ASA University Review‚ Vol. 5 No. 1‚ January–June‚ 2011 Small and Medium Enterprises Development in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects A.K.M. Helal uz Zaman* Md. Jahirul Islam** Abstract Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are playing increasingly important role as engines of economic growth in many countries including ours. SMEs provide low cost employment opportunities and render flexibility to the economy. Many of the SMEs are engaged in export activities suggesting that they are
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Company History Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd. is a family-owned general merchandiser in the UK founded by J.K.Wilkinson in 1930. From its humble beginning as a small hardware shop in Leicester‚ the company has grown into one of the leading retailers in the UK with £2 billion turnover‚ 22‚000-employees‚ and about 350 stores across England‚ Wales and Scotland. The company’s growth over the years has been driven by the simple philosophy of selling quality goods at discount prices‚ and putting
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Task 1 ( Criteria 1.1 1.2 1.3 ) 1.1 Select a small business enterprise which is a private firm or a published-listed company based in Singapore‚ china or other countries. You are required to access to the following information and describe and present the business profile of the selected company‚ based on the following items A brief history of the business Based in the PRC‚ China Animal Healthcare Ltd. is principally engaged in the business of manufacturing‚ sale and distribution of animal
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SLIDE 1: Recommendation In order for Shuzworld store to sit in their prime target markets‚ it is important to carry out careful analyses on the three options; 1. leasing an existing box store on Route 20 the stand alone option 2. store in the Auburn Mall or do nothing 3. prepare for the best time to enter into the market Notes: The most advisable option to go for is the stand alone store since it will have a very significant profit potential in case of favorable market conditions making a profit
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Question 1 (1 mark) The methods that a firm can use to evaluate a potential investment: 1) ‘Discounting’ Methods: Net Present Value (NPV): the present value of the future after-tax cash flow minus the investment outlay made initially. The decision rule for the NPV as follows: invest if NPV> 0‚ do not invest if NPV< 0 Internal Rate of Return (IRR): calculates the interest rate that equates the present value of the future after-tax cash flows equal that investment outlay;
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Evaluating two successful stores and two unsuccessful stores The retail industry is extremely competitive particularly during the current economic conditions when customers have limited spending power (Bloomberg‚ 2009). Therefore‚ it is crucial that the business owner assess all of the factors which determine the profitability of a store. Since the financial figures are unavailable for all of the different outlets‚ the success of the store will be assessed using the same physical factors which
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Competitive strategies: Global vs. local © Professor Daniel F. Spulber Global competitive strategies The G5 Platform strategy Network Strategy Intermediary strategy Entrepreneur strategy Investment strategy 2 Global competitive strategies • Home‚ supplier‚ partner‚ and customer countries of competitors – differences as sources of competitive advantage • Differences in global value connection • Differences in products‚ brand‚ technology • Differences in impacts of political‚ legal and
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necessary‚ the system sends a message to the master production schedule to increase production. Also‚ the inventory monitoring system slows down production when a product’s retail sales levels don’t meet the sales forecast and the company overproduces the product. LOCAL LITERATURE Evercom Auto Supply is working under manual method which sometimes causes customer dissatisfaction because of the slow process on how they transact to their customers and the occurrence of some errors that are not expected
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SWOT analysis of Dunnes Stores In this part of project I will try to analyse Dunnes Stores using very useful tool in business environment called SWOT analysis. Abbreviation SWOT stands for Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threads. It analyse internal factors of business‚ the Strengths and Weaknesses as well as external factors which are Opportunities and Threads. It is one of most popular technics used for gathering and comparing information‚ it used as universal tool for the first stage
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Auditing Theory 1. A control which relates to all parts of the EDP system is called a(n) a. Systems control c. Applications control b. General control d. Universal control 2. Which of the following is not an output control? a. Proper authorization of transaction b. Control totals c. Check digits d. Adequate documents 3. Should the auditor feel‚ after obtaining an understanding of the EDP internal control structure‚ that
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