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 Fortune 500 companies with an emphasis on value investing. Its top holdings
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Cost of equity refers to a shareholder’s required rate of return on an equity investment. It is the rate of return that could have been earned by putting the same money into a different investment with equal risk. How It Works/Example: The cost of equity is the rate of return required to persuade an investor to make a given equity investment. In general‚ there are two ways to determine cost of equity. First is the dividend growth model: Cost of Equity = (Next Year’s Annual Dividend /
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characteristics and the strategy of the producer company Stanimir Andonov* The article discusses the differentiation among the product offers of companies working in the global markets‚ as well as the strategies which they use and could use in that respect. The main idea of the paper is that the principle “differentiate or die” (Jack Trout) has died. Today the global brands don’t strive to differ from their competitors in everything and at any cost. As an example‚ let’s have a global look at the
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“The True Cost” is a documentary film that exposes hidden cost of cheap fashion or clothing we are wearing today. The film underlines the condition of workers in Bangladesh and how they were mistreated‚ exploited and forced to work in a place where there is no safety. Based on the film‚ workers only earn $2 dollars a day‚ and some workers were forced to leave their children with their families or relatives to make a living keep themselves alive. This film is related to the theme “Working Toward
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UV0010 NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm‚ pored over analysts’ write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic-shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the beginning of the year. Ford was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. Its top holdings included ExxonMobil
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Sporting Goods Mission Statement Dicks Sporting Goods‚ “Dicks‚” is a great in store and online retailer that carries a very extensive assortment of name brand products. They specialize in products which range from sports equipment like footwear and apparel to equipment for outdoors activities like hunting‚ fishing and hiking. With a superstore format‚ Dicks offers a wide variety of merchandise from large vendors such as Nike‚ Calloway‚ Columbia Sportswear‚ and Adidas. The company was founded
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Submission Criteria Grade/Marks Ideas Quality Product Information Originality _____________________ [Tutorial Group] Declaration of Originality By submitting this work‚ I / we declare that • I am / we are the originator(s) of this work. • I / we have appropriately acknowledged all other original sources used in this work. • I / We understand that Plagiarism is the act of taking and using the whole or any part of another person’s work and presenting it as my/ our own
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Cost Allocation University of Phoenix Accounting in Healthcare ACC561 December 12‚ 2010 Cost Allocation Transfer Pricing [pic] [pic] Transfer pricing is a value attached to the output of a department to measure the value of the trade with other departments within the organization. Transfer prices will not affect the organization’s profit results. This contributes directly to the process of departmental performance measurement and indirectly to the measurement of a product
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Cost Classifications Consult Ch. 6 & 7 of Health Care Finance and other sources to complete the form. This worksheet requires you to match the definitions and examples of types of cost‚ and the types of centers where costs occur. Part 1: For each term in Column A‚ select the correct definition from Column B on the right. Write the corresponding letter of the definition next to the term. Column A f 1. Indirect costs a 2. Direct costs d 3. Fixed costs i e h b c g 4. Variable
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Assignment 2 (20 points) Assignment 2: Costs and Profit Instructions Save this file in your course folder‚ and name it with Assignment‚ the section number‚ and your first initial and last name. For example‚ Jessie Robinson’s assignment for Section 1 would be named Assignment1JRobinson. Type the answers to the assignment questions below. Use complete sentences unless the question says otherwise. You will have more than one day to complete an assignment. At the end of each day‚ be sure to save your
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