...Internet Café (CIC) venture has both promise and risk attached to it, like any other start up venture. Mr. David Grant should consider the following issues before entering into this venture. His main managerial issue would be cost vs benefit. He must consider if the venture would be profitable for him and for CIC and also how long it will take for him to recover his initial cost. His concern should be "Will he be able to repay his loan on time?" To do this he has to figure out his fixed cost, variable cost and also the start up costs. These are presented in the answers to the following questions. I have also presented an analysis based on Socio economic, technological situation, and SWOT analysis. Socio economical condition in Jamaica There is an unmet demand in the country for easily available internet access and combined with a coffee shop, this can be a great venture. There seems to be a great awareness for the technology but not that many private users. Mr.Grant will have the advantage of new enterprise offering to meet this void in the country. Economically the country has been in negative economic growth and the fact that Mr.Grant will be increasing the price for intenet access by 30% may be a bit expensive to many users. He has to watch the revenue and the economic developments and adjust his pricing accordingly Jamaica has many restaurants and cafe but none of them offer internet browsing services in Kingston area. CIC may be facing competition...
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...Executive Summary The following case study analysis examines the Chattanooga Ice Cream division’s recent failures in light of Stay & Shop’s recent decision to replace CIC with Sealtest in all of their Southeast Stores. It will shed a light on the dysfunctions and shortcomings of the team and their leader. A comprehensive analysis will follow and break down where CIC has failed both within the company and in the marketplace. After an examination and analysis is complete, I will offer a series of recommendations that must be made in order to bring CIC back to profitability and relevance. Introduction Chattanooga Ice Cream is in trouble. They have suffered from a lack of leadership, poor management, lack of marketplace knowledge and a dysfunctional team. Due to these reasons, they have found themselves in a position where their third-largest customer, Stay & Shop, has decided to replace them with the Sealtest line in all of their southeast region supermarkets within the next 90 days. This decision has caused the company, and their leader, Charlie Moore, to go into panic mode in an attempt to keep the business afloat, while also increasing revenue and expanding the product line while facing external stressors that include the competition introducing premium and “mix-in” flavors and the sagging consumption of ice cream. The Issues and Problems After a lengthy review of the case study, I have come to recognize three distinct problems that CIC faces. They have an unclear and...
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...CENTRAL INSURANCE CANADA Financial services case studies Submitted to: Umar Submitted on: 13/03/2014 Submitted by: Vignesh Kumar Key Issues: 1.Loss of customers The customer’s envelope was being upheld by the Canada post and requested to pay additional fees, to collect the envelope. This was because Central insurance Canada had not paid enough money to receive the post duly. The issue arose when there were additional inserts, leading to added weight in the envelope. The envelope contained policy statement and other promotional inserts. The customer got really frustrated because they were asked to pay for the handling fees of the mail and the GST for it. In addition, the premium bill or the policy statement was inside the envelope, which the customer has to pay. The customer felt really let down by the Central Insurance Canada (CIC) because, they were asked to pay the premium amount and above all the handling charges for the mail too. They immediately cancelled their policy and purchased a new policy from their competitive insurance company. 2. Improper handling of mails. Improper handling of mails was another issue, which affected the Central Insurance Canada. There were nearly 620,000 units of outgoing mail for which they spent $400,000 yearly. All the mails consisted of different inserts and policy statements and envelopes. Most of the members had different schemes and packages available for them, Hence weight of the envelopes varied from person to person...
