Business Essays

The hedge fund buys stocks, bonds or trade claims from companies that are facing deep financial crisis, are in a stage of bankruptcy or reorganization. Here, the benefit is derived from foreseeing the potential profit that the business can earn and hence the bright future may result in an appreciation of deeply discounted security.

In the case of Toyota, the stakeholders or the users of the annual reports include “present and potential investors, employees, lenders, suppliers and other trade creditors, customers, governments and their agencies and the public. They use financial reports in order to satisfy some of their different needs for information”.

The present business environment is becoming increasingly globalised thus reducing the boundaries within which organisations can do business. The eradication of barriers to trade is increasing competition in virtually every market. In addition to globalisation, customer needs and preferences are continually changing, creating the need for companies to adopt strategies that are flexible and dynamic enough to respond to these changes.

The study should be able to elucidate whether the continued profitability of the business is influenced by the willingness of the successor to take over the business. The relationship between the owner-manager and successor is influenced by the extent to which interpersonal relationships in the family can be described as harmonious.

In order to understand the stakeholder model, it should be recognized that this model does not only imply any concern only for the stockholders but also for the stakeholders such as animals or the environment. The concern for finance managers at this point is ineradicably inter-twined with a company’s finance concern.

This paper outlines the operations on the investments in real estate business which at some instances are complex, the uses of the investments and more so cover development markets in its aspect. Various methods are employed in the study of all these aspects of real estates valuation and appraisal. It analyzes three investment options in Scotland.

The author states that the oil or gas price’s increase as basic materials’ increase will increase the buyer’s cost definitely, and then in the next consumption chain, the third party’s cost must increase. Meanwhile, the income decrease from the buyer will decrease its payouts, such as employee’s salary, expenditure, and income tax.

US Macroeconomic policy 2006-2008 Rather than allow this bubble to fully unwind, the Fed created more asset bubbles, especially in housing, leveraged finance, private equity and asset-backed securities from 2006 till now. In 2007, the American economy began to slow significantly, mostly because of a real-estate slump and related financial problems, there were predictions that margin squeeze from high energy prices or a dollar shock could be crucial factors tipping US growing economy into a downturn.

Throughout the paper, COCA COLA Company is used as the main focus and object of discussion. The company’s marketing strategies will be reviewed and will be use as examples and citations. The paper aims to answer questions such as how do Coca Cola’s marketing strategies contribute to its growth and success?

It manufactures ultra-thin recognition labels for handheld electronic devices. One more label it produces shields electronic devices by dispersing their temperature or static. A number of labels work in temperatures colder than 50 below zero, others burn or produce sounds in the dark, cover themselves, or still stick to oily or greasy products.

The basic cost concepts were easy to understand, but I did try the exercises related to marginal costs and to diminishing returns, which were harder to understand and apply. The exercises were useful in clarifying and applying these concepts.

Stora Enso has already become the leader in the market of paper and paperboards. It already has large pool of steadfast and existing customers; however it is important to maintain its position by conducting effective R& D process.

We all know in this day and age hairdressers gain their own importance globe wide, the only motive is that they are gaining more and more youth as their customers throughout the world, as the youths are interested to attract the outside world's attraction using various styles like hairstyles, dressing styles and so on.

“The playing field has been leveled” as said by Nandan Nilekani to Thomas Friedman, which made him, write the book The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. The current situation of the world’s economy has shifted from the traditional notion that the global economy is monopolized only by the elite few.

The author states that the company occupies a 4 percent market share for the country, 76 percent market share in Harbin city and 43 percent in the Heilongjiang region. Harbin Brewery experienced a gain in net income of $85 mm with total assets of $825 mm in 2000. Harbin Brewery currently has $1,867 mm in net sales with a 16,1 percent return on sales.

Most of the challenges in building and implementing knowledge management systems arise from the forms of knowledge reprocess circumstances and intentions. Knowledge employees could generate knowledge that they reprocess while performing organizational tasks. Each knowledge reprocesses circumstance is distinctive in terms of conditions and setting.

