Maria Lucia Rodriguez PANTHER ID 3579558 Lucent Technologies Case 1- ROE decomposition 1998‚1999 AND 2000. What factors contributed to the differences in Lucent’s performance between those quarters? ROE Period NET INCOME X SALES X TOTAL ASSETS SALES TOTAL ASSETS COMMON EQUITY EQUITY MULTIPLIER ROE Dec-99 1175 0.12 9905 0.26 38684 2.41 9905 38684 16079 Sep-99 972 0.09 10575 0.27 38735 2.84 10575 38735 13622 Jun-99 829 0.09 9315 0.25 37156 3.00
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Q4 b) Case study [RED] a) Founders of product [RED] The setup of [RED] was funded by leading corporate players‚ Bill Gates and George Soros in which primary importance was for a charitable purpose of fighting aids‚ tuberculosis and malaria in Africa countries. Hence they take on the stance of Shaper of Society. They do not value profits and only focus on the main cause of raising funds. By partnering with other corporate brands such as Apple and Gap‚ they are in this together to support the good
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Ameritrade – case study Executive Summary Ameritrade provides online brokerage services and operates an Internet-based financial management services business. 90% of the company’s revenues are from the provision of discount brokerage services. The company’s objective is to improve its competitive position in deep-discount brokerage. In order to achieve this objective‚ the company must grow its customer base‚ requiring an investment of $100 million to upgrade its technological capabilities as well
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The MCI’s source of funds has been emission of stocks. Common stocks as IPO of 6M shares and $27.070.000‚00. An issue of 9.600.000‚00 common stock 5 years warrant attached. What have been MCI sources of funds in the past (1972-1983)? What’s your opinion? Around 1972 MCI issued equity and later on time when the company started going well they issued debentures and convertible debentures. The main raison to do that is because equity cost use to be higher. First of all they issued debentures
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Red Hat Case Problems: * Lack of support coordination across the company’s various divisions and geographic regions and an inability to prioritize the needs of larger customers * GSS personnel lack of leadership training and selection * Red Hat looking to build a team of members that would be focused to be able to sustain a great level of customer satisfaction with their customers through each sector. * Also each employee must be willing to have that open mind to be a team player
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“Red Bull isn’t a drink‚ it’s a way of life”- an off the radar subculture; very appropriately put across through the company’s slogan “It gives you wings”. In order to face the challenges and grow in the future‚ Red Bull should mainly concentrate on using the following strategies: - 1. INCREASE CONSUMPTION LEVELS: Highest consumption rate was in Ireland‚ which had been 11 cans per person‚ and if the same is achieved in USA then Red Bull can achieve additional annual sales of 2 billion cans in
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MKT-810 Assignment 3-Harvard housing survey case study Introduction Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) conducted a survey‚ which related to students housing experience and desires in 2001. The ample of feedbacks that supported and improved Harvard’s housing decision-making. In front of HRES‚ there are newly 2005 housing survey related Harvard’s “ Allston initiative” on the desk. HRES wants to update‚ improve and expand upon the 2001 survey to generate useful information to influence future
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Red Bull is a very successful company in the energy-drink category but is struggling to maintain their leadership in a maturing category. If they want to continue to be successful and improve their market share they need to increase their sales present customers‚ find new customers for their present product‚ remarket their product‚ and analyze the current situation. Currently‚ Red Bull is the leader in the energy drink category. However‚ with increased competition‚ they should use
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Red Lobster is a casual-themed restaurant‚ that primarily sells various types of seafood. The company was founded by Bill Darden in Lakeland‚ Florida in 1968. Currently‚ there are over 680 restaurants located in the U.S.A and Canada. The branch we visited was located in Mississauga‚ which is only 1 of 4 Red Lobsters in Ontario. We believe that due to the rarity of the franchise in this area‚ it helps the company give better customer service. They understand that there is a lot of competition
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or image for themselves. This might make it difficult for them to enter other universities too due to their record of being unethical. As described by Harvard Dean Kim B.Clark‚ the applicants who hacked were said to be unethical and lack of integrity. Harvard also concluded that these potential students are not tomorrow’s leaders and Harvard only wants to educate honorable leaders with sense of righteousness and morality which they do not possess. (Gloeckler.G and Merritt.J‚ 2005) Due to their
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