QUESTION 1 In a BCG Matrix‚ all divisions are called question marks‚ stars‚ cash cows or dogs. Define each of these terms. Question Marks division is Quadrant I have a low relative market share position‚ yet they compete in a high-growth industry. Generally these firms’ cash needs are high and their cash generation is low. These businesses are called question marks because the organization must decide whether to strengthen them by pursuing an intensive strategy (market penetration‚ market development
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Corporate Finance Case Study: Prudential Financial Inc.: Stockholders’ Equity and Balance Sheet Leverage 1. Compare the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet with the statement of stockholders’ equity. Describe in general terms how they relate. The Balance Sheet equity is a snapshot of the balances at book value of the funds contributed by the owners to finance operations‚ whereas the statement of stockholders’ equity shows a summary of the transactions which took place during
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According to Section 45 (1)‚ any profits or gains earned by assessee during the previous year on the transfer of capital asset are called Capital Gains. The amount will be taxable under the head ‘Capital Gains’. There must be tree essential elements of capital gains are: A. Capital Assets B. Transfer of Capital Asset; and C. There must be profits or gains on such transfer‚ which will be known as capital gain (A). CAPITAL ASSETS Capital assets mean all types of assets either fixed or floating‚ movable
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only would Mr. Salomon have no liability for the debts of the company‚ but also whatever assets were left would be claimed by him to pay off the company ’s debt to him. This is because of the ownership of the debentures‚ when the company went into liquidation‚ the owner won was paid off because he has more priority than the other creditors. This is because compared to
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Intermediate Acct410B Research Paper Common and Preferred Stock How do Corporations raise capital? All of the large corporations could not have grown to their present size without being able to find innovative ways to raise capital to finance ultimate expansion. There are many ways this can be accomplished‚ but this review will take a look at just two ways: the issuance of Preferred Stock and selling of Common Stock. What exactly is a stock‚ anyway? Basically‚ stock is ownership‚ simple
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insurance segments‚ including worker’s compensation‚ public and private liability‚ property‚ industrial and commercial insurance. It also expanded globally into the US and UK markets. On March 15‚ 2001‚ HIH insurance was placed into provisional liquidation. The liquidator estimated that the total loss of HIH are up to $A5.3 billion as the results of over-optimistic valuations of assets and extensive under-estimation of liability‚ which represented as the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history
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CLAW2201 Week 6: COMPANY FINANCE: 1. EQUITY FINANCE- fundraising through share issues a) Share Capital: i. Issue of shares S124(1)(a): A company has a right to issue and cancel shares in the company. S198A(1): The board of directors has discretion as to when and how to issue shares S254B(1): A company may determine: The terms of which its shares are issued; and The rights and restrictions attaching to the shares. S254D(1) CA: In a proprietary company‚ before issuing shares of a particular
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Introduction Future Shop (http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/home.aspx) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Future Shop is Canada’s largest consumer electronics retailer. Future Shop operated 139 stores across all of Canada’s provinces in January 2013. Future Shop was purchased for C$580 million by Best Buy on November 4‚ 2001. The company was renamed Best Buy Canada Ltd.—a wholly owned subsidiary of its American parent. It has continued to operate Future Shop as a separate division‚ with
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In today’s highly competitive world‚ where technological changes are occurring at a mind boggling pace‚ and locating production knows no boundaries‚ a country and its industry‚ which has not kept pace with the world cannot hope to survive. It is a well established fact‚ that a healthy industrial sector makes for a healthy financial sector‚ and unless‚ goods markets are healthy and vibrant‚ financial market cannot be the same. This holds for any country. Industrial units proven to be unable to
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Tab. 3-1: Growth strategies / growth potentials |Intensive growth |integrative growth |diversification growth | |- market penetration |- backward integration |- concentric diversification | |- market development |- forward integration |- horizontal diversification | |- product development
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