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Baruch College, CUNY - BPL 5100New Glo-Bus Quiz 2. NEW GLO-BUS Quiz 2 Answers Which of the following is NOT an action company co-managers can take to help meet or beat the investor-expected increases in the company's stock price in upcoming years? Making it company practice to issue additional shares of stock each year and use the proceeds to pay down the debt outstanding until the company's debt-equity percentages reach 20% or lower for debt and 80% or more for equity When the company's stock price drops because of unexpectedly weak company performance in the prior year but is expected to recover and rise in the next several decision rounds, opting to borrow money preferably in the form of 1-year loans from the Global Community Bank (but not so much as to impair the company's credit rating) and using the borrowed funds to repurchase outstanding shares of common stock Making it a frequent management practice to allocate a portion of internal cash flows from operations to repurchasing shares of the company's common stock Increasing annual dividend payments to shareholders most every year Putting increased attention on boosting operating profits in all four geographic regions -- the resulting growth in operating profits companywide will act to increase total net profits and EPS; higher earnings per share are an important driver of the company's stock price Previous End Review Nexte II] a Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Global Business Strategy Simulation Game Previous Question 2 X Next Which one of the following is NEITHER an advantage or disadvantage of shifting to roboticsassisted camera assembly methods? The capital cost of converting to robot-assisted camera assembly can increase a company's interest costs, to the extent that a portion of the capital costs are financed by bank loans. Robot-assisted assembly reduces total annual compensation costs per PAT and also reduces the overtime cost of assembling a camera. Installing robots at each camera workstation enables the size of PATs to be cut from 4 members to 3 members. Robot-assisted camera assembly boosts the annual productivity of camera PATs by 500 cameras per year. Robot-assisted camera assembly increases annual workstation maintenance costs. Previous End Review Nexte II] a Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Global Business Strategy Simulation Game - Previous Question 3 ~ Next Which one of the following is NOT a way to improve the P/Q rating of a company's brand of action-capture cameras? Increasing the number of models in the company's lineup of multi-featured cameras Adding one or two more extra performance features Increasing expenditures for camera R&D Spending several more dollars on the camera housing and on included accessories Increasing the image sensor size and the resolution of the LCD display screen Previous End Review Nexte II] a Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Global Business Strategy Simulation Game Previous Question 4 ~ Next Actions that can lead to higher labor productivity in assembling cameras/drones do NOT include increasing annual expenditures to train camera/drone PATs in best practice assembly methods and ways to improve productivity from $2,000 per PAT to $2,250 per PAT increasing the annual bonus for perfect attendance paid to camera/drone PAT members from $800 to $875. reducing the number of camera/drone models being assembled. increasing total annual compensation per camera/drone PAT member by a minimum of 2% and a maximum of 5% annually. boosting the minimum number of cameras/drones that camera/drone PATs are expected to assemble each week -- such failure to achieve the weekly quota in as many as 4 weeks a year constitutes automatic disqualification for year-end perfect attendancebonuse~ Previous End Review Nexte II] a Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Global Business Strategy Simulation Game Previous Question 5 ~ Next Which one of the following represent the MOST important/helpful 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 overall company performance in the upcoming decision round? Each company's performance on EPS, ROE, stock price, credit rating and image rating displayed on pages 2 and 3 of the Camera & Drone Journal. The Industry Overview information on p. 4 of the Camera & Drone Journal. The Industry Scoreboard data on p.1 of the Camera & Drone Journal. The company's Income Statement on p. 4 of the Company Operating Report. The comparative competitive efforts of rival companies in each geographic region that are found in Competitive Intelligence Report. Previous End Review Nexte II] a Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Global Business Strategy Simulation Game Previous Question 6 ~ Next Which of the following is NOT an action that can help boost a company's credit rating? In answering this question, you may wish to consult the Help section for page 5 of the Camera & Drone Journal and read the discussion pertaining to "The Credit Rating Measures." Temporarily reduce dividend payments to shareholders and use the cash saved from lower dividend payments to pay down 5-year and 10-year loans Put increased attention on boosting operating profits and operating profit margins in all four geographic regions -- the resulting growth in operating profits companywide will increase the company's interest coverage ratio Pay off any 1-year loans (and temporarily avoid the use of 1-year loans) because 1-year loans are considered a current liability and thus reduce the company's current ratio Issue additional shares of stock and use the proceeds to pay down 5-year and 10-year loans Repurchase shares of the company's common stock to enhance the company's debtto-equity percentages Previous End Review Nexte II] a Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Global Business Strategy Simulation Game Previous Question 7 ~ Next If a company adds 60 new workstations at a cost of $75,000 each and also spends $20 million for addition space in its camera/drone assembly facilities to accommodate more workstations, then its annual depreciation costs will rise by $1,225,000. $980,000. $3,500,000. $1,750,000. $24,500,000. Previous End Review Nexte II] a Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Global Business Strategy Simulation Game - Previous Question 8 X Next After each decision round, company managers should make a point of examining the information on p. 2 of the Company Operating Report that concerns the company's profitability in the action camera segment in each geographic region because this report provides superb guidance about how much the company needs to raise/lower its average wholesale camera prices in each geographic region. the information in this report allows managers to see in which regions the company was most competitively successful and least competitively successful, competitive factor by competitive factor. this report provides the company's management team with convincing documentation of the precise reasons why the company's camera-related operating profits and operating profit margins were bigger in some regions than in others. total operating profits and operating profit margins are very likely to be lower in some regions than others and because management needs to take actions to boost its profitability in the underperforming regions in the upcoming decision round. this report provides superb documentation about whether the company spent too much or too little in each region on advertising, retailer support, and website product displays/info in the just-completed decision round. 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Global Business Strategy Simulation Game Previous Question 9 ~ Next If a company pays each camera PAT member a base wage of $21,000, thereby resulting in base wages of $84,000 per 4-person PAT, and if camera PATs work an average of 2,000 hours per year to assemble 3,000 cameras annually, it follows that the hourly base wage cost for a PAT to assemble a camera would be $10.50 and that the labor cost of assembling a camera at overtime would be $15.75 per PAT. the hourly base wage cost for a PAT to assemble a camera would be $24.00 and that the labor cost of assembling a camera at overtime would be $36.00 per PAT. the hourly base wage cost for a PAT to assemble a camera would be $30.00 and that the labor cost of assembling a camera at overtime would be $60.00 per PAT. the hourly base wage cost of assembling a camera would be $28.00 and that the labor cost of assembling a camera at overtime cannot be determined from the available information due to the lack of information about compensation payments for assembly quality incentives, perfect attendance bonuses, and the cost of fringe benefit packages. the hourly base wage cost for a PAT to assemble a camera would be $28.00 and that the labor cost of assembling a camera at overtime would be $42.00 per PAT. Previous End Review Nexte II] a Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Global Business Strategy Simulation Game - Previous Question 10 ~ Next The industry-low, industry-average, and industry-high cost benchmarks on pp. 6-7 of each issue of the Camera & Drone Journal are particularly valuable to company managers who are actively considering undertaking robotics upgrades in their camera and drone assembly facilities in the upcoming decision round. have the greatest value to the managers of companies whose camera costs per unit and drone costs per unit are above the industry averages. are worth careful scrutiny by the managers of all companies because they help managers determine if corrective actions are needed in the event their company's camera/drone costs for the benchmarked cost categories do NOT appear to be competitive