Annual Report Reports Samples For Students

Section 1 Part a: Name of company

The name of the company for this project is Dunkin Donuts.
Part b: Industry
The company is in the industry of franchising quick service restaurants (QSRs). Dunkin Donuts serves hot and cold coffee, baked goods and hard serve ice cream. The company focuses on menu innovation, marketing and franchisee coaching and support. Dunkin Donuts operates in four segments; Dunkin Donuts US, Baskin-Robbins International, Dunkin Donuts International and Baskin-Robbins US (Dunking Donuts Annual Report, 2012, p 1). To add onto this, Dunkin Donuts generates revenue from five main sources. The first source is royalties and fees from franchised restaurants ...

Introduction

The annual report is a comprehensive report that summarizes activities of the company. The main objective of the annual report is to provide information to its internal and external stakeholders regarding company’s performance and activities. The document summarizes and discusses the information presented in the annual report of Coca-Cola.

Company Overview

Coca-Cola is one of the leading beverage company that licenses more than 500 nonalcoholic beverages such as mineral water, juices, energy drinks, coffee and other sports drinks. The company was established in 1919 under the law of State of Delaware and is currently headquartered in Atlanta Georgia (“Annual Report: Coca-Cola ...

Company Profile

Emirates group was introduced on the market in 1985, and since then it has remained competitive and relevant in the market. The company is worth US $12,000 after rebasing, and it has over 40,000 employees (Wilson, 2009, p. 8). The government solely owns the company, though it does not engage or make any dealing for the company. The company flies close to a hundred destinations and has increased its effort of increasing its fleet to meet the rising demands of the market. Emirates has its headquarters in Dubai with subsidiaries spread globally. Due to competition, the company has ...

Industry Report

Introduction
Annual reports are documented and published by an organization or an entity covering the financial events and development of the organization for the past one year. According to numerous business scholars, accountability is a significant factor that needs consideration in developing a company or organization report. Business reports highlight the events, particularly the financial reports and milestones of the enterprise. The target groups could be the employees, clients and potential clients, interior and exterior investors, and the authorities.
Throughout the annual report, every important business event should be described, highlighted, and analyzed. The events are primarily analyzed to ...

Business Report

The A2 Milk Company
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Part 1 – Introduction

1.1 What is the name of the Entities Reporting (Quote the page number from the Annual Report)

Answer:

The name of the entity reporting is company FMC. It is created for the purpose of part 7 of the Financial Markets Conduct ...

BUSINESS STUDY REPORT:

This report is devoted to the YEO’s Beverage Company. The report has four main parts. The first part is an introduction where the general information about the company, the environment where it operates and its main competitors are presented. The second part is microeconomic analysis. The factors of production and its cost structure are examined there. The third part macroeconomic analysis where macroeconomic environment in which the business operates are discussed. The forth part is the analysis of sustainability and the impact of business operations on the environment. At the end of the report, there is a conclusion ...

Introduction

A family business is a profit-making entity that entails the significant roles of decision making, ownership, and leadership of the business being undertaken by several generations of a family. For a firm to be considered as a family business, the multigenerational element, and the unique family is fundamental (Carlock, Kets de Vries, and Florent-Treacy 12). Family businesses vary from size to industry; there are corner shops with a history of family ownership and leadership and similarly publicly listed multinationals, which share a similar foundation (Carlock, Kets de Vries, and Forest-Treacy 17). Internationally, there are numerous examples of family-owned businesses; ...

Introduction

BP PLC Company, incorporated in 1909 is an oil and petrochemicals company. The company conducts exploration for and produces natural gas and oil, refines, markets, and supplies petroleum products, manufactures and markets chemicals, and generates solar energy (BP PLC, 2013). Chemicals manufactured by BP include acetic acid, terephthalic acid, ethylene, acrylonitrile, and polyethylene. BP is the third largest publicly traded company in the industry behind Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell. The company explores and produces oil and natural gas in thirty countries and has confirmed reserves of 17.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The company is the largest ...

Financial appraisal

Query 1
Risk refers to the likelihood of incurring losses. Financial risk results from several events such markets prices fluctuations, foreign exchange fluctuations, interest rate fluctuation among others. There are several ways in which RTE can reduce or extinguish financial risk on the investment of 100,000 pounds in fitting and furniture for the new building. This section discusses some of the ways of mitigating the financial risk they are exposed to.
RTE should first conduct an internal as well as an external analysis to identify the risks facing it. RTE trustees should then understand its relevance ...

