Essays on Leverage

Company Profile

Revered as the biggest e-commerce website around the globe, Amazon Inc. is an American multinational entity engaged in e-commerce selling and cloud computing. Founded in the year 1994 by Jeff Bezos, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington DC. Amazon is the biggest e-retailer in terms of revenue and market capitalization. Beginning with the modest background of selling books and Blu-Ray DVD’s, Amazon today offers more than billion products and is now operating globally with presence in 19 countries. The company is listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of AMZN and is also the constituent of NASDAQ ...

IT Strategy Report for Starbucks

It is imperative for every company to have a distinctive element in its strategy for drawing in customers and producing a competitive edge. Starbucks has been triumphant in commanding its way in the market since its humble beginnings as a Seattle-based coffee shop back in 2008. Over the years, Starbucks has grown into having a competitive advantage over its competitors. The customer service is top-notch, and the atmosphere is rich that draws in crowds from all walks of life. Starbucks has indeed earned a sustainable competitive advantage by offering the highest quality coffee-based beverages, creation of an emotional attachment ...

Introduction

MasterCard Incorporated is a multinational financial services provider listed on the New York Stock Exchange. MasterCard provides electronic payment cards and other financial services for banks in the United States and around the world. This report will focus on the business environment within which MasterCard operates and how its internal and external environments interact to define its current status as financial service provider. This will include the company analysis which will be an inquest into the internal elements of MasterCard and its activities. The competitors and competition processes faced by MasterCard will be considered. Then the research will provide ...

Abstract

The discussion over the advantages and disadvantages of the cloud computing is being held over the years. There are three models that are used in order to define has this technology will be used, such as SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. This paper provides the overview of the differences of those models and cover the concerns that are associated with the use of the cloud computing. Even though the future of any technology is not easy to predict, we try to analyze the current market of cloud computing and based on that try to predict how it will evolve with ...

Vernon Rudolph established Krispy Kreme Dougnuts (KKD) in 1937 in North Carolina as a single doughnut shop. By the turn of the millennium, KKD had grown in leaps and bounds. As of April 2000, the company shares were trading at 62 times earnings. As of April 2000, KKD had charmed Wall Street analysts with 80% of them recommending a buy. However, as of 2004, the glamour story of KKD started to fall apart.

Historical Financial performance

Exhibit 1 shows that KKD top line grew by 202.2% from $220,243,000 in 2000 to $665,592,000 in 2004. Net income grew by ...

BUSINESS STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION: Contextual Strategic Planning Tool Using SWOT Analysis

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Intel has been a giant in the computer market for so long. The company’s strong presence and momentum had enabled its elongated existence as well as its longstanding strategy that made the company outstanding in its performance and strengthening the productivity aspect at regular intervals over a period. The company apparently function based on Moore’s Law, which states that “in every 18-24 months, the number of transistors on a silicon chip must be doubled, dramatically increasing performance while dividing the real cost of that performance” (Dyer et al., 2016). The dynamics changed ...

TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (TTEC)

TeleTech Holdings is a technology services company whose main business is the provision of telephony services to businesses. The company operates call centers and BPO centers through which it connects customers to their companies. Through the provision of the telephony services, it creates a lasting customer experience, which in turn results in growing revenues and profitability of the companies that it represents. The various industries that it serves include the automotive industry, financial services, healthcare, government agencies, e-commerce entities, and the hospitality industry among others (TeleTech Holdings, 2017). In light of the above brief on TeleTech Holdings, the objective ...

Q.1 The luxury goods industry is one of the best performing industries in the business world, dealing in quality and stylish leather goods such ladies handbags, ornaments, designer clothes, fine watches as well as writing instruments. In this industry, goods are characteristically defined by their quality, styling, and pricing for factories such as Coach Inc. that have attracted a large number of customers including middle-income earners (Gamble, 2006). The global luxury goods industry has shown a constant growth. From the year 2006, the industry was expected to grow by 7 percent which was equivalent to $112 billion. Statistics conducted ...

