In which industry does P&G compete? Apply Porter’s Five Forces Model to the industry. Is this an attractive industry? P&G is one of the leading companies that are operating in the household consumer product industry. P&G’s threat of substitution is extremely high as there are many companies producing household consumer products‚ both national and international such as Clorox‚ Kimberly-Clark and Colgate-Palmolive CL. Also‚ P&G is also competing with retailers private label brands
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cash flow and a very good future. Mr. Berkshire Hathaway’s business model was to buy large insurance companies that ensured a stabilized cash-float‚ but the purchase of BNSF may have seemed to differ from his usual business model‚ but the outcome was the same‚ with having a stabilized cash-float. With the oil boom and increase in agriculture‚ and industrial shipments‚ this made BNSF a perfect financial asset for Mr. Berkshire Hathaway. What does Berkshire Hathaway’s purchase of BNSF Railroad say
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the Automobile Industry Porter’s Five Forces‚ also known as P5F‚ is a way of examining the attractiveness of an industry. It does so by looking at five forces which act on that industry. These forces are determinants of that industry’s profitability. The 5 forces are: 1. The threat of new entrants In the auto manufacturing industry‚ this is generally a very low threat. Factors to examine for this threat include all barriers to entry such as upfront capital requirements
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– Assignment 2 During 2011 significant industrial relation events took place in Australia. One significant event that was widely reported in the media and according to Catanzartiti and Kane (2012) “captured the interest of the mainstream press more than any other case during 2011”‚ was the Qantas Airways Limited (Qantas) dispute”. The Qantas dispute involved varying parties. These parties included Qantas employees and their representing unions‚ Qantas Management‚ the Minister for Tertiary
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Suggested Questions 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.55 billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? 2. Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? 3. Assess the bid for PacifiCorp
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Threat of new entrants Profitable markets that yield high returns will attract new firms. This results in many new entrants‚ which eventually will decrease profitability for all firms in the industry. Unless the entry of new firms can be blocked by incumbents‚ the abnormal profit rate will trend towards zero (perfect competition). The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The most attractive segment is one in which entry barriers are high and exit barriers are low. Few new firms
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PESTEL ANALYSIS POLITICAL FACTORS/ CHINA | KEY DRIVERS | IMPACT ON KOYO JEANS | * Government interference | Threat | * Government stability | Opportunity | * High Government controlled financial institutions | Threat | ECONOMIC FACTORS /CHINA | KEY DRIVERS | IMPACT ON KOYO JEANS | * Level of disposable income | Opportunity | * Low Economic freedom index rating | Threat |
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BANKING ACADEMY OF VIETNAM BTEC HND IN BUSINESS (ACCOUNTING) ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET NAME OF STUDENT Hoang Nang Le Minh REGISTRATION NO. F06 - 090 UNIT TITLE Unit 3: Organisations and Behaviour ASSIGNMENT TITLE Berkshire Hathaway ASSIGNMENT NO 1 of 2 NAME OF ASSESSOR Ms Le Thu Hanh SUBMISSION DEADLINE I‚ ___________Minh_______________ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source. I have referenced the sources from
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Berkshire Hathaway Business Analysis and Valuation April 2010 Vinod Palikala vpalika@hotmail.com Business Analysis and Valuation by Vinod Palikala Contents 1. 2. 3. Company Overview ............................................................................................................................... 3 Valuation Approach .............................................................................................................................. 4 Valuation ...............
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Food services (high) Bargaining power of suppliers: low. Food is a low cost industry; there is only a little price difference between different suppliers. The suppliers want to sell their raw material should accept the marketing price. Bargaining power of buyers: low The buyers can decide to choose a cheaper food because there is so many food service they can choose‚ the industry should establish an reasonable price. Threat of new entrants: medium People like to try new food. But if the
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