...Case Study Company: Sealed Air Company History: Sealed Air Company was founded in 1960 and is still a leading global manufacturer of protective packaging. They operate in 51 different countries combining a unique consultative sales expertise with a global network of science and innovation to demonstrate how better packaging makes the world a better place. This company works with food packaging, protective packaging, medical product packaging, shrink packaging, and specialty materials. Mission: Provide the most innovative products in the packaging industry to suit the needs of all different consumers. To ensure customer satisfaction is at its best. General Environment: 1) Demographics: This Company is designed for all businesses in need of packaging. It is also for all companies in need of specialty materials. 2) Cultural Trends: Global allowing all aspects of cultures to influence merchandise and security for all items being packaged. In different countries different methods may be used and this company will provide those methods depending on where materials and packaging is needed. 3) Economic Climate: Currently increasing due to the more innovative and global companies arising. This is also increasing due to the globalization of companies and outsourcing. 4) Political & Legal: Labor laws due to the governmental rules for workers, and code of conduct to ensure the company is run in the correct manor and show the rules for the employees. 5) Technological...
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...Problem and Recommendation Sealed Air has seen new competitors enter the protective packaging market industry producing uncoated bubble at a lower cost by employing a cheaper more efficient production method. We believe the entrance of this new competition will have a significant impact on the sustainability of Sealed Air potentially reducing sales by 55% and eliminating 40% of 1980 EBIT (see exhibit for backup). Given the significant impact we feel Sealed Air must employ a defensive strategy and start production of uncoated bubbles. Sealed Air can use a current production process which would allow them to effectively compete with the new competition requiring no additional capital. Company Analysis Sealed Air produces 2 main products (see exhibit for product breakdown, sales and market share) and also licenses to Astro its patented technology to produce coated and uncoated bubbles. Sealed Air’s core strengths include 1) 1st to market and leader in R&D, innovation and technical development, 2) best trained sales staff in industry, and 3) premium pricing position 4) patented manufacturing process for sealed bubbles. Significant weaknesses include 1) limited resources, 2) having premium products aimed at niche segments of the protective packaging customers, 2) lots of cheap competition and lack of easily demonstrable universal superiority confusing end users. Deciding to start manufacturing uncoated bubbles does not significantly leverage Sealed Air core competencies and...
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...as Giles Appliance Center; and Odell Giles, individually, Defendants-Appellees. No. 5-89-0749. April 19, 1991. Decedent's estate appealed from order of the Circuit Court, Franklin County, Donald L. Underwood, J., granting air conditioning manufacturers' motion to dismiss breach of warranty, negligence, and products liability claim arising when decedent died as alleged result of failure of air conditioning unit. The Appellate Court, Harrison, J., held that: (1) death of elderly purchaser from hyperthermia as result of failed air conditioning unit was reasonably foreseeable, permitting claim of consequential damages in action for breach of warranty; (2) manufacturers owed duty of care to purchaser to design and manufacture product that would be reasonably safe for its intended and reasonably foreseeable uses; and (3) whether leaky air conditioning unit that failed to cool on a hot day was dangerous was question for jury. Reversed and remanded. Howerton, J., filed dissenting opinion. West Headnotes [1] KeyCite Notes 307A Pretrial Procedure 307AIII Dismissal 307AIII(B) Involuntary Dismissal 307AIII(B)6 Proceedings and Effect 307Ak686 Matters Deemed Admitted 307Ak687 k. Well-Pleaded Facts. Most Cited Cases In ruling on motion to dismiss for failure to state cause of action, court must accept as true all well-pleaded facts in pleading attacked, as well as all reasonable inferences which can be drawn from those facts that are favorable...
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...Case 1 Disaster Recovery at Marshall Field’s (Another Chicago River Story) Early in the morning on April 13, 1992, basements in Chicago’s downtown central business district began to flood. A hole the size of an automobile had developed between the river and an adjacent abandoned tunnel. The tunnel, built in the early 1900s for transporting coal, runs throughout the downtown area. When the tunnel flooded, so did the basements connected to it, some 272 in all, including that of major retailer Marshall Field’s. The problem was first noted at 5:30 A.M. by a member of the Marshall Field’s trouble desk who saw water pouring into the basement. The manager of maintenance was notified and immediately took charge. His first actions were to contact the Chicago Fire and Water Departments, and Marshall Field’s parent company, Dayton Hudson in Minneapolis. Electricity—and with it all elevator, computer, communication, and security services for the 15-story building—would soon be lost. The building was evacuated and elevators were moved above basement levels. A command post was quickly established and a team formed from various departments such as facilities, security, human resources, public relations, and financial, legal, insurance, and support services. Later that day, members of Dayton Hudson’s risk management group arrived from Minneapolis to take over coordinating the team’s efforts. The team initially met twice a week to evaluate progress as the store recovered. The...
