What is the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for Marriott Corporation? WACC = (1 - τ)rD(D/V) + rE(E/V) D = market value of debt E = market value of equity V = value of the firm = D + E rD = pretax cost of debt rE = after tax cost of debt τ = tax rate = 175.9/398.9 = 44% Cost of Equity Target debt ratio is 60%; actual is 41% [Exhibit 1] βs = 1.11 βu = βs / (1 + (1 – τ) D/E) = 1.11/(1 + (1 – .44) (.41)) = 0.80 Using the target debt ratio of 60%: βTs = βu (1 + (1 – τ) D/E)
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Summary of the Case This case study goes through the evolution of IT governance at Cisco and the related project management. This case is a classic example of the result of a decentralized governance of business units. What happened to CISCO due to the decentralized governance‚ how the business processes were modified to overcome the chaos created by the decentralized governance and how the employees and management reacted to this change in CISCO’s business governance? This case clearly illustrates
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Solution to the Case Study: “Levi Strauss’s Goes Global” Book: Organizational Theory‚ Design‚ and Change Fifth Edition Page 235 Gareth R. Jones Discussion Question 1 and 2 1. How does Levi Strauss take advantage of the global environment? 2. What structure does Levi Strauss use to implement its strategy? This case demonstrates how a company can pursue a transnational strategy and which organizational structure supports this strategy. “Levi Strauss”‚ the company under discussion
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Sykes Enterprises I. Case Background Given the current state of the economy and the competitive nature of the industry‚ Sykes Enterprises closes its call centers in rural America‚ with the recent on in Milton-Freewater‚ Oregon‚ and moves its operations to the lower wages country like the Philippines. This left the call centers in America‚ which helped them to establish its operations by providing huge amount of incentives‚ to ask for some form of compensation to help them in this huge loss
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Case 10-8 Ellie Enterprises An investment that is not one of the three traditional asset types such as stocks‚ bond and cash are considered as an alternative investment. “These types of investments include hedge funds‚ managed futures‚ real estate‚ commodities and derivative contracts.” (www.investopedia.com). These are subject to less regulation and use leverage and derivative instruments to optimize their returns. “In spite of many pensions and private endowments beginning to invest in these
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DATE: December 7‚ 2012 TO: Polluter Corp. FROM: SUBJECT: Emissions Allowances Facts: Polluter Corp‚ has recently spent $3 million to purchase emission allowances‚ with a vintage year of 2012‚ in order to meet the need for additional EAs in the fiscal years 2010-2014. They will also need to sell EAs‚ with a vintage year of 2016‚ in order to offset the costs of the purchase. It is to my understanding that the need for EAs arose because of the significant amount of greenhouse gases emitted by
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Kanthal Case Study Solutions INTRODUCTION: Kanthal is company that specializes in the production and sales of electrical resistance heating elements. Kanthal has about 10‚000 customers and they produce about 15‚000 items. The company consists of three divisions and these three divisions are as follows: 1)Kanthal Heating Technology - 25% global market share 2)Kanthal Furnace Products - 40% global market share 3)Kanthal Bimetals - Manufacturer of one of the few fully integrated temperature control
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large-scale ‘managerial enterprise’ as put forward by the famous business historian Alfred Chandler has not been followed completely by all of the world’s leading economies. This essay will therefore be structured as follows: first I will briefly explain Chandler’s theory of the large-scale managerial enterprise‚ putting it into context of time and place and pointing out the major flaws of his theory. Then‚ I will attempt to justify my opinion by using the Japanese enterprise system‚ paying attention
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Polluter Corp. (the “Company”)‚ an SEC registrant‚ operates three manufacturing facilities in the United States. The Company manufactures various household cleaning products at each facility‚ which are sold to retail customers. The U.S. government granted the Company emission allowances (“EAs”) of varying vintage years (i.e.‚ the years in which the allowance may be used) to be used between 2010 and 2030. Upon receipt of the EAs‚ the Company recorded the EAs as intangible assets with a cost basis
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Filmore Enterprises Foundamental Concepts 1. a. See the attachment (expected rate of return) b. Based soly on expected returns‚ investment on CPC appears the best‚ for it has 9.70% expected returns‚ yet the investment on MORELY appears the cost‚ which has only 5.70% expected returns. c. Rate of return is mainly connected with the beta coefficient‚ which means if the rate of return is relatively higher‚ then the company will have higher risk. Judging from table1 in the attachment‚ CPC
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