Trident University International Module 1 Case Assignment FIN501: Strategic Corporate Finance Dr. John Halstead August 9‚ 2013 AVG Technology: Traditional IPO VS. Auction Based IPO Our nation has suffered through a recession for the past decade. Small and large businesses‚ alike‚ have suffered directly resulting in American jobs being lost‚ the national debt skyrocketing into the trillions‚ and parents struggling to keep food on the table for their children. Foresight is a trait that
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The facts of the case 18 States and the Justice Department brought suit against Microsoft to "eliminate Microsoft’s unlawful practices‚ to avoid recurrence of similar practices and to restore the competitive threat that middleware products posed prior to Microsoft’s unlawful conduct. The procedural history of the case Microsoft grew the government’s attention in 1991‚ because word was that it was abusing its monopoly in the PC operating system market. The government had the FTC conduct an inquiry
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1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of scenario planning? • An in depth understanding of the world around the organization • Robust strategic thinking and planning process • Great decision making Strengths Weaknesses • Widened field of vision for organization • Help to identify new strategies to face possible scenarios that could occur in UPS future • Guide future investment decisions as by living in the future through scenarios‚ there is a better‚ more enhanced and impactful view of
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200607-MM-Case-Assignments.doc 1/9 Multinational Management –Case Assignments Case Studies & Case Assignments General Remarks • • • The following questions are to be considered as “guiding questions”. That is‚ these questions will stimulate discussion within each group. However‚ groups are encouraged to use a managerial and problem-oriented framework (see “Notes on Case Analysis”) for their presentations and integrate conceptual thinking as much as possible (evidence of some wider
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Case Questions for MGM 828‚ Fall 2012 Case 1: The Euro in Crisis a) Evaluate the European Central Bank’s (ECB) response to the financial crisis of 2008-2010. What was their analysis of the problem? b) The ECB responded less aggressively than the US Federal Reserve to the crisis. Why? c) In May 2010‚ should the ECB agree to purchase Greek sovereign debt? Case 2: Foreign Ownership of US Treasury Securities a) Why is foreign ownership of US Treasury securities rising? It is more interesting
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1994‚ the Mosaic web browser was gaining great momentum. Marc Andreesen‚ taking a page from Gates‚ knew winning in market share meant winning it all. Andreesen had the foresight to see the importance of the web browser and had Netscape licensing Mosaic. By mid-1995‚ Netscape had the lion’s share of the browser market. At this point‚ Microsoft woke up and Gates made a big push to create a browser. Roughly a year and a half later‚
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Prada Case Analysis “FINANCE” Course “PRADA: TO IPO OR NOT TO IPO: THAT IS THE QUESTION‚ AGAIN” case analysis Brief summary of the case with the emphasis on managerial problems that Prada faces. Prada currently requires a significant amount of capital both to re-finance debt that is maturing in the next six to twelve months and to finance its intended growth into the Asian (especially Chinese) markets. Since financial markets are aware of Prada’s pressing need to raise capital‚ it is important
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Comparables 2. DCF model III. Analysis of Alternatives In order to compare Goldman Sachs to companies in its industry the information in Exhibit 2 of the case has to be used. A way to compare the information given to Goldman Sachs is to find the average of the comparable companies’ information to use it to find an approximate IPO for Goldman Sachs. The average of the price to book value ratios and the average of the price per earnings ratio would be are calculations that can be found in order
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Case study : Amazon 1. What is the business model for Amazon.com? How does their business model differ from that of Barnes and Noble or Borders? How would you value Amazon.com? Amazon is a relatively small player in the bookstore industry‚ and its main competitors are Barnes & Noble and Borders. Despite the difference in scale‚ the company shows great promise‚ because its business model overcomes many of the competitors’ drawbacks. Amazon operates using a web-based platform to sell
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