HKU693 LU JIANGYONG TAO ZHIGANG PEPSI GROWS POTATOES IN CHINA After entering China in 1982‚ Pepsi continued to do well in the country‚ offering a wider range of products than its arch-rival‚ Coca-Cola. Pepsi’s potato chip business was successful despite competition from other multinational rivals and Chinese domestic brands. As its potato chips became more successful‚ however‚ the problem of how to secure a supply of quality potatoes also grew. In the North American market‚ Pepsi relied
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Analysis in Investment Appraisal by Savvakis C. Savvides Published in “Project Appraisal”‚ Volume 9 Number 1‚ pages 3-18‚ March 1994 © Beech Tree Publishing 1994 Reprinted with permission ABSTRACT* This paper was prepared for the purpose of presenting the methodology and uses of the Monte Carlo simulation technique as applied in the evaluation of investment projects to analyse and assess risk. The first part of the paper highlights the importance of risk analysis in investment appraisal
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DOES NOBEL GROW ON TREES? While broadcasting a speech‚ the Prime Minister addressed the nation that money does not grow on trees. It appears that this is a favourite phrase used by our Prime Minister. In fact‚ on an earlier occasion‚ he said in the same language when a delegation from Odisha approached him for more grants. Now perhaps the Prime Minister has got a unique opportunity to pose a question in a similar vein‚ “Does Nobel Grow on trees?” The centenary session of the Science Congress
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....................................... 3 Proposed FDI Policy for MBRT in India..................................................................................................... 5 FDI Policy for MBRT in China.................................................................................................................... 5 Four major dimensions of the policy on FDI in MBRT...............................................................................6 Impact on Small Farmers................
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Analysis Actually‚ we can rank the projects by simply inspecting the cash flows. However‚ it is not a good method to rank the projects. In order to ensure that the investment projects selected have the best chance of increasing the value of the firm‚ we need tools to evaluate the merits of individual projects and to rank competing investments. In this case‚ our group using some tools which are Payback Period‚ Net Present Value (NPV) ‚ Profitability Index (PI)‚ and Internal Rate of Return (IRR). We are
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MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY Faculty of Business and Economics AFIN828 International Investment and Risk Assignment Semester 1 / 2013 1) Using the price series provided in the spreadsheet assignment_data.xls calculate the monthly returns for Westpac (WBK)‚ Wesfarmers (WES) and Rio Tinto (RIO) for the considered time period from January 2nd‚ 2012 to January 1st‚ 2013. (25 Marks) a) Considering a possible investment in WBK and WES‚ calculate the mean (monthly) return‚ the standard deviation of return and
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The Future of Investment Banking The era of investment-banking (IB) post-economic crisis of 2008 will see increasingly modest returns and a much meeker future. Returns on equity (ROE)‚ a standard measure of profitability‚ once routinely ranged from 20-25%‚ have now halved to 13% and will continue to plummet to 6-9% by 2017 with the incorporation of new regulations. These regulations will fundamentally change the face of IB. Higher capital standards will force banks to shrink their balance sheets—making
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Homework week 7 1. Why do corporations employ investment bankers? Corporations rarely issue securities while Bankers do it all the time. Bankers with their experience can help issuers to design adequate security‚ obtain a wide distribution and get a fair price for it. Investment bankers have experience in the sale and distribution of securities. They have sales networks and are constantly in touch with the financial market. 2. Identify the primary market functions of investment bankers. The primary
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When teachers asked that what it is you want to be when you grow up‚ most children do not respond with "a career in financial services". Like most children‚ I responded with reference to jobs that seemed fun at the time. My first choice was a typewriter and translator‚ second naturally a pianist‚ but the third and most important choice was a computer engineer because I like computer‚ typing‚ translating a work and playing piano. If I were a computer engineer‚ I will
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those drones‚ NATO should come there in Burma to eliminate terrorism from there if humans are being killed by the wolf and pigs(animals) there‚ and if not‚ then just at least be human and show up your humanity ! And i guess the maximum has forgot that what humanity actually
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