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Darden Case Book - Darden School of Business

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E-COMMERCE IN AIRLINE INDUSTRY<br />

• The interviewee should now say “so what” and talk about one or<br />

both <strong>of</strong>:<br />

• There will be $10MM annual return for $100MM investment. Without<br />

discounting, we know it is a 10 years till breakeven. In the s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />

industry that’s unacceptable<br />

• $10MM till perpetuity. Discount rate for the s<strong>of</strong>tware industry is high.<br />

Let’s assume 20%. $10MM/20% = $50MM.<br />

• So what? Meaning that the moment you investment the $100MM it<br />

is worth $50MM. this is a bad investment.<br />

• A interviewee can be confused and try and use the airline<br />

discount rate (which is extremely low). This is obviously a mistake as<br />

discount rate is directly correlated to risk.

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