Evaluate the industry structure of luxury goods industry(40%). Industry structure of luxury goods industry should be analysis from Porter’s five forces model which are threat of entry‚ threat of substitute products‚ the power of suppliers‚ the power of buyers and rivalry among existing competitors. Threat of entry depends mainly on the entry barriers and the likelihood and capabilities of actual players to retaliate. The barriers of new entrants can be technological‚ financial‚ strategic and
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The Castillo Products Company was started in 2008. The company manufactures components for personal digital assistant (PDA) products and for other handheld electronic products. A difficult operating year‚ 2009‚ was followed by a profitable 2010. The founders (Cindy and Rob Castillo) are interested in estimating their cost of financial capital because they are expecting to secure additional external financing to support planned growth. Short-term bank loans are available at an 8 percent interest
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1. Emergencies Funds One of my main obligations for short term is to always have emergency funds I know the book says til least keep 3 to 6 months but I would like to established at least least a year. I do still have two residents and the restaurant and I never want to lose them so I always want to have the ability to pay my mortgage is. I would like to have the emergency funds with 10‚000 bet at least 5 thousand . but unfortunately at this point I only have three due to the obligation I had
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and applied by all in the world of politics‚ sports‚ science‚ and business. In the complex world of finance and accounting‚ the importance of ethical behavior and professionalism cannot be stressed enough. The Enron Corporation evidently did not read the code of ethics or morals. Although Enron had the makings of a successful corporation‚ Enron’s unethical behavior ultimately led to its downfall. As we have learned in financial accounting‚ the income statement shows a “company’s operating performance
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Collapse of Dick Smith and Audit Risks The article selected is intended to discuss the causes of the collapses of Dick Smith and also the responsibilities of associated parties. The author‚ Knight (2016)‚ provides a generic discussion on both of the issues based on public available financial information of the company as well as some preliminary findings of the investigation regarding the Dick Smith Collapse. Dick Smith was floated by Anchorage Capital Partners‚ an Australian-based private equity
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questions are still being raised concerning the collapse of Enron. The aftermath of Enron’s fall has brought review of the actions that took place prior to the collapse. Many of these questions may be left unanswered. The company’s executive management‚ board of directors‚ and auditors hold the responsibility for the ultimate collapse of a once dominant force in the energy industry. Team A developed several options in a plan that could have possibly helped Enron avoid their demise. The plan is designed
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Mini-Case Study: Bethesda Mining Company Week 4 Application 2 Jo-Ann Savoie Walden University Finance: Fiscal Leadership in a Global Environment DDBA-8140-2 Dr. Guerman Kornilov March 24‚ 2011 The following Mini-Case on Bethesda Mining Company was taken from the text corporate finance (2010‚ P. 203-204). In order to determine if Bethesda Mine should open‚ a thorough analysis of the payback period‚ profitability index‚ average accounting
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The factors that lead to the "collapse" of civilizations are almost directly related to those that created it. Archaeologists characterize collapse by a number of elements‚ some of which we have evidence for‚ others we do not. Most archaeologists are unsure of exactly what caused the decline of most civilizations in the ancient world‚ yet there are many clues to some of the events that could have contributed. The collapse of the ancient Roman Empire‚ the Mesoamerican Mayan‚ and the Egyptian cultures
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Instructions for the Mini-Cog Test Page 1 of 2 Instructions for the Mini-Cog Test Administration the Mini-Cog test is a 3-minute instrument to screen for cognitive impairment in older adults in the primary care setting. The Mini-Cog uses a three-item recall test for memory and a simply scored clock-drawing test (CDT). The latter serves as an “informative distractor‚” helping to clarify scores when the memory recall score is intermediate. The Mini-Cog was as effective as or better than
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Legal Issue in Business: The Case of Enron [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Legal Issue in Business: The Case of Enron Introduction Business ethics is based on normative ethics ‚ standards that ethics are upheld and applied specific to distinguish what is right or wrong‚ that is to say what should be done or who should not be fact. However‚ with few exceptions‚ business ethicists are usually less interested in the foundations of ethics (meta-ethics) or by the principles
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