Comparison of the Performance for Vodafone Group Plc. and BT Group Plc.
Comparison of the Performance for Vodafone Group Plc. and BT Group Plc.

Introduction

The objective/aim of the current paper is to evaluate the performance of two competing telecommunication companies in the United Kingdom. Vodafone Group Plc. and BT Group Plc. are the companies selected for the comparison. Both the companies are rivals to each other in the United Kingdom and are considered as two of the top enterprises in the technology sector. Ratio analysis and financial highlights from the annual report of 2015 are the basis of the ...

Part 1: Review of the Organization

The American Red Cross - Orange County Chapter, is a humanitarian organization in the U.S that comprises of a team of volunteers. The organization is guided by the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and its Congressional Charter. American Red Cross operates on a strategic plan that guides its efforts and activities for a period. It seeks to address the changing needs for the region’s residents. Additionally, the plan and objectives provides the necessary steps that the organization undertakes to achieve its objectives. Finally, it assists the organization to achieve its mission effectively.
The organization’s plans ...

INTRODUCTION

Financial ratio analysis is one of the key techniques for evaluating a company’s financial position. Financial ratios help getting additional information about financial performance of a company that might not be obvious from its financial statements (Erhardt and Brigham 89). They enable the management to evaluate the operating performance of the company in dynamics. Besides, the managers may track their financial goals achievement with the help of this type of analysis as ratios are widely used in planning and setting future performance goals (1). Moreover, the ratios are used to compare performance of companies within one industry, including ...

Part 1 - Strategic Capabilities

The VRIN Analysis, presented in Appendix 2 demonstrates some of the findings in regards to the resource and capability structure of the TCG. Given the outcome of this research is possible to argue that Thomas Cook is a resource based company, operating on asset-light value chain proposition. The research have identified that core competencies of the organization are located in the Management, Human Factor and Marketing elements. Given the focus on elimination of material assets the organization it is believed that Management and HRM are the key for the company. At the moment TCG is heavily investing into two elements: a) ...

Introduction .3

Auditor’s Report ..4

Balance Sheet 4

Common Stock.5
Income Statement 6
Cash Flow Statement 6

Reference List7

Introduction.
Pepsi Co is an American based public company with long history and traditions. It was first imcorporated almost 100 years ago in 1919 in Delaware. Throughout the century it has become one of the leaders of beverage and food industry with brands like Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mirinda, Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, etc. It is a multi-billion dollar business with last year sales of more than $65 billion. PepsiCo employs 278,000 people worldwide and operates in each major geographical region of the world: ...

- Introduction
In order to perform an annual report analysis we will choose Apple Inc. as our target company. Apple Inc. is an American based company, with headquarters in Cupertino, California. It designs and manufactures mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, digital music players, computer software, and various digital applications. Apple’s major brands and trademarks include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, iTunes and iCloud.Company operates in all major geographical regions: North and South Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific. Apple Inc. is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. It was first incorporated on ...

Under Armour, Inc and Subsidiaries annual report

Introduction
Annual report of any company is aimed at relaying critical information about the company to shareholders. This paper discusses the annual report of Under Armour, Inc and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011.

The main sections of the annual report of Under Armour, Inc and Subsidiaries

The annual report of Under Armour, Inc and Subsidiaries comprise five main sections; letter to shareholders by the Chairman, management discussion, auditor’s report, financial statement and notes to the financial statement. The letter to shareholders by the chairman summarizes the core business of the company, the performance of the company, the future outlook and what the company intends to do in the future. ...

Executive Summary

The strategic perspective of an organization, and the direction in which it moves helps determine the strategic position of the organization, as well as its market competitiveness, survival and growth. In the case of TESCO, being a multinational retailer, its performance and branding are closely associated (Hammond, 2008). Apart from providing consumers with a wide range of products under one roof and becoming a one stop shop for all domestic needs of the consumers, TESCO also is actively a part of several community programs and social development. Moreover, leadership in terms of quality and customer retention has been attained by the organization effectively.
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Rolls Royce Group is a public limited company that is listed in the Financial Times London stock exchange. Rolls Royce manufactures power systems which incorporates the manufacture of aircraft engines in conjunction with general electric. The company also manufactures a number of power systems in the energy sector alongside systems used in marine propulsion. Rolls Royce is currently the world’s largest manufacturer of aircrafts engines together with the general electric. Also, it is a significant contractor with the defense forces where it operates and oversees defense related activities. This is clearly depicted by the widespread use of aircraft engines manufactured by ...

