Case 15 Version 2.1 Teletech Corporation‚ 1996 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives In January 1996‚ the chief financial officer of this telecommunications company must fashion a response to a raider who claims that a major business segment of this company should be sold because it is not earning a satisfactory rate of return. The case recounts the debate within the company over the use of a single hurdle rate to evaluate all segments of the company versus a riskadjusted hurdle-rate
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Q1. Based on the data in case Exhibit I‚ what inferences can be drawn from the survey responses regarding the herbal shampoo category? As per Exhibit 1 the following inferences can be drawn from the survey regarding herbal shampoo category: * The respondents felt that herbal shampoos need to be used in large quantity for lather and that the protein content is important for making hair strong‚ shiny and soft. * Respondents chose their shampoo based on their hair type and texture. * They feel that
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Energy Gel Case Study High Performance Corporation (HPC) is deciding if they should proceed with a new product roll out of Energy Gel and if they do proceed with the project they are determining how to evaluate theEnergy Gel project. There is a clear line in the sand between Mr. Winkler and Mr. Leiter on how to evaluate the project‚ specifically regarding how to account for using Energy bar’s excess capacity for producing Energy Gel. After reviewing the arguments of both managers we agree with
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Methods of valuation of human resource: Actually‚ the Valuation of the human asset is the most critical aspect of HRA. How to assess the value of human resources? There are a number of approaches have been suggested for this measurement by researchers. These approaches may broadly be classified into two types: human resource cost approach or human resource value approach as illustrated below (Oluwatoyin‚2014‚ Mehra et al.‚ 2014‚ Ganta et al.‚ 2014‚ Dhaka et al.‚ 2013‚ Guduru et al.‚ 2013‚Andrade
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JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LIII‚ NO. 4 • AUGUST 1998 Agency Costs‚ Risk Management‚ and Capital Structure HAYNE E. LELAND* ABSTRACT The joint determination of capital structure and investment risk is examined. Optimal capital structure ref lects both the tax advantages of debt less default costs ~Modigliani and Miller ~1958‚ 1963!!‚ and the agency costs resulting from asset substitution ~Jensen and Meckling ~1976!!. Agency costs restrict leverage and debt maturity and increase yield spreads
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Strategic Human Resource Research for Alternative Solutions In attempting to generically research for alternative strategic solutions to InterClean ’s human resource problems‚ Team-C found some plausible best practices which should help align their organizational structure with its goals. The industrial cleaning and sanitation industry is evolving around changing trends and driving forces that are causing InterClean to reassess their competitive advantage of human resource development. InterClean
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This is a case analysis with the help of my good friend Jewel Kristian Taino of DLSU-MBA taking Strategic HR. Background and Facts of the Case ARISE is a Destination-for-a-day spa that provides service with an emphasis on the health benefits of a spa treatment‚ fitness and well-being. The spa opened in May 11‚ 2009 which was founded by Kristen Chambers‚ a devotee of spa treatments herself. The business originated from a company named ABROAD‚ an international travel company in 1999 which was then
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9.1 Importance of Resource sharing: There are many times when we need to print some work from different computers‚ use some data that might be on another computer‚ or communicate with someone using another computer. One way of doing this is to save the data that we need to print‚ use or send onto a floppy disk and walk over to another computer‚ log in and load the data from our disk. On the other hand‚ if the computers and printers are connected together with cable and they are able to communicate
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Julie Conlon Ambit Energy December 18‚ 2011 Julie.Conlon@carestreamhealth.com 585.709-8948 The Federal Energy Agency started energy deregulation in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s‚ mostly because many local energy companies such as New York’s RG&E‚ had formed monopolies‚ they also felt that these companies were using outdated‚ inefficient generating plants. Consumers had no choice‚ and were forced to pay escalated energy costs based on solo area providers. It has
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Problems Q.1 Consider a five-year coupon bond with a face value of $1000 paying an annual coupon of 15%. (i) If the current market yield is 8%‚ what is the bond’s price? (ii) If the current market yield increases by 1% what is the bond’s new price? (iii) Using your answers to part (i) and (ii) ‚ what is percentage change in the bond’s price as a result of 1% increase in interest rates. Q.2 Consider the following FI balance sheet: M. Match Ltd Assets | Liabilities | 2 –year Treasury bond
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