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    Dixon Ticonderoga Victim Of Globalization   Case Discussion – No.1 Dixon Ticonderoga – Victim of Globalization 1.    The reasons for cost advantage in Chinese pencil production: a.    Cheap labor availability China is a country with high population and the labour is cheap compared to the US labour which results lowering of the cost. b.    Availability of raw materials The raw material could be cheaper in China compared to the sources which US is being supplied for the pencil production

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    Case Discussion – No.1 Dixon Ticonderoga – Victim of Globalization 1. The reasons for cost advantage in Chinese pencil production: a. Cheap labor availability China is a country with high population and the labour is cheap compared to the US labour which results lowering of the cost. b. Availability of raw materials The raw material could be cheaper in China compared to the sources which US is being supplied for the pencil production. c. Quality parameters Compared with US the quality

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    Dixon Ticonderoga Dixon Ticonderoga is one of the oldest public companies in the United States. The company’s flagship product is the ubiquitous No. 2 yellow pencil‚ introduced in 1913‚ which is known to almost anyone who went to school or took standardized tests in the United States. With annual revenue of a little more than $100 million‚ Dixon Ticonderoga is the second largest pencil manufacturer in the country. For most of its history‚ Dixon Ticonderoga has been a prosperous company‚ but

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    Dixon Ticonderoga 1. Why do you think that the Chinese apparently have a cost advantage in the production of pencils? a. Chinese apparently have a cost advantage due to the amount that they can sell pencils at. It may be due to the domestic competition‚ a rebate the Chinese offers for exports of pencils‚ and the lowering of duties that where imposed by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Also‚ the Chinese continued to find ways of lowering cost‚ increasing technology‚ and their know-how in making

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    Why do you think that the Chinese apparently have a cost advantage in the production of pencils? As we all know that China is a country with a large population of people. With a lot of investment and professional people in China‚ it has become a strong foreign competition in producing pencils. With the high technology of machines in China‚ it is said to have more cost advantages in costs‚ material and production or even labor costs. Apparently‚ China has a cost advantage in the production of pencil

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    opportunities‚ though. Because of globalization‚ Dixon was able to move the manufacturing of their pencils to Mexico and China.  •Their threats come from China and other countries being able to produce pencils cheaper than Dixon could make them in the United States. •Dixon Ticonderoga was one of the oldest public companies in the United States. Dixon was the second largest pencil manufacturer in the country . • Problem for Dixon Ticonderoga‚ began in the early 1990s when Chinese manufacturers

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    Pencils are better than Pens Ladies and gentlemen‚ When you go to war you want to be prepared with the right weapons. Having the wrong ones can limit you success and impair your skills. Isn’t this the same case for writing a paper? When you sit down to write a paper you want to make your ideas flow‚ to be able to erase false ones‚ and stay focused; pencils enable you to do all of those things more effectively than pens. Pencils have erasers to fix all your mistakes‚ they’re 100% organic‚ and contrary

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    Caso DIXON Finanzas Corportativas Integrantes • Hugo Rangel • Alvaro Rojas • Javier Rota • Javier Seminario 1. Estimate the cost of equity appropriate for the evaluation of the incremental cash flows associated with the Collinsville investment. Estimate the weighted average cost of capital appropriate for discounting the Collinsville plant’s incremental cash flows a) Usando los β de Burnswick y Southern‚ hallamos el βE desapalancado de Collinsville. Southern Chem. βA= βD(D/V)+βE(E/V)

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    Timeline: In the last lesson‚ you read about the British victory at Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. Create a time line of the important battles of the Revolutionary War beginning with Fort Ticonderoga and ending with the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781. 5/10/1775|The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga |Fort Ticonderoga‚ New York| 5/27/1775|The Battle of Chelsea Creek|Suffolk County‚ Massachusetts| 6/16/1775|The Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill |Charlestown‚ Massachusetts| 12/31/1775|The Battle of Quebec|Quebec

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    Bus M 401 Dixon Case Estimate of WACC for Collinsville Plant The WACC for Collinsville‚ according to our estimations‚ came up to about 16.22% (Exhibit I). We took the average of the unlevered betas of comparable companies‚ 0.91‚ and relevered it according to Dixon’s target capital structure. Dixon’s 5-year historical debt ratio was 27.5%‚ but this approach would not be reliable due to its steep downturn debt ratio from 51% in 1975 to 6% in 1979. Thus‚ we thought that the best estimate of the

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