Mystery shoppers are basically people hired by firms and asked to act in a certain way such as buying a product, observing the environment, and asking questions; sometimes even launching a complaint in order to gauge the customer care services provided by that certain organization, and then they provided detailed feedback. 

The researcher analyzes that today, marketing and media industry players both agree, that internet advertising is a force to recon with. According to research carried out by centre for research in electronic commerce, internet advertising is predicted to revolutionise industries in the 21st century.

The proposed site is located in St. Mary Street, Thornbury Town, that is in South Gloucestershire County and the proposal was to make the shopping centre with the name and style of St. Mary shopping Centre. The site is in the ownership of South Gloucestershire Council and can be leased on a long term basis.

The author states that there are others who benefit from, and still others who continue to require the assistance of, qualified psychotherapists in confronting the void left by death. There is no single ideal time point for therapeutic intervention. Bereavement counseling is a valuable and non-stigmatizing method of assisting the bereaved.

Things to consider in planning a small business like in-period picture framing and small craft workshop for furniture business needs a good and effective business plan. According to Prof Johan Strydom, 80% of all South African small businesses fail in the first five years of their existence. Because of the failure South African economy has lost more than R68 million.

Tesco is currently operating in twelve countries worldwide with about 2,705 stores in operation and is seeking to continue expansion, particularly in Asia. It also is aiming to strengthen its market presence in the countries it is already in by increasing the number of stores in operation as well as increasing the volume of its products.

The author states that starting a business is a serious and rather a complex affair in the modern business environment where business enterprises are to comply with a number of legal and social criteria. Moreover, materializing a plan of business irrespective of the size and nature requires the businessman to perform multitudinous activities.

Foreign direct investment is an investment made to obtain long-lasting shares or interest in out-of-country enterprises. There will always be a parent enterprise with some sort of a foreign affiliation the co-operation of whom would be known as TNC and the parent enterprise will have a 10% or more share control of its foreign affiliate.

The activities that comprise a value chain can be contained within a single firm or divided among different firms. Value chain activities can produce goods or services and can be contained within a single geographical location. Studies from a range of disciplines show that global value chains have become much more prevalent and elaborate.

In 1990 Beer, Eisentat and Spector put forth the theory that organizational change must encompass three components to ensure the success of the planned change. The three major criteria they regard as fundamental are coordination, commitment, and competencies. To analyze if these components are indeed necessary research into the successful transformation of Leeds City Council will be discussed.

The total wealth portfolio of the couple is as follows: David has £80,000 held in a building society 30-day notice account. Given an 8% annual return, he gets to earn £6,400 annually from this investment. He has £760,000 invested in equity unit trusts which earn £ annually. Ruth receives an index-linked occupational pension of £16,000 per year. She has £50,000 in ISAs which earns £7,000 yearly. 

In an industry where merchandise displayed on counters is almost treated as homogenous, companies are pressured to differentiate themselves through other means such as value-added services. A new breed of customers has also emerged—a market which is highly concerned with what the organization to address the needs of its stakeholders.

The author states that face validity, part of validity, is seeing to it that a particular test really measuring the criteria and phenomena. For the selection of an employee, there is a process which includes Job Analysis, Recruitment, and Selection. Job analysis is the analysis of the job and to see what the job needs.

This research paper delineates the research proposal on the way through improvising the relationship between the company and its customer, and the need for do so. Unveiling the topic of Starbuck's retail strategy the author answers the question of how to improve the customer service in this well-known coffee company.

Citing a study by Ewusi-Mensah and Przanski, Keil justifies the need to effectively address why unsuccessful projects are not abandoned by identifying the lack of theoretical and empirical evidence regarding the topic, as well as the fact that the little information available indicates that it is a significant contributor to wastage.

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is a UN agency for the promotion of free trade between signatory countries (called contracting parties). Formed in 1947 in Geneva, its objective was to counter the devastating effect of protectionist measures supposedly intended to mitigate the impact of the great depression.

Practically speaking, in the context of the Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce systems, a whole range of factors affiliated to diverse origins play a pivotal role, as far as the ability of the system to face challenges is concerned. 1. B2B commerce systems enable the businesses and organizations to expand their activities at a global scale, hence allowing them to reach and influence a relatively large volume of potential customers.

