...October 11, 2013 Table of Content 1 Summary - Project Revere Street 3 2 The Residential Property Overview 3 2.1 Location 3 2.2 Economic Environment 4 3 Financial Valuation 4 3.1 Case Preview 4 3.2 Case Summary 5 3.3 Valuation Summary 6 4 Pro Forma - Revere Street 7 4.1 Balance Sheet (Estimated) 7 4.2 Income Statement (Estimated) 7 4.3 Statement of Cash Flow (Estimated) 8 5 Future Prospects and Concerns 8 1. Summary - Project Revere Street a. Estimated project Net Present Value -- $24,736 b. Estimated project Internal Rate of Return -- 19.10% c. Major concern -- Source of funds d. Suggested action toward project Revere Street -- GO 2. The Residential Property Overview 2.1 Location In the world of real estate, location sometimes determines the future of a property, residential or non-residential. Revere Street, a residential property located in the heart of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, provides a wonderful location for residents who also like to enjoy the convenience and diversity the city could offer. Revere Street shares Boston's unique New England historical city view and modernized financial district landscape. The pin point with the letter A on the map below shows a geographic center of Revere Street inside the City of Boston. Revere Street is located within less than one mile walk to the beautiful Charles River bank, the popular Newbury Street, the relaxing Boston Common Park area with various sports ground...
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...Be Out Guest: Case Summary Be Our Guest was a case about a catering equipment contracting company. Servicing the Boston Metropolitan area, Be Our Guest started out as a small company that provided waiter services for caterers in 1983. From there, their business grew, and in 1988 they changed their business strategy after successfully providing catering equipment to a 1,000 person fundraiser at the Boston Garden. This transformed the company and profits grew to $1 million in 1991 and later to $2.7 million in 1997. The success of the company was due in part to the prime location of its inner city branch and their position in the market. One of their outlets was in the Roxbury section of Boston which was close to downtown and had quick access to the Massachusetts Turnpike and Interstate 93. This allowed them to cover multiple events in a single trip. They also specialized in providing high quality service rather than bottom end pricing. With high quality equipment and service they worked to develop a strong relationship with its customers. This distinguished them from other company’s and created a niche customer base. Even though business was great, the industry was very seasonal. The first quarter brought only 10% of Be Our Guests yearly revenues, while the second and fourth quarter each brought 33% of their yearly revenues. To adjust to the personnel need, the firm would bring on 15-20 seasonal employees during peak times. In addition, the seasonality caused many accounts...
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...Boston Children’s Hospital – Possible “Anonymous” Attack Cyber Incident On April 24, 2014, the Boston Children’s Hospital reported they had been under a cyberattack from an unknown source for the previous four days. This paper will focus on the details of the cyber security incident, the impact of the attack, the consequences, and a brief explanation of the mitigation steps the hospital has taken post incident. The Boston Children’s Hospital was a victim of a cyberattack between the dates of April 20 and April 25, 2014. The cyberattack on the hospital focused on bringing down the hospital’s internal website – used by hospital personnel to check appointments, test results, and other patient information (Wen, 2014). The hackers used a distributed denial of service approach attack, which consisted of a bombardment of traffic to the hospitals web page, causing it to crash and become unusable to all hospital staff. The hospital has insisted that no patient data or information has been compromised due to these cyberattacks (Farrell, 2014). Law enforcement was notified of the attacks, but it is unconfirmed whether investigations were started. It is suspected the attackers were a part of the well-known hacker network “Anonymous”. Even though no evidence exists to prove this group is behind the attack on the Children’s Hospital, the incident has all the markings of a typical Anonymous cyberattack. The group typically targets Internet pages of large organizations and cripples...
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...Abstract The purpose of this assignment is to work together in a group, organising self and others to produce work to agreed deadlines, the group will aim to engage in debate about strategy from a theoretical and practical standpoint, while Undertaking analysis of a case and generate a critical evaluation. Each member of the group will produce a formal report critically analysing one chosen identified corporate strategy, the report will evaluate and summarise the chosen model reflecting their individual analysis to corporate strategy. The group will then put reports together to make a single portfolio of the different corporate portfolio framework analyses. Along side the written report the group will also work together to produce a presentation which will focus on one chosen corporate strategic model analysed in the report, in this case the group decided to focus on Porters five forces. The group will apply critically apply this framework and critically apply this to a business of the groups choice (in this case Samsung) during the presentation. Corporate strategy 1 Boston Consulting Group Matrix The Boston consulting group matrix (BCG Matrix) is a four cell matrix developed by the Boston Consulting Group in the early 1970’s to manage and asses a business portfolio of products and their potential, “The matrix helps in development of plans which reflects the need of each business unit as well as business as a whole” (Brahma and Chakraborty 2011 p23). It...
