Assessment Task Assignment

Title Nextel Peru: Emerging Market Cost of Capital

Assessment Level Individual

Distribution Date 18th September 2017

Due Date 15 October 2017by 5pm

Total Weighting 20%

Brief overview of the Prepare a detailed written business report to the CFO on Nextels cost
assessment tasks of capital. This is a Harvard Business School Case study.

Submission See Section 2

Special Instructions Read all sections of this document BEFORE commencing the
assignment tasks.

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1. Format, presentation and referencing

This Assignment has two components: a written business report and a spreadsheet.

Business All pages of the business report must include a Header comprising each students family name
report separated by a space. Student numbers should not be included.

All pages of the report must also include a Footer with the course code, course title and
assignment title as well as the page number.

The report will be 4 to 5 pages. Tables, graphs, appendices and reference list or any other
information that you have used to substantiate your findings will NOT count towards the page
limit.

As a guide to the format of written business reports refer to:

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/vbs/teaching/resources/VBS-Report-Writing-Guide-2016.pdf

In summary, the report must contain the following sections and sub-sections:

1. Cover or Title page - Include an appropriate report title, date of submission, word count,
page count, author names (First name, Family Name with Family Name in bold type and
uppercase) e.g.

Vanitha RAGUNATHAN

2. Executive Summary see page 5 of the guide.

2. Introduction see page 6 of the guide.

3. Findings and Discussion see page 8 of the guide and sub-sections to be included in
Section 5 as detailed in Part B - Assignment Requirements

4. Conclusion and Recommendations - see page 6 of the guide.

5. References - use the Academy of Management Journal referencing style (see pages 3 & 4)
which can be located with a Google search academy of management journal style guide
for authors.

Save the report document as a PDF and include your name in the file name e.g.
Ragunathan.pdf.

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 FINM7402 Individual Case Study Assignment:
Nextel Peru: Emerging Market Cost of Capital

Description:
The purpose of this case is to apply your knowledge of Cost of Capital Issues. The case will also
be used to examine student report writing skills, general finance knowledge, research skills
and ability to critically evaluate complex case scenarios.

The case is to be undertaken individually and students should independently prepare their
assignment. All cases will be reviewed for plagiarism and independent content. The
University has adopted the following definition of plagiarism:
Plagiarism is the act of misrepresenting as one's own original work the ideas, interpretations,
words or creative works of another. These include published and unpublished documents, designs,
music, sounds, images, photographs, computer codes and ideas gained through working in a
group. These ideas, interpretations, words or works may be found in print and/or electronic media.
Students are encouraged to read the UQ Student Integrity and Misconduct policy
(http://ppl.app.uq.edu.au/content/3.60.04-student-integrity-and-misconduct) which makes a
comprehensive statement about the University's approach to plagiarism, including the
approved use of plagiarism detection software, the consequences of plagiarism and the
principles associated with preventing plagiarism.

Criteria & Marking:

In general, the case will be assessed based on:
Accuracy of the answer;
Presentation of a thoughtful and well supported answer;
Clarity of analysis; and
Professional presentation including grammar, spelling, punctuation.

Your assignment will also be judged based on its suitability to be presented to a fee paying
client. Please refer to the Rubric for information about the criteria.

HBS CASE and EXCEL file: Can be downloaded using the following URLs.

CASE (PDF):
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/pl/65560329/65560331/cf2a3f1a4ed2474a608ee32aff00b
d6a

EXCEL:
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/pl/65560329/65560333/ca621386a0b33d18ec4acf2a5d60
e8f0

Weighting: 20% of final grade.

Due Date: By 5:00pm, Friday 15th October 2017.

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The assignment should be submitted using Blackboard (submissions sent to my email address
or submitted through BEL Faculty will be ignored). Follow the procedures outlined in
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS.

LATE SUBMISSION: An assignment (for which no extension has been granted)

submitted after the due date and time, will incur a late submission penalty. The penalty is at
the rate of 5% (0.4 of a grade) of the total available marks for that particular piece of
assessment, for each calendar day or part thereof that the item is overdue.

LENGTH: The word limit is strictly 4-5 pages. Please ensure document is double line spaced
with size 12 type and with 1 (2.54 cm) margins. Any material exceeding the word limit
will not be read and the mark for the assignment will be based on the material up to the
point where the word limit was exceeded.

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 Case Study Questions
Using information in the case, your notes from class, and your experience, your report to the
CFO on the firms cost of capital should address the following issues
(a) To what extent do you think should dAnconia should be concerned whether Peru is
integrated into or segmented from grobal capital markets? How is likely to affect the
estimation of country risk premiums?

(b) What is Nextel Perus estimated asset beta and what is its estimated required return on
assets? After considering your estimate of cost of capital, your estimate of long-range
growth rate and free cash flow, do you thing the $400 million purchase price is fair?

You do not need to answer each question explicitly. The questions are designed to guide your
thinking. You should, however, discuss all the relevant issues.