Blaine Kitchenware Case Study Answers 1. ABOUT THE COMPANY Blain Kitchenware‚ Inc. (BKI)‚ founded in 1927‚ is a mid-sized producer of small appliances for residential kitchens. BKI has an approximate 10% market share of the $2.3 billion U.S. market for small kitchen appliances‚ with 65% of sales originating from the US market. The company is public since 1994‚ and the majority of the shares is controlled by the founder’s family (62% of outstanding shares)‚ who also have a strong representation in
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1. How well has Value Trust performed as of the date of the case? As of 2005‚ Value Trust had outperformed its benchmark index‚ the S&P 500‚ for 14 years consecutively. Given that the next longest period of sustained performance was only half as long‚ 14 consecutive years of excellent performance set a record as the longest streak of success for any manager in the mutual-fund industry. The average annual total return for the past 15 years was 14.6%‚ which was higher than the S&P’s 500 by 3.67%.
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Economy Shipping Company It is recommended that Economy Shipping Company (ESC) replace the steamboat‚ Cynthia‚ with a new diesel powered boat. The analysis assumed no operating cost in 1950. Although ESC was presumably still in service during this analysis‚ the costs associated with the project evaluation were not accounted for until 1951. It was also implicit in the NPV calculations that any upgrade required subsequent to 1950 could be performed without any interruption to the daily
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John Porter Dr. Wang MIS 220 Case Study #2: Facebooks Dilemma 1. What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in this case? The concepts that the case study entitled‚ “Facebooks Dilemma” highlights out of chapter 10 of Management information Systems: by Kenneth Laudon & Jane Laudon are based around what is identified as Electronic commerce. Electronic commerce is the use of the internet and the web to perform business transactions more specifically‚ to perform commercial transactions
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Purpose of the Transaction State the reason corporate management has entered into the transaction‚ or‚ alternatively‚ summarize the event that has led to the reporting controversy. (This can be difficult in some practice cases but is usually obvious in the FASB concepts cases.) Phil N. Tropic bought a lottery ticket to participate in a drawing by a local charity. His motive for the purchase is not clear since the purchase may have been made for a chance to win $100-$100‚000 or to support a local
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MGMT570 (Spreadsheet Modeling and Simulation): Case 1 Sonoma Valley Wines Case Q1. Following table shows the optimal decision (within given constraints in the case) George need to make to maximize his profit: *Please refer to the excel file‚ “(Q1)” sheet‚ for more detail calculation. Amount Decision Variable Petite Sirah Sauvignon Blanc Total Wine Bottles to sell (year 1) 4‚469 6‚704 11‚173 Wine Bottles to sell (year 2) 62‚457 26‚767 89‚225 Spend on Grapes (year 1) $ 3‚575.42
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Go up to the white board and indicate whether you think the following are True or False. 1) Serious arguments can begin over trivial matters. 2) People who quarrel for a long time often forget why they started fighting in the first place. 3) Arguments always weaken as time goes by. 4) When arguing you should never give in or show weakness. Using a Ten Percent Summary summarize this article: The Hatfield and McCoy Feud http://www.history.com/shows/hatfields-and-mccoys/articles/the-hatfield-mccoy-feud
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Technology Solution to a Business Problem Subject of Course Project Advanced technology is proved to be beneficial for organizations and business more than ever before‚ it helped in bringing business close. It assisted in each and every aspect of business from making team of best employees‚ to booking order‚ delivery of products and their support. We need to use advanced technology in order to help business needs of an organization or use specific technology to solve a business related issue
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R&R Introduction of Case Study Bob Reiss in 1983 observed with interest the success in the Canadian market of new game board called “Trivial Pursuit”‚ The sale of the game in the US tended to be approximately ten times those of sales in Canada since “Trivial Pursuit” had sold 100‚000 copies .Now Reiss thought game make a boom in US market and this make a profitable opportunity for him. After Graduation from Harvard Business School in 1956 Bob Reiss started working for a company of stationary
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sales forecast ought to be based on clearly stated assumptions about future economic conditions. Next‚ they should prepare pro forma financial statements by either assuming that the key items vary proportionately with sales or remain constant (as the case may be). Based on their asset utilization rate‚ they would be able to determine the asset requirements for growth. Some of the funds required to finance growth would be raised from spontaneous sources such as accounts payables and accruals and from
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