LIVENT‚ INC.: An Instructional Case Michael C. Knapp Professor University of Oklahoma Price College of Business 307 W. Brooks Norman‚ Oklahoma 73019 Office phone: 405-325-5784 mknapp@ou.edu Carol A. Knapp Visiting Associate Professor University of Oklahoma Price College of Business 307 W. Brooks Norman‚ Oklahoma 73019 ABSTRACT: Like many financial frauds‚ the Livent‚ Inc. fraud was masterminded by a few individuals‚ primarily Garth Drabinsky‚ a Broadway “impresario” who had received
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Problem: In January 2012 the board of directors of Orateme has to decide what would be the best use to invest the company’s financial resources. Alternatives: During the meeting that took place on January 13th 2012‚ the board identified a few alternatives: 1) Leverage the current job boards to appropriate client associations‚ providing access to the network of associations and their respective members e.g. Nursing cheer network (David Flowers‚ current President). 2) Getting more serious with continuing
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Harnischfeger Corporation* Company Business and Products Harnischfeger Corporation was a machinery company based in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin. The company had originally been started as a partnership in 1884 and was incorporated in Wisconsin in 1910 under the name Pawling and Harnischfeger. Its name was changed to the present one in 1924. The company went public in 1929 and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s two major segments were the P&H Heavy Equipment Group‚ consisting
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Project vs Firm Risk and the Impact of Leverage The SML and WACC § Consider 100% equity financed firm § Beta = 1 E/V = 1! D/V = 0! § WACC =? E D WACC = × RE + × RD × (1 − TC ) = RE V V WACC = Cost of equity from CAPM [ ] WACC = RE = R f + β × E [RM ] − R f = E [RM ] Beta =1! 2 SML and WACC SML Expected Return WACC = E[RM] Rf [ R f + β × E [RM ] − R f ] β=1 Beta 3 Accept Projects Y and/or Z? Expected Return IRRz WACC = E[RM]
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Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 was passed to: Establish auditing standards. 4) In general‚ what is changing as you read down the left hand side of a balance sheet? The assets are becoming less liquid. 5) Early in the history of finance‚ an important issue was: Liquidity 6) When shareholder A sells its Ford stock to shareholder B in the secondary market‚ such as on the New York Stock Exchange‚ how much money is received by Ford? Ford will receive nothing. 7) The appropriate
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create a homemade gift. If you’re handy with a computer‚ scan some of their photos and use a movie program to make a montage. Set it to music that means something to the couple. Create a small scrapbook of some of the most important moments in their 50-year marriage. These gifts are inexpensive but will be cherished as gifts from the heart 1. Then and Now o Expand the photo gift idea by creating a "Then and Now" gift. Put together a picture frame with their original wedding photo‚ and a new photo
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UNIT IV Internal Environment: Strength and Weaknesses 1. Marketing Distinctive marketing campaigns have been a strategy of Apple to attract customers and to spread the information among them. Television commercials‚ Print Advertisements‚ Posters in Public areas and wrap advertisement campaigns have been successful ways of outshining the new product. Apple continues to command a market premium for producing a “better mousetrap” throughout its history. Steve Jobs personally unveils all new product
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Executive summary Coach‚ Inc. is an upscale American leather goods company known for women’s and men’s handbags‚ as well as items such as luggage‚ briefcases‚ wallets and other accessories (belts‚ shoes‚ scarves‚ umbrella…). The firm was founded in 1941‚ in a loft in New York as a partnership called the Gail Manufacturing Company. As of July 2‚ 2011‚ the company operates in over 20 countries with more than 1‚100 retail stores and around 15‚000 employees worldwide. Today‚ Coach Inc. has distribution‚ product
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Kristina Caldwell Period 1 50 Essays The Joy of Reading 1) Superman was breaking down a door. It’s important to remember this because he talks about how he refused to act stupid and how he is breaking down his own door in the sense that he is teaching others how to read and write and breaking stereotypes. Indians aren’t supposed to be able to read and write‚ but now he is teaching other Indians to do these things because he didn’t conform. 2) The verb that is repeated was read. This
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Analyzing Marketing Problems and Cases HIGHLIGHT 1 A Case for Case Analysis Cases assist in bridging the gap between classroom learning and the so-called real world of marketing management. They provide us with an opportunity to develop‚ sharpen‚ and test our analytical skills at: -Assessing situations. -Sorting out arid organizing key information. -Asking the right questions. -Defining opportunities and problems. -Identifying and evaluating alternative courses of action. -Interpreting data. -Evaluating
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