Profit College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction

Organizations are made to earn economic profit with the help of effective strategies and with the help of effectiveness; the field of prosperity is one of them. Businesses are always made to earn economic profit with the help of different strategies in particular and with the help of adherence with the ethical stance and standards, organizations can enhance their productivity and effectiveness in particular. When it comes to organizations, then there are certain aspects that deem essential and effective for the sake of an entity and Business Ethics are some of the essential aspects .
The ethical values of ...

Executive Summary

HWNS is a service provider for members of the physically challenged community with disabilities. The HWNS facilities are located in ACT, Queensland and NSW. These facilities supply a diverse scope of services and supports to a population of three thousand physically challenged people who possess disabilities. . One years and three months ago, in July 2013, the National Disability Insurance System initiated pilot programs and continued expansion with the pilot program until July 2014. The comprehensive implementation of the plan will not be in effect for another four years. This initiative is a primary social reform that is intended to be one of the ...

Introduction

Knowing the market is very important for a firm as it has to base its policies and profit maximizing decisions based on the market characteristics. In a perfectly competitive market the firms follow the price determines by the industry. On the other hand a monopolist sets the price and quantity based on the profit maximizing conditions. The monopolist earns higher profit than the firm under a competitive sitation. In a monopolistic competition the firms have to innovate so that the products can be differentiated from the products of the consumer. The oligopoly form of market is characterized by the ...

Abstract

Market structure refers to the interaction between various buyers and sellers. Different market structures have different characteristics. The characteristics of the market structure determine the realized outcomes. There are three main market structure: perfect competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. Perfect competition has many sellers. Therefore, they do not have any market power. They cannot influence market outcomes. An oligopoly has few firms with some market power. They can influence the outcomes. Monopoly comprises of only one firm with absolute market power. Therefore, it can influence the realized outcomes. This paper highlights the characteristics of the various market structures. It then ...

Profitability Analysis: Microsoft Inc

i) Profit Margins:
Referring to the profit margin ratios of the company, we can infer that the fiscal year of 2013 was favorable for Apple Inc with 5.05% increase in profit margins of the company in comparison with the previous year of 2012. The company has improved its net profit margins after its fall in 2012. The improvement in the profit trend of the company seems sustainable as the increase in profit margins of the company was attributable to fall in operating expenses of the company. Although during 2013, the proportion of cost of revenue to the sales was ...

- Executive summary
The stock prices often fluctuate after the quarterly or interim financial performance report is publicized by the companies. The impact of one such profit announcement by Woolworths Limited on 28 Feb., 2014 has been captured and investigated for its impact on the company’s stock price movements. The company has announced that the net profit after tax from continuing operations has shown an increment of 6% over the previous year.
The results substantiated very minor impact of the profit announcement on the post-announcement stock return of Woolworths Limited, which increased a bit post profit announcement. ...

INTRODUCTION

Tantalizers Plc is a leading Fast Food company established in May 1997 with a promise to deliver full value for money to an increasingly discerning target audience. The company pioneered the integration of African menu into fast food operations.
In order to evaluate how tantalizers’ plc has improved in its financial performance in terms of profitability, efficiency and stability, its financial statement in 2008 and 2009 would be analyzed and interpreted using some basic financial ratios. Profitability, efficiency and financial risk ratios will be used to evaluate the company’s performance in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

Financial Ratios

Turnover Growth

Net profit ...

Executive Summary

This work is about the preparation, appraisal, and interpretation of financial statements. The financial statements considered herein are Cash Flow Statement, Trading Profit and Loss Account (Income Statement), and the Balance Sheet of SIMPLECO PLC. Based on the provided information, the above statements are prepared and analysed so as to determine the financial position of the company. The analysis involves calculation and interpretation of the financial ratios. These ratios fall under three categories: profitability ratios, liquidity ratios, and leverage ratios. A conclusion is finally made concerning the performance of the company based on its financial position.

Introduction

Financial statements play a ...

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Essay 1

The Diamond-Water Paradox first appeared in Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (30) to illustrate the irony of value as seen by consumers and traders. It since became a classic analogical centerpiece among subsequent economists to explain their respective theories of value. This essay gives a snapshot of Smith’s original description of the paradox, followed by David Ricardo and Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk.

