Firm Reputation and Horizontal Integration∗ Hongbin Cai† Ichiro Obara‡ March 14‚ 2008. Abstract We study effects of horizontal integration on firm reputation. In an environment where customers observe only imperfect signals about firms’ effort/quality choices‚ firms cannot maintain good reputation and earn quality premium forever. Even when firms choose high quality‚ there is always a possibility that a bad signal is observed. Thus‚ firms must give up their quality premium‚ at least temporarily
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OPERATING & FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY PROFITABILITY RATIOS * Gross Profit marging Gross ProfitSales×100% 2010/2011 2009/2010 = (171‚325‚029/435‚759‚776) *100 = (59‚257‚454/327‚593‚843)*100 = 39.3164% = 18.0887% * Profit Margin = NPBT * 100 Sales 2011/2012 2010/2011 = (41‚896‚089/ 435‚759‚776)
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Vertical Democracy and Western Democracy A new model of democracy has been evolving in the east over the past few years through shifts and evolution of ideologies in China. This model‚ dubbed Vertical Democracy by political analyst‚ offers an exception to the system of modern Western Democracy that was long accepted as the only functional democracy for developing countries to aspire to. Vertical Democracy differs from traditional western democracy in the fact that there is bi party periodic elections
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Liquidity Ratios: Current Ratio = Current Assets/Current Liabilities Efficiency Ratios Asset Turnover Ratio = Sales Revenue/ (Fixed Assets + Current Assets) Profitability Ratios Net Profit Margin = (Net Profit x 100) /Sales Revenue Return on Capital Employed = Net Profit (Operating Profit) x 100 (ROCE) Capital Employed Solvency Ratios Gearing Ratio = Total Liabilities/Shareholders Equity Investment Ratios Earnings per Share
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Horizontal Violence in Nursing Nader Ayyad Evidence Based Practice Chamberlain College of Nursing November 2015 Clinical Question Does horizontal violence in nursing affect the way nurses perform in their working environment? Horizontal violence has been described broadly as any unwanted abuse or hostility within the workplace (Horizontal Violence in Nursing). Horizontal violence in nursing is hostile‚ aggressive‚ and harmful behavior by a nurse or group of nurses toward a coworker or
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Ratio analysis Debt ratio Debt ratio (2006-2007) = Total liabilities / Total assets = 10‚170/12‚064 = 0.84 Debt ratio (2007-2008) = 9‚210/11‚769 = Debt ratio (2008-2009) = 10‚003/11‚229 = Debt ratio (2009-2010) = 11‚043/12‚537 = Current ratio Current ratio (2006-2007) = Current assets / Current liabilities = 3‚424/4‚790 = 0.71 Current ratio (2007-2008) = 2‚164/4‚498 = Current ratio (2008-2009) = 1‚326/5‚389 = Current ratio (2009-2010) = 2‚697/6‚085 = Return on sales (ROS) Return on Sales
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3 February 17‚ 2013 The article‚ “The Sharpe Ratio and the Information Ratio”‚ by Deborah Kidd is about the original risk-adjusted performance measure and they are Sharpe ratio and the Information Ratio. William Sharpe designed the first performance metric to insolate excess return per unit of total risk taken. The Sharpe ratio shows whether a portfolio ’s returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess risk. The Sharpe ratio measure dividends average portfolio excess return
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Vertical Integration in the Swiss Watch Making Industry: A Case Study of Rolex Most firms exist to maximize profits. In order to maximize profits‚ firms must either increase revenue by increasing demand or reduce cost by exploiting economies of scale and reaching the minimum efficient scale. The motivation towards cost reduction has given rise to large aggregate producers‚ firms who mass produce to sell to other firms in the market. In this report we will refer to these aggregators as “market firms”
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the profitability analysis‚ liquidity analysis‚ activity ratio‚ debt management ratio and market book ratio. We also calculated the ratio analysis of Confidence Cement Limited (CCL); we tried to compare between ACL and CCL. From our analysis we can say that the liquidity position‚ capital structure‚ profitability position and EPS (earning Per Share) of the Confidence Cement Limited is much better than the Aramit Cement Limited. From the perspective of some activity ratio analysis Aramit Cement Limited
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“I am vertical‚” begins Sylvia Plath‚ before she pivots and reveals her true feelings with the first line: “But I would rather be horizontal” (1). In her March 1961 poem “I am Vertical‚” Sylvia Plath sets up her own coordinate plane consisting of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis. The vertical axis stands for all things human‚ and in the eyes of Plath‚ the plight of her own humanity. The horizontal axis represents the plane of the natural world‚ and later‚ comes with the darker implication
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