A business metric is also known as a financial ratio or performance indicator. Financial ratios lift the veil on a firm’s operating prowess‚ telling investors how the company navigates the doldrums of a bad company. There are four common types of performance indicators in modern-day financial analysis: Liquidity‚ Efficiency‚ Profitability‚ and Safety. Liquidity Ratios Working Capital Formula: Total Current Assets – Total Current Liabilities The working capital metric is a measure of both a
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Question 1 No‚ I did not believe that Merck acted in a socially responsible and ethical manner with regard to Vioxx. Vioxx is a prescription medicine used to relieve signs and symptoms of arthritis‚ acute pain in adults and painful menstrual cycle and Merck was one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical firms. Corporate social responsibility means that a corporation should act in a way that enhances society and its inhabitants and be held accountable for any of its actions that affect people‚ their
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considered useful by upper management will be different than what an investor consider useful. Senior management will be concerned with the ratio like return on total assets because they want to know how the company is fairing overall and whether they will be able to meet the debt holders liability and shareholders expectation. An investor will be more concerned with ratios like return on equity because they just want to know how whether they will be able to make profit on their investment. Senoir
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4). Explain how subsidies are used by governments and give an example. Subsidies are used by governments for many different things. A subsidy is when the government gives a person or business money to help them. For example‚ the WIC program is a subsidy used by the government. The WIC program provides mothers with formula and other essentials for their babies. They will help provide for the children up until the age of five. This is a great help to low income mothers. Since formula is very expensive
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How to be successful Business Manager Introduction Everyone desired to success. In the business field‚ becoming a successful manager is what the majority long for . No body changes into a well-rounded manager overnight. Learning is necessary for everyone during this process. “People learn to manage by managing under guidance of a good manager”----Michael Armstrong. Experiences can undoubtedly be an excellent tutor for success‚ but having a good guide can further allow one to make use of his
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Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market The Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market is a very interesting article. The following are my findings. From the article‚ I know that real investors and markets are too complicated to be stated by a few biases. The top down approach to behavioral finance focuses on the measurement of reduced form‚ aggregate sentiment and traces its effects to stock returns. In particular‚ stocks of low capitalization‚ younger‚ unprofitable‚ high volatility‚ non-dividend
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M. Frans DJIKSTRA Business Manager at OLVEA Fish and Oil. M. Frans DJIKSTRA works as Business Manager at OLVEA Fish and Oil. OLVEA Fish and Oil is a family company belonging to the SIRH Group that has been founded many years ago by Marc Daudruy. The headquarter and the factory are both located in Saint-Léonard close to Fécamp(76). The company manufactures many different kind of oils‚ gather in two mains categories: Fish oils and Vegetable oils. Fish oils are used for animal feed‚ oil concentration
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the UK’s market leader in quality clothes retailing up until mid 1990s‚ however more recently‚ the company has suffered consecutive falls in clothes and food sales over the last twelve quarters. Whilst it still holds a respectable 11% of the market share there are concerns that this percentage will continue to shrink as competition increases from other clothes and lifestyle retailers. M&S’s challenge is to regain its growth it was once renowned for. M&S growth strategies through market penetration
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Summary Investor behavior analysis is a study made on the demographics and psychographics of the investor considering the parameters like age‚ gender and income groups and also some psychological parameters that will attract the investor towards that particular investment. This analysis describes why an investor will opt a particular investment and the motive behind the investment and other objectives of investment. Investment markets are becoming more risky and each and every passing day makes
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Quyen Class: A4 – LT6B Number: 24 Essay: Importance of financial statements to managers‚ investors and creditors Financial statements are important reports. They show how a business is doing and are very useful internally for a company’s stockholders and to its board of directors‚ its managers and some employees‚ including labor unions. Externally‚ they are important to prospective investors‚ to government agencies responsible for taxing and regulating‚ to lenders such as banks and credit
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