Adam Smith’s ‘Paradox of Value

So goes the ‘Diamond-Water Paradox’: “Nothing is more useful than water; but will purchase scarce anything; scarce anything can be had for ...

Walmart is a multinational store that was founded on the idea of selling inventory at a low price (selling more for less). This selling concept has propelled the retailer to be among the largest across the globe. The firm enjoys a presence in over twenty-eight countries. Its network is made up of eleven thousand five hundred stores and eleven e-commerce sites (Walmart, 1). The adoption of e-commerce has enabled it to tap the growing demand for internet shopping. In the recent financial year, the firm revenue was $482.1 billion. The continuous growth and increasing economic value of the retail ...

Comparative Financial Performance Analysis of Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG and Audi AG from 2010 to 2014

Introduction
This research paper is dedicated to make financial performance analysis of BMW AG for last five years from 2010 to 2014. Apart from the intra (within the company) analysis, the financial performance of BMW AG is compared to one of its business rivals in the German automotive industry. The competitor selected for comparative inter-firm (outside company) analysis is Audi AG. Not only in the German market, BMW AG and Audi AG compete in the global automobile manufacturing industry as well which makes the analysis presented in this report more important to all the market forces including existing shareholder ...

Introduction

Collaborations among non-profit organizations and other entities provide an opportunity to share information and resources. It is imperative because it enhances information and resources to reach larger communities, expand developmental programs and services. Additionally, it leverages the comparative strengths of partners hence creating change more effectively. However, collaboration is effective during the times when there is an increase in the needs and decrease in the available resources. This implies that collaboration can act as an innovative approach used to build programs with limited resources because it gets support from funders. However, for collaboration to turn out successfully there must ...

Report on Sierra Ltd.

Report on Sierra Ltd.

Introduction

This report will assess the dip in profit of the Sierra Ltd. and will closely monitor the current costing and pricing strategies. It will also assess whether the activity based costing is suitable for the company or not. On further, if activity based costing is implemented, the steps that should be taken by the management to ensure the implementation will also be analyzed. Mr. Kaur’s suggestions will be deeply assessed to ensure if going along his way is safe and profitable.
The important concerns of the Sierra Ltd. are due to the refinancing to ...

Introduction

Supply chains organizations are dependent on various factors and aspects and the forms that they take determines the results for the involved parties. With that, there are various supply contract types that can be applied for their management with varying relationships. In that view, this analysis seeks to analyze the case of the Winter Gear as a producer that has a supply chain relation with Pete’s as the supplier in consideration of the different types of contracts that could be applied for maximization of the profits.

Analysis

Company background
Winter Gear manufactures high-end skiing and snowboarding equipment with its ...

The City

Mark and Spencer is among the leading retail outlets in the United Kingdom. The company has over 1330 retail stores in various countries across the globe. The company mainly specializes in retail goods. The company stocks quality clothes, food stuff and a variety of home products. The company prepares its accounting statement per generally accepted accounting principles. Moreover, the financial statements are presented as per internationally financial reporting standards. This financial analysis is based on the company’s annual financial statement for the last five years (Mark and Spencer, 2015).

Liquidity Ratios

Liquidity ratios are used to gauge the company’s ...

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Executive summary

In understanding cost and pricing dynamics in relation to profitability, at least four issues face the cost accountant in tracing product or service costs, the value of which will be used as an essential input in pricing decisions. These are complexity, accuracy, ease of estimation, and time. Joint cost allocation is an example of a complex cost tracing due to inevitable data gaps. Sunk costs exemplify a type of cost the accountants normally consider as marginal and, therefore, may be ignored in the cost trace. Opportunity costs also possess a unique characteristic in its “potentiality” by nature, although quantifiable based on ...

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

In 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Under the ACA, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is authorized to promulgate regulations on the kinds of contraceptives and family planning services that should be covered under certain employer-based health plans. Previously, HHS exempted a broad class of religious institutions (e.g. churches, religious orders, and their integrated auxiliaries) and not-for-profit organizations. Eventually, HHS concluded that any contraceptive approved by the FDA should be covered. Under the contraceptive mandate, any company not in compliance is subject to a penalty of $100 per ...