Introduction

Agenix Limited is a biopharmaceutical company based in Melbourne, Australia. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Agen Biomedical and Agenix Biopharmaceutical (Shanghai), the Company has a strategic goal of building and developing a line of therapeutic and imaging products, and this is evidenced by the company’s heavy investment in research and development as it seeks to develop new biopharmaceutical products appropriate for its market1. The company is listed in the Australian stock Exchange (ASX), having been listed in 1987. The company’s shares are also available the NASDAG.

Disclosure Index for Agenix Limited

Financial disclosure is the deliberate release of numerical or qualitative financial and non financial ...

Financial appraisal

Advance payment is usually required by suppliers of goods with an aim of ensuring that the buyers of the goods actually pay for the goods when they are delivered. In addition, advance payment ensures that the individuals who have ordered the goods do not fail to receive the goods when supplied. However, there is a possibility that the suppliers may not be able to supply the goods and this can lead to loss of cash to the individual buying the goods. Advance payments are usually made to suppliers who are known to the business. These suppliers should be trustworthy and ...

Value Chain

The objective of analyzing Monster’s value chain is to make a product that will become popular to its customers, which includes not only the production segment but also marketing and distribution (Horngren and Data, 2015). This is because products will eventually need to be discontinued due to changing customer preferences and product innovation from competitors. This means that the company’s core operations and its products must continuously evolve and this could be done using the value chain analysis tool. For an energy drink company like Monster, one of its main goals is to continuously adapt to the ...

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.: Financial Ratio Analysis

Introduction
Financial ratios divulge valuable information to the management of a firm that guides them in making significant operational and strategic decisions for their organizations. Financial ratio analysis is a significant technique that is used to analyze financial statements. Accounting ratios are a source of valuable information that helps the management of a firm to understand the financial state of their companies and be able to formulate strategies that will help them achieve the desired financial goals. Activity ratios, for instance, are used to judge the efficiency of the firm in using various assets that it has to generate ...

Workforce Planning in the Australian Retail Industry

Socio-Economic Profile
With a strong economic development, Australia reached an average economic growth of 3.5% each year for 20 years, remaining strong and keeping its inflation under control during the economic recession (Index Mundi, Australia, 2013).
The country’s natural resources attracted many investors over the years and being an open market let to attracting high foreign investments, stimulating its economic growth, making it more flexible and dynamic (Index Mundi, Australia, 2013).
Regarding the country’s social profile, its early population was composed of British and Irish citizens; after the World War II Australia initiated an aggressive campaign of ...

Business Report for Inditex

Since 1975 when it was first launched in Spain, La Coruna, with Zara, by its founder Amancio Ortega Gaona, Inditex has known a permanent growth and profitability throughout the markets that it reached ever since. Activating now in European and international market (with 5527 stores at the end of 2011 (Inditext Annual Report 2011, p. 14)), the company is not about to stop there, but it is pursuing new territories, aiming to make its brands “a hip”, being determined to position them (Zara, mostly), as top brands, for high end consumers.
This report will mostly focus upon Zara’s operations, ...

A Study on the differences between Maersk and Citigroup in IHRM practices

Globalization of business operations and the emerging issues have necessitated that business organizations reformulate their management policies to resolve the problems arising out of a diverse cultural atmosphere. Business destinations in developing countries offer a multitude of opportunities but organizations have to prepare themselves well to address the differences in business factors influencing success. These factors may be related to political, economic, cultural or legal environment and affect the functions of organizations. One of the organizational functions affected seriously by the diverse factors is that of International Human Resource Management (IHRM) and multinationals formulate different policies to confront the ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to conduct a comprehensive financial analysis of UK based telecommunication company, BT Group PLC for the year 2011-2015. As part of this analysis, we will be using the tools of common-size statements and financial ratios. In addition, to perform the cross-sectional analysis, we will also compare the financial performance of the company with its competitor entities, Vodafone Group and Sky PLC.
Along with analysis of the financial performance using the above stated criteria, we will also perform broad economic environment analysis to adjudge the company’s performance in relation to the economic trends and will ...

