Essays on Capitalization

Charlotte Supplements is a small-scale organization operating in Charlotte North Carolina (NC) selling over 6,000 products. The portfolio of the company includes supplements for vitamins, minerals, herbs, and sports edibles. Due to its scale, the company does not interact with the audience digitally regarding product information such as prices. Moreover, the company operates for a limited span each week (CS, 2017). The purpose of this paper is to propose a business model and a competitive strategy for overcoming this small-scale but a potential competition. The paper will explain the core concept of strategy briefly prior to the proposition. ...

Abstract

In this document, strategic analysis of the two selected industries from the London Stock Exchange for the period January 2015 to December 2015 is presented. 530 and 570 that are Pharmaceutical and Energy Exploration Sector. The second part of this report shares analysis and interpretation of the monthly capital using descriptive analytic and trend analysis. Moreover, business forecasting is done using regression analysis. After seeing the trend lines for market capitalization of the both sectors, it can be seen that the pharmaceutical industry had relatively higher market capitalization average during the period. On the other hand, the market capitalization ...

Answer 1) AT&T is the largest telecommunications company in the United States, which also has a broadband business unit as well as satellite TV brands. Time Warner on the other hand, positions itself as a content company which also has some of the country’s largest entertainment channels as well as a Television and Film Studio. A merger between both is going to benefit AT&T greatly because the unique content generated by Time Warner will now be broadcasted using the expensive wireless and satellite capabilities of AT&T (Selyukh 1). Answer 2) the business rationale for this merger is that ...

Educational Institute

Research Objective The objective is to determine and examine the role of the stock market in economic development. This research would analyze data gathered and demonstrate the significance of stock markets in the development of economies. Insights would be gathered on what factors can support the notion that the stock market is an indicator of economic health and a guidepost for a better understanding of economies.

Literature Review

Kelly, 2010 The article is a direct expository address to the relation between the stock market and the economy. It focuses on the conceptual aspects rather than on the data and analysis and ...

Abstract

This paper explores the different elements of business, specifically in the case of Apple, Inc. This company has been selected in view of the numerous material that is available on the Internet with regard to past and present empirical data on Apple, Inc. The elements of business – legal environment, social environment, economic environment, management structure, operational issues, financial issues, and potential change factors – are crucial issues that are discussed in this paper. Each of these elements must be appropriately addressed since weakness in any one of the elements would create problems for the entire business organization. Compliance with policies ...

Introduction

According to Trevino & Nelson (2011, p. 35), fraud does not happen as a coincidence. To be specific, fraud in organizations is usually premeditated and has to happen in the right conditions and members of the organization in authority often set these conditions. As such, identifying the root causes of fraud, which is called fraud deterrence, should be one of the priorities of corporate governance. Since fraud has been a common menace in the history of organizational management, various strategies, government regulations, and acts have been developed to prevent the occurrence of fraud (Giroux, 2013, p. 32). These procedures cover ...

Introduction

Takezo Takada was a visionary man who started the company in 1933, which only became Takata Corporation in the 1980s. It first ventured on textiles at the Shiga Prefecture in Japan but later shifted to automotive safety items in the 1950s. Today, Takata is the world’s leading manufacturer of automotive safety systems, with a capitalization of ¥41,862 million and 50,539 employees spread throughout the major cities of the world, operating 58 manufacturing plants in about 21 countries (Takata Corporation, 2015). Its corporate governance involves a centrally integrated system, with regional and international offices. It has regional ...

Wells Fargo is a $222 billion bank with diversified financial services that provides consumer finance services, mortgage, insurance, banking and investment services. It is the leading internet bank and has over 5300 stores globally (Han-Yuh 2007). Wells Fargo is a publicly traded corporation and was founded back in 1852 (DeYoung & Rice 2004). Based on the recently released Forbes report, Wells Fargo was ranked at position 26 in the world based on market value, assets, sales and profits. It is vital to note that this company prides in operating as the first national bank charter in the US and recently ...

