Case 8.1: Stalwart Industrial Products Case Summary: Stalwart Industrial Products is a manufacturer and seller of a wide variety of industrial tools that they sell to numerous resellers and end users. The company was founded in 1935 and prides itself on producing quality tools that last for a very long time. Stalwart’s national sales manager‚ Tom Beesman‚ has been well regarded as a successful leader since taking over his position three years ago that has helped to guide the sales force to
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Mini Case Chapter 1 a. Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Corporate Finance is the specific area of finance dealing with the financial decisions corporations make‚ and the tools and analysis used to make the decisions. Corporate finance is important to all managers because managers must make very important decisions that will direct the future of their businesses. Most of these decisions will be made‚ based on the analysis of its financial status. Corporate finance provides
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Mini Mini Case‚ page 145: 1. How does Ben´s age affect his decision to get an MBA ? Ben’s age has a big impact on his decision to get an MBA. He already worked about 5 years at Dewey and Leweys and he earns the complete salary as an employee. Now it is up to him whether to invest in a higher degree in order to earn more money in the future or to keep his current job and invest his money in other things. It can be a hard decision for a person who already worked 5 years because in these one
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Mini Cases in Movement Disorders Mona Dalzon Case 1 Kenny Kenny is a teenager who has experienced uncontrollable bodily and facial movements‚ various uncontrolled vocalizations‚ and other compulsions such as excessive hand washing and wringing. He has been treated with Clonidine‚ Haldol‚ pimozide and buspirone. This patient was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome. Clonidine is a vasodilator that allows for blood to flow more easily to the brain. This lowers blood pressure and helps treat the tics
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Mini-Case 1. How can you create theme areas that will also promote future sales for the hotel (such as food and beverages‚ rooms‚ conventions‚ etc)? According to the case‚ this hotel adopted some Hollywood theme areas such as the Wizard of Oz and Gone with the wind. Therefore the food and beverages should match these types of theme. For example‚ manager could names food and beverage related to the theme or use some fantasy tableware cater for the customers. The reason is the customer want enjoy
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make a recommendation to Fred about which is better. Mini Case 1 Solution The second alternative will use the host-based architecture. Using this alternative‚ the server will do all the work. Because of this‚ the server will become very slow in processing those requests as more users are sending them. It cost a lot of money to upgrade those mainframes. The first alternative will use the client-server application architecture. In this case‚ the server and the client computer will share the workload
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MINI CASE: MEXICO’S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROBLEM Recently‚ Mexico experienced large-scale trade deficits‚ depletion of foreign reserve holdings and a major currency devaluation in December 1994‚ followed by the decision to freely float the peso. These events also brought about a severe recession and higher unemployment in Mexico. Since the devaluation‚ however‚ the trade balance has improved. Investigate the Mexican experiences in detail and write a report on the subject. In the report‚ you may:
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iMINICASE STUDY #2 Unforeseen Opportunity in an Election You are in charge of the advertising staff for Cindy Smith ’s election campaign. Cindy is trying to prevent the eight term incumbent‚ Jesse Jones‚ from getting another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cindy decided to run against Jesse because he wrote 150 bad checks in the House banking scandal‚ voted to not disclose the names of the people involved in the scandal‚ and voted to give himself a substantial pay raise at taxpayers’
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Intitech vs The Coffee Bean 1. How would you gauge Peter’s achievement orientation? What are some of the needs not being met for Peter Gibbons at Initech? What changes might improve Peter’s motivation? Peter Gibbons is clearly subjected to a bad work environment‚ and lack of motivation which is his primary fuel for really hating his job. His achievement orientatin is low at best‚ and he has developed an lack of motivation to achieve success. This could have been created by Initech itself‚
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Quiz chapter 2 1. __________ refers to the change in the firm’s current assets relative to its current liabilities over some time period. A) Operating cash flow B) Capital spending C) Cash flow to creditors D) Cash flow from assets E) Additions to net working capital 2. If total assets = $550‚ fixed assets = $375‚ current liabilities = $140‚ equity = $265‚ long term debt = $145‚ and current assets is the only remaining item on the balance sheet‚ what is the value of net working
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