LauNched: July‚ 2007 BicycLes: 10‚000 statioNs: 750 city popuLatioN: 2.15 million NumBer of citizeNs per Bike: 215 avaiLaBiLity: Year-round price structure: Riders can select a oneday card for €1‚ a weekly card for €5 or an annual card for €29. First half-hour is free. Additional half-hours are priced at €1‚ €2 and €4. techNoLogy: Smartcard operatiNg compaNy: JC Decaux By far the largest bike-share program to-date‚ paris plans to have installed over 10‚000 bikes by July‚ 2007‚ and 20‚000 by 2008
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1. What do you expect to drive a company’s price-to-book equity and price-to-earnings multiples? Company’s net sales and profit margin: This is company’s ability to use its equity to generate abnormal earnings. This is driven by industry maturity and performance under the given economic condition. Mature and highly saturated industry will have a lower profit margin as the competition is getting intense and it is harder to earn profit. Company’s financial strategy: the effectiveness of the financial
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PRINCIPLES OF VALUATION Because rational people prefer to receive benefits sooner than later and make sacrifices later than sooner‚ money‚ which provides the option to buy benefits‚ is likewise preferred sooner to later. If an individual prefers money sooner than later‚ then he/she values a dollar today more than a dollar tomorrow or a dollar in one year from now. A dollar today is worth a dollar today: therefore‚ a dollar next year must be worth less than a dollar today since it is less preferable/valuable
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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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Performance objectives are benchmarks of effective performance that describe the types of work activities students and affiliates will be involved in as trainee accountants. They also outline the values and attitudes trainees should demonstrate as they fulfil their practical experience requirements. Trainees are required to achieve 13 performance objectives in total – all nine Essentials performance objectives and any four Options performance objectives. Performance objectives are divided into nine
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XYZ Company Limited Date Valuation Report: DUMMY Executive Summary INDUSTRY: XX XYZ Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as “XYZ” or “the company”) is a XX manufacturing company and markets its products under the brand name XX in the XX region of India. Business valuation summary of XYZ Multiple used EV/tonne method Equity value Rs mn Value per share (Rs) Rs 5‚809 per tonne EV/EBITDA method 4.5x Discounted Cash Flow method NA Book value (FY10) NA Equity
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Banking & Finance journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jbf The impact of bond rating changes on corporate bond prices: New evidence from the over-the-counter market Anthony D. May * Price College of Business‚ University of Oklahoma‚ 307 West Brooks‚ Norman‚ OK 73019‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t I study the information content of bond ratings changes using daily corporate bond data from TRACE. Abnormal bond returns over a two-day event window that includes the downgrade
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Essentials - you must achieve all nine. | | | Performance Objective | Activity | Performance indicator | 1 Demonstrate the application of professional ethics‚ value and judgement | Example of relevant activities Keep up-to-date with all codes of conduct and professional standards. Provide a description of how you have dealt with situations where your professional ethics‚ values or judgement were challenged Discuss with others (e.g. your manager) how you would deal with situations which could
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answering challenge questions answering challenge questions [SECTION TITLE] 1 2 contents Practical exPerience requirements (Per) challenge questions samPle answers 01 03 04 05 08 10 13 15 17 19 Demonstrate the application of professional ethics‚ values and judgement Raise awareness of non-financial risk Manage self Communicate effectively Improve departmental performance Prepare financial statements for external purposes Contribute to budget planning and production Evaluate potential
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enables the business to earn more than just sufficient profits which induces the entrepreneurs to remain in action all the times. Valuation of goodwill: Cost method It is the value which a rational buyer would pay for the business as a going concern less the value of net assets(assets-liabilities) taken over by the buyer. Cost of goodwill purchased=purchase price-net assets purchased Super profits method Super profits =Average profits –normal profits (1) No of years purchase method:
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