Although the Apogee company may be more profitable if it is run out of one central location, the argument as presented is unconvincing. First of all, there is no evidence demonstrating the profitability of the field offices. Although the Apogee company is less profitable than it has been, some of the field offices could in fact be profitable. Furthermore, it’s not stated which office the Apogee company will run out of. The Apogee company could have a few unprofitable field offices.
There was not a written agreement between United Thermostatic Control and the customers, so therefore, the shipments should not have been sent. Campbell had been reassured by Lorenzo, Executive Vice President of sales and marketing, that there is nothing wrong with recording the revenues in 2010, however, this was still a concern for the CPA, Tony Cupertino. The legality of the events was within the laws of federal, state and local government. Reporting the revenue properly after sending out the shipments would not have violated the FOB shipping point. Although the shipments were sent before they were scheduled to, Cupertino was uncertain whether to pursue this issue any further.
Vertical integration and diversification are two strategies, which if intended to only capture revenue or margins, rarely work . Since they are different strategies, they cannot be compared directly to each other, so there is no single right answers to this question. For vertical integration, I disagree with the statement that an erroneous “go” is worse than a mistaken “no-go”, but for diversification I agree. In order to make a right vertical integration decision, the activity or asset that wants to be produced in-house must have a strategic value to the firm and the firm has to have relative competence compared with the best supplier. We can contrast these two requirements for vertical integration using Arauco.
The importance of creating healthy and balanced work-life situations may not fall into these categories as the expectation of wage in comparison with hours per week worked does not create a personal or economic benefit. For these individuals working in these fields the expectations will be that they work long hours where possibly the agree wage does not equal out to in terms of time. Many employees get the same wage regardless if they work the 32 hours or 55 hours a week. It is argued that the Fair Work Act does not allow for concessions when it comes to these employees and that many companies take an unfair advantage of this expectation. It is an accepted practice.
1. What is the most compelling justification for attempting to calculate a return on marketing investment? a. The most compelling justification for attempting to calculate a Return on Marketing Investment (ROMI) is the discontent with traditional metrics, which does not allow managers to assess the future performance of their firm at any moment. While the traditional accounting methods are good to measure past performance and financial stature, it does not allow for managers to see the impact or value that marketing has on the bottom line.
1. One drawback of switching from a partnership to the corporate form of organization is the following: a. It subjects the firm to additional regulations. b. It cannot affect the amount of the firm's operating income that goes to taxes.
What Union Carbide failed to see was without the employees and the local community , there will not be profit because how can a corporation run without people to help it function or run . When we ignore the rights of people and the laws that regulate acceptable behavior as, indeed, ethical egoism asks us to do when it is profitable, the necessary result is disastorous . 2) Are the differing economic circumstances of an indian worker compared to that of an indian worker compared to that of a US worker sufficient
From a standpoint of a shopper I would evaluate the store as a confusing mess that seemed like a sale every time one shops. Sales are advertised but employees don't necessarily push the sales. The management goals reflect the employees' goals to let the products sell themselves. This hurts the company knowing that consumers can shop products on a "take it or leave it" attitude. Most people are aware of the lack of customer service Best Buy does not provide.
Also we have to note that the customer may accept a replacement but they can be resolute on getting a refund; also the customer doesn’t have to accept the credit note for spending on other products at the Marriott they can claim their refund and the Marriott is not allowed to put up a sign saying ‘No refunds’ This act protects the consumers legally and allows them to freely purchase their goods and services, without having to doubt the description or the quality. If the law was not present, then other business could scam the customers; which would affect the performance of all businesses there wouldn’t be any trust between businesses and the customers. Supply of goods and services act 1982 The aim of this act is to protect the customer
Like what Mr. Lopez had found, there are some valuation problems to evaluate Paginas Amarelas. We cannot find any relevant local “pure-play” competitor in the telephone directory industry since the companies are either too small or own other business, which increased the difficult for us to calculate the beta which is used to estimate the required return by using CAPM. When calculating the cost of equity, Mr. Lopez cannot determine the risk-free rate since he was not convinced that he would be able to find a security with no default risk from Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Besides, the market risk premium was questionable because of the inefficiency of the local equity markets. In addition, Brasil Investimentos’ executives had stated that the country operations only borrowed money at the country level.