Expedia‚ Inc. Expedia‚ Inc. (Expedia) is an online travel agency and is a parent company to some of the world’s leading online travel brands‚ including‚ among others; Expedia‚ Hotels.com‚ Hotwire.com and trivago. Expedia caters to need of both leisure and business travellers in over 70 countries through their 150 websites‚ and connects them to 435.000 bookable properties and more than 400 airlines. The primary source of income for Expedia is generated through transactions involving the booking of
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Borders Group Inc. Professor: Simon Dekker Student: Yanhui Zheng Student ID: 021244231 Date: 02- -2010 Introduction Borders Group Inc. is one of leading and well-known retailers of books‚ CD‚ and other educational items. Its idea is “To create richer‚ more satisfying lives through knowledge and entertainment.” In order to accomplish its mission‚ Borders provide additional services to make its customer enjoy spending in the store. Borders’ store is not just a bookstore that people go in‚ buy books
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|Case 4.6 | |Instructional Notes | | | |Phar-Mor‚ Inc.:
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Spinoff In 2009‚ Canada’s largest natural gas producer‚ Encana‚ split into two highly focused energy company: Cenovus Energy Inc.‚ an integrated oil company and EnCana Corporation‚ a pure play natural gas company. There are two main business reasons for Encana to spin off part of its business. Enhanced business focus. A spin-off will allow each business to focus on its own strategic and operational plans without diverting human and financial resources from the other business. Post Spinoff‚ Cenovus
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Valuation of Corporate Finance BUFN 750 BW/IP International‚ Inc 1、BW/IP is a good candidate for the leverage buyout. * Steady cash flow (around 30 million per year). * Strong management team. * Positive NPV (about 61.5 million) The NPV of BW/IP is 61.5million(301-239.5).Thus‚ we are quite optimistic about this BW/IP’s project. Calculating the NPV. Method: APV: VL=VU+PV (ITS). We can get the interest paid schedule from the BW/IP’s projected operating performance‚ which means
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magnetic tape to update a master file stored on magnetic tape b) processing transactions stored on magnetic tape to update a database stored on a magnetic disk c) converting source documents to magnetic tape using a computer-based optical character reader (OCR) d) processing OCR documents online to update a database on magnetic disk e) reading data from a magnetic disk into the computer to be printed on a report f) using a computer or terminal to key data
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1. Is this a customer service problem? Why or why not? a. Why is this a customer service problem? It is a customer service problem because ultimately it is reflecting poorly upon the company and providing customers with poor and inadequate customer service. The distributors are lying to customers to inflate sales. The distributors are not rendering adequate customer service all of which whether direct or indirect is associated poorly in the customer’s reflection and association with Handy
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Case Analysis – BP America‚ Inc.: The Prudhoe Bay Oil Spill and a Commitment to “Being Green” Michelle L. Staton Case Summary The Angelo-Persian Oil Company was formed in 1909 by a wealthy Englishman named William Knox D’Arcy. It did not operate under the British Petroleum (BP) name until 1954. In early 1959‚ BP discovered hydrocarbons under the North Sea and Alaska‚ and found the West Sole gas field in 1965 which was the first oil exploration success in British waters. In 1969
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Case Study: Radio One‚ Inc. - Part A Corporate Valuation Date: 21-09-2009 Instructor: Dr. Oliver Spalt Course: 323058 Corporate Valuation Faculty Economics and Business Administration‚ Tilburg University P.W. Segers J.J.T.M. Zegers 779710 722085 1. Radio One’s opportunities and risks with respect to their acquisition policy We have identified four main benefits and five major risks with respect to the desired acquisition of 12 urban stations along with the nine stations in Charlotte
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As a newly appointed CEO of Minnesota Micromotors‚ Inc.‚ I am responsible for designing the company’s marketing strategy‚ “This includes determining all aspects of the company’s go-to-market approach and associated elements of product policy‚ including pricing and market positioning of the company’s orthopedic motor line. ”(Harvard Business Publishing‚ 2014). MM is a member of a mature‚ saturated and highly competitive Orthopedic Motor market‚ such that every decision needs to be deliberate and appropriate
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