Profit and loss accounts‚ balance sheets Profit and loss accounts‚ balance sheets Two of the most important financial statements for a business are the Profit and Loss Account‚ and the Balance Sheet. The Profit and Loss Account shows the profit or loss of a business over a given period of time e.g. 3 months‚ 1 year‚ etc. In contrast‚ the Balance Sheet is like a photograph taken at an instant in time giving a picture of what the business owns and what the business owes at that moment in time
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Kotler‚ P. (2003). Positioning and Differentiating Break Free From the Product Life Cycle Youngme Moon Harvard Business Review Summary A company must differentiate itself from others during the product life cycle by creating an image that demands attention and fosters unique brand awareness. Louis Vuitton is a company that continuously rejuvenates itself and has maintained a highly coveted brand for 150 years. A $1‚000 monogrammed Louis Vuitton handbag is in such demand that it has spawned
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Non-Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Non-hierarchical cluster analysis (often known as K-means Clustering Method) forms a grouping of a set of units‚ into a pre-determined number of groups‚ using an iterative algorithm that optimizes a chosen criterion. Starting from an initial classification‚ units are transferred from one group to another or swapped with units from other groups‚ until no further improvement can be made to the criterion value. There is no guarantee that the solution thus obtained
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INCREAS PROFITABILITY OF BRANCH profit center Definition A business unit or department which is treated as a distinct entity enabling revenues and expenses to be determined so that profitability can be measured. Distinctly identifiable department or unit that contributes to the overall financial results of a firm. Where adequate cost accounting systems are in place‚ profit centers are given responsibility to target certain percentages of the total revenue and are given adequate authority
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do. There are usually a small amount of large firms and they usually control the market. Competitive firms will use the firms marginal cost to produce the price. The price of the good must be lower than the cost to produce it. To maximize the profits is when the price is equal to the marginal cost of production. The competitive firm must be producing at the point where price equals marginal cost. In monopoly firms they cannot just set a high price for their good because the customers will completely
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if firm 1 builds 2 plants and firm 2 builds 4 plants‚ the market price will be 9 − (2 + 4) = 3 per unit. At this price firm 1 will make a profit of 2 × 3 − 2 × 3.5 = −1 while firm 2 will make a profit of 4×3−4×3.5 = −2. Assume‚ no firm will build more than 4 plants. Cost (Q) = 3.5 * Q Price = 9 -(Q1+Q2) 1. Set up a 4-by-4 table that records the profits of each firm for each possible choice of the number of plants to build. Then‚ use your table to answer the questions below. Price Firm
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Congratulations‚ you are now in charge of a $100‚000‚000 corporation. Your company manufactures sensors. Sensors are devices that observe physical conditions. Your sensors are installed into the products your customers sell. Sensors are everywhere. Almost any product that has an automated function requires some sort of sensor. Your company was created when the government split a monopoly into identical competitors. When the company was a monopoly‚ operating inefficiencies and poor product
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Industry Competition Analysis Midterm Exam 1. What is Industry Life Cycle Theory? Please use global mobile phone (cell phone) manufacturing industry as an example to explain this theory. (50%) Industry Lifecycle Theory describes the different phases of growth and decline that an industry moves through. In most examples of industry lifecycles there are either 4 or 5 phases as shown below: | | Typical 4 Phase Cycle | Typical 5 Phase Cycle | The key difference is often how the
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WHAT ARE COSTS AND PROFITS? HUNGRY HELEN’S COOKIE FACTORY • Helen‚ the owner of the cookie factory‚ buys flour‚ sugar‚ flavorings‚ and other cookie ingredients. • She also buys the mixers and the ovens and hires workers to run the equipment. • She then sells the resulting cookies to consumers. 2 TOTAL REVENUE‚ TOTAL COST‚ AND PROFIT • The amount that Helen receives for the sale of its output (cookies) is its total revenue. • The amount that the firm pays to buy inputs (flour‚ sugar‚ workers
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OPERATING CYCLE The way working capital moves around the business is modeled by the working capital cycle.This shows the cash coming into the business‚what happens to it while the business has it and then where it goes.the term operating cycle otherwise known as “cash cycle”.In order to earn sufficient profits‚a firm has to depend on its sales activities apart from others.The continuing flow from cash to suppliers‚to investors‚to debtors and back in cash.The time gap is technically termed as
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