Company Reports Samples For Students

I had an interview with Pedro Garcia who is the financial manager of Starbucks Company. Starbucks is an organization that deals in coffee, snacks, and espresso drinks. As such, the financial manager of Starbucks has several responsibilities to ensure that the company’s operations run smoothly. The manager has a duty to manage the company’s budgets in order to ensure that the company operates within the finances allocated for a variety of expenses within the company. Garcia explained that managing budgets involves monitoring the company’s expenses to ensure that Starbucks’ actual expenses do not exceed the standard costs set ...

Google as a company is believed to have done so much in a bid to offer innovative and differentiated products. The products or rather the brands by Google are unique to themselves, and this makes it easy to identify the products by. The brands of Google are unique. It is said that Google as a company has succeeded in positioning its brands. Some of the brands of Google include Gmail that enables people to communicate via email. They also have Google Talk, an application that gives the users the ability to connect with one another and ...

Overview of Growth, Development and Strategic direction of Google since the IPO in 2004

Google is a non-conventional company. Google has always been managed differently since it invention as a private company. Emphasis has always been on the environment or the atmosphere of creativity as well as challenge. It has led to the creation of Google that provides accurate, unbiased and free to access information for anyone that relies on Google globally.

The CEO said at one time it opportune time for the company to move to public ownership. Becoming a publicly owned company will have a number of importances to the employees, customers, the current shareholder and also the future shareholders. The feared however is that ...

- Abstract

Risk management is one of the major procedures that have influenced the growth and development of more than a few organizations globally. Risk management can be described as the process of recognizing risk, accessing risk, and taking steps to mitigate the risk to an acceptable level. This paper focuses on the two social enterprises by focusing on the role of risk management in their project success. Over the years, risk has been a challenge to most organizations. Managers searched for appropriate solutions in order to ensure that their businesses are secure from any form of risks. Café Sunlight and Good Mood ...

Executive Summary

The case study is about a well renowned cosmetic brand INGLOT, a family owned business that was started in way back in 1980 and today is spread across 44 countries with its wide range of cosmetics. The report is going to focus on the company micro level and macro level road map. It will highlight the priorities, achievements and challenges faced to establish and expand both domestically as well as internationally. It will thereby conduct a strategic evaluation of the company by using VRIO strategic tool to find out the sustainability and competitive advantage of the company.

Since the company is vast ...

The establishment of the GrainCorp as a grain Elevators Board during the time of change a bulk grain terminal that had been proposed to Sydney at the turn of the century when the workers were bagging grain manually. GrainCorp became into existence as the main Grain Elevator board during the period of time when the changes on the heavy grain end had been decided on for Sydney at the beginning of the century when the employees were believed to bag the grains. This was proved by the New South Wales Government department of Agriculture. The export of bulk grain became a tremendous ...

Question 1

The recession presents a situation in which firms have to re-strategize their marketing mix to ensure that they remain competitive in the ever dynamic market segments. In the case of SPSL its marketing mix has focused primarily on the product and the price. The Blair brothers have concentrated onensuring that the products they provide are of high quality and secondly that the prices of their services are towards the premium price in the market. Resultantly, the company SPSL has given itself a competitive edge over other plumbing companies in the South London region. With effect, the company owes much of its ...

The SME is a small firm with an independent business managed by its owners/part owners having a small market share. The abbreviation SME is commonly used in the European Union and by different international organizations such as the World Bank, the United Nations and the World Trade Organization (WTO) (Kaufmann, Friedrich., 1995).

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are business enterprises that maintain the number of employees below a certain standard with limited turnover and balance sheet. The size of an SME company depends on the industry in which the company competes. There are 3 different categories defined for Small and Medium Sized ...

Operational management as a subject initially appeared to be broad and hard to comprehend. From its introduction, operation management is all about management and design of processes, supply chains and services. These activities are not easy to understand in theory and most are the times I got stuck on the way during subject tuition. Before I could get convinced that operational management is a hard nut to crack, I grasped at least something about the subject; that operational management considers the acquisition of development and utilization of resources which is required by an entity in the goods and services delivery as ...