THE FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES MARKET

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Abstract

Financial derivatives market represent the huge platform used by the companies for the realization their activity and maintenance of the competition with the rivals. This platform assits the business unites to evaluate the value of the company and provide them with the opportunity to insure certain property with the help of economic agents opertaing in the financial derivatives market. This paper considers the role of economic agents in the financial derivatives market, their responsibilities and functions.

Introduction

Hull (2012) defines a derivative as a financial instrument whose value depends on (or derives from) the values of other, more ...

Two of the top companies in the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food industry

In modern life, people are becoming busier, thus, they spend very little time for traditional cooking. Due to growing demand for convenient food and thanks to the development of advanced technology, microwave becomes a useful and common tool in kitchen which helps people to save a lot of cooking time and effort as well as preserve the taste of food. The prevalent use of microwave in every household leads to the growing need for microwavable food. For this reason, many low-calorie frozen, microwavable food companies are found to provide high quality food with convenient way of cooking . At the ...

Is the Business of business simply to generate profits, or is it to fulfil other societal objectives?

The term business or corporate social responsibility has a deep meaning including business ethics, business citizenship, commercial liability, and sustainability. As clearly commented by Carroll, CSR has surely become a “front – burner” in the business community (P. 27l). When the term “social responsibility” of the business sector gets discussed in professional parlence, it is not only the commercial achievement of success. Rather it is the achievement of success by the company by way of legal, ethical, commercial and other related expectations of the society. Thus, the company or the business has to make appropriate decisions that balance the ...

Golf Corporation

Liquidity Ratios:
Current Ratio for the year 2012 = Current Assets / Current Liabilities
Current Ratio for the year 2012 = 2,000 / 2,000
Current Ratio for the year 2012 = 1
Current Ratio for the year 2013 = Current Assets / Current Liabilities
Current Ratio for the year 2013 = 3,000 / 4,000
Current Ratio for the year 2013 = 0.75
Quick Ratio for the year 2012 = Current Assets – Inventory – Prepayments / Current Liabilities
Quick Ratio for the year 2012 = 2,000 - 500/ 2,000
Quick Ratio for the year ...

Introduction

Shareholders are the owners of a company in legal terms. Therefore, like any owner, shareholders also try to maximize their profit interests in any organization. In the past, organizations were more focused on balancing the wealth generation and distribution among different stakeholders such as shareholders, employees, management, and society. However, since the 1970s, private companies turned to maximize the profit of shareholders ignoring the interest of other stakeholders of the company. This has generated a huge profit for the share market, which, in the last 40 years, has expanded by almost ten times. Other stakeholders, especially the employees, have suffered in ...

Introduction

Competitiveness both in terms of product and or service quality and pricing can spell the different between a continuously growing business and a stagnant one that is ready for some downsizing. Naturally, businesses who know how to market their product well by setting the prices right and making sure that the customers get the highest value that they deserve in terms of quality are the ones that would most likely thrive. Their market share would naturally be higher compared to companies that offer poor value propositions in terms of pricing and product and or service quality. This principle, in fact, applies ...

ABSTRACT

Marketing is an activity which is always concerned with the following process with an aim of making the product more desirable to the consumer, it involves the process of designing, promoting and finally setting up the prices for the products so as to attract the consumers. This paper shall discuss coherently and comprehensively with regards to Apple Greek Dental organization the process evaluation and the outcome evaluation. Under the outcome evaluation, the following shall be discussed: the marketing objectives of the Apple Greek Organization and how the company will know whether the marketing objectives have been achieved, the reports ...

ABSTRACT

It is necessary for investors to consider their overall portfolio and analyze which investment option is lagging in which area. Thus, we took all the investment what we were involved in over a given period of time. The three markets taken were stock exchange options, Forex currency trading and bullion trading. Under stock exchange trading options, we considered the investments made in three separate quarters, for Forex trading, we took the two currencies: Euro and Yen and for the bullion trading we invested in gold and silver as precious metals. Later, we found the profit status from all the ...

