Part A: Long-term debt can generally be classified into three different categories: bonds payable‚ notes payable‚ and capital leases. Bonds payable can be secured by collateral‚ such as a mortgage bond‚ or unsecured‚ backed only by a company’s promise to pay. Most bonds carry a stated rate of interest but others are sold at a discount with an implied rate of interest inherent in the discounted sale. Some bonds can be converted into other securities. Other bonds can be called in by the corporation
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Application Exercise Strategic Management Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)‚ where I am employed‚ is engaged and exploration‚ refining‚ distribution and marketing of petroleum product across the country. In downstream product marketing BPCL‚ has bouquet of products on offer‚ ranging from Petrol‚ Diesel‚ to Aviation Fuel‚ to Cooking Gas to Auto Lubricants. It is a global major and ranked 225th in the Fortune Global 500 rankings of the world’s biggest corporations for the year 2012.
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Restructuring the Marketing Function for Greater Efficiency Word count: 5‚910 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Executive Summary 4 Task 1 5 Identify the key challenges and issues that changes in the marketing environment pose for both the relationships within the marketing department and those with other departments. 5 Evaluate the effect of these relationships on marketing performance and so identify the implications for the current marketing team structure 5 Economic instability
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You are one of the board committee members of Marriott hotels in the UAE. The hotel chief manager asked the members to write him a letter about how to improve Marriott hotels in the UAE. Give at least two opinions/reasons. Dear Mr. Black‚ Our hotels in the UAE are among the best in terms of service and recreation. However‚ our prices are rated among the 10 highest in the Gulf region last year. Therefore‚ the number of our guests have declined. I have studied our price list‚ and found that
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Issues Immediate issue: The company has to deal with its lower-wage employees¡¯ work-life balance issue. Basic issues: 1.The work-life balance program was ignored by lower-wage workers because they couldn¡¯t afford that program. 2.The lower-wage workers were depending on management for assistance with more serious issues not just child-care or referral programs. 3.Managers spending upwards of 50% of their time to solve employees¡¯ numerous personal issues. 4.Extremely high turnover among
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ADVISING IN MERGERS‚ ACQUISITIONS‚ AND FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING ADVISING Investment banks are active in mergers and acquisitions (M&A)‚ leveraged buyouts (LBOs)‚ restructuring and recapitalization of companies‚ and reorganization of bankrupt and troubled companies. They do so in one or more of the following ways: (1) identifying candidates for a merger or acquisition‚ M&A candidates; (2) advising the board of directors of acquiring companies or target companies regarding price and non-price terms
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Summary: A note on Valuing Companies in Corporate Restructuring The article is a note that describes how to apply the Discounted Cash Flow method of Company Valuation in companies undergoing corporate restructuring. The concept is based on the change in shareholders wealth as a direct result of the change in the firm’s value- which depends on multiple factors including corporate restructuring. The note describes in details about the technical aspects of the DCF method. First it defines the DCF
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apan-based electronics and communications company‚ Sony Corporation‚ was subjected to a spate of restructuring exercises since 1994 to improve the financial performance and competitiveness of the company. With the initial efforts to restructure the company not yielding results‚ Sony went in for a revamp of the top management in 2000. The efforts by the top management in organizational restructuring failed to put Sony back on the growth track. At this juncture‚ in 2005‚ Howard Stringer became the
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Leo Miyazawa HIS 242: Modern Japan 12/07/10 Post-War Japan: The Fall of the Zaibatsu and Restructuring Post-War Japan: The Fall of the Zaibatsu and Restructuring As the news of the end of World War II spread around Japan and Emperor Hirohito ’s official announcement confirmed Japan ’s defeat‚ the idea of occupation became more than just a shadow in the back of the people ’s minds; this was real. The arrival of General MacArthur in early September of 1945 marked the beginning of a new chapter
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Private equity‚ pecuniary logic and enterprise restructuring Private equity firms‚ which in recent decades have become an important avenue for financial transactions in the US and UK markets‚ are being hard hit by the sub-prime crisis as they are unable to source their funding from investors. The resulting credit crunch and financial turmoil may also pose a threat to developing-country financial markets where they have become significant investors‚ particularly in Asia. The danger‚ according to
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