Case Study –Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital FIN202a-Spring 2011 1. Please define Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). Write down the WACC formula‚ and discuss its components. WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) is a market weighted average‚ at target leverage‚ of the cost of after tax debt and equity. It is a critical input for evaluating investment decision‚ and typically the discount rate for NPV calculation. And it serves as the benchmark for operating performance‚ relative to
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HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL BY: JOSEPH KIOKO REG. NO: D80/61281/2011 DATE: 05/06/2013 LECTURER: PROF. P. O. K’OBONYO Introduction and Definitions: Human capital is defined by the OECD (1998‚ p9) as “the knowledge‚ skills and competences and other attributes embodied in individuals that are relevant to economic activity.” While Duration of schooling and levels of qualification are the standard measures used to measure human capital the OECD itself
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Ronald Coase noted‚“The cost of doing anything consists of the receipts that could have been obtained if that particular decision had not been taken.” For example‚ the opportunity set for this Friday night includes the movies‚ a concert‚ staying home and studying‚ staying home and watching television‚ inviting friends over‚ and so forth. The opportunity cost of taking job A included the forgone salary of $102‚000 plus the $5‚000 of intangibles from job B. Opportunity cost is the sacrifice of
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shows sales less expenses during a specified period of time. It is prepared in such a way that the profit after each expense can be determined easily. For example‚ on page 27 of our book is the Income Statement for Kramer Corporation. You can clearly see that the profit after Cost of Goods sold is $500‚000‚ even though the report
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Characteristics of Corporations Corporations represent an important type of organization. Their unique characteristics offer advantages and disadvantages. Advantages of Corporate Characteristics Separate legal entity: A corporation conducts its affairs with the same rights‚ duties‚ and responsibilities of a person. It takes actions through its agents‚ who are its officers and managers. Limited liability of stockholders: Stockholders are liable for neither corporate acts nor corporate debt
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Background Headquartered in Texas‚ Teletech Corporation operates under two main business segments: the Telecommunications Services segment‚ providing various telephone services to business and residential customers and the Products & Systems segment‚ which manufactures computing and telecommunications equipment. In late 2005‚ the Securities & Exchange Commission revealed that billionaire Victor Yossarian acquired a 10% stake in Teletech and demanded two seats on the board of directors. He felt
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Marriott Corporation Jacob Piquette Jingjin Cen Chen Huo Wenkao Wu Accurately Measuring Debt Capacity For Marriott Corporation While management was correct in some aspects of measuring debt capacity for Marriott Corporation‚ the method used to obtain the ratio of 6.64 did not include the debt from the previous repurchase‚ grossly overstating the ratio and leading to believe that Marriott Corporation had a large unsused portion of debt capacity. This is shown in Exhibit 5. After thorough analysis
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DELUXE CORPORATION Contents Section 1: DELUXE Corporation 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. Company Business Overview Macro-Evironment & Industry SWOT Analysis Porter’s Five Forces Section 2: Business & Strategy Risks / Financing Requirements Section 3: Main Objectives of the Financial Policy Section 4: Financial Flexibility – Cost of Capital Section 5: Is Deluxe’s Current Debt Level Appropriate ? Section 6: FRICTO Analysis Section 7: Conclusion - Recommendations 2 Section 1: DELUXE
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Power Tool industry (Structural Analysis) Barriers to Entry: High The major barriers to entry in this industry were found in terms of 1. Technology‚ 2. Capital investment‚ 3. Economy of scale in manufacturing‚ and 4. Brand reputation in specific market segments & product categories. Barriers to Entry (Technology/Capital Investment): Per the data given in the case study (Pg 3‚ Para 3)‚ typically it required 2-4 years for a team of 4-6 engineers to develop a new tool. This also needed
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option 3‚ Stryker Corporation can control the quality of PCB by itself. PCB manufactured in its own facility can meet Stryker’s quality requirement better than those from different contract manufacturers. Moreover‚ the quality can be more stable. Stryker would not suffer from the risk of contract manufacturers’ bankruptcy any longer. (2). Reduced cost and higher efficiency Stryker Corporation can relief its human resource from looking for new suppliers and greatly reduce management cost spent on this
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