MGMT 614 CORPORATE STRATEGY SMU MBA (PART-TIME) 2015 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2. ALIBABA BACKGROUND AND HISTORY 3 2.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF ALIBABA 3 2.2 MISSION/VISION 6 3. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS 7 3.1. BUSINESS ANALYSIS 8 3.1.1 Overview 8 3.2.2 Domestic retail market 9 3.2.3 Global wholesale market (Alibaba.com) 16 3.2.4 Domestic wholesale market (1688.com) 17 3.2.5 Global retail market(AliExpress.com) 18 3.2.6 Cloud computing and Internet Infrastructure 19
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CONCEPTS OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY 1 Definition Economic Risk Economic risk is the chance of loss because all possible outcomes and their associated probabilities are unknown.Actions taken in such a decision environment are purely speculative‚ such as the buy and sell decisions made by speculators in commodity‚ futures and option markets. All decision makers are equally likely to profit as well as to lose‚ luck is the sole determinant of success or failure. 2 Definition of
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In 1764 England passed the first series of taxes on the colonist‚ known as the Sugar Act and the Currency Act. As a result it would be the beginning of colonial opposition against the crown. These Acts were a result of England’s debt after the Seven Year war and they saw the colonies as a source of revenue. When England implemented the Sugar Act it actually cut taxes on English goods‚ and in so doing it thought it would reduce smuggling from the French West Indies‚ but it had the opposite effect
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restructuring plan (the one proposed in Jan. 1997). What are the details of the plan? Will the plan solve Marvel’s problems? 3. How much is Marvel’s equity worth (in $/share) under the proposed restructuring plan‚ assuming it acquires Toy Biz as planned? Why is it sensible to use the CCF method here? (Assume a long-term market risk premium of Marvel Entertainment Group 1. Why did Marvel file for Chapter 11? Were the problems caused by bad luck‚ bad strategy (flawed business model)‚ or bad execution
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CASE STUDY - “Daimler and Chrysler: lessons from a merger”. This case study is about the merger occurred in 1998 between two big companies in the auto industry: German company Daimler-Benz and American auto manufacturer Chrysler Group. At the end‚ this merger appeared to be a failure because of different types of problems. Chrysler benefited from Mercedes while benefits to Daimler were harder to find‚ so that Daimler decided to sell 80% of its stake in Chrysler for just 7.4 billion dollars.
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How would you explain to Mary the relationship between risk and return of individual stocks? The relationship between risk and return is believed to be positive. In other words‚ the return is simply considered as a compensation for bearing risk. That basically means the potential return rises as the rate of risk increases. So in order to get a higher return we need to invest in riskier project. So if we were to invest in a high risk securities the return would be higher‚ in return if the market
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SHARE OPTIONS IN THE STOCKMARKET The principal business of stock exchanges is trade in physical shares‚ but they also trade in share options in the major stocks. An option gives the holder the right to buy or sell a share at a predetermined price at some point in the future – for example‚ the right to buy shares in three months’ time at a price set today. An option which gives the buyer the right to buy a share is a “call” option. An option which gives the buyer the right to sell a share is a
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State Farm Risk Register Xavier Smith Western Governors University State Farm Risk Register State Farm has chosen to further to its already-existing operations in Canada‚ with the result of capturing millions of new customers. These customers will require both brick-and-mortar and telephonic support. Brick-and-mortar locations number in the thousands and continue to grow. With the acquisition of a greater number of customers‚ these locations will be able to absorb and support a respectable
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Question 1 Eastbridge‚ a U.S. based company purchased 100 000 shares of Cambridge‚ a British company a year ago. Eastbridge has decided to sell all the shares in one month time to finance the company other operation. Eastbridge expects the share price of Cambridge to be £7.00 in one month time. To hedge against exchange rate exposure‚ Eastbridge sold £ forward contract at the forward rate of US$1.63 based on the expected share price of £7.00. a) What is the amount of £ to be sold in the forward
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Definition of Value at Risk (VaR) Value at risk is a statistical technique which measures the level of financial risk in a portfolio over a specific time frame. For example‚ if a firm states that it has a 1% one week value at risk of $5 million; this would mean that for any given week‚ the firm would have a 1% chance of losing $5 million. In order words‚ 1 out of every 100 weeks‚ the firm would expect to have a loss of $5 million. This can be viewed as the standard deviation of portfolio value
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