INTRODUCTION OF PFIZER INC Pfizer‚ Inc. Type Public (NYSE: PFE) Founded Brooklyn‚ New York‚ USA (1849) Headquarters New York City‚ New York‚ USA Key people Jeff Kindler‚ CEO David Shedlarz‚ VC Ian Read‚ Pres. of Pharma. Martin Mackay‚ Pres. of R&D Industry Health Care Products Accupril® Lipitor® Viagra® Revenue ▲$48.613 billion USD (2007) Net income ▲$8.298 billion USD (2007) Employees 106‚000 (2005) Slogan Working for a healthier world™ Website www
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stress the word "Net" in Net Present Value. It is not uncommon for some students to carelessly calculate the PV of a project’s inflows and fail to subtract out its cost. The PV of inflows is not NPV; rather NPV is the amount remaining after offsetting the PV of the inflows with the PV of the outflows. Thus‚ the NPV amount determines the incremental value created by undertaking the investment. B. Estimating Net Present Value Discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation—finding the market value of assets or
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Ocean Carriers Assumptions and Methodology Based on an NPV analysis considering multiple scenarios‚ Ocean Carriers should commission the construction of a new capesize carrier in the event they are operating with no corporate tax and chartering the ship for its entire 25 year life. Such is the recommendation assuming the forecasted hire rates and estimated costs are accurate over the long-term. However‚ if Ocean Carriers chooses to adhere to their policy of selling ships at market value
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Target Case EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Target Corporation‚ originally Dayton Dry Goods Company‚ was founded in 1902 and headquartered in Minnesota. The first Target store was opened in 1962 with the purpose of providing customers with discounted values. Currently there are 1888 stores in the US and Canada and in 2004 Target Corporation sold all of their subsidiaries in order to focus on the Target stores. Today they are the second largest discount retailer in the world but are in continuous competition
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Capital Budgeting Case Egret Printing & Publishing Company Instructor: Mr. Sabin Bikram Panta Submitted By: Group 3 Shivshankar Yadav (12336) 9/3/2012 Theory and Case Background: The term capital budgeting refers to the process of decision making by which firms evaluate the purchase of major fixed assets‚ including building‚ machineries‚ and equipment. Capital budgeting describes the firm’s formal planning process for the acquisition and investment of capital and results in capital
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CHAPTER 3 Arbitrage and Financial Decision Making Chapter Synopsis 3.1 Valuing Decisions When considering an investment opportunity‚ a financial manager must systematically compare the costs and benefits associated with the project in order to determine whether it is worthwhile. Determining the cash value today of the costs and benefits is one way to make such a comparison. In a competitive market‚ a good can be bought and sold at the same price‚ so the market price can be used to determine
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years period. The data is gathered from the Yahoo Finance. In order to make the analysis more meaningful there will be a benchmarking with a main competitor. The last part of the report conducts NPV analysis to find out the best investment option for the given scenario. The project with the highest NPV is likely to be most beneficial for the company. Subsequently conclusions will be drawn. Reason for Choosing Apple for this study I have a personal interest in this company as it is seen the
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sufficient target benchmark. Also known as "investment appraisal." Capital budgeting is a long-term economics decision making. Each potential project ’s value should be estimated using a discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation‚ to find its net present value (NPV). (First applied to Corporate Finance by Joel Dean in
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Financial Management Assignment - A Question 1a: Should the titles of controller and treasurer be adopted under Indian context? Would you like to modify their functions in view of the company practice in India? Justify your opinion? Answer to 1a: Controller & Treasurer are independent & they have their own Perspectives & Drivers as detailed below: Controller Responsibilities include‚ Double entry accounting‚ financial reporting‚ Fraud measure‚ detective controls‚ Financial restatement‚ Compliance
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Mini Case - The MBA Decision 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Ben’s age is a very important factor which can affect his decision to get an MBA degree. Firstly‚ Ben is now 28 years old and expects to work for 40 more years. So he has an expected work life of 68 years. So the earlier he gets an MBA‚ the better for him. For example: probably it won’t benefit him much if he decided to get an MBA at the age of 60. No one would hire him as an investment banker even if
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