(10 pts.) Enron will be an example of a dysfunctional company for many years to come. It was clearly a company riddled with fraud and excess and its conduct drove it into bankruptcy. The text argues that individual behavior was not at the core of Enron’s problems. What were the problems with this corporation from an organizational architecture point of view?
2. (10 pts.) Referring to the table below, hiring a driver costs $10. Each machine costs $100. Which method should he use and why?
Crystal Choy Mktg 129 Spring 2015 Case Analysis #1 Autobytel.com Class Analysis The traditional car buying process is that customers will go into a dealership and then the car salesperson and the buyer would be negotiating face-to-face when it comes to purchasing a car. Autobytel took a different approach when it came to selling cars compared to the traditional buying process by offering a website where potential consumers would shop for the automobile online. What is different about this website is that consumers are able to access information about the cars and the prices compared to all the dealerships around the area. Autobytel.com used to be the top of the online referral business in the market. This website was the first online service provided for buyers to shop for cars online so that they do not have to deal with the problems and hassles that arises that traditional buyers would usually deal with when they are at the dealership.
How much will it cost to build a 90-foot tower? Here you can see that there is a different price for every ten feet of tower that is built. After that the cost of the labor for each succeeding 10 feet is $25 more than the preceding 10 feet. There for, the next 10 feet will cost $125, the next 10 feet will cost $150, etc. so it is asking us how much would it cost to build a 90-foot tower?
Capital Budgeting Case Virginia Sacco University of Phoenix Quantitative Reasoning for Business QRB 501 Li Guohong March 10, 2014 Capital Budgeting Case My company is contemplating to acquire another corporation, “Corporation A” or “Corporation B” on a $250,000 budget. Corporation A: Revenues = $100,000 in year one, increasing by 10% each year. Expenses = $20,000 in year one, increasing by 15% each year/ Depreciation expense = $5,000 each year. Tax rate = 25%. Discount rate = 10%.
2. Norton Co., a U.S. corporation, sold inventory on December 1, 2011, with payment of 10,000 British pounds to be received in sixty days. The pertinent exchange rates were as follows: For what amount should Sales be credited on December 1? A. $5,500.
Tom’s Used Mustangs Report Robert Davy GM533 Applied Managerial Statistics GM533 – Course Project February 16, 2011 Executive Summary I was hired to review the information collected by Tom of Tom’s Used Mustangs to determine what features if any affect the sales price of used Mustangs. The results of the tests will be used to more accurately create a competitive sales price for the cars on Tom’s lot, as well as provide assistance in developing a sales price for all future purchases and sales. After performing several statistical tests I have determined that there is evidence certain features do indeed affect the sales price. However, knowing that certain features have an effect on the sales price of the used Mustang, does not necessarily assist in determining what that sales price should be. The sections below will detail the
The rental price of capital? The real wage? d. Suppose that a technological advance raises the value of the parameter A by 10 percent. What happens to total output (in percent)? The rental price of capital?
Conversely, in 2011, Wal-Mart’s liabilities were just $58,603M; the reason this amount is lower is because of the number of assets made. A good way get a grasp of this information is using a personal reference and compare it to borrowing money for the purchase a new vehicle. Making payments for the vehicle on time increases the vehicle’s asset. However, if payments not made on time, the interest increases and the liability on the car increases. This is in direct result of owing more money on the balance of the loan than what the car is worth at the time of purchase.
The first course of action should have been to hire a market research team to find the statistics on what states had the most ridership for scooters and where high volume scooters were being sold. This would determine if the electric scooter business would be a viable business rather than just assuming it would. We would spend money on focus groups and see what people are really saying about electric scooters and our brand as a whole compared to gas ones. We could get a first hand look a what perceptions are out there about electric scooters compared to gas ones. We would have paid attention to how the economy was doing.