Jon Bennett Star River Case Analysis Page 1 of 7 FIN 461: Spring 2008/9 Initial Assessment: An initial look at the ratio analysis reveals that the annual sales-growth rate has been holding around 15%. This is perhaps the only good news from the analysis. A performance discontinuity makes its appearance in FY 2000 as a drop in operating margin. This was a result of a 21% increase in production costs and expenses and a 20% increase in admin and selling expenses. There was also an inexplicable 95%
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: CAPITAL BUDGETING MINI CASE 1 CAPITAL BUDGETING (MINI CASE) QUESTION A What is capital budgeting? Solution: Capital budgeting is a required managerial tool. One duty of a financial manager is to choose investments with satisfactory cash flows and rates of return. Therefore‚ a financial manager must be able to decide whether an investment is worth undertaking and be able to choose intelligently between two or more alternatives. To do this‚ a sound procedure to evaluate
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Case 7.2: Disney Acquisition of Marvel Entertainment a. The most important business reason for this acquisition is probably that Disney has been looking for new sources of auxiliary revenue brought by Marvel Entertainment. By acquiring more than 5‚000 characters in Marvel’s library‚ including Iron Man‚ Spider-Man‚ X-Men‚ Captain America‚ and the Fantastic Four‚ the acquisition greatly expands Disney’s customers‚ making Disney more attractive to young adulthood and beyond. b. Goodwill=Fair
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Airbus A3XX case study Group E10‚ MBA 2011 Airbus A3XX case study‚ Group E10 Airbus objectives Both Airbus and Boeing‚ as well as industry experts expected worldwide passenger traffic to grow at an average annual growth rate of 4.8-4.9% for the next 20 years (up until 2019). Given that the traffic was expected to almost triple in volume‚ both manufacturers expected a significant increase in aircraft sales‚ although their views on the market structure were different. Airbus expected hub-to-hub
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PART 6 Strategic-Management Case Analysis How to Prepare and Present a Case Analysis CHAPTER OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to do the following: 1. Describe the case method for learning strategic-management concepts. 2. Identify the steps in preparing a comprehensive written case analysis. 3. Describe how to give an effective oral case analysis presentation. 4. Discuss special tips for doing case analysis. Oral Presentation— Step 1 Introduction (2 minutes)
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Xytech was a high-tech company that had been started by three partners in early 20X0. Their successful product designs led to rapid growth of the company‚ with resulting needs for additional capital to support the growth. This case describes the major financing transactions entered into by Xytech in its first 10 years of existence. The firm’s earnings history also is given. You are to write a journal entry for each transaction as it is described. You should be explicit about what noncurrent liability
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BUFN763 Case 2 GMO Choi‚ Saunders & Yoo Nov 11‚ 2014 Case 2: GMO: The Value versus Growth Dilemma‚ UVA-F-1328 1. What is value investing? What is its rationale? What are GMO’s main arguments in favor of value investing? Value investing is the art of selecting equities that are currently trading at a lower price than their underlying value‚ but seem likely at some future time be recognized more widely by traders as having been undervalued. Thus‚ for example‚ stocks that are trading at a low
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Study Guide MSc Programmes 2011 - 2012 Rotterdam School of Management‚ Erasmus University * Indicates new course code for 2011-2012 academic year Preface Rotterdam School of Management‚ Erasmus University offers a large portfolio of MSc programmes. In this study guide you will find course information for the following programmes: MSc in: Business Administration‚ specialisation Accounting & Control Business Information Management Chinese Economy & Business Entrepreneurship & New Business
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Financial Accounting Final Study Guide Liabilities – Probable debts or obligations that result from past transactions Current Liabilities – Are due within one year of the balance sheet date Liquidity – The ability to pay current obligations Working capital – Current assets minus current liabilities Accrued Liabilities – Expenses that have been incurred but have not been paid at the end of the accounting period Deferred Revenues – Revenues that have been collected but not yet earned‚ they are
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(1) 10-Mbps Ethernet‚ 10BASE5 (also known as thick ethernet or thicknet) was the original commercially available variant of Ethernet For its physical layer it used cable similar to RG-8/U coaxial cable but with extra braided shielding Disadvantages Adding new stations to network was complicated by the need to accurately pierce the cable. The cable was stiff and difficult to bend around corners. One improper connection could take down the whole network and finding the source of the trouble
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