The impact of environmental and government regulations made United Parcel Service (UPS) an innovative company that developed a strategic environmental management system that adheres to the principles of ISO 14001 standard (UPS 2010 sustainability report‚ 2010). To ensure compliance with regulations in the various countries and the United States‚ UPS has region environmental mangers and district environmental coordinators within their operations. The managers have access to training programs that
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Case #4: THE BATTLE FOR VALUE‚ 2004: FEDEX CORP. VS. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE‚ INC. Synopsis and Objectives • Set in June 2004 • To assess the financial performance of FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service‚ Inc (UPS). The two firms have competed intensely for dominance of the overnight express package industry. • This case is intended for use in an introductory discussion of corporate value creation and its sources. It requires no numerical computations; rather‚ the tasks are
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Team 10: Akua Acheampong‚ Jody Grewal‚ Kieng Iv‚ Rhea Rasquinha October 14th 2010 To: Current and Prospective Investors From: JARK Inc. Fund Managers re: Battle for Value‚ FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service‚ Inc. The purpose of this memo is provide a recommendation on whether to invest in FedEx or UPS‚ given that the air transportation market in China is now open to both companies. Outlined in this memo are an assessment of the strategic approaches and an evaluation of the financial and
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Information Technology United Parcel Service Incorporated was formerly known as United Parcel Service of America. The principal activities of the group are express carrier‚ package delivery and provision of specialized transportation and logistics services. The primary business of the group is the time-definite delivery of packages and documents throughout the United States and other countries. They have increased their mission from a company striving for excellence in the small package delivery
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Case: United Parcel Service’s IPO Please answer the following questions. Limit your responses to four pages total. These should provide a good foundation for our next class discussion of the case. 1. How is UPS performing? Back up your assessment with your financial ratio analysis. What factors in your opinion are driving this performance? UPS has grown from modest beginnings to an organization that ships for that 15 million packages a day with over 6.1 million customer in more than 200 counties
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UVA-F-1415-SSRN v 1.2 JETBLUE AIRWAYS IPO VALUATION My neighbor called me the other day and she said‚ ’You have an interesting little boy. ’ Turns out‚ the other day‚ she asked my son Daniel what he wanted for Christmas. And he said‚ ’I want some stock. ’ ’Stock? ’ she said. ’Don ’t you want video games or anything? ’ ’Nope‚ ’ he said‚ ’I just want stock. JetBlue stock. ’ --David Neeleman‚ CEO and Founder‚ JetBlue Airways It was the first week of April 2002‚ barely two years since the first
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| THE Google IPO | Understanding IPO Pricing Alternatives | MF Case 5 Group 9: | Angela 1113809238 | Jason 1113809011 | Jeff 1113809018 | Simon 1113809237 | 3/11/2012 | | Table of Contents 1 Google versus Baidu (Dutch Auction vs. Book Building) 1 2 Alternative IPO pricing methods 2 2.1 Book Building 2 2.1.1 Hallmarks of book building: 2 2.1.2 Green Shoe Option 2 Dutch auction 6 2.1.3 Sealed-bid price-discriminatory auction 6 2.1.4 Sealed-bid uniform-price auction
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Before the $42 billion company‚ Universal Parcel Services (UPS) grew into a worldwide name‚ it was started as a small messenger company in 1907 by two teenagers‚ Jim Casey and Claude Ryan in Seattle‚ Washington with just $ 100. Today The United Parcel Service (UPS) delivers more than 15 million packages a day to about 6.1 million customers in 200 countries around the world‚ making it the world’s largest package delivery company. UPS’ slogan “What can Brown do for you” emphasizes the company’s ability
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Business Finance Policy: FINA 380-01 Dr. William Brent February 3rd 2009 JetBlue Airways: IPO Valuation Table of Content I. Statement of Problem II. Alternative Solutions III. Analysis of the Alternatives IV. Final Recommendation V. Appendix I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM David Neeleman‚ CEO of JetBlue Airways and his management team have realized that JetBlue is still making profit despite the many challenges facing the airline industry after the September
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Netscape’s IPO Case Memo Question 1 a) Why are investors excited about Netscape? Historically speaking‚ the main reason that made investors so excited about Netscape’s IPO is because the whole market favored venture-backed high-technology stock offerings‚ particularly those related to the internet in 1990s. The market was in hot issue status that the stock prices were increased by an average of 20% on the first day of trading for nearly half of IPOs in
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