L.S.E. Dept. of Finance FM423-Michaelmas Term 2010 Questions for the HMC case study 1. What is the size of HMC’s portfolio? How is the portfolio managed and what are the management costs? What is the role of the Policy Portfolio? 2. Why is HMC focusing on real returns? 3. HMC’s estimates of expected returns‚ standard deviations and correlations differ from the twenty-year historical estimates. Why might this be? Comment on the difference between the two sets of estimates‚ focusing especially
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Part 2 Cases Case 1A–Joint Venture #1: The Corning-Vitro Divorce This case analyzes the business venture and subsequent breakup of Corning Glass Works‚ and American company‚ and Vitro‚ a Mexican firm. Suggested Questions for Class Discussion 1. Did Vitro and Corning do enough research before engaging in a joint venture? 2. Was it wise to start with such a large venture? 3. Could some of the problems have been mitigated through cultural training during the joint venture? 4. Was two and one
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Enterprise Architecture at American Express Critical facts American Express‚ located in New York City‚ was founded in 1850 (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). It is one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). American provides services such as credit cards‚ charge cards‚ and traveler’s checks (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). American Express cards account for 24% of credit card transactions in the U.S. (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). According to the company’s 10k‚ the company
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Case Questions-Political Risk and Dabhol Analyze the Case issues etc. and present the brief analysis in your report. Along with providing detailed answers to the following questions. 1. Critically analyze and comment on the contractual operational risk management/mitigation arrangements that underpinned the original Dabhol Power Project. Ans. The various risk which underpinned the DPP are as follows - Currency Risk: The Power purchase agreement (PPA) also took care of the currency risk. The final
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For Case Study 9 (Apple Inc. in 2011)‚ the following questions are to be answered within 4-6 pages: 1. What are the chief elements of Apple’s overall competitive strategy? How well do the pieces fit together? Is the strategy evolving? 2. What are the key elements of Apple’s strategy in computers‚ personal media players‚ tablet computers‚ and smartphones? Have its strategies in its core businesses yielded success? Explain. 3. What does a competitive strength assessment reveal about Apple’s
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33 Question 1 33 Question 2 33 Question 3 33 Question 4 34 Question 5 34 Question 6 34 Question 7 35 Question 8 35 CAT 3 1993 36 Question 1 36 Question 1 b. 36 Question 2 36 Question 3 a. and b. 37 Question 4 37 Question 5 38 Question 6 38 Question 7a. 38 Question 7b. 39 Question 8 39 VCE CAT 3 1994 40 Question 1 40 Question 2 {criterion 2} 40 Question 3 {hardware & software compatibility} 40 Question 4 {economic and social issues} 40 Question 5 41 Question 6 41
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Blue Nile Case Questions 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Which one of the five competitive forces is the strongest? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. The competitive forces that are confronting Bule Nile and other online retail jewelers are strong. The threat of new entrants is high because the brick-and-mortar stores have a low cost of entry into the online retail of their jewelry. The threat of substitutes is
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The Lee Case Study Questions PART ONE--FOUNDATIONS IN FINANCIAL PLANNING Megan and Kevin Lee--The Newlyweds Megan and Kevin Lee would like your help in starting their financial plan. Review Megan and Kevin ’s financial and personal information before answering the following questions. 1. Using the January 1‚ 2002 asset and liability information‚ develop a balance sheet for Megan and Kevin Lee. Assume they have no unpaid bills. What is the Lee ’s net worth? 2. Using the income and
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CASE STUDY QUESTIONS B-101 (Principle & Practice of Management) Caselet-1 1) Critically analyze Mr. Vincent’s reasoning? 2) If you where the professor and you knew what were going through Vincent’s mind‚ what would you say to Vincent? Caselet-2 3) Diagnose the problem and enumerate the reasons for the failure of D’Cuhna ? 4) What could D’Cuhna have done to avoid the situation in which he found himself? B-102 (Human Resource Management) Caselet -1 1) Should benching be a matter of concern
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When I first joined the Army I heard other Soldiers talking about how they were going to go to airborne school after they completed their advanced individual training. I used to think wow these people are crazy why would you want to jump form a perfectly good airplane. But like most young adults no one could tell them anything for they were going to do it regardless. I however didn’t want to go and the Army never offered it to me while I was in training. Soon that would change as I was to report
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