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Case : Maestro Pizza Entering the food industry nowadays became harder than before. The people now...

Case : Maestro Pizza
Entering the food industry nowadays became harder than before. The people now pay extra attention to even small details when it comes to food. The variety of food kinds, the way the food being served, the quality of food, the price and even the place decoration! Furthermore, there are tons of restaurants (competitors) those being in the food industry for decades which makes it even harder to compete them. Not to mention if a new restaurant will serve one kind of food that already being served by other expert restaurants.
Here we talk about a new restaurant in Saudi Arabia that successfully entered the food industry and managed to compete existed restaurants who are serving the same kind of food for a long time and even considered the best in the world of serving such food! The restaurant's name is Maestro Pizza which is locally founded and operated by Saudi people. This restaurant has successfully dominated the market and stole the throne from underneath of many other pizza restaurants like Pizza Hut and Domino’s Pizza and others.

In the context of the above case analyze and provide solution to the following:
Q1 Bargaining power of consumers
Answer:
Q2. Suggest strategies to differentiate Maestro Pizza products and services with its competitors
Answer:

In: Operations Management

Case study Description Faisal is a successful architect who is trying to use the extra time...

Case study Description Faisal is a successful architect who is trying to use the extra time that he has during the coronavirus crisis in a simple way. He decides to focus on an ambitious new project. In this project, he and his team of architects, engineers, and developers will build a house specifically for living on the sea. It will be stable and safe in waves up to five meters high. A family of five will be comfortable living in it. Faisal and his team decide to make the house simple but beautiful. Since real estate can be expensive, Faisal decides to make the house cost less than USD 400,000. There will be a dock that will be attached to it which can lift boats out of the water and automatically wash them, in order to keep them from rusting. To make it so that it could float in areas close to cities in the Arabian Gulf, the house is designed so that it does not need water any deeper than two meters deep in order to be stable and floating. To help the family to be able to travel back and forth comfortably to their floating home in any type of weather, Faisal offers a special boat that can handle high waves.

Explain which methods of simplicity have been applied in this case study. Mention at least 3 different methods and provide clear reasons for choosing these methods.

In: Mechanical Engineering

MACRS Fixed Annual Expense Percentages by Recovery Class            Year ​3-Year ​5-Year ​7-Year ​10-Year     1 ​33.33% ​20.00%...

MACRS Fixed Annual Expense Percentages by Recovery Class         

  Year

​3-Year

​5-Year

​7-Year

​10-Year

    1

​33.33%

​20.00%

​14.29%

​10.00%

    2

​44.45%

​32.00%

​24.49%

​18.00%

    3

​14.81%

​19.20%

​17.49%

​14.40%

    4

​ 7.41%

​11.52%

​12.49%

​11.52%

    5

​11.52%

​8.93%

​9.22%

    6

​ 5.76%

​8.93%

​7.37%

    7

​8.93%

​6.55%

    8

​4.45%

​6.55%

    9

​6.55%

  10

​6.55%

  11

​3.28%

NPV. Mathews Mining Company is looking at a project that has the following forecasted​ sales: ​ first-year sales are 7,000 ​units, and sales will grow at 12​% over the next four years​ (a five-year​ project). The price of the product will start at $126.00 per unit and will increase each year at 66​%. The production costs are expected to be 63​% of the current​ year's sales price. The manufacturing equipment to aid this project will have a total cost​ (including installation) of $1,450,000. It will be depreciated using MACRS, and has a​ seven-year MACRS life classification. Fixed costs will be ​$55,000 per year. Mathews Mining has a tax rate of 30​%. What is the operating cash flow for this project over these five​ years? Find the NPV of the project for Mathews Mining if the manufacturing equipment can be sold for ​$80,000 at the end of the​ five-year project and the cost of capital for this project is 14​%.

What is the operating cash flow for this project in year​ 1? ​$_______ (Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the operating cash flow for this project in year​ 2? ​$________ ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the operating cash flow for this project in year​ 3? ​$_________ (Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the operating cash flow for this project in year​ 4? ​$__________ (Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the operating cash flow for this project in year​ 5? ​$__________ (Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the​ after-tax cash flow of the project at​ disposal? ​$__________ ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the NPV of the​ project? ​$_________​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

In: Finance

MACRS Fixed Annual Expense Percentages by Recovery Class            Year ​3-Year ​5-Year ​7-Year ​10-Year     1 ​33.33% ​20.00%...

