Question B How does the treatment of costs differ in ABC systems as opposed to traditional cost systems? Week 4 Discussion Questions Question A What approach should be used to calculate the breakeven point of a company that has many products? Question B How is the contribution margin per unit of limited resources computed? Week 5 Discussion Questions Question A What factors must management consider when deciding whether to continue using an asset, repair, or replace it? Question
Case 1-3: Southeastern University Date: 01/26/2012 ------------------------------------------------- Situation: * Heather Sloman is a buyer in the purchasing department of Southwestern University. * Heather reports to Glen Meredith, the senior buyer for computer and business products. * University has a centralized purchase system. * Unapproved purchase of a folding machine (Quoted price is $14,000) * Seller is not an approved supplier of the university. * Current situation: * About 16,000 pieces of mail are sent per year.
This figure definitely could be different for different customers. 4. Suppose one of GP Manufacturing’s executives typically uses the payback as a primary capital budgeting decision tool and wants some payback information. a. What is the project’s payback period?
What lessons does Grolsch’s history suggest about how to compete in the markets targeted— particularly about modes of entry? 5. What other changes would you suggest to Grolsch's historical strategy? 6. Will the merger with SABMiller add value—or will it be a win-lose deal?
Learning Objective As a group, you will use the Meetings tool to discuss the Mindersoft Case, and reach a consensus about the problem(s), analyze the problem, and recommend a defensible solution. Your group will: Evaluate an early-stage investment opportunity from the VC's perspective: market opportunity, business model, management team, and financials and come up with an offer for the entrepreneur. Perform the valuation of an early stage Company using the pre and post money method, the venture capital method and discounted cash flow method of valuation. Illustrate the valuation gap between the VC and entrepreneur and underscore that valuation is eventually driven by negotiation. Explore how entrepreneurs make financing decisions when they are faced with timing issues and low bargaining power versus VCs.
BUS 630 Entire Course http://www.homeworkwarehouse.com/downloads/bus-630-entire-course/ BUS 630 Entire Course BUS 630 Week 1 BUS 630 Week 1 Assignment Case 2B Mendel Paper Company BUS 630 Week 1 DQ 1 Ethics in Cost Control BUS 630 Week 1 DQ 2 Fixed and Variable costs Ethics in Cost Control. (Exercise 1-9) Zoya Arbiser, regional manager of Gold Medal Sports Shops, is reviewing the results of 15 stores in her region. Store managers are moved annually. Each store manager’s income is very dependent on the direct contribution margin of that store. For the past year, Store 9 has been managed by a person who has operated several other profitable stores in recent years and is about to be promoted to a larger store.
Exhibit 4 provides various choices of comparable firms. What comparable firms do you recommend as the appropriate benchmarks for evaluating the risk of Ameritrade’s planned advertising and technology investments? 5. Using the data provided in the case, calculate the asset betas for the companies that are appropriate comparables for Ameritrade. 6.
* Are they ethical? 3. Choose TWO of the criteria from your checklist. Explain why each would influence your decision to invest in a company. * What risk is the company?
Consumer behaviour Week 1 introduction Consumer Behaviour is the acquisition, consumption, and disposition of goods, services, time and ideas by (human) decision making units (over time). Obtaining (purchase activities or acquisition) How you decide you want to buy, alternate products you might be considereing, gathering evaluating info, where you buy, how you pay for the product/purchase/transaction method, warranty etc Consuming (use activities) How you use the product, where on or off premise, how you store product, who uses the product, whn? Immediate or delayed consumption, how much you consume complete or partial consumption, how product compares with expectation Diposing (disposal activities) How you get rid of remaining
What about Steel Works’ customers? Given your answer and the information in the case what does this suggest? b. What does the coefficient of variation tell us? Can you determine the coefficient of variation for the DuraBend™ and DuraFlex™ product lines?