Case: Fisher-Price Toys‚ Inc. 1. Basic information 1) 2) Company: Fisher-Price Toys‚ Inc. (Industry: Child toys) Business dilemma: a rash marketing decision has to be made on carrying out whether a new quality product (product name: ATV Explorer) at exceptional high price or a new less-quality product at moderate price 2. Business dilemma 1) Key problem: (1) price-point: Cost for a projected toy can’t be made within budget‚ resulting in a much higher price ($18.5) than planned. High price disobeys
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Goodwin Sporting Goods What are the key issues for Jim Jr. and Pam? Peter’s ability is questionable‚ but he is still interested in growing the business. Peter wants to own the business and Fred is looking to get the right amount of his share Business sustainability is the issue; the retail business is not doing so well. Lack of family planning is an issue. The family appears to be a bit spoilt and the expenses on the business are quite heavy. Are there things they could have done to avoid
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Citation Rudolph A. Hardman‚ Frances N. Hardman and Hardman‚ Inc. Appellants‚ v. United States of America‚ Appellee‚ 827 F.2d 1409 (9th Cir. 1987) Facts Rudolph‚ Frances Hardman and Hardman‚ Inc. sought review of the lower court’s decision upholding tax deficiencies assessed by the Internal Revenue Service. Hardmans characterized a payment by a corporation as a part consideration for the purchase of property from Frances Hardman‚ treated the payment as a capital gain and the corporation added the
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Spray Cranberries‚ Inc is an agricultural co-op owned by over 750 growers in the US and Canada. They produce everything from bottled juice to food products and have 4 distribution centers in the United States. During their upcoming holiday season‚ Ocean Spray Cranberries has a particular challenging time pumping up the volume to meet the surge. Ocean Spray realized that in order to maintain their leadership they needed to focus on its core competency and look for outside sources to help them reduce
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FIN 5204 MANAGING CORPORATE CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE FALL 2007 DEBT POLICY AT UST INC. 1. WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY BUSINESS RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH UST INC.? WHAT ARE THE ATTRIBUTES OF UST INC.? EVALUATE FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE BONDHOLDER. Over the years‚ UST has been a dominant producer in the tobacco industry‚ specifically the moist tobacco industry. Even though the past strategy with UST has entailed raising the prices of its products on a regular basis‚ the company still shows
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BLADES‚ INC. CASE Assessment of Future Exchange Rate Movements As the chief financial officer of Blades‚ Inc.‚ Ben Holt is pleased that his current system of exporting “Speedos” to Thailand seems to be working well. Blades’ primary customer in Thailand‚ a retailer called Entertainment Products‚ has committed itself to purchasing a fixed number of Speedos annually for the next 3 years at a fixed price denominated in baht‚ Thailand’s currency. Furthermore‚ Blades is using a Thai supplier for some
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Case description In 1995 METLife‚ one of the world’s largest insurance companies acquired New England Financial (NEF)‚ one of the oldest and most venerable insurance companies in the U.S. MET’s product line included casualty (Auto and Home) insurance as well as various life insurance products (e.g. Term Life‚ Whole Life and Annuities). New England Financial focused exclusively on life insurance and wealth management offerings. While the average net worth of the typical METLife customer was
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Study Case Wal*mart Stores‚ Inc 1. Sources of Wal*Mart’s competitive advantages in discount retailing After a detailed analysis of Wal*Mart’s main departments it is obvious that they have many competitive advantages in comparison with their business rivals. Wal*Mart has developed to a leading and fast growing company with a huge market value of $ 57.5 billion. Their average 20 year return on equity is 33% and their compound average sales growth amounts to 35%. Sales per foot² is nearly $ 300
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Medical Devices‚ Inc‚ (SMD)” is to be able to subcontract a reliable suppliers‚ complete production engineering process at a timely manner‚ verification of product quality assurance‚ and planning both materials and resources. On another note‚ there are some concerns that might occur during this business transaction that may delay or slow down the production process as to getting these medical devices into hospitals hands. Some of the issues may be communication
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Is Second Life Ready for Business? 1. How can Second Life provide value to businesses that use it? Second Life can provide value to businesses in four ways: by offering support to essential business functions‚ offering a low-cost platform to conduct meetings of workers and customers‚ increasing brand image‚ and as a recruiting platform for new employees. The program can offer support to important business functions like customer service‚ product development‚ training and marketing. For all these
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