concentration ratios are used to determine total market shares within four specific industries. I will also discuss the levels of competition within those industries and how oligopolies can benefit society. Case‚ Fare‚ and Oster defines concentration ratio as the share of industry output in sales or employment accounted for by the top firms (2009). They are used to measure the total output produced by a certain number of firms within an industry. Four-firm concentration ratios are used
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Internal Analysis: Distinctive Competencies‚ Competitive Advantage and Profitability Posted on November 8‚ 2010 by Domingo Salazar‚ MBA The Roots of Competitive Advantage The Internal analysis is concerned with the identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the company. The main implications on the read material about strategy formulation are as follows: Starting on distinctive competencies‚ we can differentiate its products from its rivals‚ in order to determine our/them strengths‚ including
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“Liquidity and Profitability: An Empirical Analysis of Cement Industry of Pakistan” BY: ADNAN AHMED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT All prays to Allah Almighty who is the most beneficiate and the most merciful who is master of the day of “Decisions” and million times “Droods” and “Salams” to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) whose life is role model for us and for all. I am very thankful to my teachers‚ I under their kind control and guidance learnt a lot. May Allah bless them with success! ADNAN AHMED
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Liquidity Ratios Current ratio FORMULA 2012 (31 DEC) 2013 (31 DEC) Current ratio = Current assets/ Current liabilities 137‚ 802‚ 520/43‚ 748‚ 011 = 3.15 times 140‚ 114‚ 822/ 47‚ 097‚ 947 = 2.98 times The current ratio is measured the ability to pay its liabilities in the short term. The higher current ratio‚ the company would be able paying its debt. The current ratio of Hup Seng Industries Berhad in 2012 is 3.15 times. Both current assets and current liabilities of Hup Seng Industries Berhad
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importance of ratio analysis for inter-firm and intra-firm comparisons including circumstances responsible for its limitations .If any Answer: Ratio analysis implies the systematic use of ratios to interpret the financial statements so that the strength and weaknesses of a firm as well as its historical performance and current financial position can be determined. With the help of ratio analysis conclusion can be drawn regarding several aspects such as financial health‚ profitability and operational
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Debt/Equity Ratio What Does Debt/Equity Ratio Mean? A measure of a company’s financial leverage calculated by dividing its total liabilities by its stockholders’ equity; it indicates what proportion of equity and debt the company is using to finance its assets. http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/debt%2Fequity+ratio ’Debt/Equity Ratio’ A high debt/equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings
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holder equity and liability‚ revenue and expenses. Financial ratio analysis is one of the best tools of performance evaluation of any company. In order to determine the financial position of the Square Pharmaceutical Limited and to make a judgment of how well is the efficiency of Square Pharmaceutical Limited‚ its operation and management and how well the company has been able to utilize its assets and earn profit. We use ratio analysis for easily measurement of efficiency‚ liquidity position‚ asset
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Ratio and Financial Statement Analysis Table of Contents Executive Summary.................................................................................................3 1. Nike History.............................................................................................................4 2. Nike Market Share: SWOT Analysis.......................................................................5 3. Nike Financial Report................................
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you find a combination of numbers that is more significant than this one. This ratio is known as the Golden Number‚ or the Golden Ratio. This mystery number has been used throughout different aspects of life‚ such as art‚ architecture‚ and of course‚ mathematics. One may wonder where the Golden Ratio came from? Who thought to discover it? When was it discovered? And how has it been used throughout time? The Golden ratio has been used throughout different aspects of life after being discovered during
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The Golden Ratio Body‚ art‚ music‚ architecture‚ nature – all connected by a simple irrational number – the Golden Ratio. According to Posamentier & Lehmann in their work The (Fabulous) Fibonacci Numbers‚ there is reason to believe that the letter φ (phi) was used because it is the first letter of the name of the celebrated Greek sculptor Phidias (490-430 BCE). He produced the famous statue of Zeus in the Temple of Olympia and supervised the construction of the Parthenon in Athens
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