Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital April 2012 Executive Summary Determining the appropriate cost of capital for new investment projects for a diversified company like the Marriott Corporation is not an easy endeavor. However‚ it is an important exercise because the more effective the process‚ the better it can help to support the company’s growth objective with its financial strategy. The four components of the financial strategy are: manage rather than own hotel
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Harnischfeger Corporation Teaching Note INTRODUCTION The purpose of the "Harnischfeger Corporation" case is to expose students to the managerial motives for making major financial reporting policy changes. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) allow companies wide latitude in the choice of accounting policies. After a firm chooses a set of accounting policies‚ current accounting rules permit changes from one alternative policy to another at the discretion of the management
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CORPORATION LAW INTRODUCTION Definition and attributes of a corporation A corporation is an artificial being created by operation of law‚ having the right of succession and the powers‚ attributes and properties expressly authorized by law or incident to its existence. A corporation‚ being a creature of law‚ "owes its life to the state‚ its birth being purely dependent on its will‚" it is "a creature without any existence until it has received the imprimatur of the state acting
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1. Introduction 1. Equity and Trusts * Equity is a particular body of law‚ consisting of rights and remedies‚ which evolved historically through the Courts of Chancery to mitigate the severity of the common law. * The trust has been characterised as the greatest and most distinctive achievement in equity although an exact definition of the trust has proven difficult. * Equity would recognise and enforce rights and duties that were not known to the common law. * E.g. the common
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Case 5-1 Stern Corporation (a) Individuel Case Study After the controller of Stern Corporation had ascertained the changes in accounts receivable and the allowance for doubtful accounts in 1998‚ a similar analysis was made of property‚ plant‚ and equipment and accumulated depreciation accounts. Again the controller examined the December 31‚ 1997‚ balance sheet [see Exhibit 1 of Stern Corporation (A)]. Also reviewed were the following company transactions that were found to be applicable to these
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– STRATEGIC PURPOSE 4.1 Introduction The example of Lehman Brothers show that there is a failure of both strategy and governance. In this chapter we will able to : * Consider appropriate ways to express the strategic purpose * Identify the components of the governance chain of an organisation * Understand differences in governance structures * Identify differences in the corporate responsibility * Undertake Stakeholder analysis 4.2 Organisational purpose: values‚ mission
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Background Headquartered in Texas‚ Teletech Corporation operates under two main business segments: the Telecommunications Services segment‚ providing various telephone services to business and residential customers and the Products & Systems segment‚ which manufactures computing and telecommunications equipment. In late 2005‚ the Securities & Exchange Commission revealed that billionaire Victor Yossarian acquired a 10% stake in Teletech and demanded two seats on the board of directors. He felt that
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business vicinity of Zimmer Holdings * To assess whether it should counter offer for Centerpulse * To evaluate whether it is worthwhile to consider a higher bid * To assess how the company would manage associated risks * To identify whether the offer will be perceived as hostile * To evaluate how would they make the merger work‚ given the cultural differences between US and Swiss companies * To determine the synergistic benefit Scope of the study This case study
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Performance improvement Training Petronas has increase their performance by train all their employees to give a better services to the customers. They provide a regular training program to all of their employees in order to satisfy their customers. Staff training and development classes are available to all employees. Facilities Petronas also has improve their performance by providing extra facilities. They provides automated teller machine (ATM) and cash deposit machine (CDM) by CIMB. This is
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Introduction to Corporation Accounting CORPORATION - an artificial being created by operation of law‚ having the right of succession and the powers‚ attributes and properties expressly authorized by law or incident to its existence (New Corporation Code of the Philippines). A corporation is an entity created by law that is separate and distinct from its owners and its continued existence is dependent upon the corporate statutes of the state in which it is incorporated. Characteristics of a Corporation The characteristics
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