MBA Program Course: Financial Analysis and Decision Making MBA730 Instructor: Marlena L. Akhbari Wright State University Finance and Financial Services =>? McGraw-Hill/Irwin McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN: 0−390−42334−3 Text: Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation‚ 4/e Bruner This book was printed on recycled paper. MBA Program http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright ©2003 by The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United
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9.1 How is a project classification scheme (for example‚ replacement‚ expansion into new markets‚ and so forth) used in the capital budgeting process? Project classification schemes can be used to indicate how much of an analysis is required to evaluate a given project‚ and the level of the executive who much approve the project‚ and the cost of capital that should be used to calculate the project’s NPV. By doing so‚ classification schemes can increase the efficiency of the capital budgeting process
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1) We do not agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation because she mistakenly used historical data to estimate the future cost of debt. Joanna calculated the cost of debt by taking the interest expense for 2001 and dividing it by the average debt balance. The cost of debt for Nike is the effective rate that it pays on its current debt‚ meaning the yield to maturity of bonds should be used to make an estimate instead of the average debt balance. Through the use of past data‚ the average balance
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everyone is connected one way with technology through social media‚ education‚ health‚ and various others. Technology has changed the path of this world’s future‚ and is continuously changing with the blink of an eye. In Thomas Friedman’s essay‚ “The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention” he discusses how technology has made the world flat‚ and how technology is a focal supply chain. In Michael Pollan’s article‚ “The Animals: Practicing Complexity” he illustrates the different technological aspects that
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Chp 13 31. Corporations invest in other companies for all of the following reasons except to a. house excess cash until needed. b. generate earnings. c. meet strategic goals. d. increase trading of the other companies’ stock. 32. A typical investment to house excess cash until needed is a. stocks of companies in a related industry. b. debt securities. c. low-risk‚ highly liquid securities. d. stock securities. 33. A company may purchase
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Lei Shi Company Research Paper (The Target Corporation) FINA 3301 November 21‚ 2013 Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) is one of the top ten largest retailers in the U.S. by sales. In its most recent year in 2012‚ Target who has proclaimed itself as “cheap chic” produced over $70 billion in revenue through the sales of apparel‚ house wares‚ electronics and other products (Exhibit 5). At Target‚ corporate governance practices have been in place for more than 50 years‚ and continue to evolve to balance
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Ratios and Financial Planning at East Coast Yachts 1. Current Ratio= Current Assets/Current Liabilities = 17‚582‚000/23‚689‚300 = 0.74 Quick Ratio = (Current Assets – Inventories)/Current Liabilities =(17‚582‚0007‚363‚700)/23‚689‚300 =0.43 Total Asset Turnover = Sales/Total Assets =234‚‚300‚000/130‚338‚900 =1.8 Inventory Turnover = Cost of Goods Sold/Inventory =165‚074‚000/7‚363‚700 =22.41 Receivables Turnover = Sales/Accounts Receivable =234‚300‚000/6‚567‚600 =35.68 Total Deb
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TOKYO DISNEYLAND AND THE DISNEY SEA PARK: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND DIFFERENCES IN THE CAPITAL BUDGETING CONCEPTS AND METHODS BETWEEN AMERICAN AND JAPANESE COMPANIES. 1.What are the industry differences in US Corporate Governance and Japanese Corporate Governance? JAPANIES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE US CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Stakeholders of organiztions: Japanies system believs in the wealth maximization of stake holders‚ including managers‚ labour‚ suppliers‚ crediters etc American syatem always emphasized
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Emerging Markets: High Fashion Fights Recession 1. Using the five forces framework‚ how would you characterize the competition in the luxury goods industry? Threat of Substitutes There is relatively no threat of substitution in the luxury goods industry. This is mainly because of the quality and price of substitutes‚ and the cost of switching to the consumer. The price of counterfeit goods that copy the luxury goods causes there to be a positive monetary cost in switching but there is a loss of
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Dell Computer Case Questions Please provide a detailed answer to each of the following six questions for the Dell Computer case. 1. What has made Dell Succeed to date? 2. What is Dell’s position in the industry to date? 3. An August 12‚ 2002 Business Week article‚ indicated that by 2007 Dell intended to double revenues to $60 billion. How should Dell go about building the nearly $6 billion annual sales growth needed to achieve that target? 4. What are the implications
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