Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Case 15 Financial Administration FINC 5713-180 Team 1 Fall 2013. October 8‚ 2013. Introduction Kimi Ford a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group which is a mutual-fund management firm‚ is considering to buy some shares from Nike‚ inc even if it’s share price had declined from the beginning of the year‚ for the Northpoint Large-cap fund she managed which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies and it was doing well despite the decline
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1. Which of the following would increase the likelihood that a company would increase its debt ratio in its capital structure? a. An increase in costs incurred when filing for bankruptcy. b. An increase in the corporate tax rate. c. An increase in the personal tax rate. d. None of the statements above is correct. ANSWER: B An increase in the corporate tax rate would mean that firms would get larger tax breaks for interest payments. Therefore‚ firms have an incentive to increase interest payments
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Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model is a model used to analyze a particular environment of an industry. An industry is a group of firms that market products which are close substitutes for each other‚ such as the automobile industry. According to Porter‚ there are five forces that determine an industry’s long-run profitability and attractiveness. These five competitive forces are the threat of entry of new competitors‚ or new entrants; the threat of substitutes; the bargaining power of buyers; the
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MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN Task Priority Assigned To Target Date Completion Date Comments Speaker Notes: The Management Action Plan (MAP) provides hospital executive management with criteria for appointing leadership in the Team Leads Program. The MAP further serves to document team leader decisions and to provide a forum for assigning responsibility within each department. The MAP will include target dates and completion dates for measuring progress
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Introduction Kimi Ford is a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm. She is evaluating Nike‚ Inc. (“Nike”) to potentially buy shares of their stock for the fund she manages‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund. This fund mostly invests in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. This Fund has performed well over the last 18 months despite the decline in the stock market. Ford has done a significant amount of research through analysts’ reports
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Report On A CONSUMER DECISION MAKING IN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY By: Nitesh Singh Pundir 12BSP0799 Section- A Page 1 of 16 Table of Contents Topic Page Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Objective of the study 6 Literature Review 7 Methodology 8 Limitations of the Study 8 Data Analysis 9 Findings and Suggestions 13 Scope of further research 13 Conclusion 13 Appendix 14 Bibliography 16 Page 2 of 16 ABSTRACT:
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I. Introduction Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager for the mutual-fund management group NorthPoint‚ was reviewing the financials of Nike Inc. to consider buying shares for the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund that she managed. A week prior‚ Nike Inc. held an analysts’ meeting to share their 2001 fiscal results and develop a strategy to revitalize the company. II. Background of Firm Nike’s revenues since 1997 had grown from $9 billion‚ while net income had fallen $220 million. A study written by Douglas
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PREview: PREview Literature Review - Health Needs Assessment Tools currently in use Josephine M Green (Professor of Psychosocial reproductive health) Mother and Infant Research Unit (MIRU) University of York June 2008 PREview planning resources © 2011 ChiMat www.chimat.org.uk/preview Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Introduction.......................................................................................................... 3 Common Assessment Framework
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