Bilal Al- Qureshi‚ Said Business School‚ University of Oxford 2010 American Chemical Corporation HBS Case Number: 9-290-102 Executive Summary The American Chemical Corporation (AMC) is a large‚ diversified chemical producer. In 1979‚ AMC was forced to issue a tender to sell a Sodium Chlorate plant‚ near Collinsville‚ Alabama. Dixon‚ a specialty chemicals company‚ was willing to purchase the aforementioned plant for $12m with the option to invest a further $2.25m on laminate technology. The
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Financial Management Fall 2013 Case Study Instructions Learning Objectives and Suggested Assignment Question Case Lecture Date Learning Objectives and Suggested Assignment Questions Case #1 Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997 – 1998 HBS 9-709-004 Learning Objectives: Explain and discuss currency crises. Analyze the transmission mechanism of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 – 1998. Suggested Questions: 1. What developments led to the Asian currency crisis in 1997 – 1998
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FINS3630 HBS Case Assignment S2‚ 2014 Dr Lixiong Guo Case Materials: HBS case “Shenzhen Development Bank” Assignment: Investing in any business entails an in-depth analysis of the performance and risk of the target before the investment. When investing in FIs‚ since FIs hold very different assets than industrial firms and are subject to strict regulations‚ investors have to pay attention to some special issues and risks that are specific to FIs. In this assignment‚ you are required to write
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Texas Pacific Group‚ HBS 9-801-359 Course Outline It will be helpful if you think about these questions before our Ducati discussion: 1. On a scale from 0 to 10‚ with 0 representing the prototypical financial buyer transaction‚ and 10 representing the prototypical strategic buyer transaction‚ where would you place this deal? Why? 2. To value the 51% of Ducati that TPG is contemplating acquiring‚ outline the steps you would take. It is optional to actually complete the valuation. More importantly
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Case 2: Health Development Corporation HBS 9-200-049 1. Did the purchase of the Lexington Club real estate increase the value of Heatlh Development Corporation (HDC)? Calculate the NPV of the purchase. • Use pre-tax cashflows. • Assume the revenues of the Lexington Club grow by 5% per year. • Assume that the appropriate discount rate for real estate cashflows was 10%. • Assume a 20 year life of the facility. (Hint: In calculating the NPV of the decision to buy the real estate‚ you only
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Mathematics – Price and Yield calculations Common Stock Valuation based on Intrinsic Value and CAPM Securities Markets and Risks Portfolio Construction and Investment Evaluation Weekly Preparation / Class Participation Students should read all assigned readings before each class‚ and be prepared to discuss each assigned case. A set of “learning objectives” will be provided for each reading. The best way to read the text chapter or HBS note is with the list of learning objectives at hand‚
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Description (course objectives‚ content & teaching approach)： This course (i) provides you with a framework for business analysis and valuation using financial statement data and accounting analysis; and (ii) shows you how to apply the skills of financial accounting analysis to a variety of business decisions‚ such as investments‚ sell-side valuation‚ buy-side valuation‚ and forensic accounting‚ etc. The course assumes that you have a basic working knowledge of accounting‚ finance‚ economics and business
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Master Thesis MSc in Finance Valuation of Pfizer Inc. and analysis of new drug development project using a real option approach. Author: Valdis Cvetkovs Supervisor: Peter Lochte Jorgensen April 2011 Aarhus Abstract This thesis investigates the world’s largest pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. from strategic and financial viewpoint in order to determine companies’ fair market value. The external analysis researches industry and global economic situation on the valuation date as well as states the
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McKinsey on Finance Number 36‚ Summer 2010 Perspectives on Corporate Finance and Strategy 2 The five types of successful acquisitions 10 McKinsey conversations with global leaders: David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group 21 Why Asia’s banks underperform at M&A 25 Five ways CFOs can make cost cuts stick 8 A singular moment for merger value? 32 The right way to hedge 2 The five types of successful acquisitions Companies advance myriad strategies for creating value with acquisitions—but
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CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE The research that I was going to do is seek in what Mr. Rufus B. Rodriguez and Mr. Maximo B. Rodriguez‚ Jr. want to implement in the HB 1653. This seeks to allow any person‚ doing business as importer or exporter‚ to represent himself or herself as customs broker‚ amending for the purpose Republic Act (RA) 9280‚ otherwise known as the Customs Brokers Act of 2004. Section 6 of RA 9280 provides for the scope of the practice of customs brokers which
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