Firm Reputation and Horizontal Integration∗ Hongbin Cai† Ichiro Obara‡ March 14‚ 2008. Abstract We study effects of horizontal integration on firm reputation. In an environment where customers observe only imperfect signals about firms’ effort/quality choices‚ firms cannot maintain good reputation and earn quality premium forever. Even when firms choose high quality‚ there is always a possibility that a bad signal is observed. Thus‚ firms must give up their quality premium‚ at least temporarily
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Alternatives and recommendation: Decision criteria: 1. Enables CRL to achieve its 20% annual growth goal. 2. Does not distract SPAFAS’s continual expansion in United States. Alternatives: 1. CRL invests $2 million to build a joint-venture with Alpes. Pros: Cons: It fills up CPL’s "strategic growth gap" It is a potential distraction for SPAFAS’s development in U.S. It facilitates SPAFAS’s expansion into international market There is "uncertain market and unstable currency" in Mexico Alpes has
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Management Information Systems MANAGING THE DIGITAL FIRM Chapter 3 Information Systems‚ Organizations‚ Management‚ and Strategy Kenneth C. Laudon Jane P. Laudon 9th edition PEARSON Prentice Hall 2006 www.prenhall.com/laudon Chapter 3 Objectives |After completing this chapter‚ you will be able to: | |Identify and describe
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flow balanced for all the topics or ideas. It should also help guide the discussion in such a way that limits the possibility of argumentive outbreaks. The NGT should produce a good mixture of quality ideas and help everyone to feel the involvement of working together as a group. The article‚ Nominal Group Technique: An Alternative to Brainstorming‚ lists some basic steps to follow when using this technique. The steps are (1) Individuals should be groups by five or six people. (2) Position question
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Boston Beer—Is Greater Growth Possible? 1. Have you ever tried one of the Boston Beer brews? If so‚ how did you like the taste? Was it worth the higher price? I haven’t tried any one of the Boston Beer brews‚ so I’m not sure whether I will like its taste. I searched the key word “the Boston Beer” on the Internet‚ I found that there are three distinct characteristics of this brand’s beers: strong-flavor‚ unique package and high prices. Although a lot of beer aficionados will pay for the high price
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MATHEMATICS OF INVESTMENT Simple Interest If you borrow a car from a car rental company or if you live in someone else’s house or apartment‚ you have to pay rent. Like paying rent for the use of a car or a house‚ you also have to pay rent for the money you borrowed. This is called interest. People like Marco earn by charging interest on loans. Banks earn most of their income from the interest that people pay for the amounts they borrow. How much interest one has to pay depends on three factors:
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-ve effects on the environment f ll the ? of all th resources y your fi consumes? firm What Wh t are th -ve effects on the environment the ff t th i t of all the products your firm produces? What is your firm doing to repair the damage done t th environment over th p t X y to the i t the past years? ? Wh t i your firm doing to avoid damaging fi d i g t id d gi g What is y the environment in the future? What is your firm doing to promote environmental awareness amongst employees and the p g p y public
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case : Computation of the PV : PV= Cash flow per year/ cost of capital) =4‚500 / 0.12 = $37‚500 Computation of the NPV : Is this essay helpful? Join OPPapers to read more and access more than 470‚000 just like it! GET BETTER GRADES NPV= -Initial investment + PV = -35‚000 + 37‚500 NPV=$2‚500 Rainbow products could buy this machine with the service contract if they intent to use it in the long-run. (C) Computation of the PV : PV= C/ k-g In this
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observational activity on an article I found titled “After Death: 8 Burial Alternatives That Are Going Mainstream.” I randomly stumbled upon this article after researching eco-friendly/bio-degradable caskets and “natural” cemeteries. This article discusses eight ways a person’s body can be buried or rather handled after death that are not mainstream (ex. wood casket placed in a cement vault or cremation.) One alternative mentioned is resomation. Anderson-McQueen funeral home in St. Petersburg‚
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LITERATURE REVIEW Investment Analysis is the study of how an investment is likely to perform and how suitable it is for a given investor it is also analysing and investing money in different financial instruments and investment. Various studies and research has been on this field by experts‚ here are the lists of few books that have been referred to for the purpose of the study. Mr‚ Frank K. Reilly‚ and Keith C. Brown in their book of “Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management” Tenth Edition
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