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...ASSIGNMENT 8 SAMUEL ALVAREZ PROBLEM 5.1 As it is explained in the Exxon example, a firm might use a Divisional WACC, by identifying comparison firms(comps). These are firms that would have a similar risk and capital structure than the division for which we are trying to find a divisional WACC. The idea is to use an average WACC of these firms as an estimate WACC for our division. This would reduce the risk of the firm taking overinsting/underinvisting in its divisions. PROBLEM 5.2 Our project, since it has very low risk, could be an adding value project. This can be explained the following way: With the new project the firm would have a different WACC, since it’s Beta would change ( the very low beta of the project would influence the current firm’s beta, which would lead to a lower required rate of return). We must compare this new WACC with the expected return of the average of the firm’s current WACC and the project’S IRR. If this expected rate of return is higher than the newly calculated firm’s WACC, it would mean that the project is a value-increasing investment. PROBLEM 5.7 a. While the Domestic Beer and International Beer could be seen as a similar business segment, I think it would be necessary to have different cost of capital for each of this business segments for the following reasons: They may be selling almost the same product, but the circumstances around them are really different. Geographic, political, economical differences lead to risk differences...
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...Admission Team at 518-464-8833. Bachelor of Science in nursing (BRN) and RN to Master of Science in nursing (MRN) applicants must submit an official transcript showing the completion of associate degree nursing education or RN diploma education. Nursing courses completed at institutions other than Excelsior College are only evaluated upon enrollment. International Nurses: Admission to the associate degree in nursing programs is not open to international students. See page 6 for additional information. Required Documents You are required to submit official copies of transcripts as part of the application process. Official transcripts/documents are those that a college, testing agency, or education office sends or gives to you in their sealed...
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...Case Studies Solutions Case Studies Solutions,Article Writing,Assignments,Research Work,Home Work MenuSkip to content Home How We Work ? Refund Policy How to Order ? Disclaimer Contact Us Finance Cases List POSTED ON MARCH 8, 2013 Hello, If u want us to solve any case study from below list, do contact us anytime, We are here to provide the experience, expertise, and professionalism that you are looking for , Our tutors are available 24/7 to assist you what you need, Click Here to submit your Order. ======================================================================================= Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corp. by Benjamin C. Esty Airbus A3XX: Developing the World’s Largest Commercial Jet by Benjamin C. Esty American Chemical Corp.by William E. Fruhan, John P. Goldsberry American Home Products Corp.by David W. Mullins AQR’s Momentum Funds by Daniel B. Bergstresser, Lauren H. Cohen, Randolph B. Cohen, Christopher Malloy Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project by Timothy A. Luehrman AXA MONY by Andre F. Perold, Lucy White Beta Management Co. by Michael E. Edleson Butler Lumber Co. by Thomas R. Piper Cartwright Lumber Co.by Thomas R. Piper Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital by Edward J. Riedl, Suraj Srinivasan Clarkson Lumber Co. by Thomas R. Piper Cooper Industries, Inc. by Thomas R. Piper Cost of Capital at Ameritrade by Erik Stafford, Mark L. Mitchell Debt Policy at UST, Inc. by Mark L. Mitchell Dell’s Working Capital...
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...Good Night, and Good Luck The word “McCarthyism” has entered America’s vocabulary to define the practice to question one’s patriotism while making unsupported accusations of disloyalty without the proper evidence. During the anticommunist crusade that took place throughout the 1940’s and 1950’s, the political term became very popular after a Senator from Wisconsin; Joseph R. McCarthy went on an anti-communist witch-hunt. Senator McCarthy made a public accusation that more than 200 communist had infiltrated the U.S. government, “This is glaringly true in the State Department. There the right young men who are born with silver spoons in their mouths are the ones who have been worst… In my opinion the State Department, which is one of the most important government departments, is thoroughly infested with Communist” (VF, p. 238) Many of the tactics McCarthy used were very questionable and usually with very little to no evidence would be provided. Some of the tactics he used varied from forms of intimidation to the threat of sending people to jail, “McCarthy used the Senate subcommittee he chaired to hold hearings and level wild charges against numerous individuals as well as the Defense Department, Voice of America, and other government agencies.” (GML, p. 732) In the film, “Good Night, and Good Luck” directed by George Clooney, many civil liberties issues were portrayed through McCarthyism. The one man who was brave enough to speak publicly against McCarthy was a well-known...
