Case #33 California Pizza Kitchen Synopsis and Objectives This case examines the question of financial leverage at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) in July 2007. With a highly profitable business and an aversion to debt‚ CPK management is considering a debt-financed stock buyback program. The case is intended to provide an introduction to the Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance propositions and the concept of debt tax shields. With the background of a pizza company‚ the case provides
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1. Introduction This report is going to examine the implication of the five distinctive characteristics of service provided by Café de Coral Fast Food‚ one of the leading fast food companies in Hong Kong; and its effects on the purchasing decisions and the sources of competitive advantages. At the same time‚ the report is going to suggest the strategies that Café de Coral Fast Food should employ based on the distinctive service characteristics. 1.1 Background of Café de Coral Café de Coral
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“Gays in the Closet‚ Women in the Kitchen” Active Learning Assignment #1 To delve into the world of male masculinity is to open a can of worms. In the world we live in today‚ the “tough guise” persona is eroding against its own will. Men are becoming more feminine: they get facials‚ pedicures‚ and have spa trips. Aside from the frivolous things‚ however‚ men are finally beginning to open up more and become more understanding. There are also men fighting against this transformation. In my opinion
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Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies and Soft Drink Joaquin Angles BUS 508 The Business Enterprise 04/23/2010 The company produces specialty pies and sells them in local supermarkets and select family restaurants. In each of the first six months‚ Shelly and three part time employees sold 2‚000 pies for $4.50 each‚ netting a profit of $1.50 per pie. The pies were quite successful and Shelly could not keep up with demand. The company ’s success results from a quality product and productive employees who
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FIN475 Spring 2011 Group Assignment 3 “Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc.: Capital Structure” Due: Thursday‚ March 24‚ 2011 Instructions: • This is a group assignment. • Prepare a memo from your group to address the items found below. Please limit your memo to no more than three pages of text. You may use as many pages of exhibits as you deem necessary. However‚ you will only want to provide exhibits that you discuss in your memo. • Presentation counts. Make sure to proof you memo for spelling
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Europe‚ GREENKITCHEN is a Kitchen Eco-system concept. It supports a strategy to develop cutting edge products within technological reach that offer high energy-efficiency and reduce impact on the environment. Inspired by nature‚ GREENKITCHEN seeks out ways to adapt‚ reduce and recycle; using only what is needed for each task. It reduces waste that negatively impacts the environment‚ optimizing resources and imitating the cycles of nature. In order to launching the Green kitchen successfully‚ produced
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Open air Kitchens - Designing the Perfect Backyard Cooking Station Open air kitchens are getting to be prominent nowadays with everybody needing to appreciate nature. Numerous families appreciate eating outside particularly amid the mid year season. These cooking stations are likewise incredible for BBQ parties. Getting ready for an open air living territory can in some cases require significant investment on the grounds that there are a few imperative elements to consider. In any case‚ once you
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Rosler was raised in a Jewish family in Brooklyn. Her family’s religious background made her aware of the human rights and social justice issues and increased her sensitivity to current and social issues politics at a very young age. Because of her environment during her upbringing‚ the horror of the Vietnam War instigated her activism‚ and the influences of her feminist ideas‚ the series I will be looking at‚ shows the feminist’s commentary of the Vietnam War. Martha Rosler uses her work to develop
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The easier life in the kitchen and in the hospitality industry through the kitchen brigade. Introduction Many people dine at restaurants and hotels but are unaware of the system used within the kitchen. They simply go to enjoy the food‚ unaware of how it is prepared. Interestingly‚ the kitchen is run by a Kitchen Brigade system which is a hierarchy system created by the famous French chef‚ Georges Auguste Escoffier in the 1800s‚ to ease and simplify the operations of a kitchen. Also signifies effective
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Looking back on my childhood and thinking about our Kitchen Table Ethics I realized that just because we were taught something or told something it was very rarely displayed. Our Kitchen Table Philosophy was very situational in my family. I believe that my parent’s philosophy was‚ “Do as I say not as I do.†My brother‚ sisters and I were taught to work hard and care for others by our parents. We were told the difference between right and wrong. For the most part we were raised
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