4194 APRIL 19‚ 2010 TIMOTHY A. LUEHRMAN JAMES QUINN Groupe Ariel S.A.: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation On June 23‚ 2008‚ a Monday morning‚ Arnaud Martin arrived at his office in Groupe Ariel’s corporate headquarters in Mulhouse‚ France. The previous week‚ Martin had requested additional financial information about an investment proposal from Ariel-Mexico‚ a wholly owned subsidiary that operated a manufacturing facility and a regional sales office in Monterrey‚ Mexico. The information
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Groupe Ariel SA Case Introduction Groupe Ariel SA of France is considering a project in Mexico. They need to analyze the net present value of the project‚ keeping in mind the exchange rates between Mexican Pesos and Euros in order to maximize their return. They also need to keep in mind the inflation rates over time and the risks involved with this type of investment. Analysis Number 1. Groupe Ariel is recycling old equipment in Mexico. They will need to use pesos to calculate their cash
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Program) Yan Guo (International Exchange Program) Zejian Yang (International Exchange Program) Groupe Ariel S.A. Abstract Groupe Ariel is a company that manufactures and sells printers‚ copiers and other document production equipment. The case focuses on an investment project in the company’s Mexican subsidiary that would expand operations into a new market‚ something it been slow to do in the past. Groupe Ariel believes its products have better durability for a lower after-sales service costs and markets
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Groupe Ariel Sa Case Analysis Groupe Ariel S.A: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation Abstract This case discusses Cross-Border valuation of projects. This kind of analysis is common for companies that are operating in many countries. Groupe Ariel is one such company that is considering investing in a project in its own subsidiary in Mexico. The company manufactures and sells printers‚ copiers and other document production equipment in many countries. As far as‚ expansion into new markets
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Ariel is a student athlete who plays on the Blake High Schools varsity team. During their first home game she goes in for a hard tackle where her body goes one way and her right knee goes the opposite direction. She falls immediately and is unable to get up. While taking her off the field she mentions to the Athletic trainer how she cannot put any pressure on her right leg‚ she is unable to walk normally. According to Ariel‚ before she fell she heard two loud pops and felt her knee slide towards
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Group Ariel Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation Group Ariel‚ a global manufacturer of printing and imaging equipment‚ has to evaluate a proposal from its Mexican subsidiary to purchase and install a new cost-saving machinery at a manufacturing facility in Monterrey. This new equipment will allow automating recycling and remanufacturing of toner and printer cartridges‚ and would have a useful life of 10 years. To analyze the investment proposal‚ Group Ariel needs to conduct a
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Case 3 Guilty as Charged [pic] 1. Perform a SWOT Analysis for Gilt Groupe. 2. Looking at your SWOT‚ what is the single greatest threat facing GG? How would you react to this challenge? What strategy would you follow or propose? 3. Looking at your SWOT‚ what is the single greatest opportunity facing GG? How would you go about taking advantage of this opportunity? What strategy would you follow or propose? 4. Five years from now‚ where do you see GG? A success? A failure
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Case analysis: Statement of problem: 1. First of all Martin have to find out if the company should improve the equipment. 2. If they decide to improve‚ then‚ which currency should they make the purchase in? 3. How can they calculate what their expected rate of return at the most certainty? Analysis: The general question is if the company should make the improvement or not‚ and if they do (assuming the project is beneficial) which currency will give the highest profit? Since it is calculated
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1. What lessons did Maurice Levy learned from the failed FCB alliance? According to Maurice Levy‚ the most important thing he learnt from the failure of the alliance with FCB is the necessity to build an alliance not only based on a good relationship between the managers but also on a strong legal structure. In fact‚ the relationship Maurice created with FCB’s managers was mostly informal. Maurice and FCB’s CEO met only five times and the alliance was more a collaborative arrangement than a real
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On October 28‚ 2016 at approximately 2308 hours FHEO Officer Ariel Weiland (419) was posted at the ED Security Office when she observed‚ a young Hispanic male and his mother walked through ED lobby. The mother of the young Hispanic male who was later identified as Michael Maya (DOB/FIN: 09/02/1999- 86377247) sat him on the couch and went to register him at the ED registration desk. Patient‚ Maya was calm as he waited for his mother to come back. Once the mother returned to him‚ he began to behave
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