The FA

The FA i.e. The Football Association refers to the English football’s governing body, which was established in 1863. Ebenezer Morley is considered the father of The Association. The activities of the company include overseeing, promotion and development of the game at different levels like The FA Cup and England International Teams. The activities also include broadcast and media rights, sponsorship, licensing, merchandising along with sales of tickets (The Bloomberg, 2017).

Financial Position of the FA

Current position with respect to financials of the company as on 31st July 2015 provided an overview of that the company is continuously striving to generate commercial revenues ...

Communication strategy

Introduction Marketing is one of the imperative components in health care. It is worth noting that marketing firm has to create a communication strategy that aligns with all the target customers. Launching of new products in healthcare demand experienced marketing. The launching of a new diabetes program requires integrated marketing campaign and communication strategy that reach all the target audience. Customers that receive better and comprehensive information about quality and price of health care service can make rational and informed decisions concerning their health care.

There are different forms of communication that can be used to meet all the ...

Investing In Saudi Arabia Market

Investing in Saudi Arabia market Introduction The Saudi Arabia economy has for long been driven by the performance of the oil market. The entire economy has also been primarily managed by the government leaving little room for the private sector. The existence of many government bureaucracies has also in the past hindered the development of the private sector. The strict Islamic culture has also been a challenge for the operation of the business from the open economies. The period 2003 to 2013 marked one of the largest oil booms in the history of the country. The oil prices in ...

Question One

The case study in this situation and for this question shows a store manager that is obviously acting in an improper way. Indeed, sales are down at one of the stores and the store manager has reacted to this, at least in part, by berating and yelling at people that do not have the leverage or latitude to raise sales on their own. Indeed, it is conceded as part of the run-up to this question that the marketing and other high-level operations of the firm are what really get people into the store. Instead of going about things the ...

About the paper

The paper relates to performing a brief financial analysis for two coffee retailers, Starbucks and Dunkin Group. As part of this analysis, we will be using latest year financial statements of both the companies and will conduct the analysis using the liquidity ratio and Dupont ratio. The outcome of these ratios will help us in understanding how each company stands relative to its competitor in the industry.

About the companies

Important to note, the objective of this analysis is to compare the financial standing of two companies in the same industry, but of different size. Here, Starbuks continues to be the industry ...

An internship with Abu Dhabi Airport entitled Abu Dhabi Airport Internship report completed in partial fulfilment of the requirements for CEHS 396-Internship in Homeland Security

Abstract

This report offers the description of my internship at the Abu Dhabi Airport Company (ADAC) in the United Arabs Emirates. Fundamentally, Abu Dhabi Airport is a public joint-stock organization that is fully owned by the Abu Dhabi government. It is located 16.5 nautical miles east of the Abu Dhabi City, which is the second largest city within the United Arab Emirates. My primary duties and responsibilities as an intern were to understand about the ...

Inter-organizational Innovation Networks (IT): Role of cloud computing and big data on Business Model Innovation

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Abstract

This report looks at how cloud computing and big data impact business model innovation and if these technologies enable companies to implement quicker and more efficient means to interact with customers and enhance their profitability and growth potential. Meta-analysis was conducted by accessing peer-reviewed literature which targets issues surrounding the research problem and research questions. Despite the uncertainty in terms of knowledge and expertise in the IT industry due to rapid technological developments there are still opportunities to be leveraged by businesses. However, in answer to the research questions it is found that cloud computing and big ...

Investment Proposal for Cengage Learning, Inc.

Executive Summary

Purpose of the Paper The main purpose of the paper is to prepare an effective investment appraisal for Cengage Learning by using various financial management tools.

Overview of the Paper

The paper comprises of following material that can be seen in the overall paper. Investment appraisal techniques for introducing new product line Selection of two most common techniques Importance of techniques through literature Testing of Feasibility of new project Interpretation and conclusion on the analysis Techniques Used Results It is found from the above two analysis that the project is viable for the company and has potential to provide high return ...

Credit Risk Management

Commercial Loan Market Commercial loans are debt arrangements agreed upon by the lender (business) and borrower (financial institution) to cover operational costs or fund business projects. During economic downturn, financial institutions are cautious of their lending and consequently import strict regulations that force borrowers to pay a higher interest rate. The agreement between the lender and borrower in the market is documented in a “credit agreement.” In credit risk management, the most important components of the agreement describe the covenants, the security requirements, priority of payments and events of default.

