Star Appliance Case Study Situation: Star Appliance is looking to expand their product line and is considering three different projects: dishwashers‚ garbage disposals‚ and trash compactors. We want to determine which project would be worth doing by determining if they will add value to Star. Thus‚ the project(s) that will add the most value to Star Appliance will be worth pursuing. The current hurdle rate of 10% should be re-evaluated by finding the weighted average cost of capital (WACC).
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Why firms go international? There are many reasons can promote firms go international‚ includes the domestic market saturation‚ end of PLC in domestic market‚ geographic diversification‚ to gain the economies of scale‚ stiff competition in domestic market and absence of competitors overseas etc. 1. Some firms go international in order to gain the economies of scale. As a research has pointed out that a doubling of output can reduce the production costs by up to 30 per cent. This is very obvious
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Internationalization strategies. Internationalization refers to the channel in which an organization can gain access into a new market. This paper will focus on the various internationalization strategies that a firm can use to diversify its products and services. Licensing Licensing is whereby an organization charges a fee or royalty as a result of using its technology‚ brand or expertise (Friesner 2014). Licensing therefore involves giving a foreign organization the right to create a product in
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due to the higher number of victims‚ efficiency and accuracy. Introduction In order to determine a more significant advance in warning of tsunami and volcanic eruption‚ the information about warning was researched. Early warning of tsunami is a new system which receives and calculates the data of oceanic quakes to determine tsunami. The predictive volcanic eruption is achieved through testing the tremors before emitting magma. Tsunami belong to oceanography‚ because of it is caused by a storm
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Many international students choose to go to an English speaking country to study but learning via the internet is much cheaper. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two options? Nowadays‚ with the development of globalization‚ a growthing number of people think English is most important in our life‚ therefore‚ many international students choose to go to an English speaking country to study‚ but some people think study English via internet is cheaper than go abroad. This essay will explain
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Internationalization of General Motors This paper examines the expansion of General Motors overseas in its various phases‚ as well as triggers for internationalization and the problems faced during the process. The paper also considers what benefits have been achieved through international growth‚ and how the company can be classified with regards to Bartlett and Ghosal’s 4 typologies. Finally‚ the paper discusses the concept of a “world car‚” meeting the demands of customers across the globe
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Motivation is an integral part of our everyday living. It gives us the drive to do something‚ and the intensity and frequency of doing it. Motivation is made up of different factors‚ one of which is our self-determination. According to the study prepared by Gagne‚ M.‚ and Deci‚ E.‚ Self-Determination Theory is a distinction between two kinds of motivation‚ autonomous and controlled (Gagne‚ M. & Deci‚ E.‚ 2005). Autonomous motivation means that we engage in an activity because we like it or because
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New Home‚ New Life At a young age growing up and being on my own was all I dreamed of until that day arrived. Growing up and moving away‚ I thought I had reached the ultimate marking point in my life. In reality it was just the beginning to the life I controlled. My emotions were rolling in realization that freedom was soon going to be in my grasp as I packed up my room ‚ started the route to my future‚ and began the slow process of settling into my new home which was the most exciting and frightening
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changes are taking place. One of these changes is the growing corporation that decides to go global. Most U.S. companies‚ both large and small‚ are rapidly acknowledging the necessity of global marketing. The demand for foreign products in the fast-growing economies of Europe‚ South America‚ Asia‚ and Pacific Rim nations offer one example of the benefits of global thinking. One company that has adapted to this new economy by globalizing has been Whirlpool. In 1989‚ Whirlpool Corporation embarked
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challenges‚ the collapse of its international markets and an overvalued dollar‚ Caterpillar had to reinvent itself or stop business. With the help of two different CEO’s‚ Caterpillar transformed itself. CEO George Schaefer introduced cost-cutting measures and employee involvement programs also outsourced machines‚ parts and components. CEO Donald Fites diversified Caterpillar’s product line and reorganized the company structurally. Facing weak competition both at home and abroad‚ Caterpillar charged
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