FIN-350 Financial Analysis Outline

Do firms need to consider the so-called corporate social responsibilities in making investment decisions? See attached related reading

The Doodad Company This case was developed by Rakesh Pandey, revised August 2021, February 2022 and August 2022 A Core project team has named their company, The Doodad Company (TDC) and they will be making doodads, also called gadgets, for their project. It is still early in the project, but the team has worked hard to gather data to start building their business model. Their objective is to have a one-year model for profit to present at the Business Development Workshop that will be coming up in a couple of weeks. Based on their preliminary interviews, the TDC team has determined that their likely retail price is going to be $10, and they have estimated their segment size to be about 10 million customers. While the team has not reviewed the BASES sales forecasting model in detail in marketing yet, they have been provided with some place holders for the year being considered (Year 2). The place holder values are as follows: Purchase Intent (PI) 15% Awareness 15% Distribution (ACV) 15 %…

Read the Chapter 15 Mini Case in Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions A and B. Using the mini case information, write a 250-500 word recommendation of the financial decisions you propose for this company based on an analysis of its capital structure and capital budgeting techniques. Explain why you chose this recommendation. Mini Case Assume you have just been hired as a business manager of PizzaPalace, a regional pizza restaurant chain. The company’s EBIT was $120 million last year and is not expected to grow. PizzaPalace is in the 25% state-plus-federal tax bracket, the risk-free rate is 6 percent, and the market risk premium is 6 percent. The firm is currently financed with all equity, and it has 10 million shares outstanding. When you took your corporate finance course, your instructor stated that most firms’ owners would be financially better off if the firms used some debt. When you suggested this to…

Using attached, Accounting Rate of Return on average investment of Project A (expressed to twodecimal places).

Finance 500 In this assignment, the purpose is to tie into the key concepts and insights studied this term in this course. Reflecting on key principles, strategies, or tactics that were covered from the accounting and finance fields, students should relate the information to their career, company or industry of interest.  Demonstrate how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment (a project manager in design industry). Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course. Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. You should NOT, provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.

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Analysis of Corporate Governance and Sustainability Report of Rio Tinto please write me based on following criteria Objective: This research-based individual work aims to provide an analysis of a top 200 AGX listed company's latest (2023)  about Rio Tinto Corporate Governance Report and Sustainability Report. In the absence of a Sustainability and Corporate Governance Report, the Company's Annual Report (2023) or Website Report can be used. The assignment requires critical evaluation of the company's corporate governance mechanisms and sustainability/CSR activities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis must incorporate theoretical and practical implications of accounting on these COVID-19-related responses.  Specific Requirements need to be answered: A brief background of the selected company's Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)/sustainability policy and strategy. [ max-2 pages]  Critical evaluation of the company's corporate governance…

Moving to Green Computing  Your organization is a leader in the development of renewable energy sources based on enhanced geothermal systems and is viewed as a champion in the fight to reduce carbon emissions. The organization employs over 25,000 people worldwide and operates three global data centers, one each in the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia. The CEO has asked all her C level executives for input on a proposed strategy to become a leader in green computing.    Critical Thinking Questions  Identify two additional tactics the organization might take to accelerate its move toward green computing?  Identify the pros and cons or any issues associated with your proposed tactics.

CVP Analysis; Strategy; Critical Success Factors Garner Strategy Institute (GSI) presentsexecutive-level training seminars nationally. Eastern University (EU) has approached GSI to present40 one-week seminars during 2019. This activity level represents the maximum number of seminarsthat GSI is capable of presenting annually. GSI staff would present the week-long seminars in variouscities throughout the United States and Canada.Terry Garner, GSI’s president, is evaluating three financial options for the revenues from Eastern:accept a flat fee for each seminar, receive a percentage of Eastern’s profit before tax from the seminars, and form a joint venture to share costs and profits.Estimated costs for the 2019 seminar schedule follow:Garner Strategy Institute Eastern UniversityFixed costs for the year:Salaries and benefits $200,000 N/A*Facilities 48,000 N/A*Travel and hotel 0 $210,000Other 70,000 N/A* Total fixed costs $318,000 $210,000Variable cost per participant:Supplies and materials…

1. Explain how the organizations culture would influence the design of a new Accounting Information system for a company. 2. An university has various schools and departments that offer various Degree and Diploma courses. The University has been offering courses through two modes of study that include the Full-Time classes and Evening Classes. The university management has been evaluating the possibility of introducing a new mode of study where the university will offer the students the option of selecting 100% online classes option. The University will deploy this 100% online classes option by using Zoom video conferencing software. Other software’s and platforms that the university will use for the 100% online classes mode like google classroom and other softwares. The university has invited you as an expert of accounting information systems to help in the design and implementation of a new revenue transaction cycle system that will be used for the new 100% online classes option mode…

What is the likely reaction of Jasper's corporate management toward the investment? Why?

