1. A convenience store chain can improve responsiveness to this uncertainty using one of the following strategies‚ especially for fresh and fast foods: Local Capacity. The convenience store chain can provide local cooking capacity at the stores and assemble foods almost on demand. Inventory would be stored as raw material. This is seen at the U.S. fast-food restaurant franchise Subway where dinner and lunch sandwiches are assembled on demand. The main risk with this approach is that capacity
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Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) is often used for assessing the company’s stock price. P/E is determined by first calculating the earnings per shares (EPS)‚ which is the post-tax profits divides by the number of shares (Figure 1). Trailing P/E is equal to current market share price divided by trailing earnings per share for the past 12 months‚ whereas forward P/E is equal to current share price divided by expected earnings per shares for the next 12 months or next full-year fiscal period (http://www
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when you write your examination. You may not refer to any books‚ notes‚ or other material‚ but you may use a calculator (but not a “programmable” one). Look over the entire exam before you start. There is a total of 105 points (+ 6 bonus points) 1.Firms that specialize in helping companies raise capital by selling securities are called ________. A) commercial banks B) investment banks C) savings banks D) credit unions E) all of the above. 2.Commercial paper is a short-term security issued
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Question 1 (Debate) Some marketers‚ feel that the image of a particular channel in which they sell product does not matter- all that matters is that the right customers shop there and the product is displayed in the right way. Others maintain that channel images- such as retail store- can be critical and must be consistent with the image of the product. Take a position and justify: Whether channel images do not really affect the brand images of the products they sell versus channel images must be
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CH. 1 The world had purposely been split into four kingdoms. The largest kingdom is towards the north and its name is Ardraven‚ it is known as the militarian kingdom. The kingdom to the south is Eroibell‚ it is the kingdom of crops. The eastern kingdom is Taos‚ the kingdom of minerals and mining. The last kingdom is to the west and it is Lagrasia‚ the kingdom of medicine. The four kingdoms created an occurrence that proved that every human being would have a mark. These marks are to come in the form
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Assignment 5.1: How the Coca-Cola Company Markets its Products and Services Grace Little Jones International University/ BBA101 How the Coca-Cola Company Markets its Products and Services In general‚ Coca-Cola beverages are for all consumers; however‚ there are some brands that target specific consumers. The target market has been defined as multi-cultural youth of age 13 - 24. The Coca-Cola Company ’s people say "Coca-Cola Company will target multi cultural youth by identifying common youth
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1. Read and analyze the question ● What is the question asking? ● What is the question asking you to do? [Know key words of the prompt] 2. Collect and Sort information ● Brainstorming‚ categorizing‚ generalizing [creating categories]1. Read and analyze the question ● What is the question asking? ● What is the question asking you to do? [Know key words of the prompt] 2. Collect and Sort information ● Brainstorming‚ categorizing‚ generalizing [creating categories] 3. Create your thesis
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1. Under what environmental conditions are price wars most likely to occur in an industry? What are the implications of price wars for a company? How should a company try to deal with the threat of a price war? Price wars are most likely to occur when the following conditions are present in an industry: the product is a commodity‚ exit barriers are substantial‚ excess capacity exists‚ the industry is consolidated‚ and demand is declining. A price war constitutes a strong threat. It is difficult
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disadvantages of price wars for different social groups By Nelson Rodriguez Price war is a situation in which rivals companies try to increase the number of consumers by attracting those who are buying from other companies through price lowering (This is common for commodity products that are so similar that price reduction may look as the only alternative to gain more customers).After each reduction there is a period of stability in which all afferents have the same price‚ but this equilibrium
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Analysts expect gas prices to decrease or remain mostly flat not only in 2014‚ but for years to come. Nonetheless‚ drivers in some states will see higher prices at the pump‚ starting January 1. Gas prices may not have seemed all that cheap in 2013. But in fact‚ prices for the year as a whole were less expensive than they have been. According toAAA’s year-end report‚ American drivers paid $3.49 per gallon of regular‚ on average for 2013. That’s the cheapest per-gallon average since 2010; the national
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