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...Enterprise IT at Cisco Case Write-Up | Summary: Enterprise IT at Cisco Systems is an interesting case that demonstrates what happens when a company’s IT infrastructure is decentralized. In the case of Cisco, the word decentralized was demonstrated in how the individual departments conducted business in their own ways and not in conjunction with other business functions. At one point, this approach was encouraged as it was believed to allow departments, and the people running them, the ability to avoid company politics, to ensure their priorities were met, and to encourage each department and individual the opportunity to be creative and innovative, which is a fundamental component of Cisco’s company style. Brad Boston, CIO of Cisco, believed that it was possible to retain that company attitude of innovation in a more centralized manner to decrease redundancy and formally integrate systems. While there was a great deal of pushback from employees, and the full centralization will take a great bit of time, Boston was making the best choices for the company. 1. How did Cisco find itself in such trouble with regard to its internal IT in 2001? Why didn’t the single ERP system help more? Why didn’t this ensure more consistency? As briefly mentioned above, Cisco found itself in such trouble as a result of allowing every department and employee operate freely and with little regard for what others were doing. As stated on page 4 of the case study, “Boston also discovered that...
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...1. Executive Summary of the Case This case study goes through the evolution of IT governance at Cisco and the related project management. This case is a classic example of the result of a decentralized governance of business units. What happened to CISCO due to the decentralized governance, how the business processes were modified to overcome the chaos created by the decentralized governance and how the employees and management reacted to this change in CISCO’s business governance? This case clearly illustrates the effect of a totally decentralized governance and how changing to a centralized governance leads to unrest and resistance. It also illustrates how the cultural/managerial change effects the business decisions needed to be made by a company to achieve success. Essentially, the case shows that IT governance must be aligned with business activities and tie all functions together to support the company’s strategy. 2. Problem Statement Will BPOC give a go-ahead for the proposal that the customer advocacy group was proposing? The proposal was to build a state-of-the-art customer interaction network that would centralize all incoming calls into a globally managed set of contact centers. Though this is a potentially valuable project, CISCO’s new centralized governance means that the customer advocacy group needs to get an approval from the BPOC. Will the BPOC realize the potential? Will it support the project and commit to a full cross-border and cross-functional implementation...
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...Abstract The purpose of this assignment is to work together in a group, organising self and others to produce work to agreed deadlines, the group will aim to engage in debate about strategy from a theoretical and practical standpoint, while Undertaking analysis of a case and generate a critical evaluation. Each member of the group will produce a formal report critically analysing one chosen identified corporate strategy, the report will evaluate and summarise the chosen model reflecting their individual analysis to corporate strategy. The group will then put reports together to make a single portfolio of the different corporate portfolio framework analyses. Along side the written report the group will also work together to produce a presentation which will focus on one chosen corporate strategic model analysed in the report, in this case the group decided to focus on Porters five forces. The group will apply critically apply this framework and critically apply this to a business of the groups choice (in this case Samsung) during the presentation. Corporate strategy 1 Boston Consulting Group Matrix The Boston consulting group matrix (BCG Matrix) is a four cell matrix developed by the Boston Consulting Group in the early 1970’s to manage and asses a business portfolio of products and their potential, “The matrix helps in development of plans which reflects the need of each business unit as well as business as a whole” (Brahma and Chakraborty 2011 p23). It...
