Characteristics of rural India: Few of the points that can be easily inferred from the case are- 1) This is a monopolistic market. This can be inferred by the fact that there exist a perfect substitute for the product to be launched‚ although not as a one-to-one substitute but in form of ‘bath soap’ and ‘washing soap’. 2) There already exist a number of local soap brands in form of Anarkali ‚ Chand ka Tukda‚ Heroine etc. and a number of local detergent cake brands in form of Ajooba‚ Chamatkar
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NIKE Business Case Study Management Theory (BUS830-13) Submitted to: Dr. J. Saleeby Done by: Rola El Cheikh 201005281 Thursday‚ December 23‚ 2010 Executive Summary Nike hit the ground running in 1962. Originally known as Blue Ribbon Sports‚ the company focused on providing high quality running shoes designed especially for athletes by athletes‚ at competitive prices. Today‚ Nike is the world’s leading maker of athletic shoes‚ equipment and apparel. Nike has invested highly on marketing
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I. INTRODUCTION II. A. Collection of Data We encounter some difficulties upon choosing our topic; because of we have to limit our ideas and to consider the topics of the other researchers. We have to consult our selected ideas to our professor first before doing such steps like making questionnaire‚ choosing our respondents etc. When our professor approved our topic‚ we started making forms that to be answered by our respondents. The respondents‚ which are freshmen‚ stated their answers
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WaypointHR WaypointHR is an Open Source human database. It provides organizations with a free‚ immediate and flexible Human Resource Management System (HRIS). WaypointHR is software that: * Fully editable employee records * Retain similar information on all employees * Create company records on staff data * Instant search facility for employees by name * View historical employee data * Create company report on staff data * Provide comprehensive employee
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1. Exercises 1.57 & 1.58. Stock performance. Page 46 How well have stocks done over the past generation? The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index describes the average performance of the stocks of 500 leading companies. Because each return is weighted by the total market value of each companys stock‚ the index emphasizes larger companies. The file ex01 57.txt contains the real (that is‚ adjusted for the changing buying power of the dollar) returns on the S&P 500 for the years from 1971 to 2003. (a)
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Case Problem 1: National Health Care Association(Descriptive Statistics) The National Health Care Association is concerned about the shortage of nurses the health care profession is projecting for the future. To learn the current degree of job satisfaction among nurses‚ the association has sponsored a study of hospital nurses throughout the country. As part of this study‚ a sample of 50 nurses was asked to indicate their degree of satisfaction in their work‚ their pay and their opportunities for
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http://jobview.monster.com/Senior-Accountant-Manager-Job-San-Juan-PR-US-130837373.aspx Questions and answers 1. Under what conditions is direct labor a valid basis for allocating overhead? Direct labor is a valid basis for allocating overhead when: (a) direct labor constitutes a significant part of total product cost‚ and (b) there is a high correlation between direct labor and changes in the amount of overhead costs. 2. What has happened in recent industrial history to reduce the usefulness
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Alexander College Comm 291 Assignment 1 Instructor: Alfred Kong Due date: 26th May 2014 The assignment is due at the beginning of the class. Late assignment will not be accepted. For this assignment‚ complete all of the following questions. Question 1 A manufacturer of cat food was planning to survey households in the US to determine purchasing habits of cat owners. Among the questions to be included are those that relate to 1. Where cat fat is primarily purchased. 2. Whether
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Compare assigned costs per product under both methods. Why has Activity-based costing changed the total costs assigned to each product? By comparing the two cost assigned methods‚ there are some differences existed: Unit Product Cost: | Gadgets | Smidgets | Smadgets | Smadgets | Traditional Costing Method | 400 | 1‚000 | 1‚350 | 850 | Activity-Based Costing Method | 590 | 1‚100 | 760 | 1‚250 | Overhead Cost | Widgets | Gadgets | Smidgets | Smadgets | Traditional Costing Method | 200‚000 |
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1. A radio station that plays classical music has a “By Request” program each Saturday night. The percentage of requests for composers on a particular night are listed below: Composers Percentage of Requests Bach 5 Beethoven 26 Brahms 9 Dvorak 2 Mendelssohn 3 Mozart 21 Schubert 12 Schumann 7 Tchaikovsky 14 Wagner 1 a. Does the data listed above comprise a valid probability distribution? Explain.
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