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...Campaign in Poland 1. BEFORE THE STORM 2. THE STRATEGIC POSITION 3. THE OPERATIONS OF SOUTHERN ARMY GROUP Part II. The Campaign in the West INTRODUCTORY NOTE 4. THE ECLIPSE OF O.K.H. 5. THE OPERATION PLAN CONTROVERSY 6. COMMANDING GENERAL, 38 ARMY CORPS 7. BETWEEN TWO CAMPAIGNS Part III. War in the East 8. PANZER DRIVE 9. THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN 10. LENINGRAD - VITEBSK 11. HITLER AS SUPREME COMMANDER 12. THE TRAGEDY OF STALINGRAD 13. THE 1942-3 WINTER CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH RUSSIA 14. OPERATION 'CITADEL' 15. THE DEFENSIVE BATTLES OF 1943-4 APPENDIX I APPENDIX II APPENDIX III APPENDIX IV MILITARY CAREER GLOSSARY OF MILITARY TERMS ILLUSTRATIONS MAPS Key to Symbols used in Maps 1. German and Polish Deployment, and Execution of German Offensive. 2. Southern Army Group's Operations in Polish Campaign. 3. The O.K.H. plan of Operations for German Offensive in the West. 4. Army Group A's Proposals for German Operations in the West. 5. 38 Corps' Advance from the Somme to the Loire. 6. 56 Panzer Corps' Drive into Russia. 7. Situation of Northern Army Group on 26th June 1941 after 56 Panzer Corps' Capture of Dvinsk. 8. Encirclement of 56 Panzer Corps at Zoltsy (15th-18th July 1941). 9. 56 Panzer Corps' Drive into Flank of Thirty-Eighth Soviet Army on 19th August 1941. 10. Battle on the Sea of Azov and Breakthrough at the Isthmus of Perekop (Autumn 1941). 11. Breakthrough at Ishun and Conquest of the Crimea...
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...and a product/service receiver (buyer). Management (internal dynamics) and marketing (Sales/Costs/Profits etc) problems within the business market will be systematically synthesised, analysed, and managed. LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to have: 1. An understanding of the scope of business market especially the differences between Consumer and Business to Business Market; 2. An appreciation of management, marketing, costs etc problems emerges in an organizational context; 3. An ability to solve problems arise in a business environment;& 4. A concept in business planning of marketing activities in a business marketing environment. EVALUATION 1 small case presentation (no written report)10.0% 1 bigger case presentation and written report 15.0% 1 group project with individual component25.0% 1 final Examination50.0% 100% LEARNING APPROACH 1. The lecturer will present the individual business marketing concept to students; 2. Students are encouraged to cite real life examples and discuss their business marketing implications in class with other student members and the lecturer; 3. Students are expected to learn from lectures, group presentations, and interactions among lecturer and themselves; 4. Because video is limited in this unit and...
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...M17_HOLL6227_05_SE_C17.qxd 5/20/10 4:06 PM Page 641 CASE STUDY IV.3 Dyson Vacuum Cleaner: shifting from domestic to international marketing with the famous bagless vacuum cleaner The Dyson history It is impossible to separate the very British Dyson vacuum cleaner from its very British inventor. Together they are synonymous with innovation and legal battles against established rivals. James Dyson was born in Norfolk in 1947. He studied furniture design and interior design at the Royal College of Art from 1966 to 1970 and his first product, the Sea Truck, was launched while he was still Courtesy of Dyson. studying. Dyson’s foray into developing vacuum cleaner technology happened by chance. In 1978, while renovating his 300-year-old country house, Dyson became frustrated with the poor performance of his conventional vacuum cleaner. Whenever he went to use it, there was poor suction. One day he thought he would find out what was wrong with the design. He noted that the appliance worked by drawing air through the bag to create suction, but when even a fine layer of dust got inside, it clogged its pores, stopping the airflow and suction. In his usual style of seeking solutions from unexpected sources, Dyson noticed how a nearby sawmill used a cyclone – a 30-foot-high cone that spun dust out of the air by centrifugal force – to expel waste. He reasoned that a vacuum cleaner that could separate dust by cyclonic action and spin it out of the ...
