Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Case 14 A Case Brief Submitted to Submitted by In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Date Submitted September 28‚ 2011 Summary This case highlights Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager with NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm. She managed the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ and in July of 2001‚ was looking at the possibility of taking a position in Nike for her fund. Nike stock had declined significantly over the previous year‚ and it appeared
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Preparation questions for Transportation National Group 1. What challenges does TNG face in managing its leases on trailers? 2. What is your assessment of TNG’s current lease performance measures and controls‚ especially its use of ROI measures? 3. How might TNG implement revenue management? What ideas or approaches seem most viable in a business like this? 4. Based on the data for the Yakima branch‚ what is the potential revenue opportunity at this location from optimally controlling the availability
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CHAPTER CASE 2.2: Pete`s p.74 Case Notes: 1. What interactions and discussion need to take place among the marketing‚ manufacturing‚ logistics‚ and finance departments? Explain the logistics department`s role in the introduction of the new product. The functional areas of marketing‚ logistics‚ manufacturing and finance should hold weekly sales and operations planning (S&OP) meetings to address the following: Identify firm planned orders which may be delayed to the customer. Notify key account managers
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If you’re into sports‚ you’ve seen it happen. You’ve probably even experienced it‚ football players shaking hands after four quarters of knocking each other around‚ tennis players leaping over the net to shake hands with their opponents after a hard-fought match or Soccer players exchanging jerseys after an intense 90 minutes. Boxers touch gloves at the beginning of each round‚ and then hug after beating each other into a pulp for 12 rounds. It seems like competitors in every event‚ from spelling
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is bound to an aromatic ring is replaced by an electrophile. The electrophile replaces a hydrogen atom on the ring. When a substituent group is present on the original compound‚ this substituent affects both the regioselectivity of the reaction‚ as well as the speed. Some substituents act as ortho‚ para directors‚ meaning the electrophile will be directed to the 2 or 4 position respectively‚ while other substituents act as meta directors‚ directing the electrophile to the 3 position. Substituents
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Democrat Karen Freeman-Wilson‚ is currently pushing a proposal that would allow the multinational corporation and America’s second largest private jailer GEO Group to build an immigrant detention facility in the deindustrialized Rust Belt city‚ a city already ravaged by neoliberal economics and corporate globalization. The facility‚ according to GEO Group and Freeman-Wilson‚ will house 800 prisoners‚ possibly employ 2o0 workers‚ cost $65 million to build and add $1 million to the city’s annual property
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Case 10.4 — Investing for Retirement Executive Summary Retirement plans represent a unique opportunity to divert a portion of income into tax-deferred accounts. This report looks at hypothetical sample data from 194 couples with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of what characteristics affect this group’s tendency to invest or not invest in retirement plans. First‚ basic tests were performed on provided data to examine if the given characteristics were related to the amount invested
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CASE 2/ Fiat Chrysler alliance 1/ Strengths and weaknesses of Fiat GM alliance Fiat was close to bankruptcy (no sustainable position) ; GM took 20% and Fiat received a put option ; explain ? Relations deteriorated (operations phase)‚ GM became less interested : Alliance was not equal ; The gross of the company has been different (different cycle and country) ; 2/ Strengths and weaknesses of Chrysler Daimler alliance Merger of equals‚ however Daimler baught Chrysler for bn$ 36 ; isnt’ it surprising
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Pat Tillman: A Cover-Up at the Highest Level Pat Tillman was a professional football player who left his career to serve his country and paid the ultimate price‚ only to be exploited by politics. “Pat had it all‚ intelligence‚ movie star good looks‚ a loving wife‚ athletic prowess‚ fame. A lucrative and promising career. Who among us could walk away from riches and a job we love?" said Maria Shriver‚ California’s first lady‚ about Pat Tillman. Instead of pursuing a multi-million dollar paycheck
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Chapter 15 Managing Global Systems LEARNING OBJECTIVESS After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to answer the following questions: 1. What major factors are driving the internationalization of business? 2. What are the alternative strategies for developing global businesses? 3. How can information systems support different global business strategies? 4. What are the challenges posed by global information systems and management solutions for these challenges? 5. What are the issues and
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