Venture Reports Samples For Students

The Finance Department of firms provides correct and appropriate sources of equity capital for any new venture or start-up business to begin their operations. Any entrepreneur interested in new venture stocks up the equity capital provided by the finance department of strong firms or individuals and begins the operations. Equity capital is defined as capital cash that is free of debt provided by the business or investor to start the operation of any company. Equity capital investment done by the firms is in the form of issuing shares of the company to the firm who invested in it. Firms ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

With constant changes in the environment, organizations are forced to expand their market. In order to do so, organizations have relied upon the use of entry strategy. Nokia is one of the organizations that have focused on using only joint venture as an entry strategy. Using joint venture does have many benefits and advantages associated with it but the limitations and challenges are far more advanced. Due to such reasons, only focusing on joint ventures could enhance the risks for the organizations in the market.

INTRODUCTION

Joint venture is one of the most prominent market-entry strategy that both national and ...

Proposition

The purpose of this activity is to identify, recruit, train and deploy potential personnel for key managerial positions in OYM IT, a joint-venture undertaking between FIRST UP IT of Australia and IT SOLUTIONS of India. The time table for the identification, recruitment and training of management personnel for the Joint Venture post is three calendar months.

The selected management personnel will report to the Joint Venture Chief Executive Officer, Mr. (Indian National). Mr. (Indian National) worked extensively with IT SOLUTIONS in a high-ranking executive position and as such, has extensive experience in IT operations. He will be leading the business operations ...

Introduction

The common perception about marketing is that it is refined to the activities which are associated with product selling and advertising. However, this is not a true depiction of this field. The concept of selling or advertising is one of the areas of marketing. Marketing is a management discipline that lookup for the strategies and ways for best satisfying consumers’ needs and wants, not just that, but it also creates needs among potential customers. Business can flourish by taking into account the marketing process within their business discipline. This process gives insights about the existing or potential market of ...

Business Plan: Whether is it Feasible for BMG to Expand its Presence in the Increasing Affluent Chinese Market via Joint Venture (JV) with a Local Chinese and if it is Feasible in the Chinese Milk Market with a Local Partner.

Executive Summary

The purpose of this business plan is to come up with information in relation to the Chinese milk industry. Furthermore, this business plan seeks to determine whether the Chinese milk industry can be a lucrative platform to invest. Just the same way, this study is meant to analyze the possibility of BMG Company forming a joint venture with a ...

Executive Summary

The purpose of this report is to analyse the dairy industry in China and provide recommendations on the creation of a joint venture between a foreign company and a local company in China. A market overview is done to establish the current market situation. The current market situation is analysed when overviewing the market. The writer looks at the production and consumption rate in the country.
A literature review is used to analyse the production and consumption of dairy products in the country. Information from website and other secondary sources especially statistics from the dairy associations in country is ...

Executive summary

An entrepreneur is an individual who comes up with an idea, gathers enough resources to drive his /her idea and starts a venture to generate revenue. The entrepreneur must assess the viability of the idea before embarking on the venture. This is to make sure that the resources invested in the idea will not be wasted and maximum benefits will be collected from the venture. After successfully launching his/her venture, the entrepreneur will be required to use his expertise and experience to make sure that the business grows. This study involved interviewing a successful entrepreneur. The session involved asking him questions ...

Holcim Singapore Limited found by merging the National Cement and Eastern Concrete in 2004. The company has specialized in innovative building materials such as cement, ready-mix concrete, wood replacement products as well as the dry mix mortar(Holcim.sg, 2016). Following the increased digital evolution, the company needs to integrate some of the technological changes so as to put-up with the current competitive environment. As a way of enhancing the performance of this company, prefab technology should be adopted and integrated into the current performance of the enterprise (Holcim.sg, 2016). The introduction of the prefabricated technology is crucial for this ...

Introduction

Wal-Mart is the world largest retail company operating both in the US and the international markets through joint ventures and subsidiaries in other countries. Wal-Mart was established in 1962 by Sam Walton in Brentonville, Arkansas and was traded in the public market in 1972. The company took anticyclical measures in the 90s by considering the international expansion. The company has established itself in Mexico, China, Canada, and Argentina. The company has successfully been able to establish a vibrant market by attracting more consumers through its Every Day Low Price (EDLP) (Horngren, 2008). This is a consumer centric approach combined ...

