Corporate Finance Essays and Term Papers
650 Essays on Corporate Finance. Documents 476 - 500
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Forming a Corporation
Using each of the 4 criteria from the lecture, describe why you feel that the form of organization selected by your company is (or is not) in the company’s best interest. Four of the main criteria that helped guide me in my decision to form an S-Corporation were: cost, liability, taxation and control. The S-Corporation has many advantages which work in my company’s best interest through careful evaluation of each of the criteria: Cost: I
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Murray Energy Corporation
Murray Energy Corp. Crispin Velez Group A Murray Energy corp. is the US' 12 largest coal company and owns 9 mines in central and eastern US and is owner in partnership in more than 10 other mines across the US. The Crandall Canyon disaster in 2007 was not a stand alone incident, in 2006 the mine was cited for several safety violations including lack of escape routes and staff deficiencies . We must state
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Finance Case
Why has Clarkson Lumber borrowed increasing amounts despite its profitability?There are a couple of reasons for Mr. Clarkson wanting to increase the amount of borrowing that would be needed to continue with his operations. One of the reasons is that he wants to pay off Mr. Holtz in order for himself to become the primary owner of the company. Another reason for the need to borrow funds is that the net income was growing at
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Specht V. Netscape Communications Corporation
Specht v. Netscape Communications Corporation Facts: Customers wishing to obtain SmartDownload from Netscape's web site arrive at a page pertaining to the download of the software. By clicking on the box, a visitor initiates the download and a pop up come up and says. License Agreement: Please review and agree to the terms of the Netscape SmartDownload software license agreement before downloading and using the software. Customers are not required affirmatively to indicate their assent
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Acela Financing
I. Borrow and buy Pros: There is a tax advantage of borrowing and buy, as the interest payment of the loan is tax deductible. Besides, as the firm uses the loan to purchase the asset, the tax shield of depreciation expenses is also an important part. At the end of the project, they may have a chance to sell this asset at its salvage value. Cons: Too much debt on the firm’s balance sheet will
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The Eaton Corporation
The Eaton Corporation is a corporation committed to implementing and advancing the technology they use throughout the companies four-business segments Automotive, Fluid Power, Electrical, and Truck. However Eaton isn’t solely committed to the advancement and implementation of technology in the products they design and create, Eaton also works to implement technology in their everyday business practices such as Production, Sales and Marketing, and Human Resources. Production is a large part of the Eaton Corporation, “Eaton
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Car Financing in China
GM's General Motors Acceptance Corp., which has a joint venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., was the first foreign automaker to seek and receive approval for handling vehicle financing in China. China strictly controls auto loans, requiring that lenders' guaranteed loans not exceed 200 percent of their registered capital and staff have work experience or an education in finance. Executive Summary: Auto financing loans are effectively the only way for Chinese consumers to purchase cars,
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The Initiative for Policy Dialogue - Corporate Governance Task Force Meeting
The Initiative for Policy Dialogue Corporate Governance Task Force Meeting September 25, 2003 Columbia University New York, NY Notes taken by Tomasz Michalski. Bolton: What is corporate governance? This is what I picked up from the NYT on Monday. It’s not very encouraging for us. (shows slide) Here’s our attempt to organize a few thoughts. What are the key issues for corporate governance in developing countries? We thought we’d take a mainstream approach. This is
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Dell Computer Corporation
Michael Dell was born on February 23, 1965 in Houston, Texas. He grew up in a well off Jewish family. When Michele was 15, he took apart a new Apple II computer and rebuilt it just to see if he could. Dell went to Memorial High School in Houston, where he did not always do well academically. One of his teachers actually told him that "he would never go anywhere in life." He attended the
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Art of War in the Corporate World
There are numerous books on warfare but not many that have been relevant for two and a half thousand years. Sun Tzu was a general in the Kingdom of Wu in China around 490BC. His text was translated from Chinese to French in 1782 and it has been suggested that it was the key to Napoleon's success. It was only when he failed to follow all of the rules set down by Sun Tzu that
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Politics and Power: Examples from Today’s Corporate World
Politics and Power: Examples from Today’s Corporate World An effective organization focuses on strong leadership, power and political issues. These components are critical to creating an organization mindful of values, ethics, culture and innovation. Analyzing the use of power and politics are essential to understanding the behavior of individuals within organizations. There are two sides to power and politics. In one respect power and politics imply the shady side of leadership. However, power and
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Personal Finance
Synopsis Currently I am a student at Georgian college, and am maintaining a part time job at Tim Horton's in which I work a few days a month for minimum wage. The current bank I am with is TD Canada Trust. I have several short term monetary goals which are mainly within correspondence to my educational funds. I have goals to save enough money to pay for next semester's tuition; this will be achieved by
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Corporate Greed
In this paper I will be discussing the differences between Managerial and Financial Accounting. In addition, I will discuss the different types of reports that are generated for financial accounting and managerial accounting and their uses. I will also discuss the four major categories of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Standards of Ethical Conduct for Management Accountants. Finally, I will offer an example of what would constitute a violation of the IMA in
