Fluid Phase Equilibria 337 (2013) 89–99 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Fluid Phase Equilibria journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/fluid Asphaltene deposition prediction using adaptive neuro-fuzzy models based on laboratory measurements Karim Salahshoor a ‚ Sepide Zakeri a ‚ Sedigheh Mahdavi b‚∗ ‚ Riyaz Kharrat a ‚ Mahmoud Khalifeh b a b Petroleum University of Technology‚ Tehran‚ Iran Petroleum Research Center‚ Petroleum University of Technology‚ Tehran
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Case Study: The Marketing Mix of Nike‚ Inc. BADM 370 15 April 2013 Executive Summary Nike‚ Inc.’s debut in the 1970’s was a milestone for the athletic industry. Starting with a simple of objective of selling affordable‚ quality athletic footwear‚ Nike has undergone an incredible transformation over the years into a dominating sporting goods company due to an efficient marketing mix. Today‚ Nike has reached annual sales exceeding
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Corporate Finance Nike‚ INC: Cost of capital 1. What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? Definition of WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital): WACC is basically the average of the cost of finance (debt and equity). Since a company’s assets can be financed by debt or equity‚ WACC can show the averages of the costs involved in the sources of financing. These costs are then weighted
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Dicom Group Plc – Captiva Software Corp. Introduction: Dicom Group Plc (Kofax Plc): Dicom Group Plc which is now known as Kofax Plc‚ Supplies‚ Markets and develops products and services for Electronic Data and Document Capture. They also manufacture and sell Computer Hardware and Software for Document and Content Management Systems. The company was found in the year 1985 and was taken over by Kofax Plc in the year 1999. Management: Chief Executive Officer – Reynolds C. Bish. Chief Financial
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In the mid 1900’s‚ there were not very many shoe stores that sold excellent running shoes. Phil Knight and his running coach‚ Bill Bowerman‚ changed the way people ran by selling shoes out the back of Knight’s car. Knight wanted people to be able to have a comfortable running shoe for a good price. Knight and Bowerman joined together to create a shoe company called Nike. Phil Knight was born February 24‚ 1938 and is the son of a prestigious lawyer and newspaper publisher William Knight and his
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Corporate Governance in Vodafone Group PLC 1. Introduction: This report discusses and examines critically the issues of corporate governance in the company headed above 1.1 Objectives: I. Review the corporate governance approach in Vodafone Group II. Compare the current corporate governance issues to the UK corporate governance Code. 1.2 Background: Vodafone is one of the biggest telecommunication companies in UK and the world. It is a British multinational company and was established in 1st
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Sports and officially became Nike‚ Inc. in 1971 that is well-known with the swoosh logo and engaged in the design‚ innovation‚ marketing and selling of athletic footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ accessories and services. The company takes its name from Nike the Greek goddess of victory. The company is renown with its slogan “Just Do It” [1] Nike products are sold all around the World includes North America‚ South America‚ Europe‚ Asia Pacific‚ Middle East and Africa. Nike markets its products under its
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firm’s bond‚ Johanna only used the interest expense of the year divided by the average debt balance‚ which fully ignored the discounted cash flow of the cost of debt. 2. If you do not agree with Cohen’s analysis‚ calculate your own WACC for Nike and be prepared to justify your assumptions. Combining the analysis above‚ we now give our own WACC calculation as following: 2.1 The value of debt(based on EXIHIBIT 3). Since the book value of debt may represent the market value‚ we merely
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CASE STUDY – NIKE CSR (page 70) 1. In referring to the opening profile and the closing for this chapter‚ discuss the challenges regarding corporate social responsibility that companies in the apparel industry face in its supply chains around the world? Answer: There are 5 challenges related to CSR: a. Lack of awareness and benefit of CSR In fact‚ many of companies have little knowledge about CSR. In some cases‚ companies may have a greater understanding of CSR
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Out and About plc Capital is the funds that are invested into a business to be used for the growth and expansion of a business. In the case of Out and About plc‚ they are going to use this capital in order to fund its marketing budget. Out and About have a current ratio of 0.87:1 and an acid test ratio to one. This suggests that they are suffering from very severe liquidity problems especially short term liquidity. As they have £800 million worth of non-current assets‚ it would be useful for
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