Company 1: AT&T, Inc.

Brief History: AT&T, Inc. is one of the leading telecommunications and broadband companies in the USA. It is the largest provider of fixed phone lines and the second largest mobile phone provider in the U.S. AT&T also offers broadband subscription TV, Internet, sells handsets, computers, and provides other similar services and products.
The company has a long history dating back to the foundation of the Bell Telephone Company by Alexander Bell in 1877. In 1885, it established a subsidiary American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), which acquired the Bell Telephone Company and became a parent in 1899. The influence ...

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines was founded as a state owned airline in the year 1972. Gradually the company has expanded with the strategy of focusing on unique customer needs and providing excellent in-flight services. With time, SIA has come highly competitive in the market. The company has achieved sustainable competitive advantage and classy elegance by investing much in personnel skills and different other sources (Binggeli & Pompeo, 2002, pp.70). The company has a wide range of services including operations of airline, engineering services and airport terminal services. Singapore Airlines has also made an entrance into the industry with operations as aircraft leasing, ground handling, ...

Radio Shack is in need of a massive organization overhaul. The Board of Directors was hoping to get this type of culture change when they hired a new CEO. To date, the company’s and CEO’s performance continues to show that they are still stuck in a deep rut. Sadly, one with no immediate end in sight.
Having conducted my own research, and based on my observations and analyses about Radio Shack, I have decided to write a letter to Joseph Magnacca to inform him about the changes I believe are necessary to quickly regain financial health, which needs to start ...

Business

As Wal-Mart Corporation is the leading company in the retail industry and we are privileged to inform all our investors that our company is among the fortune 500 companies.
As we know you all are the busy persons and hence in order to communicate more effectively and efficiently, we collected previous 4 years profit data and shown it as a percentage of sales which will give you a clear idea about what is happening in the company in recent times.
As above graph clearly shown a healthy profit as a percentage of net sales. In 2010, that percentage was 5.91% and ...

Commercial contract

A report to the Charity’s Managing Director
A commercial contract is an official binding arrangement between two or more parties through which they are indebted to carry out or not some given activities. Contracts can be drafted or verbal and designed a formal or informal approach (McKendrick, 2005). Most enterprises develop contracts in drafts to ensure the conditions of agreement are precise, usually looking for valid counsel while setting essential contracts. Contracts can entail all factors of an enterprise, such as recruiting, wages, worker safety, loans, and leases. A breach of agreement happens if one of the associates ...

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Abstract

The healthcare providers are focused to enhance the healthcare status in the country by means of remaining responsive towards the healthcare need of the nation. The public healthcare organizations address the healthcare need the residents at the national level by offering the effective healthcare services. The current paper has conducted the situational analysis by means of conducting PESTEL and SWOT analysis to assess the external and internal environment and it has been observed that Hamad Medical Corporation has the potential and resource to extend its healthcare services to address the wellbeing of the nation in a broader ...

Abstract

The NBC has continuously posted its earnings in the recent financial years despite the fast-changing consumer preferences, conditions of the market, and technology. This success proves that the bank is focusing on the correct priorities, and pursuing appropriate policies. Similarly, the strong performance of the NBC also affirms to the leadership quality throughout the bank plus the dedication of about 20,000 employees. According to the bank’s profile, it is an integrated group of banking that provides a variety of services to consumers where all both small and medium sized companies are presented in Canada. An overview of ...

Oil Search Limited, established in 1929 in Papua New Guinea has its focus on oil and gas exploration and development . During the course of this long standing relationship with the Government of Papua New Guinea and its people, the company has shown immense commitment in ensuring the welfare of the country and its people through various societal benefit programs. This report focuses on Oil Search Limited; various corporate responsibility programs initiated and implemented the company, and the company’s risk management framework and infrastructure.

Company Overview

Among the various projects, the main asset of the company is its 29% stake in ...