In the United States, health organizations are organized to the promotion of patient care and conducting scientific research. They include both profit and non-profit health organizations. For-profit health organizations, they offer profitable medical services to the community. The notable example is Becker healthcare in United States. The hospitals decide the services they are likely to offer depending the anticipated profits. In the profit health organization system, general hospitals are not compelled to provide a standard range of services. However, most of the profit hospitals specialize in their services. For instance, the method the hospitals adopt and the degree to which ...

A. Define marginal revenue. Explain its relationship with total revenue.

Marginal revenue can be defined as an increase in revenue that is produced by the sale of one output unit. It can be calculated as a ratio of the change in total revenue to the change in the total output. In the perfectly competitive market marginal revenue is equal to the selling price. In the monopolistic market, however, as supply is controlled by only one company, demand curve is usually above the marginal revenue curve, thus allowing the company to charge higher prices and gain additional revenues.

B. Define marginal cost. Explain its relationship with total cost.

Marginal cost is the cost that is incurred in the production of one ...

QUESTION 2

Introduction
Strategic management uses an organizations mission statement in order to develop procedures and policies that help an organization reach a certain goal. Strategic management techniques have been known to help organizations implement and plan projects that are designed to align with the organization’s mission statement. Strategic management techniques also help organizations reevaluate different projects in order to determine whether or not there are certain obstacles preventing them from reaching their goals. The tools and techniques of strategic management are helpful for management by providing them with information that will add value to their organization. This paper discusses ...

Essay

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Question-1
Introduction
This essay consists of three parts. In the first part of this essay, the financial analysis of the Small Company Ltd. has been made by using the ratio analysis tool. Some of the most important ratios for this company have been calculated by using the financial information for the two years (i.e. 2012 & 2013). Moreover, important areas of the business are also highlighted that requires the greatest attention and the concentration of the management of this company.
Second part of the essay includes some healthy discussions on the stakeholders of the company and ...

Society (k) is a social enterprise that trades to support a community’s environmental, economic, and social welfare. This kind of organization declares the following items: and the environmental mission to benefit the public; has to declare a substantial level of income reserved to the work of charity; the company has to reinvest most of the profit to fulfill the organization objective. Social enterprises have private ownership to enable independent authority and can wind up operations after attainment of objective. The duties of a social enterprise go beyond the observance of corporate social responsibility since it is an integral mission objective. This organization ...

Milton Friedman (1970) is opposed to the idea of social responsibilities of businesses. He makes the central claim that if there is a social responsibility of businesses it is to increase their profits. According to him, a business is nothing more than a group of workers/employees working for employers. Therefore, individual employers can donate to social causes. If the business (through its management) spends money for social causes, it is imposing costs on employees. Further, it is illegal to impose taxes on people. Only, the legislature has the jurisdiction to impose taxes. Moreover, the corporate executives are not competent ...

LIFE STYLE FOOD HUB ENTERPRISES

Abstract
The paper aims at outlining the main differences amid utility and profit maximizing league, with a key focus on Europe and the USA and the resulting implications to sports. The study is in agreement with findings from the previous research study that most clubs in America are profit oriented while their European counterparts are after utility satisfaction. Some of the significant aspects that reflect the above findings are the differences in organizational management in the two areas. In America, major decisions that pertain administration of organizations are made by the shareholders and club owners through a voting process. ...

1. Plan for the assessment of Market structure Effectiveness for Operations of the Company.
It can be easily asserted that the performance of the company as well as the market scenario changes whenever there are changes in the demand for a certain product over a period of time. It was observed that there is increasing trend in demand for microwave category. With the pressure and increase in complexity of individual lives and their living standards, the attitude and perception of people towards microwave food seems to be favorable. Such microwave food is also increasingly demanded as a result of ...

Analysis of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo

- Description of the companies

Coca-Cola is a beverage company that owns or licenses and markets non-alcoholic brands. The company started as a Coke brand in Atlanta back in the year 1886. The brand was started by Dr. John S. Pemberton, who was a pharmacist. Large scale bottling of the product commenced in 1899. Coca-Cola currently operates in more than 200 countries, with its daily sales averaging 1.9 billion beverage servings. The company distributes its products through its controlled and distribution stores. It offers a variety of non-alcoholic drinks including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coco-Cola zero, Sprite, Fanta, water, juices and juice drinks, among ...