Executive Summary

Over the past few decades, multinational businesses have emerged and have operations in vast geographical locations. Several business corporations have taken advantage of globalization and open business environments to do global business. China and the rest of emerging Asian ‘tiger’ economies present excellent business locations for much multinationals. As these businesses seek massive expansion, several factors come into play. Factor such as government regulation, stiff competition, different marketing strategies, political influences, differentiated human resource management strategies, incoherent consumer behavior and culture have a huge bearing on international expansion . The Coffee Connoisseur (TCC) is a specialized gourmet beverages and foods outlet with a ...

Question 1

Among the various internationalization theories, Uppsala internationalization model can be considered as the best representative of the Zara's strategy of internalization. According to Tykesson and Alserud (2011, p.6). The Uppsala Model of Internationalization implies that firms try to enter the new market incrementally based on their market knowledge. When a firm acquires adequate information and experience regarding their local market, they tend to expand into the neighboring market and then later in the foreign markets. Usually, such firms enter into the markets that have similar characteristics in the markets where they have acquired experience. Zara has followed various Steps ...

Executive Summary

The world experienced one of its worst recession which commenced in late 2007. One of the issues that emerged was criticism on the then accounting standards which prompted standard setters to respond. The G20 countries recommended the formation of financial crises advisory committee which developed various recommendations that led to the improvement of specific International financial reporting standards namely IFRS 10, 11, 7 and 9. Also, the recommendation led to the development of IFRS 12. These development were the key responses by the standard setters which are reviewed to demonstrate how they positively impacted the financial statements

Introduction

Towards the ...

The current report is devoted to the franchising and financing options applicable to Bright Sparks Software limited. When conducting this research concepts related to franchising as an option to the company’s financing are made. The report also presents a critical assessment of finance options available to expand the business including benefits and limitations in the Bright Sparks Software limited business expansion. Several financing options to Bright Sparks Software are discussed as well as appropriate recommendations with regard to the business’ financial need.

Finance is the lifeblood of a successful entrepreneurial or start up business. Usually, access to funding determines whether ...

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN UK, SOUTH AFRICA, AND MEXICO

Business environment in UK, South Africa, and Mexico
Introduction
The purpose of this report is to analyze the business environment in South Africa and Mexico to help Gem Leathers Limited in establishing a joint venture. Also, the report will examine the issues of trademarks, trade secrets and patents in the U.K, Mexico, and South Africa.

Financial incentives
Mexico offers numerous incentives in various sectors with an aim of creating employment, improving infrastructure, enhancing productivity, and boosting exports. The Maquiladora is the most significant incentive that is offered to foreign companies in Mexico. The benefits of Maquiladora incentive include duty-free ...

International Marketing – Iceland Supermarket

Introduction
Iceland Foods Ltd. is one of the leading names in the food retail sector in the UK. The company was founded by Malcolm Walker in 1970; and, since then, it has undergone consistent growth in its popularity, consumer-base, and profitability in the domestic market. Before, fridges and freezers came to be commonly used; it focused on selling loose frozen foods i.e. vegetables and meat. Later on, it worked on product development strategy by introducing some branded grocery items that proved to be a booster to its sales revenue. Within 46 years of its business life, the company has ...

Introduction

As many firms in the emerging markets across the globe seek to engage in international business, the need for strategic reasoning is ever increasing. Decision-making mechanisms have to remain detailed to ensure that all actions taken align with the company`s goal of increasing its sales, thus maximizing its profitability. (Helm, 2014, pg 72)Company`s specializing in production in the various industries have to take into account the diverse nature of the global market. At the base of making an entry into a foreign country, lies the focus of deciding what market to venture into and selection of the ...

Administrative modification, powered by an extension of information technology, may have underwrote to the erosion of the previously established relationship between company size and the quantitative investment appraisal criteria selected. Seemingly, companies are by means of utilizing more methods composed, while the use of the more urbane discounted cash flow. However, systems are sophisticated, and that use of the less hypothetically sound accounting rate of return technique seems to be reduced, than aforementioned studies would have recommended of businesses .
Consequently, accounting modification may result from procedures ascending within an organization in which it is operational, while as of ...

