Concentration Ratios in Manufacturing ECO 204 Principles of Microeconomics June 28‚ 2011 Industries go through a lot of changes to make themselves successful. There is so much competition that they have to keep up with the market. Using the concentration ratio which is the share of industry output in sales or employment accounted for by the top firms (Karl Case‚ Ray Fair‚ Sharon Oster 2009 p285). Porter explains that there are five forces that determine industry attractiveness
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financial statements and ratios are good indicators of its performance over the years. This report specifically compares the ratios for 2004 and 2005‚ with some additional insight into 2003‚ 2002‚ and 2001. The current ratio has increased by 0.0534 from 0.9900 to 1.434. As the current ratio is a measure of liquidity and ability to meet short-term debt requirements‚ BP was more able to meet their short term debt obligations in 2005 than 2004. From 2001 to 2003 the current ratios were 1.0767‚ 0.9733‚
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took Fe(NO3)3 and NaOH and mixed 7 different mole ratios in graduated cylinders to determine what the mole ratio is. We also did the same thing with solutions of CuCl2 and Na3PO4. We determine the mole ratios by graphing the volume of reactant #1 vs. volume of precipitate for each reaction. Data Part 1.) Cylinder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fe(NO3)3‚ 0.1 M‚ ml 5 10 12 15 17 20 24 NaOH‚ 0.1 M‚ ml 55 50 48 45 43 40 36 Fe:OH mole ratio 1:11 1:5 1:4 1:3 2:5 1:2 2:3 Volume Precipitate
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Mandatory Hospital Nurse-To Patient Ratio in the Healthcare Field (Professor/Instructor) November 07‚ 2011 Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are a controversial topic in healthcare. In this practice‚ state laws are established that require a certain level of staffing within a particular unit. Organizations such as hospitals must balance income with expenditures‚ and nurses and patients may be affected by these decisions. Mandating ratios is one attempt at ensuring nurses’ workloads do not exceed
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Spetz‚ J. (2002). Minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in acute care hospitals in California. Health Affairs‚ 21(5)‚ 53-64. Retrieved from http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/21/5/53.full.html In the article‚ Coffman‚ Seago‚ and Spetz (2002) questioned that mandating minimum nurse-to-patient ratios could eventually help to improve outcomes and conditions of both nurses and patients in acute care hospitals in California. They found that mandatory ratios could create opportunity costs that were
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Mandatory Nurse Patient Ratios Continues Mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios have been a hot topic of discussion for over 15 years. As of today‚ California is the only state with actual state mandated nurse- patient ratios in place. I support mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios because research has shown that patients have better outcomes when cared for by nurses who practice under state mandated nurse-patient ratios. According to the article Mandatory Nurse-Patient Ratios “support for mandatory-patient
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Irregardless of the interest rate‚ the amount to be borrowed keeps on increasing due to the rising price houses in the country. In addition financial instituition have been aggrasively competing to get more customers. While the acceptable international ratio of house price to household income is 3 to 4 times; it can sometimes rises to 5 to 6 times in kuala Lumpur and Penang. The second contributor is car loan. Car loan consumes a large part of the consumers income. It could be the Malaysian has been
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Sex Ratio - India and State As per the provisional results of Census 2011‚ total population of India is 1‚21‚01‚93‚422 whichcomprises of 62‚37‚24‚248 males and 58‚64‚69‚174 females with the sex ratio of 940 femalesper 1000 males. Madhya Pradesh has a total population of 7‚25‚97‚565 with 3‚76‚12‚920 males and 3‚49‚84‚645 females with sex ratio of 930. States/Union Territories which account for the highest and lowest sex ratios in the country are mentioned in the following statement. As per Census
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Checklist of Financial Ratios Financial ratios allow a business owner to analyze and assess the firm’s financial performance and position over a period of time. By computing the financial ratios‚ you can also detect certain relationships between the different types of information. It gives you a quick indication of the firm’s performance in the areas of liquidity‚ profitability‚ capital structure as well as the financial position and potential risk involved. | | 1) | | Asset Turnover
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In this section of the report‚ we will be discussing three financial ratios to determine Netflix’s liquidity‚ debt management‚ and profitability. These three areas are important because if there is a sudden shift in consumers needs‚ these areas would be affected the most. Liquidity (Current Ratio): The current ratio is calculated using the current assets by current liabilities. This ratio shows how fast Netflix is able to pay off their short-term liabilities using their current assets. Netflix’s
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