The address of the company which I worked for regarding the internship is 1314 Patricia Street Kissimmee, FL 34744 located in the. The company creates live shows entertainment. They also supply and even provide events with their entertainment acts. Moreover, the company creates brands of other respective companies. The company started to operate as from 1993.

My internship report basically focuses on issues that I have learnt in the field which are more significant in both my life education career. I did the internship at the company which is widely known as Unity Production Inc. As I was in ...

Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted in the year 2002 in response to financial malpractices among the corporations in the United States of America. The Act led to significant changes in corporate governance and financial practices as a way of reducing frauds prevalent in the financial sector. There were a myriad of factors that interacted to form a culture and suitable conditions, which led to a series of corporate frauds between the year 2000 and 2002. These factors were closely analyzed, and their root causes necessitated the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002. This paper analyses the pre-Sarbanes-Oxley Act and post- Sarbanes-Oxley Act to analyze ...

Intercontinental Hotel Corporation is a company which has many outlets in the world. The headquarters of this large company is in the United Kingdom. The main operations of this company are done in the city of Denham. This organization has more than 100 branches from various countries across the world (Martin 2009). It has been regarded as one of the best hotel institutions in the world due to the quality services provided by its workers. The stocks of this company are listed in New York and London stock exchange markets. This indicates that this organization has a good reputation in the ...

The technological environment changes very fast. For businesses which are involved in technological development, it is always important to remain relevant. This challenge is especially bigger for a young company which has to deal with other business challenges which face companies that are trying to establish themselves in a market. A company like Start Software therefore needs to invest in the best talent available in the market in order to be able to compete in a fast changing technological environment. Available talent should be developed and upgraded regularly and the impact of the development assessed to establish if there have been any ...

Personal Development Profile

I have studied in different environments and academic environments that have enabled me to develop both interpersonal and professional skills. I chose engineering as a technical path in professionalism and through all these endurance; I have managed to establish a greater personal profile. In the learning process, I have gained industrial experience and problem solving skills in various production processes, in the manufacturing industry. I am pursuing a degree in Manufacturing and Industrial engineering. This particular field of professionalism requires a variety of technical skills, mastery of scientific concepts as well as instinctive problem solving skills (Nguyen, 1998, p. 67). In this context, ...

Globalization is an integration process that occurs across the world and arises from interchange of products, world views, ideas and cultural aspects. The act of globalization can be traced from the old ages to present modern world (Stromquist M. P 2009). It begun with investments, trade, migration and dissemination of knowledge and was further linked with global climatic challenges, cross boundary pollution and sharing of socio-economic resources. Location of globalization begins at the local, national then regional continuum with economic and social relations organized at all stated levels. Modern forms of globalization can be said to have begun during ...

Starbucks Corporation is one of the most successful and most admired coffee companies globally and, operates a chain of coffee houses across the United States and, globally. Its headquarters is in Seattle, Washington DC. It began with a single store in 1971 as a retailer and, a roster of ground coffee and whole bean. Currently, it boasts of over 19000 retail stores in more than 60 countries and, has more than 30 different brands of coffee. It also serves iced beverages and related products.
Globally, Starbucks is one of the leading firms in utilization of the internet to market its products and, ...

The quality and aggressiveness of the marketing and advertising strategies that a business, especially the startup ones, implements can spell the difference between a booming and steeply declining startup sales figures. Naturally, more innovative and aggressive marketing and advertising strategies would equate to significantly larger sales margins and vice versa for more lame, old school and outdated marketing strategies. Marketing and advertising strategies are so extremely important for startup businesses that it can be one of the primary indicators of the company’s success in future, aside of course from more innate factors such as the necessity index of the products ...

