Using these figures and assuming that both heavy and medium users (those buying between 1-9 pounds of cyano-acrylates per year) are potential customers; the maximum size of this market is estimated at 81,000 purchases. At 157.50 per unit, even with 100% penetration the market will not be worth more than $12.77 million in sales, with a more realistic estimate being $ 4 million in sales. The disparate nature of usage patterns across firms make it difficult to identify critical variables that can form the basis of segmenting the market. Possible ways to segment customers is on the basis of nature of the firm (small firm vs. large firm); sector of business (which industrial markets to target), current usage behavior (heavy CA usage vs low CA usage), nature of work (OEM vs MRO), and brand loyalty (SuperBonder usage vs competitors). Given that data about
Main factors that contributed to this trend are the increased smoking bans and consumers’ perception of moist smokeless tobacco as less risky than cigarettes for health. In 1997-1998 UST was one of the most profitable US companies with a five-year return on capital of 92.1% that was about 20% higher than the 2nd ranked firm. Financial figures for the 11-year period from 1988 to 1998 show a continuous increase in sales, earnings and cash flow with CAGR of 9%, 11% and 12% respectively (HBR 2001). To have a deeper insight in UST business risks and assessment, SWOT analysis (McGee et al. 2010) is provided below.
Some of you went into more detail here. To the extent those details overlapped with (b), I counted them as part of the (b) answer According to Exhibit 7a, Samsung’s costs per (256MBit equivalent) unit are lower by $1.39, or 24.4%, than those of its average competitor. They are lower by 10% than SMIC’s costs, which is Samsung’s lowest-cost competitor. An indirect way to tell that Samsung has a benefit advantage is by its ability to charge higher prices than its competitors. According to Exhibit 7a, Samsung’s prices per chip are on average higher by $0.72 than those of its competitors, or by 14.5%.
Why is presentation as an extraordinary item on the income statement a positive choice for the company? • Because it will shows an increase in prior year profit • The Stock market will appreciate the continued growth in ongoing profitability and will discount the onetime loss • Also it would increase the company bonuses What are the negative consequences of presenting the item as extraordinary on the income statement? • The negative consequences are if the extraordinary item is if not fixed and it happen again then it will show double the loss and will affect bonuses and the company overall profit 3: List the stakeholders
Course | ECN-D101-3003-Fall2013-Principles of Macroeconomics | Test | Elasticities | Started | 10/3/13 10:33 PM | Submitted | 10/3/13 11:17 PM | Status | Completed | Attempt Score | 100 out of 100 points | Time Elapsed | 43 minutes. | Instructions | | * Question 1 10 out of 10 points | | | We would expect: . A) the demand for Coca-Cola to be less elastic than the demand for soft drinks in general. B) the demand for Coca-Cola to be more elastic than the demand for soft drinks in general. C) no relationship between the elasticity of demand for Coca-Cola and the elasticity of demand for soft drinks in general.
Operating income moved along the same path for the period albeit at a lower rate. The company’s invest ment in its self-insurance fund and interest income contributed significantly to the difference between operating income and net income. Revenue fell off by 12% in 2009 however; it increased by 22% in 2010. The company was able to increase it domestic and commercial rate after an application was made to the Fair Trading Commission. Fuel expenses grew at a faster rate than sales, fuel costs although seeing a fall off in 2009 by 20.52% rose by 29% in 2010.
At 10 cents each, the expected revenue of $500 per day, and the amount will be lost while the copier is broken. The standard number of breakdowns per year to be 12.255 (dividing 52 weeks/year by 4.243 weeks/breakdown), the profit lost per breakdown to be $1,125 (days lost/breakdown * revenue lost/day), and finally the profit lost per year due to breakdowns to be $13,787 (breakdowns/year * profit lost/breakdown). 6. The profits lost per year due to breakdowns is $13,787, which is bigger than $12,000, they should procure a backup copier. A high
The firm has a ( of 0.75 but this project is twice as risky as the firm’s normal operations. The expected return on the market is 10% and the risk free rate is 6%. Should the firm undertake this project? The first stage of deciding whether the firm should undertake the project is to calculate the required rate of return for the project using CAPM. As the project is twice as risky as the firm’s normal operations, it beta will be equal to 2 x 0.75 = 1.5: [pic] We will now use this required rate of return to calculate the NPV of the project: [pic] As the project has a positive NPV, it should be accepted.
Marketing implications of each price strategy: If ABC Toys increases the price to $9.90 and it sales decrease (to 810,000units), it will make more profit: $1.35 per unit. Otherwise, whether ABC Toys decreases the price to $8.10, it sales increases to 1,100,000units the profit will be less interesting and about $1 per unit. To conclude, ABC toys should increase it price, the sales will be less important but it will make more
As we can see, these two factors would give any company a big edge in the frozen novelty industry, which in my mind commands a higher premium. When estimating Eskimo Pie’s value, past performance must also be considered. As can be seen from Exhibit 1 in the case, net sales have increased over 50% since 1987 ([47198 - 30,769] / 30,769), and profits have skyrocketed over 1300% since 1987 ([2526-171] / 171). Taking into account all of these factors in to account, I think that as a stand-alone company, Eskimo is worth at least 1.3 times 1990 sales, or $61 million. 2.