----------------------------------- spootyhead Apr 17‚ 2007 Arundel Partners Case Analysis ----------------------------------- Arundel Partners Case Analysis Executive Summary: A group of investors (Arundel group) is looking into the idea of purchasing the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major movie studios. Movie rights are to be purchased prior to films being made. Arundel wants to come up with a decision to either purchase all the sequel rights for
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Problems/Disagreement 9 Contractual Terms and Provisions 9 Appendix A – Per Film Value Using Financial Projections 11 Introduction In 1992‚ Paul Kagan Associates‚ Inc. came out with a new business idea. The idea was to create an investment group‚ Arundel Partners‚ to purchase the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major U.S. movie studios. As owner the rights‚ Arundel would wait to see if a movie was successful‚ and then decide whether or not to produce a second film based on the
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MDC Partners New York‚ NY JAMF Software - Casper Suite Return on Investment Analysis Introduction MDC Partners is a portfolio of best-in-class marketing communications companies whose strategic and innovative solutions lead the marketing industry‚ attract the finest talent‚ and achieve outstanding results for clients. We are a publicly traded company with compliance requirements driven by Sarbanes-Oxley and our clients. Because of the computing platform widely used in our industry‚ many
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Buysse & Partners – General Manager/CEO Plastiekbouw Peeters – Competency Questions 13 GROWER 1. Where in your career have you been truly tested in terms of implementing a finance strategy or business plan (particularly within a high growth or business transformation scenario)? Please describe your role in building the finance capability to support that growth or change. What were the obstacles you faced during the implementation phase and how were they dealt with? What were the key challenges
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Why This is an Attractive Project The Arundel Partners’ believe that they can make money on this project as it allows them to capitalize on the idiosyncratic risk of the motion picture business. Producing and distributing motion picture films is a risky business due to the uncertainty of moviegoers’ tastes and a studio never knows if they have a blockbuster on their hands until after the movie has started production or even later after it has been released. The financial resources of even the largest
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Portfolio Theory Case (Professor David Moreno) PARTNERS HEALTHCARE CASE The goal of this case is to teach to students the relevance of non traditional assets (as real states or commodities) in a well-diversified portfolio. Moreover‚ students will be able to practice with the most important concepts from portfolio theory as efficient frontier‚ dominated portfolios‚ Sharpe ratio‚ among others. In addition‚ students are learning how portfolio theory can be useful not only for portfolio managers
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Partners in Tennis In 2020‚ I was at a summer retreat before the big tennis tournament. The Junior Female Tennis Tournament of South Dakota to be exact. I was with one of my close friends‚ Janis. Janis was in one of the other cabins‚ so I was basically on my own. I had five other people in my cabin. There was Tina‚ Harmony‚ Alana‚ Flora‚ and Camila. We all were great friends from the start because we all were so diverse. It was sad because we all went to the same school but never talked. Tina
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Canine Partners for Life (CPL) is a non-profit organization that breeds‚ trains and partners services dogs with those who have disabilities. These disabilities can be physical‚ developmental‚ cognitive‚ or “in other situations of need”. Their mission is dedicated to helping individuals increase their independence and quality of life by providing them with a specially selected service dog. CPL works with volunteers who train and care for the dogs until they are able to meet the specific needs of
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Questions 1. Why is Seagate undertaking these transactions (the buyout and the stock swap with Veritas)? Who are the winners and losers resulting from these transactions (e.g.‚ Seagate shareholders‚ Seagate management‚ Veritas shareholders‚ Silver Lake Partners)? 2. Who benefits from generic leveraged buyouts? Who loses? Is the rigid disk drive industry conducive to a leveraged buyout? NOTE: For the purposes of questions 3 through 5‚ assume that after the buyout‚ Seagate will incur NO AMORTIZATION EXPENSE
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Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project 1. Executive Summary “Nobody knows anything”. This famous line coined by William Goldman‚ a well known Hollywood screenwriter‚ simply but honestly sums up the movie industry. Numerous academic studies have tried to gauge the determinants of movie success but have yet failed to deliver a satisfying answer. Ravid A. (1999) for example finds that neither stars nor big budgets contribute to profitability of a movie. This case study investigates the case of buying
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