Industry Report: Banking

Introduction
When it comes to an industry, then there are number of things which have been taken into account for the same. The essence of effectiveness and productivity always been associated with an industry and the stance of effectiveness depends upon certain factors. There are number of industries working in the world and all of the industries have their own significance and importance lies in a broad nutshell. There are certain aspects which have to be taken into consideration by an organization or by an industry in order to become competitive and eminent in a certain industry.
Financial Productivity ...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

The discovery of computers and usage of such in the business have paved way to a more efficient and excellent way of tracking down data. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) particularly has improved the way prices of good are identified and their corresponding prices are computed. Further, it has also set a standard on how inventory tracking is done to come up with an accurate daily sales data. Gone were the days when merchants have to write down the prices of every goods they have on their sales book. Gone were the days when computations of prices and sales do not reflect ...

Forensic investigations have gained widespread application by law enforcement agencies during the analysis of a crime (Tewari and Ravikumar 2000). Forensic experts have a tough task because they have to use samples collected from a crime scene to reveal the culprits. In this case, the investigator has to determine which of the two companies (A or B) is responsible for the pollution that was reported.
The samples that were collected have been analyzed using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. This form of spectroscopy is employed to produce an infrared spectrum of not only photoconductivity and emission, but also absorption of a substance ...

Proposal

Market Research Information
As McDonalds belongs to fast food market, therefore it is important to analyze its market and other important factors. These factors are discussed as follow:

The fast food market in Australia is very competitive with low barriers to entry. This has led many fast food chains to emerge and operate in Australian market, thereby increasing the competition in the industry. Another factor that has led the industry to grow is the increasing number of suppliers of the raw material (particularly chicken) and consumers on whom the fast food business is mainly dependent on (Johansen 2012).

Competition

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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.
...

Executive Summary

Introduction
The main perspective of this assignment is to apply the concept of marketing on a given organization. The company which has been selected for the same analysis is ASOS. Different tools would be applied on the same company in particular, as SWOT, PESTLE, ANSOFF and others. It is assumed in this particular assignment that ASOS is trying to launch a new product of men T-Shirt in the market of the UK and for that stance they want to have a perfect communication or marketing plan.
ASOS plc is a UK’s leading online platform that is associated to offer the ...

Valuation of Vlisco’s acquisition

Vlisco Group currently has four brands under its portfolio. Each brand offers its own style and targets different segments of customer. The luxury and internationally recognized brand, Vlisco, appeals to sophisticated women of Africa and other parts of world. Uniwax and GTP are the first and the only kind of nationally oriented brands serving the customers in Ivory Coast and GTP, respectively. The newly launched brand, ‘Woodin’ targets younger consumers of West Africa and offers ready to wear collections.

The company has its production facilities laid in Holland but around 90 percent of its sales originate from African Continent. ...

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

An organization structure explains in which the activities in an organization are allocated, supervised, and coordinated in order to achieve the goals of the organization. The structure of an organization depends on the type and the market structure of the organization. It is usually developed depending on the firm's objectives as it helps in determining the ways in which the operations in the business will be operated and performed. The structures allow the business management in determining the ways of allocating responsibilities to the various functions that are available and the different entities in the business such as the ...

INTRODUCTION

Lee Byung-Chull established Samsung in 1938. The Samsung group started as a trading company centered in Su-dong. At the beginning, it acted as a grocery in the city. In 1947, it expanded its services to Seoul but moved after declaration of the Korean War. The founder ventured into the textile industry in Korea. In 1960, Samsung penetrated in the telecommunications hardware industry. Later on, the company started to produce Telecommunications equipment, semiconductors and home appliances. Since then, it has expanded its services to more than 68 countries and it has more than 285 operations across the globe. The company’s revenue ...

Executive Summary

The current research relates McDonald’s – the largest fast food restaurant chain in the world. Nowadays, the company is operating in many countries and succeeded to develop a strong brand. The current tendencies of the food industry include healthy nutrition that is inconsistent with the concept of McDonald’s. The company faced the necessity of changing menu towards more healthy, introducing more healthy products, and changing its concept (IBIS World, 2014). The current paper contains SWOT analysis aiming to analyze the situation and make propositions related the new concept of McDonald’s. There were suggestions related the new products lines made. ...