Segmentation of Commercial Loan Market

Financial institutions use credit rating to qualify borrowers based ...

Professional development plan.

Management of change. Management of change is a critical challenge that health care administrators are obliged to take into consideration for a positive change to take place. For success to be registered, health care administrators should acquire and maintain the skills and expertise needed to undertake their professional duties that are narrowed to their competencies. Since there is a rapid and drastic change in the health care sector, administrators should address the ways of coping up with such changes to ensure there is a success in the health care sector.

Establishment of a clear vision on the change process direction.

Ensuring that successful change and a positive social impact ...

This Title

Write a research paper on the evidence-based practices in agencies such as yours, and which address the social problems your agency addresses with its clients. Evidence-based practice is important in making qualified decisions regarding the care that patients receive. The use of data in order to better determine the most effective treatments moving forward can help immensely throughout the patient care process. Understanding the resources that are available to specific health care professionals and implementing methods for controlling standards in such environments present the most important means by which the care of patients can be made to be more ...

QUESTION 1

Adjusted Trial Balance Statement of Comprehensive Income Balance Sheet QUESTION 2 Financial ratios Financial analysis Analysis of liquidity Current ratio At the of the financial year 2015, the current ratio for British Airways was 0.5965 indicating that its current assets could pay off 59.65% of its short-term liabilities. This further shows that the company had a low liquidity since its current assets were insufficient to meet the short-term obligations (Gibson, 2012, p. 243). The ratio declined from 0.6512 in 2014 and 0.6300 in 2013. The trend shows that the liquidity of British Airways improved in 2014 but declined in ...

Abstract

This paper looks into the challenge that a leader faces in making a decision in a multicultural leadership setup. A leader is often faced with moral, ethical or even legal dilemmas in taking their stand. The author gives examples of moral, ethical and legal dilemmas that a leader is likely to face in the workplace. The difficulties include mistreatment of a colleague, racism, freedom of worship, the LGBT issue among others. The author picks the issue of LGBT to demonstrate how a leader can deal with such dilemmas in the workplace by understanding their temperament, strengths, and weaknesses and ...

Background

Globalization and internationalization of the businesses have had the tremendous effect on the activities of the modern corporations (Sadler, 2003). According to The Guardian (2015). 2015 Gates Annual Letter predicts that the next 15 years will be driven by innovation in technology or innovation focused on giving access to the technology to a larger population and obtaining higher data collection and transformation speed along with the development of technologies and innovative solutions, aimed at vertical and horizontal business integration. That said, Accenture Technology Vision 2016 report outlines the major business technology trends for the near future: intelligent automation, liquid ...

The economic and political partnership known as the European Union was established following World War II in order to foster cooperation among European nations. Today, the EU is made up of 28 member countries which all share in various economic agreements regarding their relationships with one another. The political union was established with the goal of not only promoting trade in order to reduce the likelihood for war to break out once more within Europe, but also to establish a basis by which the member nations could work with one another in order to increase their overall prosperity. The ...

Executive Summary

The report comprises of two main tasks that are financial ratio analysis and distress analysis to determine and evaluate the financial performance of HSBC. The case study is prepared to analyze the financial conditions of HSBC. HSBC Bank Plc. is one of the largest financial services providers in the world. HSBC operates in Finance and Insurance industry that is highly competitive in the global market. The decline in values of current ratio, quick ratio, and cash ratio reveals that the company did not succeed in maintaining stability in its financial position, but the decrease of 0.02 and 0.01 is ...

Introduction

Managed care refers to the approaches and methods designed to reduce the cost of healthcare and leverage financial disbursements in order to improve the quality of healthcare to patients. This refers to a series of services offered by private insurance companies that provide health insurance to patients in the form of fee-for-service and value-based health care system for members of insurance schemes. There are group and individual insurance packages that are offered to members who make regular contributions for healthcare services as and when they are needed. Health insurance has always existed in history. However, the Health Maintenance Organization ...

