Teletech Corporation Background of the case Victor Yoarian‚ a reclusive billionaire had acquired a 10 percent stake of a telecommunications company named Teletech Corporation and has demnded two seats on the firm’s board of directors. Headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas defines itself as a “provider of integrated information movement and management.” The firm had two main business segments: Telecommunications Services‚ which provides long-distance‚ local and cellular telephone service to business
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Teletech Corporation‚ 2005 Kyle Fortin My recommendation for Teletech Corporation is to change from a constant hurdle rate to the use of two risk-adjusted hurdle rates‚ one for each segment. Teletech’s performance is evaluated based on economic profit calculations. Through this measure‚ the risk-adjusted hurdle rates return a higher amount of profit compared to a single corporate hurdle rate. Currently‚ the firm has been using 9.30% as their hurdle rate‚ and as a result the firm’s share prices
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2. TELETECH CORPORATION 1. How does Teletech Corporation currently use the hurdle rate? Currently Teletech uses a single hurdle rate for both their Telecommunications Services and Products and Services divisions. The hurdle rate is the cost of capital based on an estimate of the corporation’s WACC. 2. Please estimate the segment WACCs for Teletech (see the worksheet in case Exhibit 1). As you do this‚ carefully note the points of judgment in the calculation. Corporate Telecommunications
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Teletech Corporation 1996 Teletech Corporations has headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas‚ defined itself as a "provider of integrated information movement and management. The firm had two main business segments: The Telecommunication Services and the manufacture of computing and telecommunications equipment named‚ Product and Systems. Margareth Weston‚ a Teletech chief financial officer‚ learned of Yosarrian’s letter in January 1996. Margareth organized a team immediately of lawyers and finance
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3: TELETECH CORPORATION 2005 Q1. Teletech has two divisions- Telecommunications and Products & Services. For the purpose of investment and performance analysis at the firm‚ there is an applied hurdle rate of 9.30% for both divisions. Based on the firms’ WACC‚ this rate represents the cost of capital‚ and essentially‚ the opportunity cost of money. Teletech Corporation uses this hurdle rate to assess the performance of its two divisions; however there is argument whether this hurdle rate is ideal
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NOTES ON FOOD PRESERVATION & PACKAGING FOR MSc STUDENTS By Prof C S Purushothaman – Feb 2013 HURDLE TECHNOLOGY The spoilage and poisoning of foods by micrnorgenisms is a problem that is not yet under adequate control‚ despite the range of preservation techniques available (e.g. freezing‚ blanching‚ pasteurizing and canning). In fact‚ the current Consumer demand for more natural and fresh-like foods‚ which urges food manufacturers to use only mild preservation techniques (e.g. refrigeration‚ modifed-atmosphere
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Version 2.1 Teletech Corporation‚ 1996 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives In January 1996‚ the chief financial officer of this telecommunications company must fashion a response to a raider who claims that a major business segment of this company should be sold because it is not earning a satisfactory rate of return. The case recounts the debate within the company over the use of a single hurdle rate to evaluate all segments of the company versus a riskadjusted hurdle-rate system. The
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1. Teletech Corporation currently uses its hurdle rate to measure its economic profit and NPV. It is used to measure value creation‚ and providing information on each unit’s performance for investors. Teletech’s current practice of “one size fits all” hurdle rate is not the best practice because each division has its own risks and nature of operations. Therefore‚ each division’s profitability should be compared to that division’s own WACC. 2. See attachment 3. According to Rick Phillip’s
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Analysis Teletech is a business process outsourcing multinational Organization‚ founded in 1982 by Kenneth D.Tuchman and headquartered in Englewood‚ Colorado. Teletech provides services for customer management‚ transaction-based processing‚ database marketing services‚ professional sales and eCommerce. Teletech operates in diverse industries of Automotive‚ Communications and Media‚ Financial Services‚ Government Services‚ Healthcare Services and Technology. The firm is based in 17 countries with
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