Cox Communications Applied Corporate Finance Contents Executive Summary Background Gannett and other acquisitions: possibilities and constraints of financing Feline PRIDES securities: benefits and costs for Cox Communications Valuation of Gannett’s acquisition Conclusions and recommendations Appendix Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to evaluate an appropriate financing strategy for Cox Communications
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Cox Communications‚ Inc. Applied Corporate Finance Prof. José Neves Adelino Prof. Carla Peixoto Prof. André Fernando Group 9 Ana Rita Miranda 472 Carolina Oliveira 423 Henrique Queiroz 453 João Santos 438 Tiago Pinho 403 Applied Corporate Finance Executive Summary By mid-1999‚ Cox Communications‚ majority-owned by the Cox family‚ was about to take its first step into a planned $7Bn acquisition spree‚ which would let it stand as a top-tier communication sector firm in the coming years
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Harvard Business Case: Pillsbury Cookie Challenge 1. What are the challenges that Ivan Guillen faces in his role as the marketing manager of the RBG business? What is the team currently doing to support the RBG cookies segment? Who is the team currently targeting? Mr. Guillen is facing the problem regarding the growth of volume in the segment of the Refrigerated Baked Goods (RBG). His main concern was that as the refrigerated cookie sector is the most profitable and in contrast to market volume
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Harvard Business Case Analysis How would you categorize Kearney’s commitment to the company? How might you change or maintain this commitment? Eugene Kearney is very committed to Old Colony Associates (OCA). Kearney is committed in that he has been with the company for 13 years‚ loves going to work every day and aspires to maintain a higher level management position. However‚ he clearly needs to make improvements to his current level of commitment to OCA. Kearney needs to realize that commitment
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Cox Communications (Oligopoly) Jasmine N. Taylor Bryant &. Stratton College ECON 325: Microeconomics Mr. Donald Waters November 17‚ 2009 ABSTRACT The essence of an oligopolistic market is that there are only a few sellers. The actions of any one seller in the market can have a huge impact on the profits of all the other sellers. Oligopoly firms are self independent in such a way that competitive firms are not. Each firm in an oligopoly should consider how its decision might affect the
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Executive Memo Cox Communications‚ Inc.‚ 1999 Introduction: Mr. Clement‚ congratulations on this opportunity to strengthen Cox’s place in the cable market. The Gannett acquisition will certainly benefit Cox and its shareholders. We at Professional Consulting Group (PCG) realize that you face a difficult decision working this new purchase into your existing plans for the next six months. With the proper funding plan‚ whether it be issuing
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extensive advertisements initially‚ once adequate information is released‚ this requirement will dissipate. The Control measurement to when the company establishes adequate advertisement will occur when the company reaches target sales. Furthermore‚ Cox Communications will closely monitor sales of the new service to determine whether the goal of reaching target sales requires additional stimulation and service publication. The next subject
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production department: 9 Recommendations: 11 Plan of actions: 11 Bibliography 13 Problem Identification: There are quite a good number of problems in the case of CCC‚ among of which one can define‚ are the following: 1- Job security for the ethnic minorities who run the workshop for years‚ while being empowered in the age of Harold Cox‚ they felt threatened by the introduction of the new management system‚ that was reflected by the defensive attitude of Aziz and his lack of cooperation which
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when founded in 1998‚ brought forth a new angle to conduct business. Traditionally marketers scan the market to determine which prices purchasers are willing and able to pay for products or services. The sellers then offer their product for a price which meets their internal criteria. With priceline‚ instead of the seller setting the price‚ the buyer makes an offer of what he or she is willing to pay and sellers compete for the buyers business. This innovation represented a first in that general non
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were drawn to IDEO because the company had a proven system of developing the best products by using their key ingredients for innovative strategy. In this case‚ I will analyze the founder’s main issues‚ development of the Palm V‚ Handspring‚ and my own managerial perspective of the process. Founder’s Main Issues The main issues of the case are in the hands of Dennis Boyle. He is faced with an interesting dilemma. Should Boyle: Sacrifice the steps in IDEO’s development process? Hold
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