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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appliance manu facturer ranking in the top four in the world and the number one most valuable brand in China‚ Haier Group owns more than 240 subsidiaries‚ over 30 design centers‚ manufacturing bases and trading companies and has more than 50‚000 employees around the world. Haier Group has evolved to be a multi national company with an emphasis on technology‚ industry‚ trading and finance. Haier is committed to providing satis factory solutions to global customers and realizing a winwin situation between
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analysis of the strategic steps taken in Haier India using the B835 module frameworks. The analysis covers scanning the external environment‚ industry analysis‚ identifying Industry key success factors‚ internal analysis‚ the effects of the "pressures"‚ and examining from organisational purpose and stakeholders perspectives. Following the analysis‚ numerous conclusions are drawn applying module concepts with the data available both from the case study and some from additional research. Finally
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Management Consulting Club Case Interview Guide Harvard Business School Management Consulting Club Case Interview Guide Cases contributed by Management Consulting Club and consulting companies. Note: Case guide is strictly for the use of current HBS Management Consulting Club members. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording‚ or otherwise—without the permission of HBS Management Consulting Club
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Chad Ogle MGMT 620 HBS Case 9 Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service History In 1971‚ Starbucks started as a small coffee shop which targeted a specialized market of coffee purists. Howard Schultz‚ who later owned the company and initiated the high growth period‚ joined Starbucks’ marketing team in 1982. Main concept of Schultz marketing strategy was too make Starbucks “America’s third place” considering home and work the two other places where Americans spend
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The Haier Group I. INTRODUCTION A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. This case analysis studies the globalization projects of one of the most successful companies in China‚ Haier‚ and a small appliance company. The case analysis focuses on Haier’s plans in the U.S. market to establish itself as a major brand. The case also gives information about the competition in the U.S. consumer appliance market and its structure‚ and the strategies adopted by Haier to overcome the obstacles. The problems faced
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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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HAIER : Taking a Chinese Company Global Overview: Haier Group found in 1984 was a failing refrigerator company when Director Zhang came into force.At that time he did what he will be doing best in the coming years and signed a licensing agreement with German refrigerator company Liebherr. In 1986‚ Haier reached a profit of 1 Mio RMB. Altough there was a huge market demand‚ the company resisted mass production and continued to focus on quality and brand-building instead.The company’s target was
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Although Skilling was the one at the forefront when the Enron ship began to sink‚ the presence of many strong players all competing for individual power within the organization attributed to Enron’s downfall. Although Skilling came in fresh out of HBS ready to aggressively hit the ground running‚ it seems as higher management at the time‚ namely Lay‚ did not have the foresight to control
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1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? Historically‚ the AES capital budgeting method primarily used the following assumptions: • All nonrecourse debt was regarded as good • Dividend cash flow were considered equally risky • Project was evaluated by the equity discount rate for the dividends from the project • A 12% discount rate was applied to all projects. The historical method is quite simplistic
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