Questions 1. What benefits have CEMEX and the other global competitors in cement derived from globalization? More broadly‚ how can cross-border activities add value in an industry as apparently localized as cement? CEMEX and their competitors have realized many benefits from globalization. The first of these was a reduction on tariffs associated with exporting their product. If the manufacturer has a localized facility‚ they do not have to pay export tariffs on the delivery of cement. Next
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Opening Case Questions 1. What might have happened to Apple if its top executives had not supported investment in iPods? The iPods have revolutionized the way Americans buy‚ listen and enjoy their favorite music. In just a few short clicks‚ consumers across the globe can download that "oldie but goodie" taking them "back down memory lane". However‚ the investment in the iPods was only just the beginning for Apple. It opened the door to a whole new portfolio of sleek. fun and clever technological
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Vodafone Suggested questions 1. What was the strategic and economic rational for Mannesmann’s acquisition of Organge? Did Mannesmann overpay for Orange? 2. Vodafone AirTouch proposed that each Mannesmann share would receive 53.7 Vodafone AirTouch shares‚ so that in aggregate Mannesmann shareholders would own 47.2% of the equity if the combined firm. a) Describe the stock swap. As of December 17‚ what was the market value of Mannesmann’s contribution to the combined firm? As a Mannesmann shareholder
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Discussion Case: Fidelity Investments’ Partnership with Citizen Schools 1. The evidence that I see in this case of the three kinds of corporate philanthropy discussed in this chapter is in contributions of cash‚ Fidelity contributed money to many Citizen Schools since 1998 and by 2012 they were contributing to about 22 different middle schools. With in-kind products and services‚ Fidelity offered 70 different apprenticeships to the schools in topics such as robotics‚ law‚ and financial literacy
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GROUP 5 STRATEGY Case for critical analysis Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL)–Metro & London Lite 1. What would the SWOT analysis look like for this company? Strengths: We have specialized our market focusing in young people‚ which is hard because they do not usually read newspapers. We have also founded a new newspaper‚ which is called London Lite‚ which is mainly designed for women. We have the biggest newspapers sold in the UK‚ and we have sold
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Power of suppliers: medium The power of content producers has been greatly increased due to the multiple outlets they have the option of choosing. More content producers are making an effort to expand vertically to decrease any reliance on the companies within this industry. However‚ the target of the industry may move to smaller content producers which allow for less expensive means of obtaining content. Power of customers: high With the advent of streaming technology‚ the consumers have begun
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Raphaella Mercier Case 1 Trade Barter‚ the Rimzi Chamber of Commerce and the Rimzi University of Economics 1. What kind of studies should the Chamber perform to assess the likelihood that RUE could benefit from use of the trade barter system? The Chamber members should conduct studies to see what exactly the university would be in need of most‚ to see if the trade barter system would be beneficial. The study should also be conducted to see what the university has to offer in barter. The results
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Questions 1. a. Discuss the specific items of capital that should be included in the WACC. The WACC calculation should include all the sources of capital like common stock‚ preferred stock‚ bonds and any other long-term debt. b. The comptroller currently finds the weights for the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) from information from the balance sheet shown in Table 2. Compute the book value weights that the comptroller currently uses for the company’s capital structure.
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Tiffany & Co. Case Study After Tiffany & Co. made the new retiling agreement with Mitsukoshi Ltd in July 1993‚ Tiffany & Co Japan. Inc started to be responsible to manage the operations of 29 boutiques in Japan. Tiffany will now face both opportunities and risks. Prior to the new agreement‚ the wholesale transactions were dominated entirely in dollars‚ so yen/dollar exchange rate fluctuations were not the reason of Tiffany’s cash flow volatility‚ and Mitsukoshi bore the exchange risk between the
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C2: Amazon.com In 1994‚ a 29-year old financial analyst and fund manager named Jeff Bezos became intrigued by the rapid growth of the Internet. Looking for a way to capitalize on the hot new marketing tool‚ he made a list of 20 products that might sell well on the Internet. After some intense analysis‚ he determined that books were at the top of that list. Although Bezos liked the name Abracadabra‚ he decided to call his online bookshop Amazon.com. Today‚ Amazon.com has more than 40 million
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