FIN 5439 Capital structure and risk management Case study #4: Sealed Air Corporation The following questions refer to Sealed Air Leveraged Recapitalization (A) case (Harvard case #9‐294‐ 122)‚ and they are meant to guide your analysis of this case. Please make sure your case write‐up addresses all of the questions. Your write‐up should be 4‐6 pages‚ plus exhibits (such as worksheets). It is due at the beginning of class on April 8th‚ 2014. Suggested readings that may enhance your understanding of this case are: Chap
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1.0 INTRODUCTION The Sealed Air corporation is committed to market leadership through technological innovation. Ten years ago‚ the company was first to market with a highly successful coated air-bubble packaging protection product‚ AirCap. However‚ market trends indicate a rapid displacement of coated bubble by a technologically inferior yet inexpensive uncoated product. Burgeoning demand for uncoated bubble poses a direct threat to the long-term viability of the technologically superior‚ premium
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HBS Case Study No. 9-294-122 Strategic Financial Management. Dividend Policy related Sealed Air Corporation’ s Leveraged Capitalisation (A) Sealed Air undertook a leveraged recapitalisation in order to provide funds necessary to pay • the special dividend‚ • refinance certain existing indebtedness‚ • pay related fees and expenses and • provide working capital A leveraged recapitalisation by Sealed Air Corp in our opinion was a good idea because the corp. has reached a stage where they
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1. What are the problems? Market leadership and technological innovation have marked Sealed Air’s participation in the U.S. protective packaging market. Several small regional producers have introduced products‚ which are less effective than Sealed Air’s but similar in appearance and cheaper. The company must determine its response to this new competition. The company is faced with a difficult choice of choosing from a range of feasible options ranging from doing nothing to introducing a new product
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Whether one is in New York City‚ Singapore‚ Taiwan‚ or nearly any other large area‚ there is always a need for the taxi cab industry. One can make a fortune through what seem like simple operations involving picking up a person in a vehicle‚ transporting them to their requested destination‚ doing so and collecting the money. Managing a business in this industry is not easy‚ however‚ and careful coordination combined with proper technology and planning is necessary to stay ahead of one’s competitors
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Abstract This paper is an analysis of culture within Taiwan. It will focus on how different cultural elements and dimensions effect and influence business in Taiwan. This paper will also look into the implications for businesses from the United States seeking to conduct business within Taiwan. Taiwan has a unique blend of traditional Chinese cultural as well as modern Western influences. It is an open and welcoming culture and one that plays an important role in the East Asian economy. Global
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Competitive Advance of Nations Taiwan has been ranked 6th in “World Competitiveness Report” published on April 13‚ 2011. Taiwan has an intellectual advantage; in this country about 43.7% of the workforce is higher educated (graduate from college and university everywhere in the world). Taiwan workforce represents about 10 million people‚ accounting for 48% of the total population. Every year 320 thousand students are graduated from college and university‚ which make sufficient workforce supply
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operating systems and office productivity software‚ the company hasn’t really taken off in areas that rival Google has exceeded in. Investing in Facebook will offer a jump-off platform to get new online software out to the public. There has already been cases of developers selling their applications after they’ve become popular on Facebook. News of the talks between Microsoft and Facebook came on the heels of reports of a high-level‚ confidential meeting at Google on Friday 21.9.2007 in which several
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Running Head: SEALED BIDDING (IFB) vs. NEGOTIATED PROCESS (RFP) 1 Sealed Bidding (IFB) vs. Negotiated Process (RFP) Professor Beverly Williams Allen Meadows Contract and Administration Management August 20‚ 2011 SEALED BIDDING (IFB) vs. NEGOTIATED PROCESS (RFP) 2 When considering
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The short story by Ailing “Sealed Off” has various levels and interpretations of the title. The first being the war background and what happened throughout the city. Shanghai grew quiet every time an air raid attack happened when the Japanese frequently bombed them during the Second Sino-Japanese War. When these air raid attacks happened the city would seal off temporarily. The tramcars would halt and seal off as well‚ and whoever was in the tramcars would be stuck inside until the raids were over
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