ATH Technologies Inc.: making the Numbers The case of ATH is centered on management taking particular strategic paths in order to achieve the desired organization objective(s). Beginning with the strategy of acquiring market share‚ Scepter implemented very attractive (personal) incentives in order to achieve this goal. These “earn out” incentives did indeed push for innovation‚ growth and market segment but it didn’t put any controls on the amount of spending‚ thus ultimately leading to major
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Case1: ATH Technologies‚ Inc.:Making the Numbers PartA: Questions: 1. The performance goals of a business set by managers and determined by business strategy‚ which is refer to how a company creates value for customers and differentiate itself from competitors in the marketplace. Here‚ the earn-out structure focus on development of a new product‚ product superior to existing technologies these two are obviously the business strategy foe setting goals‚ and the last point is directly relate to
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Spring 2007 Prof. Mozaffar Khan MIT Sloan School of Management ATH: Chronological Stages 1986 1989 1990 Founding 15.963 [Spring 2007] 1991 Growth 1992 Push to Profitability 1993 1994 Focus on Process Managerial Accounting & Control 1995 1996 New Management 2 ATH: Chronological Stages 1986 1989 1990 Founding 1991 1992 Push to Profitability Growth 1993 1994 1995 Focus on Process 1996 New Management ATH Achievements - developed new product - capitalized new venture -
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Component Technologies‚ Inc 1) Prepare the manufacturing staff’s calculations for the three alternatives (please refer to the attachments): a) In the first set of calculations‚ the staff used a discount rate of 20%‚ a five-year time horizon‚ and ignored taxes and terminal value. What is the relative attractiveness of these three alternatives? During the period of 5 years (from 1994 to 1998)‚ if the discount rate is 20%‚ Waltham plant is the only one that has a positive amount in NPV. The
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Aspen Technology Inc. 1. What are Aspen Technology´s main Exchange rate exposures? Aspen Technologic Inc‚ is firm specialized in the development of simulation software for customers in process manufacturing industries‚ particularly the chemical industry. Big part of the AspenTech earnings comes for the licenses of their existing products. The 52% of Aspen Tech’s software license revenues came from customers outside de United States. With most‚ but not all‚ of its expenses incurred in the
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Is technology making us smarter or dumber? An argument that has grown over the year‚ almost seeming everlasting. Technology in the Stone Age did not start with computer and electronics‚ but with fire‚ wheels‚ and clothing (Holt). Today‚ we may consider theses as tools‚ but in the Stone Ages‚ they were advances. A positive technological advance that leads us to cell phones‚ the internet‚ and robots. Technology has made us do more as we multi-task on a single computer‚ but making us understand less
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Sygate2. Headquarters overhead cost allocation at Korea auto insurance Tasks: a) What would be the net income of the Taejon branch as of 2007 and 2008 if the headquarters’ overhead costs were allocated by the current method? Calculate the amounts of revenue‚ and direct and indirect costs of the Taejon branch for these two years. b) The current overhead cost driver‚ branch revenues‚ is criticized because it lacks any logical relationship to the overhead costs allocated by headquarters. Choose
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The Effects of Technology on Decision Making Denise DelPapa Christin Kondash Diane Simpson Amie Touray HCS/482 January 16‚ 2012 Dinah Bampoe The Effects of Technology on Decision Making Advances in health care technology are forever changing the way health care providers and health care consumers make decisions. Whether it is making a decision on a patient’s diagnosis or plan of care or the patient assuming responsibility of their own health and well-being via
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(Is Google making us stupid?) The internet is where we get our most valuable information‚ we can get that information very easily and fast. Technology is referring to social media and search engines. Though others might say that technology risks our healt h and distracts us‚ technology is beneficial to both the mind and the body. The reason technology is beneficial is because‚ it gives people support‚ technology transforms people’s lives‚ and it develops your brain. To begin‚ technology and social
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by a vast majority of technology‚ and many people may see this as the perfect opportunity to be closer to one another. No matter where we go‚ we are bombarded with images of the perfect faces of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds smiling brightly at one another‚ laughing‚ and pointing at their shiny new cell phones. On the surface‚ society manifests itself in the comfort of constant closeness to peers and loved ones by means of technology. However‚ the same technology we find to be so beneficial
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