Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room I. Review of the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a documentary that was produced in 2005 as a reflection of the 2003‚ bestselling book with the same name. The documentary was written by Bethany Mclean and Peter Elkind. The film‚ produced by Alex Gibney is an explicit demonstration of how reputable corporations can tumble down because of illicit financial management. The film is about the Enron Company‚ which experienced enormous financial
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a. Discuss the need for and uses of credit VaR models. b. Explain the main differences between DM and MTM models. c. What are the features of the main credit VaR models used in practice and how do they differ to each other? a) Value at Risk – I don’t think you have addressed the question by discussing about the need and uses of the model. Why people should choose VaR model (ROLES‚ USAGE‚ ADVANTAGE) and not how should they calculate. The discussion below is more towards the introduction
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Sensitivity Risk Analysis Sensitivity risk is forecast to be LOW over the outlook period‚ down from MEDIUM-LOW in 2013. The two factors with the most significant impacts on the industry are per capita disposable income and external competition. When there is a rise in per capita disposable income‚ risk will fall; whereas a rise in external competition will cause industry risk to increase. Per capita disposable income: Movie attendance relies on changes in household disposable income
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Chapter- One Introduction 1.1 Rationale for the study: The prediction of credit ratings is of interest to many market participants. Portfolio risk managers often need to predict credit ratings for unrated issuers. Issuers may seek a preliminary estimate of what their rating might be prior to entering the capital markets. For that matter‚ the rating agencies themselves may seek objective benchmarks as an initial input in the rating process. Understanding the increasingly important role of
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relates to analysis of credit appraisal system with reference to Axis Bank. Axis banks one of private sector banks in India‚ which provides loans and advances when it is required by individuals or companies and accepts the deposits from the public. while providing loans advances to the public it faces number of problems like : * Of interest loans * Default interest security inadequate OBJECTIVES: * To study the credit appraisal methods. * To study existing credit appraisal system .
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Assignment 2: Cabo San Viejo by Stefan S****t and others Course: Customer Relationship Management Faculty: Erasmus School of Economics Content 1. Cabo San Viejo’s customer base 3 1.1 General information 3 1.2 The ageing of the customer database 3 1.3 Customers are becoming more heterogeneous 3 1.4 Lack of cross-selling 3 1.5 Complaints and the lack of a loyalty program 4 1.6 Conclusion 4 2. Rewards program 4 2.1 Stimulating retention 4
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Case Analysis Saku Problem Synopsis of the Situation Saku offers products in six different product categories. Some of their products are doing well while sales of some products are declining. Certain segments are experiencing market growth while some others are close to stagnation. The company wants to determine a product portfolio for the next few years that will take advantage of opportunities for expansion without negatively impacting the current sales of its products. Key Issues
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Advanced Financial Management – Professor Dahiya 09/12/10 Case 1 We feel that General Foods Corporation ought to go ahead with the Super Project. While we feel the incremental costs approach lacks a certain degree of sufficiency in taking into account all overhead‚ we believe the $453‚000 cost of using the existing Jell-O facilities would have already been accounted for on the Jell-O balance sheet and thus is a non-factor in determining the profitability of the Super Project. Simply adding the
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Q1. How attractive is the video game console industry in 2008? The video game industry can be seen as part of the broader entertainment industry‚ which is a sector that involves most part of the population all over the world‚ especially in the developed countries. The more countries will develop‚ the broader the entertainment industry’s consumer base will become‚ with the consequence of greatly widening video game industry’s potential customers. More specifically‚ video game console industry has
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