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate social responsibility is a company’s obligation to be responsible to all of its stakeholders in all its operations and activities with the aim of achieving sustainable development not only in the economical component but also in the social and environmental dimensions company’s stakeholders are all those who are influenced by and can influence a company’s decisions and actions, both locally and globally. Business stakeholders include employees, customers, suppliers, community organizations, subsidiaries and affiliates,
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Corporate Social Responsibility at Air New Zealand
Aviation industry exerts great influence on growth of national economy and it has an overriding effect on national security. Air New Zealand is an international airline registered and based in New Zealand. It provides cargo transport services and air passenger within New Zealand, as well as to and from major regions. To start with, all outside factors that may influence an organization constitute the external environment .This report will first describe the external environment through
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Health Development Corporation
Case 2: Health Development Corporation HBS 9-200-049 1. Did the purchase of the Lexington Club real estate increase the value of Heatlh Development Corporation (HDC)? Calculate the NPV of the purchase. • Use pre-tax cashflows. • Assume the revenues of the Lexington Club grow by 5% per year. • Assume that the appropriate discount rate for real estate cashflows was 10%. • Assume a 20 year life of the facility. (Hint: In calculating the NPV
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Corporate Social Responsibility Sample Letter
Date Student Name College Attended Address 1 Address 2 State, City Zip Code Subject: Recent CR effort to promote financial literacy Dear Valued Student, The student community usually considers McGraw-Hill only as a publisher of textbooks. However, we are committed to serve you and your peers in more than one dimension. Aside from our publications, we also offer a range of services related to financial literacy and personal finance. The Financial Literacy program is our
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Ersonal Finance
Well I can tell you I have friends, family and parents that I work with talk to me at least weekly about their bills. Their are many times bankruptcy comes up. I try very hard to help people to see a better path to take. It takes you down a bad road. It will follow you for many years and damage your chances at things for as long. Even after you think your debt is
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Erp and the Changing Scenario of the Corporate: Case of Osram India Limited
ABSTRACT The paper deals with the changing scenario of the corporate where the implementation of the ERP solution proved success and more implementations are carried out at different segments of the industry despite of the fact that the ERP projects failed heavily in India during the previous decade. ERP has a significant impact right from the time it is conceived in the organization. It paves way for restructuring which would not have otherwise happened in
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Corporate Governance of International Joint Ventures
Table of Content ABSTRACT 1 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 3 2.1 PARENT FIRMS, IJV MANAGERS RELATION 3 2.2 PARENT FIRM’S RELATIONS 4 3 RIGHTS, FUNCTIONS OF BOD, PARENT FIRMS, IJV MANAGERS 6 3.1 PARENT FIRM’S RIGHTS, FUNCTIONS 7 3.2 BOD’S FUNCTIONS IN IJV 9 3.3 IJV MANAGER’S DUTIES 10 4 CONCLUSION 12 REFERENCES 13 Abstract This paper figures out IJV structure and mechanisms such as principal agency problems and hold–up
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Harvard Case Study - Sealed Air Corporation
1.0 INTRODUCTION The Sealed Air corporation is committed to market leadership through technological innovation. Ten years ago, the company was first to market with a highly successful coated air-bubble packaging protection product, AirCap. However, market trends indicate a rapid displacement of coated bubble by a technologically inferior yet inexpensive uncoated product. Burgeoning demand for uncoated bubble poses a direct threat to the long-term viability of the technologically superior, premium priced AirCap. Thus Sealed Air is
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Eskimo Pie Corporation
Eskimo Pie Corporation Introduction Reynolds Metals is the majority owner of the ice scream company Eskimo Pie Corporation and has decided to sell this company. Nestle Foods provided the highest offer of $61 Million. Due to delays of the Nestlй’s purchase, Reynolds Metals has take into consideration the IPO proposal of David Clark, president of Eskimo Pie Corporation, rather than selling the company to Nestle Foods (Case Study, 2001). This analysis will identify the current
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Finance Problem Answers
Chapter 25 Mergers, LBOs, Divestitures, and Holding Companies ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 25-1 a. Synergy occurs when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When applied to mergers, a synergistic merger occurs when the postmerger earnings exceed the sum of the separate companies' premerger earnings. A merger is the joining of two firms to form a single firm. b. A horizontal merger is a merger between two companies in the same line
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For Better Corporate Governance, Shareholder Value Review
“For Better Corporate Governance, Shareholder Value Review” 1. INTRODUCTION This article seeks to address the issue of corporate governance and how effective corporate governance can be enhanced by conducting a periodic Shareholder Value Review (SVR). It focuses on explaining how shareholder value is maximised, its current status as a corporate objective, how it is effected by the corporate competitive life cycle, and a proposal on how to conduct an effective SVR and its benefits. 1.1.
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Biopure Corporation
Problemas/Objetivos - Deberian lanzar Oxyglobin ahora o esperar la aprobacion de Hemopure? Si, deberian lanzar Oxyglobin, ademas de que no existe 100% de certeza de que Hemopure sea aprobada por el FDA en 2 años, Oxyglobin es un producto novedoso que cubre necesidades insatisfechas en el mercado veterinario que cuenta con todo el potencial de lograr una muy buena participacion de mercado (si logra su totalidad de produccion, 300 mil unidades) con un precio de
Rating:Essay Length: 423 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: May 29, 2010