Colgate Max Fresh: Global Brand Roll-Out Nigel Burton‚ the president of global oral care at Colgate-Palmolive Company (CP)‚ is reviewing market launch plans for a new toothpaste‚ Colgate Max Fresh (CMF) by CP’s Chinese and Mexican subsidiaries. Both launch plans involved departures from the CMF marketing program for the USA launch six months earlier. Burton must decide whether the costs of marketing program adaptation in China and Mexico can be justified. “Was CMF launched in the U.S. with
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FNCE 201 Corporate Finance Prof. Fu Fangjian Due: the class in 4th week (10-14 Sep) UST Inc. is considering a debt-for-equity recapitalization. In the deal‚ UST will issue $1 billion debt to buy back stocks. In class we argue that an important determinant of a firm’s debt policy is the tradeoff between the tax benefits of debt and the costs of financial distress and bankruptcy. Mature firms generating positive and stable operating income are more likely to take advantage of the debt tax shields
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For the exclusive use of M. HUSSAIN Harvard Business School 9-582-103 Rev. September 24‚ 1985 Sealed Air Corporation The president and chief executive officer of Sealed Air Corporation‚ T. J. Dermot Dunphy‚ explained the firm’s 25% average annual growth in net sales and net earnings from 1971 to 1980: The company’s history has been characterized by technical accomplishment and market leadership. During the last 10 years we built on our development of the first closed-cell‚ lightweight cushioning
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* Explain how Dell’s working capital policy is a competitive advantage for the company? Dell uses a just in time order fulfillment policy and accurate forecasting of sales to minimize inventories. This allowed Dell to hold inventory of finished products far below levels of their competitors (10-20% compared to 50-70% industry level) and furthermore allowed them to quickly implement changes to their product lines as new technologies became available. This quick inventory turnover also allowed Dell
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Colgate Max Fresh’s (CMF) introduction to the US market drove Colgate-Palmolive’s (CP) US market’s value share up to 34.8% ahead from Procter & Gamble (P&G) at 2nd place with 31.6% value share. Nigel Burton‚ CP’s president for global oral care division is tasked to run the marketing of CMF in China and Mexico and is wondering if the product will generate enough sales to cover the costs of adapting CMF to the respective local markets. Burton also needs to check if there is a fit in terms of product
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Case Summary One: United Parcel Service Financial Statement Analysis Alexis Lusitana-Ruiz Point Loma Nazarene University Abstract “In July of 1999‚ United Parcel Service (UPS) surprised both Wall Street and Main Street with the announcement that‚ after more than 90 years as a private‚ employee-owned operation‚ it was planning an initial public offering that would transform “Big Brown” into a publicly traded company (Healy 2005)”. This paper reviews UPS against FedEx on financial statements‚ business
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Proctor and Gamble Europe faced several issues around the launch of their innovative product‚ an HDL named Vizir. P&G struggled with the concept of Global Standardization in which they termed “Eurobrand”‚ in comparison to the challenges they faced by segmenting marketing and product launches by companies. The standardization of P&G controls and products produces several benefits such as international uniformity‚ reduction in customer confusion‚ improved efficiencies in marketing‚ planning
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UGBA 103 Fixed Income Valuation 1A) YTM is 4.75% at time of issuance. YTM is 4.88% at 99 per 100. YTM is 4.62% at 101 per 100. 1B) NTT should have been selling at $915.861M PVpredrop = (47.5/.0475)*(1-(1/((1.0475)^2))) = 88.636M PVpostdrop = ((30/.03)*(1-(1/((1.03)^2))))/(1.03^2) = 198.502M PVfacevalue = 1B/(1.0475)^10 = 628.723M PVpredrop + PVpostdrop + PVfacevalue = 915.861M 2A) Bond A should sell at $1040.55 each. Bond B should sell at $1000 each. Bond C should sell
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Executive Summary An analysis of the gradual growth and expansion obstacles of Fluss Washer and Dryer‚ after Fluss AG (Swiss parent company) earned profits of $15 billion in the fiscal year 2010. Following the meeting of the Global Executive Committee on 1st February 2011‚ the report summarises the issues‚ analyses causes and effects and provides recommendations on resolving the problems to focus on business development in the fiscal year 2011. The report concentrates on three issues affecting
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Marriott Corporation: Questions for HBS case “Marriott Corporation: The cost of capital” 1) Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? In my opinion‚ the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy are consistent with its growth objective. As we find in the case‚ the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy: Manage rather than own hotel assets‚ Invest in projects that increase shareholder value‚ Optimize the use of debt
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