The presidential powers have considerably extended since the time when the Founding fathers framed the Constitution of the United States. At that time, the thirteen colonies that formed a newly established state were afraid of a strong executive leadership. They feared that if a president were entitled by the Constitution to have extended powers, he would have misused or abused these powers, governed by self-interests, rather than the interests of the nation. This skepticism toward strong leadership resulted from the experience that the founders had when dealing with the English monarch (The Declaration of Independence, 1776). In order to ...

Introduction

Change is a perpetual in today’s fast paced world. What is modern today becomes obsolete tomorrow. New technologies mean a change in the way on thinks, learns and gets his information or uses it. Any organization may feel the challenges brought about by those new technologies and why they need to implement them within their culture. Any change within or outside an institution is sure to incite mixed reception and perception among its members and clients. The essay applies a change theory to an organizational-based on Kotter’s change model and plans a change process. The change process ...

Currency is valueless, and it is all about the confidence of the people in it. Since the start of the economic crisis in 2007, the Federal Reserve has juxtapositionaly employed conventional and non-conventional monetary policies to caution the effects of such crisis on economic activities and stabilize the financial market. Price stability and maximum employment were necessary for the nation and the world that uses the US dollar as the standard. To achieve this, the Federal Reserve turned to Large Scale Asset Purchases. Although the ends of all the policies formulated are the same, ambiguity shrouds the means to ...

Business Risk

This risk or uncertainty concerns that an organization may witness decline in profitability or might suffer from losses in any financial accounting period. Business risks originate from different uncertainties such as changes in consumer tastes, change in preferences and buying behavior, modifications to government policy as well as increase in intensity of competition etc. business risks also stem from those unforeseen or unexpected events that may cause a business to fail in future . Business risks are not just related to an organization as a whole. Different departments of an entity face numerous business risks that are unique to their ...

Introduction

This paper evaluates how entrepreneurs can interpret and utilize different business ratios to the advantage of their business. The four vital rations include leverage, operation, profitability and liquidity ratios (Scarborough, Wilson, and Zimmerer 250).

How an entrepreneur can construe and utilize different business ratios

Business ratios are fundamental in determining the financial status of a company at a given time. There are twelve financial ratios, some of which appear on a company's financial records. However, both small and large entrepreneurs use four important ratios. The liquidity ratio exhibits a company’s capacity to settle its short-term debt commitments (Vasiu, Nicolae and Iulian 188). A high ratio displays that the ...

Short – Term Investing

Introduction A treasury bill or a T-Bill is a short-term maturing promissory note, usually lasting for three months to one year. Nyawata (2012) asserts that the federal or national governments are the ones that issue T-Bills as their primary instruments of regulating the supply of money within the national economy, as well as raising funds for various government projects through open market operations. The central banks of the respective countries are the ones responsible for issuing and paying on T-Bills. According to Thau (2000) T-bills do not have any form of explicit interest, but they sell at a discount ...

4. Environmental Analysis 4.1. Operating Factors Some of the common goals in any restaurant regardless of size is the desire to make money, control food and labor cost and to retain employees . A restaurant is one of the toughest businesses to run successfully because of the long hours involved, the high turnover and the relatively low pay when compared to the number of hours. Therefore it is clear that human resource is a critical operating factor. An understanding of the nature of the market is also essential; factors like market saturation and market trends are critical to operating a ...

AMAZON. COM

Financial Analysis Amazon.com Financial statement is the main source of the data that allows to assess the financial health of company. This is important as for external (potential investors, counteragents) as for internal (managers, shareholders) users. Ratio analysis is the important part of the assessment. However, this is not enough to make precise conclusions. The next crucial step is to compare the company’s ratios to industry benchmarks, because every industry has peculiarities in structure of assets, investment strategies etc., and what is appropriate for one industry might be the worrying sign in another one. For example, investment projects ...

Question 1.

