Case Write-Up: Arundel Partners 15.415 Finance Theory Section B‚ Oysters Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project With the purchase of sequel rights‚ what Arundel is achieving is to have a call option on the revenue that each movie brings. This helps to remove the uncertainty and risks associated with producing a movie‚ especially with regard to moviegoers’ taste. With the sequel right‚ Arundel will only exercise this option to produce a sequel if the first movie proved to be popular and the
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Why Did the USA Become Increasingly Involved in Vietnam? The Vietnam War- one of the bloodiest‚ grimmest‚ and most trying times of the Cold War. A war that many believed was fought in vain and without purpose and that “…produced no famous victories‚ no national heroes and no patriotic songs…” A war that threw the USA into public disdain for intervening where intervention was not needed; for causing bloodshed when none was called for- and all in the name of a failed policy of Containment and the
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My Goals and Concerns My goals for this class is that I want to understand more about how people feel about ethics and if they want to change them. If they want to change them‚ then why do they want to change them‚ and what would they change them to. My only fears are that maybe the instructor does not put enough information out about the assignments on what should be done. That even after I contact the instructor and ask questions that I believe will help clarify the assignment‚ I still will not
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Environmental Factors That Affect Health Health is affected by a combination of factors. The condition and environment is an important consideration when determining health. Other than the more commonly considered factors such as healthcare access‚ factors that have large impacts on the health of a population include the living conditions‚ genetics‚ level of education and the state of the environment. Thus‚ the World Health Organization has defined the determinants of health‚ which are the social and economic
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Logistical Concerns: Community/ provider attitudes Understanding Substance Abuse: “Substance abuse refers to a set of related conditions that are associated with consumption of mind-behavior-altering drugs‚ which have negative behavioral and health concerns” HHS (2010). Social and community attitudes towards consumption of illicit drugs make substance abuse a complex issue with public health. In addition‚ substance abuse has been a flash-point within the criminal justice system with a major focal
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Submitted by‚ Anil Anjum Nisar Ahmed Murtaza Naqvi Omer Akif Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project If the first movie was a success they would exercise their right and make the sequel or sell it to the highest bidder. Otherwise they would just write it off their investment schedule. The chances of making a profitable business would largely depend on a good estimate of the rights present value at the contract date. To less would not tempt the studios (inquiries indicated not less than USD 2 million
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“Human beings are responsible for their moral actions. Discuss.” Libertarianism‚ otherwise known as incompatabilism (the idea that you cannot be free and determined)‚ holds the belief that we are completely free to make moral decisions and that nothing is determined in any way. Therefore‚ human beings are totally responsible for their moral actions. Some philosophers rejected the idea of determinism because it ruled out any individual‚ moral responsibility but the question still lies as to whether
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Air pollution is by far the most harmful form of pollution in our environment. Air pollution is cause by the injurious smoke emitted by cars‚ buses‚ trucks‚ trains‚ and factories‚ namely sulphur dioxide‚ carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. Even smoke from burning leaves and cigarettes are harmful to the environment causing a lot of damage to man and the atmosphere. Evidence of increasing air pollution is seen in lung cancer‚ asthma‚ allergies‚ and various breathing problems along with severe and
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1. INTRODUCTION In 1992‚ Arundel Partners was looking into the idea of purchasing the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major movie studios. Movie rights were to be purchased prior to films being made. Arundel wanted to determine if this innovative business strategy is viable by estimating the value of the sequel rights. 2. OBJECTIVE Our report aims to investigate the viability of the implementation of Arundel’s strategy in purchasing sequel rights to produce
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University Instructor: Prof. Gayle Dickerson Student: Nguyen Hoang HI135: HIT II- Legal Aspects of Health Information Date: January 13‚ 2015 According to McWay (2010)‚ protected health information pertains to any information concerning the health status and the provision of health care for a specific person‚ and health care providers are “charged under the law with the obligation to maintain patient-specific health information in a confidential manner”. In addition‚ third parties are also allow to
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