{"id":9160,"date":"2020-09-30T15:57:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/?p=9160"},"modified":"2020-09-30T15:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:57:37","slug":"hbr-case-ocean-carriers-case-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/30\/hbr-case-ocean-carriers-case-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"HBR Case: Ocean Carriers Case Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Access the HBR Ocean Carriers case from the link located on the course syllabus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analyze the case on decision to purchase a capesize ship, and discuss the following five questions supported by FCF and NPV analysis in a spreadsheet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deliverables: Two files<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A <strong><em>Word document<\/em><\/strong> with answers to the questions below, and<\/li><li>an <strong><em>Excel file<\/em><\/strong> with your calculations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><em>Word document<\/em><\/strong> should have a main section with <strong>no more than six pages<\/strong>, including a cover page with team member names and up to five double-spaced pages in 12-point font for self-contained answers. You may add extra pages for appendix for your own reference, but the appendix will not be graded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><em>Excel file<\/em><\/strong> should be organized so that others, including the instructor, can understand your calculations. You may use text boxes and comments to help others (and yourself) figure out your model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The files should be named as \u201cOceanCarriers_YourTeamName.docx\u201d and \u201cOceanCarriers_YourTeamName.xlsx.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">QUESTIONS:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocean Carriers uses a 9% discount rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you expect daily spot hire rates to increase or decrease next year?<\/li><li>What factors drive average daily hire rates?<\/li><li>How would you characterize the long-term prospects of the capesize dry bulk industry?<\/li><li>Should Ms. Linn purchase the $39M capesize? Make two different assumptions. First, assume that Ocean Carriers is a U.S. firm subject to 35% taxation. Second, assume that Ocean Carriers is located in Hong Kong, where owners of Hong Kong ships are not required to pay any tax on profits made overseas and are also exempted from paying any tax on profit made on cargo uplifted from Hong Kong.<\/li><li>What do you think of the company\u2019s policy of not operating ships over 15 years old?<\/li><li>Create and submit an Excel model your team used for FCF and NPV calculations. Grading will be based on a) good organization of spreadsheet layout and b) correct formula for every calculated cell.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">WE&#8217;VE HAD A GOOD SUCCESS RATE ON THIS ASSIGNMENT. PLACE THIS ORDER OR A SIMILAR ORDER WITH US AND GET AN AMAZING DISCOUNT<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/homeworkaider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/weer.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is weer.png\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Access the HBR Ocean Carriers case from the link located on the course syllabus. Analyze the case on decision to purchase a capesize ship, and discuss the following five questions supported by FCF and NPV analysis in a spreadsheet.&nbsp; Deliverables: Two files A Word document with answers to the questions below, and an Excel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-paper-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9161,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions\/9161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}