...Does your child need a tutor? Needing a tutor for your child or teen is not uncommon or a bad thing. Sometimes concepts are just too hard for kids to grasp or maybe your child is preparing for harder material and college prep and needs a hand. With extra help, your child can gain the confidence to get better grades, boost their self-esteem and overall achieve higher goals. Here are some signs that your child may need a tutor: * Grades are steadily or rapidly declining * Not doing homework and making excuses to why it is not getting done * Misbehavior in class * Anxiety over tests and exams * Lower self-esteem * Working hard to complete homework however still receiving sub-average grades * Easily distracted while doing homework * Prepping for SAT or other college exams * Doesn’t see the point in school if they are not doing well * Uses phrases such as “I’m stupid” or “I’m never going to do better” What to do before you hire a tutor for the first time Before hiring a tutor, like any other type of service, a bit of research should go into it. Check out their profile and credentials to ensure that they match what you are looking for. Don’t be afraid to ask questions as well, tutors are there to help and teach you or your child so it is perfectly acceptable and appropriate to spark up a quick conversation prior to engaging in any form of agreements. Also, don’t be afraid to ask to see credentials or their plan for the tutoring session. ...
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...Mini Case Assume that you recently graduated and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle DellaTorre, a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile. DellaTorre is a highly ranked tennis player who would like to start a company to produce and market apparel she designs. She also expects to invest substantial amounts of money through Balik and Kiefer. DellaTorre is very bright, and she would like to understand in general terms what will happen to her money. Your boss has developed the following set of questions you must answer to explain the U.S. financial system to DellaTorre. a. Why is corporate finance important to all managers? The importance of corporate finance is that it helps managers understand the health of the company and how to act accordingly with a common guideline. The responsibility for controlling company assets falls upon management as a whole. Managers need to be able to make decisions that will benefit the company and in order to make those decisions they need to have insight into the financial health of the business. If not they could possibly lose funding and find their projects continually short on financial support. Every decision made by management essentially has a financial impact. Managers have a responsibility to increase the shareholders’ stake in the firm. b. Describe the organizational forms a company might...
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...Chapter 1 ------------------------------------------------- An Overview of Corporate Finance and ------------------------------------------------- The Financial Environment MINI CASE ------------------------------------------------- Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle Dellatorre, a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile. Dellatorre is a highly ranked tennis player who would like to start a company to produce and market apparel that she designs. She also expects to invest substantial amounts of money through Balik and Kiefer. Dellatorre is also very bright, and, therefore, she would like to understand, in general terms, what will happen to her money. Your boss has developed the following set of questions which you must ask and answer to explain the U.S. financial system to Dellatorre. ------------------------------------------------- a. Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Answer: Corporate finance provides the skills managers need to: (1) identify and select the corporate strategies and individual projects that add value to their firm; and (2) forecast the funding requirements of their company, and devise strategies for acquiring those funds. ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...Chapter 11: Mini Case 1 – Belmont State Bank At looking at this case it is clear that we need a secure network. Once major risk we need to ensure is the bank transaction are being transferred securely. Developing a secure network means developing controls that reduce or eliminate threats to the network. Here are some of the preventions we need to review when creating preventive measures to maintain compliance Compliance Methods - All virus definition and DAT file in the organization must be up to date by performing inventory of all employees machine by using a Tool such as SCCM to ensure all machine have the correct version. Push will be performed remotely to ensure all machine have the proper version. Wireless Access- In order to access wireless within the organization all employees will be required to have a SSL certificate to enable access to wireless network. Only authorized authentication will be permitted online Desktop Firewall- To assist in protecting again spywares or a predator using employees machines as a BOT employee must ensure their Desktop firewall are activated or a Group Policy (GPO) can be setup on the administrator side to ensure they are active and restrict any modification from users. All machines will have Desktop firewall enabled to reduce the risk of remote penetration to assist in avoiding Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. Router restriction- We need to implement Access Control List (ACL) in the router to control network traffic. The router...