Distributive negotiation is a bargaining approach, which is used by parties that are attempting to divide something or distribute something. Distributive negotiation is opposite of integrative approach as both parties are trying to get more on one thing. In case of distributive negotiation, the goal is to assure that one party wins much more than the other party. This results in the other side losing their share for the other side and ending up with less than they expected (University of Colorado, n.d.). Distributive negotiation is also called “win-lose”, “zero-sum”, or “claiming value”. It is a competitive form of ...

According to Weele (2009, p4), effective strategic purchasing is growing rapidly throughout because the organizations have realized it a potent avenue to achieve the company performance in short and long term. These includes attaining their strategic goals, improving the consumer satisfaction, improve the efficiency of the services rendered and many others. Hartmann & Blome (2010, p45) argues that the reason for such is because the quality of goods or raw materials in the organization enhances the organization’s performance. The cost of goods and service procured is also important in determining performance. Various theories are explaining the importance of the ...

1.0 Background Capital structure decisions are critical for the profitability and or growth objectives of for-profit organizations. Financial managers are given the liberty of choosing the components of their capital structure as long their maximize the value of the stock and at the same time achieve some of the core objectives of firms. Some of these include maximization of the company’s value. Managers all over the world strive to find a combination of investment with the best gearing ratio. According to Huber (2011) excessive use of debt financing could lead to too much of the firm's profits being ...

Walmart is a multinational corporation with a massive presence in various parts of the globe. The company's capital structure is made up of both debt and equity funds. In a bid to achieve maximum financial and operational efficiencies, the entity has designed its capital structure to more equity and less debt financing. (Soni) Equity capital is the primary type of capital used by the business to operate. Equity can be defined as the funding availed to the firm through the sale of share stocks and issuing the earnings attributable to the company's shareholders. The total shareholder equity held by ...

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-analyzing survey that is done to analyze how people judge the world and how this influences their power of making decisions. This is basically a set of question that helps determine the ability of your brain to adjust things. This test was designed by Katharine Cook Bridge and Isabel Briggs Myers. The ideology behind this test comes from the theory of Carl Jung. The theory revolves around the fact the human psychology interprets any perspective in 4 different categories, namely; thinking, feeling, intuition and sensation, and one of them is always present ...

Finance

About the report The report is commissioned to propose a sales pitch for Nike Inc. to a group of investors who are looking for a company that is poised for growth on a fundamental basis and suits the long-term investment horizon. The recommendation will be based solely on the company’s financial and recommendation of the market analyst about the company.

About the company

Founded in the year 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports Inc., Nike Inc. design,develop and market sports apparel and athletic footwear. The company leads the industry with sales volume above $30 billion and market share at 21.6%, followed ...

Executive summary

The stock price of Southern Cross Media Group Limited did not show any reaction to the announcement of the 2015 financial results. The stock price increased days before the announcement and the day after the event but declined two days after the announcement. Financial analysis of firm indicates that it has a strong liquidity, and this has improved over the last five years. Its debt to equity ratio has increased due to the capital reduction in accordance with the relevant statute. The year 2015 saw a decline in the profitability of the company although this did not affect the ...

Introduction

Capital structure refers to a company’s alignment of the long-term and short-term debts, common equity and the preferred equity. The term also include the analysis of how the company decides on how to allocate the cash flow into various components including a portion that is allocated to meet the financing needs of the debt capital and the other portion that is allocated to the shareholders as part of the dividend. Capital structure is a subset of the financial structure. Financial structure refers to the relative proportion of the various sources of finances that are used in the business ...

Executive Summary

The study focuses on identifying the major issues related to Southwest Airlines. It uses internal, external, and financial analysis for the company and the results show that information system of Southwest Airlines, the risk of competition, lack of long route flights, and integration issues are the current problems faced by the Airline.

The internal analysis reveals that the company faces major threats in the market, and the specific threats are as under.

Competition, Legal infrastructure, Unemployment and inflation, and The shaky economy of the US. The SWOT analysis also explains that the company is dependent on different sources that create specific weaknesses for the business. The dependence of Southwest Airlines is provided below.

Revenues through passengers,

Single provider/supplier, Limited domestic presence, No ...

(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 ...

