FIN 527 Alternative Investments | Private Equity | Project 1. | | Wei Chen‚ Ye Zhang | | | Part 1. Performance Measurement for Private Equity a) Summary statistics for venture capital and buyout returns: Histograms of returns: The return distribution of venture capital has a kurtosis of 23.25 and a skewness of 3.63‚ which means it is leptokurtic and skews to the right. It is not close to normal distribution. Mainly due to the high returns in late 1990s during the
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product in each country. They should responsible on the consequences or issues that may occur for their consumers after using their products and should not only care for the profit. The Nestle case is great example of how it is important to have a well marketing research before entering a new market. Nestle has fail to do their research before entering the Third World market and has been directly or indirectly causing the death of the Third World infants. This case was about a company that went
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Trompenaars and Hamden Turner classified cultures along a mix of behavioral and value patterns. Their research focuses on the cultural dimensions of business executives. 1. Universalism vs. Particularism (What is more important‚ rules or relationships?) Universalistic Countries: focus more on formal rules than relationships; believe that their ideas and practices can be applied worldwide without modification (Germany‚ UK‚ US) Particularistic countries: more emphasis on relationships than rules
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Mars bar chocolate Measuring & Interpreting Brand Performance Report Prepared for Buyer & Consumer Behavior team University of South Australia Cameron Lau Ming Cham Undergraduate student 25 May 2012 Executive Summary This report examines Mars bar chocolate Brand Performance; Awareness and Salience; and Demographics and Segmentation. Brand performance part showing that the difference between subscription market and a repertoire market‚ although chocolate industry is
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Nestlé and their ethical violations/their lack of ethics Nestlé S.A. is Swiss multinational food and beverage company which has its headquarters in Vevey‚ Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world. They have around 330‚000 employees in over 150 countries and has 468 factories in 86 different countries around the globe. Their products include baby food‚ bottled water‚ breakfast cereals‚ coffee‚ confectionery‚ dairy products‚ ice cream‚ pet foods‚ and snacks. 29 of Nestlé’s brands have
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bottle-feeding with healthy babies (slogans‚ images‚ vitamins added to promote smarter babies) Debate positions Debates between Nestle and Baby Milk Action have always been avoided by the Nestle representatives‚ but pressure from the boycotts have forced them to respond to its critics since March 2001. Baby Milk Action suggest that the only reason Nestle is at the debates is because they hate the loss of sale resulted from the boycotts and the public’s awareness to the
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Rosalyn B. Pertiz Dimensions of Education MW(10-11:30am) Reflection Paper Being in this class and having participated in every discussion had given me a lot of privilege to obtain knowledge‚ understanding and comprehension about the world of socialization and interaction; the reason why do people behave such a behavior; elements of effective communication; the pillars of education that a teacher must possess in his heart and mind; the cultural differences that each teachers should be aware
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Equity is still very relevant today- equitable rights‚ interests‚ and remedies remain important in law today. Equitable relief introduces injunctions in labor disputes‚ partitions of real property‚ specific performance of contracts‚ reformation of contracts‚ setting aside invalid wills‚ divorces and various other matters where the court orders something to be done other than entering a judgment for money damages. Concepts such as mortgages and Trusts are founded on the idea
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Brand Extensions Brand extension is a marketing strategy according to which a company marketing a product or a service launches a new offering (product or service) that is related to the one of the existing brands of the company‚ but offers different benefits and/or targets a different segment. Organizations use this strategy to increase and leverage upon their brand equity. When a firm is introducing a new product‚ it has the following 3 choices on branding: 1. Developing a new brand for the
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the opportunities and threats to understand their ability to cope with market changes in terms of new product development‚ changes in demand patterns of customers and forecasting the activities of the organisation. The following are the seven main dimensions of a market analysis‚ according to David A. Aaker. 1. Market Size Market size is determined by current and potential sales of an organisation through information from: a) Government data – for example inflation rates and the consumer basket
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