Baidu CASE: A-197 DATE: 02/05/09 BAIDU.COM‚ INC.: VALUATION AT IPO Since its official launch in January 2000‚ Baidu.com‚ Inc. (Baidu) quickly grew to become the leading Internet search engine in China. After three rounds of private funding‚ Baidu registered to go public on the NASDAQ Stock Market (Ticker Symbol: BIDU) on August 5‚ 2005. (See Exhibits 1 and 2 for a listing of Baidu’s private funding sources and pre-IPO share allocations.) The initial public offering (IPO) turned out to be one of
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grade coffee‚ organic certified coffee‚ 75% of people are farmers Weakness: The business is oligopoly. So‚ it’s difficult to create the market‚ lack of farming skills‚ corruption in Laos‚ starting a brand from scratch‚ local market Opportunity: Market growth of coffee is huge (yearly average 90%)‚ can venture in Europe and America‚ can take over roasters and have larger share of profit‚ establish itself as unique premium brand promoting social cause Threats: Political instability‚ the owner has political
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Stock market development and economic growth Executive summery This paper examined the relationship between stock market development and economic growth of two Asian developing countries‚ that is‚ Pakistan and Bangladesh‚ after the liberalization period of 1990s. The relationship measured were in terms of size (market capitalization)‚ liquidity (total value of stocks traded and stock turnover ratio) and volume (total number of companies listed in the stock exchange of each of the country). The
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1) FIRM OBJECTIVES: The standard economic assumption underlying the analysis of firms is profit maximization. Real world firms‚ however‚ might not‚ and many times do not‚ make decisions based on the profit-maximization objective‚ or at least exclusively on the profit-maximization objective. Other objectives include: (1) sales maximization‚ (2) pursuit of personal welfare‚ and (3) pursuit of social welfare. Although firms are assumed to make decisions that increase profit in standard economic
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investing in fixed-interest securities. a. True b. False 2. Investments through a stock exchange are limited to ordinary shares issued by listed corporations. a. True b. False 3. Portfolio theory contends that a diversified share portfolio enables an investor to significantly reduce the portfolio’s exposure to systematic risk. a. True b. False 4. A share that has a beta of one is twice as risky as an average share listed on a stock market. a. True b. False 5. Shares that typically demonstrate a negative price
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Valuation of security : 1) The face value of 10 year 10% bond ( with 10 coupon rate interest ) is Rs 1‚000 . Assuming 12 % required rate of return of investors ‚ compute the value of the bond. What price would the investor be willing to pay ‚ if the interest is payable annually. 2) Assume i) Rs.100 par value ii)8% coupon rate of interest and iii)10 years remaining to maturity date; If interest rate is paid annually find the value of bond when required rate of return is i)7% ii)
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Certain experiences can mark the beginnings of maturity. Maturity marks the beginning of a person’s physical changes but in my opinion the physical changes and age of a person does not show how mature they are. I think that how a person think and act shows their maturity. In order for a person to mature‚ they need experiences. There are three reasons as to why experiences mark the beginnings of maturity. The reasons are; it exposes an individual to challenges and helps gain from it‚ helps the individual
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Zero Tolerance There are many disciplinary actions that have been used and are still in use in order to deal with problems in the school system today. However‚ it seems that zero tolerance is now the most widely used and most controversial policy that has came into effect. Zero tolerance means absolutely no mercy for students when accused of doing something wrong. This policy leaves no room at all for error. These cases are not judged for their individual qualities. They are all treated the
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Ilit Raz EMBA – Dickens Cohort Jan 2013 Company Valuation - Elbit Systems Ltd. The following document will try to describe the financial assets and the portfolio of “Elbit Systems” and a company valuation. As part of my military service I spend some time in different project in Elbit Systems‚ working with their R&D department. For the company valuation I’ll use Discount Cash Flow (DCF) method. After valuating the company I’ll calculate the discount premium
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Case 1.1 – Client Acceptance Question # 1: Identify 5 procedures an auditor should perform in determining whether to accept a client. Which of these five are required by the auditing standards? a. (AU 314) The auditor should obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment in the following areas: i. Client’s application of accounting policies ii. The industry‚ regulation and other factors affecting the client iii. Client’s objectives ‚ strategies‚
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