LIMITED LEVERAGE

One thing that is clear from the vignette is Frank does not want to close his business and work for someone else. However, he must replace his primary asset, his truck, or he will be forced to close the business. Since he does not have the equity to purchase the truck, he must find the funds somewhere else. The only options are to find an investor or borrow the money. The vignette mentions nothing about an option to find an investor. He is adamantly against using debt. His daughter Stephanie suspects he does not know the proper use of ...

Introduction

Tingyi Holding Corporation is the Chinese company that deals in the production and distribution of instant noodles, baked products, and beverages. The company also produces soft drink under its brand name of Master Kong. The company is the largest manufacturer of instant noodles in China. Tingyi Holding Corporation was established in 191 by the Wei Brothers of Taiwan. The company got listed in 1996. The soft drink brand of the company, Master Kong, was declared to be the second most recognized brand in China. The company started producing instant noodles in 1992 under the brand name of Master Kong ...

Question 1.

Operational failures form an inevitable component of all entity activities and their gravity varies from small inconveniences to huge disasters in the organizations. They are those flaws that exist in operation systems such that their prior correction would serve as prevention or a significant mitigation for the consequential outcomes. The effects of operational failures can also be financial or nonfinancial. The operational failures include the following: Binomial: When this type of failure occurs, the whole operation works or it doesn’t work completely. It’s impossible to notice these kinds of failures until they surface themselves. They can however ...

Referring to the ratio multiples of the company, we found that CanGo is in a very strong position to take up the new projects. Beginning with the working capital analysis, the company is having the current ratio of 5.39 and quick ratio of 4.53, which confirms the strong liquidity position and the ability to handle short-term liquidity requirements. Important to note, even the working capital amount of $164.5 million also confirms strong liquidity position of the company. Moreover, the existing net profitability , which is recorded at 10.97%, also confirms that the company is utilizing its available resources and assets ...

Introduction to PepsiCo Incorporated

PepsiCo is an American multinational company having its origin in the United States. The company is a market leader in the global beverage industry. The biggest and worldwide competitor to PepsiCo is the Coca-Cola Company. PepsiCo serves the worldwide market and gain access to audience by mainly sponsoring sports events, players and teams.

Pro-Forma Financial Statements of PepsiCo Incorporated for 2016 (the next period)

This section is aimed at displaying the financial statements of PepsiCo for the next financial accounting period (2016) as well as the last statements for 2015. The pro-forma income statement and balance sheet are prepared by assuming a ten percent increase in sales revenue and cost ...

Website: http://www.keuriggreenmountain.com/

Industry: Produces and sells coffeemakers, specialty coffee, and related products (teas, hot cocoa, among others).

BACKGROUND and HISTORY Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was created in 1981 in Vermont, as a small specialty coffee roaster, which expanded rapidly in the next 20 years. The company acquired the brewing-machine maker Keurig in 2006. It was a publicly traded company from 1993 to December 2015, when investors led by JAB Holding Company acquired GMCR for the amount of $13.9 billion (Yahoo Finance). GMCR describes itself as a “personal beverage system company revolutionizing the beverage experience through the power of innovative technology” (Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.). Their portfolio is comprised of 80 brands and more than ...

Background

Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Johannesburg, Netcare is one of the largest South Africa healthcare providers, operating through a wide chain of local hospitals and dental centers. Over the years of the operations the company grew in domestic market organically as well as through acquisition strategy, starting with the acquisition of Medicross, which allowed the organizations to an acquisition of 75 physical facilities, including medical and dental centers across South Africa. Ricard Friedland, the head of the organization faces several challenges with regards to the future direction of the organization and potential strategies with regards to the organizational ...

Introduction

Costa Coffee is a multinational coffee company, founded in 1971 and headquartered in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Founded by Costa family, the company started as a wholesale operation, working with specialist Italian Coffee shops. In 1995, the organization was acquired by Whitbread, who adopted very aggressive growth strategy, expanding the physical operation of Costa Coffee to over 2,800 shops across 30 countries. With over 1700 stores in the United Kingdom account for a major part of the total revenue of the company. Costa Coffee employs over 45,000 people and serves 25 million customers annually. Costa Coffee operations are complex, ...

