CASE CONTEXT New World Chemicals‚ Inc. (NWC) hired Sue Wilson as its new financial manager and consequently‚ Ms. Wilson has to produce a sound financial forecast for the company. PROBLEM DEFINITION In producing the financial forecast for NWC‚ Ms. Wilson has to determine the following: Additional funds needed (AFN) Free cash flow In relation to the above‚ Ms. Wilson has to consider effects on the following items: Operational capacity against sales projections Assumptions in receivables
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Pfizer Inc.’S Cost of Capital and Capital structure - Xiaoyue Shi The costs of capital and capital structures for Pfizer Inc. and its two competitors Merck & Co. Inc. and Johnson & Johnson in the pharmaceutical industry are analyzed in this memo. When calculating the cost of common stock for the three companies‚ three different approaches including Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and the bond yield plus risk premium are applied (Appendix A). For CAPM approach
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frequently under-appreciated by firms when the new product is based on an existing platform. This leads to a wait and see attitude and the product is not given adequate support and often under-priced. The positioning strategy should be driven by the market‚ rather than by the ambitions of the product champions. The source of the problem is failure to understand how consumers’ value product attributes. In all‚ over-appreciating a breakthrough or new technology that cannot be appreciated by consumers
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Executive Summary The New England Apple production has been at a steady decline over the past three decades. This can be attributed to several important factors. First‚ we shall take a look at the global market. China is far surpassed the United States in apple production‚ and is currently on a steady incline of production since the turn of the century. Now‚ looking solely at US apple production‚ we can see that the market has been on the rise. However‚ this is mostly attributed to production in
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In this piece of work‚ I will write case studies‚ about two clients that have issues with addiction. From my knowledge of local treatment and recovery services‚ I will describe the treatment pathway I would recommend in each case. I will explain my rationale and I will consider the role of the range of professionals and other workers from statutory‚ non-statutory and voluntary organisations. I will describe the role and remit of at least one service that I identify. John is a 34 year old IV
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【Summary】 Juan Lopez‚ a new associate in J.P. Morgan’s Latin America M&A department‚ was assigned the task of valuing the telephone directory operation subsidiary of a large Brazilian industrial conglomerate. The subsidiary is Paginas Amarelas‚ which operates in three Latin countries such as Argentina‚ Brazil‚ and Chile. All cash flows have been converted to U.S. dollars‚ and present values computed for various discount rates. In order to the present value properly‚ he should determine the appropriate
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CASE: ACER‚ INC.: TAIWAN ‘S RAMPAGING DRAGON In comparison to Stan Shih‚ Leonard Liu was a Taiwan-born‚ US based senior IBM executive “with a reputation for a no-nonsense professional management style”. On the other hand‚ Stan Shih had a more frugal approach to management and delegated a decision making responsibilities to his employees to harness “the natural entrepreneurial spirit of the Taiwanese. Shih believed in a “hands off” style of management‚ bias for delegation and an informal manner
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From PDAs to Smart Phones: The Evolution of an Industry in the Beginning Even though PDAs had innovative and sophisticated product designs‚ companies failed due to several reasons. First‚ enabling technologies were not up to par and such features as wireless connectivity‚ greater processing power‚ longer battery life and replicating streamlined versions of office software compromised the performance and size of the PDA. Another reason was due to the lack of market awareness about the functionality
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Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc.: The New Client Acceptance Decision Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. is recommended as a prospective audit client of Barnes and Fischer‚ LLP. I believe that Barnes and Fischer should accept the client because of Barnes and Fisher’s opportunities in consulting and information technology (IT) development‚ Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc.’s sound management/business model and past successful audits‚ and primarily‚ the growth potential of Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. following its planned
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ABC Inc. Hires new recruiter: Carl Robins Case Study Christopher‚ Barbary COMM/215 April 5‚ 2011 Cindy Pedersen ABC Inc. Hires new recruiter: Carl Robins Case Study ABC Inc. Has a nasty problem: figuring out what to do with Carl Robins and his lack of experience to hiring new recruits for his orientation for Monica Carrolls‚ the Operations Supervisor for ABC. So we decided to help them out by making a few suggestions on how to successful come up with a standard operational procedure on hiring
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