CasesHelp Week 1. Google Inc. Case Questions 1. Review Google’s corporate webpage and annual report. How would you describe Google’s strategy? 2. Prepare a competitor analysis. How would you define Google’s industry? Who are Google’s competitors? 3. Prepare an environmental analysis. What are the major trends impacting Google’s industry? What are the growth prospects for Google’s core business? 4. Do you think Google’s industry is a competitive market‚ in the technical sense? Does Google have
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Supply Chain Management Case Study Report: Sport Obermeyer Q #1. Where would you place production? Although the article argues that they intended to place about half of its all production to China‚ I would personally shift more than half of its production toward Hong Kong if you are talking about the current market. I’m not quite sure if it’s about population of skiers/snowborders‚ but apprently a number of ski resorts went out of business in the past decade and we are faced with the
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CASE 01 - MYSTIC MONK COFFEE 1. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? 2. Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision? 3. What is Father Prior’s strategy for achieving his vision? What competitive advantage might Mystic Monk Coffee’s strategy
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Technology can be immensely useful especially in school‚ certain careers‚ people who choose to help others and unfortunately also to those who chose to use it badly to ruin a person’s life or the community or world as a whole‚ but question is‚ does technology really help us students particularly? From my life time experience I don’t think technology really helps us‚ technology just makes us lazy‚ and lazy enough to plagiarize or miss use it. I can relate to plagiarism because I’ve done it not only
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American Connector Company (A) Assignment Questions: 1.How serious is the threat of DJC to American Connector Company? 2.How bug are the cost differences between DJC’s plant and American Connector’s Sunnyvale plant? Consider both DJC’s performance in Kawasaki and its potential in the United States. 3.What accounts for these differences? How much of the differences is inherent in the way each of the two companies compete? How much is due strictly to differences in the efficiency of hte operations
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Assignment Questions: Session Nine: VANS - Skating on Air What were some of the key characteristics of Vans’ earliest customers in the 1960’s and 1970’s? The 1960’s‚ customers appreciated the fact that the shoes were the best durable and affordable causal deck shoe in the marketplace. Unlike‚ other manufacturers in the industry Vans sold directly to customers out of their store in Anaheim California. These customers were fun‚ outgoing‚ stylish individuals that wanted to stand out from the crowd
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Obermeyer Case Study Considering all the factors estimated in the case‚ the current problems are how to forecast the future demand with limited uncertainty as well as would that be too risky if increasing production in China due to China’s larger minimum order requirement and intense trade relationship with US. To solve those problems‚ we can first lay out what information and conditions we have: The minimum order quantity is 600 in Hong Kong and 1200 in China. The average cost of producing in
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Course: Financial Statement Analysis Lecturer: Dr Wen-hsin Hsu Questions of Cases Case 1: Accounting for the iPhone at Apple Presentation date: Oct 22 (Authors: Brochet‚ Francois;Palepu‚ Krishna G.;Barley‚ Lauren) 1. In your opinion‚ are GAAP or non-GAAP numbers most reflect the economic reality in Apple? 2. Discuss the impact on financial statements for GAAP and non-GAAP numbers. 3. Should APPLE lobby for their non-GAAP numbers to be sanctioned by FASB? 4. Does it matter if the revenue recognition
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Private Equity investments make up another 15%. The next closest asset class is domestic bonds at 11%. 2. How does HMC form its capital market assumptions? Historical data & advice from historical data on real returns. Conducts mean-variance analysis & looks to invest on the efficient frontier based on HMC’s risk tolerance. 3. What do HMC’s capital market assumptions imply about the forward looking domestic equity premium? How does it compare to the historical equity premium? Since HMC is
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CASE QUESTIONS Cash Flows and Value. Cost of Capital Case 1: Hop-In Food Stores‚ Inc. 1. Determine the correct price for this particular IPO. Use several methods to do this and compare them. 2. What extra information would you try to acquire in a real life situation? Case 2: Chem-Cal Corporation 1. How do you calculate the WACC for this firm? 2. What is the cost of capital of the debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common stock (assume the equity beta is 1.22)? 3. Calculate the WACC. How can a WACC be used
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