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...system you prefer? Why? 5. Would you treat the new machine as a separate cost center or as a part of the main test room? Bridgeton Industries: Automotive Component & Fabrication Plant 1. The official overhead allocation rate used in the 1987 model year strategy study at the Automotive Component and Fabrication Plant (ACF) was 435% of direct labor cost. Calculate the overhead allocation rate using the 1987 model year budget. Why do you get different numbers? 2. Calculate the overhead allocation rate for each of the model years 1988 through 1990. Are the changes since 1987 in overhead allocation rates significant? Why have these changes occurred? 3. Consider two products in the same product line: Product 1 Product 2 Expected Selling Price $62 $54 Standard Material Cost 16 27 Standard Labor Cost 6 3 Calculate the expected gross margins as a percentage of selling price on each product based on the 1988 and 1990 model year budgets, assuming selling price remains constant and material/labor costs do not change from standard. 4. Are the product costs reported by the cost system appropriate for use in the strategic analysis? 5. Assume that the selling prices, volumes, and material costs for the 1991 model year will not change for fuel tanks and doors produced by the ACF of Bridgeton Industries. Assume also that if manifolds are produced, their selling prices, volume, and material costs...
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...A STUDY OF FULVIA by Allison Jean Weir A thesis submitted to the Department of Classics In conformity with the requirements for The degree of Master of Arts Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada December 2007 copyright © Allison Jean Weir 2007 Abstract Who was Fulvia? Was she the politically aggressive and dominating wife of Mark Antony as Cicero and Plutarch describe her? Or was she a loyal mother and wife, as Asconius and Appian suggest? These contrasting accounts in the ancient sources warrant further investigation. This thesis seeks to explore the nature of Fulvia’s role in history to the extent that the evidence permits. Fulvia is most famous for her activities during Antony’s consulship (44 BC) and his brother Lucius Antonius’ struggle against C. Octavian in the Perusine War (41-40 BC). But there is a discrepancy among the authors as to what extent she was actually involved. Cicero, Octavian and Antony, who were all key players in events, provide their own particular versions of what occurred. Later authors, such as Appian and Dio, may have been influenced by these earlier, hostile accounts of Fulvia. This is the first study in English to make use of all the available evidence, both literary and material, pertaining to Fulvia. Modern scholarship has a tendency to concentrate almost exclusively on events towards the end of Fulvia’s life, in particular the Perusine War, about which the evidence is much more abundant in later sources such as Appian and...
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...BERNARD M. BARUCH COLLEGE/CUNY ZICKLIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Department of Management Business Policy 5100 (Tuesday – Thursday – All Sections) Prof. David W. Falk Seminar in Business Policy Fall, 2015 Office: Vertical Campus, Room 9-250 I Phone: (646) 312-3676 Office Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays -- 3:30PM - 4:00PM, and by Appointment E-mail addresses: DWFalk@Flash.net and David.Falk@baruch.cuny.edu Pager: (917) 853-3878 (leave a verbal message after the tone) Required Textbooks: 1) Parthasarthy, Raghavan & Booke, Alvin L.; Strategic Management: A Primer; Strategy Consulting Group: Ramsey, NJ; 2013. (SM) 2) Thompson, Arthur A. & Stappenbeck, Gregory J.; GLO-BUS On-Line Business Simulation; McGraw-Hill/Irwin: Burr Ridge, IL (accessed via: http://www.glo-bus.com). (GLO) 0 These texts are all required reading. 1 It is suggested that students familiarize themselves with the Participant’s Guide to the GLO-BUS On-Line Business Simulation immediately since approximately 25% of your final grade will be dependent on the grade earned for this team-based project. 2 Students will be required to keep in touch with current events via the business sections of major newspapers, journals, periodicals and the Internet. Your class participation will be measured largely through your ability to apply the theories and models of strategic management to current events found throughout these sources. Course Objectives:...
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...THANKFUL To complete this research report, I want to give the sincere thankful to the teacher in Faculty of Banking and Finance of Industrial university of Ho Chi Minh City to create a change to me complete my training in during the time I study at class to the time I traing at Vietinbank Mien Trung agency. Specially, I want to give the sincere thankful to Miss. Nguyen Thi My Linh who always side by side and clear up and helping me complete my training. Thank to credit officer of the credit department at Vietinbank Mien Trung agency always introduce me during the time I training. Because my knowledge is limits so that I can not avoid the mistake, so that I want to hope the teacher will receive the opinion of the lecturer aim to my report is perfectly. Finally I wish the teacher in Faculty of Banking and Finance always have a good health, believe to can introduce and continuosly teach to next generations. Sincerely Ho Chi Minh city, March in 2014 Student Signature To Ngoc Thanh Phong COMMENTS OF VIETINBANK MIEN TRUNG AGENCY Ho Chi Minh city, ......, March , 2014 COMMENTS OF LECTURER Ho Chi Minh city, ......, March , 2014 Signature COMMENTS OF THE PRESENTATION LECTURER Ho Chi Minh...
