1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? “When AES undertook primarily domestic contract generation projects where the risk of changes to input and output prices was minimal‚ a project finance framework was employed.” Usually‚ project finance framework is used when the project has predictable cash flows‚ which can easily represent operating targets through explicit contract. When cash flows are certainty‚ the company can have
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Virgin Atlantic Airways came from an idea taken to Richard Branson by Randolph Fields in the early 1980’s. Original called British Atlantic Airways‚ VAA first flew from Gatwick to Newark with their single 747 on 22nd June 1984. Branson took the torch from Sir Freddie Laker’s Skytrain operation - which had been the pioneer of discounted transatlantic air travel‚ but suffered at the hands of BA’s price war to eliminate the competition. Virgin too didn’t have an easy ride with BA‚ and won substaintial
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Competitive strategy of Virgin Atlantics: 3 Advantages: 6 Limitations: 8 Recommendations: 10 Constant analysis: 10 Hybrid strategy: 10 Competitive prices: 11 Value added services: 11 Conclusion: 12 Introduction: Today‚ competition in international markets has become severe and in order to sustain relevant position‚ organizations need to assume competitive strategies so that they can gain competitive advantages. (Rao‚ pp.185‚ 2011) The dynamic condition of markets has made it complicated for
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My work place is at Vellore Woods Dentistry located at 9565 Weston Rd‚ Woodbridge‚ ON L4H 3A5. This institution is owned by a dentist who goes by Dr. R.Goodfellow. He opened this dental office from 2006‚ wanted to help his clients have satisfying teeth and to help them learn more about their mouth in general. He used to work at Shoreham Dental. It was a small building which is why he came he moved and created Vellore Woods Dentistry to expand his company. He is currently learning different methods
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partnership deal to get through. Brainstorming through pros and cons of each of the two alternatives with factors like current cash availability‚ clouding uncertainties on Sepsis and Diabetes partnerships‚ need for raising immediate money‚ giving up market rights‚ Harpaz considered following three options in order to maximize firm’s value and reduce financing risks: 1) Venture Capital Round: Secure $10 million in three months amidst various restrictions‚ 2) Wait six months: $25 million valuation
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SPRING 2013 BOEING CASE 1. What is the appropriate required rate of return against which to evaluate the prospective IRR ’s from the B ANSWER:The appropriate rate of return against which to evaluate the IRR is the risk-free rate‚ plus the market risk 1a. Please use the capital asset pricing model to estimate the cost of equity. At the date of the case‚ the 74 over T-bonds. Which beta‚ risk-free rate‚ and risk premium did you use? Why? Financing Components Debt Equity Market Values Weight Cost
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focus on the energy that embodied in the process of hardwood flooring. From the article “Green Speak”‚ the embodied energy means “the sum of the energy necessary to make a product‚ from the raw material extraction to the manufacturing process to shipping it to its point of use. Embodied energy is part of Life Cycle Analysis‚ which follows the product’s environmental impact from raw material extraction all the way through its use and its ultimate disposal or reuse” (KEN 2008). The embodied energy
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MARKETING STRATEGY Ryanair case What is your assessment of Ryanair launch strategy? From my point of view‚ the strategy implemented by Ryanair was perfect because it is focused on capturing those passengers who have the price as the main criterion in choosing the mean of transport. There is a wide difference between the fare of the air companies with the ferry or rail giving rise to another variables‚ as comfort or no time‚ do not influence by the time of the decision-making. However‚ Ryanair
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Case 19 Georgia Atlantic Company Dividend Policy CASE INFORMATION Purpose The purpose of this case is to have students examine dividend policy--cash dividends‚ stock splits‚ and stock dividends--from the viewpoint of its effect on corporate share prices. Time Required About one and a half hours of student preparation. If the case is to be written up and handed in‚ double the time required. Complexity A--relatively simple. Flexibility This case can be used in
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automotive sector and specifically in the one of the light commercial trucks was quite high because the huge quantity of brands. Despite this situation GAZ in late 2009 was onwing approximately the 50 % of the market share in the commercial vehicle sector (Gazelle was the most popular light commercial vehicle in Russia) while KAMAZ represeted the main competitor in this sector. In the whole automotive sector were presented
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