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    Teletech Corporation

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    Background Headquartered in Texas‚ Teletech Corporation operates under two main business segments: the Telecommunications Services segment‚ providing various telephone services to business and residential customers and the Products & Systems segment‚ which manufactures computing and telecommunications equipment. In late 2005‚ the Securities & Exchange Commission revealed that billionaire Victor Yossarian acquired a 10% stake in Teletech and demanded two seats on the board of directors. He felt

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    Teletech Corporation Background of the case Victor Yoarian‚ a reclusive billionaire had acquired a 10 percent stake of a telecommunications company named Teletech Corporation and has demnded two seats on the firm’s board of directors. Headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas defines itself as a “provider of integrated information movement and management.” The firm had two main business segments: Telecommunications Services‚ which provides long-distance‚ local and cellular telephone service to business

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    Introduction The Randolph Corporation is a multidivisional producer of electric sanders‚ sandpaper‚ industrial grinders and sharpeners‚ and coated ceramics. The Corporation also has a real estate development division. The diverse product lines of the company divide the corporation into four divisions‚ namely‚ real estate‚ ceramic coatings‚ equipment manufacturing and home products. The Randolph Corporation Stock performed below expectations recently‚ when compared to other player in the industry

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    Teletech Case 15 1. How does Teletech Corporation currently use the hurdle rate? Teletech Corporation currently uses a single hurdle rate for both of their divisions. The divisions are Telecommunications Services and Products and Services. They use the hurdle rate based on the cost of capital which is a rough estimate of the Teletech’s WACC. They calculate it at 9.3% based on the cost of capital‚ beta‚ and WACC. 2. Please estimate the segments WACCs for Teletech (see worksheet Exhibit 1)

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    Teletech Corporation 1996

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    Teletech Corporation 1996 Teletech Corporations has headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas‚ defined itself as a "provider of integrated information movement and management. The firm had two main business segments: The Telecommunication Services and the manufacture of computing and telecommunications equipment named‚ Product and Systems. Margareth Weston‚ a Teletech chief financial officer‚ learned of Yosarrian’s letter in January 1996. Margareth organized a team immediately of lawyers and finance

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    Investment and Hurdle Rates

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    TELETECH CORPORATION‚ 1996 Raiders Dials Teletech Wake-up Call Needed Says Investor New York (AP)---The reclusive billionaire Victor Yossarian has acquired a 10 percent stake in Teletech Corporation and has demanded two seats on the firm’s board of directors. The purchase was revealed yesterday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission‚ and separately in a letter to Teletech’s CEO‚ Maxwell Harper. “The firm is misusing its resources and not earning an

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    Over the Hurdle Executive Summary CurrentlyTeletech Corp. is using a single corporate hurdle rate to evaluate its investment decisions in its products and systems segment as well as its telecommunications segment. Using only one hurdle rate doesn’t take into account the risk that the company faces within each segment. Investors demand higher returns for riskier investments. Victor Yossarian is concerned about the low returns for the high risk in the products and systems segment‚ this

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    management not doing their job to maximize shareholders wealth. Moreover‚ the managers were having issues with the hurdle rate‚ because it is just generally accepted‚ but not scientifically proven. On the other hand one TV Commentators opinion about Teletech Corp. is that “there is no way to have a hostile takeover in this sector‚ but for the Teletech Corp. there are many reasons to try.” Teletech Corp. has two major business segments‚ Telecommunication Services and both Product and System Manufacturing

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    Teletech Corporation 1. What is a hurdle rate? How do you use it in a project evaluation? Hurdle rate is the minimum amount of return on a project the company is willing to accept before starting a project. It is used in project evaluation to evaluate the amount of return on the project. A common method for evaluating the hurdle rate is apply the discounted cash flow method to the project‚ like net present value. 2. How does Teletech Corporation currently use the hurdle rate? They used

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    Introduction The Teletech Corporation is a “provider of integrated information movement and management”‚ as it defined itself. It had two main business segments: the first one was Telecommunications Services‚ which provided long-distance‚ local‚ and cellular telephone service‚ accounted for 75% of the market value of the firm; the second one was the Products and Systems segment‚ which produced computing and telecommunications equipment‚ accounted for other 25% of the market value of the firm. The

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