Viet Duong Sybil Cheng 11/17/2011 Holmes Corp: LBO Valuation 1. Sustainability – One of Holmes Corp. major strengths is its long history of steady and predictable cash flow. Over the last five years‚ Holmes’ Net sales have grown from $41MM to $103MM which is approximately a growth rate of 151%. Over the same time frame Holmes’ net earnings have grown from $1M to $6.6M which is approximately a growth rate of 560%. This history of strong earnings means we can realistically expect stable
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History Of Ordnance Corps The Ordnance Corp is one of the oldest branches of the Army‚ established May 14‚ 1812. The U.S. Army Ordnance Department established from The Revolutionary War. General George Washington‚ the commander of the Continental Army‚ appointed Ezekiel Cheever to provide ordnance support to army in July 1775. Until 1779‚ all the armies had Ordnance personnel moving with them. They were civilians and Soldiers‚ served as conductors for maintenance - ammunition wagon and arms
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9-709-466 REV: DECEMBER 8‚ 2009 DAVID B. YOFFIE RENEE KIM HTC Corp. in 2009 Peter Chou‚ HTC Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer‚ returned to Taiwan with a sense of exhilaration and pride from Mobile World Congress 2009‚ the world’s leading exhibition for mobile phones. HTC generated a buzz for revealing two new handsets‚ as well as surprising the world with the announcement of HTC Magic‚ the second phone that ran on Google’s new mobile platform‚ Android. As Chou claimed‚ “We got lots of
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competitors are too small to achieve scale economies. Beginning in the 1960s‚ Service Corporation International‚ for instance‚ grew from a single funeral home in Houston to more than 1‚400 funeral homes and cemeteries in 2008. Similarly‚ Clear Channel Communications rolled up the US market for radio stations‚ eventually owning more than 900. This strategy works when businesses as a group can realize substantial cost savings or achieve higher revenues than individual businesses can. Service Corporation’s
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3. Do additional research on B Corps. What are the advantages and disadvantages of B Corps? Name some other successful B Corps. In your estimation‚ are B Corps a better model for socially responsible firms? Why or why not? B-Corp certification‚ a new business classification that scores companies on a 200-point scale‚ is done on a state-by-state basis and allows companies to demonstrate higher standards of corporate purpose‚ accountability and transparency [3]. It also permits businesses to make
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LinkedIn Corp.‚ 2008 Question #1 Network effect is seen as a phenomenon where a network service (SNS or PNS) becomes more valuable as the number of users increase. This phenomenon encourages continually increasing membership within the network. This can happen when a user adopts a network service initially to connect with current users‚ or later‚ when “everyone” is using the network service. Network effect exists in both social and professional networking (Majon International‚ 2010). Both
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Coming to Job Corp was probably the best decision I had ever made‚ which totally changed my life around. Coming to Job Corp has given me a new direction in my life. Job Corp has had a big influence on my life because ever since I was seven years old‚ I have always said that I wanted to be a Hairstylist. At first I had thought it was just a phase that I was going through as a child but as I grew older‚ and wiser‚ I kept on thinking about it. I could never imagine myself in another position‚ or another
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I want to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer for the service and the adventure. I’ve held an interest in service from an early age‚ from volunteering what free time I had to accepting the responsibilities of several leadership positions. I believe it all stems from two places‚ being raised on a farm and of the Christian faith. Our family farm in south central Oklahoma is where I was taught hard work‚ compassion‚ management‚ responsibility and hope. My father has stated how it is morally wrong for
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Young Marines is drug demand reduction program that teaches kids‚ from ages eight to eighteen‚ the importance of living a healthy lifestyle‚ while also teaching them some of the basics of Marine Corps knowledge and life skills. They also teach about physical fitness‚ self discipline‚ leadership‚ and teamwork skills. I was in this program for six years and retired last year at the rank of Young Marine Staff Sergeant. Macie has been in for almost
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During my time in the Marine Corps I have seen the problems and troubles first-hand that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) has on all branches of service. In this paper I will argue that there is still a lot of testing that can be done to better diagnose weather a service member has PTSD or not. I will give first-hand accounts on people that I have known that have fought this and survived and I will also give an account of someone I know who fought and lost because no one knew he had PTSD
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