Working Capital Requirements and the Determining Factors in Pakistan Mian Sajid Nazir* and Talat Afza** Literature on corporate finance has traditionally focused on the study of long-term financial decisions. Researchers have examined‚ in particular‚ the investment decisions‚ capital structure‚ dividends or company valuation decisions‚ among other topics. However‚ short-term assets and liabilities are important components of total assets and need to be carefully analyzed. Management of these
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: Understanding financial performance using the technique of ratio analysis of listed companies Executive Summary Companies are said to be listed (quoted) when their shares are publicly traded on a stock exchange. A systematic use of ratios is widely used by managers‚ creditors‚ regulators and investors to analyze the financial performance of listed and unlisted companies. The listed companies have an extra ratio analysis (investor ratios) which cannot be used
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industrial environment. Analyzing its competitors not only enables an organization to identify its own strengths and weaknesses but also help to identify opportunities for and threats to the organization from its industrial environment. SWOT analysis is a systematic analysis of these factors and the strategy that reflects the best match between them. Let us analyze these principals in relation to the core competence of McDonalds‚ one of the largest food chain companies in the world. Let us first start with
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INTRODUCTION OF TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY Telecommunication is the transmission of messages over significant distances for the purpose of communication. In the modern age of electricity‚ telecommunications has involved the use of electric means such as the telegraph and telephone‚ the use of microwave communications and the use of fiber optics. The telecom industry plays an important role in the world economy and global revenues in 2008 were ~USD 4 trillion‚ expected to grow at a steep 11%
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HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS PETRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (Amounts in Million Pesos) 2013 2012 2011 ASSETS Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents 211.55% 113.19% 100% Financial assets at fair value Through profit or loss 330.38%
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Introduction Since China was opened the market in earlier 1980s‚ a number of foreign supermarket corporation were entered‚ e.g. Carrefour‚ Tesco and Wal-mart. Now the Wal-mart has become one of the very important supermarkets in Chinese supermarket sector. This assignment is intends to offer the evaluation for the business and performance of Wal-mart in China in terms of PEST and SWOT models‚ with critical discussion on the choosing and using of those two analytical models‚ so that provide the critical
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Financial Ratio Analysis PROFITABILITY - Ability to sell a product for more than the cost of producing it. - Not an exact estimate of the company’s pricing strategy but give a good indication of financial health. - Without an adequate gross margin‚ a company will be unable to pay its operating and other expenses and build for the future. - Should be stable should not fluctuate much from one period to another‚ unless the industry it is in has been undergoing drastic changes which will
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state. The people’s republic of China is a single party state governed by the communist party of China. President : Hu Jintao Prime Minister: Wen Jiabau Independence: 1‚ October 1949 ( People’s republic of China) Constitutional system China or People Republic of China adopts socialist system or communism in their political system in their decision-making process in governing the country. The country’s sole political party in power is known as communist party of China. The government have the sole
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Country Profiles –China & Analysis the entry of Manufacturer Industry MBA 780 W1 2008 Spring Instructor: Professor Christian J. Delaunay‚ Ph.D. Student: Hsiao-Shan Lin ID: 09784 Table of contents Sections: 1. Executive Summary……………………………………………………..p.2 2. Country profiles A‚ Geopolitical environment…………………………………………….p.2-3 B‚ Economy………………………………………………………………p.3-5 C. Financial System……………………………………………………
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Horizontal Analysis Horizontal analysis is a type of trend analysis that compares both percent and amount changes from one year to another. This type of analysis is performed on both the income statement and the balance sheet to allow detection of trends and to identify performance issues. The analysis itself can be very useful‚ especially if more than two years are included. However‚ caution must be taken not to draw conclusion on this analysis itself‚ as it can mislead without any context. It
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