Valuation of AirThread Connections Group 7 (Shaojin Ding/ Jin Wang/ Wenqi Gu/ Shijia Wu/ Tongtong Yin/ Canran Xie) Given the background of ACC and AirThread‚ do you think the acquisition is a good idea? Briefly explain your answer. Yes. First‚ American Cable Communication (ACC) and AirThread could help each other compete in the industry that was moving more and more bundled service offerings. Second‚ the acquisition could help both companies expand into the business market. Third‚
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| RI | Accept | Accept | Divisional Profit | Accept | Accept | * RI is the best measure out of three suggested for the performance assessment of DMs. RI is quite flexible as it can be calculated using a WACC specific to each division. However‚ it is really important that the WACC is correctly estimated otherwise RI will be unrealistic which makes the financial performance measure to be inaccurate This report is provided to the Board of Directors of Sliced Bread Group advising on a
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Introduction Cooper Industries‚ Inc. is a manufacturer of heavy machinery and equipment. It has acquired some companies in the past as part of their expansion plans. Cooper acquires companies that are leading in their area of business‚ have a large market share and is the leading company in their area of operation. Currently‚ Cooper is focusing on building a hand tool business with a full product line that would use a common sales and distribution system and joint advertising. In this effort‚ Cooper
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Before setting up business either international or local‚ there are some factors to put into consideration. Even if your business is doing well and expanding at a high rate one must put into consideration the risks that ascertain that particular business. In the case of the AES‚ the founders did not put much consideration into their expanding business to the overseas accounts. Their main undoing was the assumption of the risks involved as same as in the U.S as it were in the foreign countries. The
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it has become more commonly used during the last ten years. CAPM is used in surprisingly few companies‚ and 27 percent of the companies have not even defined their required rate of return on equity. Key words: investment‚ payback rule‚ IRR‚ NPV‚ WACC‚ CAPM‚ HEX JEL Classification: G31 * We are grateful for valuable comments by two anonymous referees. Financial support from the Finnish Academy of Sciences (the LIIKE project) is gratefully acknowledged. EVA LILJEBLOM‚ Professor • Hanken‚ Swedish
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Report on Case analysis of California Pizza Kitchen Course (506): Cases in Financial Decision Making SUBMITTED TO: Dr. M. Sadiqul Islam Professor Department of Finance University of Dhaka SUBMITTED BY: Group 21 MBA 16th Batch Department of Finance University of Dhaka Date of Submission April 08‚ 2015 Group No: 21 Serial Name BBA ID MBA ID 1 Farhana Bondhon 16-004 16-615 2 Farha Farzana 16-006 16- 727 3 Marufa Akhter 16-132 16- 657 Letter of Transmittal April 08‚ 2015 Dr. M. Sadiqul
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Title: THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF DISCOUNTED CASH-FLOW BASED VALUATION METHODS Publication: Studia Universitatis Babes Bolyai – Oeconomica‚ LII‚ 2/2007 Author Name: Takács‚ András; Language: English Subject: Economy Issue: 2/2007 Page Range: 13-28 Summary: Valuation methods based on Discounted Cash-Flow (DCF) play a major role in the field of company valuation. The current literature contains a reasonably deep and detailed theoretical basis for DCFbased valuation‚ although‚ when starting to
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a project ceteris paribus‚ so changes in capital structure explain disproportional changes. In an attempt to maximize firm value‚ the mix of equity and debt changes depending on the project as shown in the following table. Table 1 - Summary WACC Table Company Unit Industry Beta Equity Beta Hurdle Rate Marriott Corp 0.5720 1.43 40% 19.57% 60% 10.25% 11.27% Lodging Business 0.4212 1.62 26% 20.99% 74% 10.25% 9.70% Restaurant 0.9396 1.62 58% 20.99% 42% 10.25% 14.58% Contract Services
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Case 2: Analysis of Alternatives Student Educational Loan Fund‚ Inc. Institution: University Gadjah Mada Program: Master of Management Course: Risk Management Tutor: Mrs. Erni Ekawati‚ PhD. Title: Case 2: Analysis of Options Subtitle: Student Educational Loan Fund‚ Inc. Date: November 17‚ 2008 Place: Yogyakarta Authors: Martin Koopman Doddy Handaryadi Anindito Prabowo Gumirlang Wicaksono Introduction This report describes the situation which
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Grade Details 1. Question: The primary operating goal of a publicly-owned firm interested in serving its stockholders should be to _________. Your Answer: maximize its expected total corporate income maximize its expected EPS minimize the chances of losses maximize the stock price per share over the long run‚ which is the stock’s intrinsic value CORRECT maximize the stock price on a specific
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