The Fuqua School of Business Duke University International Strategy: WBA 434 Professors Heath‚ Huddart‚ & Slotta Transfer Pricing 1. Overview An essential feature of decentralized firms is responsibility centers (e.g.‚ cost-‚ profit-‚ revenue-‚ or investment-centers). The performance of these responsibility centers is evaluated on the basis of various accounting numbers‚ such as standard cost‚ divisional profit‚ or return on investment (as well as on the basis of other non-accounting measures‚ like
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company’s position to protect them from exchange rate risk or should she just let things continue the way they are. We believe that before buying a hedge option‚ she should forecast the profit or loss she may incur with the hedge. So‚ since she expects the USD to appreciate‚ it would be advisable for her to either short a forward contract or call option. A forward contract is an agreement between a corporation and a financial institution to exchange a specific amount of a currency at a specified exchange
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contract‚ the derivatives are settled at a future date. Role of Financial Derivatives. We can classify financial derivatives based on different parameters. The most common are: 1. Derivatives according to the type of contract involved: a. Options. b. Forwards. c. Contracts for difference. d. SWAPS. 2.
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airline‚ this environment can be very complex as it is ‘hard for them to fully understand and impossible for them to fully control’ (The Times‚ n.d. p1). Virgin Atlantic is an international airline that is based in the UK. It was started by the entrepreneur Richard Branson in 1982 and now flies to 30 destinations around the world (Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd‚ 2011). By looking at the PEST forces of Virgin’s external environment‚ the aim is to see how these influence the airline and how Virgin can use
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Abuse of dominance: Predatory Pricing Submitted by: Radhika Sahay (Intern; May 2012 – June 2012) ------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5 CASES 6 LIST OF BOOKS‚ JOURNAL ARTICLES‚ REPORTS 8 LIST OF STATUTES REFFERED 11 CHAPTER1: BACKGROUND 12 CHAPTER 2: ABUSE OF DOMINANCE 15 2.1 Relevant Market: 16 2.2 Dominant Position: 20 a. Indian Position on indentifying “dominance” 20 DEFINITION OF DOMINANCE AND KEY ELEMENTS: 22 IMPORTANCE
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FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION - Gene Kranz‟s leadership in movie < Apollo 13> INTRODUCTION Apollo 13‚ the 1995 motion picture directed by Ron Howard‚ is the true story of Jim Lovell‚ Fred Haise‚ and Jack Swigert‚ a team of astronauts reassigned to a space flight with diminished preparation time. Apollo 13 Mission in 1970 was planning to land on the moon as a routine‚ but after astronauts found oxygen tank‟s explosion and leaking‚ this routine mission to the moon suddenly
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MiniCase 2 Blades‚ Inc. Chap 5 1. If Blades uses call options to hedge its yen payables‚ should it use the call option with the exercise price of $0.00756 or the call option with the exercise price of $0.00792? Describe the tradeoff. 2. Should Blades allow its yen position to be unhedged? Describe the tradeoff. Chap 6 1. Did the intervention effort by the Thai government constitute direct or indirect intervention? Explain. 2. Did the intervention by the
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Household Computer Solutions My company will be called Household Computer Solutions and will start off consulting‚ planning and deploying customized computer and networking services. As the company grows I would like to open a store in which I will be able to display some of the many‚ little known‚ things you can do with computers through open source software. In addition to this once a week we will hold various classes based on the needs of my client base to assist in making computers easier
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Ethical Options 2 Moira is a college graduate that has been an administrator assistant for four months. Her fellow employees are stealing from the company‚ coming/ going as they please and in some instances they are intoxicated during work. She has come forward to her department supervisor about the situation and he has done nothing. She is in a very uncomfortable situation and is ready to give up and join the rest of the unfaithful employees. When dealing with morality options‚ you always
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environment. This is indeed the case with its implementation of its pricing strategy‚ which is one of localisation rather than globalisation. Table II illustrates the comparative Big Mac prices (flagship brand of McDonald’s) from around the world. It succeeds in highlighting the point that McDonald’s has had to come up with different pricing strategies for different countries. More importantly‚ rather than just having a different pricing policy for the Big Mac in these listed countries‚ McDonald’s has
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