Contents Introduction1 Fundamental Analysis1 Prospect Analysis3 Financial Analysis4 Investment Analysis4 Operating Policy7 Conclusion8 Appendix Introduction Ocean Carrier Inc. owned and operated cape-size dry bulk carriers worldwide. Major Cargo type is iron ore and coal. Vessel sizes are 80‚000 DWT to 210‚000 DWT. Cape-size carriers travel around Cape Horn rather than the Panama Canal due to size constraints. The cargo operations include maintenance‚ repairs‚ insurance‚ supplying of
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finance that growth internally by its efficient use of working capital and its profitability. Dell’s Competitive Advantage: The extent of Dell’s working capital advantage over its competitors can be assessed using data contained in Table A of the case on days sales of inventory (DSI) for Dell and its competitors. In 1994 and 1995‚ Dell’s DSI was about half the level of its competitors. In January 1996‚ for example‚ Dell had inventory to cover 32 days of sales while Compaq Computer had inventory
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million households. Most of the time buying and owning a laptop in particular is an investment‚ as they don’t come cheap. To protect this investment it is common for consumers to use a protective outer case. The younger generation however‚ does not particularly like the look of these bulky‚ bland cases. Instead‚
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who tried the product found value in it. The target segment of the soap is women in the age group 18-35 years. The name “Sehra” is a headdress worn by grooms during weddings. Giving a masculine accessory’s name to a soap targeted at women is a case of incorrect positioning. The ad campaigns developed focused more on the Jasmine fragrance than the ‘purity’ aspect. Decision: “Sehra” should be launched nation-wide. Marketing Plan: Price: The purchase value as well as quantity increased when
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And the firm willing to pay YSL’s normally billing rates. 2.0 Answer the question (a) The full cost of the Surenex engagement including indirect costs and direct costs. Direct costs consist of travel cost and cost of conducting surveys. In the case‚ direct cost means direct charge is about $3‚000. The professional compensation charges include partner $4‚800 and professional staff $4‚000. Each of engagement receives an allocation of overhead based on professional compensation charges. The data
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Philips versus Matsushita Case summary of Philips: The company has built its success on worldwide portfolio of responsive national organizations (NO). The company was established by Gerard Philips and his father opened a small light bulb factory in Eindhoven‚ Holland in 1892.The company faced a tough fall. Gerald then recruited his brother Anton‚ a salesman and manager. In 1900 it became the 3rd largest producer of light-bulb in Europe and in 1912 Philips
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The case study presented a decision that needs to be made by Compass Records between owning and producing or licensed the recording rights for an up and coming Dublin folk music star‚ Adair Roscommon. Both scenarios offer different benefits and risks. Within the attached spreadsheet‚ each option has been analyzed based on their own specific cost structures over a span of year 0 – year 3‚ with equal sales figures. To begin‚ I will speak about the results of the two cash flow analyses‚ which
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Even if the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) just recently broke free from the world’s worst airports list‚ it still fares horribly as one of the country’s flight terminals. In fact‚ NAIA has caused more harm than good for innocent passengers. The unfortunate series of events on the “laglag-bala” scheme has confirmed
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Florida Atlantic University Star River Electronics Ltd. – Case Analysis Case Summary Star River Electronics is a joint venture company that has gained respect within the industry for producing high quality CD-ROMs to major software companies. In the mid 1990s‚ multimedia products created a high demand for CD-ROMs‚ allowing manufacturing companies of all sizes to enter the market. As a result‚ an oversupply ensued causing prices to decline as much as 40%. Star River survived a period
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Strategic Delay Juyan Zhang∗ and Yi Zhang† December 20‚ 2010 Abstract We investigate hold-up with simultaneous and sequential investment. We show that if the encouragement effect of sequential complementary investments dominates the delay effect‚ sequential investment alleviates the underinvestment caused by the hold-up problem. Further‚ if it is allowed to choose when to invest‚ strategic delay occurs when the encouragement effect of sequential complementary investments dominates the delay effect.
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