Finance Flexible Budget for Yum Brands Inc. Flexible budgeting allows a firm to look at different potential scenarios, often this may be undertaken for an optimistic, pessimistic and most likely scenario. Firms will often undertake forecasting exer Continue Reading...
Finance the beta of Spock's portfolio is (.5)(.7)+(.5)(1.1) = 0.9 The beta of Kirk's portfolio is (.9)(1) + (.1)(0) = 0.9 The risk of these two portfolios is the same. Both have the same beta, which implies that they are equally risky, even though Continue Reading...
Finance Management (Discussion Questions) Explain the difference between the accrual basis of accounting and the cash basis of accounting. What are the major reasons for accrual accounting? How are revenues defined under accrual accounting? First S Continue Reading...
However, there are also some disadvantages with this assessment tool. The assessment is based on projections, if there are any divergences from those projections there can be a significantly different outcome. The net present value also has an inher Continue Reading...
Finance Calculating Investment Values When a firm has a number of investment options but can only undertake one, the firm is likely to undertake some assessments in order to determine which is likely to provide the optimal return. In the first scen Continue Reading...
Finance Investments and the Irrelevance Proposition The expected rate of return on an investment is calculated by taking the expected return and dividing it by the amount invested. If there is a return of $6 on an investment of $100 the rate of ret Continue Reading...
Finance The FCF-based valuation model is based on the following formula: EBIT (1-Tax Rate) + Depreciation & Amortization - Change in Net Working Capital - Capital Expenditure Investopedia, 2012) is the free cash flow each year, C0 is the orig Continue Reading...
2. The capital asset pricing model can be used to estimate the cost of capital because it allows for an estimate to be drawn as to the company's cost of equity. This can then be plugged into a weighted average cost of capital calculation along with Continue Reading...
The difference in the interest rates would have predicted a much greater change in the exchange rates between these two countries. This begs the question as to why the rates did not change further. There are a few possible explanations for this dis Continue Reading...
Also, sale of the property to an unknown entity also represents a threat to Real Cortez. Faus could argue that he can look after Cortez' interests or give them a seat at the table during the sale, in exchange for their cooperation on the management Continue Reading...
Sorkin, however, posits no argument per se. Rather, his book offers insight into how the financial crisis manifested from a far more personal perspective of those involved than anything else. The book is informative in nature, and give insight into Continue Reading...
To start with, budgets assist companies function within their earnings over the long-term. Budgets aid companies in expending less money than they make. Budgets also aid companies attain their monetary goals by scheduling for the future and managing Continue Reading...
Finance One batch takes 20 hours to make and produces 400L of ice cream. Sales last year totaled 50,000,000 liters of ice cream and the plant was working at full capacity. Therefore, the plant's capacity in working hours is: 50,000,000 / 400 = 125, Continue Reading...
Response 2: For the same reasons that smaller biotechnology carry more risk with each product, they are also more dependent on the profits from that product. By refraining from licensing until the drugs has made it through pre-clinical and phase o Continue Reading...
On top of this, it's important to remember that FDI inflows to the LDCs are highly concentrated geographically: four petroleum-producing LDCs - Angola, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan - received more than half (56%) of the total FDI inflows going Continue Reading...
It was also very interesting to note that many large suppliers may actually step in to help their troubled client. Again, this makes sense, especially if the client is a long-term business partner doing a major amount of business with the company. Continue Reading...
For example, a collectivistic society is typically preoccupied with high-context communication while an individualistic society is often characterized by low-context communication. (Gudykunst and Stella, 1991, p. 96). China, as a whole, is a collec Continue Reading...
Finance Discuss some of the motivations firms have for setting up production facilities in other countries. Will the effect on the host country differ depending upon the motivation? Explain. Will the effect on the source country differ depending upo Continue Reading...
I would advise that Mr. Haskins has to understand that the banks are businesses, and make strategic investments when they think those businesses will pay off. This means that AMD needs to ensure that the banks are happy, in order to secure financing Continue Reading...
" 3) a. If $1.25 represents a 40% dividend payout ratio, earnings per share are $3.13. A six percent return (the required return) would put future earnings at $3.32. ((3.32-3.13)*100)/3.13 = 6.07% b. 40% (the dividend payout ratio) of $3.32 (future Continue Reading...
