Nokia‚ Oyj Table of Contents Introduction 1 Internal Analysis 2 External Analysis 5 Solutions to Strategic Challenge 6 Recommendation 9 Introduction A. Company Summary: Nokia Corporation (“Nokia”) has been the undisputed leader in the mobile phone space for as long as the market has been in existence. Under the previous generation of mobile phones‚ Nokia grew in scale and expanded its distribution channels and manufacturing flexibility to secure its place as the world’s largest
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Operating Strategy ~ The UNIQLO case~ 1142535b Sachiko Okita Introduction UNIQLO is a Japanese casual wear designer‚ manufacturer and retailer. UNIQLO has been recording good sale‚ they made a new sales record‚ 923‚600‚000‚000yen on 2012. In addition‚ they have wide and various customers‚ old and young‚ men and women‚ family and couples etc. Their sex‚ age and life style is different. The key success factor is “No target customer” In 2013 the CEO of UNIQLO‚ Tadashi Yanai made new concept
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Questions for RJR Nabisco 1. Use the APV valuation method to determine the value per share of RJR Nabisco under (i) The pre-bid operating plan (ii) The management group operating strategy (iii) KKR’s operating strategy Assume that the number of outstanding shares is 229 million. I will collect valuation numbers in class so make sure you hold on to a copy of your memo. 2. What accounts for the difference of the three operating plans? The three operating plans generally
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RJR Nabisco Case Study 1. The RJR Nabisco Company passed trough some amazing facts of its financial life in the years of operating‚ starting as a tobacco company in 1875. In order to analyze RJR Nabisco company as a potentially candidate for leverage buyout (LBO) it is important to understand that all firms may be the targets of a leveraged buyout‚ but because of the importance of debt and the ability of the acquired firm to make regular loan payments after the completion of a leveraged
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RJR Nabisco • Some genius invented the Oreo. We’re just living off of the inheritance. F. Ross Johnson Fair Market Value • Fair Market Value: “…the price at which the asset would trade between two rational individuals‚ each in command of all of the information necessary to value the asset‚ and neither under any pressure to trade.” Rocky Higgins Analysis for Financial Management (p. 318) Capital Budgeting 101 • Step 1: Estimate Discount Rate • Step 2: Project Cash Flows – Cash flows for 1989-98
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controlled b. how resources are allocated c. the location of departments and office space d. the policy statements developed by the firm Q2. The purpose of job enrichment is to a. expand the number of tasks an individual can do b. increase job efficiency c. increase job effectiveness d. increase job satisfaction of middle management Q3. Strategic planning as a broad concept consists of a. corporate strategy and business strategy b. strategy formulation and strategy implementation c. inputs
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RJR Nabisco Valuation When assessing the valuation of RJR Nabisco bids‚ the Special committee should utilize the Capital Cash Flow method. The Capital Cash Flow method‚ when applied appropriately‚ should yield the same valuation when discounting a company’s Free Cash Flow. To get Capital Cash Flows (CCF)‚ Net Income is adjusted by adding back non-cash expenses and other reconciliations to form cash flow‚ decreasing Capital Expenditures‚ decreasing changes in Net Working Capital and finally‚ adding
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RJR NABISCO CASE Guzmán Colilla Barreiro Asset Valuation 02/04/15 Questions for RJR Nabisco case 1. What was the value of RJR Nabisco under Asset Beta: = 0.50 = 0.92 Ba=(0.50+0.92)/2 = 0.7 Assume that Rf = 9% (from the Marriott Case) Assume that Rp=8% (from the Marriott Case) Ka = Rf + BARp Ka = 9% + (0.7)(8%) = 14.6% a) The pre-bid operating strategy? b) The Management Group’s strategy? c) KKR’s operating strategy? 2. What accounts for any difference in the
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Summary of the Case RJR Nabisco was an American conglomerate selling tobacco and food products. It was formed in the year 1985 by the merger of Nabisco Brands and R J Reynolds Tobacco Company. The case given discusses the leveraged buy out of the company‚ which was at that time the largest LBO in history. A leveraged buyout can be defined as a situation where an investor group‚ which often includes some of the target company’s top managers‚ borrows billions to try to take the company private by
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