Business
In the Business section, you can find material dedicated to all things business. This section collects data on the activities of the various companies operating in markets all over the world.
17,334 Essays on Business. Documents 5,461 - 5,490
-
Examining Different Approaches to Management and Theories of Organisation and Evaluating How Organisational Structure and Culture Contribute to Business Success
Terms of reference The task that I have been set is to examine an organisation of my choice and use my own research to satisfy the following outcomes: • Examine different approaches to management and theories of organisation. • Evaluate how organisational structure and culture contribute to business success. To do this I need to answer the following questions in the form of a business report: • Identify the organisation’s approach to management, supported with
Rating:Essay Length: 476 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: March 22, 2010 -
Examining Financial Statements
Examining Financial Statements University of Phoenix Principles of Accounting ACC 300 March 17, 2008 Examining Financial Statements Paper There are four main financial statements: 1) Balance Sheet; 2) Income Statement or Statement of Income; 3) Statement of Cash Flow and 4) Statement of Shareholders’ Equity. These financial statements show a company’s financial activities and reflect the overall financial position of a company. All of the financial statements are equally important. Many investors, banking institutions, and
Rating:Essay Length: 886 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: December 28, 2009 -
Examining Financial Statements - Landry’s Restaurants
Examining Financial Statements - Landry's Restaurants Financial statement users around the globe use financial statements to evaluate the performance of companies (Fundamentals of Financial Accounting, 2006). In order to locate a company’s reported assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues, statement users rely on four types of financial statements. The four financial statements include: Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Statement of Retained Earnings, and Statement of Cash Flows (Fundamentals of Financial Accounting, 2006, p. 6). Each of these
Rating:Essay Length: 953 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: March 11, 2010 -
Examining Ryanair's Launch Strategy
dgd Examining Ryanair's Launch Strategy Ryanair was set up in 1985 by Cathal and Declan Ryan, as one of the first independent airline servicing the Dublin-London (Luton) route. Ryanair launched its service focusing on delivering first-rate customer service and lowest – simple, single – fare @ I£ 98, compared to I£ 208 full fare and I£ 99 discounted fare offered by competition, Aer Lingus and British Airways. Ryanair Executives believe that Aer Lingus and British
Rating:Essay Length: 637 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: June 1, 2011 -
Examining the Case of Federal Express
Running head: Examining the Case of Federal Express Examining the Case of Federal Express Analyze Federal Express’s value creation frontier, and determine which of the four building blocks of competitive advantage the company needs in order to continue to maintain above-average profitability. Provide a rationale to support the response. After analyzing Federal Express’s value creation frontier, it can be determined that Fedex effectively exploited the amount of time it takes a package to be received
Rating:Essay Length: 809 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: January 25, 2015 -
Examining the Role of the Financial Manager
Examining the Role of the Financial Manager Corporations operating in the United States are becoming more transparent in today’s markets, mainly due to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Accountability has been increasingly placed on senior corporate officers to comply with the government regulations and validate the financial information presented to the firm’s stockholders. The fact is that this does not always ensure a firm’s financial managers, employees or the shareholders viewpoints on maximizing shareholder value
Rating:Essay Length: 730 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 17, 2009 -
Example of Analysis of Cash Flow
Cash is the life blood of a business and it can’t operate without it. Survival of a business depends upon its ability to meet liabilities when they fall and thus requires cash. When considering the overall cash flow of the yacht business we can see that it is suffering from cash flow problems ever since the business started. Although the monthly deficit has been decreasing every month due to the increased sales, the overall balance
Rating:Essay Length: 433 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: January 12, 2010 -
Example of Job Description
Job Description Position: Team Leader, Finance Department, TTC Holding Location: Tamipnes Singapore, Main Branch Division: Southeast Asia Division Incumbent: Michel Thomas Department: Finance Department Report to: Manager, Human Resource Written by: William Wong, Human Resource Officer Date: 11 April 2008 Approved by: John Obama Job Objective TTC aspires to be a high performance organization in Singapore. We are one of the top largest regional financial institutions. Finance team is a main role to achieve our
Rating:Essay Length: 594 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: November 17, 2009 -
Example Resume
Jayson Asis de Lemon #35 Zamora St. Baguio City 2600 Nickjhaey@yahoo.com Tel #: (074)619-3202 Mobile: +639193359354 http://www.jaysondelemon.tk Personal Data: Age : 23 Years Old SSS No. : 05-0940288-2 Height : 5.2” TIN No. : 941-818-731 Weight : 50 kg Blood Type : “o” Religion : Christian Citizenship : Filipino Objectives: A job in a reputable company that will use my education, skills, abilities and experiences in a responsible working capacity, where I can effectively contribute
Rating:Essay Length: 467 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: March 19, 2010 -
Excellence at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in the United States