Since 2010 the organization has demonstrated a decline in revenue of 11.08%. However, one would expect some decline as a result of the divestments took place in 2011. The gross profit for the year ending 2012 was $8,019, which equates to a gross pr Continue Reading...
This company is well positioned to capitalize on the growing population of older Americans whose children have moved out and are in search of more efficient and cost-effective homes. Like the business model adopted by NVR, Toll also takes advantage Continue Reading...
Finance An investor choosing between two different companies must undertake several steps in order to determine the best investment. In addition to understanding the industry of the company from a strategic perspective, a thorough financial analysis Continue Reading...
Finance Financial Management in Non-Profit Organizations Financial management of not-for-profits is comparable to financial management in the commercial sector in a lot of respects; but, certain key variations shift the focus of a not-for-profit fi Continue Reading...
Finance Starbucks is engaged in the quick service food industry, primarily focused on coffee and related snacks. The company has come under strong competitive and economic pressures recently, and this has impacted its performance. However, Starbucks Continue Reading...
The risk associated with acquisition is higher, as this includes the price paid for the acquisition and then the cost of managing the operations. However, the acquisition is likely to result in the greatest revenue growth in the short-term. Questio Continue Reading...
Finance Coca-Cola and Pepsi are the world's two largest producers of non-alcoholic beverages. Both companies are global in scope, and market hundreds of different products. Each has multiple billion-dollar brands. Yet, there are significant differen Continue Reading...
Finance The company that I am writing about is Starbucks. The information will come from the 2012 Annual Report, which reflects the year ended September 30, 2012. The total assets of Starbucks are $8.219 billion. This is important because the total Continue Reading...
Finances in Nursing, Interview Description of the role of a CFO within selected organization A CFO has to have a sharp understanding of finance. Individuals presume that CFOs have that; however one would state it's not in all cases. It's likewise b Continue Reading...
Finance & Management Skyline Corporation The acid test, or quick, ratio adjusts current assets by removing less liquid assets, primarily inventories. It is expressed as coverage of so many times and is used to calculate working capital as the e Continue Reading...
Net Income Year Net Income 2008 $964 million 2009 $1.0 billion 2010 $1.1 billion ("On the Ground Floor of Global Growth," 2010) The average rate growth in net income is 6.5%. The below table is illustrating the different projections over Continue Reading...
Finance P9-13 Leverage net EPS P/E % Earnings Retained Div Payout Div Yield BV/share Materiality of options There was no book value data provide for 2008 & 2007. No data was provided on options expense, so materiality of options could n Continue Reading...
Finance Activity-Based Costing at Super Bakery The management at Super Bakery has developed a very lean business model which is an efficient use of capital. The model is based on the concept of a virtual organization. In this business model the fir Continue Reading...
Finance PowerPoint Presentation for CVP Calculations With the figures given it is possible to calculate the variable cost per member. To calculate the variable cost, with the knowledge that the break even point for the firm is 300 monthly membershi Continue Reading...
The ruling should also account for the fact that it is actually in the best interests of both Sam and the bank to honor Sam's claim. Indeed, "building an ethical reputation among employees, customers, and the general public pays off," and "Among th Continue Reading...
This indicates that the company's business model is starting to resonate with consumers. It is too early, however, to determine if Netflix is going to achieve its objectives. Achieving its goals will probably take a decade or more, and there will be Continue Reading...
Finance To evaluate the project for T-Mobile, we need to take into account the present-day value of future cash flows. This means that the future cash flows need to be discounted. The case example gives both the future cash flows and the discount ra Continue Reading...
It is inexcusable that no action was taken during the five years to contain overtime. The excessive overtime may be directly linked to the morale issue and this will need intervention in order to understand the core of issues. Sales revenue is in Continue Reading...
Yet, it is difficult to quantify the true value of intellectual property. In theory, the value of intellectual property derives from the degree to which the firm can convert that property into wealth. In some cases -- pharmaceutical patents, for ex Continue Reading...
3. James Flanigan's article "Biotech Tries to Shrug off Setbacks," from the New York Times and found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/business/smallbusiness/17edge.html?_r=1 outlines the difficulties that biotech firms have had recently with Continue Reading...
