Accounting Education: an international journal Vol. 20‚ No. 3‚ 275 – 294‚ June 2011 ‘A distinguishing factor’: Oral Communication Skills in New Accountancy Graduates F. ELIZABETH GRAY and NIKI MURRAY Massey University‚ New Zealand Received: August 2009 Revised: January 2011; May 2010; January 2011 Accepted: January 2011 Published online: March 2011 ABSTRACT This study into the perceived importance of oral communication skills in accountancy
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Marketing Planning in a Global Environment Group Assignment No: 1 Topic: What is the purpose of a Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technical (PEST) environmental analysis for companies in relation to their global (marketing) strategy? Present a PEST analysis for ONE of the following four companies: the computer chip manufacturer Intel the train operator Scotrail the food etc. retailer Tesco the book shop retailer John Smiths {draw:frame} Group Members:
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Overview of Pakistan from PEST analysis Political Environment After Pakistan was created in 1947‚ there was only one provider of Telecom services in the country under the name of the T&T (Telephone & Telegraph). In 1990 Pakistan realized that it is becoming very difficult to provide Telecommunication services in the country by its own. So Pakistan signed agreement with WTO (World trade organization) according to which a set of regulation has to be formed to provide services in the country‚ promote
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BRAZIL PEST Political environment • Greed and Corruption • Increase in government expenditures • Political stability and emphasis on consistent economic policies and growth • Position of international influence and power (BRIC) • Many environmental restrictions and regulations (Protection of Amazon) • Going into business: • High bureaucracy‚ lack of transparency of rules and slow legal procedures (are hurdles to overcome and make brazil a difficult country to do business in) • The huge
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Case #3 “Marriott Corporation” The Cost of Capital” What is the weighted average cost of capital for the Marriott Corporation and cost of capital for each of its divisions? – What risk-free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? – How did you measure the cost of debt? – How did you measure the beta for each division? Solution What risk-free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? – Risk-free rate proxy The risk-free
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MANAGER A product manager‚ in my point of view deals with all aspects of marketing and planning to forecast of the product. The manager is in charge of developing product marketing and product design‚ the factors defining said product and handles all analysis of the market conditions and. MARKETING MANAGER A marketing manager handles all aspects involved with the marketing techniques of the product‚ defines the market served‚ analyses the competitive market‚ sets product prices‚ promotes and advertises
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HBR Case #1 Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital Group 16—Tutorial Mon 11:30am Group members LIU Ying‚ Chloe | 1155019350 | LUO Yingying‚ Irika | 1155020931 | TIAN Tian‚ Sarah | 1155019114 | WU Jiajie‚ Jesse | 1155019061 | 17 September 2012 Executive Summary By 1987‚ Marriott Corporation had grown into a large multi-dimensional company with over $5 billion assets in lodging‚ contract services and restaurants. The company enjoyed fast growth in both sales and assets at around
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Executive Summary The case‚ Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)‚ concentrates on making decisions based on capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. Dan Cohrs‚ the Vice President of Finance of Marriott Corporation‚ had to deal with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions which are lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. In calculating
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital Executive Summary J. Willard Marriott started Marriott Corporation in 1927 with a root beer stand‚ expanding it into a leading lodging and food service company with sales of over $6 billion by 1987. At the time‚ Marriott had three main lines of business‚ lodging‚ contract services and restaurants‚ with lodging generating about 51% of company’s profits. The four key elements of Marriott’s financial strategy were managing hotel assets rather than owning‚
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Potential tourists could be eliminated from entering Russia due to the strict rules on visas for all tourists entering the country. There are a number of policies‚ laws‚ marketing and advertising‚ and health and safety requirements which all international organisations must adhere to – if they do not they will be punished and may not be able to expand within Russia. Economical – Economic growth‚ population size and income are some of the factors which affect the choice location of firms. This
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