LINKS Industry News

If you are a MARK 311 student in charge of running a LINKS firm, this is your #1 news source to pick up helpful tips and learn about the industry.

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Calling all Leeds fans

Please fill out this survey about who you think is Leeds #1 rival. The website was developed by two of the top rivalry researchers in the world.

Visit again in a few weeks to see the results.

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Here are two pieces of information that will help as you are making your first decision:

(1) All 8 firms had net income over $2 million for Q3

(2) Based on the attached pix all 3 markets are growing.
Note: These are real #s for your industry & should help w/ forecasting.

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Let the competition begin!

Everyone should have received an email from LINKS with their firm passcode.

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What is the corporate tax rate for all LINKS firms?

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#MARK311 LINKS Exam Bonus Question:

A reconfiguration from H99532 to H54743 will cost you how much money?

HINT: A question similar to this will be on the exam!

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LINKS Exam Bonus Question:

True or False

There is no direct competition across the hyperware and metaware set-top box categories.

Every question is worth one (1) bonus point on the LINKS exam. The first person to get the correct answer gets the point.

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Top 4 after Q6 in Industry DWA

1) Firm 3 (147.5 pts)
2) Firm 2 (130.5 pts)
3) Firm 1 (123.5 pts)
4) Firm 4 & Firm 5 (119.5 pts)

Top 4 after Q6 in Industry DWB

1) Firm 7 (171 pts)
2) Firm 1 (144 pts)
3) Firm 8 (139.5 pts)
4) Firm 3 (123.5 pts)

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Top 4 after Q5 in Industry DWA

1) Firm 4
2) Firm 3
3) Firm 2
4) Firm 1 & 5

Top 4 after Q5 in Industry DWB

1) Firm 7
2) Firm 1
3) Firm 8
4) Firm 3 & 5

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Top 4 after Q4 in Industry DWA

1) Firm 4
2) Firm 6
3) Firm 1 & Firm 3

Top 4 after Q4 in Industry DWB

1) Firm 8
2) Firm 7
3) Firm 1
4) Firm 5

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LINKS Manual Exam Bonus Question:

True or False: The least-cost hyperware set-top box configuration is H11000.

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A New Metric for Measuring MLB Outfielder Defensive Potential https://t.co/ln9vNE2yEr

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LINKS Manual Exam Part 2 (LINKS Case: Firm BAD2) was just emailed to everyone and posted to the Canvas classroom. It is due NLT 11:59 pm CST tonight.

This should be great practice for everyone in preparation for the game to start tomorrow!

Good luck!

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If your firm wants to maximize the amount of money dedicated to advertising, then what will the marketing mix allocation code be?

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#MARK311 LINKS Bonus Question

There are 3 products that dropped their price last quarter in region 1, product 1. Someone other than Issac that got the question correct tell me which three products and how you know that.

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#MARK311 LINKS Bonus Question

Regional Summary Analysis (research study #14) is always the 1st study I look at when trying to understand a region. Looking at the sample study #14 on page 71, how many of the metaware products in region 1, channel 1 decreased price last quarter?

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#MARK311 LINKS Bonus Question

Unfilled orders negatively affect which volume driver?

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The correct answer is SWOT, Market Attractiveness, KPI and Competitive Advantage Audit. See Chapter 16. This will be a really important chapter for the second part of the test on Monday!