1. What is your immediate reaction to the scenario? How would you feel if you were the person this situation was about?
I would seek the input of top management to arbitrate and bring order to team meetings. This is because each department needs to listen to and respect the others instead of accentuating narrow professional interests. If I was the person concerned with this situation, I would feel demoralized and ineffective.
2. How could this situation have been avoided?
This situation could have been avoided if each department clearly understood its role in the entire ...

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Executive Summary

Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches is a restaurant chain based in the United States with more than 1,500 locations in 43 states. Jimmy John’s was founded in 1983 by Jimmy John Liautaud, and today the chain is the privately held company with headquarters in Champaign, Illinois. Most of the locations (98%) are franchise-owned with Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC, as a parent company.
Today there are no Jimmy John’s foreign units, and all restaurants are located within the United States. According to the Franchise Times Estimate, the 2013 sales of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches ...

Aggressive Equity investors

Aggressive equity investors play their equity game both actively and vigorously. They spend most of their time and effort in managing their portfolio better than their conservative counterparts. The aggressive equity investors are inclined towards taking greater risks, although in a calculated manner, in order for them to earn superior rates of return. They seem to enjoy the pleasure and adventure of playing the equity game (Chandra, 2008). The following guidelines are relevant to for aggressive equity investors for investment decisions.
If equity investors wish to manage their investment well they should know that they should have knowledge of ...

INTRODUCTION

Information management is an important concept in any organization. The management of IT management is an important aspect because there is a need to ensure that the business aligns with technology optimally. There are frameworks that have been developed to ensure that IT service management is achieved and undertaken well. One of the frameworks is ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library). One of the objectives of this report is to convince the Terra Firma management to adopt ITIL framework to manage their IT services. The report will then recommend the business process reengineering for the organization. This will mean that some ...

Business report

Financial repression can be seen in many countries. The concept of financial repression was introduced in 1973 by Stanford economists Edward S. Shaw and Ronald I. McKinnon. The term financial repression means a government policy which aims at lowering interest rates and restricting capital movements. The goal of such government policy, which concerns monetary policy, is to reduce the government debt. Such government measurements can be defined as “stealth tax” (Polin 3). The long-term goal of such measurements is to reduce unemployment in the country and to spur the economic growth. It can be said, that such measurements can be ...

Solvency Ratios:

These ratios indicate the long term solvency of the company, i.e., if the company will be able to honor its long term obligation. Furthermore, it also helps in understanding the capital structure of the company. Below discussed are the solvency ratios of Debenhams Inc:
i) Debt to Equity: Debt/ Equity
(Debenhams, 2013)
ii) Interest Coverage Ratio: Operating Earnings/ Interest Expense
iii) Debt to Capital Employed Ratio: Debt/ Capital Employed (Mckeith, Collins, 2013)
*Debt= Total Debt
*Capital Employed: Total Assets- Current Liabilities

Analysis:

The above analysis of the company using Solvency Ratios indicates that, over a year, ...

With every business or organization, there is a business model. Each individual industry tends to have a standard model in which organizations conduct their business. However, this is not always the case. Take for example the PGA Tour. Rather than follow the patterns of most other sports organizations and teams, this company has created its own model in order to make the best use of its resources. By making the best use of its limited resources, supporting charities and players, and creating a strong business culture, the PGA Tour creates an experience which retains its fans, players, and partnering companies.
In this ...

A person needs to remember President G. Bush world economic speech when he said, and I quote” Competitiveness does not mean protectionism. However trying to improve quality and productivity at home” to understand the scope of Deming’s philosophy in the success of cooperate life. Traditionally, most companies used to apply performance appraisal practices in order to archive their goals. Thanks to Deming the founder of the current management elements who sometimes is fondly referred as, and I quote the “Messiah of Management”. According to the global economic research studies that have been conducted in the recent years, most ...

