History Apple computer was founded on April 1st‚ 1976 by Steven Jobs‚ Steven Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne. Prior to the Apple’s beginnings‚Jobs had worked at Hewlett-Packard and the video game company Atari Inc. Wozniak also worked at HP where the two first met in 1972. It was Jobs who told his future partner about his idea of personal computers. The two began their journey in 1975 while working on the Apple I in Job’s bedroom. Wozniak later admitted that the project was more of a hobby than a business
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"BE OUR GUEST‚ INC." Be Our Guest Inc.‚ a Boston based company‚ is a rapidly growing equipment rental company with substantial seasonality in its revenues and profits. In the spring of 1998‚ the senior management team is reviewing its financial plans in preparation for a meeting with the company’s bank. The case provides an opportunity to forecast financial needs and consider the appropriate structure and amount of bank borrowing. � For years the company has been renting party supplies and furniture
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The Vanguard Group‚ Inc. Background: The Vanguard Group‚ Inc. is one of the most successful mutual fund companies in the United States. Vanguard is a for profit company which was found by John C. Bogle in 1974. John C. Bogle is credited with the creation of the first index fund available to individual investors‚ the popularization of index funds generally‚ and driving costs down across the mutual fund industry. Its Vanguard Index Trust 500 is the largest of the domestic funds managed by the firm
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Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc.: The New Client Acceptance Decision Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. is recommended as a prospective audit client of Barnes and Fischer‚ LLP. I believe that Barnes and Fischer should accept the client because of Barnes and Fisher’s opportunities in consulting and information technology (IT) development‚ Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc.’s sound management/business model and past successful audits‚ and primarily‚ the growth potential of Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. following its planned
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Sales Management and Personal Selling Curled Metal Inc (CMI) Dear Sanwal‚ To address your immediate need from Kendrick Foundation Company (‘KFC’) for a price quote on Curl Metal Cushion Pads (Cushion pads or ‘CMCP’)‚ it would be beneficial to establish a proper pricing strategy. It may also be beneficial to not only consider the short term‚ but also the potential long term pricing strategy for future consumers as well. To estimate the value price or price premium‚ it is advisable to keep in
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Argument found in Food‚ Inc.: The industrial production of meat‚ grains‚ and vegetables are being mass produced‚ which leads to health issues‚ economic and environmental instability‚ and overall‚ inhumane acts. AGREE: Mass production of meat‚ grains‚ and vegetables is a terrible system that is in today’s society. Large companies that follow this system want a better and cheaper way to produce their meat. This leads to unsanitary production and inhumane ways of handling their cattle. These companies
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here (Mary Kay Inc.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window) and answer the following questions: a. The younger demographic is important to Mary Kay Inc. both as consumers of the company’s products and as its sales force. Since the market is one and the same‚ can the company utilize one marketing strategy targeting both consumers and sellers? Why or why not? b. What are particular characteristics about this younger demographic that Mary Kay Inc. will have to tap into in order to capture and maintain
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anonymous. Since this is a fictitious company there were no information available for research‚ all information is based on the case study. Byte Products‚ Inc.‚ headquartered in the midwestern United States‚ is regarded as one of the largest volume supplier for the production of electronic components used in personal computers. Byte Products‚ Inc.‚ was a privately owned firm that has now entered to be a publicly traded company. The majority of the stockholders are the initial owners of Byte‚ when it
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Barriers to Entry The retail business is an ever-changing environment due the fact the style usually changes from season to season and sometimes more often than that. The trend setting that is popular in the retail opens up opportunities for new competitors. Although‚ these competitors may not remain a competitor in the market‚ they will create issues for The Gap as a seasonal substitute. In the retail business‚ small companies can compete relatively well by trying to target particular niches
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Billy’s Beats Inc. Billy’s Beats Inc. (Billy’s)‚ an SEC registrant‚ is a new audit client with a fiscal year-end of December 31‚ 2012. Billy’s manufactures musical instruments. Billy’s acquired Little Drummer Boy Inc. (Little Drummer) in 2012 for $575 million in cash. Significant assets acquired included property‚ plant‚ and equipment totaling $865 million and other assets totaling $145 million. The useful lives assigned to the property‚ plant‚ and equipment acquired were 30 years for the plant
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