5. Evaluate Intel’s shift in strategy under CEO Craig Barrett and new CEO Paul Otellini. Craig Barrett’s strategic focus was on innovation and R&D. He aggressively built new businesses thru acquisitions and internal ventures‚ to the tune of $12 billion. Under his leadership‚ Intel entered a myriad of new markets – wireless‚ networks‚ communications‚ and online services. In 1999‚ he changed the corporate mission statement. Intel went from “being the preeminent supplier to the new computing
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Ameritrade Case Writeup questions (do all this as if it is June 1997‚ date of the case): 1. What is Ameritrade’s capital structure? Because there is no preferred stock or long term debt‚ Ameritrade is a 100% equity firm. 2. What is Ameritrade’s cost of equity capital? CAPM= (.0643)+ (1.8264)(.188-.0559)=.2902=29.02% Return on Market=(899.470-757.12)/757.12=.188 Beta calculation on Attached Excel Spreadsheet. 3. What is Ameritrade’s cost of debt capital? Because there is
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HBS CASE: THE FASHION CHANNEL Answers by Chenghao Zheng (Chuck) 1. What insight do you get from the consumer and market data? TFC’s revenue for 2006: $310.6 million ($80 million from affiliate fees and $230.6 million from ad sales) Strength: the only network dedicated exclusively to fashion‚ with up-to-date and entertaining information broadcast 24/7 Weakness: no detailed segmentation‚ branding‚ or positioning strategy According to customer analysis: there are four groups of customers‚ Fashionistas
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Authentic works of folk literature versus manufactured ones differ in many ways. The definition of folklore was changed from an “‘oral cultural tradition of a specific group of people’” to an “‘oral poetic creation of the broad folk masses’” (Miller 5). The concept of tradition and cultural origin which is usually ingrained in the authentic folklore is void in the more modern‚ manufactured ones. Manufactured folktales also have much more thought put into to them in terms of “controlling” the folktale
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Microcosmos and Manufactured Landscapes I am always fascinated by the French film makers and how they manage to make amazing documentaries portraying normal events in nature in a way that most of us tend not to appreciate. Microcosmos‚ a documentary about bugs and insect life in meadows and ponds‚ it stars nature in its very best using incredible close-up shots‚ slow motion‚ and time-lapse photography. It made me realize how incredible nature is and if I were to be shrunken to that miniature size
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full 40-hour workweeks" strongly indicates that the direct labor is an entirely fixed cost (i.e.‚ it has no variable component‚ since the employees get paid for 40 hors per week no matter how much they work). Purchased XSX drums Manufactured XSX drums Manufactured Mountain Bike Frames Selling Price $ 154.00 $ 154.00 $ 65.00 Variable Cost per Unit: Materials $ 120.00 $ 44.50 $ 17.50 Manufacturing Overhead $ - $ 1.05 $ 0.60
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Why did LTCM have difficulty raising its level of risk? What is Value at Risk‚ and what role did it play in the LTCM failure? In September 1997‚ the Fund had an annualized standard deviation of approximately 10.7%‚ which was significantly lower than the Fund’s long-run goal of 20% annualized standard deviation. There are several reasons to explain why LTCM had difficulties in raising its level of risk. LTCM structured the majority of its trades in a way that required minimal initial outlay
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Issue In this assignment‚ we are asked to compute the WACC of Marriott Corporation and each of the company’s three divisions. Our approach is outlined in the next section. We made a series of assumptions regarding either the available data or the missing information. This has been explained below‚ in a separate section. Approach We applied the following formulae to calculate the WACC: Our assumptions are explained in the next section. The table below presents the approach for calculations
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Marriott Corporation Abstract Marriott Corporation has three divisions – lodging‚ contract services and restaurants – with dissimilar operations. The company uses three separate hurdle rates for the three divisions to value the proposed projects. It is believed that this strategy is more appropriate that using a single firm-wide discount rate because the operations of the three divisions differ drastically. However‚ the company has to ensure that the company uses an appropriate discount rate for
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Problem/Objective 1. Decisions/problem: The primary decision that Gilles Moyner‚ brand manager from Ford France must make is how to segment the new Ford Ka‚ a new small car that will be presented in the Paris Motor Show (1996). Within the understood that traditional size based market segmentation and alternatives segmentations did not work. GoldFarb Corporation is in charge of presenting Ford possible strategies. The objective is to develop a marketing strategy‚ targeting and segmentation‚ since
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