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    Prestige Telephone

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    Case Study Prestige Telephone Co. CLASSIFICATION OF COSTS Jan Fixed costs: Space rent Custodial services Computer leases Maintenance Depreciation Power Wages: Operations Systems development Admnistration Sales Sales promotions Total fixed costs I Corporate services Total fixed costs II Variable cost per hour: Power Wages operations Materials Variable unit cost per hour 8.000 1.240 95.000 5.400 26.180 Feb 8.000 1.240 95.000 5.400 26.180 Mar 8.000 1.240 95.000 5.400 26.180 Average 8.000 1.240

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    Prestige Markets

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    SEGMENTATION AND PRESTIGE MARKETS Many American’s today think image explains everything about who a person is. Countless believe that material products‚ status‚ and ways one presents him or herself can tell someone everything they need to know about that particular individual. Numerous psychologists believe this is not good for us‚ however are paid plenty of money to seek deeper into a person‚ nevertheless marketers can have a field day with this subject. The concept of prestige is where marketers

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    The Prestige Characters

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    study is “The Prestige”! Let us first talk about Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman). Angier is the epitome of human greed. He represents our lust for complete knowing. The person inside all of us that wants to know everything about everything‚ because we can’t stand to be in the darkness. We need to know. Nikola Tesla’s device may be fictional‚ but it does represent the extent that people are willing to go in order to satisfy their selfish curiosity. Make no mistake about it‚ “The Prestige” highlights the

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    Sacrifice The two main characters of The Prestige‚ Robert Angier and Alfred Borden‚ have a history that goes back to when they were just audience shills. An intense rivalry sparked between them after Angier suspected Borden of being responsible for the accidental death of his wife‚ Julia‚ during a live show. Though the two men stopped working together‚ they began competing for the title of “the greatest magician.” Throughout the movie‚ we see their obsession over beating each other’s magical performances

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    Estimate the effect on income of each of the options Rowe has suggested if Bradley estimates as follows: a. Increasing the price to commercial customers to $1‚000 per hour would reduce demand by 30 %. Ans : - It is common to business manager in a business unit to adjust different variables (fixed cost‚ variable cost and price strategy) to maximize the bottom-line or top-line to either maximize profit or minimize the operation cost. Provided the data as below‚ 3 variable costs indentified‚ they

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    Celebrity obsession

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    Celebrity obsession syndrome is a serious concern for the society in modern times. In this paper we will describe celebrity syndrome is not good thing for individuals and as a whole for the society. Media plays a big role in our everyday lives. There are televisions [as well as magazines‚ movies‚ ads‚ billboards‚ newspapers. etc.] everywhere and media regulates every action of the public through the use of these. The idea at play is that media enters our everyday lives of to the degrees of defying

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    Thought and Obsession

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    Some call it dedication‚ others call it psychotic. I prefer to think of obsession as a part of life. The definition of obsession which is found on The Free Dictionary is the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea‚ image‚ desire‚ etc. Obsession can be determined by people around us. Passion is a positive obsession. Obsession is a negative passion. Obsession and addiction are so closely tied together. They both are almost exactly the same except for one factor; control. Being

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    Prestige Telephone Company

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    PRESTIGE TELEPHONE COMPANY 1.Identify the costs that are relevant to the analysis to discontinue Prestige Data Services: Relevant costs in the analysis by Prestige Telephone Company decision to discontinue Prestige Data Services include: fixed costs which must be absorbed by the parent company (Prestige Telephone) upon shutdown; outstanding Prestige Data Services debts; costs of retraining retained employees; costs associated with outsourcing data services previously provided by Prestige Data

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    Prestige Telephone Company

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    | Prestige Data Service 2010 SUMMER Executive Summary To assist Prestige Telephone Company on making the decision of continue its subsidiary or not‚ this report provides an analysis of Prestige Data Service (the subsidiary) on the status quo revenues and costs‚ a prediction on its break even situation‚ as well as possible options to increase profit. The report has its limitations due to insufficient detailed information on both other revenues and variable costs of Prestige Data Service

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    The following questions are intended to guide you in the identification of important case issues (these are similar to the assignment questions at the end of the case). 1) Identify which of Prestige Data Services’ costs are variable‚ fixed‚ or mixed (recall that for a mixed cost‚ total costs = fixed costs + (variable cost per unit of cost driver x units of cost driver)). For variable costs‚ estimate variable costs per unit of cost driver (note that the cost driver may not be the same for every

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