Financial Markets and Institutions

Impact of Credit crisis on financial market liquidity
The financial crisis which the United States economy had to face during the years of 2007 – 08 was the worst of its kind. The banking system had not faced a crisis of this magnitude since the 1930s which forced professionals who belong to this field to question the state of liquidity of the system. The central role that banking institutions, and which the financial business performs as such, is to provide the public with cash, allow them to make deposits and invest their funds in securities or provide them with term ...

I. Introduction
a. The Site:
The site that is accessed is BP at this URL: http://www.bp.com/ . It provides access to various information about BP including company information and historical background; as well as portals to products and services, sustainability, investors, press, careers, and the Gulf of Mexico restoration .
b. The Goal of the Company:

world in a safe and responsible way” . As such, it was also indicated that through the products and services produced by BP, the organization is enabled to “provide customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, lubricants to keep engines moving ...

Section 1

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., is a US based operator that specifically deals with Mexican foods with a particular focus on burritos and tacos, it has its outlets located in many regions across the globe, and these regions include Germany, France, Canada, and United Kingdom among many other countries. Ensuing its developments and stance in the contemporary time, Chipotle has since released a mission statement that merge well with its aspirations and futures perceptions, they refer their mission statement as Food with Integrity; this mission statement essentially accentuates the great effort they put in ensuring that they use natural organic ingredients and naturally ...

On behalf of the staff of Gilani clothing company, I would like to thank the public and our customers in particular from all the nations, for believing in us and supporting us to make us who we are today. Your backing cannot be underestimated and it humbles us to say that we would not have made it without each and every one of you. Gilani clothing is a big company multi-national company that gives the best of product to its customers. In addition to top quality products, Gilani clothing has several initiatives to giving back to the society. Observing environmental ...

Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

The Board of Directors of the company is one of the two organs of the company that is charged with running of the affairs of the company. The other organ is the General Meeting. This paper will constrict its discussion to the roles played by the Board members. Towards the end of the discussion, the paper will advance the argument that the roles played by the board members of the company are likely have changed dramatically due to the enactment of the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002. The paper ...

Introduction

The Grand Formosa is a hotel that prides itself in providing the best atmosphere for its guests. The hotel is designed to provide the best relaxing environment so that guests enjoy their stay. The hotel’s business model looks very promising on paper. However, the previous management ran the hotel down through inefficiencies in its operations. The new management has been instituted and is in the process of turning the hotel’s business around. This paper will analyze the position of the hotel with the help of some performance measures. This is in an effort to determine whether there is ...

I am applying for the stockroom associate position in warehousing job category at Merlin Entertainments' Legoland.
Resorts and theme parks have always piqued my interest. I believe that working with Legoland is a good opportunity to be part of Merlin Entertainments. Located all over the world, my cultural background fits the interests of the company. Being born and raised in Asia, I am open minded, flexible and can easily adapt in a multi-cultural background. Legoland Carlsbad is very close to where I am living right now; nonetheless, I do not mind working in other branches and relocate.
Some may ...

- The project company, AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.L)
- Two selected competitors, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and Aeolus Pharmaceuticals (AOLS)
- The FTSE100 Index (of which both AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline are constituents)
We collected the stock prices for the period 2013/10/01 – 2014/03/21 from Yahoo Finance. To compare returns, we used adjusted close prices because they take into account stock splits and stock offerings as well as dividends. The comparison of the share price behavior of the companies compared to the FTSE100 can be seen in the chart below:
As can be seen, AstraZeneca clearly outperformed its peers by a ...

Introduction of Tuning Printer

As it has been witnessed on previous years, there have been a lot of new printers that have been introduced in the market. It is on this wave that the Tuning printer was released. The launch as it was expected was popular due to the large publicity that the printer had received. Convenience and durability are the main features that the customers are focused on finding in a product. As opposed to the past, when customers focused on the cost and availability of spare parts, customers are interested in a product that will give them the printing services they need with the ...

