IB 92C0 MiM/MiB CORPORATE FINANCE ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES Case Study: Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (VEP) As was announced during the first class in January (and stated in the module outline) you are required to submit a written assignment. Your assignment will be based on the Harvard Business School case study entitled “Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (A)”. The case study is distributed separately. Specifically‚ you are required to read carefully the case study and hand
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Introduction A respectable website states that “There are affordable cars‚ and then there are cars that offer thrilling performance. Rarely do the two ever converge‚ but Japanese automaker Mazda has made it a tradition of coming up with vehicles that combine both of these eminently desirable traits” (Mazda Reviews - Mazda Cars). It is not surprising that year 2013 marked yet another milestone in the Mazda Motor Corporation’s success: the company announced and launched a brand new advertising campaign
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Size per se is not what creates a successful roll-up; what matters is the right kind of size. For Service Corporation‚ multiple locations in individual cities have been more important than many branches spread over many cities‚ because the cost savings (such as sharing vehicles) can be realized only if the branches are near one another. Roll-up strategies are hard to disguise‚ so they invite copycats. As others tried to imitate Service Corporation’s strategy‚ prices for some funeral homes were eventually
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DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS Doctors without Borders‚ is an international humanitarian- aid nongovernmental organization‚ best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing epidemics and diseases. There are over 34‚146 volunteers and private donors provide 80% of the funding while corporate donations make up the rest. “ Observing strict principles of neutrality and impartiality‚ Doctors without borders provides medical care and other services‚ bears witness‚ and speaks
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Intercontinental Hotels Group Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)‚ formerly Bass PLC‚ was founded in 1777 by William Bass‚ when he established a brewery in the English town of Burton-on-Trent. The year 1876 was a landmark year for Bass‚ when it was recognized as the largest brewery in England. Even more notably‚ it was also this year that Bass’s red triangle trademark became the first trademark to be registered in England. During the 1960s‚ Bass made two strategic and significant mergers. In
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Crossing the Border‚ Reaching the Light An illegal immigrant is defined as anyone who migrates to a country for permanent residence without any form of identification. The number of illegal immigrants in the United States was estimated at 11.5 million in 2011‚ according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Of these 11.5 million immigrants‚ 58 percent came from Mexico‚ 23 percent from other Latin America countries‚ 11 percent from Asia‚ and 8 percent from Africa‚ Europe‚ Canada and elsewhere. How do they
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Border Wall Will Donald Trump’s wall be as magnificent as the Great Wall of China or can Trump even achieve the construction of the his great wall? Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is a television program that covers current political news and current events with humor. In the segment‚ “Border Wall” (cite)‚ Oliver discusses Donald Trump’s idea of his border wall in Mexico. With satirical support and evidence‚ it is questionable whether or not Trump’s wall is
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CHAPTER :1 INDIAN HOTEL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 1.1 INTRODUCTION Since the opening of the market and the rapid economic development‚ the travel and tourism industry has blossomed. The hotel industry’s fortunes are closely linked to this sector of the economy. But the availability of hotel rooms has not kept pace with the increasing demand. Moreover‚ as India accounts for only 0.5% of the global tourist trade‚ there is immense scope for growth. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) expects the Indian
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HONG KONG--Luxury hotel operator Shangri-La Asia Ltd. said Wednesday its 2009 net profit rose 54%‚ lifted by higher property prices‚ though its core hotels business suffered from a sharp drop in demand due to the global financial crisis. » Jump to indexing (document details) Full Text (515 words) | (c) 2010 Dow Jones & Company‚ Inc. Reproduced with permission of copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. HONG KONG--Luxury hotel operator Shangri-La
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Executive summary People form an integral part of the organization. The efficiency and quality of its people determines the fate of organization. Hence‚ choice of right people and placing them at right place becomes essential. Hiring comes at this point of time in the picture. Hiring is a strategic functions for HR department. The project report is about recruitment and selection process that is an important part of the organization which is considered as a necessary asset of a company. In fact
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