Corporate Finance and Investment 1. Define “Working Capital” Working Capital=Current Assets-Current Liabilities =Accounts Receivable + Inventory - Accounts Payable “Working capital is how much in liquid assets that a company has on hand. Working capital is needed to pay for planned and unexpected expenses‚ meet the short-term obligations of the business‚ and to build the business.” 2. Give concrete measures how w.c. can be optimized (receivable‚ inventories (JIT
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commoditization of the services‚ competition was more based on quality than on price. As a small agency‚ it is also probable that Colorscope could be more flexible in meeting specific demand and provide more tailored services to the few customers it served‚ compared to the large printers which would have a bigger and more bureaucratic organization. 3. What you have done above is a “full-cost” analysis. This is in contrast to a “direct-cost” analysis that ignores overhead costs. Is full cost the right metric
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Student ID: MODULE CODE: BC43001S MODULE TITLE: DYNAMICS OF STRATERGY WORD COUNT: 1. Executive Summery 1 2.0 Organizational Overview 2 2.1 VMOST 3 3.0 Evaluation of the External Business Environment 5 3.1 PEST Analysis 5 3.2 Porter’s Five (5) Forces 6 3.3 Industry Life Cycle 7 3.4 Key Success Factors 8 3.5 Competitor Analysis 11 3.6 Degree of Turbulence 13 3.7 Opportunities & Threats 14 4.0 Evaluation of the Internal Business
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Strategic Analysis of Tesco plc Outcomes covered in the report are: 1. To demonstrate an understanding of strategic decision making using of knowledge and understanding of business principles to critically reflect on the strategic management of an organization 2. To demonstrate and evaluate the strategy and the process undertaken to implement strategy‚ manage‚ and understand its impact on the organization. 3. To critically reviews emerging markets and analyze the limitations and influence
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product quality‚ reduce pro-totyping costs‚ identify potential sales opportunities and revenue contributions‚ and re-duce environmental impacts at end-of-life. To create successful new products the com-pany must understand its customers‚ markets and competitors. Traditionally the marketing mix consisted of just 4 Ps‚ but now a day‚ it’s consisted of 7 Ps. There are Product‚ Price‚ Place‚ Promotion‚ People‚ Process and Physical evidence. In case of services‚ the ‘product’ is intangible‚ heterogeneous
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accounting profits and economic profits for Gomez’s pottery. Explicit costs: $37‚000 (= $12‚000 for the helper + $5‚000 of rent + $20‚000 of materials). Implicit costs: $22‚000 (= $4‚000 of forgone interest + $15‚000 of forgone salary + $3‚000 of entreprenuership). Accounting profit = $35‚000 (= $72‚000 of revenue - $37‚000 of explicit costs); Economic profit = $13‚000 (= $72‚000 - $37‚000 of explicit costs - $22‚000 of implicit costs). 8-4 (Key Question) Complete the following table by calculating
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Cost of Capital questions and practice problems Questions 1. What does the WACC measure? 2. Which is easier to calculate directly‚ the expected rate of return on the assets of a firm or the expected rate of return on the firm’s debt and equity? Assume you are an outsider to the firm. 3. Why are market-based weights important? 4. Why is the coupon rate of existing debt irrelevant for finding the cost of debt capital? 5. Under what assumptions can the WACC be
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Case Study –Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital FIN202a-Spring 2011 1. Please define Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). Write down the WACC formula‚ and discuss its components. WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) is a market weighted average‚ at target leverage‚ of the cost of after tax debt and equity. It is a critical input for evaluating investment decision‚ and typically the discount rate for NPV calculation. And it serves as the benchmark for operating performance‚ relative to
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HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL BY: JOSEPH KIOKO REG. NO: D80/61281/2011 DATE: 05/06/2013 LECTURER: PROF. P. O. K’OBONYO Introduction and Definitions: Human capital is defined by the OECD (1998‚ p9) as “the knowledge‚ skills and competences and other attributes embodied in individuals that are relevant to economic activity.” While Duration of schooling and levels of qualification are the standard measures used to measure human capital the OECD itself
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I have been asked to produce a detailed business report of boots plc. My report will contain: The objectives‚ organisational structure and communication channels that operate within the business. An examination of how these factors interrelates in a way that can affect the success of the business. An explanation of how quality assurance and control systems help the business to add value to its products. Consideration of alternative methods of quality assurance and control. Consideration
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