------------------------------------------------- FI 627: Corporate Finance: Applications and advanced topics ------------------------------------------------- Study questions for case studies: Spring 2013 Week 1: Sears‚ Roebuck & Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. 1. How do the retailing strategies of Sears and Wal-Mart differ? 2. Wal-Mart’s average return on equity for the 1997 fiscal year was 19.7% while Sears’ average return on equity over roughly the same period was
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LJP : (Summary) Week 1 * HUMANS POSSESS: health‚ happiness equality acceptance‚ success‚ wealth * WHAT IS LAW? * Authority‚ social cohesion‚ boundaries‚ rules and regulations‚ legislation‚ institutions‚ legal actors‚ language‚ narrative‚ history‚ discipline‚ discourse‚ processes * Procedural: way you are treated during a trial * Substantive: outcome Week 2 * POWER: * Central to human condition: downfall‚ accomplishments‚ past/present/future
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Class 13‚ Monday‚ March 5th Global Forces of Change and Industry Dynamics Case I Li & Fung: Beyond “Filling in the Mosaic‚” 1995 – 1998 In early 1998‚ William and Victor Fung had to review their business‚ the Li & Fung Group‚ to plan for the next three years. Examine strategic and organizational issues including company culture‚ international expansion‚ and venture capital projects. Discussion Questions: 1. How is Li & Fung able to maintain margins three times those
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Task 2: Evaluating Competitor’s Stock AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. is concerned regarding recent changes in its stock prices for the company and would like to determine the stock prices for key competitors. Key competitors include Raytheon‚ Boeing‚ Lockheed Martin‚ and the Northrop Grumman Corporation. 1. Using the dividend growth model and assuming a dividend growth rate of 5%‚ what is the rate of return for one of three key competitors? Use Yahoo Finance to obtain the latest dividend amount and
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Journal of Nuclear Materials 366 (2007) 266–271 www.elsevier.com/locate/jnucmat Characterization of nanocrystalline (Th1ÀxCex)Oy powders synthesized by co-precipitation process q ¨ O. Yildiz Kocaeli University‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering‚ Veziroglu Yerleskesi‚ 41040 Kocaeli‚ Turkey Received 21 July 2006; accepted 23 January 2007 Abstract Nanocrystalline thoria–ceria (Th1ÀxCex)Oy powders in a ratio of x = 0.05À0.5 mol% were prepared
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ACCT504 Professor Morrison Target vs. Walmart ACCT504 Professor Morrison Measuring Ability to Pay Current Liabilities: Target and Walmart’s current ratio have a .03 different meaning that both comapnies have a high chance of paying off their debts if they need arises. Measuring Turnover: Walmart has the advantage for the inventory turnover and accounts receivable turnover ratios. Walmart turns over their inventory 10.1 times to Target’s 6.1 times and Walmart turns over their accounts
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e The fall of the Roman Empire can be linked to climate change‚ this has not only shaped the way that Rome is today‚ but how the rest of Europe was formed as well. Researchers have discovered that the pattern in tree rings have shown that there were dry and varying conditions during the turmoil of the Roman Empire’s decline. The increased climate variability occurred during the fall of the empire. There are many reasons as to why the climate and the fall correlate; dry weather made it harder for
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Ferdinand Marcos-3rd republic pres. This nation can be great again? Cultural superiority-refers to an attitude that ones’s culture is superior… The reason why pres.FranklinRoosevelt declared war against Japan b’coz the American fleet in pearl harbor was attacked by the Japenese forces Emilio Aguinaldo-the President of the 1st Phil.Republic Puppet-is defined as a representational figure or object which is manipul America-is the one who created the Phil. Civil Affairs Unit Hukbo ng Bayan sa Hapon-is
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The focus of Case 4 is how poor communication can effect an organization. Communication is essential to the survival of any organization. A lack of effective communication will result in little to no coordination and cooperation‚ resulting in decreased performance. In assessing Strayhorn’s communication effectiveness‚ one can see the negative impacts EI experienced because of his approach. Two of the biggest factors dampened by his style were morale and productivity. In addition‚ failure to address
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Answer the Following Questions: 1. The transfer of tissue or an organ between two people who are not related is called? ANSWER: Allotransplantation 2. How would aspiration of urine from the bladder be accomplished? ANSWER: By means of needle‚ trocar‚ or ultracatheter 3. A collection of structures that suspends the testes in the scrotum is called? ANSWER: Spermatic Cord 4. What is it called when an egg from the female is withdrawn and fertilized with sperm in a laboratory for 2 to 3 days
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