Whirlpool Corporation’s Global Strategy We want to be able to take the best capabilities we have and leverage them in all our companies worldwide. David Whitman‚ Whirlpool CEO‚ 1994 Quoted in the Harvard Business Review In 1989‚ Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool) embarked on an ambitious global expansion with the objective of becoming the world market leader in home appliances. Beginning with the purchase of a majority stake in an appliance company owned by Philips‚ the Dutch electronics firm
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CASE #4: 3M Canada: Industrial Business Division PROBLEM RECOGNITION * The target is to increase growth rate from 3-5% to 12-15% in 18 months * OEM market is mature with limited prospects of expansion * Ultimately shifting overall focus from OEM market to MRO market * High unfamiliarity and low exposure to the MRO market * IBD’s share of distributor sales was 2% of distributors’ revenue * Transitioning focus from Special and Niche accounts to Large National accounts
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There are many ways a corporation can be classified; however the best way to classify a corporation is by knowing the characteristics that makes a corporation. The unique characteristics of corporations are consist of limited liability of stockholders‚ free transferability of shares‚ perpetual existence‚ and centralized management. In relation to John Marshall who is the chief justice in 1819 defined corporation as an artificial being‚ invisible‚ intangible‚ and existing only in contemplation of
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American Home Products Corporation1. CASE SUMMARYAHP Chief Executive"I just don ’t like to owe money"‚ said William F. Laporte‚ AHP chief executive‚ when asked about his company ’s almost debt-free balance sheet and growing cash reserves. Mr. Laporte had taken over as chief executive of American Home Products in 1964. Throughout 17 subsequent years of his tenure Mr. Laporte has not changed his opinion of debt financing and AHP ’s abstinence from debt continued‚ while the growth in its cash balance
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public. Flotation cost of $5 per share involved. 2. The company can privately sell 25 year‚ 10%bonds to a group of life insurance companies. The bonds would have a sinking fund calling for the retirement by a lottery method of 3%of the original amount of bond issue each year. The bond agreement also requires that the current ratio be maintained at the level of 2:1 and bonds would not be callable for 10 years after which the usual call premium would not be involved. No flotation cost would involve.
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MW Petroleum Corporation (A) 1. Structure and execute a DCF valuation of all the MW reserves using APV. How much are the reserves worth? Is your estimate more likely to be biased high or low? What are the sources of bias? Answer: The DCF valuation of all the MW reserves using APV indicates that the net worth of the portfolio is around $516.30 million. The estimate is more likely to be biased on the higher side. REVENUES: The data for the projections was collected by Morgan
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Situation Analysis Sands Corporation manufactures parts for machinery of Aircrafts‚ automotive and agricultural equipment. Started in 1943‚ Sands Corporation has successfully set up 3 plants employing a total of 2750 workers. All the plants have almost reached their full production capacity as a result‚ due to the increasing Government contracts‚ shortage of land and labour in the existing plants‚ Sands Corporation needs to set up a new plant. No other leasing space is available. Thought the government
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Within this week five assignment Team “A” has Identified Target Department store chain as the organization in which they would like to document in this exercises. Team A will also identified four control mechanisms that are used‚ compare and contrast these control mechanisms‚ determine the effectiveness of the control mechanism‚ examine the positive and negative reactions and explain how these controls affect the four functions of management. The for control mechanisms are identified as setting
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Board for the company′s operations. It sets targets and formulates strategies for achieving these targets. AT A GLANCE | Founded | March 1834 | Incorporated | September 1968 | Listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange | November 1976 | Shareholder Information(as of September 30‚ 2012) Number of shareholders Percentage holding 1 to 1‚000 shares Foreign ownership(common‚ preferred A‚B&voting) Mitsubishi Corporation | 7‚253 88.12% 29.63% 10.63% | |
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) General Approach The company is split into 3 divisions Lodging‚ Contract Services and Restaurants. The WACC for each of the 3 divisions and then subsequently the entire corporation’s WACC need to be calculated. This will be done through calculating the WACC for each of the 3 divisions and then taking a weighted average of these 3 divisional WACC numbers to get the overall Marriott Corporation WACC. 1. Calculating the Beta a
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