Liuqing He Fin 423-Strategy Paper Professor Haddad April 9‚ 2015 Marriott Corporation As the vice president of project finance of Marriott Corporation‚ I am conducting an analysis of our company (Marriott Corporation) for calculating the hurdle rates at each of our firm’s three divisions: lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. I use Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) as the hurdle rate. The investment projects in our company are selected by discounting the appropriate
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PROJECT CORPORATE FINANCE PROJECT AND REPORT: (20 Points) Due Date: December 1‚ 2014 (Monday) Each student is required to perform a research on a Corporate Finance project that involves writing a report (25-30 pages) on a publicly traded company based on its available current financial data. The project involves four parts‚ namely‚ 1) The Background Analysis of a company and its Benchmark Competitor 2) The Comprehensive Financial Analysis of the same company against its competitor 3) The
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Question 1 (5 points) In a world with no frictions (i.e.‚ taxes‚ etc.)‚ having debt is always better because it increases the value of the firm/projet. Your Answer | Score | Explanation | False | 5.00 | Correct. You understand the irrelevance of financing. | Total | 5.00/5.00 | | Question Explanation | | | Fundamental question about value creation. | Question 2 (5) the return of equity is equal to the return on debt of a project/firm Your Answer | Score | Explanation | Never true
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IB 92C0 MiM/MiB CORPORATE FINANCE ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES Case Study: Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (VEP) As was announced during the first class in January (and stated in the module outline) you are required to submit a written assignment. Your assignment will be based on the Harvard Business School case study entitled “Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (A)”. The case study is distributed separately. Specifically‚ you are required to read carefully the case study and hand
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Answers for Tutorial 3: Lecture 1(Topic 1) 1. According to the Surety Information Office‚ what are the six warning signs that a construction company is in financial trouble? - Ineffective financial management systems - Lines of credit constantly borrowed to the limits - Poor estimating and/or job cost reporting - No comprehensive business plan - Communication problems 2. Who is responsible for financial management in a construction company? - Owners - General Managers - Chief Financial
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Walgreens: The Corporate Financial Decision Making Analysis Walgreens’ principal activity is to operate a chain of retail drugstores that sells prescription and nonprescription drugs. The company also carries additional product lines like general merchandise including cosmetics‚ food‚ beverages and photofinishing. Walgreens is one of the fastest growing retailers in the United States and led the chain drugstore industry in retail sales and profits last year. The capital structure of this
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now vital to understand dynamics of project management consultancies and sharpen requisite skills. The present focus is to hone skills in finance‚ economics‚ quantitative analysis and business management. Four years of experience in Indian real estate and construction exposed me to the dynamics of international business and also‚ the relevance of Finance fundamentals in dictating business operations. A thorough grounding in this field can transform me into an independent and dynamic decision
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Running Head: THE WM. WRIGLEY JR.COMPANY CASE STUDY THE WM. WRIGLEY JR.COMPANY: CAPITAL STRUCTURE‚ VALUATION AND COST OF CAPITAL Situation Aurora Borealis LLC is a hedge fund that has around $ 3 billion under management and they
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Soln 1a. The concepts of conservation‚ also known as the concept of prudence is often stated as do not record the future income but record all possible losses. This means an accounting should follow a conservative approach‚ should record lowest possible value for assets and revenue and the highest possible value for liabilities and expenses. According to this principle‚ the principle of ‘anticipate no profit but provide for all probable losses ‘ should
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FI-516 – WEEK 3 HOMEWORK PROBLEMS Problem No. 1 on Options based on Chapter 8 A Call Option on the stock of XYZ Company has a market price of $9.00. The price of the underlying stock is $36.00‚ and the strike price of the option is $30.00 per share. What is the Exercise Value of this Call Option? What is the Time Value of the Option? Problem No. 2 on Options based on Chapter 8 The Exercise (Strike) Price on ABC Company’s Option is $21.00‚ its Exercise Value is $23.00‚ and its Time
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