Business Research Report

Scenario # 4

Executive Summary 3

Introduction 4

The need for environment investigation 4
Analysis of existing venture 6
New marketing mix 6
Recommendations 7
Conclusion 8

References 9

Executive summary
The following report is prepared with regard to company’s strong commitment to growth in terms of expanding to the new market. Expansion to the new market is one of most widely used growth strategies, along with other market-related strategies and such product-related strategies, as product expansion, diversification and acquisition. It is evident that making decision on expansion to the new market in a new geographical area requires significant efforts and ...

1.0 Introduction
Market entry strategy refers to strategic technique of distributing goods or services to the target market and distributing them there. In decision making so as to choose among selections of strategies, the key aspects to consider are the degree of risk involved, the ability to achieve the objective and the attitude in the target markets (Neelankavil and Rai 2009). Neelankavil and Rai (2009) reveals three major issues an organization will face when it has decided to go international are, marketing which involves considering the countries, segments, management and implementation efforts, and the mode of entrance-with intermediaries ...

Abstract

The following report describes different sources of capital a company may use in order to finance its operations and investing activities. In particular, it analyses debt financing (bonds and direct bank loans) and equity financing (Venture Capitalist Investments, Initial Public Offering, Seasoned Equity Offering and Rights Offering). Report also analyses recent IPO of Manchester United Football Club at New York Stock Exchange as a practical example of raising capital.

Sources of Capital

The impact and the importance of financing in modern business world could not be underestimated. Globalization and increasing competition have forced companies to explore new markets and offer new innovative products. According ...

This paper highlights the guidelines to be used for effective presentation of a newly established business venture’s business plan to a venture capitalist. The potential venture capitalist should be an early stage financing venture capitalist. Early stage financing capitalists is appropriate because the established venture is in a stage that demands seed financing, start up financing and first stage financing for the purposes of start up and for finishing the developments of its products. First stage financing will be eligible as will enable the business to start its activities at full-scale (Metrick, 2006).
The type of financial information that should ...

BUSINESS STUDY REPORT:

This report is devoted to the YEO’s Beverage Company. The report has four main parts. The first part is an introduction where the general information about the company, the environment where it operates and its main competitors are presented. The second part is microeconomic analysis. The factors of production and its cost structure are examined there. The third part macroeconomic analysis where macroeconomic environment in which the business operates are discussed. The forth part is the analysis of sustainability and the impact of business operations on the environment. At the end of the report, there is a conclusion ...

Social Entrepreneurship: The Ashoka Foundation

Introduction
Social entrepreneurship is the application of entrepreneurial skills to solve social problems. On the other hand, social entrepreneurs are the individual who use a business approach to formulate innovative solutions to societal problems in a bid to bring wide scale and positive change. Unlike conventional entrepreneurship that is aimed at maximizing profits and returns on investment, social entrepreneurship is more concerned with bringing positive change in the society (Brand 2011). Social entrepreneurs aim at introducing cultural, social, and environmental impacts. Also, social enterprises can be profit oriented or non-profit depending on the approach and purpose of the organization. ...

Summary

Belstaff is a clothing company that came on board as the most sophisticated clothing company. The technology it used was important to ensure that the company made clothing that symbolized superiority. The company used cotton wax material to create cloth that was waterproof and yet breathable. Another benefiting factor is that the company invested in advertising. It branded its superior quality clothing with sophistication and made its use befitting to men.
The branding affected the female part of the market for the company. The women felt left out and even though the company gained a lot of customers in ...

Introduction

The major objective of every organization is to increase profit and create a competitive edge into the market. Cenlow Limited being an instant coffee company and considering launching of a new product through an improved pack lighter and cheaper to produce than their current glass jars avails a unique entity that can enable the company create a competitive edge into market. The undertaking was successful as the company’s products were embraced in the market starting to peak for the past few months. However, based on different factors, the change in the product launch is likely to have marginal implications on the financial ...

