Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration Spring 2012-2013 MAN 312 Quiz 1-SOLUTIONS 1. A tile manufacturer has supplied the following data: Answer a and b. [pic] a. What is the company’s contribution margin ratio? 1‚128‚000-456‚000-156‚000=516‚000/1‚128‚000= %45.74 b. What is the company’s marfin of safety in %? BE Sales= (320‚000+96‚000)/%45.74= 909‚488$ Margin of Safety= (1‚128‚000-909‚488)/1‚128‚000=%19.37 2. City Corporation
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test the products with the focus group. In all the steps of this process‚ the focus was actually on the market need and consumers’ expectations from the product. TruEarth identified the consumer need‚ which was not fulfilled by any other company. As it was a new product segment‚ they were not sure of the demand and consumers’ reaction for the products. Therefore‚ they worked with a market research organization BASES to estimate the potential sales and other product specific tests. In addition‚ it helped
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Chapter Four Research Methodology………………………………………………………………56 4.1 Introduction……………………………………………………………………….56 4.2 Research design…………………………………………………………………..56 4.3 Data collection……………………………………………………………………58 4.3.1 Secondary data………………………………………………………………….58 4.3.2 Primary data…………………………………………………………………….59 4.4 Interview………………………………………………………………………….59 4.5 Questionnaire……………………………………………………………………..61 4.5.1 Designing questionnaire………………………………………………………..61 4.5 2 Reason of choosing questionnaire……………………………………………
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Title: “Effectiveness of Brand Extension in Personal Care Product: A Case Study on Dove of Unilever.” 1.0 Background of the Study Brand is perceived to be in important intangible asset for company which gives company a cutting edge in product market through positioning in consumer mind. To leverage on success of brand‚ companies go for brand extension which is offering different new product in the same brand name. Such brand strategy is intended to be pursued to save cost of launching new brand
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Marketing Research Project Proposal I proposed to do my final course project on market research on service quality at Starbucks Coffee restaurants. Background on Company Beginning in 1971 with only one shop in Settle’s historic Pike Place Market for coffee and tea‚ Starbucks has managed to become one of the most successful companies in the world. It has become number one in the coffee industry. As of June 2012 Starbucks owns 19‚763 coffee shops in 59 countries which includes 12‚848 in the
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| | |Marketing Research | Copyright © 2010‚ 2008‚ 2005‚ 2002‚ 2001 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course covers basic research methodology applied to marketing issues. Students study methods and techniques for collection‚ analysis‚ and interpretation of primary and secondary
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The Importance of Market Research Matthew McCoy MKT 441 November 5‚ 2012 Virginia Radosh The Golden State Warriors are one of the most business savvy organizations in all of professional sports. The team entertains one of the loudest and most supportive crowds in the NBA. At this point in time they are currently in the process of moving from the Oracle Arena in Oakland to a water front stadium off the San Francisco pier. This paper will outline the marketing research that has been done thus
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When trying to decide where to dine‚ either at a local restaurant or at a western restaurant‚ patrons should consider several aspects that concern these dining places. Some of these aspects include the food selection‚ the service provided and the ambience of each restaurant. When we talk about the food selection‚ both the restaurant must have a variety of menus as this is one that captured the quality required to be on every restaurant. However‚ as we all know‚ Malaysian people are of different
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MGT 453 The Chicken Coop The Chicken Coop is a chicken restaurant established in **** by ****. Their focus has always been on offering quality chicken meals for value-based prices‚ and their competitors include fast food giant KFC. The company’s current goal is to halt and reverse the sales slump it is currently facing‚ and to create growth for itself in order to battle the current decline in market share and sales. The major problem with achieving this is that the company has no idea why sales
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Rationale of the Study There are different types of public transportation in the Philippines and one of them is the tricycles. Tricycles have been one of Asia’s major forms of transportation. They were said to have been appearing on the roads after World War II. They are decorated like jeepneys and are attached with gadgets to catch the attention of the customers who might potentially ride them. Today there are thousands of tricycles throughout the country. The picture
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