IB 92C0 MiM/MiB CORPORATE FINANCE ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES Case Study: Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (VEP) As was announced during the first class in January (and stated in the module outline) you are required to submit a written assignment. Your assignment will be based on the Harvard Business School case study entitled “Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (A)”. The case study is distributed separately. Specifically‚ you are required to read carefully the case study and hand
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Diageo is a UK success story. With a net sales close to £10Bn*‚ Diageo has 25‚000 employees working globally across 180 countries. It is the acknowledged market leader in the global drinks industry and its 370 brands include category leaders and household-name brands such as Smirnoff (vodka)‚ Guinness (beer) and Johnnie Walker (whisky). Great marketing and branding are central to Diageo’s success. Creativity in advertising and promotions in particular is a critical factor. Diageo excels in
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REAL OPTIONS: STATE OF THE PRACTICE by Alex Triantis‚ University of Maryland‚ and Adam Borison‚ Applied Decision Analysis/ PricewaterhouseCoopers1 n an economic environment characterized by rapid change‚ great uncertainty‚ and the need for flexibility‚ it has become increasingly important for corporate managers to use investment evaluation tools and processes that properly account for both uncertainty and the company’s ability to react to new information. Real options has emerged as an approach
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Reliability analysis in ship’s critical machinery Objectives 1. Implement Markov process to identify availability of the engines of a vessel. 2. Using Monte Carlo simulation technique to model the Markov process using non-continuous transition rates. 3. Using the simulation model‚ calculate different reliability cost and worth‚ using numerous what-if scenarios. Objectives #1: Implement Markov process to identify availability of the engines of a vessel. Markov Process A Markov
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Definition of Value at Risk (VaR) Value at risk is a statistical technique which measures the level of financial risk in a portfolio over a specific time frame. For example‚ if a firm states that it has a 1% one week value at risk of $5 million; this would mean that for any given week‚ the firm would have a 1% chance of losing $5 million. In order words‚ 1 out of every 100 weeks‚ the firm would expect to have a loss of $5 million. This can be viewed as the standard deviation of portfolio value
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Introduction and Background Diageo was formed in 1997 through the merger of two consumer product companies Grand Metropolitan plc and Guinness plc under the strategy of reducing costs through marketing synergies‚ cutting overhead expenses and increasing production and purchasing efficiencies. The new merger wanted to concentrate solely on the beverage alcohol business‚ so it sold its packaged foods (Pillsbury) and fast food (Burger King) businesses. While the mandate for Managing for Value came
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Executive Summary 1.1 Introduction to the Firm ‘Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits‚ wine and beer categories. These brands include: Smirnoff‚ Johnnie Walker‚ Captain Morgan‚ Baileys and José Cuervo.’[1] Here at Diageo we hold an enviable position of market leader for a variety of spirits and ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages. This market
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Analysis of Manpower Supply Wastage Analysis Manpower wastage is an element of labor turnover. It is not labor turnover by itself. It includes- voluntary retirement‚ normal retirement‚ resignations‚ deaths and dismissals. Wastage Analysis Curve identifies three different phases During induction phase‚ marginal employees leave. During differential transit period‚ an employee learns about the organization and identifies his role in it. During the period of settled connection‚ an employee settles
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| 4/21/2009 | | | | For my final paper‚ I chose to watch the documentary Ballets Russes. This documentary recalls the history of the legendary dance troupe Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The documentary includes in depth interviews with many of the original members of Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo dance troupe. Through analysis of these in depth interviews‚ I was able to observe many aspects of the ballet culture. Such aspects include things such as social roles‚ language‚ authority
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Diageo’s Marketing Strategy Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company. It has more category leading brands than any other drinks company and market leadership in many of the major growth markets around the world. Diageo’s unique STP strategy has allowed it develop into a globally renowned brand with an operating profit of over £2 billion in 2005. With its headquarters in London‚ Diageo has experienced rapid expansion with over 80 offices worldwide employing around 20‚000 workers. The
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