Introduction

The major objective of every organization is to increase profit and create a competitive edge into the market. Cenlow Limited being an instant coffee company and considering launching of a new product through an improved pack lighter and cheaper to produce than their current glass jars avails a unique entity that can enable the company create a competitive edge into market. The undertaking was successful as the company’s products were embraced in the market starting to peak for the past few months. However, based on different factors, the change in the product launch is likely to have marginal implications on the financial ...

Executive summary

Noteworthy is the reality that businesses are the backbone of the economy. Starting a business is the most difficult part of any venture. The main reason why this has always been described as the most difficult phase is that, primarily, when people set out to start a business, they silently consent many uncertainties. Businesses are associated with many unforeseen disturbances, which may cause business failure in the event that they are not remedied in advance. However, the good part is that business owners or entrepreneurs are always in a position to mitigate such occurrences right from the beginning if they apply the ...

Part 1 - Executive Summary

Most people are in need of organic foods which do not have any chemicals. Establishing an organic food supermarket will be able to provide the fresh fruits and vegetables to the people. The business will be hoping to offer best-quality feeds to the people which will promote their wellness. The venture is hoping to make profit through distributing the organic food and promote the environmental wellness. The potential growth of the business is diversifying through providing the food material, producing their own suppliers and manufacturing natural products such as creams (Canavari and Olson, 2007).
When carrying out organic food ...

Resource-Based View Analysis

Physical analysis
Husky Energy Inc. is omong one of Canada's biggest incorporated vitality organizations, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. It is merchandized on an open market on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the images HSE and Hse.pr.a. The Company works in Western and Atlantic Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific Region, with Upstream and Downstream business sections. Husky Energy is controlled by Hong Kong elite rich person Li Ka-Shing who possesses a larger part imparts of more or less 70% as per Bloomberg and Financial Post information. Husky's establishment is in Heavy Oil and Western Canada, where it ...

INTRODUCTION

Rio Tinto is a combination of predecessor companies formed by investors in 1873 and 1905. Due to such an extensive knowledge and experience in the mining industry, the organization is regarded as one of the finest and leading global mining and metal company. Being a global mining and metal company, the organization focuses highly on the exploration and processing of Earth’s finest mineral resources with an aim to maximize the shareholder’s value. In order to do so, the organization has the right people for the job and resources to provide the world with minerals and metals. Some of the ...

Introduction

The present report delves into the expansion of Carrefour, a leading multinational retailer in the world, into the United Kingdom retail market. The first part of the report describes both the micro and macro environmental factors, which this multinational retailer ought to take into consideration to reduce its risk of failure in the UK market. The second section explains how the UK government policies on mergers and acquisitions can have an impact on Carrefour’s growth strategies in the United Kingdom. The third part elucidates how Carrefour’s management can utilize Kurt Lewin change model of unfreezing, change, and ...

Introduction

Funding sports organization is an uphill task. In the contemporary environment in which sports organizations operate, managers of these sports organizations are faced with the enduring challenge of financing their institutions in the midst of declining traditional sources of revenue. Some of these traditional sources included media revenues, entrance fees, and tax support. The dwindling sources of revenue have left the managers with minimal resources to maintain the operations and programs of their sports organizations (Bartlett, Gratton & Rolf, 2012, p.522). Managers have also learnt to look beyond this fiscal challenge. This involves the use of innovative approaches to supplement ...

VIDEO GAMES

Introduction
Political economy is the study of how different values undergo various faucets of trade; this includes production, distribution, exchange and consumption. It also involves how power goes through the same process and how the two are related. The political economy of communication is concentrated on the structures of production that are under the influence of the media. One of the major aspects of communication is video games.

Video Games

Analysis
Video games are games that are played in computers and/or are run by a console or an arcade. The video game industry are a major economic hub in the economy ...

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Introduction

A franchise is a go ahead or authorization that has been given to a group of people or an individual by a company or organization to sell the goods and services it has to offer in a particular way (Mendelsohn, 2004). Franchising is a very much well known business and commerce procedure that joins or rather brings together the brand name owners of a recognized commodity with another business, product, or service (Mendelsohn, 2004). The system of franchising is well and readily embraced by the small businesses and upcoming companies to have power and authentication to grow at a faster rate with the assistance ...