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...8 Analysis 8 Results and Discussion 9 Conclusion 13 References 14 Altitude and Seasonally Profiled Air Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Determined with PDMS (TWISTER®) in Taurus Mountains, Turkey Introduction To monitor environmental pollution and its health effects, atmospheric data of persistent organic pollutants (POP) has been collected for some time to help in evaluating the cause. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) have been in focus of attention for years. In 1982, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) come forth with a thorough study on the emissions and health effects of benzo (a) pyrene and other PAHs (United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1982). According to the report, the carcinogenetic effect of benzo (a) pyrene was already proven and other PAHs were suspected to have similar effects. The US EPA categorized these PAHs and selected 16 compounds that were found and monitored to prove the claims. They are were named as the sixteen EPA-PAHs. The emission sources for these compounds that were presented in the study as having an anthropogenic origin. Following this, the European Commission issued a position paper on monitoring PAHs in the air (European Commission, 2001). The effort has been of great importance since PAHs are by-products of nearly every combustion. The strategy have also improved the air quality requirement for the European Union. These standards set by the paper have to be met and complied with...
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...College Credit Through Advanced Standing Produced by the Office of Academic Services This manual is accurate as of the date of publication. As new information becomes available, it will be posted to the online version, available through the Academic Services web site, www.nvcc.edu/aboutnova/directories--offices/administrative-offices/academic/index.html. Revised June 2012 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 3 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................3 TYPES OF ADVANCED STANDING ...................................................................................................3 GENERAL PROCEDURES ...............................................................................................................4 EVALUATION RESPONSIBILITIES .....................................................................................................5 SECTION 1—CREDITS FROM POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS ........................................ 7 GENERAL CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................7 GENERAL EDUCATION TRANSFER CREDIT FOR STUDENTS WITH PREVIOUS DEGREES ..................................9 EVALUATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSCRIPTS .....................................................................
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...Solutions to Chapter 15 Debt Policy 1. a. True. b. False. As leverage increases, the expected rate of return on equity rises by just enough to compensate for its higher risk. The stock price and stockholders’ wealth are unaffected. c. False. The sensitivity of equity returns to business risk, and therefore the cost of equity, increase with leverage even without a change in the risk of financial distress. d. True. 2. While the costs of both debt and equity increase, the weight applied to debt in the cost of capital formula also increases. Applying a higher weight to the lower-cost source of capital offsets the increase in the cost of debt and the cost of equity. 3. The interest tax shield is the reduction in corporate income taxes due to the fact that interest is treated as an expense that reduces taxable income. To the extent that the government collects less tax, there is a bigger pie of after-tax income available to the debt and equity holders. Example: Assume operating income is $100,000, the interest rate on debt is 10%, and the tax rate is 35%. Compare income for an unlevered firm versus a firm that borrows $400,000: | |Zero-debt firm |$400,000 of debt | |Operating income |$100,000 | $100,000 | |Interest on debt | 0 |...
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...Nestlé and Nespresso Based on the case study of Nestlé refines its arsenal in the luxury coffee war of the coffee war, this case talked about a subset of the coffee war that currently brewing in Western Europe between Nestlé, Sara Lee and Ethical Coffee. Nestlé is the incumbent in the market with a monopoly over its home coffee system with 1,700 patents. It has become one of the company's so-called "billionaire brands" with sales last year of $2.6bn. The Nespresso SA company was founded in Vevey, Switzerland in 1986 under the ownership of the Nestlé Group. Nespresso partnered with a Swiss manufacturer, Turmix, to produce and launch the first Nespresso coffee system in the office coffee market in Switzerland and Italy. Nestlé produced the first coffee capsules at its Swiss factory in Orbe. Nestlé traces the roots of Nespresso back to the belief that consumers wanted to have cafe‐style espresso experiences in the home and work place. Nespresso believed that the perfect combination of the highest quality coffee, water and air pressure was necessary to deliver a superior espresso. With this thinking the Nespresso system was born. Since 1986 Nespresso has expanded beyond its initial partnership with Turmix for production of its Nespresso machines. Today, Nespresso counts as partners such precision manufacturers as DeLonghi, Jura, Koenig, Krups, Miele and Siemens, all of whom provide a global distribution network of precision Nespresso machines. These machines, starting at €149...
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