BSG Quiz 2 new
Based on the industry-low, industry-average, and industry-high values for the benchmarked data in each issue of the FIR, which of the following is an unconvincing or untrustworthy indication that one or more elements of your company’s costs are too high relative to the costs of rival companies? Your company’s labor costs per pair produced at one or more plants are 20% or more above the industry-average number The reject rates for branded shoe production at one or more of your company’s plants are well above the industry average Your company’s operating profits per pair sold in all 4 geographic regions of the wholesale segment for branded footwear are below the industry-high values Your company’s warehouse expenses per pair sold in both the wholesale and Internet segments are above the industry average Your company’s marketing expenses per pair sold in both the Internet and wholesale segments are the highest in the industry The most important/essential results from the latest decision round that company managers need to review/study in order to guide their strategic moves and decisions to improve their company’s competitiveness and rank among the top-performing companies in the upcoming decision round are the Industry Performance Benchmarks on p. 6 of the FIR. the strategic group maps for each geographic region that appear in the middle of each page of the Competitive Intelligence Report. each company’s performance on EPS, ROE, stock price, credit rating, and image rating displayed on pp. 2 and 3 of the FIR. the Market Snapshot data in the top half of the Competitive Intelligence Report that shows each company’s competitive efforts (prices, S/Q rating, models available, and so on) in each geographic region. the celebrity endorsement data and the 4 graphs showing branded price and S/Q rating trends in each of the four geographic regions on p. 7 of the FIR. Managerial efforts to boost a company’s stock price should entail such actions as paying off all long-term debt as rapidly as possible, keeping the company’s dividend payout ratio between 25% and 50%, spending additional money on corporate citizenship and social responsibility, and maintaining a credit rating that is no less than B+. increasing the company’s dividends each year by $0.25 or more, keeping the company’s credit rating at A (or above), spending sufficient money on corporate citizenship and social responsibility to earn a Gold Star Award for Exemplary Corporate Citizenship, and issuing a sufficient number of shares of common stock to pay off all long-term debt within 1-2 years. raising the company’s dividend each year (ideally by at least $.05 per share) and repurchasing shares of common stock. charging a price for branded footwear that is below the industry average in all geographic regions, spending amounts on corporate citizenship and social responsibility that are below the
industry average, keeping the company’s image rating above 70, paying a dividend each year that equals projected EPS, and repurchasing shares of common st
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