The University

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References 12

Appendix A . 13
1.0 Starbucks at 20 Percent Net Revenue Growth
1.1 Net Revenue Growth of 20 Percent
1.1.1 Current State
Statista (2016) ranked Starbucks as the 2015 top leading coffeehouse chain globally in terms of revenue with its revenue of $21.095 billion, followed far behind by Costa Coffee ($1.809 billion) and McCafe ($1.462 billion). It also has the largest store chain of 23,043 stores worldwide. As of fiscal year 2015, Starbucks had a total number of 23,043 stores globally, 12,235 (53%) of which are company-operated stores and 10,808 (47%) are ...

Corporate Activities:Alibaba Group

About the paper
Corporate finance activities are now deeply embedded into the core business environment of any business entity. Be it for the quest for growth, additional capital or corporate governance, all such crucial decisions are related to the environment of corporate finance. To learn more about such business aspects, in this paper, we will discuss two corporate finance activities undertook by Alibabe Inc. These two activities are related to mergers and acquisitions and alteration to the capital structure of the company.

Mergers and Acquisitions: Alibaba to Invest $1 Billion in E-Commerce Startup Lazada

On 13th April, 2016, Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced its biggest every overseas acquisition ...

Abstract

Financial analysis is an essential tool in the hands of the manager, as it is with its help the decisions related to the company’s finances are taken. Without the analysis and grounds for making such management decisions, the firm cannot achieve the desired level of income, or the lack of financial settlement will lead the company to bankruptcy. The purpose of the assignment was to perform financial analysis of a company listed on the Bursa Malaysia. Dominant Enterprise Berhad was chosen for the completion. The Malaysia-located company turned into public listed organization with thirteen subsidiaries, operating on production ...

One of the main points from BHP Billiton Corporation’s annual report about their corporate governance structure can be summarized by the following statement given by the company’s chairman himself:
“At BHP Billiton, we have a governance framework that goes beyond an interest in governance for its own sake or the need to comply with regulatory requirements. Instead, we believe that high quality governance is good business, and our approach is to adopt what we consider to be the better of the prevailing governance standards in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States” .
As of July ...

Introduction:

In this report, we will conduct an analysis of the financial leverage of the company and will also comment on the recent trends over the financing activities of the company. Overall, an extensive discussion will be made relating to the financial structure of the company and also the comparable firms.

Firm’s Leverage Policy: In comparison to Industrial Averages

For the purpose of evaluating the trend in the leverage policy of the company, we will be calculating the solvency ratios that will include analysis of the recent trend in debt management ratios and interest coverage ratio. In addition, we will also comment over the management’s discussion over ...

Introduction

High Liner Foods is a premium North American seafood company that processes various types of sea food and sells them frozen packages. The company is widely reknowned in the sea food industry and its brands are known all over North America particularly in Canada and the United States. The company's operations commenced in the year 1899 with the founding of the company W.C. Smith & Company. Throughout the years, High Liners has grown rapidly, and its business operations are projected to reach a global scale very soon. One of the companies strengths that have facilitated its dominance in the sea foods market ...

1. What are the main business activities of the selected company?
Rosneft is the leader of the petroleum industry in Russia and is the world’s largest publicly traded oil company. Its worldwide business operations include upstream offshore projects, exploration and production of hydrocarbon, refining of crude oil and hydrocarbon, and gas and product marketing. 2. Examine its Balance Sheet. Make a list of different accounts of Assets, distinguishing between Current and Non-Current (Tangible and Intangible), and Liabilities, distinguishing between Current and Long-Term Liabilities.
The current asset accounts of Rosneft include cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, other ...

The first principle that BUPA must adopt is that it must understand true costs. This company will make this achievement by using the standard cost component. This tool should be applied in budget preparation, pricing reporting and performance based incentive plans (Elliott, 2004). This is based on the increase in utility costs, which has decreased the operating surplus. In 2012, the operating surplus was £ 38,364,000. This was a decline from £ 54,202,000 in the previous year (Bupa Care Homes (CFG) plc, 2012). Understanding true costs will ensure that BUPA improves its costing control system. In this case, ...

Ford Motors Co: Financial Analysis

Property, Plant and Equipment
The property, plant and equipment valued at $ 24813 which shows an increase of 11 % as compare to 2011. Property, plant and equipment includes land, buildings and manufacturing plants and other machinery and tools and other assets that are used by the company in their routine business operations. Ford Motors Co. records all its assets at cost net of depreciation and other impairments. The company has a policy of capitalizing newly acquired assets when they intend to utilize them for longer periods which is usually more than one accounting year. The cost of maintaining assets and ...

