many small firms‚ which sells homogeneous product‚ easy entry and exit‚ and perfect knowledge of market. In the long run‚ perfect competitive firms only earn normal profit. This is due to the easy entry and exit of firms into the market. Easy entry is mean that a new firm can easily enter the market if it established supernormal profit in the short run‚ new firms enter the industry and this increase the supply of the product. As result‚ the price falls and reduces the profit. New firms will continue
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1. What are the strategic capabilities of IKEA? From the VIRO table (appendix 1) IKEA’s strategic capabilities are grouped into the following categories - Brand/quality reputation Financial strength Production capacity. Brand/Quality reputation IKEA operates (in 2002) 154 stores in 22 countries and serviced 286 million customers. With a 14% share of the market (in America)‚ there is huge opportunity for growth via a continued marketing campaign to leverage off its brand‚ differentiating
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accounting profit figure is simply a measure of the true profit of an organisation.” Discuss. In order to assess whether the accounting profit is a measure of the true profit it must first be shown that there is such a thing as true profit. If we decide there is‚ we then need to know what it is exactly‚ in order to assess the extent to which the accounting profit reflects this true profit figure. Before studying this module I believed that the true profit was essentially the accounting profit calculated
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Non Profit Business Plan Legal Page Confidentiality Agreement The undersigned reader acknowledges that the information provided by _________________________ in this business plan is confidential; therefore‚ reader agrees not to disclose it without the express written permission of _________________________. It is acknowledged by reader that information to be furnished in this business plan is in all respects confidential in nature‚ other than information which is in the public domain
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How a bank makes profit-an interesting primer by vinayak date. ‘Trust’ bank has opened 10 branches and has become operational on 1/4/2009.on 31/3/2010 it has total deposits of rs 1000 crores. Equity capital of rs. 100 crores divided in 10 crore shares of rs. 10 each. Given this basic data let us try working out basic parameters of banks business ‚ with certain assumptions‚ to keep things simple. Cost of funds----- Analysis of Deposit mix-4o% casa deposits. Of which 25%savings deposits
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Board (FASB) an N.P.O(Non Profit Organization) is defined in terms of their characteristics that distinguishes them from a business entity as a contribution of significant amount of resources from resources providers who do not expect commensurate or proportionate pecuniary returns‚ operating purposely other than to provide goods or services at a profit and absence of ownership interest like business enterprises. Non-profit organizations (NPO) do
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The Service-Profit Chain Today by by James L. Heskett‚ W. Earl Sasser‚ Joseph Wheeler Relevance Today The service-profit chain (SPC) is as relevant today as it was when we wrote about it in “Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work‚” in the March 1994 issue of Harvard Business Review. In fact‚ three of the co-authors of that article have since left the academy to apply SPC principles in the business world. Company Examples Highly successful companies like Bouygues Telecom in France (now
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number of complaints from students who attended or had attended for- profit schools. This has led to federal agencies taking notice of certain problems in the for-profit educational services (Staples‚ 2014). For-profit schools are drawing intense scrutiny for recruiting aggressively‚ having high prices‚ low graduation rates‚ and having its student borrow heavily while having poor job prospects (Perez-Pena‚ 2014). Several for-profit educational services are under investigation including Corinthian
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Times). This small percentage is partially due to astronomical tuition rates. Over the last thirty years‚ college tuition rates have risen by 146 percent for private four-year institutions and 150 percent for public four-year institutions. The average cost of tuition for the 2014-2015 school year was $9‚139 for in-state residents at public four-year institutions‚ $32‚231 at private
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ENGL 1101 Why Companies Profits Declined Since the beginning of the last recession United States companies profits have declined drastically. Small local businesses were hurting because of the recession. Record shows “The boom in American corporate profits‚ which has far outpaced the gains in the broader economy since the end of the last recession‚ is faltering” (Schwartz). Even companies worldwide whose majorities of its customers were Americans suffered a loss. Europe economy has taken a down
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