Alex Arzeno March 3rd – 2011 Mike Miller – Harvard Business School Case Introduction – Rather than outline this case going step by step to ultimately provide a synopsis with my overall opinion‚ I thought I would read the case all the way through and conclude with my thoughts and personal view. Please note that I will take into consideration this was written in a different era when expressing my view points. * I found it odd that Mike’s background was characterized as “unusual” for
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Thoma Bravo – Citect Corporation (HBS 9-209-022) Study Questions 1. Do you think TB or Schneider would create more value as the owner of Citect? 2. TB would assume what risks if they are the winning bidder? 3. Should TB continue to bid on Citect and at what price? Are the expected ROIs and IRRs to TB sufficient at your revised bid amount? (* note: a detailed evaluation model will be constructed during the class session *) Study Questions 1. Is Newell just another conglomerate? How
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Case: Land Securities Group (A): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS Case Number: 9-105-014 Topic: Financial Reporting and Control Description: A U.K. real estate firm‚ required to adopt international accounting standards (IAS) by 2005‚ must change the reporting of its primary asset (investment property) from the revaluation model under U.K. GAAP to either the cost or fair-value model under IAS. This would have a number of effects on European investment property firms‚ including
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Sally and Mike Running Head: UNIT 7 ASSIGNMENT Unit 7 Assignment: Prevention and Crisis Intervention Judith McLeish Kaplan University HN220-01 Professor: Richard Young July 21‚ 2013 Excessive stress and tension are usually factors resulting from many or major changes in an individual’s life‚ and as often the basis for a crisis situation. Family members do not operate in a shell‚ one person’s crisis can be the basis for or becomes the family’s crisis.
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FINS5530 HBS Case Assignment Semester 2‚ 2013 Instructor: Lixiong Guo Readings: 1. Note on Bank Loans. 2. US Bank of Washington case. Assignment: Please prepare a Credit Proposal Memo similar to the one shown in Exhibit 1 of “Note on Bank Loans”. Given the limited information you have from the case‚ you are not expected to include all components of Exhibit 1. The following is a suggested structure of your report: Purpose of the credit extension o Keep this part short
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HBS 9-501-050 Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks ’’ Optical Networks Division Nortel Networks was a global player in telephony‚ data and wireless and wireline Internet solutions. Maureen Conroy and Nathalie Sauve‚ members of the Customer Value Management (CVM) Team at Nortel Networks Optical Networks‚ must recommend one of three customer value measurement methodologies to ON President Greg Mumford. In December of 1997‚ ON took a “right-angle turn” ’’ innovative cultural‚ operational
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HBS Case Report: Shenzhen Development Bank Contents Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of Newbridge’s proposed investment into Shenzhen Development Bank. Methods of analysis include an assessment of the bank’s financial performance‚ examining factors such as its asset quality‚ earning capability and capital adequacy. It also provides an in-depth analysis into the appropriateness of the price Newbridge must pay for the
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Mike Wasson1998-09-25T10:53:00 Mr. Richard Carey Canton Street Seattle‚ Washington 22222 Dear Mr. Carey: My attorney‚ Mr. William Hollands‚ suggested I write to you regarding my business‚ Northwind Traders. a-sherrm1998-09-01T09:58:00 Mike Wasson1998-09-25T10:53:00 I am currently seeking funding‚ and Meredith Kraike1998-09-15T13:59:00I believe that my company would coincide with Mike Wasson1998-09-25T10:53:00your interest in businesses relating to the travel industry Mike Wasson1998-09-25T10:53:00
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an important characteristic of modern corporate finance. It believed that focusing on maximizing shareholder value should be the underlying aim of every corporation‚ leading to stable growth and healthy profits. With regard to the third objective‚ Miller and Modigliani claimed that the use of debt‚ in the presence of corporate taxes‚ could increase the value of a company through the value added by debt tax shield. In modern finance‚ it is commonly believed that debt can increase the value of a corporation
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Midland Resources 1. How are Mortensen’s estimates of Midland’s costs of capital used? How‚ if at all‚ should these anticipated uses affect the calculations? The cost of capital is the minimum acceptable rate of return for new investments in the corporation. Estimates of Midland’s cost of capital are used in many analysis within Midland‚ including asset appraisal for both capital budgeting and financial accounting‚ performance assessments‚ M&A proposals‚ and stock repurchase decisions. These
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