Capital Budgeting Luz A comas Strayer University Professor: Michael Hamuicka Financial Management – FIN 534 05/02/2011 Abstract Capital budgeting is one of the most important areas of financial management. There are several techniques commonly used to evaluate capital budgeting projects namely the payback period‚ accounting rate of return‚ present value and internal rate of return and profitability index. Recent studies highlight that financial managers worldwide favor
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M i n i C as e 4 Starbucks: Re-creating Its Uniqueness INSPIRED BY ITALIAN COFFEE BARS‚ Starbucks’s founder Howard Schultz set out to provide a completely new consumer experience. The trademark of any Starbucks coffeehouse is its ambience—where music and comfortable chairs and sofas encourage customers to sit and enjoy their coffee beverages. While hanging out at Starbucks‚ they can use the complimentary wireless hotspot or just visit with friends. The barista seems to speak a foreign language
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Présentation de l’entreprise Starbucks Fondée en 1971‚ Starbucks Coffee Company est la plus grande chaîne multinationale de cafés‚ Starbucks était alors spécialisé dans le commerce de café en grains. En 1987‚ Starbucks est devenue Starbucks Corporation après son acquisition par Howard Schultz‚ l’entreprise a alors ouvert et racheté des boutiques à travers le monde entier. Les boutiques Starbucks vendent en plus de leur propre marque du café‚ du thé‚ des pâtisseries mais également des machines à
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International Marketing Strategy of STARBUCKS Corporation “We’re not in the coffee business serving people…We’re in the people business serving coffee.” Introduction • Is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle‚ Washington. • Is the largest coffeehouse company in the world‚ with 17‚009 stores in 55 countries‚ including over 11‚000 in the United States‚ over 1‚000 in Canada‚ over 700 in the United Kingdom‚ and over 150 in Turkey. • Sells brewed coffee‚ espressos
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Subject: Financial Management Chapter no. 11: Capital Budgeting Chapter No. 11 – Capital Budgeting Contents ♦ Capital budgets as opposed to revenue budgets ♦ Different kinds of capital budgets – non-productive assets‚ improving operating efficiency and capital projects ♦ Choosing capital projects – Conventional and Discounted Cash Flow techniques ♦ Payback period‚ Discounted payback period‚ Net Present Value‚ Internal Rate of Return‚ Profitability Index methods ♦ Assumptions underlying different
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Budgeting System Paper Line-item Budget System The major advantage of line-item budgeting is its simplicity. Any staff member‚ board member‚ volunteer or interested citizen can pick up the line-item budget of a human service agency and see (a) the source and amount of the agency’s revenues‚ (b) how the funds will be used in terms of staff‚ equipment‚ facilities‚ travel‚ and so on‚ and (c) if the budget is balanced. The major disadvantages of line-item budgeting systems are twofold. First‚ line-item
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Public Budgeting 1 Public Budgeting Introduction Public finance comprises any revenues or expenditures passing through state budgets‚ derived from whatever source and however spent. Public finance has to be accounted for within governmental budgets for it to qualify as public finance (Bailey‚ 2003). This paper will discuss the concept of public finance and its philosophy. There is a comparison of governmental accounting and nongovernmental accounting‚ and an explanation of the relationship
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2. SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths Brand Image: Starbucks is amongst one of the very few companies that have managed to successfully create market awareness and stir up consumer interest in specialty coffee while at the same time preserving brand dominance. Its focus on consistency in delivering positive consumer experience stresses the point about consumer visits to its cafes being an ‘Experience’ rather than just seeing it as another coffee maker (workforce.com). Unique Strategy: The Ability to capture
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StarStarbucks mission is “…to establish Starbucks as the most recognized and respected brand in the world and become a national company with values and guiding principles that employees could be proud of…” However‚ this mission was threatened in 2008 when the company found itself in trouble with slow growth and profits. Determined to continue its mission‚ Starbucks reevaluated its resource-based model of returns and made some changes which resulted in increased revenue and above-average returns
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Budgeting and the Planning and Control Process Learning Objectives By the end of this chapter‚ you should be able to: • Describe how the budget is a component of the planning and control process. • Explain the three components of planningmission‚ goals‚ and objectives. • Describe how performance reports relate to budgets. • List the advantages of budgeting. • Describe how budgeting is related to strategic planning. • Describe the budget administration process. INTRODUCTION Have
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