Arundel Partners case

[Trang Ho]

Hi Everyone!

Hope you're having a good week. Has everyone had a chance to read the
Arundel Partners' case? We had planned to have a call today but
logistics may prevent us from organising it.

Does anyone have initial thoughts on how to approach the case?

Best,
Trang

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[zeynep]

Hi there!

Week is full of traveling; arrived to Dubai last night and feels good
to be staying in the same place for the next 5 days! :-)

I can still make it to the call at 6 pm uk time - 10 pm Dubai time. My
Skype ID is a.zeynepsaka. If not possible, alternativly I can send my
initial thoughts through in a couple of hours...

Hope all is well!

Catch you soon one way or the other! ;-)

Zeynep

[zeynep]

Hi again!

My initial thoughts are as follows:

The last paragraph of the case on page 7 describes two ways of
calculating the value of the sequel rights for a film and in total.
From the description only, the second one sounds a bit more
convincing; however I believe in the power of numbers so my idea is to
calculate both and make the comparison with using numbers. The
business sounds very risky to me and a bit complex for creating
contract with clear terms and conditions without any loopholes.


There are 5 questions to address. The first one I think is straight
forward, could be answered based on the given information. The second
and the third I find highly correlated and they require the
calculation in order to answer. 4th and the 5th is again are
correlated but can be, I think answered from the case description and
also some insightful thinking.

My approach would be to calculate the NPV's of both methods, compare
the results and then structure the paper based on the outcome mutually
agreed. We could also agree to divide those too if not everybody wants
to get in to the numbers. I have some free time tomorrow and would be
willing to work on it as I'm also curious to find out whether I can
correctly :-).

We could compare our results by Sunday and then divide the writing for
each part to each of us, though I'd happily follow any other
suggestions. Trang, you're the leader in this one so you show the
light! ;-)

I'm going to have dinner with friends now, however I will have my iPad
with me, so if I will still be available for a conference call at 10pm
my time as agreed.

Catch you all soon, one way or the other... :-)

Zeynep







On Jan 26, 6:10 pm, zeynep <zey...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> Week is full of traveling; arrived to Dubai last night and feels good
> to be staying in the same place for the next 5 days! :-)
>

> I can still make it to the callat 6 pmuk time -10 pmDubai time. My