profitability. The company that I am going to discuss in this case study is the IT firm ‘Microsoft’. Microsoft was originally founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. It is a public multinational corporation which is headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington in the USA. Its aims are to develop‚ manufacture‚ license and support a wide range of products and services that are related to computing through its various product divisions. Microsoft is an example of a well-known monopolistic power. A monopoly
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Solutions to Chapter 10 Introduction to Risk‚ Return‚ and the Opportunity Cost of Capital capital gain + dividend ($44 − $40) + $2 = = 0.15 = 15.0% initial share price $40 1. Rate of return = Dividend yield = dividend/initial share price = $2/$40 = 0.05 = 5% Capital gains yield = capital gain/initial share price = $4/$40 = 0.10 = 10% 2. Dividend yield = $2/$40 = 0.05 = 5% The dividend yield is unaffected; it is based on the initial price‚ not the final price. Capital gain = $36 – $40
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Microsoft Corporation Case Analysis 03/27/04 Microsoft is the leading and the largest Software Company in the world. Found by William Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 Microsoft has grown and become a multibillion company in only ten years. It all started with a great vision – “a computer on every desk and every home” - that seemed almost impossible at the time. Now Microsoft has over 44‚000 employees in 60 countries‚ net income of $3.45 billion and revenue of 11.36 billion. Company dramatic growth
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The Microsoft Case Jill Weida DeVry University ECON312ON: Principles of Economics Summer B 2011 The Microsoft Case Investigation into Microsoft began in 1991 by the Federal Trade Commission under suspicion that the company broke anti-trust laws and engaged in coercive activities prohibiting competitors from entering or participating equally in the market. “The plaintiffs alleged that Microsoft abused monopoly power and monopoly market structure on Intel-based personal computers
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SAD – Chapter 2 Part I Group Assignment Answer the following questions and then submit through Blackboard Vista: 1. Discuss when you would acquire software from different sources instead of developing in-house. You would acquire software from different sources when it is more cost effective and faster. For example‚ if software has already been created by a company‚ it may be cheaper to use this “shelf-software” than to develop one in house with a company’s own programmers and IT. 2. Describe
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CHAPTER 8 STOCKS AND THEIR VALUATION (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Conceptual Easy: Required return Answer: e Diff: E [i]. An increase in a firm’s expected growth rate would normally cause the firm’s required rate of return to a. Increase. b. Decrease. c. Fluctuate. d. Remain constant. e. Possibly increase‚ possibly decrease‚ or possibly remain unchanged. Required return Answer: d Diff: E [ii]
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Assignment 1 NPV: = -PF + FV /(1+r) PV = FV/(1+r) or PV = C1/1-r + C2/(1-r)2 + .. + CT/(1-r)T Rate of return: R=(Vf-Vi)/Vf Rate r compounded m times a year: FV = C(1+r/m)mt 10% semiannually = 10.25% annually‚ Hence 10.25 is said to be the Effective Annual Yield (EAY) 1+EAY = (1+r/m)mt Assignment 2 Perpetuity The value of D received each year‚ forever: PV = D/r Annuity The value of D received each year for T years: PV = (D/r)*[1 – 1/(1+r)T] Growing Perpetuity PV = D/(R-g) R: the
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Chapter 5 Notes Three general reasons for holding onto cash: 1. managing transaction needs 2. preparing for cash emergencies 3. making a temporary investment -very conservative advice suggest you should have enough liquid assets to cover 5 to 8 months of regular expenses -others suggest 2 months is more than enough Four rules to help better cash management outcomes: 1. keep track of your cash by balancing your checkbook every month 2. develop a system to ensure that
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CHAPTER 2 How to Calculate Present Values Answers to Problem Sets 1. If the discount factor is .507‚ then .507*1.126 = $1 2. 125/139 = .899 3. PV = 374/(1.09)9 = 172.20 4. PV = 432/1.15 + 137/(1.152) + 797/(1.153) = 376 + 104 + 524 = $1‚003 5. FV = 100*1.158 = $305.90 6. NPV = -1‚548 + 138/.09 = -14.67 (cost today plus the present value of the perpetuity) 7. PV = 4/(.14-.04) = $40 8. a. PV = 1/.10 = $10 b. Since the perpetuity
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person generally directly responsible for overseeing the tax management‚ cost accounting‚ financial accounting‚ and information system functions is the: A. B. C. D. E. treasurer. director. controller. chairman of the board. chief executive officer. 2. The person generally directly responsible for overseeing the cash and credit functions‚ financial planning‚ and capital expenditures is the: A. B. C. D. E. treasurer. director. controller. chairman of the board. chief operations officer. 3. The process
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