Introduction

Good governance and capital structure play a crucial role in the maximization of corporate profitability, either through an increase in profit margin or a reduction in capital cost or both (Uwuigbe, 2014), and in effect shareholders’ wealth. Companies who are aware of these factors in their objectives of profit maximization eagerly put their good governance principles into corporate codes, which act as valuable reference points in their governance decisions. As such, sound corporate governance engenders investor confidence in terms of capital preservation and acceptable returns of investments (Okiro, Aduda, & Omoro, 2015; Agyei & Owusu, 2014; Heng, Azrbaijani, & San, 2012). With ...

Choosing a Product

The chosen product for the consumer market in South Africa is smartphones, which have a high demand in this consumer market based on the technological advancements experienced in different parts of the world. The selection of this product focuses on two aspects that would help towards defining success for the company involved in the export process. Firstly, the selection of product focused on the growing consumer markets for smartphones within the South African consumer market with the majority of these products coming in from Asian countries (Parker, 2014). Consequently, this means that providing consumers with quality smartphones would help ...

Logos, trademarks, and symbols fill the world stage and marketplace with a ubiquitous regularity in our digitalized age of modernity. The task herein attempts to create a convincingly realistic, and smart, email to a friend to help build their brand. The background highlights Starbucks – as the rubric for a mini-case, and thus exemplary of a great world-class model. The assumption is the advice is rendered from the perspective of a branding expert.

Hi Bob,

It is so exciting you’re going to move forward with starting your company! It’s my pleasure, as your dear friend to give you a few ...

Internal analysis of Enbridge Inc.

Introduction Enbridge Inc. a distribution and transportation of energy company operating in the United States and Canada. The company is divided into five segments to facilitate its operations and achieve its long-term corporate objectives. The sections include Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Sponsored Investments and Corporate and Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services (Finance.yahoo.com, 2016). The company operates a common carrier through the Liquids Pipelines segment by contrasting natural gas liquids, refined products, and crude oil pipelines as well as terminals. The Gas Distribution Segment is a natural gas utility serving industrial, commercial and residential customers in Quebec, New York, ...

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CHALLENGES THAT PANALPINA WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME AND THE CAPABILITIES THAT WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP TO MAINTAIN ITS LEADING POSITION AND THE RAPID PACE OF GROWTH

Background

Globalization and the unprecedented pace of internationalization of the businesses have had the tremendous effect on the activities of the modern corporations. Some of the major challenges which the companies face in the contemporary business environment include innovation and technology advancements. This document focuses on the analysis of the specific company, Panalpina, one of the biggest logistics companies, which proud itself in excellent supply chain solutions for the global ...

Introduction

In late 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed at a record low. Stock markets around the world nose-dived alongside the DJIA. Turbulence in the sub-prime segment of the US housing market, paralysis of the credit markets, excessive lay-offs in organizations, steep decline in investments etc. were all some of the indicators that the world was heading for a massive credit crunch. In the words of Mr. Strauss-Kahn, head of IMF, “Intensifying solvency concerns about a number of the largest U.S.-based and European financial institutions have pushed the global financial system to the brink of systemic meltdown” (BBC ...

Dominant approach

Robin Hood’s parade is at first doing a good job at maintaining order or, at least, providing for the needs of the poor and those who have decided to join his course. Robin Hood becomes a vigilante when the sheriff fails to provide safety for the people. His strategy involves hiding in the woods where the sheriff cannot trace him . He provides for those who are oppressed by robbing the rich and giving it to the poor. His goal is to cause unrest in the state so that the Sheriff can be discredited. Eventually, he recruits too many ...

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 ...

(Tutor’s Name) (Assignment)

While analyzing the financial performance of Apple in 2015 in comparison to 2014 fiscal period, it seems that the company has improved its overall financial position. According to the Annual Report 2015, in 2015 fiscal year, the organization achieved revenue of US$233.715 billion and operating income of US$71.230 billion. The company also attained a net income of US$53.394 million in the same financial period (Apple Annual Report 2015). In 2015, Apple’s current ratio is more than 1 (1.11) and it indicates that the organization’s current assets are adequate to pay ...