A key element of McDonald’s strategy since the beginning has been the policy of the company to own all property on which a McDonald’s outlet was built‚ regardless of whether that location was franchised or company-owned. Rental income varies from property to property‚ but it has been estimated that McDonald’s generates more money from its rent than from its franchise fees. McDonald’s real estate holdings and rent generated from these holdings are an important component of the company’s value and
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* Question 1 0 out of 2 points | | | An undergraduate business student has purchased a laptop computer for use during exams. This laptop is perfectly reliable except for two parts: its microchip‚ which has a failure rate of one in every twenty hours of operation; and its battery‚ which has a failure rate of one in every ten hours of operation. In addition‚ on average the battery will wear out in five hours‚ with a standard deviation of 30 minutes. Assuming that a new battery has just been
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Case Test 3 Chapter 12 Ethics Case 12-45 1. If the purchase had been handled properly by the controller this transaction may have been considered within ethical standards. However‚ evidence of weaknesses in internal control over inventory and possible management override of computerized records‚ that in all appearances increase the risk of adulterated inventory counts and computerized records in general‚ warrant response from the auditing team during their assessment of financial statements
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CHAPTER 1 PRE TEST The business operation that is almost completely governed by State and Federal laws is: a. the Payroll system. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): a. prohibits the hiring of disabled persons. b. prohibits discrimination against qualified people who are disabled. The law requiring a minimum wage be set by the Secretary of Labor a. is the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931. The law requiring a minimum wage be set by the Secretary of Labor is the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931. Pg
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Business economics assignment Part A 1. Many firms have similar cost structures‚ it might be possible to predict the prices of other competing organizations. Also cost plus pricing is simple to compute. Markup= (price-cost)/ cost price= cost (1+markup) P= Lab+ Mat+ Mkt+ F/Q+Z*A/Q Q: planned output A: gross operating assets Z: desired profit rate MR=P/ (1+1/Z) if firm is maximizing profit: MC=MR=P/ (1+1/Z) P= MC* [1/ (1+ 1/Z)] So profit maximizing price is a mark up on marginal
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Chapter 1 1. What is the name of the superstore which exists in South Africa and other countries and is considered to be the next Wal-Mart? a. South-Mart b. African-Store c. World-Mart d. Shoprite Answer: D Factual‚ International Business‚ p. 5 2. Companies are no longer limited by their domestic boundaries and may conduct any business activity anywhere in the world; these companies are more likely to compete anywhere because of a. Technology
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BADM 746: Test 2 Name: Student ID: Instructions: There are three parts in this paper. 1st part is worth 30%‚ 2nd part is worth 30% and 3rd part is worth 40% of all points in this test. Answer all the questions in each part to get full credit. Part I: Multiple choice questions Each question is worth 3 points. Please choose the best option that answers the question. 1. A conservative current operating asset financing approach will result in permanent current assets and some seasonal current
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Applying Blue Ocean Strategy in the Philippines: The case of Krispy Kreme It has been seven years since.W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne came out with a book called The Blue Ocean Strategy. .In the Philippines‚ it is still relatively new. It is rather odd that a few companies have invested in adopting a strategy that would allow them to get out of.a situation where many businesses [...] Krispy Kreme Applies Blue Ocean Strategy It has been seven years since.W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
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IKEA The strategy of IKEA adopted was cost leadership strategy. The cost leadership strategy is an integrated set action taken to produce goods or services with feature that are acceptable to customers at the lowest cost relative to that of competitors. Firms using the cost leadership strategy commonly sell standardized goods or services to the industry’s most typical customers. IKEA sells a lifestyle that customers around the world embrace a signal they have arrived good taste and recognize
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Corporate strategy Strategy is defined as the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term‚ which achieves advantage for the organization through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment‚ to meet the needs of markets and to fulfill stakeholder expectations. Johnson and Scholes (1982). Strategy can be used to describe an approach‚ stance‚ or long term. Strategies exist at several levels in any organization - ranging from the overall business (or group of businesses)
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