17/09/2013 Lecture 1: International Business and Globalisation Dr Lim Ngat Chin‚ Eunice‚ PhD Room ELG02‚ Block E (NEW WING –LOWER GROUND) Lim.Ngatchin@nottingham.edu.my Consultation hours: Mon 1300-1500; Tues 1030-1230; Fri 0900-1100 or appointment by email Session 1 content (IB) What is international business? What are the reasons for international business growth? What are the basic forms of international business activity? Summary 2 1 17/09/2013 What is
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Introduction Backed by 100 glorious years of experience in steel making‚ Tata Steel is among the top ten steel producers in the world with an existing annual crude steel production capacity of 30 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA). Established in 1907‚ it is the first integrated steel plant in Asia and is now the world`s second most geographically diversified steel producer and a Fortune 500 Company. Tata Steel has a balanced global presence in over 50 developed European and fast growing Asian markets
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completing a financial statement analysis of a publicly traded company and I have chosen to use Wal-Mart. I chose Wal-Mart because it is the only major company that is in my home town. There are a few small hardware stores but nothing as big as Wal-Mart. I also happen to enjoy going to Wal-Mart to do my food shopping and to get everyday household supplies. There is so much to learn about the financial aspects of a business through accounting. It is important to understand financial reports and how
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Custom Fabricators‚ Inc. Case Study With the constant change in demand‚ businesses must consistently review various strategies‚ customer needs and core competencies to determine all are in align with the company purpose and mission. Manufacturing companies are endeavoring to be order winners in the various markets today. They must differentiate between the competition and core competencies in a very challenging economy. Custom Fabricators‚ Inc has been the primary manufacturing company for Orleans
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Nucor Steel Case Analysis Questions 1. Do a five-forces (Porter) analysis of the competitive forces impacting the U.S. Steel industry. Does your analysis support Nucor’s current basic business model? The competitive forces impacting the U.S. Steel industry are that the buyers have the majority of the bargaining power‚ there are only a few suppliers‚ the internal rivalry is intense because of the price wars and lack of differentiated products‚ there aren’t any substitutes for steel‚ and there
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Chapter 1 An Overview of Financial Management and The Financial Environment ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 1-1 a. A proprietorship‚ or sole proprietorship‚ is a business owned by one individual. A partnership exists when two or more persons associate to conduct a business. In contrast‚ a corporation is a legal entity created by a state. The corporation is separate and distinct from its owners and managers. b. In a limited partnership‚ limited partners’ liabilities‚ investment returns and control
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Lawson’s Custom Fabricators‚ Inc.‚ create value for Orleans? Custom Fabricators‚ Inc. is able to create value to Orleans because Custom Fabricator’s manufacturing plant is right next to Orleans’ plant. Ben is able to minimize lead-time for Orleans. They are able to deliver parts to Orleans really fast. Quality is also something Custom Fabricators could ensure because they are able to fix something and deliver it to Orleans quicker because they are so close to each other. Custom Fabricators would also
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Financial Statement Relationship Accounting and financial statements are the language of business. Financial statements provide information to help users such as managers and investors analyze accounting data to help make decisions‚ manage risk‚ and predict future outcomes. This week’s paper Team B will discuss how the statement interact with one another‚ how changing one affects other statements‚ and the importance to understand the relationship between the statements. Financial statements
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Financial Statements Paper Your Name Principles of Accounting – ACC/280 Date Instructor Name Financial Statements Paper The purpose of accounting is to provide a means of reporting‚ recording‚ summarizing‚ and interpreting economic data within an organization. Accounting is used by everyone in one form or another. Everyone should have a basic understanding of accounting as it could be extremely beneficial to everyone. Within every company there should be an accounting department
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COMMON-SIZE FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS When all the items of a financial statement are expressed on a common basis‚ it is known as a common-size financial statement. Common-sizing of balance sheet is done generally by expressing its all items as a percentage of its total assets or total equities. Similarly‚ income statement is common-sized when its all items are expressed as percentage of total sales. PROCEDURE OF COMMON SIZING In preparing common-size income statement‚ the following procedure
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