Despite scouting for smaller opportunities, a first round of $250 million funding may not be sufficient for Brazos to invest in any more than a few firms which gives them limited scope for diversification. This places greater pressure on a first time fund and in particular, Brazos’ motivation to add value by simply promoting organic growth in cash flow and operational efficiency in the hope of enhancing industry scale. Additionally, the existence of dependable cash flow and management make it easier to acquire debt financing and increase leverage which suits a first time fund. Furthermore, Brazos’ previous relationships and experience in the market allowed it to mitigate aspects of first fund bias which inhibit the entry of many prospective VC firms into the industry. Brazos’ GTT method is one of its points of differentiation which appear limited in its application to a variety of firms outside the ‘family-owned business’ model.
Prepare a memo of 700-1,050 words for the senior partner. Include an abstract. A running head is optional. Analyze reporting requirements for private sector, not-for-profit organizations under Financial Accounting Standard Board guidance. Compare and contrast accounting practices between the two different
What is the expected dividend yield and expected capital gains yield? Explain the difference in the required return estimates from the ValueLine (see question 1a) to the WSJ price data. The company’s return on common stock using the constant growth model is 7.72%. The expected dividend yield is [pic]. The expected capital gains yield is the difference of the total yield, 7.72%, and the dividend yield of 2.22%, which give us 5.5% for the
With these potential benefits, target companies will often agree to be purchased when they know they cannot survive alone. Here the issue is of financing the merger. A firm’s optimal capital structure is that mixture of debt and equity than minimizes its weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Since the after-tax cost of debt is lower than equity for many corporations. It turns out that, while debt reduces a company’s tax liability because interest payments are deductible expenses, increasing amounts of debt raise both the cost of equity capital and the interest rate on debt because of the increasing probability of bankruptcy.
What is the after-tax cost of debt if the tax rate is 34%? (5 pts) c. Explain what other methods you could have used to find the cost of debt for AirJet Best Parts Inc.(10 pts) d. Explain why you should use the YTM and not the coupon rate as the required return for debt. (5 pts) 2. Compute the cost of common equity using the CAPM model. For beta, use the average beta of three selected competitors.
Options can range from published recognition to merchandise such as shirts that the company makes. Time off with pay can also work to motivate employees for hard work. I would recommend that CCL consider alternatives such as free products and time off as these will be less costly to provide than the stock options. Doing an employee survey would provide feedback to the rewards that the employees would value most. 5.
SWOT ANALYSIS OF ATNT: (Slide is at the end of doc) STRENGTHS: * Geographically diverse business Geographically diverse business and revenue should help shield the business from shocks in any one part of their business. Different countries or locations around the world have different characteristics. Those characteristics do not always match; therefore, a company can lower their risk by investing in part of the world with low correlations. The lower the risk, the better. This lowers risk and increases the value of the business over the long-term.
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One of my main takeaways from this topic is that money isn’t the best motivator. According to Mayo’s Hawthorne effect, employees feel more motivated when their efforts are recognized, and this can be achieved through bonuses for example. However, this can increase individualism as employees will focus on outperforming their peers. Intrinsic motivation helps create loyal employees who are more satisfied on a personal level. An example of this could be social security benefits.
As known that Costco is focusing on high quality of merchandises at relatively low prices, they have one condition in order to purchase merchandises at low prices, which is number of purchases. For example, to have one product that is cheaper than competitors they have to purchase more from original manufacturers. Therefore, Costco realized that they have to keep the sales volume to be high so they are still able to maintain this advantage. Because of this, they try to keep their slogan in customer minds that Costco has lower prices and they try to same membership money. However, there is a problem that Costco has to deal with is that their profits mostly from its membership fees instead its net income.