Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) 1. How does Marriott use its estimate of cost of capital? Does this make sense? Marriot use cost of capital as the hurdle rate (minimum rate of return required to accept the project) to discount future cash flows for the investment projects of the three lines of business (Lodging‚ Contract Services and Restaurants). They use this rate to calculate NPV and net present value over cost to decide for the profit rate. Since cost of the project
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CAMBRIDGE SOFTWARE CORPORATION Cambridge Software Corporation is about to decide whether to offer multiple versions of Modeler‚ a new Lotus-1‚ 2‚ 3 compatible modeling software product. Software Market Research Group cooperating with Modeler Project team identified five segments as large‚ multidivisional corporations; corporate R&D and universities labs; consultant and professional companies; small businesses; and students. CSC has identified three versions to serve these segments. These versions
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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational home computer operating system and office suite corporation. Microsoft Corporation develops‚ supports‚ and licenses a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. Boeing Company is a multinational aerospace and defense corporation‚ and the largest exporter by value in the United States. Boeing is among the largest global aircraft manufacturers and the third largest aerospace and defense contractor in the world
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1. What are the challenges faced by extractive mining corporations in their attempt to establish subsidiary operations in developing nations As major multinational extractive mining corporations continue to expand their developing country footprints‚ they are finding challenges in carrying out corporate social responsibility (CSR) to achieve a sustainable balance of benefits for business‚ its employees‚ stakeholders and the communities in which they attempt to establish subsidiary operations. In
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International Drilling Corporation Case Write-up In the case study ”International Drilling Corporation”‚ Taylor described that the problem as many people either “didn’t know about what was going on” or “knew and just didn’t care.” Upon further inspection on the case‚ it was evident that many IDC executives were aware of company’s wrongdoings‚ but simply decided not to take any action. However‚ if I were Don Taylor‚ I would choose to report SEC. I believe this is the most ethical and logical decision
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News Corporation (News Corp) was formerly local newspaper‚ The News‚ established in 1923 in Adelaide‚ Australia by Rupert Murdoch’s father. With the helm of Rupert Murdoch‚ the 1980s News Corp has accelerated its development‚ not only focusing on traditional product areas of newspapers and magazines but also transforming into a vertically integrated global media group‚ with a place in all parts of that industry from newspaper to television‚ from magazines to film. Firstly‚ News Corp entered to
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Bilal Al- Qureshi‚ Said Business School‚ University of Oxford 2010 American Chemical Corporation HBS Case Number: 9-290-102 Executive Summary The American Chemical Corporation (AMC) is a large‚ diversified chemical producer. In 1979‚ AMC was forced to issue a tender to sell a Sodium Chlorate plant‚ near Collinsville‚ Alabama. Dixon‚ a specialty chemicals company‚ was willing to purchase the aforementioned plant for $12m with the option to invest a further $2.25m on laminate technology. The
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Rochester Manufacturing Corporation (RMC) is considering moving some of its production from traditionally numerically control machines to a flexible machining system (FMS). Its numerical control machines have Machine utilization‚ as near as it can be determine‚ and are about 10%. The machine tool sales persons and a consulting firm want to put the machines together in a FMS. They believe that a $3‚000‚000.00 expenditure on machinery and the transfer machines will handle about 30% of RMC s work. There
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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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The limited menu allowed them to concentrate on quality and customer service. Kroc had the idea to take the Speedee Service concept and open restaurants nationwide. In 1955‚ partnering with the McDonald Brothers‚ Kroc founded the McDonald’s Corporation and opened the first franchise in Des Plaines‚ Illinois. In 1961 he bought the exclusive rights to the McDonald’s name for 2.7 million dollars. (http://www.mcspotlight.org) Hamburger University‚ the McDonald’s training center in Elk Grove‚
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