Case 1: Ocean Carriers Our first case study is entitled Ocean Carriers (HBS Case No. 9‐202‐027) by Erik Stafford et al. Please go to the Harvard Business Publishing website http://hbsp.harvard.edu . The case is copyright‐protected and can be purchased after registration. Please register at the Harvard Business Publishing website with a student account. After login, make use of the following link: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/42497623. Integrate answers/discussions to the
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39000000 1291200 Pinja Ruonala 241364 Case Ocean Carriers Since the consulting firm fee (200 000 USD) and internal marketing study expenses (150 000 USD) already occurred and thus are sunk costs, they are not taken into account in the investment calculations. Those expenses will realize, no matter whether the investment will be done or not, so they are not relevant. Net present value calculation was done in order to give a recommendation for Ocean Carriers whether to purchase of the $39M capsize
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tcarroll@depaul.edu Case Study Questions Capital Budgeting In Practice Ocean Carriers These questions relate to the Ocean Carriers case in your course packet. You can find the data for this case on the course website in a spreadsheet named: Ocean Carriers Exhibits.xls. This case provides the opportunity to make a capital budgeting decision by using discounted cash flow analysis to make an investment and corporate policy decision. Ocean Carriers is a shipping company evaluating
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Ocean Carriers November 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Due to an attractive lease agreement proposed by a larger client, the investment department has conducted an extensive evaluation of the possibility to invest in a new $39 million capesize carrier. This material should be distributed
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tcarroll@depaul.edu Case Study Questions Capital Budgeting In Practice Ocean Carriers These questions relate to the Ocean Carriers case in your course packet. You can find the data for this case on the course website in a spreadsheet named: Ocean Carriers Exhibits.xls. This case provides the opportunity to make a capital budgeting decision by using discounted cash flow analysis to make an investment and corporate policy decision. Ocean Carriers is a shipping company evaluating
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the case of Ocean Carriers, protagonist Mary Linn must decide upon the best alternative regarding the building of a capesize carrier that a client has requested. Her choices in the matter include: 1) Building the ship and salvaging it after 15 years for a $5 million profit 2) Building the ship and keeping it in operation for its full 25 year operating life 3) Denying the request and not building the ship at all. Through my research I’ve found that the best decision for Mary Linn and Ocean Carriers
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Ocean Carriers’ Case Spring 2012 Ocean Carriers Ocean Carriers Inc. owned and operated capsized dry bulk carriers that carried iron ore worldwide. The company’s vessels were typically chartered on a “time charter” basis for a period of years. The charterer paid Oceans Carriers a daily hire rate for the entire length of the contract, determined what cargo the vessel carries, and controlled where the vessel loaded and unloaded. Ocean Carriers supplied a vessel that complied
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Ocean Carriers: Case Study MBA 540 Fall 204 Janelle Roche King Quaidoo Suzanne Ekstrom Net Present Value: 15 Year Evaluation if the United States with a 35% Taxation Net present value is used in order to determine the present value of an investment by the discounted sum of all cash flows received from a project. In this case this would be the calculation of the single project capital budgeting for Ocean Carriers Inc. and a purchase of 15 year operation vessel. This 15 year time span would begin
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Case 1: Ocean Carriers Our first case study is entitled Ocean Carriers (HBS Case No. 9‐202‐027) by Erik Stafford et al. Please go to the Harvard Business Publishing website http://hbsp.harvard.edu . The case is copyright‐protected and can be purchased after registration. Please register at the Harvard Business Publishing website with a student account. After login, make use of the following link: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/42497623. Integrate answers/discussions to the
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Ocean Carrier Case Study Summary In order to accept the recently submitted leasing contract proposal, Ocean Carriers would have to purchase a new ship. The purchasing of a new ship is a considerable investment. We have analyzed whether or not Ocean Carriers should make this investment using Free Cash Flow and Net Present Value (NPV) analysis. Given the details of the contract, the forecasted daily time charter rates, and the costs data; we have concluded that Ocean Carriers should not accept
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