Health Cruises‚ Inc.‚ packages cruises to Caribbean islands such as Martinique and the Bahamas. Like conventional cruises‚ the packages are designed to be fun. But the cruise is structured to help participants become healthier by breaking old habits‚ such as smoking or overeating. The Miami-based firm was conceived by Susan Isom‚ 30‚ a self-styled innovator and entrepreneur. Prior to this venture‚ she spent several years in North Carolina promoting a behavior-modification clinic. Isom determined
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Abstract Electronic Arts or better known yet as (EA) is known as one of the biggest gaming development companies still around today. Electronic Arts is the organization in which develops markets and distributes the so called EA games. The man behind Electronic Arts Inc is Trip Hawkins who hired designers and programmers to develop EA games as early as 1982. During that time‚ the company developed only home computing games that laid the foundation of today’s EA games which include the Battlefield
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Question 1: Is Congoleum a good LBO candidate? In other words‚ does this company have a lot of debt capacity? To judge if a company is a good LBO candidate the following are very important factors: low levels of debt in the target‚ stable cash flows‚ excess cash on-hand‚ assets that can be used as collateral to raise debt and no major capital requirements to keep the business running on an on-going basis. Congoleum is an ideal LBO candidate because: 1. Low level of debt – estimated long term debt
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The Human Aspect of Project Management Introduction Project Definition This begins once the project has received formal approval to proceed. Its purpose is to formally document the objectives of the project and decide how the work will be undertaken. The Project Manager will carry out this work‚ in consultation with the Project Sponsor‚ and Sub-Project Manager where there are sub-projects. Project manager A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project
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HYPERLINK l _Toc401352836 General theory about the auditor and auditor independence PAGEREF _Toc401352836 h 4 HYPERLINK l _Toc401352837 1.1. General theory about independent external auditor PAGEREF _Toc401352837 h 4 HYPERLINK l _Toc401352838 1.1.1. Definition of independent external auditor PAGEREF _Toc401352838 h 4 HYPERLINK l _Toc401352839 1.1.2. The work of independent external auditor PAGEREF _Toc401352839 h 5 HYPERLINK l _Toc401352840 1.1.3. The role of independent external auditor
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Morrissey Forgings‚ Inc. This heavily disguised case is set in the "mature" woodstoves business in 1986. It is not based on The Vermont Castings Company. The issue is product line strategy based on product line profitability. In early 1986‚ Tim Morrissey was reviewing the disappointing 1985 results of operations for his company (see Exhibit 1). The business had been founded in 1938 by Tim’s grandfather as a modernization of an older iron forge company which Tim’s great-great-grandfather had
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THE FIRM IN THE CAPITAL MARKET PROFESSOR: STEVE JONES 11/10/2013 MEMORANDUM To: Victor Dubinski‚ CEO of Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc. From: Zhangkai Zhou Kelley School of Business MSA student Subject: Is it a good idea for BKI to repurchase its own stocks? Date: Nov 19‚ 2013 There is a banker pointed out that BKI is currently highly over-liquid and under-levered. He suggested to borrow money and to buy back own shares. In detail‚ the proposal is
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Marriott Corporation Abstract Marriott Corporation has three divisions – lodging‚ contract services and restaurants – with dissimilar operations. The company uses three separate hurdle rates for the three divisions to value the proposed projects. It is believed that this strategy is more appropriate that using a single firm-wide discount rate because the operations of the three divisions differ drastically. However‚ the company has to ensure that the company uses an appropriate discount rate for
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estimate cost of capital. JOANNA COHEN’S ESTIMATION OF COST OF CAPITAL: Joanna considers the following parameters to estimate the value by using WACC‚ which are‚ whether to use single or multiple cost of capital‚ capital structure‚ cost of debt and cost of equity. SINGLE OR MULTIPLE COST OF CAPITAL To use single cost of capital for estimation of WACC is a correct approach since most products have similar risk factor and they usually complement one another. We assumed Nike Inc. to have a single
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This case provides insight into how capital budgeting decisions are made and the factors that influence the decision making process of large corporations. Specifically‚ the case centers on the capital expenditure meeting for the Target Corporation‚ which is one of the top ten retailers in the United States. All corporations have some version of this meeting. The goal of the meeting is to determine what capital expenditure projects the company will undertake in the future to promote growth. Below
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