In January 1980, the management of the Marriott Corporation found itself in an interesting dilemma: not only did the corporation have considerable excess debt capacity, but projections of future operations and cash flows indicated that this capacity was on the rise. For Marriott, excess debt capacity was viewed as comparable to unused plant capacity because the existing equity base could support additional productive assets. Management was therefore faced with two problems. First, it needed to determine
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Corporate Financial Management BA 7020 – Section 200 Fall 2012 Marriot Corporation [pic] Group 9 Timothy Muer Adnan Qureshi Valerie Schmidt Joshua Swartz December 16th, 2012 December 16th, 2012 Dan Cohrs Marriot Corporation Vice President of Project Finance RE: Marriott Corporation Consultant Summary Dear Mr. Cohrs, We are pleased to offer our consulting opinion in regards to the cost of capital, debt, and equity. We have reviewed and analyzed the industry
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Harvard Business School 9-282-042 Rev. September 15, 1986 Marriott Corporation The idea of repurchasing shares was no stranger to Bill Marriott by January 1980. Almost five million shares of common stock had been repurchased on the open market by Marriott Corporation during 1979 at a total cost of $74 million and an average price of $15.16 in the belief that they were undervalued—a belief that still was not fully reflected in the market price. At $19 5/8, the stock was selling at only
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Feldt v. Marriott Corporation 322 A.2d 913 (D.C. 1974) According to the case study titled “Feldt v. Marriott Corporation,” the appellant entered the appellee’s restaurant barefoot but was not asked to leave until after purchasing and receiving her food. The appellee asked the appellant to leave several times but she refused to leave the facility until she had finished her meal. After several refusals and one inappropriate comment made by the appellant, the appellee asked a police officer to
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3: Marriott Corporation (A) Spring Semester 1. Project Chariot is proposed by MC’s CFO, Stephen Bollenbach, to face the troubles that Marriott Corporation (MC) is currently facing. A glimpse of history is useful to understand the current situation. MC’s main business is to develop hotel properties, to sell them to outside investors and to conclude long-term contracts. In the 70’s MC began to finance its expansion by major borrowings under the impulsion of the new president J.W Marriott, Jr
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Marriot case Analysis Lodging Division 1) Finding beta for Lodging: The nearest business that could be considered for calculating the beta is the Holiday Inn Corporation which has a beta of 1.35. In order to unlevered the beta of Holiday Inn Corp using; 1.35/(1+(1-t)*D/E); where t is the tax rate; D/E is debt to equity ratio. Therefore; 1.35/(1+0.56(0.74/0.26)) The unlevered Beta for Lodging is 0.435 which is approx. to 0.44. We can use the Holiday Inn Corp’s unlevered beta as an estimate
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1) What is the WACC for Marriott Corporation? What type of investments would you value using Marriott’s WACC? (Note: the WACC formula is on page 398 of the textbook. You might want to answer these questions on your way to WACC: a. What risk-free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? The risk free rate used was a weighted average of the short-term treasury bills and long-term bond rates found in Exhibit 4. Using a weighted average based off the amount of revenue
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Dan Cohrs, vice president of finance at the Marriott Corporation has to prepare his annual recommendations for the hurdle rates for the firm’s three major lines of business – lodging, contract services and restaurants. He recognizes that the hurdle rates are going to have a significant impact on the firm’s financial and operational strategies. If hurdle rates increased, Marriott’s growth would be reduced as once profitable projects wouldn’t remain so. While on the other hand, decease in hurdle rates
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------------------------------------------------- Abstract: The case examines Marriott International's (Marriott) various innovative HR practices, which earned it the reputation of being 'the best place to work' in the hospitality industry. It describes Marriott's 'Spirit to Serve' culture and the company's HR philosophy which guided its various HR initiatives. The case gives an overview of the best practices employed by the company in the recruitment, selection, training and development of employees
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital Executive Summary J. Willard Marriott started Marriott Corporation in 1927 with a root beer stand, expanding it into a leading lodging and food service company with sales of over $6 billion by 1987. At the time, Marriott had three main lines of business, lodging, contract services and restaurants, with lodging generating about 51% of company’s profits. The four key elements of Marriott’s financial strategy were managing hotel assets rather than owning
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