Memo for Valuing Cross-Border LBO of Yell Group Group 5: Li Xiao‚ Xia Liu‚ Minghao Gu‚ Shine Li Table of Contents 1. Purpose and Overview 2. Acquiring Yell Group Is a Good Choice for Apax and Hicks Muse 2.1 Directory Industry has enjoyed fast growth both in U.K. and U.S. 2.2 Yell Group is a good LBO candidate 2.3 Apax and Hicks Muse are experienced media investors 3. Valuation 3.1 Valuation Method 3.2 FCF of BT Yellow Pages 3.3 FCF of Yellow Book USA 3.4 Interest Tax Shield 3
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Motivating factors of foreign direct investment in Pakistan Abstract: Purpose – the influence of market size and growth to attract FDI has been examined. Methodology/approach – This paper investigates whether FDI motivators affect FDI based on time series data for Pakistan covering period from 1988-2011. Findings – The result of the study indicate positive and significant relationship between FDI and market size and between FDI and growth rate. Originality/value – The basic contribution
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main issues faced by Virgin shall be identified and categorically solutions recommended respectively. Corporate Rationale The Virgin Group comprises of an assorted mix of businesses. It has its “finger in every pie”‚ so to speak. The Virgin has group diversified into 200 businesses. Please see Figure 1 below: {draw:frame} Figure 1 The Virgin Group Sir Richard Branson‚ founder of Virgin in 1970 is in the author’s opinion the single most important ingredient to all the success that has
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The No.14 Chair made by German-born cabinetmaker Michael Thonet is one of the most bestselling consumer products of the nineteenth century (Doick‚ 2009). It was the world’s first industrially produced bent-wood chair and the first mass produced chair (Doick‚ 2009). First introduced in 1859‚ the No.14 Chair is regarded as an iconic product‚ “which although no one has ever actually done the math‚ is thought to have seated more people than any other chair in history” (Rawsthorn‚ 2008). The No.14 Chair
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The group success is based on a founded realization that there is a constant demand for change. The organization was one of the first to systemize the flow of information‚ to standardize pay scales. They review their policies and procedures regularly‚ follow technological development in computer and electronic archiving and take the required training that goes along with these innovations. Their files are well organized and information is easily retrieved‚ moved from being a family enterprise to
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Running head: GROUP BEHAVIOR AND PROCESSES 1 GROUP BEHAVIOR AND PROCESSES 5 GROUP BEHAVIOR AND PROCESSES MICHAEL J. BONNIE CJA444 June 12‚ 2014 Eddie Gordon GROUP BEHAVIOR AND PROCESSES Group behavior and processes in this paper is about a problem with a new low income government housing development and the illegal activities that have impacted the community in making the neighborhood unsafe. The author of this paper sees not only the different illegal groups behaviors as the problem in
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Case Study 2: Hacking into Harvard Naugie Pratt Unit 2 October 2‚ 2012 Case Study 2: Hacking into Harvard Summary of Events: This case involves students who have applied to MBA programs‚ who stumbled across an opportunity to learn of their results early‚ information that had been obtained via message board. Anyone who has ever applied for admission to a prestigious college‚ or who has been interview for a desired job knows the feeling of playing the “wait game”. However in this case
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The Fashion Cannel 1. What are the pros and cons of the three segmentation scenarios? Read carefully the case and make a list of the pros and cons of each segmentation scenario. Use the following table to summarize your findings. Scenario 1: Broad-based Segmentation Targeting Scenario 2: Fashionista focus Scenario 3: Fashionistas + Planners/Shoppers Pros Already have male audience interest‚ 55% male Segment is strong with 18-34 year old females Smaller
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Group Case Study Analysis Faculty members and student affairs professionals can benefit a great deal from performing case studies. Case study analysis helps provide the participants with many perspectives of the interactions between several aspects of a college campus. Case studies allow participants the opportunity to use the theories that have been discussed in coursework by applying them in a controlled‚ safe setting before attempting them in a real work setting (Stage & Hubbard‚ 2012). This paper
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Case analysis for Maersk Group 张雯扬 2014211809 The Maersk Group was founded in 1904 and became the largest company in Denmark. Maersk operates one of the largest container shipping businesses globally as well as oil and gas exploration and container terminal operations. Now it is transforming from a family business to a global conglomerate. However‚ Maersk is experiencing five notable talent challenges during its strategic transition. Firstly‚ employee turnover has increased. Traditionally the
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