Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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*Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? The most obvious reason for the difference between the market value of equity and the book value of equity is the inability to record certain intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ human capital. These intangible assets are likely to provide tremendous earnings
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COPYRIGHT MATERIAL M-Tel Call Centre data: What does it tell us? In May 2009‚ Esther Ching is three months into her role as manager of the complaints section of a call centre‚ located in India. The call centre is owned and run by M-Tel‚ a Malaysian telco company. Her section handles all billing complaints and service difficulties. The main products are landlines‚ mobile telephones and internet access. She is required to present a report about the performance of her section‚ as part of the regular
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a. Cash is a financial asset because it is the liability of the federal government. b. No. The cash does not directly add to the productive capacity of the economy. c. Yes. d. If the economy is already operating at full capacity‚ and you now command the additional purchasing power provided by the 10 billion‚ then your increased ability to purchase goods must be offset by a decrease in the ability of others to purchase goods. Thus‚ the other individuals in the economy can be made worse off by
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Answer 1. SWOT analysis of The Fashion Channel The Fashion Channel (TFC) is a 24*7 cable TV network which is exclusively dedicated to fashion. It was found in 1996 and since then it has been witnessing continuous upswing. According to an annual demographic survey‚ TFC is having approximately 110 million subscribers of cable & satellite television. But‚ due to increasing competition with other fashion channels‚ it is in the need for developing a modern and updated brand strategy. SWOT analysis
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Case Study Presenting a case to a teacher is same as presenting it in front of a jury. You need to have structured and solid arguments to convince the jury (teacher‚ in your case) and prove your point. If you are an excellent lawyer‚ you can even convince the jury that your defendant is not guilty even if he is (not ethical‚ of course). The bottom line is: you need to structure your case analysis. Although every case analysis more or less follows the same pattern; there is a slight variation depending
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GROUP 5 STRATEGY Case for critical analysis Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL)–Metro & London Lite 1. What would the SWOT analysis look like for this company? Strengths: We have specialized our market focusing in young people‚ which is hard because they do not usually read newspapers. We have also founded a new newspaper‚ which is called London Lite‚ which is mainly designed for women. We have the biggest newspapers sold in the UK‚ and we have sold
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Notably‚ the questions will be simple and open ended so that the respondents can easily understand and reply. 1. The organization has a talent acquisition and management division but how does the managers identity the pool of talent? The first question is included in the research to provide information on how the organization differentiates the talent that they need from the capabilities
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Questions 1. a. Discuss the specific items of capital that should be included in the WACC. The WACC calculation should include all the sources of capital like common stock‚ preferred stock‚ bonds and any other long-term debt. b. The comptroller currently finds the weights for the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) from information from the balance sheet shown in Table 2. Compute the book value weights that the comptroller currently uses for the company’s capital structure.
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Units Unit Cost Total Cost From the Beginning Inventory 1840.00 20.00 36800.00 From the first purchase 600.00 20.25 12150.00 From the second purchase 380.00 21.00 7980.00 2820.00 56930.00 From the Second purchase 420.00 21.00 8820.00 From the third purchase 400.00 21.25 8500.00 From the second purchase 200.00 21.50 4300.00 1020.00 21.20 21620.00 Units Unit Cost Total Cost From the Beginning Inventory 1020.00 21.20 21624.00 From the first purchase 700.00 21.50 15050.00 From the second
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