MBA 640 Instructor: Prof. Micheal Ulinski Jialing Zhu(U00955164) 12/11/2012 Table of Content Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Investors Relations Website Evaluation …………………………………………………… 3 Evaluation of Contents of Annual Report ………………………………………………… 5 Financial Statement Analyses ……………………………………………………………… 6 Working Capital ………………………………………………………………………… 7 Current Ratio …………………………………………………………………………… 7 Current Cash Debt Coverage Ratio …………………………………………………… 8 Inventory
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Wolters Kluwer NV Information Wolters Kluwer enables legal‚ tax‚ finance‚ and healthcare professionals to be more effective and efficient. We provide information‚ software‚ and services that deliver vital insights‚ intelligent tools‚ and the guidance of subject-matter experts. We create value by combining information‚ deep expertise‚ and technology to provide customers with solutions that improve their quality and effectiveness. Professionals turn to us when they need actionable information
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Executive summary: Peterson Carton Services‚ one of the top 30 carton product manufacturers in UK‚ is facing losses despite increase in sales growth and manufacturing activities. The management team is on pressure to show the board members on how they are going to meet the annual budgeted profit with continuous losses in the first two months of the year. On one hand the fragmented carton industry is becoming highly competitive which has resulted in a price war and on the other hand the company is
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COLA WARS : COKE AND PEPSI IN THE 21ST CENTURY” INTRODUCTION "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the 21st Century” explains the economics of the soft drink industry and its relation with profits‚ taking into account all stages of the value chain of the soft drink industry. By focusing on the war between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo as market leaders in this industry – with a 90% market share in carbonated beverages – the study analyses the different stages of the value chain (concentrate producers
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THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR A BOOK OF PRACTICAL COUNSEL REVISED EDITION B E NJAM I N G RAHAM Updated with New Commentary by Jason Zweig An e-book excerpt from To E.M.G. Through chances various‚ through all vicissitudes‚ we make our way. . . . Aeneid Contents Epigraph Preface to the Fourth Edition‚ by Warren E. Buffett A Note About Benjamin Graham‚ by Jason Zweig Introduction: What This Book Expects to Accomplish COMMENTARY ON THE INTRODUCTION iii viii x 1 12 18 35 47
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Sony Corporation Strategic Analysis Executive Summary Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate consisting of a number of business units (consumer electronics‚ gaming‚ movie production‚ music and financial services) making it one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. However‚ the start of the 21st Century has been a difficult period for Sony resulting in a decline in operating profits and share prices. A SWOT and PEST analysis indicates that economic
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Monster Beverage Corporation was established in 1990 in Delaware and at that time it was branded as the Hansen’s Juices‚ Incorporation but it changed its company name to the Monster Beverage Corporation in 2012.It is headquartered in the Corona which is in California‚ it is holding company in status and that’s conduct no operational business excepting through its subsidiaries that are consolidated. Monster is the largest energy drink corporation of US and it is a public limited company and it is
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COMPANY BACKGROUND BR is a global chain of ice cream parlors founded in Glendale‚ California by Burton Baskin and Irvine Robbins‚ ice cream enthusiast brothers-in-law‚ whose passion inspired what is now the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops. What was once a selection of 31 flavors—Baskin-Robbins "31®" stands for a different ice cream flavor for each day of the month—has grown to more than 1‚000 in its flavor library. "We sell fun‚ not ice cream." Today‚ Baskin-Robbins is the world’s
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Business Descriptions In 1993‚ Brown launched Small World Music in Nashville‚ Tennessee with husband Gary West and then went on to create Compass Records in 1995. Compass records is a small‚ independent artist-run company that established their niche in musical genres such as folk‚ roots‚ and celtic. In the context of the 2-billion dollar music recording industry‚ Compass Records has low market share in comparison to the multi-national corporations dominating the business. Brown was formally an
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Louis Vuitton’s History and Growth: a) The Designer Louis Vuitton’s History: The designer Louis Vuitton was born with the name Louis Vuitton Malletier‚ and he was born in France in a country called Jura in 1821. He started working in France as a young adult‚ and he became a fashion designer by accident. He was from a working class family‚ as his father Xavier Vuitton was a farmer‚ and his mother was a milliner. Louis Vuitton used to walk 250 miles from his hometown to Paris‚ as he carried different
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