THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE‚ MARKETING AND MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Ayse TANSEL CETIN Gebze Institute of Technology‚ TR ABSTRACT In today’s competitive environment‚ in order for a company to exist‚ it must continually improve its performance by reducing cost‚ improving quality and productivity‚ and easy access to market. Therefore‚ businesses have to know the factors which affect their performance and manage these factors effectively in order to survive and face an
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Centre for Economics and Finance . Published by Print Services‚ Rhodes University‚ P .O .Box 94‚ Grahamstown‚ South Africa A financial Ratio Analysis of Commercial Bank Performance in South Africa Mabwe Kumbirai2# and Robert Webb* Abstract This paper investigates the performance of South Africa’s commercial banking sector for the period 2005- 2009. Financial ratios are employed to measure the profitability‚ liquidity and credit quality performance of five large South African based commercial
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Financing Change PRIVATE EQUITY DEMYSTIFIED An explanatory guide John Gilligan and Mike Wright Financing Change An initiative from the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty This is the first report to be published under Financing Change‚ the thought leadership programme of the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty. The faculty is the world’s largest network of professionals involved in corporate finance and counts accountants‚ lawyers‚ bankers‚ other practitioners and people in business among its members
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Pius Achanga‚ Esam Shehab‚ Rajkumar Roy and Geoff Nelder Department of Enterprise Integration‚ School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science‚ Centre for Decision Engineering‚ Cranfield University‚ Cranfield‚ UK Abstract Purpose – The aim of this research paper is to present the critical factors that constitute a successful implementation of lean manufacturing within manufacturing SMEs. Design/methodology/approach – A combination of comprehensive literature review and visits to ten SMEs based in the
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LIQUIDITY Liquidity ratios are used to determine a company’s ability to meet its short-term debt obligations. Investors often take a close look at liquidity ratios when performing fundamental analysis on a firm. Since a company that is consistently having trouble meeting its short-term debt is at a higher risk of bankruptcy‚ liquidity ratios are a good measure of whether a company will be able to comfortably continue as a going concern. Working Capital Working capital is the amount by which the
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frustrations at times. Fortunately‚ these cases are the only “strictly financial” case studies … the only ones where number crunching is an end unto itself. However‚ basic financial analysis will always be an important part of our toolkit for making pricing decisions. The document which follows contains the “answers” to these two case study assignments: Ace Manufacturing and Healthy Spring Water. Despite the financial emphasis‚ they are similar to the previous cases insofar as they’re intentionally
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Ratio Analysis Memo Profitability: Asset turnover and Profit Margin What do the profitability ratios reveal about the financial position of the company? Which users may be interested in each type of ratio? What does the collected data reveal about the performance and position of the company? The profitability ratios measure a company’s operating success for a specific period of time. Most investors and bankers are going to be interested in the profitability of a company. The data for asset
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whether to accept a client. Which of these five are required by auditing standards and identify the applicable standards? 1. Obtain an understanding of the client ’s business and operations. Consideration should be given to reading available financial information regarding the prospective client such as annual reports‚ registration statements‚ Forms 10-K‚ other reports to regulatory agencies and income tax returns. 2. Inquire as to the general reputation of high ranking employees‚ influential
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Running Head: Riordan Human Resources Riordan Human Resources Learning Team B University of Phoenix BSA 502 May 22 2009 Riordan Human Resources Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc is an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding and employs 550 individuals throughout its plants in the USA and China. Its products include plastic beverage containers produced at its plant in Albany‚ Georgia‚ custom plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac‚ Michigan‚ and plastic fan parts
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Ratio | Industry benchmark ratio | Woolworths’ ratio | Brief Comment | Current Ratio | 1.2:1 | 0.80:1 | The current ratio ofWoolworth is considerablybelow industry average themovement from it is 33.33% (1.2-0.8)/1.2*100) Which is not really good for business | Liquid ratio | 0.7:1 | 0.34:1 | The Liquid ratio of Woolworth is considerably below industry average. The movement is 51.43 %. It is showed that the business may have problem in paying their debt.(0.7-0.34/0.7*100) | Gross Profit ratio
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