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...Mini-Case 1 Analysis - Shake Shack Shake Shack is an American fast-casual chain based restaurant in New York City, United States, founded by Danny Meyer. Fast-casual restaurant is one of the fastest growing concepts of the restaurant industry over the last decade. Unlike old-fashioned fast food restaurants, the fast-casual restaurant market is not saturated, and franchise opportunities flourish for the businessperson. According to the latest industry research, of the total sales the restaurant industry recorded in 2014, fast casual restaurant’s portion was small at about 8%, but the segment grew at a rate of 13%, more than three times the 3.8% growth rate by the industry overall. Fast-casual restaurant industry perfectly marries the traditional need to eat on the run and consumer demand for healthier options including Non-GMO, organic, humanely raised, drug-free meat food. But desire to eat healthy doesn’t stop the need to eat on the go. Consumers still wanted to eat high quality food quick and casual. This industry in the life cycle sets perfect for Shake Shack to thrive. Shake Shack fully utilized industry is in the life cycle and became successful. The company went public in January, raising $112 million in an IPO that valued it at around $1.6 billion. At the time Shake Shack announced its impressive first-quarter earnings in May, its stock price had more than tripled. The company’s leadership fully utilized its resources and capabilities to continue to stay as leader...
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...Question 1 The risk of fires in whiskey distilleries is a real one, with events such as the serious fire on Heaven Hill distillery in 1996 when ’90,000 barrels of whiskey burned out of control’. When these firms start such a system it is attempting to risk spread; when a firm will spread the risk over other firms and therefore reduce the amount of risk that firm bears. Using the number of barrels in the Heaven Hill distillery, it is assumed that each distillery can store 90000 barrels and is always storing at full capacity. It is then necessary to assume that each whiskey distillery has two outcomes in a year; no fire or a fire. Adding to this, it is assumed that there is a 5% chance of a fire in a year, and that if there is a fire that all the whiskey will be lost. Now it is possible to begin to calculate the expected number of barrels left in storage after a year....
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...Mini case paper #1-Building “world car” 1. Discuss the strategies implemented by Toyota and Honda to achieve greater efficiency in car production. One of the major strategies implemented by Toyota and Honda to achieve greater efficiency in car production is pursuing the continuous improvement and using “lean” production system in order to eliminate waste in the organization. Toyota and Honda show a strong emphasis on total product quality not only at the expense of lead time but also in the development of productivity. Lean production system has combined the flexibility and quality of craftsmanship with the low costs of mass production (Hindle, 2008). It aims at eliminating the waste in the different stages throughout manufacturing system and process by empowering employees and developing smooth relationship with suppliers and partners. The other key strategy implemented by Toyota and Honda for greater efficiency is the global strategy. In order to expand and exploit potential scale economies, Toyota and Honda establish the global manufacturing system. Toyota and Honda’s home market is not large enough to gain cost efficiencies which leads the companies to look to international markets. They employ the method of foreign direct investment (FDI) to set up their plants and operations in their major foreign markets. They achieve greater efficiency by taking advantages of national differences on cultures, market conditions, politics and others. Besides, Toyota...
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...Mini Case II Deals-R-Us Brokers (Part 1) Fred Jones, a distant relative of yours and president of Deals-R-Us Brokers (DRUB), has come to you for advice. DRUB is a small brokerage house that enables its clients to buy and sell stocks over the Internet, as well as place traditional orders by phone or fax. DRUB has just decided to install a new e-mail package. One vendor is offering SMTP-based two-tier client-server architecture. The second vendor is offering Web-based e-mail architecture. Fred doesn’t understand either one but thinks the Web-based one should be better because, in his words, “the Web is the future.” a. Briefly explain to Fred, in layperson’s terms, the differences between the two. b. Outline the pros and cons of the two alternatives and make a recommendation to Fred about which is better. How E-mail Works The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the most commonly used e-mail standard simply because it is the e-mail standard used on the Internet. E-mail works similarly to how the Web works, but it is a bit more complex. SMTP e-mail is usually implemented as a two-tier thick client-server application, but not always. Two-Tier Thick E-mail Architecture With two-tier thick client-server architecture, each client computer runs an application layer software package called a mail user agent, which is usually more commonly called an e-mail client (Figure 1). There are many common e-mail client software packages such as Eudora and Outlook. The user creates the...
