By adding up the two figures one obtains the company's total net worth. The basic rule of a balance sheet is that the assets on one side have to add up to the same amount as the liabilities and the owners' equity combined, on the other side. Invest Continue Reading...
Financial Analysis Oracle sells software for database-management and network products, application-development productivity tools, and end-user applications. Its principal product, the Oracle relational database-management system, runs on supercompu Continue Reading...
Financial Reports Understanding Financial Reports I am choosing to analyze Apple Inc., a publicly held company since 1980. The homepage is at http://www.apple.com. I am interested in Apple for many reasons, firstly because it is one of the most suc Continue Reading...
Financial Fraud Fannie Mae Review of Fraud Schemes within Fannie Mae 1998-2004 Scope The agency found the fraud understatements of earnings and illegal gratuities that led to accounting violations and inability to meet Wall Street goals. The inve Continue Reading...
Access the organization's resources to actually deliver what it offers -- does the organization really have the resources, human or otherwise, to achieve this new idea? 5. Access technology -- is there market readiness of technology sufficient -- a Continue Reading...
Even public transportation is growing more expensive, given that cash-strapped states are raising fares. SWOT Analysis: Strengths Victory offers customizable bikes with great value and power, according to its promotional literature. I Weaknesses Continue Reading...
These studies can be beneficial in providing direct human responses, and though such data is not appropriate for statistical analysis, it can provide tremendous insight into the feelings of the average consumer and lead to some creative new ideas (T Continue Reading...
6% of all bakeries in Canada within the province, it's clear that a uniquely positioned bakery could have a significant market potential in the Vancouver market specifically. With 211 total retail bakery outlets in all of British Columbia, the propo Continue Reading...
It revealed the fact that customers were willing to buy chocolate in order to be in fashion. The government, which is a communist one, has imposed chocolate importers to mark the country of origin in order to provide the customers with the accurate Continue Reading...
Market Audit The first point that has to be looked into is the health of the company, Colorado Australia. The company is passing through a bad phase and this is not the time for a product launch as generally no new introduction can make money for a Continue Reading...
Market Entry Strategies Into 2004 Germany: High Value, Low Volume Is the Key to Overcoming German Pessimism and Conservative Consumerism Because of its relative political stability, and great economic wealth, Germany remains one of the most desirabl Continue Reading...
Companies use the income statement to show how successful the company is during specific time frames. Investors often want to know how much money is being brought in, they want to know that the company has enough funds to pay the operating expenses Continue Reading...
With regard to the second article, a Magic Potion?; Wellness drinks from the Economist (2007), the lack of secondary research is so glaring as to make the claims of weight reduction from drinking the new beverage unbelievable. The entire article co Continue Reading...
This value may not be immediately apparent, however, as investments are long-term projects, and expected to grow over time, hence a new factory is allowed to be accounted for differently than say, a new box of paperclips. But under WorldCom's accoun Continue Reading...
Therefore, the policy will ensure that as far as the plant keeps manufacturing products to the customers, it participates in protecting the lives and health of these people. Moreover, the policy is beneficial in offering equitable policies that allo Continue Reading...
The applicability of Activity-Based Costing for decision making is directly linked to the influences that ABC has over process control. In this order of ideas, by better identifying the incurred costs or the overhead, managers can better monitor an Continue Reading...
Financial Decision Making The cliche "you get what you measure" refers to the way the choice of what to measure and how to measure it will impact on perceptions and actions. It is important that the correct measures are chosen that are aligned with Continue Reading...
Conduct a benchmarking analysis As explained by Prasnikar, Debeljak and Ahcan (2005) benchmarking depends on comparing between two activities of an organization and another. In our case, we shall compare McDonald's activities and those of its comp Continue Reading...
Financial statement analysis is a tool by which one can examine the publicly-available financial statements to determine the financial condition of a company. The role of the financial statements is to provide information for both internal and extern Continue Reading...
In that regard, the regulatory changes that allowed banks and other mortgage lenders to sell off their obligations (and the development of complex investment techniques to do so) undermined the integrity of the U.S. housing market. Specifically, Wal Continue Reading...
Even if the prices of consumer staples such as gas continue to escalate in America and in Europe, this is less likely to deter European consumers, given that such cost-of-living budgetary issues such high fuel costs have long become acceptable to Eu Continue Reading...
Because of its youth-oriented focus, Nike must constantly innovate, in terms of its products. Examples of such innovation include new shoes like the Nike Free, which are intended to profit off of the new 'barefoot running' craze, shoes that allow f Continue Reading...
Secondary markets can help to bundle capital with the best managers of that capital, which can be used to generate capital in the primary markets, but in general the primary market is more efficient at allocating capital and of the two is the only o Continue Reading...
Our investment research and risk advisory service seeks to optimize each client's returns while also minimizing risk exposure over the long-term. Risk is unavoidable yet through our unique approach to real-time integration of research results and t Continue Reading...
This was able to guarantee the company a steady and sustainable growth, encouraging a constant profitability over this period of time. Further more, the company is well-known for its principles of improving its performances and attempting to be mor Continue Reading...
Indeed, risk-seeking is pervasive in the financial industry, as competition compels banks to seek higher returns. Regulation such as capital requirements can help to reduce risk-seeking behavior, although the negative affect such regulations have on Continue Reading...
Financial Analysis Rationale for choosing the company for which to invest The company selected for this financial research report is Intel Corporation. The rationale for selecting this company is because Intel is considered to be one of the major p Continue Reading...
Financial Analysis There are some interesting dynamics with this case. First, Snead would not purchase this company for one penny more than the net present value of future cash flows. Second, the business cannot possibly be a sole proprietorship -- Continue Reading...
Financial Performance: Caterpillar Caterpillar, the preeminent leader in the manufacture and supplier of earth moving equipment is the quintessential growth success story in the rapid economic globalization of the past three decades. Caterpillar's g Continue Reading...
Financial Management Significance of Interest to the economy: Interest rates keep on changing with the passage of time; the rates which were present a month ago are quite different from the current rates. This is because the interest rates change w Continue Reading...
Financial Crisis Contemporary Social and Political Issue: The Financial Crisis The current recession is considered among the worst in U.S. history. As it has been characterized by policy experts, public officials and members of private industries a Continue Reading...
Financial Analysis Understanding how a company operates within any industry is dependent upon comprehension of many financial properties. Assessing the financial stability of a company is essential in determining the company's strengths and weakness Continue Reading...
Secondly, performance-related pay increases prevents inflationary tendencies since such increases are the outcomes of increased productivity. Managers and employees are benefited by performance-related pay increases in the following way: when profit Continue Reading...
The industry average current ratio is 2.5 (MSN Moneycentral, 2009), so the Gap has less capacity to meet its current obligations than many of its peers. However, in the retail industry most firms have a large portion of their current assets tied up Continue Reading...
Due to limited company market capitalization it must strive even harder than those with big market cap to outsource production and face the optimal level of quality to cost ratio. The company must diversify the distribution and supplying sources and Continue Reading...
Financial Accounting Regulatory Compliance The roles of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of a public company are invaluable in establishing an ethical environment that generates quality accounting and reliable financial reporting f Continue Reading...
It is however important to come up with an integrated proactive management of real property in order to cover most of the risks that affect this market sector. The requirement for the integrated property management So as to achieve the required a Continue Reading...
Question Diversification is a technique that reduces risks in an investment portfolio. By spreading out the types of investments in your portfolio, you protect yourself from the losses incurred by any one investment suddenly tanking. Diversificati Continue Reading...
