From Competitive advantage to Corporate strategy. A diversified company has 2 levels of strategy: 1. Business unit (competitive): how to create competitive advantage in each business? 2. Corporate (companywide): concerns two different questions: what businesses the corporation should be in and how the corporate office should manage the array of business units? Most corporate strategies have dissipated instead of created shareholder value. Now we have to rethink to corporate strategy
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Sources of finance Some sources of finance are short term and must be paid back within a year. Other sources of finance are long term and can be paid back over many years. Internal sources of finance are funds found inside the business. For example‚ profits can be kept back to finance expansion. Alternatively the business can sell assets that are no longer really needed to free up cash. External sources of finance are found outside the business. For example from creditors or banks. Internal
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Source of finance Match the source with advantages and disadvantages State if advantage/disadvnatage ordinary share capital: money given to a company by shareholders in return for a share certificate‚ which gives them part ownership of the company and entitles them to a share of the profits 21.Increasing ordinary share capital can make it easier to borrow more funds from a bank as the share capital can purchase assets that can be used as collateral. advantage 22.Bringing new shareholders
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Currently a Unilever brand can be found in one out of every two households in the world. Yeti t is remarkable to see that the corporate image of a company whose brands are so well known‚ and whose operations are so widespread‚ is so indistinct. There were times between the 1960s and 1990 when Unilever appeared amorphous. It was not merely that the corporate name was not found on any brands or local companies. It was also the sheer spread of businesses it owned beyond packaged consumer products‚ including
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Corp. has common stock with a market value of $200 million and riskless debt with a value of $100 million. Investors expect a 15% return on the stock and a 6% return on the debt. Assume perfect capital markets without any taxes. a) Suppose GP issues $100 million of new stock to buy back the debt. What is the expected return of the stock after this transaction? (4 points) b) Suppose instead GP issues $50 million of new debt to repurchase stock. If the risk of the debt does not change‚ what is the
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Diversification Strategies in the Global Retailing Industry: Essays on the Dimensions and Performance Implications DISSERTATION of the University of St. Gallen‚ School of Management‚ Economics‚ Law‚ Social Sciences and International Affairs to obtain the title of Doctor of Philosophy in Management submitted by Timo Sohl from Germany Approved on the application of Prof. Dr. Thomas Rudolph and Prof. Dr. Günter Müller-Stewens Dissertation no. 3987 Difo-Druck GmbH‚ Bamberg 2012
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The right to collect information should be limited to government for specific purposes. Government responsibility is to protect us from harm and specific data can help them protect us. Government can collect medical research to benefit us is many ways. Collecting data that we are not aware of can harm us. Government’s main responsibility should be to protect us from any harm‚ such as terrorist. Data available online or social media can help government local terrorist. Phone records are one important
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world class performance‚ creating growing value for the Indian economy and the company’s stakeholders. Mission: To enhance the wealth generating capability of the enterprise in a globalizing environment‚ delivering superior and sustainable stakeholder value. Corporate Strategies ITC is a board-managed professional company‚ committed to creating enduring value for the nation and the shareholder. It has a rich organisational culture rooted in its core values of respect for people and belief in empowerment
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clients is Michelle DellaTorre‚ a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile. DellaTorre is a highly ranked tennis player who would like to start a company to produce and market apparel she designs. She also expects to invest substantial amounts of money through Balik and Kiefer. DellaTorre is very bright‚ and she would like to understand in general terms what will happen to her money. Your boss has developed the following set of questions you must answer to explain
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Lecture 1: The advantages of forming a corporation are: * Reduction of personal liability. A sole proprietor has unlimited liability * Taxes. Forming a corporation may mean that more expenses can be considered business expenses and be deducted from the company’s income. * Improved credibility. The business may have increased credibility in the business world compared to a sole proprietorship. * Ability to attract investment. Corporations can raise capital through the sale of equity
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