Buffett is always looking for consistency. He does not like organizations that gain a lot in some years and lose even more in others. He looks for a history of steadily increasing earnings, which indicate that the particular company is well and car Continue Reading...
Assessment of Buffett: It would be a great thrill to meet Warren Buffett; in fact it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to take a digital recording device and just chat with him for 15 or 20 minutes. An article in Research Technology Management Continue Reading...
Warren Buffett Profile & Analysis Warren Buffett Warren Buffett as an entrepreneur is a vexing case as many people view him as a hero of entrepreneurship while others view him as an example of entrepreneurship run amok and/or as a man that enga Continue Reading...
He is a strong proponent of improved corporate governance and his record of transparency shows that he holds himself to the same high standards. The most surprising thing about Buffett's leadership style is its simplicity. He ascribes to no complic Continue Reading...
Warren Buffett is widely regarding as one of the greatest investors of all-time. As the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, he commands an empire that encompasses railroads, candy, homebuilders, and underwear. His company now has a market cap of over $ b Continue Reading...
Business, Personal, Moral Ethics When we know something is right or wrong, good or bad, because of certain facts (not just preferences), we're confronting moral issues. Hurting people is wrong. Wanting vanilla ice cream is probably not, no matter th Continue Reading...
Roger Lowenstein's Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist which is the biography of Warren Buffett. In addition to the actuarial math (of which Buffett is a master), the book is unique among biographies because it spells out the various quali Continue Reading...
In fact, Lampert is cited as still frequently drawing his top picks from consulting the shareholder letters of Buffet, and drawing from Buffet's advice to guide him in his own investment decisions. Warren Buffet is famed as the billionaire chairman Continue Reading...
He sets the vision and tone for many billionaires, and it is this vision and tone that helps Bill Gates to make a far greater contribution to the world than his corporate endeavors would ever allow. Bill Gates has donated billions to charity, and i Continue Reading...
Ratios In general East Coast Yachts has below average financial performance compared to its industry peers. With respect to solvency and liquidity, the company has a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 0.66. Both of these lie below the median Continue Reading...
Risk and Insurance Management Risk is believed to be a newly coined word of assurance (for example, Ewald, 1991: 198). One of the broadly shared suppositions regarding insurance is that it spins around an instrumental concept of risk. Possibility an Continue Reading...
Alwaleed also donated $500,000 to the George Herbert Walker Bush Scholarship Fund in 2002. In December 2005, he donated $20 million each to Harvard University and Georgetown University to finance new initiatives aimed at enhancing the study of Islam Continue Reading...
Berkshire Hathaway is one of the most interesting cases of successful investments. Under the inspirational leadership of Warren Buffett, the company's evolution is a great object of study for both scholars and investors. This paper aims at pointing o Continue Reading...
(Livingston 2012) What are the positive aspects of this theory -explain how markets behave? Why? The positive aspects of this theory are that it identifies changes in the markets early. This helps investors to be able to purchase stocks when every Continue Reading...
Behavioral Finance and Human Interaction a Study of the Decision-Making Processes Impacting Financial Markets Understanding the Stock Market Contrasting Financial Theories Flaws of the Efficient Market Hypothesis Financial Bubbles and Chaos The Continue Reading...
Tobacco Industry History of Tobacco Ancient Times Fifteenth Century Sixteenth Century Seventeenth Century Eighteenth Century Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century Modern Times Corporate Stakeholders Ethics & Social Values Ecology & Continue Reading...
Williams - Case Analysis Williams -- Case Analysis Why is Williams considering a $900 million one-year loan from Warren Buffett and Lehman Brothers? Williams is a company based in Tulsa whose business operations are energy related, including explo Continue Reading...
PP. 1). The railroad story is one of low cost, fuel efficient, and environmentally friendly shipping. CSX is well positioned to benefit from the growing surge of railroad traffic and intermodal capacity. The company's financial position is excellent Continue Reading...
Composition IIIllustration EssayA True FriendIt has been said that human beings are social animals. What this means is that we detest isolation and like to associate with others. It is for this reason that we live in groups or formations such as comm Continue Reading...
Bill Gates Founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; philanthropy Did his upbringing seem to influence desire to be philanthropic? If so, how? But his parents planted the seed of entering into philanthropy. Mrs. Gates always stressed on Bill Continue Reading...
Ethics Case Study This report presents an analysis of the ethical challenges faced by two organizations -- one in the not-for-profit sector named Susan G. Komen for the Cure and one in the for-profit sector named The Lubrizol Corporation. A brief ba Continue Reading...
Tax Caps/Schools Tax revolts seem to be an American tradition. Since the American Revolution, American citizens have fought the payment of what they felt were unjust taxes. School taxes have not been any exception to this. Proposition 13 (California Continue Reading...
Question Debt is the main reason large companies have significant differences between the 25% and 75% quartiles, specifically focusing on the Asset Turnover, Net Profit Margin, and Equity Multiplier. Significantly, a debt increment gives the firm ext Continue Reading...
False Assumptions and Business ErrorsAccording to Warren Buffett, hindsight in business is always 20/20. Most businesses in retrospect understand where they went wrong. It is a rare business that can anticipate shifts in market demand and problems wh Continue Reading...
Nonprofit Business: Sustainability and VolunteersIntroductionOver the last few years, there has been an observed decline in not only the amounts contributed towards charitable causes, but also the number of persons willing to serve as volunteers. The Continue Reading...
Olympus Scandal The Olympus corporate governance and accounting scandal is and should be considered one of the largest business scandals in the history of business and the modern world. It is right up there with Enron (and in some ways worse) than t Continue Reading...
Statistics in Relationships It is important to understand the limitations of mathematics, number and statistics. Stats and numbers play a larger role in assigning value to things in today's society. The entire monetary system is based in this statis Continue Reading...
New Work Reward Systems New, Improved, Innovative: Employee Work Rewards In the book First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, authors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman assert that employee satisfaction is not Continue Reading...
Visionary Leaders Leaders come in many different types and flavors with the visionary leaders being the most prominent and cited much of the time. Names that come to mind are Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett. This report will cover the t Continue Reading...
Organization (Apple) Apple Inc. (Apple) was built on January 3, 1977. It is presently engaged in manufacturing, designing and marketing mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital devices. It also sells a number Continue Reading...
" G. Lack of Strategic Vision A strategic vision defines the desired or intended future state of an organization or enterprise in terms of its fundamental objective and/or strategic direction. It represents a long-term view of how things should be. Continue Reading...
Basic economic risk management instruments, such as hedging, were simply not used, because the confidence was uncontrollably high and investors never believed that prices would go down or that credits would become more expensive. The important issu Continue Reading...
The following is a chart of what the February 2006 crash looked like, according to Bloomberg.com. Source: Bloomberg.com, 2007 According to Bloomberg, this downward crash had a dramatic effect on the U.S. market as well. When one views this chart, Continue Reading...
successful examples of leadership in business, especially if we take note of the key changes that the company has underwent during his management, is Jack Welch, CEO at General Electrics for twenty years, a real "tiger Woods of management," by the w Continue Reading...
These strategies can also be used to reduce the risk of a drop in the stock price without regard to tax issues. In deciding whether to employ these strategies, it is necessary to consider the cost of the option and any related transaction costs. A Continue Reading...
This in fact gives Buffet the upper hand to know that his investment will turn around and bring substantial monetary gain to him and his business over the longevity of the business holding. What might account for the share price increase for Berksh Continue Reading...
Unleashing Human Potential: Treating People Like People. The idea that one can accurately predict the future performance of an organization based on a given set of variables is a very fascinating proposition. In many ways it's no different than gam Continue Reading...
