Should the Air Comfort Division institute the 5% price reduction on its air-conditioner units even if it cannot acquire the compressors internally for $50 each? Support your conclusion with appropriate calculations. # of units= $6‚000‚000/$400=15‚000 units+2‚400 units=17‚400 units Before 5% Reduction After 5% Reduction Per Unit Total Per Unit Total Sales Revenue $ 400 $ 6‚000 $ 380* $ 6‚612* Variable Costs: COGS: Compressor 70 1‚050 70 1‚218 Other Direct Material
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Consumer Behavior Homework # 2 Zhakupbekova Zhazira During the recession there have been significant changes in consumer behavior. Most of the customers have switched from higher-priced brands to cheaper ones. According to McKinsey research‚ most of consumers who have changed their choice and now buy less expensive products said that their experience was better that it was expected. For example 48 percent of those people who have tried cheaper cold and allergy medicines were satisfied with the
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The Nature of Management Control Systems (Chapter 1) The central focus of this book is strategy implementation. In particular‚ the book provides knowledge‚ insight‚ and analytical skills related to how a corporation’s senior executives design and implement the ongoing management systems that are used to plan and control the firm’s performance. Elements of management control systems include strategic planning; budgeting; resource allocation; performance measurement‚ evaluation‚ and reward; responsibility
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Dove has gone to extensive lengths to market their products against rival company’s They have made advertisements waging product wars against Ivory in a stiff competition to take over the personal care market Other companies that dove has been involved in product wars with are all the major players in the personal care industry Olay‚ Neutrogena‚ and Aveeno This is an example of a product war because dove is implying that they produce a better product than ivory by comparing the quality of
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Nordstrom Case Study 1. How else can Nordstrom continue to provide exceptional customer service and increase brand loyalty? Every retail company should want to strive to distribute great customer service. Customer service is basically the way employees interact with customers. Good customer service to me is greeting me with a smile when I enter the store‚ ask is there anything that I need assistance with‚ upon checking out ask if I found everything ok and welcome me back to shop in that
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Final Case Write Up Details “Toys “R” Us LBO” Due Date: Last day of class (December 10‚ 2010) Teams: 1 or 2 students. Write up: This write up should be done as if you were submitting it to a superior at work. Thus you should state your main conclusions early and clearly. Messy and long exhibits should be kept to a minimum and placed in the back. Your assumptions and work in general should be easy to follow and well organized. The write up should be long enough that your arguments
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An Introduction to Use-Case Modeling One of the primary challenges is the ability to elicit the correct and necessary system requirements from the stakeholders and specify them in a manner understandable to them so those requirements can be verified and validated. The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build. No other part of the conceptual work is a difficult as establishing the detailed technical requirements‚ including all the interfaces to people
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In this case study we are going to discuss the CRA case. The CRA case is mainly about the mining company breaking/dissolving the unions and making the employees sign the individual contracts. Here we will discuss and analyse how they went about pursuing the workers to leave the unions and sign the individual contracts. Before that we will briefly look into the profile of the CRA. CRA is a major Australian mining company‚ it is a large employer with about 15000 employees directly employed and another
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INTRODUCTION: This case involves suspect Hayk Arakelyan DOB 03/21/88‚ entering the Subway located at 1739 E. Washington Blvd during business hours. Once Arakelyan was inside of the Subway‚ he walked to the office door that had an "Employees only" sign on it‚ opened the door‚ and entered the office. Arakelyan stole $753 US Currency (Various Denominations) that was left on the counter in the office and left the store on foot‚ traveling west on Washington Blvd. Arakelyan was apprehened and found to
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CASE CITATOR A reference to a case in a reading list which will consist of the name(s) of the Plaintiff(s) and the Defendant(s) together with the details of where the case is reported. Shamala a/p Sathiyaseelan v Dr Jeyaganesh a/l C Mogarajah [2004] 2 MLJ 241 How to read case law SHAMALA A/P SATHIYASEELAN V DR JEYAGANESH A/L C MOGARAJAH [2004] 2 MLJ 241 ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO S8-24-3586 OF 2002 HIGH COURT (KUALA LUMPUR) DECIDED-DATE-1: 11 SEPTEMBER 2003. FAIZA
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