Capital Market Efficiency and Its Implication for Financial Reporting MJAROCKS Capital market efficiency has been a widely debated topic since the term was introduced. The efficient market hypothesis was introduced by Eugene Fama in 1970 and is one of the most important topics that is covered in financial accounting theory. There have been many papers and studies that have backed the efficiency market hypothesis. There have also been many others that have tried to show that the markets are
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There are three types of market efficiency: Ø - when prices are determined in a way that equates the marginal rates of return (adjusted for risk) for all producers and savers‚ market is said to be allocationally efficient; Ø - when the cost of transfering funds is “reasonable”‚ market is said to be operationally efficient; Ø - when prices fully reflect all available information‚ market is said to be informationally efficient. Bachelier (1900): In the opening paragraph of his
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1. What is capital-market efficiency? What are its implications for investment performance in general? What are the implications for fund managers‚ if the market exhibits characteristics of strong‚ semi-strong‚ or weak efficiency? Capital-market efficiency evolved from the PhD in the 1960s dissertation by Eugene Fama. The Efficient Market Hypothesis‚ states that at any given time and in a liquid market‚ the prices of securities fully reflect all the available information. EMH exists to varying degrees
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Zara Supply Chain Report By: A.H. C.L. H.L. S.H. X.W. Humble Beginnings In 1975‚ Amancio Ortea Gaona started Inditex Corporation in his first small shop in a remote town in Spain‚ Arteixo. Only 35 years later‚ it has emerged the largest apparel company in the world—Zara. Currently‚ Zara’s headquarters and two distribution centers are located in this small Spanish town. Zara broke a new path between the traditional high fashion and the mass fashion strategies; it provides
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1. Zara profile Zara is the most internationalized of Inditex’s chains which owned by Spanish tycoon Amancia Ortega. The first Zara store opened in 1975 and there are more than 1‚500 Zara stores around the world until now. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks to develop a new product and get it to stores‚ compared with a six-month industry average‚ and launches around 10‚000 new design each year. Zara has resisted the industry –wide trend towards transferring fast fashion production to
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Zara currently using Dos based operating system. Because of outdated system‚ Currently there are many problems occur in the company operations. Essential problems identified is store managers waste too much time on ordering‚ checking stock‚ inventory. POS system are not linked together which causes big problem of real time data. Further analysis shows Administrative systems. Zara is located in many countries with many currencies and a commercial application would not accommodate unless modified
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design‚ sales‚ marketing‚ and financial services that allow retailers‚ brand marketers‚ and branded manufacturers to act as strategic brokers in linking overseas factories” with markets (Gary Gereffi). Barriers to entry are fairly low. Not much capital is needed to enter the industry‚ as franchises and joint ventures are popular methods of establishing retail stores while keeping costs low. Buyers do not have much bargaining power. Since buyers are aware apparel companies are quick to do away with
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ZARA CASE STUDY: THE COMPANY WHERE EVETHING COMMUNICATES Paloma Díaz Soloaga and Mercedes Monjo ZARA CASE STUDY THE COMPANY WHERE EVERYTHING COMMUNICATES Paloma Díaz Soloaga. Head of Fashion Communication and Management. Centro Universitario Villanueva. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. SPAIN soloaga@villanueva.edu Mercedes Monjo. Responsible Textile International Marketing‚ Men’s Collection Carrefour. SPAIN This case has been published by the Journal HARVARD DEUSTO MARKETING
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Company Name Zara International Objective for a warehouse management is fully utilize the space‚ improved the productivity of operations flow and reduce the inventory carrying cost. From the case of Zara‚ I found that they arranging the cross-dock rather then typical storage function. Because they have the commitment about the order fulfillment time from warehouse to stores‚ for examples 24 hours to European countries‚ 48 hours to American and within 72 hours to Japan. So Zaras warehouse needs
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Question No1.Advantages of responsive supply chain of Zara? A responsive supply chain of Zara works collaboratively among the stakeholders to exchange information in a feedback loop in order to produce enough of a product to satisfy uncertain demand. Zara has greater visibility into the supply chain which makes it responsive to the current market. This allows Zara to sense and respond quickly to capitalize on new opportunities. The information systems are the heart of the business model which enables
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