ASSIGNMENT 2: PRADA Refer to the HBS case "Prada: To IPO or Not to IPO" and answer the questions below. Note: Complete the related textbook chapters (RWJJ Chapters 14‚ 15 & 19) before attempting this case. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM SAID TO BE FACING PRADA? Prada got some financial trouble. First‚ Prada failed for several times to IPO due to various reasons like SARS‚ financial crisis‚ etc. Second‚ because of the long-term debt maturing in one year‚ Prada needed to raise more than 1 billion euros
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1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? “When AES undertook primarily domestic contract generation projects where the risk of changes to input and output prices was minimal‚ a project finance framework was employed.” Usually‚ project finance framework is used when the project has predictable cash flows‚ which can easily represent operating targets through explicit contract. When cash flows are certainty‚ the company can have
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Team Case Professor September 24‚ 2014 AstraZeneca is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Their headquarters are in London‚ England and staffs over 65‚000 employees. European culture being one of the largest staffed at 51 percent‚ America is 32 percent and 17 percent is dispersed among Asia‚ Africa and Australia. AstraZeneca focuses on building a global workforce of talent and it’s led by managers with global perspective. They are comfortable moving around
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F523 - SPRING 2013 BOEING CASE 1. What is the appropriate required rate of return against which to evaluate the prospective IRR ’s from the B ANSWER:The appropriate rate of return against which to evaluate the IRR is the risk-free rate‚ plus the market risk 1a. Please use the capital asset pricing model to estimate the cost of equity. At the date of the case‚ the 74 over T-bonds. Which beta‚ risk-free rate‚ and risk premium did you use? Why? Financing Components Debt Equity Market Values Weight
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An expense is normally incurred by a firm to generate sales‚ e.g. promotional expenses which are selling expenses which are directly related to the generation of sales. Most of the expenses normally form a part of operating expenses and are included in ‘cost of sales’. It may either be raw materials‚ labor‚ etc.‚ or capitalized assets which are either depreciated or amortized over a period of time. These are known as matching costs. The other types of costs are ‘period costs’ which are mostly mentioned
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Introduction Cooper Industries‚ Inc. is a manufacturer of heavy machinery and equipment. It has acquired some companies in the past as part of their expansion plans. Cooper acquires companies that are leading in their area of business‚ have a large market share and is the leading company in their area of operation. Currently‚ Cooper is focusing on building a hand tool business with a full product line that would use a common sales and distribution system and joint advertising. In this effort‚ Cooper
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MARKETING STRATEGY Ryanair case What is your assessment of Ryanair launch strategy? From my point of view‚ the strategy implemented by Ryanair was perfect because it is focused on capturing those passengers who have the price as the main criterion in choosing the mean of transport. There is a wide difference between the fare of the air companies with the ferry or rail giving rise to another variables‚ as comfort or no time‚ do not influence by the time of the decision-making. However‚ Ryanair
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• If Franchisees buy things from informal sources or the above confinement on wellsprings of supply is unenforceable‚ sovereignties are forced or (if eminences are as of now part of the framework) balanced upward significantly to compensate for lost income at the Franchisor/partner level. • If Franchisees don’t get deals/item buy shares‚ they can lose their regional rights‚ be ended and/or ineligible for reestablishment. • If you are uncomfortable with the working association with a Franchisee
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B Problem Statement Barbara Printup must determine the packaging for Metabical that will best capture the accurately forecasted demand of the target market. With many substitutes for weight loss in a variety of packages and price points‚ it will be important to create a package that can be priced in a way to both drive sales and continued use of the 12-week drug. Printup must also develop a pricing model to align with the packaging and the price expectations of the target market. Since this is
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