The Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn‚ Michigan‚ a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16‚ 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands‚ Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK. Ford’s former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover were sold to Tata Motors of India in March 2008. In 2010 Ford sold Volvo to Geely Automobile. Ford discontinued the Mercury brand at
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Ford Motor Company‚ founded in 1903‚ has been a global multi-business company since the 1920’s. Currently Ford has major manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom‚ Canada‚ Mexico‚ Germany and many other countries‚ 200‚000+ employees and automobiles distributed in over 200 markets across 6 continents (Ford Annual Report 2009). Ford has utilized its product portfolio‚ brand strategy and global business structure to withstand recent financial disasters in the auto industry and strive towards its
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Financial Management Unit – 4 Capital Structure Capital Structure • It refers to the kinds of securities and the proportionate amounts that make up capitalization. • A decision about the proportion among the three types of securities viz.‚ Equity shares‚ Pref. Shares and Debentures refers to the Capital Structure of an enterprise. What is “Capital Structure”? • Definition The capital structure of a firm is the mix of different securities issued by the firm to finance its operations
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE: MEANING: - Capital structure of a firm is a reflection of the overall investment and financing strategy of the firm. - Capital structure can be of various kinds as described below: ▪ Horizontal capital structure: the firm has zero debt component in the structure mix. Expansion of the firm takes through equity or retained earnings only. ▪ Vertical capital structure: the base of the structure is formed by a small amount
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Memo To:Retire at Age Fifty Fund (RAFF) From: Penelope Magouliotis‚ Jeffery Childs‚ Marcus Eggleston‚ Syed AzeemDate:February 15‚ 2014 Subject:Ford’s Shareholder Value Enhancement Plan (VEP) Evaluation Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is an American automaker‚ it is the world’s fifth largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales. Its headquarters are based in Dearborn‚ Michigan‚ which is a suburb in Detroit. Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company on June 16‚ 1903 and it became one of
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The Capital Structure of Chinese Companies 1. Introduction Capital structure is considered as a way to determine how a corporation financing its assets by issuing debt or equity. If the firm is entirely financed by the common equity‚ then it is so called an unlevered firmed‚ and its whole cash flow belong to its stockholders. If the firm financed both debt and equity‚ then it is so called a levered firm‚ and its cash flow will first goes to debt holders and then to stockholders. According to Brealey
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19 June 2011 Ford Motor Company: Over a Decade of Practice Makes Perfect The Ford Company has been a successful American owned auto industry since 1903. With Fords global marketing establishment‚ their great investments in alternative fuel sources and most importantly it’s commitment to diversity‚ community service and environmental responsibility served as a brilliant and strategic move on Ford Motor’s behalf. In his book The Ford Century‚ Russ Banham talked of the
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Alen Badal The Union Institute F www.ford.com Ford recently received $5.9 billion in Energy Department loans to help retool its plants.m Illinois‚ Kentucky‚ Michigan‚ Nlissouri. and Ohio to produce 13 fuel-efficient models‚ including 5‚000 to 10‚000 eiectric cars per year starting in2011. In mid-2009‚ Nissan Motor was granted $1.6 billion in loans also from the U.S. Department of Energy to build as many as 100‚000 electric cars a year at its plant in Smyrna‚ Tennessee‚ by 2013. Ford’s
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A review of capital structure theories 1.0 Introduction One of the most contentious financial issues that have provoked intense academic research during the last decades is the theory of capital structure. Capital structure can be defined as a ’Mix of different securities issued by a firm’ (Brealey and Myers‚ 2003). Simply speaking‚ capital structure mainly contains two elements‚ debt and equity. In 1958‚ through combining tax and debt factors in a simple model to price the value of a company‚
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Capital Structure In finance‚ the term “capital structure” refers to the way a firm finances its assets. Generally speaking‚ there are two main forms of capital structure: debt financing and equity financing (Cumming 52; Myers‚ 83). Each type has its own advantages and disadvantages‚ and an essential task for the successful manager of a firm is to find an optimal capital structure in terms of risk and reward for stockholders. When making decisions that affect capital structure‚ managers must be
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