Executive Summary Being one of the largest automakers in the world‚ General Motors (GM) undertakes its manufacturing operations in over 30 countries with vehicles being sold in over 200 countries. Through undertaking its international operations it also subjects itself to various types of foreign exchange exposures due to fluctuations in the values of currencies; to manage this problem it has adopted a passive hedging policy and aims to reduce the impact of foreign exchange exposures on the business
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Sport Obermeyer‚ Ltd Wally Obermeyer‚ the internal operations manager of Sport Obermeyer‚ a mid-to-high fashion ski apparel company with headquarters out of Aspen‚ Colorado‚ and son of company founder Klaus Obermeyer‚ has two dilemmas at hand. 1) How to forecast demand for specific skiwear items for the 1993-1994 fashion line? 2) Once quantity per item is determined‚ how should production be allocated between factories in Hong Kong and China? Although the case mentions the
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1) GENUINE MOTOR PRODUCTS Revised Pro forma Income Statement For 2007 Sales (1‚000‚000 units @ $30 per unit) Fixed costs Total variable costs (1‚000‚000 units @ $18.80 per unit) Operating Income (EBIT) Interest (10.75% x $12‚000‚000) Earnings before taxes Taxes (35%) Earnings after taxes Shares Earnings per share * Fixed costs include $2‚800‚000 in depreciation $ 30‚000‚000 5‚800‚000 18‚800‚000 5‚400‚000 1‚290‚000 4‚110‚000 1‚438‚500 2‚671‚500 2‚320‚000 1.15 $ $ $ 2) Although there is more
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Case 2: Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan | 1. Does Ford have too much cash? For this question‚ we need some measurement of liquidity to compare the turnover rate and reservation of cash for Ford‚ GM‚ Chrysler and compare those measurements in different years to see if Ford have too much liquidity which means too much cash. Quick ratio is liquidity measurement which is a variant of the current ratio. It focuses on quick assets‚ which are those assets likely to be converted to cash
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Nissan Motor Company – Target Costing System – Extra Question 1 – What is the purpose of Nissan’s target costing system? Nissan deployed target costing system to achieve following benefits Systematic approach: The purpose of the target costing system is to have a systematic procedure to manage costs for new product introductions in order to allow them to earn the necessary profit margin to meet corporate profitability objectives. Customer Orientation: Target costing promotes customer focused
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BILLABONG INTERNATIONAL LTD Completed as part of the requirements for ‘Corporate Finance’‚ 25765 Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Executive Summary 1 3.0 Capital Structure 2 3.1 Types of Funding Utilised by Billabong 3 3.2 Recent trend in the level of leverage 3 3.3 Capital expenditure and financing: 5 3.4 Capital Structure of Similar Firms 6 3.5 Company Characteristics and Leverage policy 7 3.5.1 Taxes 8 3.5.2 Trade off Model 8 3.5.3 Pecking Order of Financing Choices 9 3.5.4 Signalling
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Case #2 Mitchem Lethbridge Ltd. Financial Statement Analysis Section A Introduction Mitchem Lethbridge Ltd. is an individual franchise of the parent company Mitchem Office Corporation‚ which holds a contest every third year to award the franchise with the greatest improvement in net income. This year the Lethbridge franchise has won the contest‚ however the Halifax franchise‚ who had a net income increase of 60%‚ contends that Lethbridge’s
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CASE STUDY REPORT The decisions and culture leading to the fall of General Motors CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY………………………………………………………….iii 1. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………..4 2. EXTERNAL FACTORS IN DECISION MAKING……………………….4-5 3. BOUNDED RATIONALITY……………………………………………….5-7 4. BUSINESS CULTURE…………………………………………………...7 a. The Power-Distance Relationship……………………………...7 b. Uncertainty Approach……………………………………………8 5. THE CONFORMITY APPROACH……………………………………...8-9 6
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Case 6-1 Tempo Ltd. In this case Fatih Terim is trying to decide whether or not to enter a barter trade with North Koreans in which he would send Turkish chemicals in exchange for kereste (Lumber). Because of trade sanctions between Turkey and North Korea this transaction would not be legitimate because there would be some bribing and other extracurricular activities to complete the deal. Terim tried to justify going through with the deal because he concluded that if he did not make the deal then
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Marks and Spencer Ltd Company Overview + Status * M&S had grown to be the largest and most profitable retail organization in the UK. * products: selective range of textiles‚ housewares‚ footwear‚ and food items aimed at rapid turn-over under private St. Michael label. * Textile: women/men/children’s clothing; 48% of sales; 55% of profits * Food: produce‚ meat‚ prepared foods‚ French wines; 40% of sales; 55% of profits * Others: floor coverings‚ footwear‚ etc…
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