British Petroleum and its Corporate Strategy Introduction The organisation environment is always changing and therefore it is essential that a structured‚ detailed and continuous analysis of the principal dimensions of the environment is made. In order to profitably satisfy customer needs‚ an organisation must understand its external and internal situation including the customer‚ the market and its own capabilities. Furthermore‚ it needs to understand and adapt to the dynamic and uncontrollable
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Question and answers for homework-1 1. What is the difference between a financial asset and a tangible asset? A tangible asset is one whose value depends upon certain physical properties‚ e.g. land‚ capital equipment and machines. A financial asset‚ which is an intangible asset‚ represents a legal claim to some future benefits or cash flows. The value of a financial asset is not related to the physical form in which the claim is recorded. 2. What is the difference between the claim
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Financial Institutions Financial institutions are either private or government owned organizations that operates as a channel between the borrowers and savers of funds. One of the main functions of financial institutions is to provide the financing that boosts the economic development of a nation. For instance‚ a stable financial system accommodates the flow of funds between investors and savers. However an instable financial system occurs when there’s a disruption in this process causing a distortion
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An Evaluation of Nutella Marketing Strategy of 2012 with the view to improvement. From: Natalia Muranska To: Peter McPherson Date: List of Contents: Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….. 5 Procedure ………………………………………………………………………....... 5 Findings History ……………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Marketing concept ............................................................................... 7 History .......................................................................
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1.Calculate Dunham’s 1995 financial rations. (See Exhibits 1‚2‚ and 3). Current Ratio = (current assets/current liabilities) = (16‚268/7‚600) = 2.1405% Inventory Turnover = (sales/inventory) = (26‚671/6‚133) = 4.3487% receivable____ = 5‚920___ = 81.01 Days DSO = annual sales/365 26‚671/365 Fixed Asset Turnover = (sales/net fixed assets) = (26‚671/3‚336) = 7.9949% Total Turnover Asset = (sales/total assets) = (26‚671/16‚268) = 1.6394% Total Debt to Total Assets = (total debt/total assets) =
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Chadwick Green BA490 Business Policy and Strategy Profitability Measures Grantham University I feel that all of the six performance measures are all useful indicators of how well a company is being managed‚ but if I had to pick two they would be return on equity and return on sales. Return on equity represents more profit for the shareholder’s. ROE also shows how well the business is using and managing the money. A company with high return on equity will be better off for growth in the
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CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE STRATEGIC CHOICES OF NANDO’S TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 MODELS OF STRATEGY 4 1. Porter’s Generic Strategies 4 2. Mintzberg’s 5 P’s of Strategy 5 3 OVERVIEW OF STRATEGIC DECISIONS 7 4 CONCLUSION 8 INTRODUCTION “Decisions‚ whether explicitly or implicitly arrived at‚ precede every action.” Ansoff 1965 Our choices or decisions precedes everything‚ from day to day operations to the direction
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competition with a smaller margin. Dell’s focus was to acquire as many new customers as possible‚ which in turn allowed them to negotiate even lower prices from their component suppliers‚ and through economies of scale‚ reduce costs even further. This strategy was extremely successful‚ shown in Figure 1 Dell sales numbers and income rapidly increased through most of the 1990’s. Figure 1 http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=DELL+Interactive#chart5:symbol=dell;range=19880901‚19991201;indicator=volume;chartt
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Chapter 1 Comparative Corporate Governance and Financial Goals End-of-Chapter Questions 1. Corporate goals: shareholder wealth maximization. Explain the assumptions and objectives of the shareholder wealth maximization pmodel. Answer: The Anglo-American markets have a philosophy that a firm’s objective should follow the shareholder wealth maximization (SWM) model. More specifically‚ the firm should strive to maximize the return to shareholders‚ as measured by the sum of capital gains and dividends
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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