simple click in the World Wide Web (www) virtual environment (Laudon & Laudon‚ 2010). ZARA case study 1. Company presentation Inditex Group is one of the biggest fashion retailers in the world owning more than 100 companies operating in different sectors of activity. Its unique business model set the basis for one of the leading brands in international fashion industry called Zara. Zara is an eco-friendly retail company and encompasses more than 5‚000 stores situated in prime locations
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229. Lo‚ A.‚ 1997 Nocera‚ J.‚ 2009. Poking Holes in a Theory on Markets. New York Times‚ 5 June. Lumby‚ S Arnold‚ G.‚ 2008. Corporate financial management. Pearson Education‚ pp.602-603. Atrill‚ P Ball‚ R. 2003. The Theory of Stock Market Efficiency: Accomplishments and Limitations. Wiley-Blackwell. 4th ed. pp.11-15 Bibliography Mandelbrot‚ B. & Hudson‚ L.‚ 2004. Misbehaviour of markets. Basic Books‚ pp.11-103. Lo‚ A.‚ 1997 Nocera‚ J.‚ 2009. Poking Holes in a Theory on Markets. New York
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2. BACKGROUND The study of Working Capital Management cannot be over emphasised. It is a very important element in corporate financing and very crucial to company survival. Companies usually require an optimal level of working capital to meet daily obligations‚ continue production and make profit. However‚ some managers fall short and the companies liquidate. According to Harris (2005) “Working capital management is a simple and straight forward Concept of ensuring the ability of the firm to fund
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"What is a working capital policy and why is it needed?" Working capital is a “measure of a company’s efficiency and its short term financial health” (Ivestopedia‚ 2008). To calculate a company’s working capital subtract its current liability from its current assets. Current assets include cash‚ accounts receivable‚ and inventory on hand. “Working Capital gives investors an idea of a company’s underlying operational efficiency” (Investopedia‚ 2008). A positive working capital ensures that a company
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Continue Growth for Zara and Inditex Jacki DiSanto Cleveland State University Inditex ensure “fast fashion” is truly fast is logistics. Inditex makes two-thirds of its goods in Spain and nearby countries such as Portugal‚ Morocco and Turkey. The higher labor costs are offset by the flexibility of having production close to its warehouses and distribution centers‚ which are all in Spain. This saves on transportation with faster delivery times. The CEO Pablo Isla also installed a system that monitors
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Kaseumsouk‚ Rishi Gurung‚ Savouth Seng‚ Dev Shrestha‚ Soukry SopCase 3: Zara IT for Fast Fashion11. How would you advise Salgado to proceed on the issue of upgrading Zara’s POS systems?Salgado should be more open-minded when evaluating a newer POS system. Store employees have expressed frustrations with the current process. For instance‚ they are unable to determine if a garment is in stock without manually sifting through merchandise. Zara should provide employees the ability to review inventory balances
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Supply Chain Responsiveness and Efficiency – Complementing or Contradicting Each Other? Dennis Minnich1 Frank H. Maier2 International University in Germany Campus 1 76646 Bruchsal‚ Germany Phone +49 7251 700-341 Fax +49 7251 700-350 e-mail dennis.minnich@i-u.de Abstract Balancing responsiveness to market requirements with overall efficiency is an important issue in supply chain design and management. The objective of the system dynamics model introduced in this paper is to capture generic structures
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A Project Report Entitled Study of Working Capital Management of Jain Irrigation System Ltd. (JISL) Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Paper Project Work of B.Com Course TO Dibrugarh University (Dibrugarh) Kanicka Berlia Submitted By:- Roll No: - 16730013 Regd. No: - 08001431 For The Academic Year:- 2009-10 Guided By: MR. LAXMINARAYAN SAMAL MBA (Finance and Marketing)‚ MA (Economics)‚ B.Ed‚ PGDHRM‚ PGDJMC GUIDE’S CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Miss Kanicka
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31 (2001) 105–231 Capital markets research in accounting$ S.P. Kothari* Sloan School of Management‚ Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02142‚ USA Received 22 November 1999; received in revised form 8 March 2001 Abstract I review empirical research on the relation between capital markets and financial statements. The principal sources of demand for capital markets research in accounting are fundamental analysis and valuation‚ tests of market efficiency‚ and the role of accounting
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS Introduction Most of the world’s work is done through organization – groups of people who work together to accomplish one or more objectives. In doing its work‚ an organization uses resources – labor‚ materials‚ various services‚ building and equipment. These resources need to be financed‚ or paid for to work effectively‚ the people in organization need information about the amounts to these resources‚ the means of financing them‚ and the results achieved
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