of fans as “co-producers” of the sport service‚ the hypothesis of this research is that a fan community is a salient stakeholder in the value co-creation process. This research focuses on a fan community of a specific professional football case‚ the ACF Fiorentina the Florence‚ Italy football club - a “rich” example for identifying and analyzing the manifold influences and interactions that fans can engage in with their team‚ the local context and the network of actors as a whole. The knowledge of
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Satyawadi Competitive Environment The ACF plant has experienced serious cutbacks throughout the 80s due to competitive pressure caused primarily by the entrance of foreign competition in a market formerly dominated by US auto manufacturers and the oil shock of the 70s. The expensive gasoline has started a trend in the auto industry for fuel efficiency resulting in ever increasing emission standards. With the resulting loss of domestic market share‚ ACF is facing intense competition from not only
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The Bridgeton case introduced a relatively simple costing system: DM‚ DL‚ and one pool of indirect‚ support‚ or overhead costs. The one and only "cost pool" containing all overhead (OH) costs was allocated on the basis of DL$. In this case‚ the direct costs seem to be largely variable (i.e.‚ they vary proportionally with production volume)‚ whereas some of the indirect costs are relatively variable and others are largely fixed. Case in point: Not all INDIRECT costs are necessarily FIXED. To figure
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Bridgeton Industries: Automotive Component & Fabrication Plant DESCRIPTION. The Automotive Component & Fabrication Plant (ACF) was a major supplier of components for the domestic automotive industry‚ the original plant site for Bridgeton Industries. ACF was a long-term business since the early 1900s. The market of ACT’s production was growing and dominated by U.S. automobile manufacturers‚ ACF faced less competition pressure because most competitions from local suppliers and other Bridgeton plants
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To: Bridgeton Management The ACF plant had cutbacks throughout the 80s as a result of stiff competition caused by foreign competitors entering a market that was dominated by the US auto parts suppliers. As a result of declining market share‚ ACF is not only in competition with other suppliers but also other Bridgeton plants. The gross profit is declining due to increased costs in direct labor and direct material since 1987. Direct materials cost increased due to the high cost of steel in producing
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Bridgeton Industries: Automotive Component & Fabrication Plant The Automotive Component and Fabrication Plant (ACF) was the original plant site for Bridgeton Industries‚ a major supplier of components for the domestic automotive industry. It manufactured fuel tanks‚ manifolds‚ doors‚ muffler/exhausts and oil pans. All its products were sold to Big Three domestic automobile manufactures. Competition was from local suppliers and other Bridgeton plants. The plant well grew and developed as far as
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Bridgeton Industries: Automotive Component and Fabrication Plant 3. Calculate the expected gross margins as a percentage of selling price on each product based on the 1998 and 1990 model year budgets assuming selling price and material and labor cost do not change from standard. *See Exhibit 1 for calculations To calculate the expected gross margins as a percentage of selling price‚ first we will need to calculate the total overhead (burden) for years 1988 and 1990. For year 1988‚ the total
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Estimating Funds Requirements Short-Term Sources of Funds Subject: O.M. Scott & Sons Company Problem: Should the O.M.Scott company keep with its Trust Receipt Plan in order to maintain 25% growth rate. Options: 1. Sell receivables to a third party at a discount rate to receive cash. 2. Issue preferred equity to help finance retailers in holding higher Inventory levels 3. Reduce growth rate to a sustainable Recommendation:
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University of Toronto Department of Economics ECO 204 2010 - 2011 Sayed Ajaz Hussain Lecture 1 Ajaz Hussain. Department of Economics. University of Toronto (St. George) 1 Today About ECO 204 (Single-Variable) Functions (Single-Variable) Calculus (Single-Variable) Unconstrained Optimization (Single-Variable) Concave and Convex Functions Ajaz Hussain. Department of Economics. University of Toronto (St. George) 2 Instructor: Office Room 212‚ Economics Department 150 St. George Street
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Bridgeton Industries 1. Describe the competitive environment for Bridgeton as well as the cost accounting system currently in use. Bridgeton Industries was a major supplier of components for the US domestic automotive industry. Initially‚ competition in this market was limited‚ and with the growing automobile industry Bridgeton Industries sold most of their production from the Automotive Component & Fabrication(ACF) plant to the Big-Three domestic automobile manufacturers. Their main competition
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