Business Organizations in Global Context

Introduction
Globalization presents both opportunities and challenges for businesses in their operations in a global context as a result of the varied factors that are market as well as sector and industry specific. In that respect, businesses find themselves facing a complex situation that requires devising of suitable strategies in their local and foreign ventures due to market integration and international trade. In this consideration, this analysis seeks to demonstrate business organization activities and factors in a global context. To achieve this, the analysis considers a UK based Oil and gas organization; BP with a potential venture into the Chinese market and begins by ...

Introduction

Globalization refers to the integration of economic activities with local and foreign companies competing in the host country. It involves the liberalization of the markets so that trade can be conducted freely. It brings in technological advancement into a country and the customer benefits greatly since the transaction costs have been reduced.

Globalization has led to the increase of multinational corporations in the world market due to the liberalization of trade policies and practices. The spread of globalization is based on the capitalist theory of free trade. With globalization there are winners and losers. The bilateral and multilateral trade agreements ...

Investment Appraisal

Investment Appraisal
This report presents the critical investment appraisal of the new coffee shop venture to be initiated by Tesco Ltd. The report includes a thorough analysis of the café market and industry and also attempts to evaluate the target market and market segmentation. Towards the end, the report also includes the appraisal of the investment and financial analysis of the five-year forecast of the venture.

The British coffee market has grown considerably in the past few years that is evident from the fact that approximately $8 billion was spent by Britons in coffee shops last year. In 2015, ...

Introduction

This report describes the process of international expansion of a business named Al Futtaim. The report refers to the useful considerations for the business to make while expanding its operations globally. These considerations are aimed at the profit maximization of the company through international expansion. The hurdles in the international expansion have also been discussed with possible means of overcoming the problematic areas. The selected geographical region for the expansion of the business is the city of Western Morocco named Casablanca.

Company Background

Al-Futtaim is UAE based company. It is a multi-sector conglomerate. The company was formed in 1930. At the ...

Executive Summary

This report will show the analysis of Lincoln Electric Company as well as the India industry to establish whether the idea to venture into the market is prudent at the moment. This will be done using financial analysis, SWOT analysis, Porter’s five forces analysis, and VRIN analysis. At the moment. Lincoln Electric Company is an established brand and so establishing itself in the Indian industry cannot prove to be a tough task. Being one of only a few worldwide broad-line manufacturers of both arc welding equipment and consumables, it has higher prospects of striking it positively in ...

Analysis International Business

Executive Summary
And introduction to international business management, where some of the success factors of having an international business are listed along with a few examples. This is followed by a brief history of international business management that took place over 50 years ago and how it grew from there to what it is today and its importance.
Following this, the theories that have been developed by various people have been listed. This includes comparative theory, bargaining theory where the government and the company entering that particular company enter bargaining for economic progressiveness and rules and regulations levitation.
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Introduction

E-commerce is a growing industry worldwide, with volumes and turnover increasing at an average rate of 20 % for 2014 according to eMarketer (2014 a) of this, Asia Pacific region is likely to show the strongest growth, with a jump of over 40 per cent from $384 Billion in 2013 to $585 Billion in 2014. By 2018, the Asia Pacific region will be the leading driver of e-commerce, accounting for 33.4 per cent of the total ecommerce trade of $2.356 trillion in 2018 (eMarketer, 2014b). The key drivers for growth in the Asia pacific region have been the increasing access to ...

Italy

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Introduction

Chipotle needs a fast food environment that is dynamic and receptive to new ideas. Italy is the right pace for such a venture. For the Chipotle to work, it needs an environment that is suitable for its prosperity. Such an environment was influenced by the population of the place and its perception on food, the business environment, which affects issues such as market and the consumption of fast foods in the country. The business environment is influenced by a lot of factors, inclusive of the GDP of a country. Overall, Italy has all the essentials needed for adoption of Chipotle as ...

Vertigo case study

- Situational Analysis
- Strategic analysis

Mission

Vertigo Chain Stores is devoted to providing an exceptional fashion environment, which gives the customers distinctiveness. The outlet is committed to excellent customer service, which keeps every customer on the cutting edge of fashion. Besides, the business is dedicated to operating at a profitable rate through minimizing costs and sound economic decisions.