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...along with issues of self-protection, affected the process of standard setting, which was controlled by different interests over the period under study. At one time the profession dominated. But far from being a monolithic body, it was in turn split according to various interests: the Big Six behind the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) and the smaller firms behind the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). At other times big business prevailed. These conflicts and power struggles are revealed through an analysis of the case of the Goodwill Accounting Standard. Selvaraj D. Susela 358 Introduction This paper offers an understanding of the struggle within the accounting profession for control of the standard setting process, in the context of a developing nation. The focus on standard setting is specially geared to reveal the impact of that process on the profession, market, state and community, and vice versa. Susela (1996) illustrates that because standards clearly impact on practitioners (the profession), it is hardly surprising that they develop ``interests'' around standard setting, whether expressed through accounting associations or firms. The standard setting arena is here viewed as a site of struggle between interest groups, both within the profession and outside it. To date, no such study has been done of the Malaysian...
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...along with issues of self-protection, affected the process of standard setting, which was controlled by different interests over the period under study. At one time the profession dominated. But far from being a monolithic body, it was in turn split according to various interests: the Big Six behind the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) and the smaller firms behind the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). At other times big business prevailed. These conflicts and power struggles are revealed through an analysis of the case of the Goodwill Accounting Standard. Selvaraj D. Susela 358 Introduction This paper offers an understanding of the struggle within the accounting profession for control of the standard setting process, in the context of a developing nation. The focus on standard setting is specially geared to reveal the impact of that process on the profession, market, state and community, and vice versa. Susela (1996) illustrates that because standards clearly impact on practitioners (the profession), it is hardly surprising that they develop ``interests'' around standard setting, whether expressed through accounting associations or firms. The standard setting arena is here viewed as a site of struggle between interest groups, both within the profession and outside it. To date, no such study has been done of the Malaysian...
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...CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT AND BAD DEBT CONTROLLING Case: ANZ Vietnam LAHTI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Degree program in International Business Thesis Spring 2013 Minh Thong To Lahti University of Applied Sciences Degree Programme in International Business MINH THONG, TO Credit risk management and bad debt controlling Case: ANZ Vietnam Bachelor’s Thesis in International Business, 53 pages, 3 pages of appendices Spring 2013 ABSTRACT It can be seen that the Vietnamese economy in the first decade of the 21st century has a significant development in the banking sector. Commercial banks represent a big role in this development. The banks’ capital rose rapidly and became an important factor in Vietnamese economic growth. However, a negative side always follows the result of any growth. Expanding operation leads to debt rate increase in most commercial banks. Especially bad debts rate rose rapidly. Bad debts became a serious problem for the Vietnamese economy. When the amount of bad debts increases to a particular point, it will hinder the development as well as the operations of the banks. Due to this issue, controlling the bad debt rate is hard work for all commercial banks. There is no model of solution for all banks. According to specific characteristic of each bank, specific solutions to control bad debt rate are provided. However, those solutions seem to be not as effective as expected due to many reasons. When Vietnam became an official member of the World Trade...
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...limits of available data. In addition, a standard LCC comprises initial and operation costs, installation and commissioning costs, energy costs as well as disposal costs among others. System Requirements The management of FedEx gives particular emphasis on the initial purchasing and installation cost of new systems. In line with this, the firm’s top managers are supposed to explain LCC of various solutions prior to the installation of new equipment. The initiation of strong LCC is essential in assisting FedEx achieve high financial strategies in the competitive market. Therefore, to maintain a competitive edge, the organization constantly initiates cost savings to improve its profitability (Hsu, 2012). Life Cycle Cost Analysis Before conducting the LCC analysis for the firm’s facilities, an evaluation of the entire set of alternative systems is required. In this...
