An Organization’s productivity and efficiency depends to a large extent on what employees think or perceive about their organization. It is a well-known concept that “If you keep your employees happy‚ they will make your customers happy”. So to make them happy or motivated‚ challenging jobs‚ tasks‚ assignments are to be provided along with better or superior environment to excel in. As a result‚ we can have two benefits; on one hand it will enhance the employees’ job experience and on the other hand
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Eskimo Pie 1. What is your estimate of the value of Eskimo Pie Corporation as a stand-alone company? In my opinion‚ Goldman’s estimate of Eskimo Pie’s worth as a stand-alone company was a bit too low. Although they did include somewhat of a premium over Eskimo’s 1990 sales ($47 million in sales versus $57 estimated worth)‚ I still think that it is worth more than that‚ for a couple reasons. First‚ I think that Eskimo Pie’s market share and market presence commands a higher price than what Goldman
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Option one is never a great choice unless it’s the last option available. You should never want to put a growing corporation into further debt by taking out loans. Plus the bank will probably hold more of the share in the company. Also 4 billion dollar is a substantial amount of money having to pay back and could put stress on the organization if any financial situations ever aroused. Taking out this loan will have more people accountable for the company’s wealth. The only thing positive about doing
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IB 92C0 MiM/MiB CORPORATE FINANCE ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES Case Study: Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (VEP) As was announced during the first class in January (and stated in the module outline) you are required to submit a written assignment. Your assignment will be based on the Harvard Business School case study entitled “Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (A)”. The case study is distributed separately. Specifically‚ you are required to read carefully the case study and hand
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Size per se is not what creates a successful roll-up; what matters is the right kind of size. For Service Corporation‚ multiple locations in individual cities have been more important than many branches spread over many cities‚ because the cost savings (such as sharing vehicles) can be realized only if the branches are near one another. Roll-up strategies are hard to disguise‚ so they invite copycats. As others tried to imitate Service Corporation’s strategy‚ prices for some funeral homes were eventually
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CASE ANALYSIS: IBM IN 2009 Analysis Industry: Computer Services Industry Porter’s 5 Forces 1) Risk of entry by potential competitors The risk of entry by potential competitors is relatively low (+). This is due to the newly entrant competitors that need a large market capitalization‚ software materials‚ services and consulting; to gain consumer’s interests. If consumers are able to choose buying their products from a large company that are adequate in the computer hardware‚ services
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1. Summary of the case study The focus of the story is Burgmaster Corp.‚ a Los Angeles-area machine tool maker founded in 1944 by Czechoslovakian immigrant Fred Burg. Holland covers the 1944 founding of Burg Tool‚ its transformation into Burgmaster Corporation‚ the Houdaille takeover‚ the 1979 leveraged buyout‚ the campaign for protection against Japanese competition‚ and‚ finally‚ the auction of Burgmaster property in 1986. 2. Statement of the problem encountered Too many machine tool and auto
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prices. This would drastically cut company’s margins necessary to sustain competitively in future. * BPS was a small player (Barco N.V. Turnover: $150mn in 1988) could not afford a price war with Sony which has abundant financial resources (Sony Corp
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the business as SG&A and depreciation increase each year‚ but overall total gross profit decreased from 2008 to 2009 and only increased $10‚000 from 2007 to 2009. Are we performing proper Return on Investments for capital expenditures? Are we adding to SG&A sales staff or overhead? All of these questions would help to explain the changes in the income statements from 2007 through 2009 based on the vertical analysis. In looking at the income statements from a horizontal analysis perspective‚ some
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The First Pillar is education. Knowledge is power‚ and through this knowledge we can build a stronger Marine Corps. Marines need to be educated on the process of their transformation‚ if the Marines understand this process then they will understand what good comes from the steps of transformation. The Second Pillar is NCO development. The NCOs are what mold the future of the Marine Corps. The values and warrior ethos that are distilled in the future leaders are picked up from a young Marine’s
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