Stat-403/ 650/ 890 (BPK) – Assignment 1 2013 Spring Term . Question 1. Eating paint It has been estimated that lead poisoning resulting from an unnatural craving (pica) for substances such as paint may affect as many as a quarter of a million children each year‚ causing them severe‚ irreversible retardation. Explanations for why children voluntarily consume lead range from “improper parental supervision” to “a child’s need to mouth objects.” Some researchers‚ however‚ have been investigating
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IKEA’S GLOBAL SOURCING CHALLANGE: INDIAN RUGS AND CHILD LABOUR Barner‚ IKEA’s business area manager for carpets‚ must decide how to handle the child labor issue. She learned that a German television would soon air a documentary showing children working at looms at Rangan Exports‚ one of IKEA’s major suppliers. Moreover‚ the producer invited IKEA to send a representative to take part in a live discussion. The first question is whether to recommend that IKEA participate in the program or decline
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11/02/2013 IKEA’S global sourcing challenge: Indian rugs and child labor 1. How should Marianne Barner respond to the invitation for IKEA to have a representative appear on the upcoming broadcast of the German video program? Marianne Barner is the business area manager for carpets in IKEA faced with the decision of cutting off one of the company’s major suppliers of Indian Rugs. According to Barner‚ “German-produced program planned to take a confrontational and
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CAPTIVES VS. OUTSOURCING The insurance sourcing choice INSURANCE SOURCING CHOICE – CAPTIVES vs. OUTSOURCING Table of Contents Insurance sourcing- Market and journey so far .................................................................................................................... 4 Why the shift from Captive to a third party supplier? .......................................................................................................... 4 How are the third party suppliers doing in
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INTRODUCTION Dulux is the top brand of good quality paint offering “do it yourself” users to achieve lasting good looks. Dulux products are vary from country to country‚ as they are tailor made to meet the needs of local people. Dulux paint main aim is to help the people to create a decorative environment with confidence. Dulux is the largest paint suppliers with 130 outlets. Task 1 Marketing Audit: “Marketing Audit is a systematic independent and periodic analysis of a company
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The Brewing Industry Analysis Authors: Brent Gilani‚ Chelsea Seele‚ Mesa Rangel‚ Teddy Argerter‚ and Zane Hyland Title Page Table of Contents 2 What we’re doing 3 Our Target Market 3 Our Competition 4-11 Our Market Size 12 Law of the Industry 13-14 Ecological Factors 15 Technological Factors 16 Economical Factors 17 The Boomin’ Beer Brewin’ Industry 18-19 Beer is Attractive 20-21 Bibliography 22-23 Table of Contents What we’re doing: Imagine
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1) Crowdsourcing is obtaining a needed service from a large group of people‚ in which mainly comes from the online community. With the service coming mainly from the online community the process can happen both on or offline. The idea of crowdsourcing combines the efforts of part time workers and volunteers to gather small portions of information‚ which ultimately adds up to a large result in the end. 2) Disadvantages of crowdsourcing compared to traditional employees would be the reliability of
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decision of paint‚ which lead the company to obtain a good financial position. To get a better position in this competitive market‚ companies should identify these factors and analyze them to find out the perception of the customers and it will also help the company to make a better performance according to the factors. In this research‚ the attitude measurement of the customers will be identified also. It will help to know the company’s position into the customers’ mind. Elite Paint is already in
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New ’solar paint’ could generate electricity from the roofs and walls of EVERY home without the need for bulky panels * ’Nanocrystals’ used to generate power * Can be painted or printed onto walls or windows * So tiny you could fit 250‚000‚000‚000 on head of a pin * Thin enough to be painted or printed onto walls One day‚ a thin film of ’solar panel’ could be painted over windows and walls to turn every home into a giant hi-tech ’sun trap’. The hi-tech solution could make solar
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Q-1 What valuation(s) can we place on the business? What method(s) did you use to arrive at the valuation(s)? Valuation Based on Discounted cash Flow Discounted Cash Flow Paint Pen Value using this model is $8.17M. The WACC used for discounting cash flows was 16%. We had made the following assumptions about revenues projections which were based on our growth strategy: 15% growth rate in FY-1997R 17% growth rate in FY-1998E 20% growth rate in FY-1999E 25% growth rate in FY-2000E
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