Question 1:

Wendy Borg and Jason Kushdog were two entrepreneurs who came together to form Trendsetters Inc. trendsetter Inc. was a startup aimed at providing new warehousing and distribution solutions to clothing retailers. They however had a major challenge of capital as they only had six weeks of operations before they could run out of the initial seed capital they had invested. This prompted them to seek for alternative sources of capital, venture capital being one of the most lucrative one. Neither of them had knowledge in how venture capitals work since Wendy had her background in supply chain management and ...

Internal Analysis

The process of internal analysis helps in identifying and evaluating an organization’s capabilities, resources, and core competencies. Internal Assessment The internal assessment has three main components that are resources, value chain, and core competencies. The assessment of these components helps in determining the internal strength of the company.

Resource Based Views

The resource-based view helps an organization to analyze the tangible and intangible resources that are available at the disposal of the firm and can be used. These resources are determined to develop a competitive advantage of an organization. The main aim of the model is to analyze the internal resources ...

Bose, S. (2016). Xerox (XRX) Misses on Q1 Earnings, Split Likely in 2016. Zacks. Web. 21 July 2016. Supriyo Bose (2016) discusses financial results of Xerox Corporation in first-quarter of 2016. Despite a little decline in earnings some years ago and a challenging macroeconomic environment, a company has improved its positions and productivity that resulted in adjusted earnings. The author informs about the current economic environment, financial result of Xerox, and provides points of view of experts on how to increase earnings.

Areas of Agreement

Supriyo Bose (2016) proclaims that Xerox has adopted a decision to provide a three-year strategic transformation program ...

Abstract

This paper is about the strategic management and strategic competitiveness of an organization. Apple Incorporation is an American-based multinational corporation, which is mainly involved in designing, development, and selling computer software, consumer electronics, online technological and user-based services. Apple Inc. is currently the largest information technology company across the globe and second largest phone manufacturer in the world. It relishes a superior brand loyalty and as per 2014, it was the most valuable brand with an approximate valuation of US $ 118.9 billion. The paper discusses how globalization drastically influences the business style, capabilities, proficiencies, expertise, and overall business performance ...

Stock statistics are calculated to develop an understanding of the level of volatility and stock appreciation for companies operating in Business Software and Services industry (Thomsett, 2015; Murphy, 1991). The companies chosen for the analysis include Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., and HP Inc. Microsoft Corporation is analyzed and compared with its competitors to identify the situation in the read sense.

Ranking in terms of Risk

Identifying the value for Beta carries out the risk analysis. It shows the degree of volatility of the stock with the industry (Ehrhardt & Brigham, 2008; Vishwanath, 2007). The analysis helps to reveal/draw the following rankings ...

Executive Summary

For the purpose of writing a report on tourism marketing, we have chosen Singapore Airlines. The reason behind choosing this airline is because it is regarded as one the biggest airlines in the world and has its headquarters in Singapore. Singapore has always been a major attraction for tourists and those who visit Singapore must also travel via the national airline so as to make the journey more memorable. The revenues of Singapore Airline have always been growing, however, the recent rise in competition within the airline industry has led to low turnover ratios. A survey has indicated that ...

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 ...

Introduction

Capital structure refers to a company’s alignment of the long-term and short-term debts, common equity and the preferred equity. The term also include the analysis of how the company decides on how to allocate the cash flow into various components including a portion that is allocated to meet the financing needs of the debt capital and the other portion that is allocated to the shareholders as part of the dividend. Capital structure is a subset of the financial structure. Financial structure refers to the relative proportion of the various sources of finances that are used in the business ...

Financing and Accounting Comparison

The way how a company spends their financial resources can spell the difference between failure and continuous operational expansion. This is why it is important to compare the financing and accounting methods of a startup firm to one that is already established and continuously earning like UPS.

Accounting Methods

A more sensible accounting method-related variable would be the use of resources or the cash flow statement. The cash flow statement shows how a company is making use of the financial resources that it obtains from its operations (if the company managed to earn a profit for that period), financing activities, and ...

