors small and big to lower their prices in order for them to maintain the image and reputation of having the lowest prices around for quality products. Many cities and neighborhoods have banned Wal-Mart due to the fear of small businesses being run out of
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Cost structures Starbucks How Starbucks minimizes the impact of coffee prices I believe there are two explanations for the "irrelevance" of coffee prices. 1. Purchase contracts 2. Hedging Purchase contracts Starbucks buys most of its co ffee from suppliers through fixed-price commitments. This means that it won’t feel the effect of short-term fluctuations in coffee prices‚ as the price and quantity are fixed. I estimate that these commitments typically last around a year. Hedging
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Oligopoly In a oligopoly market structure‚ there are a few interdependent firms that change their prices according to their competitors. Ex: If Coca Cola changes their price‚ Pepsi is also likely to. Characteristics: * Few interdependent firms * A few barriers to entry * Products are similar‚ but firms try to differentiate them * There is branding and advertising * Imperfect knowledge (where customers don’t know the best price or availability) Revenue Curves Total Revenue
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1. Which of the following would increase the likelihood that a company would increase its debt ratio in its capital structure? a. An increase in costs incurred when filing for bankruptcy. b. An increase in the corporate tax rate. c. An increase in the personal tax rate. d. None of the statements above is correct. ANSWER: B An increase in the corporate tax rate would mean that firms would get larger tax breaks for interest payments. Therefore‚ firms have an incentive to increase interest payments
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The electronic private automatic branch exchange (EPABX) is equipment that has made day-to-day working in the offices much simpler‚ especially in the area of communication. The EPABX may be defined as a switching system that makes available both internal and external stitching functions of any organisation. The selection of an EPBAX is a difficult task and requires deep knowledge of traffic pattern of the office. By using an EPABX both the internal and external needs of the organisation are
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