Gulf Oil Corp.--Takeover Summary of Facts o George Keller of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal) is trying to determine how much he wants to bid on Gulf Oil Corporation. Gulf will not consider bids below $70 per share even though their last closing price per share was valued at $43. o Between 1978 and 1982‚ Gulf doubled its exploration and development expenses to increase their oil reserves. In 1983‚ Gulf began reducing exploration expenditures considerably due to declining oil prices
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An Organization’s productivity and efficiency depends to a large extent on what employees think or perceive about their organization. It is a well-known concept that “If you keep your employees happy‚ they will make your customers happy”. So to make them happy or motivated‚ challenging jobs‚ tasks‚ assignments are to be provided along with better or superior environment to excel in. As a result‚ we can have two benefits; on one hand it will enhance the employees’ job experience and on the other hand
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Eskimo Pie 1. What is your estimate of the value of Eskimo Pie Corporation as a stand-alone company? In my opinion‚ Goldman’s estimate of Eskimo Pie’s worth as a stand-alone company was a bit too low. Although they did include somewhat of a premium over Eskimo’s 1990 sales ($47 million in sales versus $57 estimated worth)‚ I still think that it is worth more than that‚ for a couple reasons. First‚ I think that Eskimo Pie’s market share and market presence commands a higher price than what Goldman
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Option one is never a great choice unless it’s the last option available. You should never want to put a growing corporation into further debt by taking out loans. Plus the bank will probably hold more of the share in the company. Also 4 billion dollar is a substantial amount of money having to pay back and could put stress on the organization if any financial situations ever aroused. Taking out this loan will have more people accountable for the company’s wealth. The only thing positive about doing
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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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Introduction A respectable website states that “There are affordable cars‚ and then there are cars that offer thrilling performance. Rarely do the two ever converge‚ but Japanese automaker Mazda has made it a tradition of coming up with vehicles that combine both of these eminently desirable traits” (Mazda Reviews - Mazda Cars). It is not surprising that year 2013 marked yet another milestone in the Mazda Motor Corporation’s success: the company announced and launched a brand new advertising campaign
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Size per se is not what creates a successful roll-up; what matters is the right kind of size. For Service Corporation‚ multiple locations in individual cities have been more important than many branches spread over many cities‚ because the cost savings (such as sharing vehicles) can be realized only if the branches are near one another. Roll-up strategies are hard to disguise‚ so they invite copycats. As others tried to imitate Service Corporation’s strategy‚ prices for some funeral homes were eventually
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Procurement at Betapharm Corp. (A) Notes George Brannigan‚ Vice President Doug Burke‚ Director of eSourcing - Betapharm recently implemented the Emptoris ePass system‚ which facilitates eProcurement activities and‚ specifically‚ reverse auctions Industry Information - Pharmaceutical sales experienced average growth in the low teens between 1996 and 2003‚ single-digit growth was expected over the next few years - Betapharm outperformed the industry - Industry benefited from increased demand
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The First Pillar is education. Knowledge is power‚ and through this knowledge we can build a stronger Marine Corps. Marines need to be educated on the process of their transformation‚ if the Marines understand this process then they will understand what good comes from the steps of transformation. The Second Pillar is NCO development. The NCOs are what mold the future of the Marine Corps. The values and warrior ethos that are distilled in the future leaders are picked up from a young Marine’s
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the Marine Corp. Running cadence is the number of times either your left or right foot hits the ground in one minute (Life123‚ par 1). In the armed services‚ a military cadence or cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching (Military Cadence‚ par 1). This is an important topic to both the Marine Corp and the whole nation. Without the United States Marine Corp our country wouldn’t be what it is today. Without the Marine Corp who would
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