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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F523 - 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
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References: 1. McDonald ’s Case: McDonald ’s Corporation‚ Designing an Incentive system 2. Claudia Engelberth‚ Signe Svensson‚ Stefan Zeugner " McDonald ’s" Economics of Organizations A. Citanna‚ HEC 2001 3. "Compensation and Incentive System Design Study" published on June 6‚ 2003;
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Company: In 1998‚ Lasik Vision Corporation was the first laser vision correction provider in North America to offer “affordable‚ value-pricing” and to promote it with direct-to-consumer advertising. At the time‚ this was a new approach for a medical services company and allowed it to capitalize on a larger mass appeal for the procedure. Dr. Wallerstein was the National Medical Director of LASIK Vision Corporation and oversaw medical standardization
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An expense is normally incurred by a firm to generate sales‚ e.g. promotional expenses which are selling expenses which are directly related to the generation of sales. Most of the expenses normally form a part of operating expenses and are included in ‘cost of sales’. It may either be raw materials‚ labor‚ etc.‚ or capitalized assets which are either depreciated or amortized over a period of time. These are known as matching costs. The other types of costs are ‘period costs’ which are mostly mentioned
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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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• If Franchisees buy things from informal sources or the above confinement on wellsprings of supply is unenforceable‚ sovereignties are forced or (if eminences are as of now part of the framework) balanced upward significantly to compensate for lost income at the Franchisor/partner level. • If Franchisees don’t get deals/item buy shares‚ they can lose their regional rights‚ be ended and/or ineligible for reestablishment. • If you are uncomfortable with the working association with a Franchisee
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Analysis of case 1.4 Sunbeam: The Revenue Recognition Principle 1. Company history ← In April 1996‚ Sunbeam appointed Albert Dunlap as its CEO and chairman. ← Immediately‚ the CEO began replacing nearly all of the upper management team and led the company into aggressive corporate restructuring. ← As at end of March 1997‚ the company arranged special sales contract with the wholesaler provided that the wholesaler could return all of the merchandise‚ with Sunbeam
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John Willard Marriott September 17‚ 1900 – August 13‚ 1985 Born on September 17‚ 1900 in Marriott Settlement‚ Utah‚ as the eldest son of a poor farmer‚ J.W. Marriott was said to have learned to ride a horse before he could walk. Early in his upbringing‚ Marriott was held to a very strict and high standard of conduct from his father. His father also gave him responsibility at an early age making him a sheepherder on the farm to help his family. At the age of 19‚ he preached the gospel as a Mormon
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Case: AMERICAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 1. Executive Summary Dixon‚ an American specialty chemical producer‚ wants to buy Collinsville plant from American Chemical Corporation‚ another typical chemical company in 1979. Dixon wants to diversify its product line buy acquiring the aforesaid plant‚ which produces sodium-chlorate to supply to paper producers in Southeastern part of the US. This plant initially cost 12 mln. USD and additional 2‚25 mln. USD needed to buy laminate technology to increase efficiency
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