Strategies

The Chain Stores will constantly change its appearance to stay in the step with the modern fashion trends of the global market. In addition, the business will always strive to provide real value and great service to our clientele and business ...

The management has to have the exact level of penetration that they are targeting. Is the scope limited to businesses, cooperations, parastatals or even persons? Asia has a huge population who use computers; the latest surveys show that PC’s at home used an average of features that were available offline. The question now is how one can add more offline features that will allow the users to know of the product. If marketing features are put online, then it only adds extra cost and increases the complexity of the situation. Though a vast proportion of Asia is not as technologically ...

Information gathering

Since the suppliers of the car parts already exist, information about the supplier is no longer necessary, but information about the parts to be imported acts as an area of focus. In collaboration with the joint venture partner, any information about the part: price, quality, and quantity are established. At this stage, the supplier is orientated into the procedure required to import through GCC into the UAE.

Supplier contact

After collecting necessary information about all logistical requirements and car spare parts descriptions, contacts about the supplier, are sought especially phone numbers, emails among others. The information about the supplier helps in ...

Abstract

A business is a well-structured approach that provides end users with goods and services they want. The word business also means an organization that provides these goods and services. In this paper, the latter case is of main concern. The government charter that accords them the privilege to borrow and lend money, sue and be sued, and buy and sell properties creates businesses. There are various forms of businesses like the sole proprietorship, partnership and limited liability companies.

The sole reason as to why firms engage in business activity is to make profit; however, we cannot avoid stating that there ...

Abstract: 2

Product 3
Place 4
Price 4
Promotion 5
Social media 5
Televised communication 6
Personal selling 6
SWOT Analyses 6
Threats 7
Findings 7
Challenges 8
Opportunities 9
Recommendations: 9
Conclusion 11
Last US bag 14
Abstract:
The Last US Bag company is a leading company which provide its consumers customized products and services and it is the main promotional strategy of the company. The market mix explains that the company is strong in its products and are able to cover maximum areas for its supply chain. There are explanations about the company’s SWOT analysis and recommendations from ...

Introduction.3

Analysis3
Current Market Features..3
Marketing Summary..3

Competitive Advantage.3

Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning...4

Branding5

Potential Impact on Consumer Behavior..6

Growth Opportunities.7

Conclusion..8
References..9
Amazon Review & Strategy
Analysis
Current Market Factors
Amazon is among a number of firms that emerged quickly during the 1990’s or 2000’s. Among the others that have done the same would include Google, Twitter and Facebook. Twenty years ago, Amazon and these other firms were in their infancy or did not exist. The veritable explosion of social media, mobile computing and internet technology in general has served as a vehicle to help those firms progress from their nascent stages to the ...

Introduction

Natural resources for decades have always provided many nations with the affluent source of wealth that helps in building their economy. As such, many of the countries that majorly depend on the natural resources such as copper, oil, gold and uranium often embark on intensive mining practices to ensure their natural reserves are productive and can offer sustainability to their economies. Due to their dependency on these resources, the countries often have structures and laws that govern how they handle the resources in every stage to ensure maximization. It is important to highlight that the resources are most often ...

Oil Search Limited, established in 1929 in Papua New Guinea has its focus on oil and gas exploration and development . During the course of this long standing relationship with the Government of Papua New Guinea and its people, the company has shown immense commitment in ensuring the welfare of the country and its people through various societal benefit programs. This report focuses on Oil Search Limited; various corporate responsibility programs initiated and implemented the company, and the company’s risk management framework and infrastructure.

Company Overview

Among the various projects, the main asset of the company is its 29% stake in ...

Abstract

Amazon is an online retail store that has manged to enhance its market situation value the use of big data. It is this large data at its disposal that normally help the management to assess the tastes and preferences of the potential customers. The same framework helps in the forecasting and decision making. There are three sets of problems that are discussed in this context. The first problem is concerned with the exploration of the survival aspects of the company in the wake of increased competition. The motivation is to asses how the management of Amazon can cope in ...

