Overview History/Growth This case concerns the John M. Case Company, which at one time was the leading producer of business calendars in the United States. The company was founded by the grandfather of John M. Case in 1920 and was inherited in 1951. The company had experienced profitable operations every year since 1932, and held approximately a 60-65% market share by 1984. Sales had been increasing annually at about a 7% compound rate, and the return on average invested capital was about 20%. The cost structure of the company was 100% equity, owned solely by Mr. Case. The capital budget was the leftover earnings generated from internal operations minus the amount Mr. Case wished to withdrawal as income (dividends) for the …show more content…
Since the only reasonable basis to compete in this market is price, and Case held economies of scale largely reducing its costs and expenses, it was inconceivable that new entrants were a significant business threat. Unexploited Opportunities There was a significant investment opportunity that the top level executives had proposed that Mr. Case rejected due to his satisfaction with his current income and also lack of desire to enter what could possibly be a riskier product market in order to create a more competitive but less profitable business. The project was projected to cost $1.1 million, with $900,000 spread between the first two years. The expected yield in the first year was $1 million, with a 40% growth rate in years 2-4 and a 12% growth rate thereafter. It was projected to have a before-tax profit margin of 6%. With Mr. Case out of the picture it will be possible to pursue this opportunity and increase growth rates through reinvestment of earnings in related businesses instead of disbursement of dividends. This could mean bigger profits for management if the faster growth rate allowed them to take the company public at a high price-earnings ratio. Analysis The outlook for the company is strong; it holds a majority of the market share for the entire country as well as the economies of scale to keep it. There is room
ASC 320-10-35-33F: “Changes in the quality of the credit enhancement should be considered when estimating whether a credit loss exists and the period over which the debt security is expected to recover.”
Sparkle Company is a Nigerian diamond mining company. Sparkle is a joint venture, 50 percent owned by Shine and 50 percent owned by Brighten. Both Shine and Brighten are U.S.-based companies with their functional currency being the American dollar. Sparkle Companies functional currency is that of Nigeria, being the Naira. During 2009, Sparkle had several transactions with its joint venture owners and outside parties. The details of Sparkle’s transactions are three loans, three expenditures, and one revenue stream. The loans the company took out were $1 million from Brighten, $1 million from Shine, and 300 million Naira from a local Nigerian bank. The expenditures
Todd Wates, now 28 years old, has been treated for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) since he was eight years old. He currently resides with his mother Sarah, and father Anthony, in a two-bedroom apartment close to the hospital where he receives treatment.
This case is talking about an executive retreat. It was introduced by John Matthews who was a executive had been selected to attend the two-and-a-half-week retreat. The retreat was more like a competition about academic and athletic. The team members should not only get know each other and cooperate with teammates but also need to compete with others. The whole participants were broken into five groups and their aim was to win the competition. There are several sessions about academic and athletic that the participants should complete. After the introduction part the case showed the experience of John. Before the group meeting John was wondering and worried about this retreat. When he was taking the first group meeting, he tried to learn
b. What medium would you use to reach each of these parties and what would your relative resource allocation be to each?
Young Professional magazine was developed for a target audience of recent college graduates who are in their first 10 years in a business/professional career. In its two years of publication the magazine has been fairly successful. Now the publisher is interested in expanding the magazine’s advertising base. Potential advertisers continually ask about the demographics and interests of subscribers to Young Professional. To collect this information the magazine has commissioned a survey to develop a profile of its subscribers. The survey results will be used to help the magazine choose articles of interest and provide advertisers with a profile of subscribers. As a new employee of the magazine, you have been
• Continue to follow the family branding line extension strategy in order to introduce new products such as skin care, soaps, mouthwashes, lotions, and antacids in order to gain increased market exposure and economies of scale. Recent launches of products such as chewing gum with baking soda are testing this strategy.
b.What are the amounts and timing of the acquisition investment’s free cash flow from 2013 through 2022?
ethical problem, but can not be the legal policy for a firm. The firm should evaluate
To find out the answer to this query, we have to look at the company’s future business fundamentals, which
When a corporate raider infiltrated Teletech Corporation by acquiring a 10% stake in the firm, management was forced to contemplate whether their evaluative models and tools appropriately matched (pg. 217). With a mission statement professing a commitment to pursue premium returns, the objective focus on value maximization is seemingly simple (pg. 220). The top down management of resources and project undertakings may appear prima facie fitted with a single weighted average cost of capital hurdle rate, however the demands of the corporate raider implies a contrary view. If the firm were efficiently allocating capital to the investments that deliver the maximum net present value of discounted cash flows, calculated using the firm's overall hurdle rate of 9.3%, then it would intuitively appear as the most effective and efficient allocation of resources (pg. 218).
The stock is considered to be very risky. This is accompanies by dramatic up and down price swings. Evidence of this can be seen by looking no further than the performance with the price of the stock during the past year. As executives were dramatically lowering
In order to grow, an enterprise needs investments. So they need to start wondering about which securities to acquire and how to finance those investments: with equity, debt or a combination of both (Myers, 2001).
Verne Jacobs’, myself in the case of this essay, acquisition of additional office property for his company, Superior Corporation, while necessary for the company’s growing employee base brings about a few issues. The location of the temporary office as well as the other tenants within the building give rise to security issues that have to be taken care of before the moving in of Superior and actively during their stay at the location. The main issue presented is that Superior’s Research and Development department is the one that is located within the building. The presence of competitive tenants and the crime within the area are both worrying as the loss, or theft of information may become present during the company’s tenure at the
The next year’s growth rate is expected to be 21.10% which is higher than the Industry and market growth. This higher growth rate is based on it’s a strong financial base, huge market capitalization, higher growth potential, consistent earnings record, diversified portfolio and a reputation it earned in past several years.