THE MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IN THE OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT SERVICE INDUSTRY We explore how the macroeconomic fluctuation can really affect the performance of a company. We analyze the companies of the oil and gas equipment service industry: FMC Technologies‚ NOV‚ and Schlumberger. We use the MUST Analysis in order to discover what were the macroeconomic variables that really affects our companies’ performance‚ the magnitude‚ and the direction of the variables with the performance. The data sources
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CASE : Jaguar plc‚ 1984 Kwon‚ Hyuk Joo Kim‚ Min Chang‚ Hae Yoon Jeon‚ Joohwan Question 1 How much is Jaguar worth in 1984 The firm value of Jaguar is GBP 510‚977‚000 in 1984 under the scenario (A)‚ while the firm value is GBP 215‚492‚000 under the scenario (B). Since there is no change in real exchange rate under the scenario (A)‚ we just considered the change in nominal exchange rate due to the inflation difference between the U.S and the U.K. By using the nominal exchange rate‚ we converted
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Q1 1. Assume that the current interest rate is 8%. Let’s say that investors know that normally interest rates are 10%. How would this affect investors’ decisions with regard to how much money and bond holdings to keep? Investors will want to hold more cash instead of bonds. Because the investors know that normally interest rates are 10% which is more than the current interest 8%. That is to say investors expect the interest rates would increase in the future which will cause the decrease of value
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1. Distinguish between an absolute advantage and a comparative advantage. Cite an example of a country that has an absolute advantage and one with a comparative advantage. Absolute advantage is when a monopoly exists in a country when it is the only source and product of an item. Meanwhile‚ a comparative advantage is when a country can supply products more efficiently and at a lower cost than it can produce other items. South Africa has an absolute advantage because of its diamonds. The United States
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External Factors Affecting Brighton Medical Center Wesley Hill University of Phoenix Introduction Brighton Medical Center‚ also known as BMC‚ has been serving the Salt Lake City Community for over seven years. There have been many internal and external factors that have defined the organization and its size‚ structure‚ and organizational processes. This essay will introduce the four main internal and external factors that have
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communication‚ the verbal communication and the other is the Non-verbal communication. Being a Filipino‚ it is the “lingua franca” of social‚ Professional and the business word as able to develop one’s proficiency in English. However‚ what are the factors that affect poor communication skills of most students especially at PCCr (Forth year criminology students) and some other colleges? In addition‚ what is the Importance of it in their future field of work? As an English student‚ one studies literature
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of capital.(Keynes said that) AD- CONSUMPTION‚INVESTMENT‚GOVERNMENT DEMAND At height of prosperity‚while consumption and investment (30 to 35%) Invest ment percentages came down...consumption didn’t (check empirical data) Check psychological factor of consumption..... Unemployment vs output rationality Based on the definition of unemployment Keynes theory Fiscal theories based on Keynes theory Upto 1970s everything was good. Then oil shock came up. “Philips curve relationship” Then
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INTRODUCTION Tourism industry is now one of the major industries in the Philippines; according to President Aquino it employed 3.8 million Filipinos or 10.2 % of national employment in 2011 and contributing 8 % to 9 % of our national GDP. Now‚ let’s take a closer look to those behind this boosting industry. There are many aspects that tourism industry is progressing in our country and one of that is tour guiding. Many people say that tour guiding is just an easy job‚ they just have to say “look
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Factors Affecting Business Performance Internal Innovation in the technology and the response of employees is considered of the most important factor affecting the business environment. In the case of this firm‚ which is in a way part of the growing IT industry it is necessary to give response to every change in the technology. The employees or the software engineers are not that much trained as the new technology comes and their expertise becomes outdated. External The political environment and
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1. FACTORS AFFECTING LABOR AND DELIVERY PROCESS • LABOR– a coordinated sequence of involuntary uterine contractions that results in effacement and dilatation of the cervix and voluntary bearing down efforts that result in birth. • The process of moving the fetus‚ placenta‚ and membranes out of the uterus and through the birth canal. • DELIVERY-the actual expulsion of the products of conception (fetus and placenta). • Uterus sinks downward and forward about 2 weeks before term‚ into the true
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