Performance Measurement

Asset Utilization Revenue generation by each employee is perceived to be better for Boeing at $595,501.86, which may be due to a better employee retention policy. This was concurred by Boeing’s annual report where it revealed that the management has good relations with its employees since 38% are represented by unions (Boeing, 2016, p.20) with Lockheed at 18% (Lockheed, 2016, p.18). Due to the better employee retention, Boeing was able to generate a higher amount of sales based on its investor’s capital or equity at 15.02 but Lockheed was not lagging far behind at 14.90. The ...

The ongoing internationalization process persuaded regulators and businesses worldwide to think of a common global accounting language for business affairs. This move led to the development of IFRS. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), sometimes referred to as International Accounting Standards, is a globally recognized accounting framework for businesses worldwide. The major purpose of this accounting standard is to make company accounts understandable and comparable across international boundaries. Currently, over 110 countries are following the IFRS accounting system in order to address complexities relating to international business affairs. However, the United States has not adopted IFRS yet, and the country ...

The purpose of the report is to examine how the acquiring company, Boeing, will acquire its most significant competitor Lockheed Martin Corporation. This is despite the fact that both companies are competing in the aerospace/defense products and services industry (Yahoo, 2016). Boeing is considered as the largest commercial, defense, space and security manufacturer in the world (Boeing, 2016, p.ii) while Lockheed manufactures products for government agencies under the civil, intelligence, and defense departments (Yahoo, 2016a). The difficulty in this task is that Boeing’s market capitalization is at $84.79 billion, which was only slightly higher than the market capitalization ...

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Econ 2

2016/09/06 Stock Market in China China has two stock markets; Shanghai and Shenzhen that operate independently under the control of the China Securities Regulation Commission. The government agency commission has a lot of control on the actions of companies in the stock markets, from issuing initial public offers to controlling the level of price movements in the markets. The Chinese practices sponsored trading through the Chinese Securities Finance Corporation. In 2015, efforts of the holding company to soften the markets were futile with losses going up to $5 trillion. The government of China prioritizes market stability over ...

Introduction

Good governance and capital structure play a crucial role in the maximization of corporate profitability, either through an increase in profit margin or a reduction in capital cost or both (Uwuigbe, 2014), and in effect shareholders’ wealth. Companies who are aware of these factors in their objectives of profit maximization eagerly put their good governance principles into corporate codes, which act as valuable reference points in their governance decisions. As such, sound corporate governance engenders investor confidence in terms of capital preservation and acceptable returns of investments (Okiro, Aduda, & Omoro, 2015; Agyei & Owusu, 2014; Heng, Azrbaijani, & San, 2012). With ...

Chapter 1

Nature of the Organization’s Business Under Armour is a multinational sports clothing and accessory company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The company suppliers casual apparel and sportswear, and in 2006, it started offering footwear. The company sells its products worldwide targeting athletes at all levels as well as consumers having active lifestyles. To date, the company has opened various stores as well as factory outlets in various states and nations including Canada and China.

Organization’s History

1996-1998: Early Milestones 1996: Founding of the Company Kevin Plank founded the company in 1996 when he was 23 years old. He was the former ...

Industry Background

The company chosen to be the focus of the discussion in this paper is Arcelik AS. It is a publicly listed firm in Turkey, under the Istanbul Bourse (formerly the Istanbul Stock Exchange). For the industry, analysis, two industries will be focused on since Arcelik AS markets a wide range of products in more than 100 countries. Its two biggest departments would be the consumer electronics and home appliances department. The company is a known manufacturer or white goods or large electrical products. Some of the best examples would include refrigerators, washing machines, freezers, dishwashers, coffee makers, food processors, ...

In the modern world of business, strategic partners happen to be one of the major channels to success. Notably, many corporations are looking for strategic partners to either acquire or get acquired by them simply because of the synergy that comes with the merger and acquisition. In the world of technology, mergers and acquisitions are a common thing, especially for the newly establishing technology firms which get acquired by the legends in the industry. However, it is not common to hear of one tech giant acquiring another well-established firm. This was the case when Microsoft decided to take over ...

Introduction

Apple Inc. is an American multinational firm that provides computers, mobile phones, tablets and software and miscellaneous electronic items to the consumers. The top selling and most famous items of Apple include iPhone, iPod, Macintosh, MacBook series of laptops and iPads. The company has a global presence in more than ten large economies through the state of the retail art stores. The origin of the Apple Company goes back to 1976 when it was formed by two co-founders namely Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The company was founded in a garage in California. The company was incorporated as Apple ...

