Case 3: Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES Question 1 Explain and comment on the capital budgeting method used historically by AES. Is there a need for change? Explain. Question 2 If Venerus implements the suggested methodology‚ what will be the adjusted discount rate for the Red Oak project (USA) and the Lal Plr project (Pakistan)? Question 3 Calculate the effect that a revision of its cost of capital will have on the Lal Plr project’s NPV. Comment on the
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AES - Case Analysis & Write up How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What is good and bad about it? Previously‚ the economics of a given project were evaluated at an equity discount rate for the dividends from any project and as it was mostly financed through local debt‚ which was non-recourse to the parent company‚ AES use to evaluate the dividend cash flows at a standard 12%. It is a simple approach with portions of sound reasoning. One could argue that
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1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? “When AES undertook primarily domestic contract generation projects where the risk of changes to input and output prices was minimal‚ a project finance framework was employed.” Usually‚ project finance framework is used when the project has predictable cash flows‚ which can easily represent operating targets through explicit contract. When cash flows are certainty‚ the company can have
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Agenda 1 2 3 4 5 International Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital Analyzing Cost of Capital among Countries Cross Border Listing of Stocks International Asset Pricing Model (IAPM) The Financial Structure of Subsidiaries Case Analysis - AES Corporation 6 International Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital Your Logo International Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital • Firms are becoming multinational in both scope AND in capital structure • Fully integrated financial
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well and expanding at a high rate one must put into consideration the risks that ascertain that particular business. In the case of the AES‚ the founders did not put much consideration into their expanding business to the overseas accounts. Their main undoing was the assumption of the risks involved as same as in the U.S as it were in the foreign countries. The AEs had its majority revenues linked to overseas operations with approximately one-third coming from South America alone. Since the company
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1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? Historically‚ the AES capital budgeting method primarily used the following assumptions: • All nonrecourse debt was regarded as good • Dividend cash flow were considered equally risky • Project was evaluated by the equity discount rate for the dividends from the project • A 12% discount rate was applied to all projects. The historical method is quite simplistic
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Title : AES Shouldn’t Be Abolished AES‚ also known as the Automated Enforcement System‚ the main purpose of the invention of AES is to reduce the rising rate of road accidents. Car accident or crashing often occurs due to speeding and red-light violation. The AES is a system that able to sense and capture the car that exceeds the designated speed limit for a specified stretch of road or drives through a red light (typically at an intersection) then the AES camera will be triggered to capture
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1. Describe AES’s organizational structure? What are its authority structures and control processes? What role do values play in this structure? AES organization has developed a unique decentralized “honeycomb” structure (See Exhibit 1) based on its core values. Their innovative authority structure empowered people at every organizational level to make decisions and take responsibilities according to the business needs. It helped company to achieve flexibility and accelerate decision-making
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Challenges to AES Social Responsibility Commitments “Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be defined as the assumption of rights and obligations due to the economic‚ political‚ and social activity performed by organizations” (Ángeles Gil Estallo‚ M.‚ Giner de-la Fuente‚ F.‚ & Gríful-Miquela‚ C.‚ 2007). AES Corporation has profoundly experienced its rights and obligations with all of these activities in meeting their CSR commitment during development of Ib valley power project in Indian state
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References: [3]. M. Zeghid‚ M. Machhout‚ L. Khriji‚ A. Baganne‚ and R. Tourki “A Modified AES Based Algorithm for ImageEncryption” World Academy of Science‚ Engineering and Technology 27‚ 2007‚ [4]
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