L.S.E. Dept. of Finance FM423-Michaelmas Term 2010 Questions for the HMC case study 1. What is the size of HMC’s portfolio? How is the portfolio managed and what are the management costs? What is the role of the Policy Portfolio? 2. Why is HMC focusing on real returns? 3. HMC’s estimates of expected returns‚ standard deviations and correlations differ from the twenty-year historical estimates. Why might this be? Comment on the difference between the two sets of estimates‚ focusing especially
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Exercises in Pricing Question 1: Wheeler Feed Mills Wheeler Feed Mills Ltd. has a production capacity of 10 MT per hour. The cattlefeed is packed in 50 kg jute gunny bags. During the last three years‚ the company had seen a growth as follows: Year 1997‐8 1998‐9 1999‐0 Sales in MT 26208 32236 39972 % over Prev.Yr 18% 23% 24% The company operates three shifts a day on all days. Sunday is earmarked for weekly maintenance. The product’s price is Rs.1.25 per kg including sales tax of 10%
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Cialis Case Study Questions The most relevant dimensions along which to segment the patient market for ED treatment are: Age- there are 30 million people in the US and 150 million worldwide are projected to have ED. An estimated 50% of men between 40 and 70 have some form of ED. Another way to segment the market is to identify current ED patients; ED dropouts and patients who are interested in an ED drug but had not tried one. Of the segments identified I would target current Viagra users first
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Assignment Questions: (1) How do you characterize the service Zipcar provides? Zipcar is the world’s largest American membership-based car sharing and car club service offering company providing car reservations to its members‚ billable by the hour or day. It is an alternative to traditional car rental and car ownership. The company shares Zipcars in different States of USA‚ Canada and UK. The company also has presence on over 230+ college campuses at universities across North America.
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SMPR Case Questions PG. 35-37 1. What are SMPR’S data communications needs? SMPR needs to be able to communicate between offices in a more efficient manner. A WAN (VPN) needs to be set up for SMPR to improve the communications between branch offices. This WAN can be set up and managed by the network technologist. A Windows server should be run on this network. This server will provide access based resources for each office from one central location. (Admin) 2. Based on the information provided
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Case Study Discussion Questions for Case Studies in Entrepreneurial Management and Finance Professor Edward H. Chow Spring 2013 1. (2/20) Introduction and get acquainted: Entrepreneurship and finance Lecture and discussion: A perspective on Entrepreneurship‚ Howard H. Stevenson‚ 1988 (9-384-131) How is finance related to corporate objectives? Note on the financial perspective: What should entrepreneurs know? William A. Sahlman‚ Harvard Business Publishing (9-293-045) In your view‚ what
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Question 1: After strongly reviewing this situation over and over again‚ I have realized how difficult and important this decision really is to our company. I believe my co-workers Sally Thompson and Joe Bradley have done an exceptional job so far‚ and have definitely pointed our marketing department in the right direction. After our company implemented Sally’s proposal‚ our market share increased three points‚ which she definitely deserves credit for. However‚ her proposal has led to some
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Yes‚ new media give us powerful tools and speed—but that’s not enough. SPOTLIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE NEW RULES OF BRANDING The One Thing You Must Get Right When Building a Brand COPYRIGHT © 2010 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by Patrick Barwise and Seán Meehan As usual‚ marketers are turning hype into hyperventilation. This time‚ it’s about the supposed end of marketing as we know it‚ thanks to the rise of social media and the shift of
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John Lanham Hubspot Case Questions Professor Sandra Young MKTG 2920 Sec 1 1/14/15 1.) Assess whether Hubspot can scale their business with only inbound marketing or should they also use outbound marketing. You will need to list the strengths and weaknesses involved with inbound marketing‚ list the strengths and weaknesses of outbound marketing‚ then compare and contrast the two‚ and state a decision. Inbound Marketing Outbound Marketing Strengths Weaknesses Strengths Weaknesses Visually appealing
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Haley Ankenbauer Lehman Brother’s Discussion Questions Question 1: The financial position of Lehman Brothers on September 14th was that they were facing bankruptcy. The firm’s liquidity problem was much more than they expected. Just 5 days earlier the firm’s management had assured the board that they had $42 billion in liquidity. The firm actually had much less than this. This problem was very serious and the firm did not know what to do. Companies like JP Morgan kept pulling money for collateral
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