Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is a United States federal law enacted on 30th July 2002‚ also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 and commonly called SOX or Sarbox. This law was passed in response to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals including those affecting Enron‚ Tyco International‚ Adelphia‚ Peregrine Systems and WorldCom. These scandals‚ which cost investors billions of dollars when the share prices
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Strategy ‘Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010’ Analysis of the US carbonated soft drinks (CSD) industry (a) Strategic issues The CSD market in the US (approx. $74 billion) is dominated by two concentrate manufacturers – namely Coke and Pepsi –. Both companies have been competing intensely since the 1970s‚ yet have thrived from this competition and have grown the business very profitably‚ as both have benefitted from the CSD market growth rates of around 10% p.a. until the early 2000s
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Role of Ethics and Compliance in Pepsi-Cola PepsiCo has a deep commitment to bring forth sustainability in growth by the empowering of its people (PepsiCo Inc.‚ 2011). PepsiCo employees embrace a culture that promotes responsibility and provides the building blocks to trust (PepsiCo Inc.‚ 2011). The company prides itself on being both environmentally responsible and socially conscious this pride is garnered by six guiding principles (PepsiCo Inc.‚ 2011). PepsiCo set forth principles that
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1. The following listed factors made PepsiAmericas to adopt a more aggressive attitude towards the utilization of transaction data to run the business. * Growth in product variety from 35-40 to nearly 400‚ * Lowering of PAS profit margins‚ * Recession in U.S economy‚ * Decline of U.S market for carbonated soft drinks‚ * National Clients like CVS‚ Wal-Mart and Mobil Gas Stations preference of highly centralized procurement arrangements‚ * Hard to track product flow on various
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Cola Wars Continued – Coke vs. Pepsi in 2006 Reading the case‚ special attention should be paid to the underlying economics of the soft drink industry and its relationship to average profits‚ the relationship between the different stages of the value chain in the industry‚ the relationship between competitive interaction and industry profits‚ and the impact of globalization on industry structure. While preparing the case‚ you should start by carefully characterizing the carbonated soft drink
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Impacts of Profitability and Financial Leverage on Firm’s Capital Structure By [Your Name] [Instructor’s Name] [Institution’s Name] [Date] Declaration While conducting the proposed research work‚ I‚ being a hard-working‚ innovative and conscientious researcher‚ come up with the factual severity of consequences allied with an act of plagiarising content from others’ work. Moreover‚ I do comprehend the rules and regulations my university encompasses against submitting a plagiarised document
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Assignment week two: “Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s” Professor: Orlando Rivero D.B.A. April‚ 3‚ 2008 Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s Overview This paper will explore Porter’s Five Forces ( Porte 6) and Branderburger and Nalebuff’s Value Net to answer this questionnaire and describe soft drinks industry characteristics. The soft drink industry is concentrated with the three major players‚ Coca-Cola‚ Pepsi‚ and Cadbury Schweppes Plc.‚ making up 90 percent of
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Ahmed Souktani In partial fulfillment of INT 4300 - Internship School of Business Administration Bond Portfolio Management: Measures of profitability & risks Hicham Reghay Dr. Ahmed Baijou Fall Term 2011 * Executive summary: The scope of my internship was to be familiarized with the bond market and their measure of risk and performance and to know what are the tools used in the company to manage bond portfolios risks (Duration‚ convexity‚ sensitivity). However‚ these tools assume a
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1.0 I nt ro du ct ion : In our country textile companies are doing very well business. So many competitors are in this sector. Lots of new companies entered this market. From all of them we choose two cement company for our report. We collect their financial statement & analyze them within three methods & we identify their comparative advantage. 1.1 Origin :This is the report comes from our FIN-245 subject. The course instructor Ms. Tarana Majid orally authorized the task of preparing
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Effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms Sónia Silva* sonia@eeg.uminho.pt Florinda Silva** fsilva@eeg.uminho.pt July 2012 Abstract This study provides empirical evidence about the effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms. A database covering the period 1996-2006‚ collected from Portuguese Statistical Office‚ is analyzed under panel data methodology. In line with previous research
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