Faisal Al Saud November 12‚ 2012 1. Topic: Consider the extent to which knowledge issues in ethics are similar to those in at least one other area of knowledge Do scientists have any ‘special’ moral obligations? Or should science seek to be free from any values and morals? This has been a popular topic that has been discussed throughout not only this century but also‚ centuries previous to us. While looking at natural sciences and ethics we can see that these two areas of knowledge are
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1. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Marriot Corporation? Briefly outline the key assumptions that you made in computing the WACC. 2. What is the cost of capital for the lodging and restaurant divisions of Marriot Corporation? Briefly outline the key assumptions that you made in computing the cost of capital and outline any limitations that are presented by your analysis. 3. If Marriot uses a single company-wide cost of capital for evaluating investment opportunities in each of its
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Table of contents Introduction 2 Content 3 I. Context of business strategy 3 1. Vision 3 2. Mission 4 3. Value 5 II. The significance of stakeholder analysis 7 1. Significance of stakeholders 7 2. Stakeholders analysis and its importance 9 III. Environmental and organizational audit of Kinh Do Corporation 11 1. External environment 11 1.1. PESTEL analysis 11 1.2. Five forces 14 2. Organizational audit 18 IV. Applying strategic positioning techniques
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Case #3 “Marriott Corporation” The Cost of Capital” What is the weighted average cost of capital for the Marriott Corporation and cost of capital for each of its divisions? – What risk-free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? – How did you measure the cost of debt? – How did you measure the beta for each division? Solution What risk-free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? – Risk-free rate proxy The risk-free
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Executive Summary The case‚ Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)‚ concentrates on making decisions based on capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. Dan Cohrs‚ the Vice President of Finance of Marriott Corporation‚ had to deal with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions which are lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. In calculating
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Marriot Corporation: Cost of Capital By Xue Fan Background Marriott Corporation began in 1927 with J. Willard Marriott’s root beer stand. Over the next 60 years‚ the business grew into one of the leading companies in industry in United States. In 1987‚ Marriott’s sales grew by 24% and its return on equity stood at 22%. Sales and earnings per share had doubled over the previous 4 years‚ and the company strategy was aimed at continuing this trend. Marriot Corporation had three major lines
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Case 1- Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital Some preliminary questions: 1. What do you think about Marriott’s policy of repurchasing shares? Repurchase whenever stock price < warranted equity value Does this mean the market is inefficient? 2. Why does Marriott manage rather than own hotel assets? Finding limited partners on a hotel project is equivalent to selling private equity in the project Is there any reason to
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Outsourcing Former U.S. Presidential candidate Ross Perot once warned of the U.S. entry into the North American Free Trade Agreement as "a great sucking sound" as U.S. jobs "run" to Mexico. Many Americans feared that cheap labor in Mexico would cause many Americans to lose their jobs as U.S. companies could find cheaper labor south of the border. In the ten years since the beginning of NAFTA‚ the U.S. job market has remained strong. The types of jobs may have changed to a certain degree‚ but
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CASE STUDY : Multinational Outsourcing and CSR. Inditex: The worldwide outsourcing garment industry and social community development in Morocco “Intermón claims that pressures on foreign clothing suppliers are smothering employees. […] In Morocco‚ where Cortefiel‚ Inditex (Zara)‚ Mango and Induyco (El Corte Inglés) manufacture their products‚ a Tangier based textile factory sold a pair of slacks to large Spanish retailers for 3.3 euros three years ago; today‚ the same item sells for 2 euros
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Name: Tony El Khoury Date: 21/03/2013 Two Stories of Outsourcing Question # 1: Auratek Company had experiences with outsourcing to cut cost in fabricating data storage devices. The aim of all this was to improve quality and decrease in the development and fabrication process which will decrease the after-sales support. The company estimated that the cost savings could achieve approximately $ 2 million annually due to reduced cost of engineering in India. In Auratek Company we can see a turnaround
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