Apple Case 1. What were Apple’s competitive advantages? Apple was a hip alternative to other computer brands. It supported a plug-and-play peripheral‚ offered a cutting-edge‚ tightly integrated user experience. The Apple Mac Pro had a sleek metal case and featured high-end graphics capability. Apple had attractive design factors‚ enabled ease of use‚ had high security and was high-quality bundled software. 2. Analyze the dynamics of the PC industry. Are these dynamics favorable or problematic
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Nike‚ Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design‚ development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ accessories and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel[3] and a major manufacturer of sports equipment‚ with revenue in excess of US$24.1 billion in its fiscal year 2012 (ending May 31‚ 2012). As of 2012‚ it employed
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Here is the report about Par‚ Inc.‚ is a major manufacturer of golf equipment test whether the new ball drive longer distance than the current model. To compare the driving distances for the two balls‚ 40 simple tests both of new and current models were subjected to distance tests. According to the data‚ we got the information we need for a hypothesis test as follow: | Current | New | Means | 269.42 | 266.67 | Count | 40 | 40 | Standard Deviation | 8.09 | 9.79
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Financial Problem: In November 1985 Paperco was presented with the critical business decision of replacing its existing mechanical drying equipment that had been originally placed into service in 1979 with more efficient equipment provided by Pressco‚ Inc. The consequences of this decision would have far reaching consequences as replacing the equipment could result in cost savings up to $560‚000 annually. However‚ there were other critical factors to address before moving forward with the project. One
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Hooplah‚ Inc. R1. (a) It is acceptable to use the same set of samples when testing both controls‚ as each “transaction” should pass through all of the controls in a business process. It becomes more efficient to test the same set‚ because the audit team could request a comprehensive documents package from the client. The sample size table in Appendix A indicates that a sample size of 58 is acceptable for the first control‚ but the higher estimated population deviation rate for the second control
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Case 11-4 Enager Industries‚ Inc. 1. Why was McNeil’s new product proposal rejected? Should it have been? Explain. |ROA CALCULATION FOR EACH NEW PRODUCT | | |Product A |Product B |Product C | |Unit Sales |100‚000 |75‚000
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REPORT ON THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN DOMAIN OF COMPUTRON INC. INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM MANAGEMENT‚ GANDHINAGAR Submitted to: Prof Sanjay Gupta Date of Submission: 15.09.2008 Submitted by: Joydeep Mukherjee Roll No: 20081020 To: Mr Thomas Zimmerman (Manager‚ European Sales Division‚ Computron Inc.) From: Joydeep Mukherjee Date: 15 September‚ 2008. Subject: Evaluation of the Opportunities and Challenges faced
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PGBM16 Global Corporate Strategy Key Strategic Issues Relating to the Global Airline Industry Used Air France-KLM as a study case Name: TANG QING Student ID: 129098339 Tutor’s Name: Ian Evans Abstract This report uses Air France-KLM as a case to answer three research questions associated with global corporate strategies: 1) how core competences and dynamic capabilities used by the Group to achieve and maintain competitive advantage in the worldwide airline
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Resotech Inc. Time is a critical strategic challenge. For example‚ assume you are a customer being interested in a particular product. This product is very expensive and long lasting. It’s capacity is more than you need. Once you’ve bought it‚ you can use it for decades. Even product improvements and new versions would only rarely make you buying a new one‚ simply because they’re incredible expensive. A secondary market to sell the product might exist‚ but anyway you’d have to sell it at a discount
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Goodwill for Impairment CLAUDIA Inc. has an internally generated goodwill and did not amortize or tested for impairment. They cannot amortize because measuring the components are complex and associating the costs incurred with future benefits are too difficult. Goodwill cannot generate cash flows independently and is made as a combination with other assets making up a business; it needs to be assigned to a reporting unit or cash-generating unit in order to test for impairment. Under ASPE‚ the impairment
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