Private equity‚ pecuniary logic and enterprise restructuring Private equity firms‚ which in recent decades have become an important avenue for financial transactions in the US and UK markets‚ are being hard hit by the sub-prime crisis as they are unable to source their funding from investors. The resulting credit crunch and financial turmoil may also pose a threat to developing-country financial markets where they have become significant investors‚ particularly in Asia. The danger‚ according to
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Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC Brunswick Corporation (Brunswick) is a worldwide designer‚ manufacturer and marketer of recreation products‚ including marine engines‚ boats‚ fitness equipment and bowling and billiards equipment. Brunswick’s engine products include outboard‚ sterndrive and inboard engines; trolling motors; propellers; engine control systems‚ and marine parts and accessories. The Company’s boat offerings include fiberglass boats; sportfishing convertibles and motoryachts; offshore
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Characteristics of Corporations Corporations represent an important type of organization. Their unique characteristics offer advantages and disadvantages. Advantages of Corporate Characteristics Separate legal entity: A corporation conducts its affairs with the same rights‚ duties‚ and responsibilities of a person. It takes actions through its agents‚ who are its officers and managers. Limited liability of stockholders: Stockholders are liable for neither corporate acts nor corporate debt
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The history of Nokia History of Nokia - one of the most incredible sagas of business 90-x of the last century. As written magazine BusinessWeek‚ in the early 90’s Finnish conglomerate bothered far removed from cellular problem: then began to decline sharply sales standing at the threshold of collapse of the Soviet Union ... toilet paper. And by the end of the millennium the same Finns shifted toward cell phones‚ surpassed by new market and Ericsson and Motorola. Nokia quickly enough became one of
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Rubatex Corporation‚ which manufactures rubber and foam for a variety of products‚ is having lots of problems‚ particularly at their Bedford plant. Although the sales have increased‚ the net profits have decreased. American Industrial Partners (API)‚ who purchased Rubatex‚ is demanding aggressive action to be taken to reduce the losses incurred. The working conditions at the Bedford plant are abysmal. The plant is hot‚ dirty and not air-conditioned. The equipment is old and outdated. The work in
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I. Case Context Xerox Company is a multinational corporation engaged in the business of global document-processing and financial services markets. The document processing product line included the manufacture‚ development‚ and marketing of copiers and duplicators‚ facsimile products‚ scanners‚ and other related equipment in over 130 countries. Meanwhile‚ its financial services operations included insurance‚ equipment financing‚ investments‚ and investment banking. Since it was founded in 1906
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital Simrith Sidhu‚ Amy-Jane Miocevich‚ Jacques Rousset‚ Jing Tao Task One: Marriott uses the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. WACC is calculated using the 1987 financial data provided in the Marriot Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) case study and estimators. WACC = Cost of Equity x (Equity/Debt +Equity) + Cost of Debt x (Debt/(Debt + Equity)) x (1 – Tax Rate) This method is applied for
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CASE on PLANNING: The ADAMS CORPORATION I. Viewpoint. Price Millman‚ the new President & Chief Executive Officer of the Adams Corporation [“Adams”] II. Statement of the Problem: Despite continuously increasing sales in the past 20 years‚ Adams’ net profit has continuously dropped during the same period. The new controlling owner group wants a new corporate design that will improve effectiveness. III. Objectives: To formulate and implement a new corporate design that will improve
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Biovail Corporation‚ a large pharmaceutical company and had applied advanced drug-delivery technologies to improve the clinical effectiveness of medicines. It is recently had its stock downgraded by a well-known pharmaceutical analyst and a number of other analysts were also scrutinizing the company. The outcome was not favorable‚ as Biovail ’s acquisition methods were labeled as unethical and their accounting practices were questioned. An investor with the company must decide if she will continue to
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One Click to Root Sony Xperia Z3 Safely Sony Mobile (previously known as Sony Ericsson Mobile)‚ a subsidiary of the electronics giant Sony Corporation launched in the Xperia Z3 smartphone some where in September of 2014. The Z3 has a big 5.20 inch touchscreen display with 1080 by 1920 pixels in resolution. Sony powered its Xperia Z3 with a 2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and a whopping 3GB RAM. The most awesome part is its 16 GB internal memory with an expandable storage of 128
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