SNC-Lavalin‚ a Montreal based engineering corporation‚ made huge profits on billion dollar projects in Libya. 2012 was probably the worst year in the history of the firm. Pierre Duhaime‚ the C.E.O‚ resigned in March following revelations of $56 million worth of questionable payments being made. These payments were made to undisclosed agents and Duhaime was the official who signed them off. In April‚ Riadh Ben Aissa was arrested on charges of corruption‚ fraud and money laundering. In November‚ Duhaime
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Working Capital Management Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept in the Simulation Reference to Concept in Reading Credit policy Lawrence Sports ’ (LA) current credit policy is not catering to the needs of the company. LA ’s credit policy is too lenient‚ and there is no money coming into the company. The company ’s working capital minimum requirements are not being achieved. In addition‚ it has a direct effect on the LA ’s cash conversion cycle because cash is constantly paid for
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Jet Blue Airways; Managing Growth 1. Jet Blue´s Business- level strategy; value and cost drivers Jet Blue uses to create and maintain ist competitive position Founded by the discount airline veteran David Neeleman in 2000‚ JetBlue Airways has quickly become one of the largest discount airlines in the United States. Starting primarily by serving the East Coast‚ the airline has since expanded throughout the country and entered the international market. The reasons for its early success are
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RUNNING HEAD: Managing Creative Capital Managing Creative Capital in the Contemporary Organization Nizana Solognier Saint Leo University February 2013 1 MANAGING CREATIVE CAPITAL 2 Abstract The competitive advantage of the successful contemporary organization lies in their ability to build tailor-made capabilities that are part of their inherent identity‚ making it hard for any one else to duplicate. Therefore it is essential for the organization to determine what the required
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Multinational Management of Working Capital MNCs tie up funds when investing in their working capital‚ which includes short term assets such as inventory‚ accounts receivable‚ and cash. They attempt working capital management by maintaining sufficient short-term assets to support their operations. Yet‚ they do not want to invest excessively in short-term assets because these funds might be put to better use. The management of working capital is more complex for MNCs that have foreign subsidiaries
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Assets Turnover Ratio 3.6 Inventory Turnover Ratio 3.7 Debtors Turnover Ratio 3.8 Interest Coverage Ratio 3.9 Operating Profit Margin 3.10 Profit Before Interest And Tax Margin or EBIT 3.11 Gross Profit Margin 3.12 Net Profit Margin 3.13 Return On Capital Employed 3.14 Return On Net Worth 3.15 Earnings Per Share 3.16 Book Value 3.17 Price Earning (P/E) 3.18 Price to Book Value 4 Comparison of IOCL financial ratios with Refinery Industry 5 Analysis of Director’s Report and MDA 5.1 Analysis of Director’s
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scenario. The question arises as to which strategy would be expected to yield the best results in a given scenario. This study deals with the impact of currency fluctuations on cash flows of IT service providers and explores various strategies for managing transaction exposure from this viewpoint. The risk management strategies considered for the study are: forward currency contacts‚ currency options‚ and cross-currency hedging. The study analyzes and evaluates these foreign exchange risk management
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htm Top management teams’ social capital in Taiwan The impact on firm value in an emerging economy Chaur-Shiuh Young Department of Accounting‚ National Chung Cheng University‚ Min-Hsiung‚ Taiwan‚ ROC Abstract Purpose – The paper aims to examine the contributions of top management teams’ (TMTs) social capital to the creation of business value. Design/methodology/approach – Least-squares regression is used to estimate the relationship between TMT social capital and Tobin’s Q‚ while controlling
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Problem: * Dell Want to continue it’s growth for the next year of 1997 by around the same growth of 1996 since it grow by 52% in that year while the industry grow by 31% and the industry will grow by 20% in 1997 while Dell will grow by 50%. * Dell needs to come with a plan to finance its growth for the year of 1997 Possible solution: * Dell could use external fund to finance their growth taking loan from banks. * The advantage of that solution is that they can distribute dividends
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New Heritage Doll Company Simulation What did you decide in year one? In year one‚ we decided to choose the Match My Doll clothing line and the Retail Expansion in the Northeast. We chose the Match My Doll clothing line because we saw that it’s sales figure were the most appealing with an IRR of 20.69%‚ a payback period of 9.21 years‚ and 7.84 potential increase in net income. We chose the Retail Expansion in the Northeast because they had an IRR of 32.33%‚ a payback period of 6.11 years‚ and a 6
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