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...SaSampa Video, Inc. 10/12/10 12.27 9-201-094 REV: OCTOBER 7, 2003 GREGOR ANDRADE Sampa Video, Inc. Sampa Video, Inc. was the second largest chain of videocassette rental stores in the greater Boston area, operating 30 wholly owned outlets. Begun in 1988 as a small store in Harvard Square catering mostly to students, the company grew rapidly, primarily due to its reputation for customer service and an extensive selection of foreign and independent movies. These differentiating factors allowed Sampa Video to compete directly with the leader in the industry, Blockbuster Video. But unlike the larger rival, Sampa had no ambitions to grow outside of its Boston territory. Exhibit 1 contains summary financial information on the company as of their latest fiscal year-end. In March 2001, Sampa Video was considering entering the business of home delivery of movie rentals. The company would set up a web page where customers could choose movies based on available in-store inventory and pick a time for delivery. This would put Sampa in competition with new internet-based competitors, such as Netflix.com that rented DVDs through the mail and Kramer.com and Cityretrieve.com that hand delivered DVDs and videocassettes. While it was expected that the project would cannibalize the existing operations to some extent, management believed that incremental sales would be substantial in the long run. The project would provide customers the same convenience as internet-based DVD rentals for the...
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...G R E G O R A N D R A D E Sampa Video, Inc. 9 - 2 0 1 - 0 9 4 R E V : O C T O B E R 7 , 2 0 0 3 Sampa Video, Inc. was the second largest chain of videocassette rental stores in the greater Boston area, operating 30 wholly owned outlets. Begun in 1988 as a small store in Harvard Square catering mostly to students, the company grew rapidly, primarily due to its reputation for customer service and an extensive selection of foreign and independent movies. These differentiating factors allowed Sampa Video to compete directly with the leader in the industry, Blockbuster Video. But unlike the larger rival, Sampa had no ambitions to grow outside of its Boston territory. Exhibit 1 contains summary financial information on the company as of their latest fiscal year-end. In March 2001, Sampa Video was considering entering the business of home delivery of movie rentals. The company would set up a web page where customers could choose movies based on available in-store inventory and pick a time for delivery. This would put Sampa in competition with new internet-based competitors, such as Netflix.com that rented DVDs through the mail and Kramer.com and Cityretrieve.com that hand delivered DVDs and videocassettes. While it was expected that the project would cannibalize the existing operations to some extent, management...
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...Case Study 2-4 Better Boston Beans Lisa Clanin The Ethics Environment ACCT 530 Week 3 Date: September 21, 2013 Better Boston Beans Dilemma With this particular case study I will discuss several questions and facts regarding Better Boston Beans. 1) A brief summary of the case. 2) Briefly explain the Six Pillars of Character. 3) Evaluate the actions of the parties from the perspective of six pillars of character. 4) evaluate the actions from the perspective of Kohlberg's six stages of moral development and what ethical reasoning can you develop from this case? The case takes place in a coffee shop located in Boston’s famous Faneuil Hall Marketplace called Better Boston Beans. In this particular case Cindi is a recent college graduate that wants to experience “the real world”1 while making up her mind about grad school. She has been at the coffee shop for six months and has been thinking that it may be time to apply to grad school due to the actions of the assistant shift manager, Lyndell has made it a habit of late to leave early thus leaving Cindi to handle customers and close on her own. Cindi has not spoken to the supervisor about Lyndell’s behavior but is considering doing so because of it is becoming a regular habit and has affected customer service. One night after Lyndell had already left a group of tourists came in and commented on the fact such a famous American coffee shop has only one person working. Cindi told the customer that her coworker was ill...
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...Boston Fight Drugs Summary The case talks about the big concern in Boston, which is drugs use. The field study group, consists of four members, is given a budget of twenty thousand dollars and a time period of five months of part-time work to find an effective way to communicate with the school-going population about drugs. The group must find answers to the following: motivation for drug use, who influence them to use drugs and which advertisement strategy can influence them. They came up with three different methods to conduct the research. The quantitative survey is a large-scale, city-wide survey method, includes surveying by mail or over the phone for the cost of ten thousand and fifteen thousand dollars respectively. Although it is large-scale, the response rate is only five to twenty percent. The children may not be able to interpret the questions on such sensitive issue. There are no visual aids and no body language during the time that the survey is taken. The qualitative survey is done by holding focus groups and one-on-one interviews. In focus groups, people can exchange ideas but peer pressure may affect the answers of each individual. One-on-one interviews has no peer pressure influence but costs quite a lot and takes a lot more time to gather data. The field study group decided to conduct the research by holding focus groups. Eleven focus groups are picked from five neighborhoods in Boston. The field study group found out that storytelling is more relatable...
