Finance Seminar Homework #1 Capital Structure Shyam-Sunder and Myers‚ “Testing Static Tradeoff Against Pecking Order Models of Capital Structure”‚ JFE 1999 1. What is the main research question of the paper? The theory of capital structure has been dominated by the search for optimal capital structure. It predicts reversion of the actual debt ratio towards a target or optimum‚ and it predicts a cross-sectional relation between average debt ratios and asset risk‚ profitability‚ tax status and asset
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Background and Business Strategy Section Major firms of the world pharmaceutical industry Pharmaceutical industry is characterized by high level of concentration. There are about dozen of multinational companies that dominate in industry. Most of companies are not widely diversified and more than 50% of revenues come from sales of pharmaceutical products. There are few companies in industry that have other large sources of income‚ for example Johnson & Johnson. The pharmaceutical
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Internal and Industry Analysis 7 3.1 Porter’s six forces analysis 7 3.2 Financial position 8 3.3 Product position 9 3.4 Pipeline developments 11 3.5 R&D analysis
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Pharmaceuticals (Prescription pharmaceuticals and vaccines)‚ and Consumer Healthcare. STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNIT – PHARMACEUTICALS MANUFACTURING AND MARKETING STRATEGIC GROUP FOR THE SBU – CONTRACT MANUFACTURING Company Information & Market Analysis GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE:GSK)‚ formed through the merger of British drug makers Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham in December 2000‚ ranks as the world’s second largest pharmaceutical company. GSK group engaged in the creation‚ discovery‚ development
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An Economy and Industry Analysis Focus Industry: Pharmaceutical Industry Focus Company: Pfizer‚ Inc. (PFE - NYSE) Pharmaceutical Industry Classification The pharmaceutical industry seems to be an intermingling of growth and expansion stage. This is mainly due to the fact that there are so much research and development (R&D) work being conducted in the industry‚ creating growth in the industry. At the same time‚ various players in this industry have started to acquire or merge with their respective
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3. Sanofi Business Environment 4 3.1. Political Factors 4 3.2. Economic Factors 5 3.3. Social Factors 7 3.4. Technological Factors 7 3.5. Environmental Factors 8 3.6. Legal Factors……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 4. SWOT ANALYSIS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9 5.Strategy 9 6. Recommendations 9 7. References 10 Executive summary To conceive a business we must first of all understand its environment which depends on factors that are used in the PESTEL
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exceeded GM total sales (Theguardian Inc‚ 2011). The aims of this paper is to analyze how Toyota keeps its sustainable competitive advantages by applying different strategies and try to find out what potential threats behind its brilliant success. The analysis is based on the Dunning’s Eclectic (OLI) paradigm‚ which including three specific perspectives of ownership‚ internalization and locational advantages. 2. Ownership advantages 2.1 Toyota Production System (TPS) and Just-In-Time (JIT) management
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1. Accounting Analysis Assess the degree to which the firm’s accounting reflects the underlying business reality. Identify accounting distortions and evaluate their impact on profits and the sustainability of profits. Financial statements are used to determine the business activities of a firm and the role of accounting analysis is to determine the accuracy and quality of the information provided. This analysis would look into the degree of its accounting figures captures its business reality through
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Balance Sheet The biggest change in Abbott’s balance sheet can be seen in the composition of its asset accounts. In 2006‚ % of the firm’s assets were current‚ while 69% were of the long-term variety. In 2010‚ however‚ the portion of current assets increased by 7%. This increase in current assets is most visible in cash and short-term investments (4% in 2006 to 9% in 2010) and corresponds with a higher level of uncertainty in today’s economy. The fact that Abbott Laboratories has chosen to increase
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL David Jones Limited Date: 16th October‚ 2009 Dear Users‚ It is honor to transmit to you the Financial Statements Analysis Report of David Jones Ltd for Fiscal Years from 2004 to 2008. This financial analysis report bases on analyzing the historical data of David Jones Ltd. financial reports from FY04 to FY08. The purpose of this report is presenting the existing financial conditions and performance of David Jones Ltd. and forecasting the foreground of this company
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