1.0 INTRODUCTION The chief financial officer (CEO) of TELUS Corporation (Telus) has just been informed that Moody’s‚ a bond rating service‚ has downgraded the firm’s credit rating to one notch below investment grade. The CFO’s challenge is to determine what specific actions‚ if any‚ to recommend to the firm’s audit committee. In solving this problem‚ the members of this group decided to divide the work into four main parts. The first part will contain the major problem that led Moody to downgrade
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APPEX CORPORATION Background Appex Corporation’s business is supplying management information systems and intercarrier network services to various cellular phone companies. In 1986‚ Appex entered this fast-growing market as a very small organization. Between 1986 and 1990‚ revenues grew 1600%. Similar growth was also seen inside the company as the number of employees rose from 26 to 180 between 1988 and 1990. Due to the relative youth of both cellular phone technology and Appex‚ the company
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Solution to the Case Study: “Levi Strauss’s Goes Global” Book: Organizational Theory‚ Design‚ and Change Fifth Edition Page 235 Gareth R. Jones Discussion Question 1 and 2 1. How does Levi Strauss take advantage of the global environment? 2. What structure does Levi Strauss use to implement its strategy? This case demonstrates how a company can pursue a transnational strategy and which organizational structure supports this strategy. “Levi Strauss”‚ the company under discussion
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protection. Evaluation of Alternative Courses of Action: Alternative 1: Maintain the Current Position Pros: • Maintain the current market share • Risk of $ 10 Million in advertising is avoided • Expand distribution strength in grocery store by promotion driven sales Cons: • Does not solve the need of Drypers • Not proactive Alternative 2: Invest in 10 Millions National Television Advertising Pros: • Potential to reach wider audiences thereby increasing brand loyalty and awareness • Brand
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Solar Panels Vs. Trees Many consumers have several questions if whether or not if their neighbors can block access to their solar panels with shading. In the case of Solar vs. Trees‚ the trees are the ones that block the solar panels from direct sunlight. Both these men are environmentally friendly. “In terms of loving the environment it seems that neither one can top the other.” (NPR 62) When it comes to the decision of cutting down trees to get sunlight for solar panels‚ which one seems to have
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1) Estimate the WACC that is appropriate for discounting the Collinsville plant’s incremental cash flows. You should estimate and present each component of the WACC separately‚ explaining briefly but clearly what assumptions you are making for each of them. In the same spirit‚ estimate the appropriate all-equity cost of capital for the APV-based valuation. WACC calculation. WACC = RD*(1-t)*D/(D+E)+RE* E/(D+E) Cost of equity We assume that risk free rate (Rf) equals rate of long-term Treasury
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Kanthal Case Study Solutions INTRODUCTION: Kanthal is company that specializes in the production and sales of electrical resistance heating elements. Kanthal has about 10‚000 customers and they produce about 15‚000 items. The company consists of three divisions and these three divisions are as follows: 1)Kanthal Heating Technology - 25% global market share 2)Kanthal Furnace Products - 40% global market share 3)Kanthal Bimetals - Manufacturer of one of the few fully integrated temperature control
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1. Case Name‚ Citation‚ and Court Internet Solutions Corp. v. Marshall LEXIS 2826I (2008) The District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2. Key Facts A. Internet Solutions Corp. (ISC)‚ which operates employment recruiting and Internet advertising websites‚ has its principal place of business in Florida. B. Tabatha Marshall‚ a resident of the State of Washington‚ was sued by ISC for making false and defamatory statements on her website. C. Marshall filed a motion to dismiss asserting
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Variations should not be acted upon unless the change has been authorized by the recognized authority. An authorized change becomes a change order‚ which will affect the cost of the project. In the case of Millennium Erectors Corporation‚ regarding the R Square Residences project‚ there have been at least four variation orders issued in the past few months by the project engineer. Two of them will be studied for the sake of this report. The first example is the front
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proposed 600 megawatt solar panel project to span portions of the 19 kilometers of the canal system is situated near the Chandrasan village of Kadi taluka in Mehsana district. The project isn’t just a great way to place solar power in an otherwise unusable area instead of taking up valuable land acreage‚ it also performs a second‚ even more earth friendly task. By spanning the canal and absorbing the solar radiation that would normally hit the waters in the canal‚ the solar panel array will help prevent
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