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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Shanzhai case solutions sunny What are the environmental factors that help drive the Shanzhai phenomenon? * In china‚ peoples are fearless experimenter’s mindset. * Eye holes in regulations specified Shanzhai folks scope to grow. * protection law of IP is very poor. * Comparatively weak‚ inconsistent or non-transparent business policy. * Shanzhai performers are very flexible & efficient vendors. What characteristics are critical to the success of Shanzhai
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Yellow Mini By: Lori Wever Main characters: In this poetic novel written in verse and told through the perspective of five teenagers‚ we enter their lives as they struggle through the hard times of high school. Mark- a handsome teenage boy of Iraqi origin with dark features. He is a popular and bright kid. After his father’s death‚ he loses himself and buys a yellow mini in which he spends most of his time with his girlfriend Stacey trying to run away from his insecurities. Stacey- A former
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that 30 percent of sales are collected in the month of sale‚ 60 percent in the following month‚ and 10 percent are never collected. Prepare a schedule of cash receipts for J. Lo’s Clothiers covering the fourth quarter (October through December). Solution: J. Lo’s Clothiers September October November December Credit sales $70‚000 $60‚000 $55‚000 $80‚000 30% Collected in month of sales 18‚000 16‚500 24‚000 60% Collected in month after sales 42‚000 36‚000 33‚000 Total cash receipts $60‚000
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1. What does the case suggest is the value of ethical behavior? What did Siemens gain by introducing controls to minimize the likelihood of corruption? The case suggests that while it may be tempting in the short run to engage in unethical business practices‚ in the long run it is essentially bad business. Siemens was involved in a large amount of corruption and bribery all over the world. While this did increase their profits‚ it ultimately led to a public image‚ millions of dollars in fines‚ and
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investopedia.com: www.investopedia.com/terms/p/princemultiles.asp Starbucks Coffee Company. (2013). Fiscal 2013 Annual Report. Investor Relations. Seattle: Starbucks Coffee Company. yahoo.com. (2014‚ september). Yahoo Finance. (Yahoo.com‚ Producer) Retrieved september 2014‚ from Yahoo finance: finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=SBUX+Key+Statistics
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following updates to the existing cases should be noted. Case 03-5a Part I: Trademark Subsequent to the release of the Exposure Draft issued by the FASB and IASB in June 2010 the Boards received a number of comments and is currently reviewing and analyzing these comments. A revised draft of the Exposure Draft is expected in Q3 of 2011. We encourage users of this case study to follow this project and review the FASB’s and IASB’s Web site for updates. Case 04-9: Healthcare Depot On April 22
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Monmouth Case solution 1. To escape their dependency on a single industry‚ Monmouth managed to reduce their business risk by acquiring small different industrial manufacturers in addition to becoming a market player in the hand tool business‚ by acquiring 3 of the market leaders‚ a move that diversified Monmouth’s business and ultimately reduced their business risk. In analyzing the financial risk‚ the continuous acquisitions have definitely increased the operational risk for the company. Since
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1) We do not agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation because she mistakenly used historical data to estimate the future cost of debt. Joanna calculated the cost of debt by taking the interest expense for 2001 and dividing it by the average debt balance. The cost of debt for Nike is the effective rate that it pays on its current debt‚ meaning the yield to maturity of bonds should be used to make an estimate instead of the average debt balance. Through the use of past data‚ the average balance
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Anthony Morand Master in Business Management 1 – How is the online movie rental business changing? Map the industry’s value chain from end to end. Since the
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