1. What do you expect to drive a company’s price-to-book equity and price-to-earnings multiples? PE ratio is expected to be affected by various factors include company earnings‚ payout ratio‚ growth rate and cost of equity. From the dividend discount model we know that P0=EPS0×Payout ratio×(1+gn)r-gn ‚ thus P0EPS0=PE ratio=Payout ratio×(1+gn)r-gn. Thus we see that the PE ratio is an increasing function of the payout ratio and the growth rate and a decreasing function of the riskiness of the firm
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for which it is required. Also most of the companies which buy this kind of product are a part of a Multi-million dollar group & the have a spread of industries in various geographical locations around the globe. Bargaining Power of the Buyer:- Bargaining power of the buyer is very high because of the fact that the groups that setup these petrochemical refineries can be counted on fingers & there are large No. of Crane manufacturing companies that willing to supply these cranes to these
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never heard of Baxter Black‚ he might be thought of as a Western-style renaissance man… turned author‚ speaker‚ poet‚ comedian and media personality”. In 1982‚ he started his way into rhyming and introducing his ideas through poetry. In 1985‚ when Black found an interest for cowboy poetry he went to his first cowboy poetry gathering and ever since then he has been writing and reciting his poems
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How should a company account for the legal costs of formation? Should the accounting treatment be the same as that for underwritten and other share issue costs? Generally it is recorded as the asset but as it does not have any economic future benefits to the company and it occurs only once so it should be treated as intangible assets. Under paragraph 69 of AASB 138‚ intangible assets does not allow the initial cost to be treated as an asset which needs to be treated as an expense and should be
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Research on Employee Motivation in an Electronic Manufacturing Service (EMS) Company ABSTRACT Employee’s motivation is an essential variable in our rapid changing workplace because motivation is prove to help in increasing the commitment‚ productivity‚ effectiveness and efficiency of the employee. To be effective‚ manager need to understand what motivates within the context of the roles they
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could not be ignored. Now that 3M was publicly traded‚ investment bankers took to recommending it as a buy‚ business magazines sent reporters to write about it‚ and other companies tried to figure out how 3M continued to excel. McKnight’s immediate successor as president‚ Richard Carlton‚ encapsulated the company’s special path to prosperity with the phrase: "we’ll make any damn thing we can make money on." Yet the 3M method involved a great deal more than simply making and selling. Its metier had
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THE APPLICATION OF VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES: A SURVEY OF QUOTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA BY AZUBUIKE VERA M.U. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA e- mail _ veraiswaiting4u@yahoo.com ABSTRACT The United Nations International Trade Laws (The UNCITRAL Model) which replaced the old law of trade and tariff‚ emphasizes high quality goods‚ works and services‚ economy and efficiency‚ in order words‚ value for money. The aim of the paper is to
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Chapter 2 Selected Solutions Job-Order Costing for Manufacturing and Service Companies P2. [LO 3]. a. Terra Cotta Designs Schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured For the Year Ended December 31‚ 2011 Beginning balance in work in process $ 600‚000 Add current manufacturing costs: Direct material: Beginning balance $ 400‚000 Purchases 1‚000‚000 Ending balance (200‚000) $1‚200‚000 Direct labor 2‚100‚000 Manufacturing Overhead 600‚000 3‚900‚000 Total 4‚500
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Broadening Your Prospective 17-2 Michael Orcutt ACC/561 4 September 2015 Mr. Joe Primiano Broadening Your Perspective 17-2 The Ideal Manufacturing Company wants to be able to track its costs and keep their cost at correct levels. The example provided in the “Broadening Your Perspective” exercise provides the tools to do just that‚ keep Ideal Manufacturing Companies costs at correct levels. Activity based costing is defined as “An activity based costing (ABC) system recognizes the relationship between
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term decisions --Make or buy decision analysis Introduction A main meaning of management accounting information is considered to support decision making for business organisations‚ for a foremost principle of rational decisions is the maximisation of financial benefits (Drury‚ 2009). This report will discuss the management accounting information and techniques used in short-term decision-making. Make or buy decision will be put forward in this report as one of typical short-term decision-making
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