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...cost of the decentralized system is $9,277 per week. In the centralized system, LA is the best location with the total cost of $6,545 per week. Please refer to the below equations and tables for details. = × + × × √ 2 × × =√ ℎ = + × × √ 2 () = × ℎ = × = × ( + ) = + + Decentralized Solution: Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas LA AVG stdev 39.67 12.76 40.83 12.24 47.25 21.17 48.08 13.22 45.92 11.34 R 116.3 117.1 155.9 134.5 124.7 Q Avg. Inv 593.5 333.74 602.16 336.56 647.75 385.25 653.44 365.05 638.55 352.15 IHC Setup cost Trans. cost Total cost 417.17 370.94 991.67 1779.78 420.7 376.35 1000.4 1797.47 481.57 404.84 1134 2020.41 456.31 408.4 1057.8 1922.54 440.19 399.09 918.33 1757.62 Centralized Solution: For setup and inventory holding costs: AVG 221.8 stdev 37.52 R 552.3 Q 1403.3 Avg. Inv 810.4 Setup cost 877.04 IHC 1013 For Transportation costs: In Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas LA 12 11.5 11 9 7 Out 13 13 13 13 13 Atlanta 13 14 14 15 17 Boston 14 13 8 15 17 Chicago 14 8 13 15 16 Dallas 15 15 15 13 8 LA 17 17 16 8 13 Trans. Cost 5912 5516 5391...
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...School of Policy, Planning and Development University of Southern California PPD 515: Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations Intensive Semester |Session I: June 5 through 8, 2008 |Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM | |Session II: June 23 and 24, 2008 | | |Session III: July 14 and 15, 2008 | | Professor: Robert C. Myrtle, D.P.A. Office Phone: (213) 740-0378 FAX: (562) 439-2250 Home Phone: (562) 438-4359 E-Mail: myrtle@usc.edu Office Hours: By Appointment Only Office Location: Lewis Hall 301e Course Description Application of principles of health administration in several practice settings. Decision making, strategic management, organizational performance, communication, and provider comparisons. Introduction This course is designed to be the capstone course for the Master of Health Services Administration degree. It assumes that the student is in the final semester of graduate work and has successfully completed course work in health issues and policy, health economics, financial management, organizational behavior, quantitative analysis, and health law. The title of the course and its description has been instrumental in shaping the focus of this course and the material...
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...Institutional Affiliation Date Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Background 3 1. Reflection 4 1.1 Holding Company Structure 4 1.3 BCG Integration 5 2.3 Capital Market Structure as source of diversification 6 2.4 Corporate Value Framework 7 3-Products are Sold and not bought 8 3.1 Product Lifecycle Management 8 3.2 Balance Score Card to evaluate the performance 8 4- Where did the company go wrong? 10 5- Current organizational structure 10 6 The Influence of Technology 14 7. Cost reduction Increased Quality 15 7.1 Maximizing the Boston Matrix 15 7.2 Conducting a Product Portfolio Analysis 15 7.3 Company Structure to be Changed 16 8. Conclusion 17 8-Bibliography 17 Executive Summary Twenty-First century organizations continue facing tremendous challenges given that there are structural problems that hamper their prospective growth. Some of these problems are technical while other others are largely structural. Primarily, an organization design is defined by three key components, which includes organizational structure, locus of decision-making and quality of integrated mechanism. The components enable the organization to achieve the intended mission of the organization. Most components vary with their overall strategy of the organization. Organizational structure can be defined as the primary reporting relationship that exists within the organization. In this case, organizational structure consists of the chain of command, as well...
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...the financial world. For him, analysts are not recognizing the true value of Alcon, consequently it might affect Nestle from truly exposing of its value as well. In order to build up the value of Nestle as the sum of its components parts, Brabeck contacted Wolfgang Reichenberger, Nestle’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Francisco Castaner, Executive Vice President (EVP). They had discussed to crave-out Alcon for a public listing and what effects this could cause for Nestle and Alcon. Considering the carve-out, Nestle should analyze four listing alternatives provided by Credit Suisse First Boston and how each one would affect investor base. Additionally, Brabeck, Reichenberger and Castaner would rethink what effect would a public listing of Alcon really have on the valuation and financing for the two companies involved (Mihir D., et al. 2006). In my opinion this is a decision-base case study, Nestle and...
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