The business sector is one of the most challenging economical sectors in the global market. To be concise, the manufacturing sector is one of the most challenging business sectors the market. There are a lot of factors that are considered while making business decisions. These factors include, financial decisions such as cutting down on costs and improving sales.
The Foxconn Company is a company that deals with the Apple Company. The company manufactures i-pods and i-pads for the Apple Company and it works collaboratively with other leading technology firms. The company has been surrounded by multiple controversies concerning employee welfare ...

Introduction

The food service business, in which McDonald’s engages in, is one of the most challenging industries when it comes to meeting corporate responsibility and sustainability expectations (Gagliano). This is particularly because of the allure to provide the cheap, tasty foods with little or no nutritional value to consumers. In many cases, restaurants prefer to choose the easiest route: to produce foods that consumers love with little regard to the nutritional value that the food would add to the consumer. This goes against the spirit of corporate responsibility and sustainability because it would encourage the growth of unhealthy generations ...

Analytical Framework

Section-A
There are two different companies which have been taken into consideration for the analysis and the names of the companies are Royal Dutch Shell and Endeavor International Corporation.

Net Present Value Analysis

Net present value (NPV) is a financial tool that is deemed as the difference between current value inflows and outflows. Generally, it is used for calculating budgeting to analyze the probability of an investment on any project that. It is required to analyze the NPV and IRR on the basis of two years like 2012 and 2013.
The NPV of Shell Plc. is -250,386 $ while it is, -1, ...

Organization Background

Today knowledge management is very important for organizations to survive in a dynamic business environment. Knowledge management is considered as one of the important functions which needs plan, organize the activities and motivate and control the human resources to improve the overall productivity of the organization.
GS (Global Software) Ltd. is a New York based software development and consultancy company which provides software solutions to banking and insurance companies all over the United States. It is having one thousand employees working in 12 offices in 4 major cities New Jersey, Washington, Chicago and head office in New York. GS Ltd. ...

Introduction

Businesses are meant to earn economic profit and enhance the strategic consequences accordingly. Organizations always want to increase their financial belongings accordingly and effectively and for the sake of the same thing, they may consider different provisions.
Operations Department is the one who used to keep the operations of a going concern in an effective and well organized manner. It is more than important for an organization to keep their operations in a perfect manner from which they can enhance the financial and strategic prosperity of the company (Brown and Lamming, 2014, pp. 41-45). An organization should be looking forward ...

The prime mantra of this paper is to exploit both the concept of cost and revenue models on the given companies whose nature of business are identical. There are two hypothetical based companies that have been selected for the execution of the same analysis. The underline companies are denoted by Company X and Company Y. They both have dissimilar pricing policies with one another. The entire assignment is divided into different headings that are mainly based on the Introduction, Analytical Framework, and the Conclusion.

Analytical Framework

Brand Y “lit” pricing/sales history
There are a number of tools and models that have a ...

Financial ratios are one of the tools that are applied in financial analysis. This is because they help an analyst in creating the overall image of an organization. This is achieved since the ratios provide insight on various aspects of the organization that includes profitability, cash flow ratios, debt ratios and profitability ratios. These ratios are instrumental in ensuring that the analyst understands the financial soundness of the firm before investing in it (Shim and Siegel, 2000). Although these ratios face various shortcomings, they are essential in providing a bird’s eye view of the company from an analytic angle ...

Company Analysis (Nokia)

Executive Summary
The current paper relates the strategic analysis of Nokia Company. The main objective of the paper is to assess the current internal and international strategy. The company description contains information related its product, headquarters, and revenue volume. The international strategy of Nokia is assessed with the help of SWOT analysis. The new marketing strategy based on the new meaning of the brand and emotional component is outlined. The description of logistics system contains the main logistics approaches and the current changes in logistics policy. Human resource policy was the main success factor for the Company in ...