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...CHAPTER 2: MINI-CASE I. DEALS-R-US BROKERS (PART 1) Question 1: Classify the two alternatives in terms of what type of application architecture they use. a. The first suggested solution is a client-based architecture since it’s the client that tells the server what data to select to analyze, making the client perform most of the work. b. The later architecture is two-tier Client-Server architecture since it requires an application layer, in this case, a web browser and all processing is done by the server. The server is responsible for the data and the client, the application and presentation. Using the web browser the client will talk to the web server using HTTP standard. Question 2: Outline the pros and cons of the two alternatives and make a recommendation to Fred about which is better. Solution 1: Client-based Pros 1. This method will be much more inexpensive to implement as micro-computers are considerably cheaper versus mainframe. 2. Hardware devices from different manufacturers/platforms can function together on the same network. Solution 1: Client-based Cons 1. Data always flows through the network between the client and the server. 2. So much data traffic on the network between client and host could put a significantly slow down the network thereby affecting performance and response time. Solution 2: Two-Tier Client-Server Pros 1. Performance in this method will be better as processing is distributed to multiple machines (in this case, multiple...
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...Portfolio National Markets / Performance Mini Case Summary International Portfolio Theory and Diversification Group 5 Kristin Hanselmann, Anna Ivaniuk, Lalita Pongpitakwises, Christian Seemann Fachhochschule Mainz - MA.IB International Finance March 2013 K. Hanselmann, A. Ivaniuk, L. Pongpitakwises, C. Seemann International Portfolio Theory and Diversification 1/35 Introduction Diversification / Risk Internationalizing Portfolio National Markets / Performance Mini Case Summary Introduction Christian Seemann International Portfolio Theory and Diversification 2/35 Introduction Diversification / Risk Internationalizing Portfolio National Markets / Performance Mini Case Summary Agenda Introduction International Diversification and Risk Internationalizing the Domestic Portfolio National Markets and Asset Performance Mini Case Summary 1 2 3 4 5 6 Christian Seemann International Portfolio Theory and Diversification 3/35 Introduction Diversification / Risk Internationalizing Portfolio National Markets / Performance Mini Case Summary Introduction Multinational Business Finance Part 5 - Foreign Investment Decisions Chapter 17 Pages 432 – 451 Christian Seemann International Portfolio Theory and Diversification 4/35 Introduction Diversification / Risk Internationalizing Portfolio National Markets / Performance Mini Case Summary International Diversification and...
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...Description This document of BUS 401 Entire Course consists of: BUS 401 Week 1 Assignment, Comparative Analysis.doc BUS 401 Week 1 Assignment, Ratio Analysis, Problem (4-10).xlsx BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1, Goals of the Firm and Real Interest Rates.doc BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2, Cash Flow and Ratio Analysis, Problem (3-2, 4-5(Mitchem Marble ).doc BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz.pdf BUS 401 Week 1, DQ 1, Corporate Income Tax and Real Interest Rates, Problem 1-2(Page 26), 2-2(Page 58).xlsx BUS 401 Week 1, DQ 2, Cash Flow and Ratio Analysis, Problem 3-2 (Page 85), 4-2(Page 122).doc BUS 401 Week 2 Assignment, Mini Case, Alternative Investments(Page 254).xlsx BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1, Annuity and Capital Asset Pricing(Problems 5-6, 6-4).doc BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2, Bond and Common Stock (problem 7-8, 7-10, 8-16).doc BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz Version a.pdf BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz Version b.pdf BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz Version c.pdf BUS 401 Week 2, Assignment, Mini Case.xlsx BUS 401 Week 3 Assignment, Weighted Average Cost(Mini Case Page 368).xlsx BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 NPV, PI and IRR, Problem 9-4 (Page 289), 10-4(Page 235).doc BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Calculating Free Cash Flow, Problem 11-4(Spartan Stores).doc BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Cost of Debt, Problem 11-10(Page 365).doc BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz Version a.pdf BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz Version b.pdf BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz Version c.pdf BUS 401 Week 4 Assignment, Break Even Analysis(Mini Case 2).xlsx BUS 401 Week 4 Assignment, Flotation Cost and Issue Size (13-2).xlsx BUS 401...
