CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction to Catchment analysis Catchment analysis is originally a study to identify an ideal location for establishment of a new retail outlet but it can be helpful to identify potential customer base in any geographical area for existing retail outlets. This study includes study about various geo-demographic factors like occupation‚ mother tongue‚ education standard etc. and help in understanding customer preferences‚ accessibility in buying‚ purchase intentions
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profitable and competitive advantage. The third financial strategy of optimizing the use of debt in the capital structure helps the company to maximize the revenues from its debt’s management. Marriott invests a large sum of money in long-term asset. It is essential to maximize and optimize its long-term debt to meet the need of investment. Generally‚ Marriott optimize the use of debt in its capital structure helps the company maximize revenues from its debt’s management. The fourth financial strategy
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Midland Energy Resources‚ Cost of Capital The case is about how Janet Mortensen‚ senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources‚ prepare her annual cost of capital estimates for midland and each of its three divisions for her company. Midland was a global energy company with operations in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P)‚ refining and marketing(R&M)‚ and petrochemicals. Estimates of cost of capital prepared by Mortensen were used in many analyses within
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What are some of the costs of not understanding diversity? What could the organization have gained by approaching the plant with greater cultural understanding? Some of the costs of not understanding diversity are as follows: · Poor of communication between expatriates and the local workforce. This can cause misunderstandings‚ effecting job
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Using the publicly available data‚ we estimated the weighted average cost of capital of the AMD and Duke Energy. For the AMD‚ the WACC is 10.83%. For Duck Energy‚ the WACC is 2.76% When we calculate those number‚ we need to know the equity and debt of the company which can easily find on yahoo finance. The cost of debt and the corporate tax rate that we calculated are also based on the data from yahoo finance. We made Beta for the companies with 10 year ranges and use it to calculate return of
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SOUTHEASTERN HOMECARE Cost of Capital Background Southeastern Homecare was initially a taxable partnership owned organization run by three partners‚ but later due to lack of capital and the rapid growth of the organization‚ the company was incorporated and the stocks were sold to the public. The company has two operating divisions: the Healthcare Services Division and the Information Systems Division. Both these divisions provide different services and operate individually. The Information Systems
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money they need to earn a rate of return that exceeds their cost of capital. We can estimate a company’s cost of capital in the following way: WACC = (rD)(1-T)(WD) + (rS)(WS) Go to one of the databases from Part 1 of the Course Project and look up the most recent 10-K for your company‚ paying special attention to the balance sheet and the footnotes. Although we should use market value weights when determining a firm’s cost of capital‚ this may be difficult to determine for a firm with multiple
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WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital Formula The WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital formula is complex‚ and can be broken into several components. The individual component costs are provided in the following sections. WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital Variables V=Firm Total Value (Debt + Preferred Shares + Common Equity + Retained Earnings) Md=Market Value of Debt Mp=Market Value of Preferred Shares Mc=Market Value of Common Equity Mr=Market Value of Retained Earnings K=Current
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COST ANALYSIS OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION MEANING DEFINITIONS TYPES OF COSTS MONETARY COSTS REAL COSTS OPPORTUNITY COSTS ECONOMIC COSTS ACCOUNTING COSTS INCREMENTAL COSTS SUNK COSTS FUTURE COSTS PRIVATE‚ EXTERNAL AND SOCIAL COSTS FIXED / SUPPLEMENTARY / OVERHEAD COSTS VARIABLE / PRIME COSTS REPLACEMENT COSTS PRODUCTION COSTS SELLING COSTS CONTROLLABLE COSTS DIRECT COSTS INDIRECT COSTS SHORT RUN COSTS CURVES LONG RUN COSTS CURVES OBJECTIVES To understand the meaning of cost. To discuss different types
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which affect how knowledge is used in development work and stimulate thought around possible solutions. Colophon IKM Working Papers comprises a series of publications published by the Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Research Programme. Some IKM Working Papers are written by IKM Programme members‚ others have been commissioned from leading experts in a given field. The content may not necessarily be the view or position of the IKM Emergent Research Programme. IKM Working Papers are published
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