How do the hotels in your Country compare by Scale? 7. What is the percentage of Chain versus Independent hotels in your Country (by number of rooms)?

Select a country and using the property and room count data file provided, analyze some basic statistics about the hotel industry in your choice of country. Answer some of the following questions: 1. What Continent and Subcontinent is your Country in? 2. How does your Country compare to other Countries in the same Subcontinent (number of hotels/rooms)? 3. What are the major Markets (cities versus areas) in your Country? 4. What are additional Submarkets (sometimes smaller cities) in your Country? 5. How many hotels are there in your Country by Class? 6. How do the hotels in your Country compare by Scale? 7. What is the percentage of Chain versus Independent hotels in your Country (by number of rooms)? 8. What are the top Chains (and Parent Companies if you like) in your Country?

Mission Assess how the mission of the organization aligns with its strategies and work. How does the mission of the organization match its strategies and activities in serving vulnerable or low-income populations?

A faith-based organization (FBO) is an organization that has a faith or religious component as its foundation and motivation for its work.

to assess a faith-based organization and understand how it is unique. Faith-based organizations play an important role in global health given their holistic approach to serving the whole person and community, especially among vulnerable groups. Identify an example of a faith-based global health organization or ministry. Research the institution by reviewing annual reports, websites, papers, program documents, or conducting in-person or phone interviews. The organization should be at least 5 years old, work in multiple countries, and have an explicit faith-based foundation. Write a case study on the selected organization in which you assess the following aspects of the organization: Mission Assess how the mission of the organization aligns with its strategies and work. How does the mission of the organization match its strategies and activities in serving vulnerable or low-income populations? How does the organization integrate faith into its public health activities and programs? Comment on how the organization balances its mission to share its faith with its goal to improve health. Are the values of the organization unique compared to other global health organizations? Populations Assess the populations served by the organization or ministry. How does the organization or ministry identify a population or individuals to serve? Does the organization have specific eligibility criteria? Funding Mechanism Assess the funding mechanism of the organization. What are the primary sources of support for the organization? Do the local populations being served by the organization help support the organization (time, talents, or treasure)? Partnerships Assess the partnerships of the organization within public health to develop innovative and appropriate public health models. How does the organization work or partner with other organizations, churches, or groups in the communities where the organization works? Does the organization partner with governmental public health agencies? How could the organization improve the effectiveness of its “aid” and support in the communities within which it works?

Do you see any evidence that Netflix acts upon shareholder pressure? Which evidence can you present?

Netflix analyses of dividend policy, CAPM beta review and Portfolio theories

Dividend policy review:
a. Provide an overview of Netflix’s dividend policy of the last 5 years (2015 until 2019). When and why did Netflix:
i. pay a cash dividend?
ii. perform a share repurchase?
iii. perform a stock split?
iv. perform a reverse stock split?

b. Can you find any evidence for the presence of a clientele effect? What would even
constitute evidence in this case?

c. Does Netflix engage in a so-called “high dividend policy”? Why or why not? Which
evidence do you find?

d. Do you see any evidence that Netflix acts upon shareholder pressure? Which evidence
can you present?

2.) Risk review:
a. Calculate Netflix’s CAPM beta coefficient and provide an interpretation

b. Compare Netflix’s CAPM efficient to the beta of its main competitor and explain in
detail:
i. how you calculated Netflix’s beta,
ii. which input parameters you used,
iii. the data of which period you processed (Hint: you need not stick to 5 years here!),
and
iv. how you selected the main competitor (Note: you need not calculate the beta of the
main competitor as well – you may look it up)
v. Which of the 2 firms is the riskier investment in your opinion? Why?

3.) Portfolio theory:
Imagine a portfolio consisting of any full percentage (0% – 100%) of Netflix stock (NFLX) and any full percentage of fellow NASDAQ listed firm Wynn Resorts (WYNN). This means you could have a “portfolio” consisting only of Netflix stocks, only of Wynn Resort stocks or any mix in between.

a. Calculate and interpret the average returns of Netflix and Wynn Resort stocks individually using stock price data from the last 5 years.

b. Calculate and interpret the standard deviations of Netflix and Wynn Resort stocks returns
individually using stock price data from the last 5 years.

c. Plot all possible portfolios resulting from the combinations of the stocks of Netflix and
Wynn Resorts in a risk-return diagram. Indicate the minimum variance portfolio (MV), the
opportunity set (a.k.a. the feasible set), the efficient frontier as well as the inefficient
frontier (a.k.a. the “idiot curve”).

d. Imagine you could only use stock price data from the last 4 months (starting November
2019). How and why would your risk-return diagram change?