Strategies to Fight Low-Cost Rivals * Nirmalya Kumar From the December 2006 Issue * Strategies to Fight Low-Cost Rivals Strategy & Execution HBR Article Executive Summary Reprint: R0612F Companies find it challenging and yet strangely reassuring to take on opponents whose strategies, strengths, and weaknesses resemble their own. Their obsession with familiar rivals, however, has blinded them to threats from disruptive, low-cost competitors. Successful price warriors, such as
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Market Capitalization $11.75 Billion Shares Outstanding 283,380,000 3-month Avg. Daily Trading Volume 2,332,640 Institutional Ownership 83.40% Insider Ownership 3.70% Book Value Per Share (mrq) $9.35 ROE 25.99% ROA 17.90% Est. 5 year EPS Growth Rate 9.00% Cost of Capital Est. R2 Beta Ke Ke Estimated 13.01% 10-Year 37.4 2.28 15.87% 7-Year 37.4 2.28 12.56% 5-Year 37.5 2.29 12.62% 1-Year 37.8 2.30 12.71% 3-Month 37.8 2.31 13.01% Published 1.76 Kd BBBY: 5.74% Revised: 2.66% WACC
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The Procter & Gamble Company Jake Rehtmeyer Analyst July 8, 2010 Recommendation: HOLD Pros: • • • • • Ticker Exchange Industry Sector Classification Market Cap. 52 Week Price range Recent Price Current P/E Projected 2012 P/E 2009 EPS Projected 2012 EPS Dividend Yield Debt Rating Beta PG NYSE Household Products Consumer Staples Income & Capital Appreciation $175 B $39.37 - $64.58 $59.38 (7/2/2010) 15.9 15.2 $3.58 $4.26 3.2% AA0.60 • • • • Disciplined cash and cost management Investing in
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The Procter & Gamble Company Jake Rehtmeyer Analyst July 8, 2010 Recommendation: HOLD Pros: • • • • • Ticker Exchange Industry Sector Classification Market Cap. 52 Week Price range Recent Price Current P/E Projected 2012 P/E 2009 EPS Projected 2012 EPS Dividend Yield Debt Rating Beta PG NYSE Household Products Consumer Staples Income & Capital Appreciation $175 B $39.37 - $64.58 $59.38 (7/2/2010) 15.9 15.2 $3.58 $4.26 3.2% AA0.60 • • • • Disciplined cash and cost management Investing in
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Chapter 5—Inventory Merchandiser Makes a profit by buying and selling merchandise. A wholesaler is an intermediary that buys goods from manufacturers or other wholesalers and sells them to retailers or other wholesalers. A retailer buys goods from manufacturers or wholesalers and sells directly to consumers Operating cycle for Merchandisers Begins with the purchase of inventory and ends when cash is received from selling the inventory. Manufacturer Makes a profit by buying raw materials
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(SAS No. 99) 4 Parts of the Fraud Triangle 5 Types of Fraud 11 INSTANCES OF FRAUD 13 Enron Corporation 13 Adelphia Communications Corporation 17 AOL Time Warner, Inc. 20 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 25 Global Crossing Limited 27 K-Mart 30 Tyco International, Ltd. 34 WorldCom 37 HealthSouth Corporation 41 CONCLUSION 45 Appendix: SOX Titles and Sections List 48 Works Cited 52 INTRODUCTION Between the years 1998 and 2002, the United States suffered a time in which several
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Target Corp. & J.C. Penney Company Inc. MAURICE D. ALFORD FINC 350 BUSINESS FINANCE 5/11/2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………2 Profitability………………………………………………………………………………..3 Asset Reutilization……………………………………………………………………..3 Capital Accounts…………………………………………………………………………4 – 5 Fixed Assets………………………………………………………………………………..5 – 6 Non-Current Assets…………………………………………………………………….6 Deferred Tax Accounts……………………………………………………………….7 Liquidity……………………………………………………………………………………
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Dissertation Submitted to the Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Submitted by: ANUJA BHEKANE MBA (ENTREPRENEURSHIP) Roll No.10117 Research Guide: Dr. Rashmi Gopinathan Department of Business Management Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil University CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai PENETRATING FOR THIS THE FIRST STAGE OF RETAIL OUTLET DECLARATION I hereby declare that the dissertation
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For the exclusive use of K. Larsen, 2016. 9-914-525 DECEMBER 16, 2013 FRANK V. CESPEDES JAMES KINDLEY Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home A fierce thunderstorm had just brought brief relief to the sweltering mid-August temperatures in Tampa, Florida, as Elise Ferguson, president of the writing implements division of U.S. Home, Clique Pens, stared at the notepad in front of her. She had jotted some thoughts about just whose needs were more important for Clique
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Work Contracted for the H2O Corporation Table of Contents Background & Introduction Outline and Review of HRIS Systems Explanation of Manpower and Technology Needed to Operate HRIS Assessment of the importance of the HRIS function within an organization Metrics HRIS system can produce for the organization Best practices of 5-10 US organizations Key action items for H20 implementation of effective HRIS system Overview of Staffing Methods Cost per Hire Staffing and Training
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