Case #4: THE BATTLE FOR VALUE‚ 2004: FEDEX CORP. VS. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE‚ INC. Synopsis and Objectives • Set in June 2004 • To assess the financial performance of FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service‚ Inc (UPS). The two firms have competed intensely for dominance of the overnight express package industry. • This case is intended for use in an introductory discussion of corporate value creation and its sources. It requires no numerical computations; rather‚ the tasks are
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Q1. Of the following production functions‚ which exhibit increasing‚ constant‚ or decreasing returns to scale? a. F(K‚L) = K2 L b. F(K‚L)=10K + 5L c. F(K‚L)= KL.5 Q2. Suppose the process of producing lightweight parkas by Polly’s Parkas is described by the function q=10K8 (L-40).2 Where q is the number of parkas produced‚ K the n umber of computerized stitching-machine hours and L the number of person-hours of labor. In addition to capital and labor‚ $10 worth of raw materials
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Shimano Inc. Case Questions: 1. Does Shimano’s home base fit Porter’s definition of an advantaged location? 2. Did the advantages or disadvantages of its location change over time? If so‚ how did Shimano respond - does it fit Porter’s framework of a global strategy? 3. Would you recommend that Shimano develop additional functions in North America (besides sales and service) as it has in Asia and in Europe? Why or why not? November 16‚ 2011 International Business MBAD 6244 Professor
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A retail dry cleaning store cleans two-piece suits for $12 each. Its patrons are individual "walk-ins." There are several similar dry cleaners in the city and this firm offers no special services. The firm can clean up to 1‚000 suits per week. It has fixed costs of $3‚500 per week (amortization on its equipment‚ rent‚ taxes‚ and salaries) plus a cost of $4 per suit for chemicals‚ packaging materials‚ order processing‚ and incidentals. Volume per week has been fairly constant at 600 suits. A firm
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Economic Report 1 Economic Summary of the Lemonade Stand Toreka Lewis Ashford University BUS 599 Introduction to Quantitative Principles Dr. Harrison Green September 23‚ 2011 Economic Report 2 This report provides quantative information on the lemonade stand‚ sourced from financial statements‚ the business journal‚ and financial data collected during all three seasons. The following economic summary report will tell how well the lemonade stand’s business is performing
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| In economic theory‚ perfect competition desribes markets such that no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous product. Because the conditions for perfect competition are strict‚ there are few if any perfectly competitive markets. Still‚ buyers and sellers in some auction-type markets‚ say for commodities or some financial assets‚ may approximate the concept. Perfect competition serves as a benchmark against which to measure real-life and imperfectly
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Consumer Surplus The term surplus is used in economics for several related quantities. The consumer surplus (sometimes named consumer’s surplus or consumers’ surplus) is the amount that consumers benefit by being able to purchase a product for a price that is less than the most that they would be willing to pay. The producer surplus is the amount that producers benefit by selling at a market price mechanism that is higher than the least that they would be willing to sell for. Note that producer
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draw a diagram of a perfectly competitive firm earning a positive economic profit assume the wages‚ which the firm pays to its workers‚ falls. Illustrate the impact of such an event on the price‚ output and profits of this firm 2. Examine the following statement to see whether it is true or false. If it is true‚ explain why it is true. If it is false‚ explain why it is false and then write the statement correctly. A profit maximising perfectly competitive firm should select the output level
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Nescafe‚ one of the top ten most valuable brands in the world‚ has over 50% instant coffee market share of the world‚ followed by General Food‚ Maxwell House and Brooke Bond. It’s so successful that some people in some of the Asian country such as China think that instant coffee is the whole world of coffee in 1990s. Such impressive influences come from Nescafe’s insight on the market situation and its own capability‚ fast response and feasible strategies. On this analysis‚ we will try to define
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A minimum wage is introduced into an experimental labor market characterized by gift exchange. In the experiment‚ subjects are randomly divided into two groups‚ including manager group and employees group‚ with ten subjects in each group. In all periods each manager was matched anonymously with one employee no more than twice and never re-matched in two consecutive periods. In each period‚ the manager makes an individual wage offer to his matched employee and wage offers were written directly on
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