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    trend in a foreseeable future. Besides‚ in case of an economic downturn‚ the business is protected to some degree from fluctuations in new housing construction because of the relatively high proportion of its repair work. The business’s sole owner‚ Mr. Clarkson is an energetic and hardworking business man with good sound personal financial condition and credit. From business partners’ perspective‚ CLC is conservative but well controlled. Mr. Clarkson faces a dilemma that the business is short of

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    Pre-work for Clarkson Lumber Prof. Ben J. Sopranzetti 1. Do a Porter’s five forces analysis for Clarkson Lumber. 2. Do a SWOT analysis for Clarkson Lumber. 3. Think about how each of the factors in the Porter and SWOT analyses affects the expected cash flows‚ the risk of those cash flows‚ and the timing of the cash flows. 4. Why does the firm have to borrow so much money to support this profitable business? Where is its money going? Try your hand at doing a funds flow statement. 5

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    Case 1: Clarkson Lumber As a financial consultant to Clarkson Lumber‚ I analyzed four potential scenarios with relatively high probabilities of occurring given Clarkson Lumber’s current situation. The four scenarios analyzed are continued rapid growth of Clarkson Lumber with Suburban Bank as the creditor‚ slowed growth with Suburban Bank as the creditor‚ continued rapid growth with Northrup Bank as the creditor‚ and controlled rapid growth with Northrup bank as the creditor. Clarkson Lumber’s

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    Clarkson Lumber Company 1. Why has Clarkson Lumber borrowed increasing amounts despite its consistent profitability ? Clarkson’s business is growth with average Net Sales 24.50% from year 1993 to year 1995. The Net Sales Q1 year 1996 is achieved 23.50% of Net Sales year 1995. To achieve the target Net Sales year 1996‚ Clarkson should borrow the Loan from other Bank. If not‚ the estimation of achievement Net Sales year 1996 is 4 times of Net Sales Q1 year 1996 or decrease -6.00% of Net Sales

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    Clarkson Lumber Company Situational Overview: Clarkson Lumber Company or the “Company” has encountered financial troubles in the midst of expanding revenues. In order to satisfy the demands of expansion and continue growing top line revenue‚ an increased amount of borrowing is necessary. This increased borrowing will be in the form of a revolving line of credit with an interest rate of 11%. The following paragraphs will examine what has led to the Company’s current illiquidity and what can be done

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    Clarkson Lumber Case FIN 4422-002 Spencer Ely September 22‚ 2011 Clarkson Lumber appears at first glance to be a healthy‚ successful company with increasing sales and rapid growth. Clarkson Lumber has relatively low operating cost‚ allowing them to give competitive prices‚ which results in their increasing sales. However‚ even with continual increases in sales‚ Clarkson Lumber has a constant cash flow problem that can be credited to several factors with the result of looking for additional

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    Clarkson Lumber’s Company Case Analysis Part 2 GROUP A: ANA GABRIELA SOTILLO JOHNSON FABIAN FREIHERR VON ROSEN IMRE IGNACIO SZAPARY GIL-CASARES RAYAN SEIF STEFAN RADISAVLJEVIC VERENA RIEDHART YANIS ALEM IE business School Section 4 September 2014 Question 1. How attractive is it to take the trade discounts? In order to determine how attractive it is to avail the trade discounts‚ Clarkson should calculate his annualized interest rate which he can get in return if he avails the trade

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    Clarkson Lumber Company 1. Identify the key problem in the case and explaining why it is the key problem. Clarkson Lumber Company’s biggest problem by far is the fact that Mr. Clarkson had agreed to buy out Mr. Holtz for $200‚000 with semi-annual installments of $50‚000. It wasn’t necessarily a bad idea for Mr. Clarkson to buy out Mr. Holtz altogether‚ but the $100‚000/year of payments is an unrealistic amount for Clarkson Lumber at this point in time. Between 1993 and 1995‚ there hasn’t been a

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    CASE SUMMARY Date: 1/29/12 Case Title: Clarkson Lumber Company (CLC) (1) Background: CLC was founded in 1981 by Mr. Clarkson and brother-in-law Henry Holtz in the Pacific Northwest. The company has experienced rapid growth over the recent years and it is anticipated to continue. Mr. Clarkson bought out Mr. Holtz for $200‚000 to become the sole owner. This resulted in the need of more cash inflow from the bank. Even with consistent profits‚ the company has suffered a shortage of cash

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    Clarkson Lumber Company Dishaun Aboulatifa‚ Ryan Domingo‚ Nathan Lugo‚ Erika Villaneda‚ and Heather Williams California State University‚ Los Angeles The Clarkson Lumber Company was established in 1981 which began as a partnership amongst Keith Clarkson and his brother-in-law Henry Holtz. The Lumber Company was located in the Pacific Northwest in a large city in a growing suburb. The company is known for their distribution of lumber goods in the local area‚ where they have access to railroads

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