Cost Statement

*[Contribution = Price – Variable cost]

Profit & Loss statement:

Pitch to potential investors:
Introduction:
This Pitch book or pitch report is for attracting investment to a newly conceptualized business. The business is of a chain of pizzerias that sells organic pizzas. The report is based on forecasted profits & loss statement, cash flow statement and balance sheet of one year after from the date the business starts its operations. The aim of this pitch report is to give a clear idea to prospective investors about the business model, the revenue model and the wealth that can be generated from the business if they invest in the ...

Standard costing and variance analysis

The standard cost is the predetermined cost that is carefully and definition. The estimated cost of the production of a single unit or the cost of different service performance is done (Rajasekaran & Lalitha, 2011). This is the narrow definition of the standard cost. The broad meaning of the standard cost is the estimated production cost that is involved in the projects, operation production and the administrative purposes. The standard costing uses the techniques that standardize the cost and the revenues. This is in the purpose of controlling the cost factors and the determinant through the variance analysis.
It is ...

All questions relate to Galaxy Interiors unless indicated otherwise. Please show all work.
- What is the current ratio for 2008 and 2009?
Current Ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures company's ability to finance/cover its debt over the next 12 months or its business cycle. Current Ratio formula is given as

So the current assets was 1.46 times the current liabilities in year 2008 whereas in 2009 the current assets was 3.11 times the current liabilities suggesting an improvement in current ratio.
- What is OCF for 2009?
In finance, operating cash flow means the ...

Introduction

Question 1
Given the short duration of a semester the student could most easily go along with aNPO executive on several fund development calls
Non-profit organizations are not static bodies but they must move in a fluid constellation that will help the organization to shift its shape and remain focused when the situations demand and it must remain in line with the set goals and visions. The NPO executive ensures that there are adequate funds that will help the non-profit organization to achieve its mission and vision as stated by the organization. This will therefore present the need for ...

Declaration
This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “Gaining Strategic Advantage through Customer Value”, presented by me to the University of South Africa for the award of the degree of Master of Business Leadership is a bona fide record of research work which was carried out by me under the supervision of Dr Sidney Shipham. The contents of this dissertation in full or in parts have never been submitted to any other Institution of higher learning for the award of any degree or diploma.

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my gratitude to my study group members of the ...

Implications Of Students Volunteering For Nonprofit Organizations To Satisfy A Service Learning Requirement Of Their Educational Institution

Internship, sometimes referred to as attachment, is a program where students are engaged in organizations that deal in their areas of academic or professional specialization in order to gain skills and experience as an institutional requirement or just to enhance their career prospects. Non- profit making organizations are institutions that carry on business with intentions of serving the society but without the core intention of making profit as opposed to other conventional businesses. There are several implications of student volunteers for non-profit organizations as requirement in their learning institutions. These implications are cross cutting and affect both the students and ...

(Financial and SWOT analysis and Recommendation to Identified Problems)

Background

The Walt Disney Company is an American diversified firm which focuses its business in mass media where it offers licensing services for the populace to consume their products among other services. Walt Disney headquarter is at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. The firm was founded on October 16th, 1923 by Walt Disney and Roy O Walt Disney in Los Angeles, California. In its most recent full year financial statements, 2015 financial statement, the firm posted a net income of US$8.38 billion, operating income of US$14.68 billion and ...

Integrated Marketing Communication: Easy Jet

Executive Summary
UK airline industry is one of the most advanced in the global market with a number of the globally leading operators. The industry is highly competitive and marked by local and international airlines which accounts for the creation of more than 220,000 jobs. (BATA, 2014) However, the market is subject to several factors including technological advance, economic factors variation, social preferences and lifestyles changes, political factors, environmental regulations as well as legal requirements. Those factors set industry trends and determine the industry dynamics including increasing competition, operation’s efficiency and wider market reach as well as ...

Activity-based costing focuses on the activities on specific items and not the products of a given firm. In addition, activity-based costing effectively identifies specific activities within a firm whilst assigning the associated costs on the basis of the levels of consumption. Notably, activity-based costing is different from conventional costing on the basis that the former categorizes overheads as direct costs. Theoretically, Competition Bikers merger should not adopt activity based costing as a replacement of the conventional accounting system but as a complimentary or additional accounting system. This will help to transform the company’s accounting process into an authentic state.
There may ...

