Financial Management – Handout »Balance Sheet - Statement of financial positions on a specific date * Book value: value on balance sheet (historical cost) * Market value: value of assets depends on riskiness‚ cash flows * Balance sheet identity: Assets = Liabilites + Shareholders‘ equity * Debt versus equity: Shareholders equity = Assets + Liabilities * Financial leverage: the more debt‚ the greater its degree of financial leverage »Income
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Zipcar: Refining the Business Model Zipcar is attractive to the investors because it has a good business model. There are 9 building blocks for a successful business model: Customer Segments. Zipcar targets at the people who do not want to own a car but occasionally wants the convenience to use a car in the urban locations‚ where there is a dense base of potential users‚ parking was expensive‚ and the need to drive is limited. In Unite States‚ this market is large and virtually untouched. Value
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1. Executive Summary Zipcar‚ a self-service car company with the largest active membership base of any car-sharing service in the United States‚ is facing a problem with the availability of the vehicle at appropriate time. This situation arises when the customer failed to return its car on time and the next customer is waiting at the parking spot with no car to drive despite following proper procedure in reserving a car online. I have determined that I must investigate and reach recommendation
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1. How is Zipcar’s business model different from its competitors? First‚ Zipcar has a very user friendly website and app that allows customers the ability to find a car within a short distance‚ choose which model of car he wants‚ and reserve the car. When a car is rented through Zipcar‚ the insurance and gas cost are already included in the rental price. Other car rental companies have centrally located branches that may be far away from the customer and/or difficult to travel to. This is a
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QUESTION 1 i. Current Ratio = Current Assets/Current Liability = $ 14‚651‚000/$ 19‚639‚000 = 0.750 ii. Quick Ratio = (Current Assets – Inventory) / Current Liability = ($ 14‚651‚000 – $ 6‚136‚000) / $ 19‚539‚000 = 0.436 iii. Total Assets Turnover = Sales/Total Assets = $ 167‚310‚000/$ 108‚615‚000 = 1.540 iv. Inventory Turnover = COGS/Inventory = $ 117‚910‚000/$ 6‚136‚000 = 19.216 v. Receivable Turnover = Sales/Account Receivables = $ 167‚310‚000/$ 5‚473
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| Report to the Management:A Strategic Analysis of Zipcar | | | Student ID Number: 0898244‚ 0889876 | 11/30/2011 | Table of Contents 1.0) Abstract………………………………………………………………………...2 2.0) Introduction…………………………………………………………………….3 3.0) PESTEL Analysis…………………………………..……………..…………...4 4.0) Five Forces………...……………………………..…………….…..…………..6 5.0) Three Generic Strategies.……………………………..……………..…………8 6.0) Strategy Direction……………………………………………………...……..10 7.0) Value Chain Analysis…………………………………
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Zipcar 1. What service attributes does Zipcar offer its customers? What is it asking its customers to give up? • Convenience – customers can make reservations online without having to purchase a car but rent one and pick up in a nearby area/neighborhood. Customers just needed to pay monthly fees and put in a deposit to be able to have access. • Flexibility – customers can make reservations online and for certain time frames (does not have to be for the full day). Customers can also choose the
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Response of ZIPCAR By Yongjun Zhao Submitted to Dr. Keith Harman Oklahoma Baptist University International Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for CIS_5203 Information Technology 24/03/2011 OVERVIEW This is an interesting‚ short case about how a new type of rental Car Company is able to operate in a completely new business model‚ as compared to other rental car companies‚ and embrace Web 2.0 technologies to gain further competitive advantage. The main
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related to management information systems (MIS) that you derived from this case. In the Zipcar case study‚ there was no particular strategic implication related to management of information system that could be derived from because IT was perfectly used to maximize Zipcar’s business advantage that brought advantages to both customers and the company’s bottom-line profits. By smartly use of technology‚ Zipcar was able to provide convenient and reliable access to on-demand transportation‚ making mobility
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1. What are the challenges facing Zipcar? Two prominent challenges that Zipcar faces currently are: Internal organizational challenges due to Merger with Avis – A merger between 2 companies of different size‚ values and culture always possess some challenges along with benefits. 3 potential challenges due to this merger could be - creating cultural synergies between a large conglomerate with established business practices with a relatively small entrepreneurial organization with innovative ways
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