1. Accounting Rate of Return on average investment of Project A (expressed to twodecimal places). 1.2 Net Present Value of both projects. 1.3 Internal Rate of Return of Project B (expressed to two decimal places) usinginterpolation

Background Hyde Park Technologies Pty Ltd (HPT), a medium-sized enterprise with a turnover of $100 million per year is considering the purchase of an ERP system. As they have an urgent need to update their accounting system, they plan on purchasing an ERP financial module as the first step and then over time, they plan on integrating this module as part of a larger ERP rollout through the company. Eileen Dover, the CEO of HPT recently issued a request for proposal (RFP) to a number of ERP vendors. To assist the vendors in the preparation of their responses, Eileen has provided the following information: . HPT was founded by Eileen's father (Hans Dover) in 1986. Even though Hans is now in his 70s, he still plays an important figurehead role in the company and will have influence in the choice of vendor. Eileen has emphasised that whilst the presentation materials be to a high professional standard, it is imperative that they clearly and simply articulate the "Hansefits" of the new…

Tesla, the world’s largest carmaker (as determined by market capitalization), understands that their primary target market responds well to brands that focus on social responsibility. Tesla’s senior management has been meeting to devise a global marketing campaign centered on social responsibility. To this end, Tesla decided to hire a consultancy to develop a 9-month plan ending December 31, 2022. Management has asked for a presentation for an initial list of items that would be considered valid elements of a social responsibility marketing plan that would accommodate each of the markets that Tesla competes in. Questions: What type of research would the consultancy conduct to understand each of the wide variety of cultures that the brand competes in? Armed with this researched information, how might the consultancy modify its social responsibility campaigns to accommodate some of the major markets?

As a business valuation expert, you have been allotted with the project to estimate the cost of equity for Alton Holdings. Alton Holdings operates in three different business sectors - Entertainment, Hotels, and Travel Services. The table beneath gives the information you collected both for the firm and for other comparable firms in each business sector. i. ii. iii. Business Sector Entertainment Hotel Travel Alton Holdings Sales Revenues €500 million €500 million €950 million Unlevered beta 0.95 1.15 Comparable Firms 1.45 Value/Sales Revenues 2.5 3.5 1.5 Estimate the (bottom-up) unlevered beta for Alton Holdings. Assume that Alton Holdings has no market-traded debt but €1.3 billion in book debt, an interest expense of €75 million per year, maturity 5 years and corporate bonds with the same credit rating as Alton Holdings yield 7.5%. Estimate the market value of debt of Alton Holdings. Assume next that Alton Holdings has 100 million shares trading at €12 per share. The tax rate is 40%.…

According to the ACCA 2019 report Social and environmental value creation "As the demands have become more precise and increasingly strategic, there is a clear role for finance teams to be more engaged in the creation of sustainable value." Based on this, identify specific ways that business model innovation can embrace social and environmental value creation. Include examples of current businesses adopting this approach.

Define the five basic principles finance and justify your analysis by illustrating examples: Choose one or more events described by media (CNN Business, Financial Times, Dow Jones financial news etc.) about companies and financial market. Analyse that event (s) applying the five basis principles of finance. Note: Each principle is to be illustrated by at least one event. The events should be in 2020.Example of an event in media that reflect one of five basic principle of finance:“The biotechnology company Moderna said Tuesday that its vaccine, developed in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, has been found to induce immune responses in all of the volunteers who received it in a Phase 1 study. Moderna coronavirus vaccine shows 'promising' safety and immune response results in published Phase 1 study, but more research is needed The early results are the first for a US vaccine candidate to be published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, in this case the New England…

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Consider the following information (2019) on three large corporations in the consumer home- retailing industry: Williams-Sonoma, IKEA Group, and Otto Group. Values are in millions USD. Calculate all financial metrics relevant to supply chain management. Interpret the values in the financial statements and the metrics you calculate to characterize the supply chain strategies of the firms in comparison to each other You can use the Internet to gather additional information on the firms, to improve your insights.

Outsourcing Call Centers; Strategy; Ethics; Present-Value Analysis (Chapter 12) Merchants’Bank (MB) is a large regional bank operating in 634 locations in the southeastern United States.Until 2014, the bank operated a call center for customer inquiries out of a single location in Atlanta,Georgia. MB understood the importance of the call center for overall customer satisfaction andmade sure that the center was managed effectively. However, in early 2013, it became clear that thecost of running the center was increasing very rapidly, along with the firm’s growth, and that someissues were arising about the quality of the service. To improve the quality and dramatically reducethe cost of the service, MB moved its call center to Bangalore, India, to be run by an experiencedoutsourcing firm, Naftel, which offers similar services to other banks like MB.The Naftel contract was for 5 years, and in late 2017 it was time to consider whether to renewthe contract, change to another call center…

Using the attached, Refer to the investment opportunities for 2023 and calculate the following. (Ignoretaxes.)

