Borders Group Inc. Professor: Simon Dekker Student: Yanhui Zheng Student ID: 021244231 Date: 02- -2010 Introduction Borders Group Inc. is one of leading and well-known retailers of books‚ CD‚ and other educational items. Its idea is “To create richer‚ more satisfying lives through knowledge and entertainment.” In order to accomplish its mission‚ Borders provide additional services to make its customer enjoy spending in the store. Borders’ store is not just a bookstore that people go in‚ buy books
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|Case 4.6 | |Instructional Notes | | | |Phar-Mor‚ Inc.:
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Spinoff In 2009‚ Canada’s largest natural gas producer‚ Encana‚ split into two highly focused energy company: Cenovus Energy Inc.‚ an integrated oil company and EnCana Corporation‚ a pure play natural gas company. There are two main business reasons for Encana to spin off part of its business. Enhanced business focus. A spin-off will allow each business to focus on its own strategic and operational plans without diverting human and financial resources from the other business. Post Spinoff‚ Cenovus
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Valuation of Corporate Finance BUFN 750 BW/IP International‚ Inc 1、BW/IP is a good candidate for the leverage buyout. * Steady cash flow (around 30 million per year). * Strong management team. * Positive NPV (about 61.5 million) The NPV of BW/IP is 61.5million(301-239.5).Thus‚ we are quite optimistic about this BW/IP’s project. Calculating the NPV. Method: APV: VL=VU+PV (ITS). We can get the interest paid schedule from the BW/IP’s projected operating performance‚ which means
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1. 4–3. Business Torts. Medtronic‚ Inc.‚ is a medical technology company that competes for customers with St. Jude Medical S.C.‚ Inc. James Hughes worked for Medtronic as a sales manager. His contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving Medtronic. Hughes sought a position as a sales director for St. Jude. St. Jude told Hughes that his contract with Medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. Hughes accepted. Medtronic filed a suit‚ alleging wrongful interference
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Written Analysis of the Case On AMFAC‚ INC. Submitted by: Irnabel R. Canoy Pauline Anne B. Ferrero Jocel Louis Castorico Submitted to: Prof. Rosfe Corlae Badoy Faculty-in-charge BA 206 – Managerial Accounting August 15‚ 2012 1. Current Ratio Current Ratio = Current Assets___ Current Liabilities = $ 86‚000_ 40‚000 = 2.15 The current ratio indicates the solvency of the company. Given the current ratio of 2
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1. Is this a customer service problem? Why or why not? a. Why is this a customer service problem? It is a customer service problem because ultimately it is reflecting poorly upon the company and providing customers with poor and inadequate customer service. The distributors are lying to customers to inflate sales. The distributors are not rendering adequate customer service all of which whether direct or indirect is associated poorly in the customer’s reflection and association with Handy
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In the book "The Bewitching of Anne Gunter" we can see how these allegations can be completely fabricated for personal gain and revenge. The British Isles‚ was a tense and troubled time in the late 1500 ’s/early 1600 ’s where the book is set. Anxiety arose between the Catholics and the Protestants‚ which would eventually lead to the English Civil War. Family feuds‚ politics‚ poverty‚ religion and views of witchcraft inflamed this delicate time. The case of Anne Gunter is an interesting one in
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Case Analysis – BP America‚ Inc.: The Prudhoe Bay Oil Spill and a Commitment to “Being Green” Michelle L. Staton Case Summary The Angelo-Persian Oil Company was formed in 1909 by a wealthy Englishman named William Knox D’Arcy. It did not operate under the British Petroleum (BP) name until 1954. In early 1959‚ BP discovered hydrocarbons under the North Sea and Alaska‚ and found the West Sole gas field in 1965 which was the first oil exploration success in British waters. In 1969
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Case Study: Radio One‚ Inc. - Part A Corporate Valuation Date: 21-09-2009 Instructor: Dr. Oliver Spalt Course: 323058 Corporate Valuation Faculty Economics and Business Administration‚ Tilburg University P.W. Segers J.J.T.M. Zegers 779710 722085 1. Radio One’s opportunities and risks with respect to their acquisition policy We have identified four main benefits and five major risks with respect to the desired acquisition of 12 urban stations along with the nine stations in Charlotte
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