其A3 Diamond Chemicals PLC (A) and (B) Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives These two cases present the capital investment decisions under consideration by executives of a large chemicals firm in January 2001. The A case (case 20) presents a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvements to a polypropylene production plant. The B case (case 21) reviews the same project but from one level higher‚ where the executive faces an either/or investment decision between two mutually exclusive
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Corporate Finance Case Discussion : ‘Diamond Chemicals Plc (A)’ 1. Purpose: This case presents the capital investment decision under consideration by executives of a large chemicals firm in January 2001. This involves a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvements to a polypropylene production plant. A critical assessment of a capital investment evaluation system is the focus of this case. The case also enables discussion on conflicts of interest and other ethical dilemmas that may arise
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REPORT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Diamond Chemicals PLC (B) Merseyside and Rotterdam Projects Table of content Key Issues 3 Analysis 3 Recommendations 8 Appendix 9 Appendix 1: Company Description 7 Appendix 2: Calculation on Merseyside Project Revision 7 Appendix 3: Calculation on Rotterdam Project without Right-of-way 7 KEY ISSUES The Diamond Chemical PLC as the producer of polypropylene has two production plants which are in Merseyside and Rotterdam. Both factories have similar
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UVA-F-1543 Rev. Mar 9‚ 2011 VICTOR CHEMI RIA ICALS PLC (A): THE MERSEYS C E SIDE PROJ JECT Late one afte L ernoon in Jan nuary 2008‚ Frank Grey ystock told L Lucy Morris “No one s s‚ seems satisfied with the an nalysis so far‚ but the suggested c f changes cou kill the project. If solid uld projects like this can’t swim past the corpora piranhas‚ the compan will never modernize.” l t ate ny r Morris was plant manager of Vict M toria Chemi icals’ Merse eyside Work
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men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training‚ outreach‚ education and assistance.The Occupational Safety and Health Act allows OSHA to issue workplace health and safety regulations. These regulations include limits on chemical exposure‚ employee access to information‚ requirements for the use of personal protective equipment‚ and requirements for safety procedures. OSHA is responsible for enforcing its standards on regulated entities. The agency sends Compliance Safety
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Chapter 13 Problem Outline typical PLC with reference one specific industry to capture market shares. Briefly explain the start and end of particular model. Proton Industry level: Automobile Sector of industry level: 1.3 or 1.5 spec Individual product level: Exora‚Perdana‚Saga‚Neo PLC of Proton The product life cycle is an important concept in marketing. It describes the stages a product goes through from when it was first thought of until it finally is removed
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With reference to your own research and the item above‚do you think that governments should make corporate social responsibility complusory for businesses? Corporate social responsibility refers to the extent to which organisations accept obligations to society. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been a business theme in the corporate world ever since the inception of capitalism. This has led to the adoption of CSR practices in several corporate companies on a large scale. The major
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Diamond Chemicals PLC Executive Summary Diamond Chemicals is considering two mutually exclusive projects‚ the Merseyside project and the Rotterdam project‚ for the production of polypropylene When considering the Merseyside project‚ senior-management wants a positive impact on earnings per share. The addition to earnings per share was £28‚800 with an average addition of £2‚000 per year2. Calculated with erosion‚ the addition to earnings per share was £18‚800 with an average addition of £1
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Dawning of a new age- Queen Victoria The Early Life of Queen Victoria Queen Victoria‚ the well-known Queen of England did not start out as some would expect. Her Grandfather‚ King George the third of England had fifteen children‚ his third child was The Duke of Kent‚ Queen Victoria’s father. The Duke of Kent married Princess Victoria of Saxe- Coburg- Gotha. Later they had a baby girl together on May twenty- fourth eighteen- nineteen. They christened her as Alexandrina Victoria. Her childhood was not
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funds led a number of public sector organisations to get involved in funding capital projects using ‘unconventional finance’. These arrangements involved a private sector organisation financing and constructing a new building project and then leasing the finished building project to the public sector in return for an annual imbursement. This type of approach
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