CSAC05 1/13/07 9:21 Page 123 5 Analyzing Resources and Capabilities Analysts have tended to define assets too narrowly‚ identifying only those that can be measured‚ such as plant and equipment. Yet the intangible assets‚ such as a particular technology‚ accumulated consumer information‚ brand name‚ reputation‚ and corporate culture‚ are invaluable to the firm’s competitive power. In fact‚ these invisible assets are often the only real source of competitive edge that can be sustained over time
Premium The Walt Disney Company Value chain Brand
Exchange Corp. is a company that acts as a facilitator in tax-favored real estate swaps. Such swaps‚ know as 1031 exchanges‚ permit participants to avoid some or all of the capital gains taxes that would otherwise be due. The bookkeeper for the company has been asked to prepare a report for the company to help its owner/manager analyze performance. The first such report appears below: Note that the revenues and costs in the above report are unit revenues and costs. For example‚ the average office
Premium Costs Variable cost
Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural‚ industrial‚ household‚ recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water. However‚ only three percent is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.[1] The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater‚ with only a small fraction present
Premium Water Water supply Water resources
Dealing with Operating Leases in Valuation Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business 44 West Fourth Street New York‚ NY 10012 adamodar@stern.nyu.edu Abstract Most firm valuation models start with the after-tax operating income as a measure of the operating income on a firm and reduce it by the reinvestment rate to arrive at the free cash flow to the firm. Implicitly‚ we assume that the operating expenses do not include any financing expenses (such as interest expense on debt). While this assumption
Premium Expense Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Depreciation
© Academy of Management ¡ournal 1996‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 4‚ 779-801. THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS BRIAN BECKER State University of New York at Buffalo BARRY GERHART Vanderbilt University We describe why human resource management (HRM) decisions are likely to have an important and unique influence on organizational performance. Our hope is that this research forum will help advance research on the link between HRM and organizational performance
Premium Human resource management Human resources Best practice
Operating Leverage Operating leverage can be measured if the breakdown of fixed cost and variable cost in a company’s operating structure is known. Operating leverage is normally based upon operating income to avoid muddying the signal with financial leverage or taxes. Computing operating leverage would be easy if the proportion of fixed and variable costs could be known with certainty. Consider a stylized example: Operating leverage is computed by dividing the contribution margin (revenues
Premium Variable cost Operating leverage Management accounting
AN ABSTRACTION OF APPLICATION PSYCHOANALYSIS ON MONA LISA SMILE MOVIE By : Yoga Sudarisman In the late 19th century Viennese neurologist Sigmund Freud developed a theory of personality and a system of psychotherapy known as psychoanalysis. According to this theory‚ people are strongly influenced by unconscious forces‚ including innate sexual and aggressive drives. Sigmund Freud compared the human mind to an iceberg. The tip above the water represents consciousness‚ and the vast
Premium Sigmund Freud Psychoanalysis
Pension Plans and Operating Segments Pension Plans and Operating Segments Memorandum To: CEO From: Controller Re: Pension plans and operating segments for newly acquired company The intent of this memo is to answer questions regarding the pension plans and operating segments of the company we recently acquired with 100% ownership. This company has two operating segments‚ each with its own pension plan. Reporting requirements for these issues are explained below. Pension
Premium Pension
Toyota’s European Operating Exposure 1. Why do you think Toyota had waited so long to move much of its manufacturing for European sales to Europe? By 2001‚ Toyota’s operating losses in Europe had reached 9.9 billion Yen. Much of this loss was due to Toyota’s operating exposure which was a result of the sliding value of the euro with respect to the Japanese Yen. Between early 1999 and early 2001 (2 year ~ medium-run time horizon)‚ the euro had fallen by approximately 28% with respect to
Premium United States dollar United Kingdom Euro
Resource Management Strategies Name Professor Institution Course Date Introduction The strategies refer to the process of executing a strategy for implementing essential management objectives for managing and allocating resources. The strategies involve approaches and move patterns devised by a grouping to produce achieving organization performances. As such‚ it is a resource commitment to accomplishing precise objectives for justifiable benefits in the market. An outstanding strategy
Premium Strategic management Management Strategic planning