Minimum – 20 pages
WRITTEN CASE FORMAT
Page 1. Cover sheet with the case title and the consultants’ names.
Page 2. Table of Contents (include the appropriate page numbers).
Beginning on Page 3:
Section 1:
A. Statement of the Mission.
B. Statement of the Objectives.
C. Corporate Business Structure.
Section 2: Financial analysis depicting the corporation’s (company’s) financial position. (Minimum of balance sheet, income statement, summary and at least two ratios from each financial category)
Section 3. The environmental threat/opportunity profile
a.Environmental Analysis
b.SWOT Analysis
c.Five Forces Analysis
Section 4: The Strategic Advantage Profile
a.Value Chain Analysis
b.Tangible Resources
c.Intangible Resources
d.Capabilities
e.Core Competences
f.Business-level strategy (identify and describe)
g.BCG Growth Matrix
h.Competitive Analysis
i.Competitive Dynamics
j.First mover, Second mover, Late Mover
k.Slow cycle market, Fast cycle market, Standard cycle market
l.Corporate level strategy
m.Level of diversification
n.Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
o.International Strategy (Outsourcing, Alliances, Cooperative Strategy)
p.Corporate Governance – Agency problems
q.ANY other ANALYTICAL TOOLS in your textbook
Section 5 – Financial Analysis
a.Profitability ratios
1.Return on Total Assets
2.Return on Stockholder’s equity
3.Return on Common Equity
4.Operating Profit Margin
5.Net Profit Margin
Minimum – 20 pages
b.Liquidity ratios
1.Current Ratio
2.Quick Ratio
3.Inventory to Net Working Capital
c.Leverage Ratios
1.Debt-to-Assets
2.Debt-to-Equity
3.Long-term debt-to-Equity
4.Times-interest-earned
5.Fixed charge coverage
d.Activity Ratios
1.Inventory Turnover
2.Fixed-assets turnover
3.Total assets turnover
4.Accounts Receivable Turnover
5.Average Collecting Period
e.Shareholder’s Return Ratios
1.Dividend yield on common stock
2.Price-earnings ratio
3.Dividend payout ratio
4.Cash flow per share
You MUST Calculate the ratios above
You MUST analyze and interpret the ratios calculated above (tell me what the calculated ratios mean for the firm)
Find industry-specific averages for the ratios above
Section 5: Discuss the problems found. BE CERTAIN TO DESIGNATE THE “SALIENT” PROBLEM AND EXPLAIN WHY IT IS SO!
Section 6: The Strategic Alternatives/Solutions, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each. Also address the logic and feasibility of each. (For purposes of this course, you must have at least three (3) mutually exclusive alternatives).
Section 7: Give your recommendation and explain why!
Minimum – 20 pages
Section 8: DETAIL your recommended plan of implementation. This should be an activity plan, not general ideas.
Section 9: Present the citations, in an acceptable form, from all source material utilized.
Section 10: Appendices (graphs, charts, and any additional information that assists in getting across your ideas. MAKE CERTAIN TO ENCLOSE A “HARD
COPY” OF ALL YOUR VISUALS (REPORT SIZE PAPER –
PAPERS WILL BE TYPED (WORD-PROCESSED), DOUBLE SPACED ORIGINAL COPIES. APPEND MATERIAL MAY BE “COPIES” (CLEAN COPIES ONLY).
Minimum – 20 pages
Minimum – 20 pages