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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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 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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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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"Prices‚ Interest Rates‚ and Exchange Rates in Equilibrium" (International Parity Conditions) Table of Content Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction .4 2. Literature Review 6 3. Findings and Analysis: 10 a. PPP .. 10 b. FE .. ..12 c. IFE .. .14 4. Conclusion & Recommendations . .. 16 Bibliography .17 Appendix A. Historical
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Questions: 1. Are the financial statements in Exhibit 3.7 consistent with V. Dourtan assumptions in Exhibit 3.1? 2. What’s is the most relevant valuation model‚ APV or Present Value? 3. How are multi-currency cash flows‚ currency risk and political risk being taken into account in our valuation model? 4. What is the relevant cost of capital for Jersey? For R.T. Nakit? Can they be different? Why? 5. What is the Dinar (Pound) value of the joint venture R.T. Nakit (jersey)? What are the project’s value
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Selection and Valuation of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisition – Literature Review (c) copyright 2009 ABSTRACT The longstanding debate over the efficacy of M&A as a mode of business growth continues to separate practitioners and academics. While M&A global volume looks likely to return to US$2 trillion levels following a rebound from year 2000 lows‚ the largely economics-oriented research literature overwhelmingly concludes that M&A at best achieves zero real gains for the
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presents competing theoretical viewpoints about the factors that may potentially be influential in determining the outcome of cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions and therefore this study aims to summarize empirical findings to reach a conjoint result. This done through consideration of factors at structural level and organizational level‚ ensuring the success of cross-border M&As. The most important factor considered is the organizational culture and national level differences at the structural
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Cross Border Capital Flows Introduction The global crisis‚ in its evolving phases since 2007‚ has vividly demonstrated the extent to which cross border capital flows tie economies together. From the spread of the crisis from the United States to the global economy in 2008‚ to the jitters caused across the world‘s financial markets by recent tensions in the Euro Area‚ with surges of inflows into fast growing emerging markets‚ and more recently into ―safe haven‖ currencies‚ it is clear that the
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Process of Lenovo and IBM Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Cross-border mergers and acquisitions are very complex investment activities. The process of mergers and acquisitions involve all aspects of professional knowledge‚ only depend on both sides of enterprise is difficult to complete. In the process of Lenovo mergers IBM PC business‚ the functions of intermediary organizations are very important. Such as in 2003‚ Lenovo hired Mckinsey as their strategic consultant to comprehensive understanding
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