ASSIGNMENT 2: PRADA Refer to the HBS case "Prada: To IPO or Not to IPO" and answer the questions below. Note: Complete the related textbook chapters (RWJJ Chapters 14‚ 15 & 19) before attempting this case. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM SAID TO BE FACING PRADA? Prada got some financial trouble. First‚ Prada failed for several times to IPO due to various reasons like SARS‚ financial crisis‚ etc. Second‚ because of the long-term debt maturing in one year‚ Prada needed to raise more than 1 billion euros
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1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? “When AES undertook primarily domestic contract generation projects where the risk of changes to input and output prices was minimal‚ a project finance framework was employed.” Usually‚ project finance framework is used when the project has predictable cash flows‚ which can easily represent operating targets through explicit contract. When cash flows are certainty‚ the company can have
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F523 - SPRING 2013 BOEING CASE 1. What is the appropriate required rate of return against which to evaluate the prospective IRR ’s from the B ANSWER:The appropriate rate of return against which to evaluate the IRR is the risk-free rate‚ plus the market risk 1a. Please use the capital asset pricing model to estimate the cost of equity. At the date of the case‚ the 74 over T-bonds. Which beta‚ risk-free rate‚ and risk premium did you use? Why? Financing Components Debt Equity Market Values Weight
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in the ocean or beach. Specifically‚ terrigenous sediments which "originate on the contientes or islands from erosion‚ or volcanic eruptions‚ and blown dust." (Oceanography pg.143) pertain to be "the most abundant"(Oceanography pg.134) in the beach where the sand is all the way the shelf.
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expectations throughout those countries. In Hong Kong‚ children’s birthdays had traditionally gone unrecognized‚ but McDonald’s introduced the practice of birthday parties in its restaurants‚ and now such parties have become popular among the public. Case 2: 1.
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Introduction Cooper Industries‚ Inc. is a manufacturer of heavy machinery and equipment. It has acquired some companies in the past as part of their expansion plans. Cooper acquires companies that are leading in their area of business‚ have a large market share and is the leading company in their area of operation. Currently‚ Cooper is focusing on building a hand tool business with a full product line that would use a common sales and distribution system and joint advertising. In this effort‚ Cooper
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An expense is normally incurred by a firm to generate sales‚ e.g. promotional expenses which are selling expenses which are directly related to the generation of sales. Most of the expenses normally form a part of operating expenses and are included in ‘cost of sales’. It may either be raw materials‚ labor‚ etc.‚ or capitalized assets which are either depreciated or amortized over a period of time. These are known as matching costs. The other types of costs are ‘period costs’ which are mostly mentioned
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Rhetoric and Composition Compare/Contrast Beach vs. Mountains Everyone always looks forward to their vacation periods‚ no matter what age they are. There are many locations from which to choose‚ but the most common tends to be the beach or the mountains. The beach offers activities and climate that the mountains cannot and vice versa. The beach and mountains are polar opposites. Although they are different‚ people can enjoy what both have to offer. In the mountains‚ the climate most often
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Organizational Resources In the case study‚ it illustrates different kind of organizational resource‚ including human resources‚ financial resources‚ physical resources‚ general organizational resources‚ and organizational knowledge and learning. Human Resources Shangri-La invests heavily in training in the past. It puts a lot of resource to modest in their performances and provides the best services to customers with kind attitude. Its training programmers emphasize service attitudes‚ organizational
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1.0 Introduction and Scenario Banyan tree hotel group was established in1994 with one single resort in Phuket‚ and in recent years ‚ it has own more than 20 resorts and hotels‚ 60 spas‚ 70 retail galleries and 3 golf courses(Banyan tree hotel group‚ 2012).As the leading of international boutique hotels‚ Banyan tree hotel group are providing the unique service combined with green conscience . In the next five years‚ Banyan tree hotel is panning to extend their business into Middle East ‚ Central
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