External Analysis

Demographic Forces
Economic Forces
Economic factor is important in the analysis of Pebble, but it does not play a crucial role in the development of the Company. The product is sold anywhere because it is available online. Customers who can afford this smartwatches can buy them online disregard of the economic situation or the level of inflation in a particular country. The financial support of the Company is an important component of the economic factor. The main concern is the limited advertising budget because Pebble does not have significant financial resources at its disposal. Therefore, the Company has to ...

__ March 2014
- Executive Summary
Aware of the challenges in the industry and competition scenario in the back drop of economic uncertainty, this business plan provides crucial competition and marketing strategies that will enable the company achieve its objectives.
With these business strategies, the company is projecting to grow revenues by an average of 36% per year based on its existing portfolio of clientele and potentially new ones within the business and government sectors. The average return on equity is about 29% while debt-to equity ratio is maintained at an average of 0.47, and current ...

Big Rivers Electric Corporation

Big rivers Electric Corporation is a company that generates and transmits electricity. It is a partnership company that is a member –owned. The company is non-profit making company. It has three main cooperatives to which electric power and services are provided in wholesale. They include the Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation, Kenergy Corporation, and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation. The three cooperatives distribute the electricity to 22 counties in western Kentucky.
According to financial statements for the year ended 31st, 2007, the Big Rivers Electric Corporation had a utility net of $ 911, 634. It had total utility net of $ 917, 668 in ...

The implementation of these variance costs is to assist in understanding the disparities between the actual and planned costs. This will assist Kaufmann Manufacturing Company reduce its costs as the other financial period sets in.

Raw material price

It is computed as; (Actual price – Budgeted price) × Unit price
1st 6 months = (2400 – 2281) × 12 = $1,428
2nd 6 months = (2400 – 2432) × 12 = $384

Raw material Usage

1st 6 months = 590,000/3 = (196,666.70 × 12) = $2,360,000.40
2nd 6 months = 600,000/3 = (200,000 × 12) = $2,400,000

Raw materials activity

1st 6 months = (Actual activity – Standard activity) = (590,000 – 590,000) = 0
2nd ...

There are several political factors that affect Apple Company. First, nearly all of Apple Company products are manufactured in China (Lusted 2012); therefore, any political instability in China may affect the manufacturing process of its products. This many have a negative effect on the profitability levels of Apple Company as it may not be able to meet the high demand for its products in the different parts of the world. Furthermore, political tensions between the United States and China may spell a doom for the company’s fortunes. This is mainly because China may impose economic sanctions on the United States, ...

What had been a question of values and ethics has now become an issue of corporate policy. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been globally accepted by the firms in the twenty first century, in order to fulfil their moral obligations to the society that is giving to them profits and gains. One can get several examples these days where big multi-national firms (MNEs) are lending a hand towards the betterment of the society. For example: Volkswagen India initiated a programme in Maharashtra's draught stricken community by offering to expand their water reserves. This would help the local population get easy water access ...

Economic factor denotes the foundation or basis of a buying decision . In most cases, customers cannot purchase what is beyond their purchasing power regardless their need for the service or good. Nevertheless, affordability is always an issue of perspective, which elucidates why most customers employ “creative” budgeting to acquire commodities they need. Therefore, good economic condition implies the ability of consumers to purchase what they require without constraints of money.
Global economic condition is a factor that affects the business process of Apple Inc since the firm or corporation is internationally recognized . Recession, currency, and inflation are the main economic ...

Introduction

Product quality and customer contentment are very significant concepts that organizations have to abide with in order to remain both relevant and competitive in the market (Davis, 2010). This will in-turn steer their growth. Companies need to understand the consumers’ likes and preferences in order to tailor make products and services which will meet their expectations and hence satisfy their wants. Secondly, product quality is considered to be very important because it leads to higher customer satisfaction, profitability, reduced cost, customer loyalty and retention among others. Further, it’s imperative for the service providers to adhere to quality and ...