Governance Essays

Facebook, which was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004, is an online social networking platform with the mission of making the world more open and connected. Within a few years, Facebook attracted millions of new users, from 1 million Monthly Active Users to 845 millions Monthly Active Users. Though …

ISSUES: Issue 1: Is Patricia an officer of Stadium Enterprises Pty Ltd? And is Dan an officer of Fancy Pants Pty Ltd? Issue 2: Has Patricia breached her duty to act in good faith in the best interests of the company when advising her sister Faye, that SEPL were buying …

Part One : 1) Artic Cooling 2) National Heating & Cooling 3) HVAC Corp $15.19$0.82 = 18.52 $12.49$1.32 = 9.46 $48.6$2.34 = 20.77 PE ratio = 18.52 PE ratio = 9.46 PE ratio = 20.77 Industry Simple Average PE Ratio: 18.52+9.46+20.773 = 16.25 Ragan’s Stock Price: EPS of Ragan = …

Key Issues At NAF, delivering value with IT is about more than delivering projects on time and on budget or having a good IT development shop. They have all this but theres still not enough value getting delivered. This case explores the questions of who is responsible for delivering value …

ABSTRACT This research is centered on the Importance of corporate governance in an organization and its impact on key stakeholders. Using, Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) as the case study. In the research, data was gathered from a cross-section of the stakeholders of the company on the presence of effectiveness, participation, …

In February 2000, Louis Elson looked over the London skyline and reflected on the international private equity industry and the investment processes that would be necessary for success in this increasingly competitive field. Elson, a managing partner of the UK-based private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners, was specifically considering an …

In April 2000, Ford Motor Co. announced a shareholder Value Enhancement Plan (VEP) to significantly recapitalize the firm’s ownership structure. Ford had accumulated $23 billion in cash reserves and under the VEP would return as much as $10 billion of this cash to shareholders. In exchange for each share currently …

1. Sydney Industries, Inc., is considering a new project that costs $30 million. The project will generate after-tax (year-end) cash flows of $8 million for five years. The firm has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The cost of equity is 12 percent and the cost of debt is 7 percent. …

Profit margin on sales for 2013. Net income/net sales. receivables turnover ratio net sales/average A/R inventory turnover ratio for 2013. COGs/average inventory asset turnover ratio for 2013.Net sales/average total sales average collection period for 2013.365/receive turnover ratio. average days in inventory for 2013.365 / inventory turnover ratio decimal place. return …

Kmart, Sears and ESL: How a Hedge Fund Became one of the World’s Largest Retailers 1. Describe recent trends in the hedge fund and private equity industry and the growing overlap between the two. A: Hedge funds, historically, were more interested in the buying and short selling of defaulted or …