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Refer to the text to answer the following question(s). Unilever, the world’s second largest consumer goods...

Refer to the text to answer the following question(s).
Unilever, the world’s second largest consumer goods company, received a jolt in 2004 when its stock price fell sharply after management had warned investors that profits would be lower than anticipated. Even though the company had been the first consumer goods company to enter the world’s emerging economies in Africa, China, India, and Latin America with a formidable range of products and local knowledge, its sales faltered when rivals began to attack its entrenched position in these markets. Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) acquisition of Gillette had greatly bolstered P&G’s growing portfolio of global brands and allowed it to undermine Unilever’s global market share. For example, when P&G targeted India for a sales initiative in 2003–04, profit margins fell at Unilever’s Indian subsidiary from 20% to 13%.
An in-depth review of Unilever’s brands revealed that its brands were doing as well as were those of its rivals. Something else was wrong. According to Richard Rivers, Unilever’s head of corporate strategy, “We were just not executing as well as we should have.” Unilever’s management realized that it had no choice but to make-over the company from top to bottom. Over decades of operating in almost every country in the world, the company had become fat with unnecessary bureaucracy and complexity. Unilever’s traditional emphasis on the autonomy of its country managers had led to a lack of synergy and a duplication of corporate structures. Country managers had been making strategic decisions without regard for their effect on other regions or on the corporation as a whole. Starting at the top, two joint chairmen were replaced by one sole chief executive. In China, three companies with three chief executives were replaced by one company with one person in charge. Overall staff was cut from 223,000 in 2004 to 179,000 in 2008. By 2010, management planned close to 50 of its 300 factories and to eliminate 75 of 100 regional centers. Twenty thousand more jobs were selected to be eliminated over a four-year period. Ralph Kugler, manager of Unilever’s home and personal care division, exhibited confidence that after these changes, the company was better prepared to face competition. “We are much better organized now to defend ourselves,” he stated.
Questions:
1. What was the triggering event(s) in the case of Unilever? Elaborate.
2. Conduct the environmental scanning of Unilever through SWOT analysis,
emphasizing on the factors that were changed based on the management decisions.
3. Which Mintzberg’s mode of strategic decision making is adopted in the case of Unilever? Elaborate.
4. Discuss any 2 strategies used or might be used in the case. Elaborate.

In: Operations Management

Consider the natural log transformation (“ln” transformation) of variables labour cost (L_COST), and total number of...

Consider the natural log transformation (“ln” transformation) of variables labour cost (L_COST), and total number of rooms per hotel (Total_Rooms). 4.1 Use the least squares method to estimate the regression coefficients b0 and b1 for the log-linear model 4.2 State the regression equation 4.3 Give the interpretation of the regression coefficient b1. 4.4 Give an interpretation of the coefficient of determination R2 . Also, test the significance of your model using the F-test. How, does the value of the coefficient of determination affect the outcome of the above test? 4.5 Test whether a 1% increase of the total number of rooms per hotel can increase the labour cost by more than 0.20%? Use the 5% level of significance for this test.


L_COST   Total_Rooms     
2.165.000   412     
2.214.985   313     
1.393.550   265     
2.460.634   204     
1.151.600   172     
801.469   133     
1.072.000   127     
1.608.013   322     
793.009   241     
1.383.854   172     
494.566   121     
437.684   70     
83.000   65     
626.000   93     
37.735   75     
256.658   69     
230.000   66     
200.000   54     
199.000   68     
11.720   57     
59.200   38     
130.000   27     
255.020   47     
3.500   32     
20.906   27     
284.569   48     
107.447   39     
64.702   35     
6.500   23     
156.316   25     
15.950   10     
722.069   18     
6.121   17     
30.000   29     
5.700   21     
50.237   23     
19.670   15     
7.888   8     
3.500   15     
112.181   18     
30.000   10     
3.575   26     
2.074.000   306     
1.312.601   240     
434.237   330     
495.000   139     
1.511.457   353     
1.800.000   324     
2.050.000   276     
623.117   221     
796.026   200     
360.000   117     
538.848   170     
568.536   122     
300.000   57     
249.205   62     
150.000   98     
220.000   75     
50.302   62     
517.729   50     
51.000   27     
75.704   44     
271.724   33     
118.049   25     
40.000   30     
10.000   10     
10.000   18     
70.000   73     
12.000   21     
20.000   22     
36.277   25     
36.277   25     
10.450   31     
14.300   16     
4.296   15     
379.498   16     
1.520   22     
45.000   12     
96.619   34     
270.000   37     
60.000   25     
12.500   10     
1.934.820   270     
3.000.000   261     
1.675.995   219     
903.000   280     
2.429.367   378     
1.143.850   181     
900.000   166     
600.000   119     
2.500.000   174     
1.103.939   124     
363.825   112     
1.538.000   227     
1.370.968   161     
1.339.903   216     
173.481   102     
210.000   96     
441.737   97     
96.000   56     
177.833   72     
252.390   62     
377.182   78     
111.000   74     
238.000   33     
45.000   30     
50.000   39     
40.000   32     
61.766   25     
166.903   41     
116.056   24     
41.000   49     
195.821   43     
96.713   20     
6.500   32     
5.500   14     
4.000   14     
15.000   13     
9.500   13     
48.200   53     
3.000   11     
27.084   16     
30.000   21     
20.000   21     
43.549   46     
10.000   21     

In: Statistics and Probability

Provide an example of transaction that follows five-step revenue recognition principle. Please identify each revenue recognition...

