CHAPTER 19 CORPORATIONS 1. – THE NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF CORPORATIONS A corporation is a legal entity created and recognized by state law. It can consist of one or two persons identified under a common name. CORPORATE PERSONNEL When an individual purchases a share of stock in a corporation‚ that person becomes a shareholder and owner of the corporation. Shareholder and corporations are liable. THE LIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDER One of the key advantages of the corporate forms
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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION • Multinational entities have played a role in international trade for several centuries. • Multinational operations can be traced back several centuries to the British and Dutch trading companies. • After the above declined‚ the European overseas investments‚ mainly in the extractive industries dominated international trade. • The phenomenon as it is known today is the result of the lead taken by U.S. based companies in the post World War II period. Western
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Capital Budgeting Case Study QRB/501 February 23‚ 2014 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to analyze and interpret the answers of the Capital Budgeting Case. I will discuss my recommendation about which Corporation and investor should acquire based on the quantitative reasoning. I also will describe the relationship between the net present value and the internal rate of return for the two corporations that are analyzed. Capital Budgeting Case A company is planning in acquiring
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Accounting 2200 Project 2 Responses to the Form 10-K of NVE Corporation Professor Jane Morton Muhan Li‚ Madhur Mittal‚ Adam Rosen ------------------------------------------------- Question 1 NVE Corporation is in the business of nanotechnology‚ founded in 1989 in Minneapolis. NVE develops and sells devices that use a new technology known as “spintronics‚” and was founded by James M. Daughton‚ Ph. D.‚ and spintronics pioneer. NVE has been awarded $50 million+ in government research contracts
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Case Study of McKesson Corporation 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 environmental factors are giving the company a chance to succeed in its endeavor. In politics there is no direct problem that might affect the
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Gulf Oil Corporation in 1984. This merger was the largest merger till that time in the history of the United States and it doubled the oil and gas reserves of the company. Chevron merged with Texaco in 2001 & formed a new company named ChevronTexaco. Texaco was one of the branches of Chevron family. It was formed in 1901 in Beaumont‚ Texas. To convey a unified presence in the world‚ it was again renamed to Chevron in 2005. Chevron strengthened its position by acquiring Unocal Corporation in 2005.
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Financial Reporting & Analysis April 19th‚ 2013 Case Study- Harnischfeger Corporation 1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. The accelerated depreciation method was changed from to straight-line on all company assets that caused to increase after-tax net income for 1984 by $11.005 million. The cumulative effect of change in 1984 there will
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09 0.14 b. Required return 0.05 1.8 (0.13 0.05) 0.05 0.144 0.194 c. Although the risk-free rate does not change‚ as the market return increases‚ the required return on the asset rises by 180% of the change in the market’s return. P8-1. Solutions to Problems Rate of return: rt = LG 1; Basic a. Investment X: Return Investment Y: Return ($21‚000 $20‚000 $1‚500) 12.50% $20‚000 ($55‚000 $55‚000 $6‚800) 12.36% $55‚000 (Pt Pt 1 Ct ) Pt 1 b. Investment X should be selected because it has
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Capital budgeting Making decisions having significant future benefits or costs for various entities and their stakeholders. Capital budgeting is the backbone of financial economics. Related topics in financial economics include: the time value of money‚ the meaning of net-present value‚ accounting concepts consistent with present-value calculations‚ discount rates‚ and option valuation techniques. In the public sector‚ the term is often exclusively associated with infrastructure investments
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MW Petroleum Corporation (A) 1. Structure and execute a DCF valuation of all the MW reserves using APV. How much are the reserves worth? Is your estimate more likely to be biased high or low? What are the sources of bias? Answer: The DCF valuation of all the MW reserves using APV indicates that the net worth of the portfolio is around $516.30 million. The estimate is more likely to be biased on the higher side. REVENUES: The data for the projections was collected by Morgan
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