MGMT 614 CORPORATE STRATEGY SMU MBA (PART-TIME) 2015 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2. ALIBABA BACKGROUND AND HISTORY 3 2.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF ALIBABA 3 2.2 MISSION/VISION 6 3. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS 7 3.1. BUSINESS ANALYSIS 8 3.1.1 Overview 8 3.2.2 Domestic retail market 9 3.2.3 Global wholesale market (Alibaba.com) 16 3.2.4 Domestic wholesale market (1688.com) 17 3.2.5 Global retail market(AliExpress.com) 18 3.2.6 Cloud computing and Internet Infrastructure 19
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Bambah & Shrey Raturi Executive Summary Jim Koch‚ President and founder of Boston Beer Company‚ had filed a registration with the SEC for an IPO that aimed to raise between $26 million and $34 million. The Boston Beer Company is leader in craft beer industry with market domination in the craft beer segment and perfect marketing team. The two previous IPO by competitors were very successful and stock value increasing by forty percentage by the end of the trading day. The company banker has priced
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Wal-Mart went public in October of 1970. Their IPO was 3‚000 shares at a price of $16.50 per share. By having a smart business model and keeping cost low though a variety of tactics including low employees wages and benefits‚ Wal-Mart has been able to sustain an incredible rate of growth. Since their IPO Wal-Mart has undergone eleven full 2-1 stock splits. That means that just one share of their IPO has turned into 2‚048 current shares. The current market value of Wal-Mart stocks on the NYSE
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An Inflection Point in Chinese Capital Markets JC de Swaan Caijing Magazine July 3rd‚ 2009 The institutional development of Chinese capital markets has lagged – while a growing body of academic literature has demonstrated the positive linkages between the development of capital markets and economic growth‚ China has managed to grow at a breath-taking 10% CAGR over the last 30 years despite lacking commensurately developed capital markets. Several announcements in the past months suggest a potential
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Qualitative Analysis Long-Term Debt The advantage of a long-term debt financing option‚ in this case‚ is the attractive rate of interest Metropolitan Life is willing to offer. However‚ their offer comes with some conditions: An upfront free of 200‚000 common shares is required. In terms of operations‚ the capital budget would not be able to exceed the forecasted budget. No acquisitions could be made without the approval of Metropolitan Life. No change could be made to the current compensation
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has put in place? Case: The Goldman Sachs IPO Q1. Why Goldman Sacks has enjoyed the greatest reputation among its peers? Q2. Why it took so long to decide on the IPO issue? Q3. Did Goldman Sacks had enough capital to grow? Can it grow faster eough to retain its position? Q4 Could they retain their capital base? Q5 Would M&A be a better route? Q6. Would increased scurrility in going public damage Goldman Sachs? Q7. What will be impact IPO on senior partners‚ non partner employees Sumitomoto
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NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Demetrice S. Campbell | | MGT7019-8 | Douglas Buck | | | Ethics in Business | #3 Paper- Case study: What is Up With Wall Street? The Goldman Standard and Shades of Gray | | | Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments‚ exams‚ term papers‚ and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented
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Cited: Fitzgerald‚ Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner ’s Sons‚ 1925. Print. Moore‚ Heidi. "Facebook ’s IPO Debacle: Greed‚ Hubris‚ Incompetence ..." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media‚ 23 May 2012. Web. 7 Nov 2012. "Morality Manipulators."Building Yourself. n.d. Web. 8 Nov 2012. "Selfish." Merriam-Webster. n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2012. "10 Cruelest Leaders
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SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths JetBlue find its strength from the following: Strong Brand JetBlue is considered as a strong brand widely known among the people of US. JetBlue was named the number one U.S. domestic airline by Coned Nast Traveler magazine’s “Readers’ Choice Awards” for the six years in a row. This further strengthen people’s trust to JetBlue and improves the company’s brand name and credibility among its clients and competitors. Unique flying experience JetBlue offers a new flying experience
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Abstract It is well known that firms are more likely to issue equity when their market values are high‚ relative to book and past market values‚ and to repurchase equity when their market values are low. We document that the resulting effects on capital structure are very persistent. As a consequence‚ current capital structure is strongly related to historical market values. The results suggest the theory that capital structure is the cumulative outcome of past attempts to time
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