Marriott Corporation Abstract Marriott Corporation has three divisions – lodging‚ contract services and restaurants – with dissimilar operations. The company uses three separate hurdle rates for the three divisions to value the proposed projects. It is believed that this strategy is more appropriate that using a single firm-wide discount rate because the operations of the three divisions differ drastically. However‚ the company has to ensure that the company uses an appropriate discount rate for
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Issue In this assignment‚ we are asked to compute the WACC of Marriott Corporation and each of the company’s three divisions. Our approach is outlined in the next section. We made a series of assumptions regarding either the available data or the missing information. This has been explained below‚ in a separate section. Approach We applied the following formulae to calculate the WACC: Our assumptions are explained in the next section. The table below presents the approach for calculations
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All car rental companies provide customers with the temporary use of a car. How do Enterprise’s original target customers in the local or “home-city” market—and their needs—differ from the target customers of their major competitors such as Hertz and Avis? How does Enterprise match (or not) the needs of their local market customers? The local market consists of (i.) discretionary and (ii.) repair/insurance replacement rentals. Both categories place a premium on price (relatively lower)‚ location
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Empresa B2B: L’ORÉAL Situación del Mercado: La evolución del sector de productos de tocador‚ cosmética y perfumería mostró que durante la convertibilidad –tras la apertura comercial de los ’90 favoreció la entrada de empresas multinacionales y generó una alta concentración de las ventas en pocas firmas. Asimismo‚ el crecimiento ininterrumpido de las importaciones durante esos años‚ la reducción y posterior eliminación de los impuestos internos y el proceso de transformación de las vías de comercialización
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high‚ with high demands for quality and innovation among the high end companies and high marketing costs. Relative to other companies in the Outdoor Apparel Industry‚ Patagonia is performing extremely well. Across most key metrics (Exhibit 1 from case)‚ from Gross Profit Margin to Return on Equity‚ Patagonia outperforms its peers. Perhaps more impressively‚ Patagonia was able to achieve a high level of Net Income Growth (20.8%) while only achieving 1.6% 12-Month Revenue Growth. The driving strategy
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Case Report | Creating Sustainable Competitive AdvantageWall Mart | | | 1. Background 2.1. Retail Discount Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Retail Discount Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Market Discount Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Discount Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Merchandise (wide variety)
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Why did LTCM have difficulty raising its level of risk? What is Value at Risk‚ and what role did it play in the LTCM failure? In September 1997‚ the Fund had an annualized standard deviation of approximately 10.7%‚ which was significantly lower than the Fund’s long-run goal of 20% annualized standard deviation. There are several reasons to explain why LTCM had difficulties in raising its level of risk. LTCM structured the majority of its trades in a way that required minimal initial outlay
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Loreal Paris Created in France‚ L’Oréal Paris brings the sophistication and elegance derived from its French heritage to women and men all over the world. L’Oréal Paris offers leading-edge products that out-perform the competition to people who care more about the way they look. Our passion for innovation‚ performance‚ style and a sense of premium is encapsulated in the ’because you’re worth it’ philosophy. Our core values are supported by our strong investment in scientific research and technology
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Differential pricing between signatures Place Consumer division & Salon segment Promoti on Print media used over television Excellence Hair Colorant Perfume and beauty division Merchandising Synergie Signature Brand L’Oreal Paris – people willing to pay more Laboratories Garnier – entry level‚ accessible Active cosmetics division Beauty advisors Success factors for Excellence range of colorants Gap Analysis • Identified the Gaps in the current products prevalent
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HBS CASE: THE FASHION CHANNEL Answers by Chenghao Zheng (Chuck) 1. What insight do you get from the consumer and market data? TFC’s revenue for 2006: $310.6 million ($80 million from affiliate fees and $230.6 million from ad sales) Strength: the only network dedicated exclusively to fashion‚ with up-to-date and entertaining information broadcast 24/7 Weakness: no detailed segmentation‚ branding‚ or positioning strategy According to customer analysis: there are four groups of customers‚ Fashionistas
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