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...Wk # | Class Dates | Topics | 1st Class of Week(Tue) | 2nd Class of Week(Thu) | 1 | Jan 19, 21 | Course Roll-Out, Channel BasicsCase Study Tips 1. Introductions2. Course rationale 3. Wholesalers | Article“What is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product,” Marshall Fisher, 1997. 1 | Mini Case Class Discussion(J.C. Penney)2 | 2 | Jan 26, 28 | Design Channels - (Text 5)1. Distribution Intensities2. Channels Flows3. Disintermediation | Text - Chap 5 3 | Team Mini-Case Presentation #1 -Microsoft Retail Stores 4 | 3 | Feb 2,4 | Design Channels - (Text 6)1. Vertical Integration2. Channel Structure Variables3. Channel Margin Chains | Team Mini-Case Presentation #2 -Ben & Jerry’s 5 | Text - Chap 6 Team Mini-Case Presentation #3 -Innovative Toys 6 | 4 | Feb 9, 11 | Organize Channels - (Text 7)1. Types of Channel members2. Selecting Channel members | Text - Chap 7Team Mini-Case Presentation #4Barnes and Noble ...
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...Search Results [PDF]TUFS 1 TUFS Daniel Watrous Management Information ... mba.danielwatrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tufs.pdf In the case of TUFS, some of the anticipated benefits included ... before starting an IT project, some of which include investment during development and ... In IT projects, there is a risk of going to one of two extremes: analysis paralysis or. Investing In Tufs Discussion Questions Free Essays www.studymode.com/.../investing-in-tufs-discussion-questions-page1.ht... Case Summary Investing in TUFS The case refers to a company called Northern Insurance and their huge investment on TUFS (Technical Underwriting ... Investing In Tufs Mini Case - eBooks Club flipclub.net/investing-in-tufs-mini-case-free-download.html File Name: Investing In Tufs Mini Case File Size: 3.5MB His companies were ... eBooks tags: investing in tufs; investing in tufs case study; investing in tufs mini ... Pearson Education - IT Strategy: Issues and Practices PDF ... www.pearsoned.co.uk/bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000581206 6. Building Better IT Leaders from the Bottom Up. Mini-cases: Delivering Business Value with IT at Hefty Hardware. Investing in TUFS IT Planning at ModMeters. Investing In Tufs Mini Case Zip - MIG33 BATURETNO COMMUNITY ... baturetnomig33.forumotion.com › ... › SCREEN SHOOT May 4, 2014 - Investing In Tufs Mini Case Zip > tinyurl.com/qjxj5dg. ... exploded_view_front_rotors_on_a_2004_ford_f350_truck.pdf ... practical case study Tufs - SlideShare ...
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...An analysis of the repositioning of the “BMW Mini” brand C. Simms and P Trott . Business School, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK Downloaded by Myongji University At 05:37 14 May 2015 (PT) Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to adopt a consumer behaviour perspective and investigate the extent to which BMW has repositioned the new “Mini”. It builds on a previous paper that explored perceptions of the “Mini” brand. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted a two-stage approach to data collection, consisting of 66 in-depth interviews with a cross section of important stakeholders with high brand awareness and knowledge. The paper develops a conceptual framework and offers a novel way for firms to consider the effects of their repositioning strategies on consumers perceptions of a brand. Findings – The findings reveal a substantial repositioning of the brand’s functional appeal, moving away from the car’s price as an appeal towards product build quality. Furthermore, the Mini’s symbolic appeal, which is based on its fun and sporty image, has largely remained in place. Practical implications – Firms need to recognise the importance of repositioning at both the symbolic and functional level. Originality/value – The paper presents a novel conceptual framework for viewing repositioning strategies and presents evidence of repositioning at both the functional and symbolic level. Keywords Brands, Consumer behaviour, Cars, Brand image Paper type Research paper ...
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... in the Generalised Answer Sheet provided. Note that there are 50 (FIFTY) Multiple Choice Questions. Print your full name and Student number {z… } on the first page of each book and sign Use of UNSW approved calculators is permitted. No other material is to be taken into the examination room. This paper accounts for 40% of your course grade (However, it is marked out of 100). You may NOT retain this paper. SECTION A: FILL IN THE GAPS (9x2= 18 marks) (Please write your answer in the gaps provided in each statement) Each of the nine (9) statements below focuses on a specific marketing concept/tool/idea. Fill in the gaps using the appropriate word/phrase 1) Companies with many different products or brands often create a _____________ management organisation; while companies that sell one product line to many different types of markets with...
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