Report Based On Published Cases

Executive Summary
This paper limits itself to the discussion on the sustainability of competitive strategies employed by three distinct companies including Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard (HP), and PepsiCo. The paper offers an analysis on the competitive strategies, which are evidently employed by the above connoted companies during their day to day operations. Furthermore, the paper examines the sustainability of these strategies. This is because unsustainable strategies limit the competitiveness of these strategies; hence, may result in the eventual failure to thrive by any given organization. On another note, the paper offers a theoretical analysis on the reasons that leverage the attainment ...

The main section of NIKE Corporation annual report

Management discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operation overview
The component provides a framework of organization operations in terms of product provision, the nature of the products provided and the set strategies. The component is important since it provides an overview of financial performance of the organization and its sustainability strategies and measures.

The auditor’s report.

This is a very crucial component of an annual report as information regarding the credibility of the financial statement is explained. The component provides a true and fair view of the organization financial position.

Consolidated statement of Income.

This is basically the performance of the organization in the realization ...

Liquidity ratios are a set of financial ratios that measure the ability of the company to meet its short term debt obligations using the most liquid current assets, those that can easily be converted into cash. There are basically two fundamental liquidity ratios that are used to provide insight into a company’s short-term liquidity. These are the current ratios, and the quick ratio, commonly known as the liquidity ratios (Walsh,2009).
Current ratio financial world and it’s easy to understand. Its however misleading to some extend in the fact that it’s highly unlikely that a company in its ...

a) Company name: _____ Motors, in the car and motor industry

Advantages of going public:

i. Good method to further the growth of the company
ii. Generate capital needed for expansion
iii. This capital can be used to further Research & Development, fund capital expenditure or pay off existing debt
iv. Increase public awareness of the company and generate publicity
v. Increase market share of company

b) Necessary managerial roles in firm:Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Head of Sales and the Chief Procurement Officer and Chief Risk Officer.

c) Shadow firm: BMW
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INDUSTRY/COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

COMPETITOR #1: Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. operates in the computer industry with the total market capitalization of 16 billion and the net profit margin of 16.2%. Apple Inc. is the biggest player in the market according to its market capitalization ($611.7 B), while its closest competitors is Dell Inc. has the market value of only $17.0 B . and it occupies the 17th position in the Fortune 500 list for 2012 (Cable News Network, 2012). The company focuses on design, manufacturing and selling of personal computers, software, media players, mobile communication devices as well the services related to them. ...

Disclosure Index

The financials in 2010 and 2011 have been prepared according to the relevant AASB standards. The expansive disclosure section is quite thorough, informing potential investors and current shareholders about existing trends within the company. The financials disclose all required information about the company’s operations, including the detailed requirements for financial instruments and other items that have to do with extended credit. During the year under report, there were quite a few changes in the AASB reporting requirements, as the financials note, but none of those changes had a significant effect on the reporting methodology at David Jones.

The 2010 and ...

Business Audit: Coca Cola

Business Audit: Coca Cola

Executive Summary

This report takes a look at the business audit of the Coca-Cola Company. After introducing the audit, a brief background of the company is given. This is followed by a macro-analysis of the company. This analysis deals with the management tool i.e. PESTLE which details Coca Cola’s political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental analysis. This is followed by a micro-analysis i.e. the financial data relating to Coca Cola. The competitor analysis of the company is next in line. This includes the strategic groups in Coca Cola’s line of business. A perceptual mapping ...

Introduction

BMW Group is one of the most successful automotive companies in the world and is a considered a brand leader in the premium market segment in the United States. Despite competitive pressures within the market segments and among the low and mid-priced automotive, BMW’s vehicle volume sales continued to increase by 5.2% in 2015, thanks to the normalization of the global economy. Its revenues also increased by 14.6% and reached $92.2 billion while its net income reached $6.4 billion, a 10% increased from the previous year (BMW Group, 2016).
As per location, Germany accounted for 42.6% of the ...

Comparing the quick ratio vs. the current ratio, it can be noted that the decrease in quick ratio than the current ratio is higher in the case. This means that the inventory turnover may have not much contribution over the decrease in the liquidity of the company. In fact, it may be that the sales are increasing but there may be other reason on the play for the decrease in the liquidity.
One of the prominent reasons could be due to use of cash from previous year in additional investment or more use of cash to support asset bought ...

