HBS Case: AQUALISA QUARTZ – SIMPLY A BETTER SHOWER. 1. (A) After spending 5.8 million developing the Quartz‚ the product is definitely worth the investment because (1) The Quartz is the product that answer directly to the customer needs and wants. Most consumers need and want the product that can fix the problems – poor pressure‚ fluctuations in pressure and tolerance in using. (2) Choosing a shower brand depends mostly on which brand plumbers are familiar to so with new technology of the
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MCI Case Study The likely level of MCI’s needs for external financing over the next five years is $3‚644 (See Exhibit 1 for more details). We could reasonably expect MCI’s needs for external financing to vary. MCI launched a trial product with Execunet in Denver‚ Colorado. This product offered long-distance service to residential homes. The product was a success in Denver. Because of the success of the launch‚ MCI has the ability to grow quickly in this market. Because MCI has minimal historical
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WorldCom: Can you hear the Lawsuits Now 1. Why do suppose Bernie Ebbers was treated more like the leader of a cult than a CEO? Explain. Bernie Ebbers was considered a cult leader for various reasons the total number of people affected by his behavior and direction of individual who just simply did as he requested which is what cult leaders do. He was known as a leader with charismatic is why a lot of his unethical actions were not challenged. Bernie Ebbers was ordered to pay back $6.13 billion
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In the case of WorldCom‚ a national company that began in 1983 and would provide long-distance telephone services‚ it is hard to determine where the problem begins. The case‚ as explained in the book‚ has never really found the core of the problem. We are told that financial reports were falsely created and improper accounting practices were found‚ but who is to blame? The textbook tells us that several of the former top financial executives pleaded guilty to securities fraud‚ however they defended
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WorldCom‚ WorldCom‚ WorldCom… This name has been thrown around the accounting school since my freshman year. It is as if it haunts our school as a warning to all future accounting students. However‚ as I read this case I did not have anything in mind other than trying to solve this situation from a judge’s standpoint. I thought I had an idea of where I stood on this situation until I tried to put myself in Mr. Myers’s shoes. After combining both of my stances‚ I have finally come to the conclusion
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Midland Resources 1. How are Mortensen’s estimates of Midland’s costs of capital used? How‚ if at all‚ should these anticipated uses affect the calculations? The cost of capital is the minimum acceptable rate of return for new investments in the corporation. Estimates of Midland’s cost of capital are used in many analysis within Midland‚ including asset appraisal for both capital budgeting and financial accounting‚ performance assessments‚ M&A proposals‚ and stock repurchase decisions. These
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-MFS- 1. Does the MFS system have weak or strong pay-to-performance? What type of behavior does the MFS system motivate? Basically‚ culture of MFS is focused on teamwork and community so that MFS manages their employees very fair and its compensation system also reflects this characteristic. For sustaining this team –based culture of MFS‚ which don’t prefer star(anti star culture)‚ MFS assesses their employees to the ways that not only fund-performance(performance factor) but also contribution
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1.i. Test Marketing Expense: These can be identified as sunk costs‚ using the with-or-without test. These costs were undertaken to determine whether the Super project was feasible‚ and would exist even if the project were deemed unfeasible. 1.ii. Overhead Expenses: Mr. Sanberg proposed to include these in the fully allocated method used in Alternative III. However‚ we believe that these expenses have already been attributed to the Jell-O line of products‚ and the data does not explicitly provide
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1. Having in regard all the information that is given in the Case Study‚ what is‚ in your opinion‚ the best Investor/Partner choice for NatuRi Corporation? Is it the Angel Investor‚ the Strategic Investor‚ Waltham Partners or Westlake Partners? Please justify your answers. We are going to discuss each investor separately before coming to our conclusion. 1. The Angel Investor An angel investor bears extremely high risk and is usually subject to dilution from future investment rounds. Therefore
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Case Study Analysis HBS: The Coop: Market Research Case Study Analysis HBS: The Coop: Market Research Task 1 Decision Statement of the Coop. Where and how should the Coop invest money to retain the sales to their normal level? Why it is important to the company? The Coop had been going through an impressive growth since the foundation of the restaurant chain in 1974. However‚ about 20 years later‚ it found itself struggling with a sharp decrease in sales of certain restaurants that represented
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