Provide an example of transaction that follows five-step revenue recognition principle. Please identify each revenue recognition steps.

In: Accounting

1A) Exhibit 8-1 Quantity and total revenue data for a firm Quantity Total Revenue 0 $    0...

1A)

Exhibit 8-1 Quantity and total revenue data for a firm

Quantity

Total Revenue

0

$    0

1

    62

2

  124

3

  186

Exhibit 8-1 indicates that this firm is operating in which type of market structure?

a.

Nonhomogeneous.

b.

Perfect competition.

c.

Price-maker.

d.

Unprofitable.

1B)

Suppose a company increases production from a point where marginal cost equals average total cost to a point where marginal revenue and marginal cost are equal. Is it a good idea for the company to do this? Why?

a.

No, because the marginal cost of producing the last unit is the same as the marginal revenue.

b.

Yes, because average variable costs are always less than average total costs.

c.

No, the previous level of output was the most efficient because it had the lowest average total cost.

d.

Yes, even though the previous level of output had minimized the average total cost, there was still profit to be earned by producing additional units.

e.

No, average total costs have increased which means the company is not minimizing losses.

In: Economics

Restaurant Revenue and Website Hits (n = 10 restaurants) Web Hits Revenue 1213 $12,113 1490 11,409...

Restaurant Revenue and Website Hits (n = 10 restaurants)
Web Hits Revenue
1213 $12,113
1490 11,409
1365 14,579
1455 11,605
1269 12,308
1632 12,320
1323 13,225
1865 13,652
1590 13,893
1878 13,896
Note: Data are for one week.

-Obtain the regression equation. (Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 4 decimal places.)
  
Y = _______ X + ______

-Calculate R2. (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
  
R2 ______

-Calculate the degrees of freedom and t-critical for a two-tailed t test for zero slope at α = .05. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
  

Degrees of freedom
t - critical ±

  

In: Statistics and Probability

a. Explain how marginal revenue curves are derived from total revenue curves. b. Explain why marginal...

a. Explain how marginal revenue curves are derived from total revenue curves.

b. Explain why marginal revenue curves might slope downwards.

c. Explain why marginal revenue curves might be horizontal.

In: Economics

Crops & feed revenue 145,600 Livestock and livestock product revenue 215,300 Total nonfarm income 12,000 Total...

Crops & feed revenue 145,600
Livestock and livestock product revenue 215,300
Total nonfarm income 12,000
Total farm operating expenses 252,629
Depreciation expense 50,526
Income tax expense 10,827
Interest expense 64,962
Withdrawals for family living 28,000
Principal payments on unpaid operating debts 0
Principal payments on current portions of debt & leases 29,890

1) Calculate capital replacement and term debt repayment capacity for LongView Farms.

2) Calculate capital replacement and term debt repayment margin (CRDRM) for LongView Farms.

3) Solve the percent that crop revenue and livestock revenue can decline and still maintain positive CRDRM.

4) Solve the percent operating expenses and interest expenses can increase and still maintain positive CRDRM.

In: Accounting

clark county school district revenue sources & expenditures. include revenue page i meant to put reference...

clark county school district revenue sources & expenditures. include revenue page

i meant to put reference page

In: Finance

Based on the information below, answer questions (a)-(g) Price (P) Quantity (Q) Revenue Marginal Revenue 20...

  1. Based on the information below, answer questions (a)-(g)

Price (P)

Quantity (Q)

Revenue

Marginal Revenue

20

0

18

2

16

4

14

6

12

8

10

10

8

12

6

14

4

16

2

18

0

20

(a) Based on the information above write down the demand equation.

(b) Write down the marginal revenue equation.

(c) Given that the marginal cost is Q, what would be the profit maximizing level of Q?

(d) What would be the profit maximizing level of P?

(e) What would be the price elasticity at the profit maximizing P?

(f) What would be the maximized profit?

(g) Draw a well-labeled graph that shows your answers from questions (a)-(f).

In: Economics

Assume Domino's Pizza has the following monthly revenue and cost functions: Total Revenue= $10.00x Total Cost=...

Assume Domino's Pizza has the following monthly revenue and cost functions:

Total Revenue= $10.00x Total Cost= $16000+$4.00x

a. Prepare a graph illistrating Domino's cost-volume-profit relationship. The vertical axis should range from $0 to $72,000, in increments os $12,000. The horizontal axis should range from 0 units to 6,000 units, in increments of 2,000 units.

b. Prepare a graph illustrating Domino's profit-volume relationship. The horizontal axis should range from 0 units to 6,000 units, in increments of 2,000 units.

c. When is it most appropriate to use a profit-volume graph?

In: Accounting