Business Internship Report

Business Internship Report

I come about the Bank of China internship opportunity through the company website. It offers a three months and six months internship in various departments at least two times a year. The application for the internship was online, giving my details and credentials to the career application form on the website.
The response for the internship was three days later. I received, and email confirmation that my application was received, and they would like to do an interview the following week on Monday from 9.30 am.
Five members of staff did the interview. I introduced myself, ...

Abstract

The primary purpose of the above paper is to understand how business organizations can venture into a foreign market and the different aspects considered. Red Dragon is a four-star hotel based in the UK and wishes to expand its business operations to foreign markets characterized by more opportunities for the company to prosper. The paper starts by appreciating the fact that managers of the present century need to have the capacity to manage people from a multi-cultural environment so as to adequately realize the organizational goals. The study reveals that there is a range of factors that need to ...

Introduction

Primarily any business' aim is to remain in business while maximizing the welfare of its shareholders. To start and continue its operations without hitches, companies usually require funding. The funds needed are either short-term or long-term (Carey and Essayyad, 2015). Sources of short-term funding include overdraft, short-term loan, trade credit and lease finance. These sources are repayable within a period of one year. Due to the volatility in the interest rates associated with the short-term funding, they represent high risks for the borrower (James, 2000). However, they are less expensive and more flexible (Chahyadi, 2000)
Long-term funding, on the ...

Ratio Analysis

Introduction
The ratio analysis helps in understanding the financial position and performance of the company in context of its industry and competitors. Over the last few years, the competition in the vehicle or automotive industry has been increasing that have resulted in fluctuations in their financial performances. BMW is one of the oldest company in the automotive industry have successfully developed itself over the period of time and completed 100th years with the beginning of 2016 (BMW, 2014). On the other hand, Volkswagen is another one of the leading automotive company in the global industry. Both of these companies ...

Pareto optimality is a condition of distribution of assets in which it is difficult to improve any one individual off without making any individual worse off. The term is named after Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), an Italian architect and financial expert who utilized the idea as a part of his investigations of monetary productivity and pay dispersion. Given a starting allotment of products among an arrangement of people, a change to an alternate distribution that improves no less than one individual off without aggravating whatever other individual off is known as a Pareto change. An assignment is characterized as " ...

Virgin Group

Abstract
Virgin Group is one of the biggest and most popular business organizations in the world who have developed a strong work culture over the years. Under Sir Richard Branson’s leadership, Virgin Group has developed several cultural practices that have helped their business grow. By keeping their customer’s happy through empowered employees, Virgin has developed a cultural practice that ensures their work culture remains at the fore of their business philosophy. There are different frameworks that can be evaluated for analyzing the cultural practice of Virgin Group, but Hofstede’s cultural theory has been utilized for analyzing ...

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

REPORT #2: STRATEGY FORMULATION
EXXONMOBIL
1. INTRODUCTION
ExxonMobil is one of the largest multinational companies in the world, and the largest oil and gas company by market value. The company operates in three industries: Crude Oil Industry, Petroleum Refining industry, and Chemicals industry. This report explores the strategies of ExxonMobil that have led to its success and problems the company is facing due to the implementation of such strategies.
2. CONCEPTS
This section introduces concepts necessary to understand strategies used by ExxonMobil. The report covers three types of strategies: generic, corporate and international strategies.
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Business Report

Introduction
Businesses are established and meant for the economic prosperity, and also for providing strategic well being for the core operations of the company. Investors are very important for the organizational level, as they are the one who will inject their money in the stocks of the company in order to get high amount of return in the result. A business which is entitled to give high amount of return to their investors would be classified as a more worthwhile business as compared to the other one (Blackwell, 2008).
The choice of entity and business valuation function of a ...

Research Paper

Introduction 3

Relationship between resource utilization and forecasting (effective forecasting and predicting) 5
Economy of UAE 5
Hotel Industry of UAE 6
Tourism Sector in Abu Dhabi 7
Application of effective forecasting and predicting in the Hospitality Industry 7

References 8

Appendix (1) 10
Interview questions 10
Appendix (2) 11
Questionnaire 11
Introduction
The events such as globalization and technology development have increased the competition in every business segment and thus managers in organizations need to plan innovative practices so as to develop the ability to manage business processes effectively and predict ...