Objective: Viability of Napster as a revenue generating company. Case in brief: Napster is a brainchild of Shawn fanning‚ launched on June 1 ‚1999 as a peer-to-peer music downloading program for college students. Napster became a one of the most popular sites on the internet‚ claiming some 15 million users in little more than a year. From the beginning‚ Napster facing so many problems from the RIAA and music industry players. Napster violated the copyrights by allowing users to swap the music recordings
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Case 15 Version 2.1 Teletech Corporation‚ 1996 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives In January 1996‚ the chief financial officer of this telecommunications company must fashion a response to a raider who claims that a major business segment of this company should be sold because it is not earning a satisfactory rate of return. The case recounts the debate within the company over the use of a single hurdle rate to evaluate all segments of the company versus a riskadjusted hurdle-rate
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Introduction Cooper Industries‚ Inc. is a manufacturer of heavy machinery and equipment. It has acquired some companies in the past as part of their expansion plans. Cooper acquires companies that are leading in their area of business‚ have a large market share and is the leading company in their area of operation. Currently‚ Cooper is focusing on building a hand tool business with a full product line that would use a common sales and distribution system and joint advertising. In this effort‚ Cooper
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key elements were the simplicity and accessibility of the product. To underline this aspect he asked every VC who interviewed him whether or not they were using any other product of that sort‚ considering that‚ by that time‚ there were some other solutions in the market already. The product worked automatically and dealt with complex operations in a simple way. Another key element was the high quality of service that DB provided. Quality was defined by Houston in terms of safety of the documents
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Credit rating agencies take a wide range of factors – debt raising purpose‚ industry outlook‚ corporate profile and financial measures into account when performing corporate bond rating service. Debt is raised to repurchase shares rather than the normal case of capturing expansion opportunities to strengthen cash flow. This is not going to be regarded favorable to debt holders since the debt coverage ability in terms of cash or collateral is not strengthened. UST is characterized positively by commanding
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ABRAMS COMAPANY CASE 5-4 ABRAMS COMPANY Que. 1: Evaluate each of the concerns expressed by top management‚ and if necessary‚ make recommendation appropriate to the circumtences described in the case The Abrams case is about using profitability measures to evaluate profit centers. The case also reflects a long academic debate in the US-literature about ROI problems. In EU companies it is more common to evaluate PCs with Income measures like RI and EVA. This case covers the tree main problems
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Summary This case explores the possibility of a brand extension for Revital‚ the bestselling vitamin and mineral supplement and number-one nutraceutical brand in India and a top Ranbaxy Global Consumer Healthcare product. The case examines Revital’s shift from a prescription product to a popular over-the-counter (OTC) brand and explores Ranbaxy’s strategies to position Revital as the brand with the highest recall. It assesses Revital’s competitors in India’s booming nutraceutical market in a scenario
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RUSSIAN BUSINESS CONTEXT FINAL ASSIGNEMENT GAZ Group Russia: the Gazelle light commercial truck 1. What were the major challenges facing Bo Andersson when
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average client who receives treatment or intervention improves more than two-thirds of people who do not receive counselling (Landman & Dawes‚ 1982). This has supported the general efficacy of counselling interventions. Despite reviews of outcome studies negate claims of superiority for any one approach (Wampold‚ Mondin‚ Moody‚ Stich‚ Benson & Ahn‚ 1997)‚ evidences have shown the superiority of particular counselling approach with some problems or clients (e.g.‚ Beutler & Harwood‚ 2000; Paul & Menditto
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ASSIGNMENT 2: PRADA Refer to the HBS case "Prada: To IPO or Not to IPO" and answer the questions below. Note: Complete the related textbook chapters (RWJJ Chapters 14‚ 15 & 19) before attempting this case. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM SAID TO BE FACING PRADA? Prada got some financial trouble. First‚ Prada failed for several times to IPO due to various reasons like SARS‚ financial crisis‚ etc. Second‚ because of the long-term debt maturing in one year‚ Prada needed to raise more than 1 billion euros
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