MACRS Fixed Annual Expense Percentages by Recovery Class         

  Year

​3-Year

​5-Year

​7-Year

​10-Year

    1

​33.33%

​20.00%

​14.29%

​10.00%

    2

​44.45%

​32.00%

​24.49%

​18.00%

    3

​14.81%

​19.20%

​17.49%

​14.40%

    4

​ 7.41%

​11.52%

​12.49%

​11.52%

    5

​11.52%

​8.93%

​9.22%

    6

​ 5.76%

​8.93%

​7.37%

    7

​8.93%

​6.55%

    8

​4.45%

​6.55%

    9

​6.55%

  10

​6.55%

  11

​3.28%

Project cash flow and NPV. The managers of Classic Autos Incorporated plan to manufacture classic Thunderbirds​ (1957 replicas). The necessary foundry equipment will cost a total of $4,200,000 and will be depreciated using a​five-year MACRS​ life, Projected sales in annual units for the next five years are 300 per year. If the sales price is $ 27,000 per​ car, variable costs are ​$18,000 per​ car, and fixed costs are ​$1,300,000 ​annually, what is the annual operating cash flow if the tax rate is 30​%? The equipment is sold for salvage for ​$525,000 at the end of year five. What is the​ after-tax cash flow of the​ salvage? Net working capital increases by ​$550,000 at the beginning of the project​ (year 0) and is reduced back to its original level in the final year. What is the incremental cash flow of the​ project? Using a discount rate of 12% for the​ project, determine whether the project should be accepted or rejected according to the NPV decision model.

First, what is the annual operating cash flow of the project for year​ 1? ​$________ ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the annual operating cash flow of the project for year​ 2? ​$_________ ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the annual operating cash flow of the project for year​ 3? ​$___________ ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the annual operating cash flow of the project for year​ 4? ​$________ ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the annual operating cash flow of the project for year​ 5? ​$_________​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

​Next, what is the​ after-tax cash flow of the equipment at​ disposal? ​$________​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

​So, what is the incremental cash flow of the project in year​ 0? $________​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the incremental cash flow of the project in year​ 1? ​$__________​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the incremental cash flow of the project in year​ 2? $_________​ (Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the incremental cash flow of the project in year​ 3? ​$________ (Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the incremental cash flow of the project in year​ 4? ​$________ ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the incremental cash flow of the project in year​ 5? ​$________ ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

​Finally, what is the NPV of the​ project? ​$________ (Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

Should the project be accepted or​ rejected? (Select the best​ response.)

A.The project should be accepted because the NPV is greater than zero.

B.The project should be rejected because the NPV is less than zero.

In: Finance

Kale started the year with Cash of $300,000 and ended the year with $250,000.  During the year...

Kale started the year with Cash of $300,000 and ended the year with $250,000.  During the year Kale had cash disbursements of $825,000.  What is the amount of Kales cash receipts?

Kale ended the year with $200,000 of accounts receivable.  During the year Kale collected $300,000 on it accounts receivable and had $350,000 of sales on credit (earned revenue on credit).  What was the beginning balance of accounts receivable?

Kale started with $50,000 of accounts payable and ended the year with $22,000 of payables.  During the year Kale paid $102,000 on its payables.  What is the amount of credit purchases during the year?

In: Accounting

Quoted Prices (% of $1,000 par value) Year Beginning of the Year End of the Year...

Quoted Prices (% of $1,000 par value)

Year Beginning of the Year End of the Year Average Holding Period Return on High-Grade Corporate Bonds

2010 94.349 100.223 7.30%

2011 100.223 101.319 11.72%

2012 101.319 105.849 -6.89%

2013 105.849 110.776 7.90%

2014 110.776 121.592 9.11%

In early January 2010 , you purchased $27,000 worth of some high-grade corporate bonds. The bonds carried a coupon of 11 5/8% and 2024. You paid 94.349 when you bought the bonds. Over the five years from 2010 through 2014 the bonds were priced in the market as follows: LOADING...

. Coupon payments were made on schedule throughout the 5-year period.

a. Find the annual holding period returns for 2010 through 2014(See Chapter 5 for the HPR formula.)

b. Use the average return information in the given table to evaluate the investment performance of this bond. How do you think it stacks up against the market? Explain.

a. The holding period return for 2010 is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

The holding period return for 2011 is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

The holding period return for 2012 is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

The holding period return for 2013 is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

The holding period return for 2014 is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

b. Use the average return information in the given table to evaluate the investment performance of this bond. How do you think it stacks up against the market? Explain. (Select the best choice below.)