Introduction

Rolls Royse is a global leader in the provision of power systems and services at sea, on land and also in the air. Over the years, the company has established a very strong position in defense aerospace, energy and nuclear production and also civil airspace. The company is headquartered at Buckingham Gate in England but has operations in the regional offices in the US, Europe, Middle east, Asia and recently, Australia.
In evaluating the performance of Rolls Royse, we shall gather both qualitative and quantitative information regarding the company and carry out a number of operations to gauge the company’s performance. ...

As per the requirement of the FASB, No. 116 of the SFAS should address the Accounting for Contributions Made and Received. On the other hand, No. 117 should address the Financial Statement of non-profit making organizations. The above statements illustrate how non-profit making companies should make reports on their contributions. Furthermore, it indicates how the contribution of such companies is presented in the financial statements. Therefore, this paper will assess the requirements of the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS 116 and 117) and how they influence the financial statements.
Statement No. 116 establishes the standards of accounting for ...

In the prevoius cases, we analysed about the pricing and various output for the low calorie frozen microwavable food company. Now, in this paper we will be analyzing about various plans that the manager of this food company can follow. The various pricing strategies shall be adopted by the manager to make their products responsive towards the price change. The impact of various government policies on the product and employement needs to be accessed. In the summary, this paper will access various strategies that managers needs to undertake to mark the substantial impact on the market and access the ...

Summarize a plan that managers in the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company could adopt in anticipation of raising prices. The pricing strategies should be selected such that products response to a change in price is inelastic. Give suitable justification for your answer.
In today’s context, people are more careful regarding their eating habits. They have become health conscious which enables them to seek for options such as low calorie or healthy food option that is dominating the market (Oraman, 2014). The low calorie frozen, microwavable food has become a reliable option for such target group to balance their ...

Chapter 1

The first chapter of the book “The Accounting Game” by Mullis and Judith provided an overview of the key factors of financial statements, such as cash, original investment, assets, expenses, and balance sheets, etc. It is indicated that debits and credits are equal (Mullis and Judith 17). For instance, one invested $5 in the business and earned $5 in this case cash (debit) and invested capital (credit) will be equal. In addition, if one borrows $ 10 from anyone, it will be cash in hand on one hand, but on the other hand, it will be one’s liability because ...

Introduction

The market structure in which a firm operates determines the strategies that the firm should follow to maintain steady growth in revenue and profit. The market structure influences the pricing decision and also the decision to innovate and diversify in the product. The sales promotion activities are also a great deal dependent upon the market structure in which the firm is operating. To know the market structure we have to understand the degree of competition existing in the market. If there are a large number of firms producing similar products and none of the firms have the power to ...

MONITOR AND CONTROL FINANCES

Budget variation report
The budget variation report (on Excel) indicates both favourable and adverse variances in revenue and cost items. The full year’s sales are 3% less than the budgeted amount. Greater variations were seen in quarters 1 and 4 when the actual sales were 20% less than the budgeted sales. Quarters 2 and 3 saw an improved performance with favourable variances of 20% and 7% respectively. There were no variations in direct wages since they are based on contracts between the employees and the company. The favourable variance in commission expenses was due to the variance in ...

Question 1

Income Statement
Classified Balance Sheet
Mark’s venture successful
Given the income statement, the Mark’s business is shown as profitable generating a profit of $2700 which is an indication of success.

Question 2

Inventory method used by each business and how one can determine that from the provided information
The clothing store uses the perpetual system where it continuously updates its sales and purchase transactions. That can be determined from the information given that the shop assistant could check the availability of clothes in their store and the other stores just by looking at the computer. On the other hand, ...

PART 1

Question 1
If the price elasticity of demand for firm X’s product is -1.75, lowering its price will result in an increase in total revenue. This is because a negative price elasticity of demand implies an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. It indicates that an increase in price leads to a decline in quantity demanded and a decline in price leads to an increase in quantity demanded. In addition, the price elasticity of demand is more than 1 in absolute terms hence a change in price leads to a more than proportionate change in quantity demanded. A 1% decrease in ...

