Have you ever wondered how industries are determined oligopolies or monopolies? In this paper I will discuss how concentration ratios are used to determine total market shares within four specific industries. I will also discuss the levels of competition within those industries and how oligopolies can benefit society. Case‚ Fare‚ and Oster defines concentration ratio as the share of industry output in sales or employment accounted for by the top firms (2009). They are used to measure
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Summary of Forecasting Profitability and Earnings In the competitive environment‚ there is a strong prediction in economic theory that profitability is mean reversion both within and across industries. For instance‚ under competition‚ firms will leave relatively profitless industries and turn into relatively high profitable industries. Some companies introduce new products and technologies that bring more profitability for an entrepreneur. Otherwise‚ the expectation of failure which makes companies
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Earnings Management and Its Implications Educating the Accounting Profession By Michael D. Akers‚ Don E. Giacomino‚ and Jodi L. Bellovary August 2007 Issue AUGUST 2007 - In the wake of continuing‚ highly publicized E-mail Story financial frauds and failures‚ the accounting profession has placed renewed emphasis on issues related to earnings Print Story management and earnings quality. The SEC and the public are demanding greater assurance about the quality of earnings. Staff Accounting Bulletin
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information gathered in “The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings‚” there are five generalizations in how to manage short term earnings. They are how managers manipulate records to benefit themselves or the company. It seems that there is no true uniformity in short term earnings and each felt that rules could be bent by manipulating operating procedures‚ accounting methods‚ deferring expenditures‚ budget target‚ or by changing the short term earnings in sales and expense was justifiable. Although
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FINANCIAL RATIOS LIQUIDITY RATIOS Current Ratio: = current assets / current liabilities ▪ The higher the ratio‚ the greater the "cushion" between current obligations and a firm ’s ability to meet them. ▪ Use: An indication of a company ’s ability to meet short-term debt obligations; the higher the ratio‚ the more liquid the company is. Current ratio is equal to current assets divided by current liabilities. If the current assets of a company are more than twice the current liabilities
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Kumar published a book in 1991 “Analysis of financial statement of Indian Industries” The study covered the 17 private sector‚ 5 state owned public sector and 1 central public sector companies. He studied analysis of activities‚ assessment of profitability‚ return on capital investment‚ analysis of financial structure‚ analysis of fixed assets and working capital. In his research he revealed various problems of industries and suggested remedies for the problems. He also suggested for the improvement
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original selling price of the shares‚ net of the par value Retained earnings – cumulative total of the earnings that a firm has reinvested since its inception Treasury stock – common shares that were issued and later reacquired by the firm 2. Income statement Common-size income statement – income statement which all entries are expressed as a percentage of sales Earnings available for common stockholders – net income net of preferred stock dividends Earnings per share (EPS) – earnings available
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business prospective of growing industry and a high-ranking brand. As one of the hottest brand in America‚ the Hot Doughnut concept‚ it was a new popular and innovation idea brought the company performance to the top of the hills. However‚ the company management had faced with some failure and problem in their financial status and fundamentals. It leads to the stock price and the expectation plummeted. Consequently‚ the business was languished in the Doughnuts industry. In this case study‚ our main
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DECLARATION I here by declare that this project entitled “ A STUDY REPORTON RATIO ANALYSIS IN BHARAT HEAVY PLATES AND VESSELS OF VISAKHAPATNAM ” submitted me to the Dr. LankapaliBullayya Degree and P.G College ( Affiliated to Andhra University ) Visakhapatnam is a bonafied work carried on by me is original and not submitted to any other University or Institution for the award of any degree certificate or published any time before
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multiple regression analysis on the information gather by Zagat’s Restaurant Rating in New York City and Long Island to determine and predict the value of price based on the following factors: restaurant décor‚ service‚ location and food. Multiple models will be tested to determine which independent variables have the strongest relationship with price. After analyzing multiple models and determining the most significant model‚ this information will be passed on to restaurant owners to help their restaurants
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