Advanced Corporate Finance‚ March 2004 1. Weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corp. The WACC is calculated using the formula: This uses the underlying assumption that the debt-equity ratio for the firm remains constant. In Marriott’s case the corporation’s target leverage ratio based on interest coverage target is set at 60% as taken from Table A. The WACC for the whole firm represents the average cost of capital of the firm’s underlying operating structure. To use this WACC
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Assessment Event 2: Academic Research Essay The Recommendation for HTC Company Student’s Name: Viola Xu Student ID#: QING21168 Teacher: Ben Charlton Due Date: 26 September 2012 Word Count: 1682 Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction: 1 Method: 3 Findings: 4 Discussion: 6 Conclusions and Recommendations: 7 References 9 Appendices 10 Executive Summary This report was raised to find a method to help HTC have a larger market in China by recommending a marketing mix
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Analysis of the Case Study “Merit Enterprise Corp” Abstract In my analysis I will discuss the two different options for Merit Enterprise Corp. Should the chief financial officer (CFO) recommend Merit to get the $4 billion from a loan through JPMorgan and keep the business private or should Merit go public and issue stock in the primary market. I will go through the Pro and Cons for both options and explain which why CFO should recommend to the board to go with option 2. Analysis of the
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Macro SWOT Analysis Strength * Solid design and innovation: HTC is one of the leading ODMs (Original Design Manufacturer) for many top-tier operator-branded devices. It owns and designs the in-house products that are branded by other operators. The solid background may step up the producing process. * R&D investment: HTC has spent 15%-20% of sales on R&D. It recently opened the new R&D offices in North Carolina and Taipei to extend products’ features and functions. This may
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Avon Corporation In order to begin to understand the industry in which Avon functions as well as the specifics around the introduction of the new EAS drive‚ I used the 5Cs analysis to outline the company’s current situation. Situation Analysis via the 5Cs: Company * Avon manufactured a number of electrical products * Sold products to both end users and OEMs * $6M in sales annually of the AVDC drives‚ lost sales to EAS drives Collaborators * Distributors and OEMs Avon could establish many more
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HTC – Value Chain What is HTC’ Value Chain? • Creates value by performing a series of activities and it represents ho w each competitive advantage created via an organization adds value to the service or product for each customer. • R&D‚ Production‚ Marketing & Sales‚ Customers Service and Human R esource are adding the value to their company. How HTC adding value? • HTC has established long-term strategic partnerships with industry lea ders and major telecom service providers to promote the
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Case Analysis: Optical Fiber Corporation Introduction Optical Fiber Corporation (OFC) is a financially successful‚ albeit relatively small manufacturer of multimode optical fibers. The company was founded in 1990. The founders were able to enter the market largely on the basis of acquiring patent licenses from larger optical fiber firms. These licenses restricted competition between the entities and provided OFC with instant access to optical fiber technology. In return‚ OFC’s customer
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lack importance due to individuals moving west‚ even before the expedition returned to St. Louis. However‚ from the evidence provided in the words of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‚ historians can see the effects of the interaction with the Corps of Discovery and Native Americans and the suppression of Sacajawea’s perspective not recorded in the journals. This expedition is a part of American history‚ whether or not people enjoy the story or simply want to forget. Americans need to address
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MediSys planned a launch of IntensCare which is a new remote monitoring system for the use in hospitals’ intense care units. This is a major launch for the company because it is a $20.5 million investment which is the largest investment for the company. MediSys Corporation is facing many external problems along with experiencing problems internally trying to finish the product by the set deadline. The company is having many issues. The issues consist of dealing with the software development‚ failure
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AMD corporation AMD Corporation “The Future is Fusion” The AMD Corporation is a fine model of business success. AMD is an industry leader in the production of computer processers and related technologies. It is the second largest supplier of micro-processors rivaling Intel. The quality of AMD products is generally superior to that of Intel and thus has made it a viable competitor in the chip technologies market. Within any company it is important to map out a solid company
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