Financing and Accounting Comparison

The way how a company spends their financial resources can spell the difference between failure and continuous operational expansion. This is why it is important to compare the financing and accounting methods of a startup firm to one that is already established and continuously earning like UPS.

Accounting Methods

A more sensible accounting method-related variable would be the use of resources or the cash flow statement. The cash flow statement shows how a company is making use of the financial resources that it obtains from its operations (if the company managed to earn a profit for that period), financing activities, and ...

IBM Projected Financial Statements

Income Statement
IBM has five reporting segments namely: Technology services and cloud platform, Global Business Services, Cognitive Solutions, Systems hardware and Global financing (IBM). The assumptions of the projected income statement are as follows:
Technology services and cloud platform that accounts for 44.92% of all revenue is projected to grow at 14% as more businesses sign up for the service, and an increase in the services through partners such as VMware and GitHub
Global Business Services that accounts for 22.46% of all revenue is projected to grow at 8% as the business shifts its focus to cloud, analytics, security, ...

Industry Background

The company chosen to be the focus of the discussion in this paper is Arcelik AS. It is a publicly listed firm in Turkey, under the Istanbul Bourse (formerly the Istanbul Stock Exchange). For the industry, analysis, two industries will be focused on since Arcelik AS markets a wide range of products in more than 100 countries. Its two biggest departments would be the consumer electronics and home appliances department. The company is a known manufacturer or white goods or large electrical products. Some of the best examples would include refrigerators, washing machines, freezers, dishwashers, coffee makers, food processors, ...

Introduction

Myer is Australia's largest departmental store with more than 60 outlets and an online shop, where customers can order products from the comfort of their homes. The company employs 125,000 people and makes use of 1200 suppliers worldwide. Myer is embedded in the culture of Australia, as it has operated for more than 100 years in most cities. The company has a broad range of products; eleven in total, ranging from men wear to apparel and electrical goods. On the opposite, Myer has had mixed fortunes in the last five years. The company peaked in 2013, with revenues ...

Introduction

The objective of this report is advise and recommend whether Restaurant Brand New Zealand Limited or Xero Limited is the better company to work for in relation to long-term employment. As companies that have the capacity to provide their employees with stable, long-term employment usually show strong growth and are thriving economically in their chosen market. This report is also based on the financial information provided by the NZX Company Research database from the past three years and articles sourced from NEWZTEXT in order to present a comprehensive view of how each company is performing in the current environment.

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A. Introduction

Toyota Motors Corporation (Toyota) is a ¥25.69 trillion (US$256.91 billion at ¥100.00:$1 exchange rate used in the 2014 annual report) automotive manufacturing enterprise (Toyota, 2014, p. 26) with four major market regions globally, namely: Japan (home), North America, Europe, Asia, and Other regions (see section C for details). Since 2010, it grew 35.57% from ¥18.95 trillion. Its return on equity has grown from 2.1% in 2010 to 13.7% in 2014, or 6.5 times. Moreover, its return on assets grew 6.7 times from 0.7% in 2010 to 4.7% in 2014.
Toyota has one core product (automobiles) and core ...

Executive Summary

A strategic analysis of Amazon is employed in this document in order to highlight the major problems that must be considered by the management. The company is considered a leader in electronic retailing globally, however facing a stiff competition from its counterparts as bricks and mortar companies as they are emerging in the contemporary corporate setting and establishing their online presence. Amazon is engaged in finding ways to adequately address the contemporary challenges in the global marketplace in order to maintain its competitive position and subsequently attain a greater share of profits from the international market.

Introduction

Amazon is deemed ...

This report analyses the most recent financial reports of two companies; Sino Gas and Energy of Australia (2014), and Solar World of Germany (2015). Sino Gas and Energy reported total provisions of $97,166 that constituted 0.09% of the total assets. Solar World reported total provisions of k€ 49,466 that constituted 5.69% of the total assets. The provisions for the two companies are listed below in descending order based on their book values:

Sino Gas and Energy $

Other provisions 60,837
Employee entitlements 36,329
Total 97,166
Solar world k€
Warranties 24,653
Pensions 10,704
Litigation risks 9,190
Other ...