Case Study 1 Question 1: How can Second Life provide value to businesses that use it? Answer: There are some main values that Second Life can bring to businesses that use it is: Firstly‚ firms can use Second Life to advertise and marketing their brands for millions of users of Second Life. Especially‚ this is a very good way for small and new businesses when they want to built up their brands because using Second Life or other virtual world can reduce the cost of advertising and easier to attend
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342 Case Questions 1. In the questions associated with the BEC case at the end of chapter 9. you were asked to modify the entity-relationship diagram drawn by the Stillwater student team to incluse any other entities and the attributes you identified from the BEC cases review your answers to these questions and modify the relations in BEC figure 10-2 to include your changes. 2. Study your answer to question 1. Verify that the relations you say represent the My roadway database are
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Case question 1 Variable manufacturing costs as a percentage of sales and the markup on variable manufacturing cost to establish the selling prices for each of the three product lines in 2008 en 2010: Compared markup 2008 and 2010: The markup is lower in 2010 because Luxor lowered the selling prices for lipstick in 2009 and for nail polish in 2010. They had to do this because the discount chains continued to put pressure on them to reduce the prices for lipstick and nail polish. Case
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Parmalat Finanziaria‚ S.p.A. Case Brief Summary: Case Questions: 1). Identify key factors or circumstances that complicate an independent audit of a multinational company One thing to always keep in mind is that the culture is different across the globe. Auditors of multinational companies may face cultural and communication barriers with their clients‚ which can complicate audit tasks. We also have to account for different currency across different countries and any transactions involving them
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employees even deserved the raise. Her major goal was first confirmed when her accountant ended up asking her during the meeting‚ “You asked me if I could find any money for raises this year. Well‚ I’ve gone over the latest numbers and the quick answer‚ I’m afraid‚ is no.” Juan the accountant told her that profits continued to be low with a spur of unexpected expenses. Juan continues further and with his creative thinking‚ gives Maggie something to work with. In other words‚ Juan recommends Maggie
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SAMPLE CASE ANSWER 2. Calculate the expected rate of return on each of the four alternatives listed in Table 1. Based solely on expected returns‚ which of the potential investments appears best? The expected return is the weighted average of the estimated returns in the different states of the world‚ where the probabilities of each outcome are the weights. Each outcome is multiplied by its probability and all products are then summed together. Expected Return can be calculated with the
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Student’s Name: Nevine El Toukhi Class : 45C Case 01 : Predicting Performance Alix’s Problem Alix Maher is the new admissions director at a small‚ highly selective New England College. She has a bachelor’s degree in education and a recent Master’s Degree in educational administration. But she has no prior experience in college admissions. In spite of Alix’s predecessor had given Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)‚ scores (40 %)‚ weights to student selection criteria; Alix has serious reservations
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direct marketing models like online ticket sales and souvenir shops are examples for B2C activities in this case. However‚ when we consider the broader definition of the EC‚ which is servicing customers‚ collaborating with business partners and conducting electronic transactions within an organization as well as buying and selling goods‚ we can relate nearly all the EC solutions in this case to B2C or B2B activities. The main aim of the organizers is servicing to customers‚ so the EC solutions like
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1. Zara was developed with the initial goal to link customer demand to manufacturing‚ and link manufacturing to distribution. Goals such as short production times‚ decreased inventory risk‚ and great choice of clothes have helped formulate a unique value and shape Zara’s current business model. Zara’s business model is based on three aspects: Zara’s fundamental concept is to maintain design‚ production‚ and distribution processes that will enable Zara to respond quickly to shifts in the consumer
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Questions 1. Why would a large and complex company like Boeing employ off-the-shelf application-specific software for accounting‚ human resources‚ supply chain management and other core business processes? And why do they choose to own‚ host and operate all of their own software rather than to for example outsource payroll to ADP Corporation or sales force management to Salesforce.com? a. Boeing probably uses off-the shelf application specific software for their core business processes
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