2. How credit ratings affect the capital structure of a firm Credit ratings is the assessment of the credit worthiness of a firm based on historyof borrowing and repayment. Credit rating is the credit worthiness of a debtor. The debtors ability to pay back the debt. Companies with high rating (AAA) have a good market reputation and logically would avoid not being in favor of more debt in capital structure to save them from any adverse circumstances. High credit ratings expose a firm to obtain
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milkshake maker Multimixer‚ Raymond Albert Kroc mortgaged his home and went all the way to California after hearing about Dick&Mac McDonald hamburger stand made used of eight Multimixer at one time. He bought over the license and start opening up several restaurants all over US. The first McDonald restaurant was in Des Plaines‚ Illinois earned $366.12 on its very first day (McDonald‚ 2007). Over the time‚ it had grown to one of the largest food service company and holds a strong position in the market. The
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2 Brief History 3 McDonalds’ today 4 McDonalds’ Pakistan 5 DEPARMENTS 6 Operations (equipment and franchising) 6 Marketing (sales marketing) 7 Development (property and construction) 7 Finance (supply chain and new product development) 7 Information Technology 8 Purchasing 8 Training 8 What McDonalds’ do with its Profits? 8 Hierarchy of McDonalds’ 9 ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT 10 Hierarchy of Accounting Department 11 How profit is measured in McDonalds’? 11 Financial Statements
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SWOT analysis of McDonalds. Having one of the most favorite burgers in the world‚ McDonalds is a brand which will hardly be missed by anyone. The SWOT of Mcdonalds discusses the reasons that the firm has been able to achieve this height of fame‚ and why‚ be it breakfast‚ lunch or dinner‚ people may prefer the local McDonalds STRENGTH Brand Equity…world-wide 42% of US fast-food hamburger business Consistency of food Successful items: Fries‚ Happy Meal‚ Big Mac‚ Egg McMuffin‚ Promotions Overseas
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INTRODUCTION So as to understand the structure and culture of the fast food giant known as McDonald’s and why they are the world’s largest restaurant franchise‚ one would need to look at their strategically point of view . By doing this‚ it would allow anyone to reveal each measurement in the business‚ corporate and global level strategies. McDonald greatest strengths are introducing fast food into people minds and becoming part of the American culture. Corporations like Wal-Mart who has
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customer’s perspective and (2) management’s perspective? Explain. A Rationale for McDonald approach McDonald’s success had been built on four pillars: limited menu‚ fresh food‚ fast service and affordable price. Intense competition and demands for a wider menu drive-through and sit-down meals - encouraged the fast food giant to customize product variety without hampering the efficacy of its supply chain. McDonalds use assembly line procedures in their kitchen for mass production so as to keep prices
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new product or scheme for attract a customer. By latest news McDonald’s introduce a new product as fruit maple oatmeal in its menu in 2011. MC Donald is using a Operation Management system for be in a International market. McDonald process McDonald’s manufacturing process is completely transparent to the customer and in the market. Even A customer can see the process of the fast food and they can judge to hygienic standards at MC Donald’s by allowing them to enter where the
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Schanzmeyer 14-Sept-09 McDonalds Corporations is one of the largest and most globally recognizable brands and serves nearly 47 million customers daily. MCD operates in more than 118 countries and as of yearend 2008 had over 31‚000 locations worldwide. McDonalds operates the majority of the restaurants through franchising agreements and in 2008 only 6‚502 were ran by the corporation. MCD is headquarter in Oak Brook‚ IL and employs over 400‚000 people worldwide. McDonalds was founded in 1948 by Dick
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Macdonald’s Industry: McDonalds is the leader of the industry with more than 33 500 restaurants serving nearly 68 million people in 119 countries each day. McDonalds‚ with headquarters in the United States‚ opened First store in 1940 by the McDonald brothers. The Industry is the Global Food Service. The Industry is at mature stage of its cycle in US. This is demonstrated by the low average growth rate about 4%-6%. * Combined annual revenue of about $120 billion * Industry is highly fragmented:
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McDonalds: Brazil and China Introduction In 1940‚ Dick and Mac McDonald open a Bar-B-Q drive in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California. In1948‚ they close down to change what they sold. They now sold 9 items: 15¢ hamburgers‚ cheeseburgers‚ potato chips‚ coffee‚ milk‚ soft drinks‚ and a slice of pie. In 1949‚ their world famous fries replace potato chips. As stated on McDonald’s website in 1954‚ Ray Kroc sells the brothers multi-mixers‚ becomes their franchising agent‚ and in
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