Godrej and Boyce: Chotukool Case study Question and Answers Q 1. Assess the business case for Chotukool. What are the critical success factors for their product to succeed? Answer: Godrej and Boyce’s product-Chotukool is an example of Disruptive Innovation. Disruptive innovation‚ a term of art coined by Clayton Christensen‚ describes a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market‚ eventually
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March 4‚ 2011 Case-Revitalizing Dell I. Diagnosis Question 1: The most critical shifts in Dell’s contextual factors‚ including industry dynamics‚ trends‚ technology changes and shift of the competitive landscape are following: The industry has changed significantly over the last 20 years. The traditional business model in the PC industry was inside-out‚ supplying machines based on orders from distribution‚ resell and retail channels‚ thus following the indirect selling concept. Dell’s direct
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Executive Summary The case " Apple Computer ’s Supplier Hubs: A Tale of Three Cities" deals with the imple-mentation of supplier hubs as an instrument to improve the flow of materials along a sup-ply chain based on the experience at Cork‚ Ireland and Fountain‚ Colorado. Since the demand of Apple ’s desktop PC and server PC products has rapidly increased there is a need to built new production lines‚ but at the same time a need to store more material at the manufacturing site.
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Being that Eskimo Pie is a small operation with fairly thin margins‚ they would not qualify for an A or AA bond rating. Thus‚ I am assuming that any bonds they have issued have a BB rating. The long-term bond yield for BB bonds is 11.44%. The case does not provide any information regarding the required return on equity. However‚ by imputing the data from Exhibit 8c into a spreadsheet we can calculate Beta for comparable companies. I calculate the Beta for Ben & Jerry’s to be 1.5994. I calculate
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Consultant Report M. C. B NYU University December 07‚ 2010 Abstract This report was prepared for DM who is the Patient Care Director of 5 Central. In the attached report I evaluated the performance of 5 Central – an antepartum unit at Hospital. Taking into account the role that patients‚ family members and healthcare professionals share‚ I evaluated the performance measures used on 5 Central. My assessment of the unit involved assessment of various performance reports and conducting
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segments‚ and increase brand loyalty. The problems faced while achieving the objective are as follows: * The rural population in Indonesia is unaware of the modern shaving trends and therefore do not add to the total sales of the company. With time‚ when the urban market will get saturated‚ the rural market will become the only option for the company to expand their sales. Therefore‚ the company has to find some means to penetrate and increase the awareness among the rural population. * The awareness
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Southwest Airlines: 1993 (A) - Just Plane Smart -SummaryIntroduction: During the summer of 1003‚ the company was about to receive two uncommitted airplanes. The director of schedule planning needed to find a way to put these machines to work and meeting growth objectives without damaging the company’s focus. The main decision should be compliant with the Southwest Airlines’ organizational culture. History: Southwest started in 1971‚ after going through court battles caused by competitors that
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Team Assignment: Alex Sanders Memo To: Mr. Sam Glass From: Team 8 Date: March 2nd‚ 2013 Subject: Alex Sanders In response to your inquiry regarding Alex Sanders and performance management‚ we urge you to consider the following recommendations. Your perception of Alex as a go-getter is absolutely accurate; he has the intellect‚ drive‚ and ambition to accomplish goals with great success. In fact‚ much of the group’s success is correlated with Alex’s involvement. We realize that his
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Proposal for Essentials By AccoutMark Consultants An Nguyen‚ Naiyu Chen‚ Ning Song‚ Peisheng Hu‚ Jiayi Li We are delighted to help you. This is our operating proposal. We will work with you to future refine it‚ as needed. Accounting Issues: Part one: Sales Incentives Coupons‚ rebates and other sales incentives – They are not marketing expense? Sales incentives include coupons‚ points of sale discounts‚ mail-in rebates‚ free products and services‚ loyalty programs‚ etc. The primary accounting issues:
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