competitors response to this change? • Is the way in which the company estimates its penetration of the market reliable? • How much will the sum of maintenance be in the five years? • What will be the risk and threat in this change? 5. If you were B&K’s CEO‚ would forward with the project? Why or why not? As what I state above in Question 4‚ I will push further on the uncertainty and some facts which are not mentioned in the previous report. It is a trade-off the CEO need to thinker further and
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AP Chem Exam - ‘98 1. Solve the following problem related to the solubility equilibria of some metal hydroxides in aqueous solution. (a) The solubility of Cu(OH)2(s) is 1.72 x10–6 g/100. mL of solution at 25° C. (i) Write the balanced chemical equation for the dissociation of Cu(OH)2(s) in aqueous solution. Cu(OH)2 Cu 2+ + 2 OH – (ii) Calculate the solubility (in mol/L) of Cu(OH)2 at 25 °C. (1.72 x10–6 g/0.100 L)(1 mol/97.5 g) = 1.76 x10–7 mol/L (iii) Calculate
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1. Victoria Chemicals evaluate its capital-expenditure proposals in four ways. They are average annual addition to earnings per share‚ payback period‚ net present value‚ and internal rate of return. An earnings per share method is to indicate a company’s profitability. For Victoria Chemical‚ this was calculated with the average annual earnings per share contribution of the engineering-efficiency project over its entire economic life. However‚ for the basis of the calculation‚ the project’s initiator
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Background Victoria Chemicals‚ a major player in the global chemical industry that supplies polypropylene‚ polymer that used to manufacture carpet fibers‚ packaging‚ automobile parts to the customers in Europe and the Middle East. Apart from numerous small producers‚ the company also receives the threats from the other seven major competitors. The company owns two plants in Europe‚ one being Merseyside Works‚ England and Rotterdam Facility‚ Holland. Both plants were built in 1967 and are identical
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renovate and ratio in order to make up for deferred maintenan and to ex d nce xploit oppor rtunities to a achieve incre eased productio efficiency on y. Victoria Che V emicals wa under pr as ressure from investors to impro m s ove its fina ancial performa ance because of the ac ccumulation of the firm commo shares b a well-kn n m’s on by nown corporate raider‚ Sir David Benj e jamin. Earni ings had fall to 180 p len pence per sh hare at the en of nd 2007 from around
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HBS Case Study Solution Kent Chemical: Organizing for International Growth Table of Contents 1 Initial Problems 3 1.1 Introduction & Problem Identification 3 1.2 Link of KCP’s Strategy to Porter’s Generic Strategies 4 1.3 A Suitable Vision for KCP and KCI 5 1.4 Kent’s Fundamental Organizational Challenge 5 1.5 Task Analysis and Role Assignment 6 1.6 Why These Problems Emerged Now and not Earlier in the 1990s 6 2 Unsuccessful Responses 7 2.1 Changes Morales Made 7 2.1.1 The GBD Concept
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Sơn EXPERIMENT 1: CHEMICAL REACTIONS I. INTRODUCTION – OBJECTIVES In this first experiment‚ we will perform 8 chemical reactions and 1 flame test in order to determine 2 things : a) firstly‚ we can know whether a reaction occurred or not. To complete our mission‚ we need to observe carefully some signs of chemical reaction’s appearance such as the change in color of solution‚ precipitate’s existence‚ the release of gas‚ also check the change of heat and light. b) secondly‚ we need to
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VICTORIA CHEMICALS PLC THE MERSEYSIDE AND ROTTERDAM PPROJECTS I would choose Merseyside project rather than Rotterdam’s not only for its superior prospect based on the quantitative criteria‚ but also for a more rational strategy consideration. For the four investment criteria‚ here’s the elaboration. NPV. Since the two plants are of identical scale‚ age‚ design and similar project size‚ it makes sense to use NPV to compare the two projects. Not taken into account the erosion at Merseyside‚
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REPORTER: The reporter (anonymous) called with concerns for the victims‚ Victoria and Curtis. The reporter said DHS placed the victims (Victoria and Curtis) in the mother’s care on a trial basis (90 days)‚ but now they are going to make it permanent. It was stated that Victoria said her mother comes home drunk. They have found her in the bushes and on the door step drunk‚ and they had to help her get into the home (3 different incidents were witnessed). The reporter said the mother’s youngest son’s
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Case #2: W-G-P Chemical Company John White‚ vice president of distribution for W-G-P Chemical Company‚ was preparing for the annual strategy review session conducted by the firm’s executive committee. He was charged with the task of evaluating his firm’s logistics costs and customer service capability for his firm’s packaged dry and liquid agricultural chemicals. W-G-P Distribution Systems Figure 1 outlines the existing logistics system for W-G-P Chemical Company. Four types of facilities:
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