Case Questions for MGM 828‚ Fall 2012 Case 1: The Euro in Crisis a) Evaluate the European Central Bank’s (ECB) response to the financial crisis of 2008-2010. What was their analysis of the problem? b) The ECB responded less aggressively than the US Federal Reserve to the crisis. Why? c) In May 2010‚ should the ECB agree to purchase Greek sovereign debt? Case 2: Foreign Ownership of US Treasury Securities a) Why is foreign ownership of US Treasury securities rising? It is more interesting
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HANYANG UNIVERSITY DIVISION: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION INSTRUCTOR: PROF. SEONG-JIN CHOI HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CASE: Google Inc. (Abridged) 2nd case report Fall Semester 2013 Seoul‚ 10th September 2013 submitted by: Karl Rempel Asternweg 5 67551 Worms +49 160 990 100 78 karl.rempel@fh-worms.de student-id: 9100420130 Summary The Harvard Business Case “Google Inc. (Abridged)” from December 14 th 2010‚ written by Benjamin Edelman and Thomas R. Eisenmann‚ describes Google’s
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Prada Case Analysis “FINANCE” Course “PRADA: TO IPO OR NOT TO IPO: THAT IS THE QUESTION‚ AGAIN” case analysis Brief summary of the case with the emphasis on managerial problems that Prada faces. Prada currently requires a significant amount of capital both to re-finance debt that is maturing in the next six to twelve months and to finance its intended growth into the Asian (especially Chinese) markets. Since financial markets are aware of Prada’s pressing need to raise capital‚ it is important
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Comparables 2. DCF model III. Analysis of Alternatives In order to compare Goldman Sachs to companies in its industry the information in Exhibit 2 of the case has to be used. A way to compare the information given to Goldman Sachs is to find the average of the comparable companies’ information to use it to find an approximate IPO for Goldman Sachs. The average of the price to book value ratios and the average of the price per earnings ratio would be are calculations that can be found in order
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Case study : Amazon 1. What is the business model for Amazon.com? How does their business model differ from that of Barnes and Noble or Borders? How would you value Amazon.com? Amazon is a relatively small player in the bookstore industry‚ and its main competitors are Barnes & Noble and Borders. Despite the difference in scale‚ the company shows great promise‚ because its business model overcomes many of the competitors’ drawbacks. Amazon operates using a web-based platform to sell
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3.0 Case Development (practice) 3.1 Company Overview Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad is a leading integrated consumer media entertainment group in Malaysia and Southeast Asia with operations in 4 key areas of business‚ namely Pay-TV‚ Radio‚ Publications and Digital Media. Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd is a company incorporated in Malaysia with its principal place of business at the Administration Building of the All Asia Broadcast Centre‚ located in Technology Park Malaysia. Since its establishment‚
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Corporate Finance: Case Netscape 1. Why has Netscape been so successful to date? What is its strategy? How risky is its current competitive situation? Netscape follows a “give away today make money tomorrow”-strategy. Netscape currently has 75% of web browser market‚ making it by far the most popular browsing software. Netscape is making money by selling server software to companies that require marketing access to potential consumers‚ by selling its software packages and through providing
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Kohler (A) case questions (each question carries up to 20 points) 1) Who are the winners and losers from Kohler’s 1978 stock split? Kohler Co. has always been a private company. CEO and Chairman Herbert Kohler stated that this private status contributed greatly to the success of Kohler Co. He mentioned several arguments to back up this statement. First of all‚ a privately owned company is not required to publish financial and non-financial information about its operations to the public. Herbert
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This case is about Netscape Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 1995. Netscape had a successful starting in the market mainly because of their strategy of “Give away today and make money tomorrow”‚ which let them capture 75% of the web browser market‚ making it the most popular browsing software. The successful strategy consists in gaining its large market share by initially giving away its product for free. Netscape had to create a new industry standard to succeed in the long term‚ besides make revenues
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Facts: The Negro plaintiffs in these cases were denied admission schools attended by the white children under the laws requiring or permitting segregation according to race. All the court adhered to the “separate but equal” doctrine and held that the plaintiffs were not admitted to the white schools (except for the plaintiff in the Delaware case). In the instant cases‚ the plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not “equal” and they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.
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