University: (A) Southwestern University (SWU)‚ a large state college in Stephenville‚ Texas‚ 30 miles south of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex‚ enrolls close to 20‚000 students. To bolster its chances of reaching number-one ranking in the Big Eleven Conference‚ in 2003‚ SWU hired the legendary Pitterno as its head coach. One of Pitterno’s demands on joining SWU had been a new stadium. After the 6 months of SWU administrators’ study‚ Dr. Joel Wisner‚ president of SWU‚ had reached a decision to expand the
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I. Company Background Southwestern University (SWU) is located in Stephenville‚ Texas. They have recently hired a new well-known football coach and because of this‚ they are expecting an increase in their fan base for this sport. Their season ticket sales have gone up‚ meaning more revenues‚ however‚ this also means increase in customer complaints due to traffic problems whenever there’s a game. Dr. Marty Starr‚ SWU’s president‚ has asked University Planning Committee to see how they can solve
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to be considered is the preference of Hill for an at least 75% completion probability of the project. V. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION Southwestern University (SWU) has already established its decision to construct its on-campus stadium in order to address the problem of increasing number of audiences at every football game. The administrators of SWU contracted Bob Hill of Bill Construction to execute the said project. The case has provided data and assumptions that are essential in the determination
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proceed with development of the ACP. The following report will detail our specific calculations and conclusions. As of quarter two 2006‚ Paducah was producing at its capacity of 3.5M Separative Working Units (SWU’s) annually. The cost to produce 1 SWU in 2006 will be $43.26 (increasing annually with inflation). Our assumption is that USEC will not proceed with the M2M purchase incentive detailed in the case; instead‚ they will purchase raw uranium as needed at market value. USEC is responsible for
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Case Studies 1. SOLUTION TO STARTING RIGHT CASE‚ CH. 3‚ PAGE 110 This is a decision-making-under-uncertainty case. There are two events: a favorable market (event 1) and an unfavorable market (event 2). There are four alternatives‚ which include do nothing (alternative 1)‚ invest in corporate bonds (alternative 2)‚ invest in preferred stock (alternative 3)‚ and invest in common stock (alternative 4). The decision table is presented. Note that for alternative 2‚ the return in a good market
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Case Study: Westover Electrical‚ Inc. Westover Electrical‚ Inc.‚ is a medium-size Houston manufacturer of wire windings used in making electric motors. Joe Wilson‚ VP operations‚ has experienced an increasing problem with rejected product found during the manufacturing operation. "I’m not sure where to begin‚" admitted Joe at the weekly meeting with his boss. "Rejects in the Winding Department have been killing us the past two months. Nobody in operations has any idea why. I have just brought in
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Southwestern University: F The recent success of Southwestern University’s football program is causing SWU’s president‚ Joel Wisner‚ more problems than he faced during the team’s losing era in the early 1990s. For one thing‚ increasing game-day attendance is squeezing the town of Stephenville‚ Texas and the campus. Complaints are arising over parking‚ seating‚ concession prices‚ and even a shortage of programs at some games. Dr. Wisner‚ once again‚ turns to his stadium manager‚ Hank Maddux. This
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Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim is a feminist activist for women’s rights and social change in Sudan. She was born at 1939 has a long history of working‚ and fighting for women rights. Fatima is an author too‚ and she published about seven books and many articles for the cause that she dedicated her life to it. Fatima’s life was not easy and had many sad moments. She has been living under multiple oppressive regimes and had her husband executed during the 60’s. Moreover‚ spent two-year house impressment.
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University’s football program under its new coach‚ Bo Pitterno‚ surged in each of the 5 years since his arrival at the Stephenville‚ Texas‚ college With a football stadium close to maxing out at 54‚000 seats and a vocal coach pushing for a new stadium‚ SWU president Joel Wisner faced some difficult decisions. After a phenomenal upset victory over its archrival‚ the University of Texas‚ at the homecoming game in the fall‚ Dr.Wisner was not as happy as one would think. Instead of ecstatic alumni‚ students
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The Disney property in Florida includes 4 parks‚ 20 hotels‚ 27‚500 rooms‚ 160 miles of roads‚ and 56‚000 employees. Forecasting attendance and guest behavior helps plan for more than 1 billion customer interactions per year‚ and the purchase of 9 million hamburgers‚ 50 million Cokes‚ and tons of “tangible memories.” Planning begins with a 5 year forecast of attendance based on a combination of econometric models‚ experience-based models‚ extensive research‚ and a magic mirror. 1. Econometric
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