Merger: Valuation Process and Evaluation of Financial Performance in case of United Insurance Company and Shama Plc By: Jemaneh Bayou January 2008 Advisor: Abebe Yitayew (Asst. Professor.) A PROJECT PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES OF ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENTS OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY SCHOOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Faculty of Business & Economics Department of
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Introduction 3 2. JOB ANALYSIS 4 2.1 Concept of Job analysis 4 2.2 Components of Job analysis 4 2.3 Process of Job analysis 4 2.4 Methods of Job analysis 6 2.5 Benefits of Job analysis 6 3. JOB DESCRIPTION 7 3.1 Concept of Job description 7 3.2 Components of job 7 3.3 Purpose of Job description 8 3.4 Criticism of Job description 8 4. JOB SPECIFICATION 9 4.1 Advantages of job specification 9 4.2 Problems of Job specification 9 5. JOB DESIGN 10 6. JOB ANALYSIS INTERVIEW 10
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SWOT ANALYSIS SWOT ANALYSIS Strength Familiar brand names Flexible management Youthful Instincts Favorable access to suppliers Favorable access to consumer Weaknesses New player in the industry Insufficient capital No physical shop No employee Opportunities High demand for Art products and School supplies There is already a ready market. There is no substitute for the products. More people are becoming intrigued by DIY and wants to try it. S-O Market development: Creates brand awareness so that
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DELTA AIR LINES‚ INC. Consolidated Balance Sheets | | | | | | | | | | | | |December 31‚ | | |(in millions) | |2008 | | |2007 | | |ASSETS
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phones as well as the services that need to be developed. Nokia is now faced with two options: should they continue operating in both the developed and emerging markets‚ or should they begin to focus solely on one market? External environment analysis - External segments of the general environment * Technical * Development of the different networks (1G‚ 2G‚ 3G) * Economic * Differences in disposable income‚ “the average disposable income in the U.S. was eight times
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On September 11‚ 2001 the United States was attacked by terrorists‚ leading to a perfect opportunity for George W. Bush and his administration to have a reason to go to war against Iraq. In 2003‚ after much manipulation to the public‚ the United States was joined by their alliance (United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Spain‚ and Poland) in invading Iraq; resulting in the 2003 Iraq War‚ which would be called Operation Iraqi Freedom. Although the Bush administration said there were weapons of mass destruction
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Introduction: Break-even analysis is a technique widely used by production management and management accountants. It is based on categorizing production costs between those which are "variable" (costs that change when the production output changes) and those that are "fixed" (costs not directly related to the volume of production). Total variable and fixed costs are compared with sales revenue in order to determine the level of sales volume‚ sales value or production at which the business makes
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AT&T has the U-verse subscription server‚ while Verizon market FIOS. Both combined Voice over IP‚ high speed internet‚ and subscription television into one package at a price better than buying each service separately. AT&T method of distribution gives it a slight advantage in the beginning. The company opted to deploy fiber optic in main distribution nodes‚ while relying on copper lines to transmit services to the customer homes. Verizon chose to deploy fiber optic lines directly to the
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public policy from two (2) different publications (large metropolitan or national newspaper such as Washington Post or the New York Times or national magazines such as Newsweek‚ Time‚ and The New Republic.) Examine Box 3.0 – Conducting a Stakeholder Analysis. Read Demonstration Exercise 1 located at the end of Chapter 3. Choose a policy issue area in the U.S. such as gun control‚ violent crime control‚ white-collar crime‚ illegal drugs‚ medical insurance fraud‚ and environmental protection of waterways
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Robert Mondavi and the Wine Industry Analysis EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Robert Mondavi Winery became one of America’s most innovative‚ high-quality winemakers in the late 1960s and early 1970s. There are over 1 million wine producers worldwide and no winery accounted for more than 1% of global retail sales. Because of this and the fact that there are many substitutes‚ there is an issue to try to gain economies of scale and become a leader in the wine market. Wine tends to stay it its local region
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