Case Study –Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital FIN202a-Spring 2011 1. Please define Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). Write down the WACC formula‚ and discuss its components. WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) is a market weighted average‚ at target leverage‚ of the cost of after tax debt and equity. It is a critical input for evaluating investment decision‚ and typically the discount rate for NPV calculation. And it serves as the benchmark for operating performance‚ relative to
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HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL BY: JOSEPH KIOKO REG. NO: D80/61281/2011 DATE: 05/06/2013 LECTURER: PROF. P. O. K’OBONYO Introduction and Definitions: Human capital is defined by the OECD (1998‚ p9) as “the knowledge‚ skills and competences and other attributes embodied in individuals that are relevant to economic activity.” While Duration of schooling and levels of qualification are the standard measures used to measure human capital the OECD itself
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The Capital District Region is a vibrant area which has quite a potential as per the data collected but due to some reasons the performance is lagging behind the national average. The primary reasons for this underperformance are low employee morale‚ high turnover and poor efficiency. Hence‚ we need to address these issues at the earliest and identify the high and low performers among the sales force in order turnaround the situation. We need to critically evaluate the performance of the individual
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ease to their desired destination. It can be used to move your things or carry groceries to your home‚ but the question of the matter is who originally made the first car? This question does not have a straightforward answer. The history of the automobile is very rich and dates back to the 15th century when Leonardo da Vinci was creating designs and models for transport vehicles. HISTORY OF A CAR 1769 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the very first steam powered vehicle that only had three wheels
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Review of Brake-By-Wire Promises to be the Brake System of the Future Tyler Skaruppa Ivy Tech Community College Author Note: This paper was prepared for Braking Systems‚ taught by Professor Kelley Automobiles have changed considerably since Henry Ford first produced economical vehicles rapidly. He was the one to start the Ford Motor Company. Ford vehicles‚ as many other vehicle companies have allowed people to think in a different way as to how we travel
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Success Factors in the Low Cost Airline Business: Low cost airlines strive to meet the basic demand of airline customers - a safe air transport from one location to another location - at a relatively low price. In order to be successful‚ they have to carry out their business from a certain value-based perspective - “less for much less” – and concentrate their attention on the following Key Success Factors of their industry: - Overall low costs: Overall low costs are essential to be able to
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Chosen Company case: Geely Automobile Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.‚ formerly known as Guorun Holdings Ltd.‚ embarked on a major restructuring in 2003. By establishing two joint-venture associated companies in Ningbo and Shanghai with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Ltd.‚ a major privately-owned auto manufacturer in China‚ the company had successfully entered into China’s booming sedan industry. In the same year‚ the company set up an auto parts subsidiary in Taizhou of the Zhejiang province‚ further
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H. J. HEINZ: ESTIMATING THE COST OF CAPITAL IN UNCERTAIN TIMES Heinz is an established processed food manufacturing giant‚ with $10 billion in revenues and 29‚600 employees around the globe. Heinz operates in over 200 countries. The company is organized into business segments based on regions: North American consumer products‚ Europe Foodservice‚ Asia Pacific and the rest of the world. Around 60% of the company revenues were from outside United States and the company is increasingly focusing on
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Apparently‚ the issue of Nike’s case is to control and check the calculation cost of capital done by Joanna Cohen who is the assistant of a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group. But I am willing to tell you that it can be a complex case in which we can doubt about sensitivity analysis done by Kimi Ford (portfolio manager) too. Because her assumptions such as Revenue Growth Rate‚ COGS / Sales‚ S &A / Sales‚ Current Assets / Sales‚ and Current Liability / Sales have been adopted from previous income
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Determining the Cost of Capital Can One Size Fit All? 1. Why do you think Larry Stone wants to estimate the firm’s hurdle rate? Is it justifiable to use the firm’s weighted average cost of capital as the divisional cost of capital? Please explain. Larry wants to estimate the firm’s hurdle rate because it would provide him with a standard with which to measure feasibility of future investment proposal. The firm had thus far been using a ‘gut feel’ approach and although most of
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