award of masters degree of Banking and Finance, Moi University OUTLINE 1. ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………..3 2. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………4 i) BACKGROUND OF STUDY…………………………………………………..4 3. PROBLEM STATEMENT..………………………………………………..…………...5 4. OBJECTIVE OF STUDY…...…………………………………………….………..…..6 5. HYPOTHESIS TESTED……………………………………………………………….6 6. LITERATURE REVIEW………………………………………………………………7 7. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY…………..…………………………………………..8
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PART 5 CASES CASE 1 Robin Hood C1 CASE 2 The Movie Industry in 2008 (Case A) C3 CASE 17 Merck: Open for Innovation? C228 CASE 3 The Movie Industry in 2011 (Case B) C11 CASE 18 LEGO Group: An Outsourcing Journey C249 CASE 4 Better World Books: Social Entrepreneurship and the Triple Bottom Line C18 CASE 16 IBM and the Emerging CloudComputing Industry C207 CASE 19 healthymagination at GE C261 CASE 20 Siemens Energy: How to Engineer a Green Future? C281 CASE 5 Tesla Motors and the U.S. Auto
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The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 45 (2005) 48–64 Contagion effects of the world’s largest bankruptcy: the case of WorldCom Aigbe Akhigbea,∗ , Anna D. Martinb , Ann Marie Whytec a Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA b Department of Finance, Charles F. Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University, USA c Department of Finance, School of Business, University of Central Florida, USA Received 16 June 2003; received in
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ros57395_ch01.qxd 12/21/04 2:45 PM Page 1 Part 1 The Global Financial System in Perspective Try to imagine living in a world in which there are no financial institutions, no financial markets, and no financial assets. In such a world, there would be no opportunity to borrow against future income in order to purchase a home or an automobile, or to finance an education. Nor would you be able to save some of your current income (and, thereby, accumulate wealth over time) to handle the future
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International Finance & Global Capital Markets Exposure Management Himanshu Bhutani A014| Dawood Bukhari A015 Shibani Gujrati A025| Siddhant Anthony Johannes A033 Nishtha Sardana A054| Prateek Walia A063 1 INDEX 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………..3 2. Operational Exposure………………………………………………………………………..9 3. Transaction and Translation Exposure…………………………………………….……..11 4. Other Strategies used by Companies to Hedge Exposure……………………...………19 5. Case Studies: Hedging Strategy
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CASE: A-197 DATE: 02/05/09 BAIDU.COM, INC.: VALUATION AT IPO Since its official launch in January 2000, Baidu.com, Inc. (Baidu) quickly grew to become the leading Internet search engine in China. After three rounds of private funding, Baidu registered to go public on the NASDAQ Stock Market (Ticker Symbol: BIDU) on August 5, 2005. (See Exhibits 1 and 2 for a listing of Baidu’s private funding sources and pre-IPO share allocations.) The initial public offering (IPO) turned out to be one of
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Performance management A Citibank case study Made by: Bryan Rinders, Marten Moolhuizen, Alrawahi Hemi, Yihai Wang and Yikun Du Prefatory note The report is based on the analysis of a classic management case that about the Citibank and the strategy performance management tool it performed, the balance scorecard. After analyzed the Citibank case, our research group came up the question: What are the main reasons Citibank fails to measure customer satisfaction and what can be done to change
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privat e benefit. Corruption like cockroaches has co- existed with human society for a long time and remains as one of the problems in many of the world’s developing economies with devastating consequences. Corruption as a phenomenon, is a global problem, and exists in varying degrees in different countries (Agbu, 2001). Corruption is not only found in democratic and dictatorial politic s, but also in feudal, capitalist and socialist economies. Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist
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KRAFT’S BUDGETING AND STRATEGY A case study Presented to CASE STUDY IN PRODUCTION AND OPERATION MANAGEMENT BUDGETING AND STRATEGY A KRAFT FOOD INTRODUCTION The company has its origin as National Dairy Products Corporation (National Dairy), formed on December 10, 1923, by Thomas H. McInnerney. The firm was initially set up to execute on a rollup strategy in the then fragmented United States ice cream industry. Through acquisitions it
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expertise, advanced operational systems & unique global infrastructure position them to capitalize on global opportunities. KFC is currently seeking highly qualified individuals to join its family as new franchisees in both North America. & International markets. The feature of their tasty fast food items with unique value & services, creating a high demand for KFC in the international business arena. KFC already proves their demand in the global market by providing quality fried chicken & other
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