Laura Bellini
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Crash report
Business 9609/21 May June 2017
1. Magical Mirrors (MM) Analysis:
- Definitions: Economies of scale and buffer inventory.
- Liquidity: Calculation of MM’s acid test ratio and strategies for improving liquidity.
- Business Structure: Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages for Ben and Mary of changing MM from a partnership to a private limited company.
- Human Resource Management: Discussion on how MM can address its human resource challenges, including high labor turnover and low motivation.
2. Security Alarms (SA) Analysis:
- Definitions: Revenue and consumer markets.
- Financial Metrics: Calculation of the forecast margin of safety for the new service and the limitations of using break-even analysis.
- Objectives and Strategy: Analysis of why SA's objectives may have changed over time.
- Market Research: Discussion on suitable market research methods that SA could use before launching its new service.
- Definitions: Economies of scale and buffer inventory.
- Liquidity: Calculation of MM’s acid test ratio and strategies for improving liquidity.
- Business Structure: Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages for Ben and Mary of changing MM from a partnership to a private limited company.
- Human Resource Management: Discussion on how MM can address its human resource challenges, including high labor turnover and low motivation.
2. Security Alarms (SA) Analysis:
- Definitions: Revenue and consumer markets.
- Financial Metrics: Calculation of the forecast margin of safety for the new service and the limitations of using break-even analysis.
- Objectives and Strategy: Analysis of why SA's objectives may have changed over time.
- Market Research: Discussion on suitable market research methods that SA could use before launching its new service.