Should Cooper acquire Nicholson? Why (not)? Cooper Industries has been pursuing a policy of expansion through the acquisition of other companies and this strategy appears to be working well for them. They have acquired a number of companies and have been successful in integrating them into Cooper Industries. They have established three criteria that potential companies for acquisition must meet and Nicholson meets all three criteria. Nicholson holds 50% of the market share in files and rasps‚ its
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Before making any decisions we need to take a closer look at the impacts that the acquiring of Nicholson would have on Cooper Inc. Cooper wants to acquire Nicholson while allowing them to retain control and management independence of the company. However for Cooper to be able to realize the benefits of such a deal they would need to increase the efficiency of the business through refining their product offering through cutting certain product lines and reducing employees who’s tasks have become redundant
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5-1 Earned Value Calculation 1. PV-BCWS=$3607.14 EV-BCWP=$3593.34 (.98 x 3666.67) CPI x AC AC-ACWP=$3666.67 (3593.34/.98) EV/CPI 2. SV= -13.8 (3593.34 – 3607.14) EV – PV CV=73.33 (3593.34 – 3666.67) EV – AC SPI=1.0 (3593.34/3607.14) EV/PV CPI=.98 (3593.34/3666.67) EV/AC 3. According to these calculations‚ the schedule variance is running late and the cost variance did not run over. The SPI is 1.0 which means that it is running on schedule. The CPI is .98 which is over budget by
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should record sales revenue in January 2010 of what? Present value of annuity due PVad = [ $80‚000 x f( n=7‚ i=10%)] x (1+.10) PVad = $80‚000 x 4.868 x 1.10 = $428‚384 2.) On January 1‚ 2010‚ Haley co. issued ten-year bonds with a face amount of $2‚000‚000 and a stated interest rate of 8% payable annually on January 1. The bonds were priced to yield 10%. What was the total price of the bonds? Requires both Present value of a single sum and ordinary annuity PVss = $2‚000‚000 x f(
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Cooper Industries‚ Inc. By Melissa Lezameta Támara Alfonso Christian García Miguel Amable CASE: COOPER INDUSTRIES‚ INC. Following are the answers to the case: 1. If you were Mr. Cizik of Cooper Industries‚ would you try to gain control of Nicholson File Company in May 1972? Methodology We have taken the flowing steps for this analysis: * Determine the value of the Nicholson File Company as a whole. For this we have calculated the NPV. * Determined the value of
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11 ‚ MARGE 1935 ) ANSWER I TICK : 1935 Question 5 (10 points) Your dad invested $25 for you in 1942 in a fund and you have not withdrawn any money since.If the fund has averaged a return of 8 percent over the last 70 years‚ what is the current value of that investment? (Round to the nearest whole dollar; enter just the number without the $ sign or a comma) Answer for Question 5 is : $ 165 Question 6 (10 points) Cindy and Jennifer are twin sisters. They both have a $10‚000 investment earning
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INTRODUCTION Value-based pricing is a method of pricing products in which companies first try to determine how much the products are worth to their customers. The goal is to avoid setting prices that are either too high for customers or lower than they would be willing to pay if they knew what kind of benefits they could get by using a product. In most firms prices are determined by intuition‚ opinions‚ rules of thumb‚ out-right dogma‚ top management’s higher wisdom‚ or internal power fights1
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COOPER CASE STUDY SUMMARY Nicholson Early in 1972 Nicholson dad to fend off a take over attempt by H.K. Porter Company Inc.‚ which controlled 30.5% of the company ’s stock. Porter made a cash tender offer to stockholders. However‚ Porter did not get enough stock to take over Nicholson. In trying to fight the takeover Nicholson made several merger overtures to other companies like VLN Corp. A few years back‚ it had rejected an offer from Cooper Industries. Cooper Industries & Nicholson Cooper
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Advanced Financial Management Cooper Industries Case March 30‚ 2009 Jesse Van Gestel ID#200504399 Cooper Industries‚ Inc. 1. If you were Mr. Cizik of Cooper Industries‚ would you try to gain control of Nicholson File Company in May 1972? 2. What is the maximum price that Cooper can afford to pay for Nicholson and still keep the acquisition attractive from the standpoint of Cooper? [Treasury Bills yielded 5.6% in May 1972.] 3. What are the concerns and what is the bargaining position
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Industrial Marketing Management 33 (2004) 765 – 778 Towards value-based pricing—An integrative framework for decision making Andreas Hinterhuber* Falkstrasse 16‚ 6020 Innsbruck‚ Austria Received 1 April 2003; accepted 18 October 2003 Available online 23 December 2003 Abstract Despite a recent surge of interest‚ the subject of pricing in general and value-based pricing in particular has received little academic investigation. Yet‚ pricing has a huge impact on financial results‚ both in absolute
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