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Design of Strategic Business Unit MetroBank is a fast-growing bank that serves theregion around Jacksonville, Florida. The bank provides commercial and individual banking services, including investment and mortgage banking services. The firm’s strategy is to continueto grow by acquiring smaller banks in the area to broaden the base and variety of services it canoffer. The bank now has 87 strategic business units, which represent different areas of servicein different locations. To support its growth, MetroBank has invested several million dollarsin upgrading its information services function. The number of networked computers and ofsupport personnel has more than doubled in the last 4 years and now accounts for 13% of totaloperating expenses. Two years ago, MetroBank decided to charge information services to theSBUs based on the head count (number of employees) in each SBU. Recently, some of thelarger SBUs have complained that this method overcharges them and that some of the…

Task 2B:   Critically evaluate the hey benefits and limitations of each of the differing investment appraisal techniques, supporting this response with relevant academic research as to whether each of the differing techniques is applied in practice within a real-life business context. Unilever PLC planning to meet the environmental protection strategy including an introduction of the UN approved 120-litre plastic open-top drums, known as the ‘Blue-drum’. It was highlighted in 2022 AGM that Comfort’ one of their products delivered high growth in Latin America, South Asia, and Turkey, but declined in Europe where consumers reduced their spending in the category. Hence, the company is trying to reduce cost in producing plastic containers used for this washing detergent product, ‘Comfort’.   Assume that cost of manufacturing a ten-pack of Blue-drum includes direct material at C19, direct labour is 111 and variable overheads at f3. The depreciation of a special equipment is C7 with no…

Case Study Question You have just been appointed as the chief finance risk officer of Agorwu limited, a Ghanaian manufacturing company. On your first meeting with the Chief Executive officer of the company, the following information were made available to you. The company is involved in forestry management, timber production, and the export of specialist woods used in the production of fine musical instruments- so called “singing wood”. The company, has a reputation as the world’s finest producer of woods for the production of concert-grade grand pianos. Agorwu has a thirty-year contract to supply all of the piano wood requirements for a leading manufacturer based in japan, in addition to numerous small-scale contracts with clients around the world who specialize in producing high-quality hand-made classical stringed instruments from violins to double bass. The trees used in piano production take around sixty years to reach to the required level of maturity, but the maple used for the…

Please read Chapter 5 of Hillier et al (2021) Fundamentals of Corporate Finance and answer the following questions. You should submit your homework to your class teacher via the corresponding moodle link. Be prepared to participate in class! 1. Oasis Pods has been working on a new sustainable business that uses plastic waste to create standard office pods that can be placed in free spaces in a building. The new office pod technology has now been cleared for manufacture and development. Oasis Pods anticipates the first annual cash flow from the office pods to be €2,000,000, received 2 years from today. Subsequent annual cash flows will grow at 10% in perpetuity. What is the present value of the new technology if the discount rate is 16%? 2. The Coop Bank charges 13.2% compounded monthly on its business loans. First Direct Bank charges 13.5% compounded semi-annually. As a potential borrower, which bank would you choose for a new loan? 3. A 25-year fixed-rate mortgage has monthly payments…

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please can you write more on this topic around 2000 words with some references please Rio Tinto's corporate governance, sustainability practices, and CSR activities in paragraph form, covering the critical evaluation required for your assignment: Rio Tinto, a prominent global mining, and metals corporation operating across continents like Australia, North America, and Africa, has entrenched itself with robust corporate governance practices that underscore transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct. Central to its operational ethos are comprehensive CSR and sustainability policies integral to its overarching strategy. These policies emphasize environmental stewardship, community engagement, and responsible mining practices, aiming not only to comply with regulatory requirements but also to foster long-term sustainability. Rio Tinto's board structure reflects a commitment to diversity, comprising directors with varied expertise and a substantial degree of independence.…

Compare the 1999 and the 2021 mission statements and comment on how it has changed over the years?

Question No 06:                                                                           Medi Metro organization is the greatest organization in the shoe fabricating industry. The CEO of Medi Merto needs to invest in three undertakings. Project A, Project B, and Project C. Project A discount rate is 13%, Project B discount rate is 11%, and Project C discount rate is 9%. The Projects have the following net Cash Flow. Choose which of them ought to be worthy of utilizing the NPV, and PI techniques and why.  Projects have the following net cash flows.