The high-grade corporate bond investment has outperformed the market. The average rate of return for the investment is 16.62 % versus the average market rate of

5.83 %.

The market has outperformed the corporate bond investment. The average rate of return for the investment is 5.83 % versus the average market rate of 16.62 %.

Click to select your answer(s).

In: Finance

#include <stdio.h> int isLeapYear(int year) {    if (year % 400 == 0 || (year %...

#include <stdio.h>

int isLeapYear(int year) {
   if (year % 400 == 0 || (year % 100 != 0 && year % 4 == 0)) {
       return 1;
   }
   else {
       return 0;
   }
}


int toJulianLeap(int month, int day) {


   month--;
   switch (month)
   {
   case 1: day += 31;
       break;
   case 2: day += 60;
       break;
   case 3: day += 91;
       break;
   case 4: day += 121;
       break;
   case 5: day += 152;
       break;
   case 6: day += 182;
       break;
   case 7: day += 213;
       break;
   case 8: day += 244;
       break;
   case 9: day += 274;
       break;
   case 10: day += 305;
       break;
   case 11: day += 335;
       break;
   case 12: day = 366;
       break;

   }
   return day;
}

int toJulianNonLeap(int month, int day) {


   month--;
   switch (month)
   {
   case 1: day += 31;
       break;
   case 2: day += 59;
       break;
   case 3: day += 90;
       break;
   case 4: day += 120;
       break;
   case 5: day += 151;
       break;
   case 6: day += 181;
       break;
   case 7: day += 212;
       break;
   case 8: day += 243;
       break;
   case 9: day += 273;
       break;
   case 10: day += 304;
       break;
   case 11: day += 334;
       break;
   case 12: day = 365;
       break;

   }
   return day;
}


int toJulian(int month, int day, int year) {


  
}


int main(void) {
   int month, day, year;

   while (1)
   {
      

       scanf("%d%d%d\n", &month, &day, &year);
       printf("%d%d\n",);
   }
   return 0;
}

How would i convert the input of month and days to Julian days?

In: Computer Science

Year 1 $50 Year 2-6: 4% more than the previous year Year 7 to forever: 1%...

Year 1 $50

Year 2-6: 4% more than the previous year

Year 7 to forever: 1% more then the previous year

At 9% APR, what is the present value

infinity

978.24

1027.15

1,078.51

1,132.43

In: Finance

Aritelli Company has provided the following comparative information:     Year 5     Year 4     Year 3     Year 2...

Aritelli Company has provided the following comparative information:

    Year 5     Year 4     Year 3     Year 2     Year 1
Net income $1,035,300 $892,500 $750,000 $641,000 $543,200
Interest expense 352,000 321,300 277,500 211,500 168,400
Income tax expense 331,296 249,900 210,000 166,660 130,368
Average total assets 6,901,990 6,099,497 5,215,736 4,440,104 3,785,106
Average stockholders' equity 2,347,619 2,109,929 1,851,852 1,647,815 1,448,533

You have been asked to evaluate the historical performance of the company over the last five years.

Selected industry ratios have remained relatively steady at the following levels for the last five years:

  Industry Ratios
Return on total assets 19.8 %
Return on stockholders' equity 40.9 %
Times interest earned 4.6

Instructions:

Calculate three ratios for Year 1 through Year 5. Round to one decimal place.

a. Return on total assets:

Year 5 ? %
Year 4 ? %
Year 3 ? %
Year 2 ? %
Year 1 ? %

b. Return on stockholders' equity:

Year 5 ? %
Year 4 ? %
Year 3 ? %
Year 2 ? %
Year 1 ? %

c. Times interest earned:

Year 5 ?
Year 4 ?
Year 3 ?
Year 2 ?
Year 1 ?

In: Accounting

Consider the following two​ projects: Project    Year 0 Cashflow   Year 1 Cashflow    Year 2 Cashflow    Year...

Consider the following two​ projects:


Project    Year 0 Cashflow   Year 1 Cashflow    Year 2 Cashflow    Year 3 Cashflow   Year 4 Cashflow Discount rate

A    -100 40 50 60 N/A .15

B -147   50 70 90 5 .15

An incremental IRR of Project B over Project A is _________%.

(Please round to two decimal places, write the number only without "%". i.e. if the answer is "5%", write "5.00")

In: Finance