3. How should Obermeyer management think (both short-term and long-term) about sourcing in Hong Kong versus China? Long Term From a quality standpoint‚ production in Hong Kong would be ideal considering the repair rate in China is five to ten times greater than it is in Hong Kong. Although the costs of repair are relatively low‚ Obermeyer is a high quality apparel company‚ and its customers in all likelihood want durable products. Not only would this keep customers happy in the short term‚ but
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Hong Kong Disney: the good and the bad Introduction:Disney Disney was founded on October 16‚ 1923‚ by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio‚ and established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production‚ television‚ travel‚ and theme parks (The Walt Disney Company‚ 2012). Disney went on to construct theme parks in California‚ Florida‚ Tokyo‚ Paris‚ and Hong Kong. Today Disney is the largest media conglomerate of the
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Submission Date: 21 March 2013 Based on the Hong Kong’s cultural traits of Geert Hofstede’s research‚ Hong Kong has high level of power distance index‚ medium level of masculinity‚ low level of uncertainty avoidance index and low level of individualism. I partly agree with the results. I only agree the first three of cultural traits of Hong Kong and I think Hong Kong is more likely to be medium level of individualism. About the power distance index‚ Hong Kong has high level result is quite proper.
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The IKEA store in Hong Kong is one of the franchise stores in the Asia Pacific region‚ having started business in 1975. Since then‚ IKEA has become the leader in the home furnishing industry. Source : The information in this case is extracted and adapted from the website of IKEA Hong Kong. Tasks Browse the website of IKEA Hong Kong (http://www.ikea.com/hk) and even conduct site-visit on one of its local branches to evaluate the Marketing Strategy of the firm in Hong Kong. Do not just copy
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Strategic Management Analysis of IKEA Hong Kong Introduction In order to understand what strategic position and direction which IKEA takes in Hong Kong market so as to keep making successful business‚ it is important to conduct a strategic analysis of IKEA HK from internal‚ external factors to its strengths‚ weakness‚ opportunities and threats to evaluate this company. To tide over the economic crisis‚ most of the HK home furniture business tends to “low price strategy” so as to gain market share
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1. How would you value the Hong Kong Disneyland project from the perspective of Walt Disney? The valuation of Hong Kong Disneyland from the perspective of Walt Disney is done by taking the following assumptions: Cost of Capital = 9.52% Cost of Government Debt = 8.19% Cost of Commercial Bank Debt = 11.36% Cost of Equity = 12.3% (10 year average) Inflation = 7.31% (10 year average) Gross margin = 37% Operating Cost = 22% Variable Management Fee = 5% With the above assumptions the FCF
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Since Joseph Yam had mentioned by June 2012that it should be time to call for a review of the link to dollar. This reminded us to focus back on this 29-year-old currency linking system of HKD to USD. It was a very good / effective system to help Hong Kong to remain stable under the economic turmoil when first applied in 1983. This formed a very firm ‘firewall’ to protect the stability of the Hong Kong Dollar. We also had the testimony for the effectiveness of this system while the economic crisis
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*Sport Obermeyer:* Case Analysis Pratyusha Lakshmi Puranam Executive Summary: Obermeyer offers a broad line of fashion ski apparel‚ including parkas‚ vests‚ ski suits‚ shells‚ ski pants‚ sweaters‚ turtlenecks‚ and accessories. Parkas are considered the most critical design component of a collection; the other garments were fashioned to match the parkas’ style and color. Their products were offered in five different genders: men’s‚ women’s‚ boys’‚ girls’‚ and preschoolers’. The company
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Liberal Studies F4 Second term—Hong Kong Today Indicators used to understand poverty in HK Income Health Education Living conditions Employment Community / family support Section 1—Poverty Disparity / discrepancy between rich and poor Gini coefficient - Range from 0 to 1 0 = income distribution is absolute equal 1 = income distribution is absolute unequal Challenges faced by poor people Employment - usually contract staff‚ low income‚ lack labour protection
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have here and I will not be given feed back. I feel that if you want to observe me then I should at least receive some constructive criticism that will help me (or maybe some praise would be good too). Clarifications – Something from the reading that was not clear to me is… Motivation in assessment‚ sometimes you give students back their exams or tests and they seem unfazed by their mark or failure. How can there be more drive or motivation to do better‚ what can I do to encourage or motivate
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