Thredbo landslide 1997 Introduction The Thredbo landslide shook the small community of Thredbo‚ both physically in the shaking of the ground during the landslide‚ and emotionally in the death of 18 skiers. This analysis will give outline of the event that occurred followed by the potential for injury or further disaster. The actual rescue efforts will then be discussed followed by potential for change and an analysis of how it was carried out. Proceeding this the efforts by various government
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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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TB0181 October 5‚ 1999 Intel’s Site Selection Decision in Latin America Ted Telford faced a dilemma. As the only full-time member of Intel Corporation’s worldwide site selection team‚ he had to make a recommendation about where Intel should locate its first manufacturing plant in Latin America.1 After months of analysis‚ involving both desk research and numerous field trips to potential country locations‚ the site selection team had narrowed the choice to four countries: Brazil‚ Chile‚ Mexico
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SWOT of the early 1990’s Strengths Leader of the market Good image of the brand Technology advanced Innovative Good BtoB relations Good marketing budget Good R&D budget Projected Big finances Intel is a globally recognized brand name and has strong brand loyalty. They are IBM’s main supplier Undisputed industry leader Always the first (always imitated never equaled) Carter is one of the main strength of the company. He was very reactive and could propose new strategy just few
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SIA CORPORATION 1. What are some of the social‚ political‚ and economic forces that are influencing SIA’s decision to become a learning organization? When SIA Corporation decides to become a learning organization that SIA manager thinks about developing five discipline: system thinking‚ shared vision‚ challenging mental models‚ team learning‚ and personal mastery in which everyone is engaged in identifying and solving problems‚ enabling the organization to continuously experiment‚ improve‚ and
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Description of the company’s performance McKesson Corporation is one of the leading providers of health care products and services. When it comes to analyzing the external environment; the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological (PEST) analysis shows that the environmental situation is favorable for the company. The environment agrees with what the company wants to achieve. The environmental factors are giving the company a chance to succeed in its endeavor. In politics there is no direct problem
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1. Should Robert McMillan roll out Autograph nationally? Why or why not Dear Mr. McMillan‚ In this e-mail‚ I will expose my opinion about the question whether or not to expand the Autograph on the national level. Summarizing all the information provided‚ I came to a conclusion that we should not roll out Autograph nationally at this point of time. Such a strong opinion of mine is mainly based on the point that I don’t think Progressive will make profit from this system. It is a very
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Assignment #1- Case Study: Chipping Away at Intel Entrece Jenkins Washington HRM 560/ Summer 2012 July 22‚ 2012 Dr. John H. Carter Assignment #1- Case Study: Chipping Away at Intel Question #1- Explain the changes at Intel during the first 3 years of Barrett’s tenure. Craig R. Barrett became the fourth CEO of Intel in 1998 proceeding Robert Noyce‚ Gordon More‚ and Andrew Grove (Lohr‚ 1998). Barrett began his mission as CEO with the plan to diversify and expand Intel by increasing the efficiency
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Case: Chipping Away at Intel Questions: Part I: 1. What were the different changes at Intel over the first three years of Barrett’s tenure? Barrett made some bold moves in those three years; he took Intel beyond the chip making for PCs into the production of information and communication appliances as well as services related to the Internet. Then he ploughed money into new markets‚ like the production of new network servers and routers‚ although he had to withdraw from these later on. He then
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Marriott Corporation The Cost of Capital Author Student Number 董晖 林桐 吴正浩 祝承懿 Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance‚ Shanghai Jiao Tong University Table of Contents Background The hurdle rate is the required return or opportunity cost of each division and company. Only project with positive NPV discounted by hurdle rate will be invested‚ and the total return of Marriott up to all projects invested. Though there are many subjective aspects in estimation
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