Executive Summary Statement of Problem Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a proprietary hospital management company that owns and manages chains of hospitals on a for-profit basis. HCA is currently facing a complex financial situation with their ratio of debt to total capital approaching 70%‚ as opposed to a target ratio of 60%. While some investors welcome HCA’s more aggressive use of leverage‚ others are worried that HCA’s capital structure could decrease the company’s current A bond
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and thriving diversity program in a business. This paper will focus on two large hotel brands‚ Marriott and Hilton. Both of these hotel brands have excellent diversity programs. Through exploration of the brands‚ this paper will find out the similarities and differences. This paper will also explore what the American Hotel and Lodging Association is doing with diversity. Hilton Hotels Corporation has incorporated a great diversity program. Hilton takes pride in the diversity of their work
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Hotel Industry/Marriott Analysis Analysis of the Hotel Industry Industry Profile The need for lodging for individuals after traveling a great distance from home has been around since mankind began living inside of dwellings. To serve this need‚ hotels‚ or as they were more commonly referred to‚ inns‚ were created as a means to accommodate these travelers. In fact‚ the first recorded inn in America opened in 1607. Since their introduction they have grown in complexity‚ amenities‚ price‚ and
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Case Summary for Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation Overview The president and senior vice president of Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation (CMI) hope to acquire Corporate Transfer Services (CTS). Currently‚ CMI is a business that sells mortgage insurance to banks and other mortgage lenders. However‚ executives at CMI desire to expand their business into the real estate relocation industry. Essentially‚ this industry works to assist employees who have been transferred to a new city as
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1 Marriott Norma A. Hill Professor: Patrick Kehres HRM 530- Strategic Human Resources Management October 20‚ 2014 Running head: HRM and Business Strategies 2 The following paper will take a look at the efficiency of the day to day management of the Marriott Chain of hotels. Marriott is a very popular hotel and it is my goal to determine if their HR strategy is in alignment with their business strategy. Marriott has many hotels and destinations
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Week 9 Assignment 2 Submission Assignment 2: Capital Budgeting Futronics‚ Inc. $2 billion company‚ reducing costs and corporate overhead to use outside vendor resources. Initial investment costs $1 billion. There is 0 salvage value and cost of capital at 8%. Yield cash flows $450‚000 year 1 $350‚000 year 2 $300‚000 year 3 $250‚000 year 4 Internal rate of return Average net return = (450‚000 + 350‚000 + 300‚000 + 250‚000)/4= 1‚350‚000/4 = 337‚500 Average investment = (Investment at beginning
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JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LIII‚ NO. 4 • AUGUST 1998 Agency Costs‚ Risk Management‚ and Capital Structure HAYNE E. LELAND* ABSTRACT The joint determination of capital structure and investment risk is examined. Optimal capital structure ref lects both the tax advantages of debt less default costs ~Modigliani and Miller ~1958‚ 1963!!‚ and the agency costs resulting from asset substitution ~Jensen and Meckling ~1976!!. Agency costs restrict leverage and debt maturity and increase yield spreads
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agency problems on the cost of capital Tung-Hsiao Yang* Current Version: September 10‚ 2008 * Assistant Professor of Finance‚ National Chung Hsing University‚ Department of Finance‚ No. 250‚ Kuo Kuang Rd.‚ Taichung 40227‚ Taiwan‚ tyang1@nchu.edu.tw. The author thanks National Science Council for financial support in this project‚ NSC96-2416-H-005-026. The Impact of two agency problems on the cost of capital Abstract We test the relation between the cost of capital and two agency problems
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Internal/ External: SWOT analysis Strength * Famous brand of Marriott hotel chain in 67 countries‚focus on B2C and B2B market * Staff(130 full-time employees) and staffs turnover is only 5%- high retention level‚ but during summer time number of employees increases (full-time and part-time) * Advantage of location according to the centre of Copenhagen and water view * Discounts packages for customers (family discounts‚ free transportation before/ after cruise) and the points system
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CASE STUDIES IN FINACE CASE STUDY 3: ESTIMATING THE COST OF CAPITAL QUESTION 1: a)b)c) The Capital Assets Price Model (CAPM) is used to describe the relationship between risk and expected return and is often used to estimate a cost of equity (Investopedia‚ 2009). The cost of equity(COE) of the discount rate is: R = Rf + β*(E - Rf) (1) Rf = Risk free rate of return‚ usually U.S. treasury bonds β = Beta for a company E = Expected return of the market
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