financial ratio analysis‚ namely: liquidity‚ profitability‚ assets‚ capital and market. We construct a financial and industry analysis for David Jones Limited in comparing the company’s behavior between 2011 and 2012. The objective is to show exactly how to compute ratios for an actual company. This paper also demonstrates the comparison of the financial ratios of David Jones Limited with main rival Myer Holdings. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION
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THEME 8: GENERIC STRATEGIES 1. Introduction. 2. The Porter’s approach: competitive strategies (cost advantage‚ differentiation advantage and specialization). 3. The Ansoff’s approach: the Growth Matrix (market penetration‚ product development‚ market development‚ and diversification). 4. An integrating approach. © Alfonso VARGAS SÁNCHEZ 1 Hope is not a strategy‚ specially when internationalizing the company is the intention 2 Strategic Analysis: Compulsory Questions What business
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Porter ’s Generic Strategies If the primary determinant of a firm ’s profitability is the attractiveness of the industry in which it operates‚ an important secondary determinant is its position within that industry. Even though an industry may have below-average profitability‚ a firm that is optimally positioned can generate superior returns. A firm positions itself by leveraging its strengths. Michael Porter has argued that a firm ’s strengths ultimately fall into one of two headings: cost
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Introduction. In this assignment I am going to explain the following concepts‚ generic strategies‚ alternative directions and alternative methods. Indeed‚ I would like to support these concepts by referring my work to the automobile sector (as a continuing line provided with the Morgan´s example in class). I am going to use the example of General Motors and Ford‚ they are well known and also provide us a long struggling and interesting history. The first part of my assignment gives a theoretical
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37 The Generic Strategy Trap Danny Miller Management experts claim that for a company to thrive‚ it mus concentrate on a single generic strategy—on one thing it does better th its rivals. But specialization also has its disadvantages. The author sugge that a broader‚ mixed approach may be preferable. S ince the publication of Michael Porter ’s Competitive Strategy‚ many experts on strategy have been extolling the virtues of pure generic strategies. Porter argued that by adeptly
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“Unattractiveness of the career pathway”. The main negative impacts induced by foreign workers are “Over-dependence on foreign workers”‚ “Increment in criminal activities or social problems”‚ and “Existence of illegal workers”. This research proposes that strategies such as “Attract local workers into the construction industry”‚ “Industrialized Building Systems”‚ “Eliminate illegal migration”‚ and “Improve governance structure” would be successful in minimizing negative impacts induced by foreign workers.
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Individual Assignment – David Jones Limited 1. (a) DJS is a public company that issues shares to the general public and is a separate legal entity. (b) The income statement shows tax being deducted directly from company profit. The equity section show contributed equity instead of owners or partners’ equity. Also retained earnings after dividends or allocation to another equity account. 2. (a) Net assets and total equity have the same dollar value of $775‚704‚000. (b) Equity is the
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employees/labor-unions‚ special-interest groups‚ and trade associations. A corporation task environment is typically the industry in which firm operates. We are choosing textile industry for this analysis. We are doing this analysis with the help of POTER FIVE FORCE ANALYSIS. PORTER FIVE FORCE ANALYSIS OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN Porter five force analysis consist of following five forces * Entry & Exit barrier * Level of competition * Bargaining power of buyers * Bargaining power
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Marketing Strategies in the Competition between Branded and Generic Antibiotics (A) Clamoxyl in 1996 02/2007-5057 This case was prepared by Pierre Chandon‚ Assistant Professor of Marketing at INSEAD‚ Olivier Kovarski‚ Professor of Marketing at ESC Normandie‚ Jacques Lendrevie‚ Professor of Marketing at HEC‚ Sarah Spargo‚ Research Associate at INSEAD‚ and Marc Vanhuele‚ Associate Professor of Marketing at HEC‚ as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective
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1. Company Overview David Jones Limited (DJS) is a leading high-class retailer with stores all across Australia. The company operates 35 department stores and 2 warehouse outlets. Mr Zahra is the current CEO of the company. MD Peter Wilkinson‚ an ex CEO had repositioned DJS as an upmarket brand‚ targeting wealthy shoppers. In 2008‚ the company launched a general purpose credit card with Amex‚ which runs parallel to the existing store card. DJS placed at the top end of the market‚ targets a core
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