iv Abstract v Table of Contents vi List of Tables vii List of Figures viii CHAPTER 1 CURRENT SYSTEM A. Company Background 1. History of the Company 2. Company Products / Service and Clients 3. Organizational Charts / Divisions and Departments 4. Locale of the Study (with Map) B. Overview of the Current System C. Context Diagram of the Current System D. Data Flow Diagram of the Current System E. User Overview of the Current System F. Analysis of the Current System G. Operational
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Situation Aurora Borealis LLC is a hedge fund that has around $ 3 billion under management and they are currently targeting William Wrigley Jr. Company to make their next investment. William Wrigley Jr. Company is the biggest chewing gum manufacturer in the world and it has no debt yet. Aurora Borealis is trying to convince Wrigley to do a leveraged recapitalization through a dividend or share repurchase. So Wrigley has to make
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Case 11-2 Amerbran Company (A) Amerbran Company was a diversified company that sold various consumer products‚ including food‚ tobacco‚ distilled products‚ and personal care products and financial services. Financial statements for the company are shown in Exhibit 1. EXHIBIT 1 AMERBRAN COMPANY Balance Sheets As of December 31 (In thousands) 20x1 20x0 Assets $ 28‚912 $ 23‚952 Accounts receivable 756‚152 687‚325 Inventories
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1. A company needs to elect 10 directors. A shareholder owns 80 shares. What is the maximum number of votes that he or she can cast for a favorite candidate under (10 points) a. Straight voting? 80 b. Cumulative voting? 80*10 = 800 2. “If the efficient-market hypothesis is true‚ the pension fund manager might as well select a portfolio by throwing darts at the Wall Street Journal.” Explain why this is not so. (10 points) This strategy does not consider risk. 3. The NuPress Valet Company
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Mystery Companies MPAc 231A (Fall 2014)‚ due October 13‚ 2014 EFFECT OF INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT RELATIONSHIPS Effective financial statement analysis requires an understanding of a firm’s economic characteristics. The relations between various financial statement items provide evidence of many of these economic characteristics. The worksheet (also posted on EEE) presents common-size condensed balance sheets and income statements for 12 firms in different industries. These common-size
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Case Study: Walker and Company: Profit Plan Decisions Ramsey Walker faced important decisions in May 1997 as he walked to his meeting with George and Ted. From what he had learned at business school‚ he realized that the company should publish fewer titles in fewer segments. Fewer new titles would allow the company to lower its overhead expenses and improve margins. It would also allow the company to publish faster selling books‚ manage inventory
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BA280.1: Corporate Finance Case #3: Padgett Paper Products Company Almera / Demasu-ay / Libo-on / Olaño / Reboton / Relucio / San Luis ============================================================ Overview Our company‚ Padgett Paper Product (PPP) is a closely held publicly listed paper manufacturing company whose ownership remained with the descendants of the founder and whose majority of family members was inactive in company’s management. Major connection of these family members came
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manufactured. The cost of goods manufactured is the cost I expect to be in the finished goods inventory. c. Cost flow assumptions are necessary because of inflation and the changing costs companies’ experience. If costs were stable it wouldn’t matter how costs were flowed. Inventory cost flow assumptions are necessary to determine the cost of goods sold and ending inventory. Companies make certain assumptions about which goods are sold and which remain in inventory creating different accounting
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The procedure for producing a data flow diagram • Identify and list external entities providing inputs/receiving outputs from system; • Identify and list inputs from/outputs to external entities; • Draw a context DFD Defines the scope and boundary for the system and project 1. Think of the system as a container (black box) 2. Ignore the inner workings of the container 3. Ask end-users for the events the system must respond to 4. For each event
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CASE 46 THE TIMKEN COMPANY Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives The acquisition of Torrington from Ingersoll-Rand (IR) required a strategy that would meet both the investment and the financing objectives of the Timken Company. In that regard‚ the case provides an excellent example of the principle that investment and financing decisions can be considered independently. In effect‚ Timken captured the positive NPV of Torrington even though Timken was required to increase its leverage beyond
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