FINC421 – Case Study in Corporate Finance Case Report Diamond Chemicals plc. : The Merseyside Project Introduction The goal of this report is to analyze and evaluate the capital budgeting decision of Ms. Morris and suggestion to the senior management of Diamond Chemicals PLC if sufficient capital should be allocated for the proposed £12 million expenditure to modernize and rationalize the polypropylene production line at the Merseyside Plant. The project
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The Diamond model of Michael Porter for the Competitive Advantage of Nations offers a model that can help understand the competitive position of a nation in global competition. This model can also be used for other major geographic regions. Traditionally‚ economic theory mentions the following factors for comparative advantage for regions or countries: A. Land B. Location C. Natural resources (minerals‚ energy) D. Labor‚ and E. Local population size. Because these factor endowments can
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KIA in South Korea‚ A Porter’s Diamond Perspective Timothy J. Rausch Mount Vernon Nazarene University MSM002MV MAN6093 Global Business October 11‚ 2008 Introduction KIA‚ which means “arise from Asia” in Korean‚ started out making bicycles prior to World War II (Kia Motors Corporation‚ 2008). The company developed the manufacturing of steel bicycle tubing into a multi-national corporation producing cars and trucks. Prior to merging with Hyundai in 1998‚ Kia was the second largest producer
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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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stories derives from the fact that Maupassant presents his characters‚ poor people or rich bourgeois‚ as the victims of ironic necessity‚ crushed by a fate that they have dared to defy yet still struggling against it hopelessly. ABOUT THE NECKLACE · It was first published in the Paris newspaper Le Gaulois on February 17‚ 1884‚ and was subsequently included in his 1885 collection of short stories Tales of Day and Night (Contes dejour et de la nuit). · It was an
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There he goes‚ walking down the street with a sparkling 20 carat diamond stud on his ear. He has perfectly straight pretty white teeth. It appears that he just came back from the barber shop getting a new fade. Perhaps he has a doo rag under his sports cap‚ a fresh shirt over a clean beater that looks like it just got out of the dryer. His shoes are brand named and spotless. But then he turns around and all his hard work on looking good goes down the drain. His pants below his butt revealing the
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Jared Diamond argues that the ultimate explanation for why Europeans became a global powerhouse in the 15th and 16th centuries instead of the Chinese is because European civilization was established upon rainfalls – wheat and grain‚ which will develop anyplace‚ as long as parts of the year rains. Which this permitted farming groups‚ towns‚ villages and in the long run urban areas to rise self-rulingly‚ all over Europe. In making this argument‚ Diamond deemphasizes important political‚ cultural‚ technological
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worth a lot of value? In the story The Necklace Monsieur Loisel worked enough to get his wife an invitation to a party for the fancy which is mainly a lot of high class or important people. Monsieur’s wife Madame Loisel had always wanted to enjoy the life of the high class because she thought she deserved to live like them which led to some troubles in the story as Madame Loisel gathered enough money to buy a dress and had her friend buy her a fancy necklace. I believe that Monsieur Loisel is a believable
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This statement is explored in one of the famous short story‚ “The Necklace‚” by Guy de Maupassant‚ short story about understanding life challenges. In this short story‚ the Author introduces a character named Mathilde Loisel who’s obsessed with glamour‚ like the nice things. What she wants to get out of life is luxury. Mathilde Loisel’s character changes towards the end of the story. This is because in the beginning of the story‚ she is a person who is not accepting her place in the social structure
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Aladdin narrates the emotive love story of a poor young man who falls in love with the beautiful princess Jasmine and begins a meaningful journey to conquer her love. Aladdin‚ a “street rat‚” as he is often called by those who know him‚ is a true “diamond in the rough‚ whose worth lies far within” that has great potential but has not been given the opportunity to shine yet (Clements‚ Musker). Because of this reason‚ he is the only one who can enter the Cave of Wonders. He does so to retrieve a magic
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