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...ASSIGNMENT Submitted to : Ms. Atia Nasim Bano Faculty, School of Business Course: Management [BBA-1201] AUB, Rajshahi Campus Bangladesh. Designed, Composed & Submitted by : Shantanu Das (Leader, PERCEPTION) Student, BBA 17th Batch 4th Semester, Section: B AUB, Rajshahi Campus Bangladesh. Date of Submission: 24-March-2008. Rajshahi. PERCEPTION Group-Member Details No. Name Shantanu Das (L) --------------------------------------------Marks obtained: >>> RID R00711109 10+1/10 (Extra: 1) R00710058 10/10 Authentication Mahfuza Begum Barsha ----------------------------Marks obtained: >>> SIGNATURE R00711078 9.5/10 R00711052 9.5/10 R00711066 10/10 ( Ms. Atia Nasim Bano ) 24-March-2008. Asma Haque Shormi ----------------------------Marks obtained: >>> Amrin Nahar Saleha ----------------------------Marks obtained: >>> Md. Moniruzzaman ----------------------------Marks obtained: >>> Managerial Techniques - Specialization and Motivation. KEEP PROMISES MAKE IT EASY BE RESPECTFUL BE INSPIRING Page 2 of 31 Forward Although, Bangladesh is a very young country with its 36-years of independence and she doesn’t even have enough land to hold the entire population on her lap; still, this is one of the extremely poorest countries in the world having a very tight growth of population which say “NO” to decreasing! But, there’s a lots of possibilities here where the people never give-up hope, where people never stop moving...
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...in Spanish Communication Journals ´ david ferna ndez-quijada This article explores how journals published in a language other than English achieve a degree of internationality and can increase our knowledge of scientific publication patterns. This author offers a case study focused on Spanish communication journals from a sample of 1182 articles published from 2007 to 2009. The article examines three variables in this sample: the number of non-Spanish scholars, the use of languages other than Spanish, and how often non-Spanish journals are referred to. The results show that (a) these journals find it difficult to attract foreign scholars, (b) open-language policies have had a limited effect, and (c) internationality is constrained to the Spanish geolinguistic region. Keywords: internationality, local journals, Spanish scholarly journals, journal evaluation, communication sciences introduction The impact of published research is measured by means of well-established tools; one such tool is the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). However, in the field of communication studies — and in fact in all the social sciences — the SSCI does not take account of all the research published; this is particularly visible in cases where research is published in languages other than English. For example, in 2009, only 81 out of the 1585 articles (5.11 per cent) indexed in the Communication category of the SSCI were not written in English. In the context of these facts, analysing the research...
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...Applied SOA Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies Mike Rosen Boris Lublinsky Kevin T. Smith Marc J. Balcer Wiley Publishing, Inc. Applied SOA Applied SOA Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies Mike Rosen Boris Lublinsky Kevin T. Smith Marc J. Balcer Wiley Publishing, Inc. Applied SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-0-470-22365-9 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256, (317) 572-3447, fax (317) 572-4355, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: The publisher and...
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...is being undertaken as part of the Process Protocol II project (Cooper et al, 1998), for which the author is responsible for the mapping of the project and risk management activity zones. There are three related topics covered within this paper: risk propensity, defined as a person’s desire to either avoid or to take risks; risk preference, the perceived level of risk and uncertainty a person is willing to accept in a given situation; and risk perception, the subjective view of the perceived risk associated with a hazard (Adams, 1995). These areas have been largely overlooked by construction management research, which has instead concentrated on the harder issues of risk management, such as risk quantification using statistical analysis and the methods adopted to do this (Edwards & Bowen, 1999). The terms risk and uncertainty have become interchangeable, and one can often be...
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