Program) Yan Guo (International Exchange Program) Zejian Yang (International Exchange Program) Groupe Ariel S.A. Abstract Groupe Ariel is a company that manufactures and sells printers‚ copiers and other document production equipment. The case focuses on an investment project in the company’s Mexican subsidiary that would expand operations into a new market‚ something it been slow to do in the past. Groupe Ariel believes its products have better durability for a lower after-sales service costs and markets
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4194 APRIL 19‚ 2010 TIMOTHY A. LUEHRMAN JAMES QUINN Groupe Ariel S.A.: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation On June 23‚ 2008‚ a Monday morning‚ Arnaud Martin arrived at his office in Groupe Ariel’s corporate headquarters in Mulhouse‚ France. The previous week‚ Martin had requested additional financial information about an investment proposal from Ariel-Mexico‚ a wholly owned subsidiary that operated a manufacturing facility and a regional sales office in Monterrey‚ Mexico. The information
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Groupe Ariel SA Case Introduction Groupe Ariel SA of France is considering a project in Mexico. They need to analyze the net present value of the project‚ keeping in mind the exchange rates between Mexican Pesos and Euros in order to maximize their return. They also need to keep in mind the inflation rates over time and the risks involved with this type of investment. Analysis Number 1. Groupe Ariel is recycling old equipment in Mexico. They will need to use pesos to calculate their cash
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Groupe Ariel Sa Case Analysis Groupe Ariel S.A: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation Abstract This case discusses Cross-Border valuation of projects. This kind of analysis is common for companies that are operating in many countries. Groupe Ariel is one such company that is considering investing in a project in its own subsidiary in Mexico. The company manufactures and sells printers‚ copiers and other document production equipment in many countries. As far as‚ expansion into new markets
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Case 3 Guilty as Charged [pic] 1. Perform a SWOT Analysis for Gilt Groupe. 2. Looking at your SWOT‚ what is the single greatest threat facing GG? How would you react to this challenge? What strategy would you follow or propose? 3. Looking at your SWOT‚ what is the single greatest opportunity facing GG? How would you go about taking advantage of this opportunity? What strategy would you follow or propose? 4. Five years from now‚ where do you see GG? A success? A failure
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1. What lessons did Maurice Levy learned from the failed FCB alliance? According to Maurice Levy‚ the most important thing he learnt from the failure of the alliance with FCB is the necessity to build an alliance not only based on a good relationship between the managers but also on a strong legal structure. In fact‚ the relationship Maurice created with FCB’s managers was mostly informal. Maurice and FCB’s CEO met only five times and the alliance was more a collaborative arrangement than a real
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commercial playing. Raunch culture is known as a sexualized lifestyle. Many businesses‚ advertisements‚ movies‚ and people partake in this lifestyle choice every day. Ariel Levy’s is a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and author of the book Female Chauvinist Pigs she has appeared in big name magazines such as Vogue and the New York Times. Ariel Levy’s standpoint in “Female Chauvinist Pigs” is that raunch culture empowers women. I have mixed feelings about this article. I disagree that raunch culture
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Ariel is a student athlete who plays on the Blake High Schools varsity team. During their first home game she goes in for a hard tackle where her body goes one way and her right knee goes the opposite direction. She falls immediately and is unable to get up. While taking her off the field she mentions to the Athletic trainer how she cannot put any pressure on her right leg‚ she is unable to walk normally. According to Ariel‚ before she fell she heard two loud pops and felt her knee slide towards
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Group Ariel Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation Group Ariel‚ a global manufacturer of printing and imaging equipment‚ has to evaluate a proposal from its Mexican subsidiary to purchase and install a new cost-saving machinery at a manufacturing facility in Monterrey. This new equipment will allow automating recycling and remanufacturing of toner and printer cartridges‚ and would have a useful life of 10 years. To analyze the investment proposal‚ Group Ariel needs to conduct a
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| ADVERTISING ARIEL AD BRIEF | | | ISSUES Quality: Ariel is a Tier 1 brand and is expected to deliver the best. There should be no compromise in its quality but as observed by many consumers Ariel when mixed in water‚ after a while small stones can be seen and felt in the surf. They are hard stones and therefore needs to be thrown out. Price: Ariel pricing suits consumers of Sec A and Sec B but the way it has positioned showing middle class families only has led to a confusion in
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