17 RATIO ANALYSIS FEATURING THE DUPONT METHOD: AN OVERLOOKED TOPIC IN THE FINANCE MODULE OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES Submitted by Thomas J. Liesz University of Idaho (208) 885-5447 (office) tliesz@uidaho.edu Steven J. Maranville University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street Houston‚ TX 77002-1001 (713) 221-8524 maranvilles@uhd.edu Submitted to Small Business Institute Journal The authors wish to acknowledge the valuable comments of two SBIJ reviewers
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New Balance: Outrunning the Competition Introduction After reading the case study for New Balance I see a brand with great potential. A brand that has staunch traditional values and customer satisfaction as its primary priority. Question 1: What are New Balance’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ threats and opportunities? SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTHS Good Management structure e.g. Van Rooyen the general manager Wide range of products across every sporting category Functional technological design in
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or net debt and a blended return on this should be used ▪ The debt figure will only ever be an estimate as the balance sheet is one day in the year ▪ Her analysis assumes Nike debt is trading at par – it is not ▪ Equity should be based on market value‚ not book value ▪ Hence total will be based on market cap.‚ not balance sheet ▪ Her debt cost is wrong ▪ She should use the current or projected cost rather than a historic one
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Off balance sheet financing is financing from sources other than debt or equity offerings‚ such as joint ventures‚ research and development partnership and operating leases. For complex institutions such as banks‚ they increase their use of off shore subsidiaries and swap transactions to avoid disclosing liabilities. In other words‚ off balance sheet accounting is a process which a business creates what is practically a debt that it must pay off‚ but the debt is accounted as another type of transaction
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Introduction: (Luz’s answer for discussion question #1 should go here) Analysis: Based on her calculations‚ Joanna Cohen estimated that Nike’s cost of capital was approximately 8.4%. Ms. Cohen used a single Weighted Average Cost of Capital to calculate the firm’s cost of capital‚ and we agree that only a single cost of capital needs to be used due to the similarities between more than 95% of their revenues. However we believe that the cost of capital calculation is inaccurate based on some
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Management | ID: | FA12-MB-0021 | CHAPTER#: | 01 | Case Study Analysis of Nike: Question 1: What are the pros. Cons and risk associated with Nike`s core marketing strategy? Answer: Nike’s excellence marketing strategies are their energy to achieve their market goals. Nike believes the "pyramid influence" that the preferences of a small percentage of top athletes influence the product and brand choice. PROS OF NIKE’S CORE MARKETING STRATEGY: Nike put heavily proportion in their marketing strategies
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Profit and loss accounts and balance sheet By law companies are expected to produce financial statements each year. These statements appear in Company Reports. There are two main financial statements: 1. The profit and loss account‚ and 2. The balance sheet. 1.The profit and loss (P&L) account. This account can be updated regularly and shows how much profit or loss a business is making. A profit can be made in several ways‚ for example: * from trading‚ in the case of a High Street shop‚ i
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The balance sheet consists of assets and liabilities of any firm. The assets are called as the uses of the firm and the liabilities are called as the sources of the firm. Sources of the firm: (Debts or liabilities): The debts or liabilities are the claims of the outsiders against the assets of the firm. The liabilities refer to the amount payable by the firm to the claimholders; i.e. the amount owed by the firm to other parties. For an obligation to be recognized as a liability‚ it must meet three
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NIKE CASE STUDY 1. Why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? What does it represent? Is the WACC set by investors or by managers? Weighted average cost of capital or WACC represents the overall cost of capital in the company. It takes into considerations cost of debt and cost of equity. As company’s value can grow by increasing its assets that could be financed either be debt or equity and cost of capital shows how much it costs to do that. Cost of capital is a very important component
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protecting the investors‚ maintaining order‚ and efficient markets and facilitate capital formation. How does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 augment the SEC ’s role in managing financial governance? The Sarbanes-Oxley Act enables the SEC to regulate studies on financial reporting system of a principle established accounting system. This act‚ is like an overseer of the SEC and give structure to what the SEC is suppose to be doing. Do you think businesses became more ethical after Sarbanes-Oxley was
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