Monopoly market is market which has many buyers but one seller. Therefore, the seller can either decide the price to sell or quantity to sell in the market. The seller does not face any competition in short run and long run because there are barriers of entry and exit which prevent new firms from entering the market. This enables monopoly to earn supernormal profit in both short run and long run.
The market demand curve is the same as that of the monopoly because the firm forms the market. Therefore, the average revenue curve which is negatively sloping ...

Clinical Excellence

In a society that is as wealthy and as medically advanced as the United States is today, it is difficult to imagine that there exist shortages of anything, including medical supplies. It would seem that a priority would be given to ensure that all necessary medical supplies would be available at all facilities throughout the country. It would be most expected that the private, for profit, healthcare facilities that could afford to pay for all of the medical supplies that it needed would be fully stocked at all times. Shockingly, this is not the case.

The United States is a capitalistic society. ...

Real World Quadratic Functions

Quiz 1. Maximum profit of a given a chain store has the main office is that the daily profit P is correlated with the number of clerks working that day, x, according to the equation p=-25x^2+300x. What is the number of clerks who will maximize the profit, and what is the maximum possible profit?

Solution

The quadratic equation provided (i.e.| p = -25x^2 + 300x) is to help us can find the number of clerks that if added will maximize the profit and find also the maximum profit that these clerks will bring. This can be done by finding the x value. ...

Marginal Analysis

Managers, business owners as well as aspiring entrepreneurs should know the most appropriate business form or organization to adopt basing on the various considerations such as liability, taxes, profit sharing, capital contributions, asset ownership and losses, survivorship, management and control. These are the factors that determine whether a business organization becomes successful or fails.

Marginal revenue is the resultant increase in total revenue when an additional unit of output is sold. Marginal revenue can be found by calculating the quotient of the total change in revenue and the total change in the quantity of output. Therefore, we use total revenue ...

Discussion Questions on the Institutions of Higher Education

Discussion Questions on the Institutions of Higher Education

Nowadays, the emerging “for profit” institutions become a popular alternative to the traditional “non for profit” higher educational institutions. The for-profit-sector, as Lloyd Armstrong claims, “has not made the mistake of equating program quality either with the level of prior educational attainment of entering students, or the fraction of applicants who are rejected” (Armstrong, 2010). Thereby this strategy and a greater innovativeness of the institutions result in a great interest to them among the working adults and the members of minority groups.
Considering their students as the clients, for profit organization ...

Organization Performance Using Financial Ratios

Organization Performance Using Financial Ratios
Ratio analysis refers to the process of determining, analysing and interpreting relationships by using financial statements. It is majorly used to evaluate various aspects of a firm’s financial and operating performance, such as profitability, liquidity, efficiency and solvency. The trend is then studied to determine whether they are deteriorating or improving (Nezlobin, Rajan, & Reichelstein, 2014).
Financial ratio is an indicator used to analyse firm’s financial performance. The ratios are used by the creditors, accountants, analysts, shareholders and bankers to examine and evaluate data presented on a company’s financial statements (Nezlobin, Rajan, & ...

Introduction 3

Comparative Financial Performance Analysis of Pepsi and Coca Cola for the Last Two Years (2014 and 2015) through Ratios and their Interpretations 3
Analysis of Profitability Ratios 4
Gross Profit MarginW 4
Net Profit margin 5
Return on Assets 6
Analysis of Solvency Ratios 7
Current Ratio 8
Quick Ratio 9
Analysis of Capital Structure Ratios 10
Debt-to-Equity Ratio 11
Interest Coverage Ratio 12
Examination of Efficiency Ratios 14
Days Sales are Outstanding 14
Days in Inventory 15
Payables Period 16
Findings and Recommendations 17

References 20

Comparative Financial Performance Analysis of Pepsi and Coca Cola
Introduction
Because of their global ...

If we want to comprehend and control the ethical conduct within a business organization it is important that we understand how people behave in general. (Nelson and Trevino, 2014, p.19) Each person determines their own individual morals, values and ethics. In a business setting it is important that a set of ethical guidelines be established to regulate how the organization will conduct itself under various circumstances. Leadership is invaluable in enforcing these guidelines. According to, Ethics and Leadership, there are three things that will benefit a leader in influencing ethical behavior in an organization: 1) understanding ethics, 2) being ...