Low morale and absenteeism are serious problems of Gap Inc. that cut across the industry. On a distinctive day between 2 and 4% of employees at Gap Inc. fail to show up for work, which does not sound like a high rate of absence, but more time is lost for the reason of low morale and absenteeism than through strikes and lockouts.

Stock, currency, and property markets are one of the very booming markets in the world. The notable factor is not only the boom in this market but the relationship between these markets. The explanations of three different markets are given. In the research methodology, the methodology adopted to conduct research is explained.

This case is akin to the case of The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple v.Lloyds Bank Plc, and Another (1999) I All ER (Comm) 193, in which, the English agent of a foreign bank partook of a robbed crossed cheque and credited the proceeds into the account of a third party instead of the payee. This agent was held to have acted in negligence.

Before starting our discussion, one needs to have a specific idea of oligopoly competition. As for competitiveness, the spectrum of market structures reaches from pure competition to monopolistic competition, to oligopoly to pure monopoly among them oligopoly market is dominated by a few large producers of a homogeneous or differentiated product.

The short-term effectuality of an increment in the liquidity ratios around the merger accomplishments may account for the considerable share of the overall industry liquidity generation. However, the generation of liquidity may be adversely affected by the degraded level of assets, liability as well as off-balance sheet analyses.

The aim of the essay is to show all the factors that greatly affect the meat industry in Kenya. These are political, legal, economic, social, cultural and technological factors. The price at which meat is sold determines the demand for it. When the price of meat goes up, fewer individuals will be willing to buy it.

The conditions laid, were the minimum acceptance should be less the 50%, and there should be no change in Arcelor or the Mittal substance during the offer. The new merged company would be known as ArcelorMittal. The merger between these two steel giants will redefine the global steel industry.

The author states that quick reference to the statistical information will only suggest the present situation, but a SWOT analysis is one that will get you the holistic picture of the trends of the business. The Major ‘Strength’ is Mr. Roger’s business acumen in the travel business, as it appears.

Porter described a focus strategy where the company selects a segment of the industry and customizes its strategy to serve the market segment.   A differentiation strategy is where the organization seeks to uniquely position itself in its industry by meeting one or more needs and tastes of the target market.

The researcher discusses the business strategies of Shangri-La hotels, that are centred on guest satisfaction through effective training and development of front line employees. In order to differentiate their services from other hotels, personalised guest services are provided their value in the organisation.

The application of a systems development project plan is a challenging task. A number of factors must first be considered before an actual system design is applied. The experts that will work on the process, the procedures that must be undertaken as well as the resources that will support these processes must be present so as to ensure project success.

London will be the host city for the 2012 Olympic games. The games will be held in 33 venues across London and the UK. Construction work is complete in just 18 venues. The rest have to be built from scratch or will require major renovation prior to the Olympics. The centerpiece of the games will be the Olympic Park in London.

The author of the following work will be discussing the issues of the monopolistic state of the Royal mail and its advantages and problems. The outstanding question to answer in the present paper is whether Royal mail will be able to keep its leading position with the entry of new mail market players.

With the rise in purchasing power and leisure time of consumers and growth in complex products; the trend towards service industry has boosted. Today, a variety of service industries are found in the world e.g. banking, insurance, communications, transportation, travel, and entertainment. Today, more than 60% of the economy in developed countries depends upon the service industry.

Texas Instruments claim to have aligned their IS strategy with its business goals; discuss how well they have achieved this aim. Explain the methods and models the organization could have used to ensure the IS strategy was aligned with business objectives. Using relevant examples from the case, discuss why these approaches would have helped.

A pro forma balance sheet, an income statement and cash flow analysis comprise the basic components of a business plan. Preparing a business plan helps in the allocation of resources properly, making good decisions and handling unseen or unexpected complications that may become hurdles in the future development of the business.

Web conferencing is increasingly adopted by most of the business organizations in today's competitive world where all are competing hard to stay atop in their respective areas through innovative strategies and eliminating costs wherever feasible. The present paper aims to study the need, advantages and disadvantages of web conferencing in businesses.