University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business COMM 399: Logistics and Operations Management Problem Set 1 1. Solution: (a) Some ideas that you can expand on: • • • • Organizational barriers Business culture undervalues operations Top managers often uninterested in operations Lack of “ownership” of operations (b) Some ideas that you can expand on: • Identify and break constraints • Make the special case the norm • Rethink critical dimensions of work (c) Yes‚ even though it may
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Welcome Course - Innovation and New Business Ventures Dr R.K. Sharma MsM Adjunct Faculty Presenter - RK Sharma Course Elements Class Lecture and Interactions Case Studies Informal Discussions Independent Reading Student Presentations/ Assignment Exam (Closed Book/ Closed Handout/ Open Mind) Recommended Books : (depending upon availability) Essentials of Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management‚ Norman Scarborough Essentials of Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management
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4. What combination of the two goods below allows you to maximize your utility with a budget constraint of $14? Show how you arrived at your conclusion in the space provided below. Place your final answers on the lines at the bottom of this page. PRICE = $0.50 per pint |Bottles of glue |Total Utility (Utils) | |1 |15 | |2 |23 | |3 |30
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1.1. Definition of intellectual capital and a brief history of IC management Before someone can measure something‚ he/she has to know what to count. So how should intellectual capital be defined? A universally accepted definition is the first step toward standardization‚ but still it is hard to find the best one for "intellectual capital". In this section I ’ll define intellectual capital and study the history of its development. Intellectual capital is knowledge that can be exploited for
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Authors: Armin Schwienbacher & Benjamin Larralde CROWDFUNDING OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES Book chapter forthcoming in Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance (Oxford University Press) Date: September 28‚ 2010 (final version) Armin Schwienbacher‚ Professor of finance‚ Université Lille Nord de France‚ Faculté de Finance‚ Banque et Comptabilité‚ Rue de Mulhouse 2 - BP 381‚ F - 59020 Lille Cédex (France); +33 3 20 90 75 34 ; armin.schwienbacher@univ-lille2.fr. SKEMA Business School‚ Avenue Willy
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Finance 7A10 Solutions: End-of-Chapter questions Chapter 7 (2nd Edition) Questions are: 2‚ 9‚ 15 7-2. Kokomochi is considering the launch of an advertising campaign for its latest dessert product‚ the Mini Mochi Munch. Kokomochi plans to spend $5 million on TV‚ radio‚ and print advertising this year for the campaign. The ads are expected to boost sales of the Mini Mochi Munch by $9 million this year and by $7 million next year. In addition‚ the company expects that new consumers
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Based on Criteria’s of Evaluating Venture Opportunities there are several key indicators that shows that Zipcar is indeed a high potential venture. Below are the criteria in brief 1.0 Industry & Market Market: The revolutionary concept certainly provides an alternative to public transport. Furthermore the car sharing concept is really useful for the public in a overcrowded city with limited parking & expensive parking fees. This is clearly not an untouched segment because there are other 2 competitors
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and VAM Methods of Solving Transportation Problems Tutorial Outline MODI METHOD How to Use the MODI Method Solving the Arizona Plumbing Problem with MODI VOGEL’S APPROXIMATION METHOD: ANOTHER WAY TO FIND AN INITIAL SOLUTION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PROBLEMS T4-2 CD TUTORIAL 4 THE MODI AND VAM METHODS OF SOLVING TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS This tutorial deals with two techniques for solving transportation problems: the MODI method and Vogel’s Approximation Method (VAM). MODI METHOD The MODI
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Ford’s expansion into the Chinese market through a joint venture with the Changan Auto Co. makes perfect strategic sense. Explain‚ therefore‚ why the joint venture has not developed as successfully as had been anticipated. China had experienced the global recession of 2008-2009 with minimal losses unlike most Western markets such as the US and Europe. Because of that‚ as in many markets‚ China overtook the US and became the largest car market in the world in the beginning of 2010. Its internal
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as Chapter 4 will demonstrate‚ returns on invested capital can vary considerably‚ even between companies within the same industry. Question 2 Value Inc. generates higher cash flows because it doesn’t have to invest as much as Volume Inc.‚ thanks to its higher rate of ROIC. In this case‚ Value Inc. invested $25 million (out of $100 million earned) in year 1 to increase its revenues and profits by $5 million in year 2. Its return on new capital is 20 percent ($5 million of additional profits divided
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