University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive) Faculty of Business 2004 An example of the use of financial ratio analysis: the case of Motorola H. W. Collier University of Wollongong‚ collier@uow.edu.au T. Grai Oakland University‚ USA S. Haslitt Oakland University‚ USA C. B. McGowan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia‚ cbmcgowan@nsu.edu Publication Details This article was originally published as Collier‚ H‚ Grai‚ T‚ Haslitt‚ S and McGowan
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DuPont Analysis: Playing The Numbers Game! The summary of this case is that a newly joined CFO of a company‚ Plastichem Inc.‚ was able to turn the company’s unfortunate situation around when he first arrived. Yet‚ five years later‚ Plastichem has gone through some difficult times including their stock price/ratings severely dropping with no understanding as to why. The case ends with the CFO attempting to figure out what went wrong with the numbers he was given. To determine the liquidity
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Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Green Solvent Gregory Absillis June 2009 The majority of chemical processes in chemical synthesis are carried out in solution and organic solvents usually are the first choice. To satisfy this demand‚ 15 billion kilograms of organic are produced worldwide each year. [1] These solvents often bear considerable risk due to their toxicity‚ flammability or environmental hazards. Furthermore‚ they have to be separated from the products and recycled or disposed at
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relatively mature markets for COPEs and are expected to grow at a sluggish rate over the forecast period. • Some of the major companies operating in the global COPEs market include Bayer Ag‚ BASF‚ China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation‚ Dow Chemicals‚ DuPont‚ Huntsman Corporation‚ LG Chem Ltd.‚ Lubrizol‚ Mitsubishi
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governance? Do you think businesses became more ethical after Sarbanes-Oxley was passed? Provide examples to support your answer. • What ratios measure a corporation’s liquidity? What are some problems associated with using such ratios? How would the DuPont analysis overcome these problems? Week Two Discussion Questions • How do you define strategic planning? What are some differences between strategic and financial planning? What financial problems might an organization encounter when implementing
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needs of both the customer as well as the seller is taken care of. Trust and commitment are the key factors in such a relationship and they exists when one party has complete confidence in the other partner’s integrity and ability. Eg: IBM/GE/Intel/ DuPont- Sucralose‚ etc. In case of high tech IT products‚ collaborative relationship can be very beneficial. It focuses on joint problem solving and resource sharing. Value drivers in Collaborative exchange: Value creation through core offerings- direct
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A REPORT ON THE SIX SIGMA WAY BY RITURAJ ROY ADITYA GOYAL FOR PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL (ME C412) 2009A4PS333P 2009A4PS292P (BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE‚ PILANI) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Any accomplishment requires the effort of many people and this work is no different. I would like to acknowledge each and every one whose efforts were indispensible through this medium. I am grateful to everyone who has taken great pains to make this project report a success. I thank‚ the
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Climate change is potentially one of the biggest issues that firms are going to face in the near future. How is it going to impact business? Which industries are likely to be affected and how? Give examples. Climate change is one of the most significant emerging risks facing the world today‚ presenting tremendous challenges to the environment‚ to the world economy and to businesses. The business risks from climate change include possible future greenhouse gas regulations and emissions trading systems
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Immelt took over his boss’s job as head of Plastics Americas‚ with complete responsibility for roughly half of the Plastics business – and a direct report to Rogers as he was also move to Plastics. The competition is very fierce in plastics from Dow – Dupont and Bayer. At such hard time‚ Immelt performance‚ how he respond‚ was monitored by Jack Welch – GE CEO. In 1997‚ Jeff Immelt was appointed to run GE Medical Systems (GEMS). At that time‚ GEMS management was focusing on cost cutting in response
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The report "Protective Clothing Market by Application (Thermal‚ Chemical‚ Mechanical‚ Biological/Radiation‚ Visibility)‚ End-Use Industry (Oil & Gas‚ Construction‚ Health Care‚ Mining‚ Military‚ Firefighting)‚ and Material - Global Trends & Forecast To 2018"‚ defines and segments the protective clothing market with an analysis and forecasting of the protective clothing market revenues. The protective clothing market revenues will grow to $8 billion by 2018‚ with a CAGR of 6.0% from 2013 to 2018.
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