Introduction to IB Tutorial 1 exercise questions Questions: 1. What is a firm specific advantage? An unique strength a firm has that distinguishes him from his rivals‚ and creates a competitive advantage. 2. What is Honda’s FSA? Honda has a very wide range of motorized machines‚ its assortment covers a large group of consumers. 3. What basic but important distinction does Verbeke make? Non-location-bound FSAs versus Location bound FSAs. 4. Why are some FSAs location bound? These FSAs
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS OF NEW FIRMS Alicia M. Robb David T. Robinson Working Paper 16272 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16272 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 August 2010 The authors are grateful to the Kauffman Foundation for generous financial support. Malcolm Baker‚ Thomas Hellmann‚ Antoinette Schoar‚ Ivo Welch‚ and seminar participants at the Kauffman/Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Entrepreneurial Finance
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made to the order and specifications of the customer. It has two production departments‚ stamping and plating‚ and two service departments‚ power and maintenance. In any production department‚ the job in process is wholly completed before the next job is started. The company operates on a fiscal year‚ which ends September 30. Following is the post-closing trial balance as of September 30: [pic] .:. Additional information: 1. The balance of the materials account represents the following: [pic]
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diet and flavor in public‚ the company has experienced tremendous growth and is in constant need of funds. Debra Peterson‚ the CEO of the company‚ is evaluating different options to raise the funds required to invest in accounts receivable‚ inventory and fixed assets. Need for funds became more critical when the chief supplier of funds to the company‚ the Bank‚ asked the company to decrease the debt to asset ratio so that it remains less than 55 % by the next year to continue availing the loan from the
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FMCG firms in a fix over pricing strategy | | | | Some relief is on the way for fast-moving consumer goods( FMCG) companies‚ with prices of crude oil‚ wheat‚ milk and palm oil either on the decline or stabilising. Even as flexible packaging prices — which had become a new headache for FMCG companies — may come down on the back of stable crude oil prices‚ the verdict on production costs is still unclear. While palm oil prices have crashed by almost 40 per cent‚ wheat and milk rates are
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The Cost of Capital in Multinational Firms Monique N. Mixon University of Maryland University College FIN 630‚ 04 November 2012 Turnitin.com=_________ ABSTRACT This paper examines the cost of capital for multinational firms and determines that the multinational firm should use the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to evaluate international and domestic investment decisions and to magistrate the enactment of subsidiaries domestically and internationally. This paper also discusses
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Profit and loss accounts and balance sheet By law companies are expected to produce financial statements each year. These statements appear in Company Reports. There are two main financial statements: 1. The profit and loss account‚ and 2. The balance sheet. 1.The profit and loss (P&L) account. This account can be updated regularly and shows how much profit or loss a business is making. A profit can be made in several ways‚ for example: * from trading‚ in the case of a High Street shop
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1. Discuss the typical risks faced by a firm. 2. In a market economy‚ the price system facilitates allocation of resources. Discuss how a manager may contribute to the profit maximization goal of a firm by studying managerial economics. Typical risks faced by a firm. According to Keat & Young (2009)‚ the typical risks faced by a firm would be: 1. Changes in demand and supply condition 2. Technological changes and effects of competition 3. Changes in interest rates and inflation rates 4.
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Case Study 1 Cemex: A DIGITAL FIRM IN THE MAKING 1. How did digital technology transform the way Cemex ran its business? In previous years when Cemex began‚ the business’ operations ran without the use of digital technology‚ they used telephones as a communication medium between customers and employees. However‚ this proved to be futile because it was very time consuming and costly to Cemex. Phone lines were jammed as customers‚ truckers and dispatchers tried to get orders
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Accounting Basics f or S t u d e n t s Ba sic a ccou nting le ss ons an d qu es tio ns fo r high s cho ol a nd c ollege s tude nts By Michael Celender Accounting Basics for Students Copyright © 2010 Michael Celender. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ including but not limited to digital copying and printing‚ without the express written permission of the author. The author‚ Michael Celender‚ has made his best effort
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