9-197-102 REV: MAY 14‚ 2004 WILLIAM J. BRUNS‚ JR. Reto S.A. In December 2004‚ R. E. Torgler was trying to decide whether to add a new line of injection molded plastic products to those already manufactured and distributed by Reto S.A. In order to do so‚ the firm would have to buy new injection molding equipment; none of the existing equipment could be adapted to perform the necessary operations‚ and Torgler was anxious to retain control of manufacturing. Actually‚ new injection molding
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Reto S.A. Question 1: Since we are initially ignoring the effects of taxes and do not know the required return‚ (we initially know only that debt costs 8% but are not provided any information regarding equity costs) the only available option is to use either a non-time value based evaluation or the internal rate of return: Cash Flow Time Amount Equipment Cost 0 SFr -600000 Revenue 1-10 2000000 Less Commissions-15% -300000 Less Materials
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Homework 5 - Solutions 1. Download the external file HW5-States.txt from the Blackboard. Read it into SAS. It contains the Statehood Order‚ State Name‚ and Statehood Date. Finish the following tasks. Calculate the days and years between the statehood date and the Independence Day (4th of July‚ 1776) for each state. For each state‚ what is its Bicentennial? Summarize the number of statehood for each month (January to December‚ ignore the year). Note: only one row is expected for each month for your
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Founded in 1978‚ Sa Sa has grown from a 40 sq. ft. retail space to become today’s regional "beauty". According to the "Retail Asia-Pacific Top 500" ranking of Retail Asia magazine and Euromonitor in 2014 the Sa Sa holdings is a topmost company in the Hong Kong. As one of the largest sole agents in cosmetics in Hong Kong‚ Sa Sa represents over 100 international beauty brands in Asia. Sa Sa prospers on its successful and proven "one-stop cosmetics specialty store" concept‚ offering customers with
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Introducing the Sa Sa International Holding Limited (China) Sa Sa International Holding Limited‚ a Hong Kong leading cosmetics retailing group in Asia. Sa Sa has approximately 220 stores and retail counters across different regions in Asia. Together with it owns brand and other international brands; Sa Sa offered over 600 brands of skin care‚ and fragrance‚ make-up and hair care products. In 2005‚ in order to track the fast growing trend of China Cosmetic industry‚ Sa Sa International Holding Limited
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SA PULA‚ SA PUTI Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo About the Author Francisco had a colorful career as politician‚ poet‚ playwright‚ essayist and nationalist. He is popular for his caustic comments on current events‚ which he writes in both English and Filipino. He is one of the foremost exponents of nationalism and was one of the writers censored and detained during the Marcos regime. He was also one of the youngest to be elected Philippine senator. CHARACTERS Kulas‚ an out-and-out sabungero‚ or cockfighting
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SA SA COSMETICS – Analyzing Competition Sa Sa Cosmetics is a very successful Hong Kong based discount cosmetics retailers. The case describes how Sa Sa became successful‚ culminating in its IPO in 1997. Since then‚ however‚ its fortunes have declined somewhat. The case discusses recent initiatives that were undertaken to sustain growth momentum. Sa Sa also undertook some marketing research studies. The research findings appear to confirm that Sa Sa may have some major problems. As 2001 comes to
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Advanced SAS® Macros Steven First‚ Katie Ronk‚ Systems Seminar Consultants‚ Madison‚ WI Abstract This hands-on workshop presents some intermediate-to-advanced macro topics such as macro referencing environments‚ macro interfaces (SYMGET‚ SYMPUT‚ EXECUTE‚ RESOLVE‚ PROC SQL)‚ macro quoting‚ and macro functions. Good practices and alternatives to macros are also discussed. After a short lecture‚ attendees will perform hands-on exercises until the end of the session. Introduction The SAS® programming
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1. Introduction Piele SA started a budget committee consisting of the chief accountant‚ a cost accountant‚ a technical director‚ and heads of the production departments. The committee was formed to help develop a budget using the zero-based budgeting system. Piele SA’s budget was based on the expected level of activity in sales that the firm expected to generate during the year. Piele SA started its budget from zero‚ and continued to re-evaluate and adjust targets throughout the operating year;
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Introductions This article is about SAS Company which operates much differently than other companies. SAS software was originally created by Goodnight and North Carolina State University colleagues to analyze agricultural-research data. Today‚ SAS is best known for sifting massive mountains of data for FORTUNE 500 companies and other organizations most people have heard of. Insurance companies use SAS to flag fraudulent claims. Retailers use SAS to find profitable places to put stores and products
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