Case Study: MagRec Inc. 1. Place yourself in the role of the manager. What should you do now? After considering what happened‚ would you change any of your behaviors? If I were the manager in the situation that she is currently in I would apologize to Dinah. I would apologize because: 1) Dinah was honest and reported the file when she could have disposed or disregarded the file‚ 2) Dinah could have taken the file directly to Partco without MagRec’s knowledge and completely undermined MagRec’s
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Sampa Video‚ Inc. 1. What is the appropriate discount rate and the value of the project assuming the firm is going to fund it with all equity? “The discount rate of a project should be the expected return on a financial asset of comparable risk” To estimate Sampa Video’s cost of equity capital we used the CAPM model‚ in which rf refers to the risk free rate‚ to the market risk premium‚ and β to the company Beta (Table 1). Since the Beta of the company wasn’t known‚ we decided to use an
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Based on the Case Study "Best Buy Co.‚ Inc.: Sustainable Customer Centricity Model?"‚ Case 24‚ starting on page 24-1‚ complete the following requirements: • Identify their resources‚ capabilities‚ and core competencies • Write two findings of fact‚ with a fully justified recommendation/justification • Comment on classmates’ and instructor’s postings Resources: Best Buy number one resource are their employees that have the skills and knowledge about what they sell. This makes them a service
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Toy World‚ Inc. Early in January 1994‚ Jack McClintock‚ President and part owner of Toy World‚ Inc.‚ was considering a proposal to adopt level monthly production for the coming year. In the past‚ the company’s production schedules had always been highly seasonal‚ reflecting the seasonality of sales. Mr. McClintock was aware that a marked improvement in production efficiency could result from level production‚ but he was uncertain what the impact on other phases of the business might
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customers – to know too much about the food manufacturing industry (Pollan and Schlosser‚ 2008)‚ in the fear that customer loyalty could be lost upon their finding out various truths. To retain their customer base‚ according to documentary film ‘Food‚ Inc.’‚ narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser‚ the image associated with food in the United States of America is that of an American farmer. Various motifs plastered all over food packaging and advertisements for food products‚ such as green pastures
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BOSTON CHICKEN‚ INC* At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken was one of the hottest names on Wall Street. Operating in the highly competitive restaurant industry‚ the chain had grown from 18 stores in 1991 to over 1‚000 stores in 1996 and in its short history had raised over $1 billion in public offerings. EPS had grown from just $0.06 in 1993 to $1.01 in 1996‚ representing an annual growth rate of well over 100%. At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken traded around $40‚ representing a price-earnings multiple
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Tire City Incorporated Tire City‚ Inc. is a rapidly growing retail distributor of automotive tires. Although they have 10 shops located throughout the Northeast region‚ the bulk of TCI’s inventory is managed at a central warehouse. During the last three years‚ sales have been growing at a compound annual rate in excess of 20%. With such a great reflection of their excellent service and customer satisfaction in their net income‚ TCI’s central warehouse is “bulging at the seams”. TCI has decided
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Rogers Communications INC. Industry overview The Canadian cellular service’s industry is comprised of approximately 15 cellular providers. These operators employ approximately 16‚000 individuals and generate more than CAN$10B in revenues annually‚ which represents almost 30 percent of the Canadian telecommunications market. The Canadian wireless industry has been experiencing an annual growth rate three times that of any other Canadian telecommunications sector. This is very significant as
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expand. Ms. Thorp‚ the treasure of CCIs now proposed an acquisition of Midland Freight Inc. to expand their business by 50% and increase their EBIT by 8.4 million dollars per year. They have ran into the problem whether to finance solely on debt or by issuing common stock to obtain the 50 million dollars in cash they need to acquire Midland Freight Inc. The directors of the company have selected Midland Freight‚ Inc which they believe would fit seamlessly with their current operations‚ the agreed acquisition
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New Targets: Early to Mid-1990s A new president‚ Tetsuya Katada‚ took over in 1989. Katada decided that Komatsu’s management had been hampered to some extent by the company’s goal of catching Caterpillar. Whereas this strategy had worked remarkably well in expanding the company while the global market was growing‚ now that worldwide demand for construction equipment was down‚ Komatsu did not have the flexibility to adapt. Katada believed that the creativity of Komatsu’s middle managers had been
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