HARVARD EXTENSION SCHOOL Mergers and Acquisitions MGMT E-2720 Spring 2014 Midterm Case – Sterling Household Products Company Contents a.How much business risk is associated with Sterling’s proposed acquisition of the germicidal‚ sanitation‚ and antiseptic products unit of Montagne Medical? 3 What is the cost of equity capital appropriate for evaluating the free cash flow associated with this investment? 4 What is the correct capital structure and weighted average cost of capital for
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Nations‚ Daniel‚ ed. The Amazon Kindle Fire vs the Apple iPad. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 5 May 2013. <http://ipad.about.com/od/Tablet_Computers_eReaders/a/The-Amazon-Kindle-Fire-Vs-The-Apple-Ipad.htm Sind‚ M.‚ & Yoffie‚ D.B. (February‚ 2008) Apple‚ Inc. (Case Study) Retrieved from Harvard Business Online website
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Netflix Case Analysis 1. INTRODUCTION Netflix has been successful introducing a new business model for the DVD rent industry. The new model is base completely online‚ changing the way that price of the service has been settled before. The new business model is bases new pricing system in which customer neither pay late return fees‚ nor shipping fees. This business model have been so successful that other big player such as Blockbuster‚ and Wal-Mart start to copy the business model‚ which is a real
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CASE ANALYSIS Dove: Evolution of a brand INTRODUCTION Unilever’s Dove is one of the leading companies in the health and beauty industry. Dove has launched an advertising campaign named “The Campaign for Real Beauty” to general the attention of the public in order to change the traditional definition of beauty and improve their brand awareness. Dove took the advantages of new social media by uploading the advertisements on YouTube and allowed people to give comments on the “Real Beauty” story
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a role model for many girls and women. Oprah has made a positive impact on the lives of many people by building homes for victims of Katrina‚ building a school in Africa‚ and raised money for victims of abuse. Oprah Winfrey has influenced the entertainment industry‚ while still contributing much to humanity. Oprah has given over $303 million to charities. She built the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls so girls in Africa so girls who live there can receive an education. The school cost
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Netflix was the first company to create an online DVD movie rental service. The service has created a new movie market niche which has secured them a competitive first-mover advantage in this new high-tech venture. The popularity of the service has sparked the interest of market competitor Blockbuster who may become a growing threat to Netflix should they enter the online movie rental market (Perreault‚ 2004). Netflix was founded by Reed Hastings‚ Netflix was incorporated on August 29‚ 1997
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HBS Case Study 2: Costco Wholesale Corporation Financial Statement Analysis (A) It is important for stockholders to continuously re-evaluate their investments. Although some investors do this more frequently and thoroughly than others‚ the majority of shareholders do so at least once each year. Therefore‚ Torres’ desire to update her analysis in order to determine whether Costco was still operating efficiently makes perfect sense. After thorough examination‚ my analysis proves that Costco
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This paper is a full case analysis about DirecTV. 1 Executive Summary This report will provide a case of News Corporation (News Corp.) and specifically DirecTV. This report examines three strategic issues facing News Corp and DirecTV: who will replace Rupert Murdoch as News Corp. CEO; how can DirecTV gain market share; and how can DirecTV improve profitability in a market that has not yet reached maturity‚ but is clearly saturated. A SWOT analysis and industry information will also
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