China

1. COUNTRY

We have chosen China as a country for analysis

2. RECOMMENDATION We have decided to convert US dollar to Chinese yuan on May 24, 2016. The total cost in dollars according to this option is calculated further in question 9. 3. CHINESE ECONOMY OVERVIEW China’s role in the international arena has been growing in the recent years. Apart from being the most populous country with over 1.3 billion people and one of the largest countries in the world by territory, it has been experiencing substantial economic development in the past decades (Naughton 3). China is the second largest economy in the world after the USA. ...

The Determinants of Bank Performance in Kuwait

Abstract The aim of this paper is to determine the measures of banking sector profitability of Kuwait and then see the impact of internal and external determinants on the performance of the banking sector of Kuwait. Several variables are used to measure the performance of banking sector in this study, the impact microeconomic and macroeconomic determinants will be analyzed with relation to Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE). However, answering the research questions will help in the selection of independent variables. It has been planned qualitative, and quantitative both research analysis techniques will be deployed for ...

Volkswagen vs Ford

Introduction Volkswagen and Ford are both family businesses working in the global automotive industry. In 2015 worldwide 73.9 million of passenger cars were sold in the global automobile markets along with the 86.56 cars produced. The biggest automotive markets can be found in China and in the United States. The biggest automotive suppliers in the industry are from Asia and Europe and include Bosch with steering systems, Continental in the area of tire manufacturing, Denso and Magna. The size of automotive supplier market worldwide is estimated at €620bn (The Statistics Portal, 2016). Those suppliers are currently faced with the ...

Introduction to Mongolian Financial Institution System

Introduction Following seven decades of communist rule, Mongolia adopted democracy in 1990, closely followed by a shift to a market economy (Wagner). The transition has been beset with turmoil, and the Mongolian financial system has undergone crises in ‘1994, 1998 and 1999’ (ADB), primarily due to the government’s predilection of interfering in the lending policies of banks and directing credit to poorly performing enterprises. More recently, the global financial crisis of 2008 and a drop in copper prices triggered another financial crisis in Mongolia, prompting the government into entering a standby arrangement with the IMF till 2010. The ...

Five Below, Inc. is a retail chain belonging to the specialty retail industry which was incorporated in Pennsylvania, USA in 2002. It offers “dynamic, edited assortment of exciting products, all priced at $5 and below, including select brands and licensed merchandise” ("Overview | Fivebelow"). Five Below’s products range from sports equipments, styling merchandise, small décor items, craft works to candies and party items. It largely targets customers who are teenagers or pre-teens. Since the company’s inception, it has expanded its business to almost all regions of the United States and has been successful in opening more than ...

Abstract

Financial analysis is an essential tool in the hands of the manager, as it is with its help the decisions related to the company’s finances are taken. Without the analysis and grounds for making such management decisions, the firm cannot achieve the desired level of income, or the lack of financial settlement will lead the company to bankruptcy. The purpose of the assignment was to perform financial analysis of a company listed on the Bursa Malaysia. Dominant Enterprise Berhad was chosen for the completion. The Malaysia-located company turned into public listed organization with thirteen subsidiaries, operating on production ...

The paper looks at the UAE stock exchange industry and the mergers between DFM-ND and ADX. The article further evaluates the risks and the business implications. According to the article, the security exchange market has grown to be a potential investment for many people in the world. Large players in the market such as the NYSE look at mergers with smaller security exchange markets in order to boost their revenues. The public stock exchanges have moved to acquire models that are for increased profits and cost effectiveness. As a result, there has been a growth in competition between the ...

Abstract

This study used Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait to complete research on the effects of the global economic crisis on the financial performance of conventional banks in Kuwait over the period from 2000-2015. The study results show that the global economic crisis does not have a statistically significant impact on the financial performance of conventional banks in Kuwait. However, the study finds out that some macroeconomic conditions such as equity and bank size are very crucial to traditional banks’ profitability. Increasing the owner's equity was found to decrease the impact of the financial crisis on the conventional banks in ...

