Nestle and Alcon – The value of a Listing The case talks about Nestle which is the world’s largest food company trying to assess whether a part of Alcon which is one of its major non-food holdings should be carved out for a public listing or not. There were many reasons mentioned in the case for this carving out like the heads wanted the market to reflect the full value of Alcon and only food and beverage analysts follow Nestle group and so on. The case tries to evaluate whether it was needed at
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do not follow the policy of the company. Discuss in which business areas the ethical problem lie. Carl told Joseph he saw nothing wrong with it because it increased sale and it happens all the time. And also talking to few of the old timers at alcon it was learned that when times are good it became unacceptable and if times were bad it slipped into the acceptable
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Alcon Laboratories‚ Inc Problem statement: Lack of direction‚ of objectives: “From my perspective‚ it’s not very important whether a product costs $30 million or $60 million to develop”. Motivational problems Personal limitations Solutions: For the moment Alcon set up goals but no objectives. Objectives are more focused‚ more specific and have the potential to be measures. The personal limitations problems could be solved by a personnel control: the managers could deal with performance
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Analysis and Business Valuation Instructors: Prof. Amiya Sahu FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS AND BUSINESS VALUATION Instructors: Prof. Amiya Sahu Class of : 2013-15 Course Code : EL FI 406 Credit :3 Academic Year: Second Term: IV Sessions: 20 Objective: This course is aimed at enabling the students: To strengthen their understanding on the concepts of Business analysis and Valuation; and its application. To use financial statement information in business analysis and valuation‚ and To value
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2. What is the maximum price they could expect to pay Monmouth‚ based on an analysis of valuation using discounted cash flow‚ calculation of WACC and terminal value determination? 2. Based on the DCF valuation and using a WACC of 8.25% (the beta assumed to be 1‚ the average beta of comparable firms and the coupon rate to be 7.96%‚ the rate for BB rated companies) and a growth rate of 5.5%. The fair price is $40.4 per share for Robertson‚ lower than the $50 offered by Simmons to sell their
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the two-step impairment test shall be used to identify potential goodwill impairment and measure the amount of a goodwill impairment loss to be recognized (if any). 3. There are a multitude of steps that ABC Company must take as part of its valuation process in the firm’s preparation of its 2013 consolidated financial statements. 1. Section 350-20-35.3A‚ “An entity may assess qualitative factors to determine
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“Does the Capital Asset Pricing Model Work?” David W. Mullins Jr. (Product number: 82106PDF-ENG) Article: “The Corporation’s Cost of Capital and the Weighted-Average Cost of Capital‚” Kenneth Eades (Product number: UV0389-PDF-ENG) Article: “Business Valuation and the Cost of Capital‚” Timothy A. Luehrman (Product number: 210037PDF-ENG) Financial Accounting (Statement Analysis): Article: “Introduction to Financial Ratios and Financial Statement Analysis‚” William J. Bruns Jr. (Product number: 193029-PDF-ENG)
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/Wed. 10:45 Fulton Hall 150 Rob James 617-552-0886 jamesrc@bc.edu Fulton Hall 324A Course Description: This course is an introduction to capital markets and financial instruments. It is not a course in personal investing. We will focus on asset valuation‚ risk measurement and control‚ and portfolio design for large institutions. We will cover 4 major modules: equity markets‚ portfolio theory‚ fixed income markets‚ and derivative markets. Course Format: In class‚ we will mainly discuss text material
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growth model‚ we can calculate that Company XYZ’s cost of capital is ($1 / $10 ) + 3% = 13% Using CAPM‚ we can calculate that Company XYZ’s cost of capital is 3% + 1.0*(12% - 3%) = 12% Why It Matters: Cost of equity is a key component of stock valuation. Because an investor expects his or her equity investment to grow by at least the cost of equity‚ cost of equity can be used as the discount rate used to calculate an equity investment’s fair value. Both cost of equity calculation methods have
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Australian School of Business School of Accounting ACCT5910 BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND VALUATION Course Outline Semester 2‚ 2013 Table of Contents PART A: COURSE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 1 2 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS COURSE DETAILS 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2.1 Teaching Times and Locations 2.2 Units of Credit 2.3 Summary of Course 2.4 Course Aims and Relationship to Other Courses 2.5
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