Before the Barclays acquisition in 2005‚ why had South Africa received so little foreign direct investment (FDI)? In the 1800’s‚ most of the foreign investment in South Africa’s economy financed extraction of gold and diamonds. Because these industries were so capital intensive‚ South Africa began the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and by 2006 had become one of the largest and most advanced in the developing world. The JSE had over R3.3 trillion in market capitalization at this time. From the
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and Kiefer. Dellatorre is also very bright‚ and‚ therefore‚ she would like to understand‚ in general terms‚ what will happen to her money. Your boss has developed the following set of questions which you must ask and answer to explain the U.S financial system to dellatorre. A- Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Corporate strategies and individual projects that add value to their firm; and forecast the funding requirement of of
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1) How do the principles outlined in the “principles of redesign” relate to the changes suggested by Andy in the Call Center Design for Lion Financial Services? One of the process design principles is to enable workers to make decisions. Andy is assigning the decision-making authority to the agent‚ by providing the agents with clear-cut rules of thumb to guide them through resolving customer issues and by providing a call blueprint that details how to respond to specific calls. Should
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at maturity | 0.00% | 23.73% | 70.00% | Payoff at maturity | 100‚000.00 | 123‚731.06 | 170‚000.00 | Question 2 HSBC 100+ Series S&P/ASX 200 Linked Investment can be decomposed to the zero coupon bond(face value : $10‚000‚ interest rate 6% per annum annually compounded)‚ bought call option of price AUD705.2 for the capital protection under S&P 200 index of 4‚637.893 and written call option of price AUD40.9 for the return cap level over S&P 200 index of 7‚884.418. The return
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Determine the revenue variance from Arcadia Hospital’s 2005 budget. Is the variance positive or negative? Upon reviewing the Arcadia Hospital Income Statement for the year of 2005‚ I would say that the variance is negative because the actual budget for 2005 $568 million minus the budget of $596 million equals a negative amount of $28 million under budget‚ which means less revenue. In other word‚ revenues were $28 million below budget‚ therefore the variance is negative. Which is desirable
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Case Questions Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services How well has the Sales Division at Cityside done in its diversity efforts? How well are they doing now? Cityside was purchased by a racially diverse group of investors‚ and diversity was the mission from the beginning. It was decided that because of the community that Cityside serves‚ it would be in their best interests to increase diversity at its retail locations across all neighborhoods. In the two decades since it was acquired
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good as a result of the synergetic as well as complimentary industry‚ geographic as well as functional strength. The acquisition of A.T Kearney by EDS was one of EDS grand vision of becoming a “Defining Entity”. III. Analysis An analysis of the case reveals that the merger and acquisition greatly impacts organizational performance and organizational culture. Our analysis covers the effects of mergers and acquisition on an organizational performance‚ success factors in M&A as well as organizational
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Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2005 Tivo’s consumer perception of its patented features and level of service could not be better. Tivo also had the first-mover advantage being the first company to enter the DVR market and still has a highly differentiated product that matches customer perception. There are network effects derived from current users promoting the brand via world-of-mouth‚ these references are vital to gain a significant consumer base in the mass market. The key issues TiVo
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Case 6-4 1. All three methods do affect the net income - Deducted Purchased Goods: Will affect the cost of the good by decreasing it‚ which will affect the net income in the period the product is sold. - Other Income: Net Income would be higher than the other methods. - Not taken discount as expense: Cost of goods sold will be lower as discount will be counted‚ however it will decrease net income while being an expense. Overall‚ the cost of goods sold will be affected‚ therefore gross margin
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1. What kind of reinforces does Salatino use to motivate his sales people? Salatino uses every ones favorite reinforcements‚ money! Money is considered a secondary motivator because its not considered a basic human need. Saltaino uses commissions ranging between 5% and 12% as an incentive motivate his employees to make sales. This secondary motivator is a positive motivator because money is why people have jobs and careers. 2. What kind of reinforcement schedule is used by Great
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