Graduate School of Business Administration University Version 2.0 of Virginia UVA-F-1353 Version 2.0 Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual fund management firm‚ pored over analyst write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the start of the year. Kimi was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in
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International Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital Agenda 1 2 3 4 5 International Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital Analyzing Cost of Capital among Countries Cross Border Listing of Stocks International Asset Pricing Model (IAPM) The Financial Structure of Subsidiaries Case Analysis - AES Corporation 6 International Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital Your Logo International Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital • Firms are becoming multinational in
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Marriott cost of capital Objective: 1) Calculate the divisional and the company cost of capital and explain the calculation. 2) Evaluate Marriott’s use of company cost-of-capital rate for the individual divisions. Cost of Capital for Lodging Division can be expressed as CC = We*Ce + Wd*Cd. For the weights of debt and equity (We and Wd)‚ the 1988 target-schedule rates of debt-to-assets and debt-to-equity were used as the only measures available in the case. Cost of Equity
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Cost of Capital at Ameritrade What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? Mr. Ricketts believes that his role as CEO is to maximize shareholder value by accepting any project whose expected return on investment is greater than the cost of capital. Therefore‚ the main factors that Ameritrade management should consider are the expected return on investment for the project‚ and how this compares to the project’s
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Case Study of Cost of Capital at Ameritrade 1-a How can the CAPM be used to estimate the cost of capital for a real business investment decision? CAPM results can be compared to the best expected rate of return that investor can possibly earn in other investments with similar risks‚ which is the cost of capital. Under the CAPM‚ the market portfolio is a well-diversified‚ efficient portfolio representing the non-diversifiable risk in the economy. Therefore‚ investments have similar risk if they
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PepsiCo. Introduction: The Pepsi Corporation has a strong focus on corporate growth and brand name domination. PepsiCo produces beverages‚ snacks‚ and foods. The company consists of PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB)‚ PepsiCo Americas Foods (PAF)‚ and PepsiCo International (PI). PepsiCo was marketed first as a bargain brand. In the first part of the 20th century‚ PepsiCo changed chief four times and declared bankruptcy twice. PepsiCo modified its focus from bargain brand promotions to advertising
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7. STRATEGIES OF PEPSICO IN VIETNAM MARKET Further‚ the most favorite and potentially profitable approaches for entering a foreign market are strategic alliances and joint ventures with foreign partners. Because of strategic cross-border alliances‚ company can spread out geographic coverage and build up competitiveness in foreign markets‚ especially step over the legally invested barriers from host-countries government. (Thompson et al 2008‚ pp. 217-220) In 1993‚ following by the removal of U
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PepsiCo History 1965 PepsiCo is founded PepsiCo‚ Inc. is founded by Donald M. Kendall‚ president and chief executive officer of Pepsi-Cola and Herman W. Lay‚ chairman and chief executive officer of Frito-Lay‚ through the merger of the two companies. Pepsi-Cola was created in the late 1890s by Caleb Bradham‚ a New Bern‚ N.C. pharmacist. Frito-Lay‚ Inc. was formed by the 1961 merger of the Frito Company‚ founded by Elmer Doolin in 1932‚ and the H. W. Lay Company‚ founded by Herman W. Lay
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and the current Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo‚ the second largest food and beverage business in the world by net revenue. (Figure 1) Figure 1 - Chief Executive (CEO) of PepsiCo Product range or most profitable products PepsiCo make‚ sell and distribute a variety of convenient and enjoyable foods and beverages in more than 200 countries and territories. Beverage business is the largest and highly profitable business. Figure 3 - PepsiCo has 17 mega brands that generate $1 billion
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Porter’s model (PM) | 28 | III. Strategic groups (SG) | 30 | IV. Competitors profile matrix (CPM) | 32 | V. External factor evaluation (EFE) | 33 | Phase Three | | I. PepsiCo’s structure | 34 | II. PepsiCo ’s Culture | 38 | III. PepsiCo ’s Resources | 40 | IV. Internal factor Evaluation (IFE) matrix | 43 | Phase Four | | I. Corporate Strategies | 45 | II. Business-competitive Strategies | 46 | III. Functional strategies | 47 | IV
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