Abstract

Educators need to understand the role of language and how it improves self-efficacy of gifted learners. Talented learners exhibit signs that demonstrate high personal competencies and have unique academic excellence which puts them ahead of others within a learning environment. However, educators need to understand the fact that it is important to provide such students with an atmosphere where they develop self-awareness, motivation, risk taking and confidence required to make them appreciate their giftedness. It is strategic for educators to employ advanced communication technologies to improve written skills of gifted learners. Besides having the ability to think critically and ...

Since the paper format was in MLA, and I had used APA referencing style, I had to change the first sentence on page one of the article. MLA uses the author and the page number (if available in the incitation). Besides, I had used the word ‘adult” in its plural form while it should have been in the singular. I had also used a redundant word “people” in the second sentence. In line four, I had used the wrong capitalization, type 2 diabetes is a common noun, and therefore, there was no need for capitalization. Moreover, I had not ...

Introduction

Report’s aim Comprehensive analysis of a company is crucial for decision making regarding its inclusion in a portfolio. That requires forecasting a company’s performance to estimate the expected value of the stock and comparing it with the current market price so as to decide whether it is overvalued or undervalued. In that view, this analysis seeks to analyze the IMB Company with application of the Discounted Cash Flows method as well as WACC. With the values calculated, the value per share is compared with the current market price to make recommendations whether the stock is a buy, ...

China Stock Market and Currency

Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is one of the largest stock markets in the world. The market has over a thousand listed companies, over 6700 listed securities, and over 1100 stocks. Chinese stock market has witnessed sporadic growth that is fueled by the fast economic growth that has been witnessed over the last thirty years. The economic growth was driven by the adoption of various economic reforms and opening up of China to the world. China is now integrated into the global economy and plays a major role in the stabilization of the regional and as well the world economy. ...

Introduction

Since the mid XX century, the oil industry occupies a leading position in the global energy sector. A prerequisite for the implementation of large-scale long-term investments in the oil industry under the condition of a favorable outlook for oil demand in the world market is the availability of relevant geological reserves of oil in a particular region and the world at large. OPEC-countries account for over 40% of world oil production. Especially, the Middle East, particularly the Gulf basin, where there are the largest oil fields in the world, is rich for oil reserves (OPEC, 2015). Oil is extracted ...

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is an American restaurant consisting of various brands whose headquarter is located in Orlando. The company operates several brands in the United States including Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, LongHorn Steakhouse, Season 52, Wildfish Seafood Grille, The Capital Grill, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, and Yard House. The company used to own Red Lobster up until the year 2014 where the business changed hands. Darden had 1534 create and restaurants locations owned and operated by the company and spread in both the United States and Canada. All the restaurants were owned and managed by the firm with ...

Introduction

Following the drops witnessed with the overall prices within the oil industry, it has been recorded that majority of the dependent industries have been reported devaluation in both their asset bases and their stock items. This is the suggestion of the Bushee and Miller (2013) on presenting the oil industry as one industry that is heavily depended upon by a majority of the sectors within commerce and industrialization. Suggestively, this is true based on the use of oil within the manufacturing sector, the energy and allied sectors, the transport sectors, and production industries. With this highlighted, the effect of ...

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a) i) SCON 6 defines ‘assets’ as those economic resources which are acquired by an entity through events or transactions done in the past. These resources certainly have future economic benefits and are under the control of the entity which uses them. SCON 6 defines ‘expenses’ as cash outflows which are incurred due to the operating activities of an entity. These activities are the day-to- day operations which run an enterprise. Expenses are incurred when assets are used up or when liabilities are generated. ii) Costs should be ...

Introduction

The share has a nominal value and the market price. Nominal shares (nominal value) is a sum of money designated for the shares and reflects the share of the authorized capital of the company attributable to one share. The nominal value of a share is a particle of the authorized capital of the company, and it is carried out in proportion to the payment of dividends (Brockman, Mossman and Olson, 1997). Yet, with this amount of authorized capital amount corresponding to its shares may vary depending on the size of the nominal value of one share. If the value ...