Since its inception in 1937, Toyota has grown to be the third largest auto producer and fifth largest industrial company in the world. Toyota sets the standard in efficiency, productivity and quality in the auto manufacturing industry; and is the envy from rivals such as Ford, Chrysler and GM. Toyota’s product quality and service is recognised by various independent agencies such as J.D. Power and Associates and Motor Trend. IndustryWeek has named Toyota as one
Rating:Essay Length: 2,012 Words / 9 PagesSubmitted: April 10, 2010 -
Excelon Corporation Risk Analysis
MW 4/8 INTEROFFICE REPORT Exelon Corporation March 9, 2005 Prepared for: Katherine Roarke Prepared by: Debra Warner Exelon Corporation is the parent company of several subsidiary utility companies, as illustrated on Attachment A, which operate in three distinct business segments: energy delivery, generation, and enterprises. Through their largest subsidiaries, Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) in Illinois and Peco Energy Company (PECO) in Pennsylvania, they currently rank 6th and 12th respectively in terms of electric utility revenue. (15)
Rating:Essay Length: 1,646 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: February 27, 2010 -
Exchange Market
The Gold Standard has been around for as long as our parents’ parents have been alive. Years ago, gold came in the form of bouillon. Now the price of gold has been at constant fluctuating prices. Gold is known as one of the first metals to have been found. The word gold means yellow and is known to have different uses. Back in the old days, people would trade goods for their gold. Gold was
Rating:Essay Length: 1,114 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: March 4, 2010 -
Exchange Rate and Transaction and Translation Exposure
1. Analyze the major effects that relative interest and inflation rates could have on a country’s currency. Suggest the crucial steps that a company could take in order to minimize the adverse effects of currency fluctuations. 2. Evaluate the efficiency of two (2) of the most common currencies / foreign exchange derivatives that companies use in order to minimize translation and transaction exposure. Give one (1) example of an instance where entities such as MNCs,
Rating:Essay Length: 600 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: July 20, 2014 -
Exchange Rate Mechanisms - Currency Hedging
Exchange Rate Mechanisms Paper - Currency Hedging University of Phoenix Global Business Strategies MGT 448 Oct 05, 2005 Exchange Rate Mechanisms Paper - Currency Hedging Currency hedging involves deliberately taking on a new risk that offsets an existing one, thereby reducing a businesses’ exposure to negative change in exchange rates, interest rates, or commodity pricing (Economists.com, n.d.). “Currency hedging allows a business owner to greatly reduce or eliminate the uncertainties attached to any foreign-currency
Rating:Essay Length: 906 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: December 7, 2009 -
Exchange Rates
Global Economic Issues Assignment Exchange Rates Question 1 Explain why the exchange rate is such an important ‘price’ in terms of the impact it can have on a country’s economic system. The exchange rate is an important ‘price’ in terms of the impact it can have on a country’s economic system. It can have an affect or be affected by many parties. Some for example, unemployment, inflation, growth and the trade balance between imports and
Rating:Essay Length: 1,436 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: December 11, 2009 -
Executive Compensation and Shareholder Interest
Executive Compensation and Page 2 Executive Compensation and Shareholder Interest The compensation of the CEO (Chief Executive Officer), and other high level executives comprises a largo portion of a company’s payroll. It is often a topic of discussion between employees, owners and shareholders. Why is their compensation so high and why can it be viewed as controversial? The goal of the executives should be to maximize profits and secure the financial strength of the company.
Rating:Essay Length: 1,883 Words / 8 PagesSubmitted: December 6, 2009 -
Executive Compensation at Fannie Mae: A Case Study of Perverse Incentives, Nonperformance Pay, and Camouflage
Executive Compensation at Fannie Mae: A Case Study of Perverse Incentives, Nonperformance Pay, and Camouflage 1. Summary In the end of 2004, the CEO and the CFO of Fannie Mai were asked to resign by the board of directors after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had determined that Fannie Mae had inflated its earnings. The senior executives had manipulated accounting to collect millions of dollars in undeserved bonuses and to deceive investors for several
Rating:Essay Length: 2,034 Words / 9 PagesSubmitted: May 24, 2017 -
Executive Decision
A hospital is a difficult place to run because there so many aspects to manage. There are many types of doctors and nurses, and so many departments in this type of facility. The patients come in a wide variety of different ailments, needs, colors, sizes, personalities, and beliefs. Not to mention, with all of the equipment, devices, and people coming and going a hospital can seem like a small town in itself. That is
Rating:Essay Length: 1,628 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: June 6, 2010 -
Executive Protection
Executive Protection 1. Introduction Threat to life is integral to a competitive society, wherein people, communities, and nations have different and often conflicting objectives. This often results in antagonism and the option of willingly causing bodily harm to another person has increasingly become an acceptable and valid proposition. The twentieth century has been a watershed of sorts in the history of global violence and has been witness to conflict on a gigantic scale. Two
Rating:Essay Length: 2,886 Words / 12 PagesSubmitted: January 25, 2010 -
Executive Recruiters
Executive Recruiters Executive recruiting firms are most interested in people who have a large amount of relevant experience for the position they are trying to fill. Therefore, these firms will be a useful tool if you're looking to make this sort of change. If you do not have a lot of relevant experience, it's likely to be more profitable for you to use networking and direct marketing as your principal methods of job hunting. Headhunters
Rating:Essay Length: 561 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 25, 2009 -
Executive Salaries and What It Means to the United States
Executive Salaries and What it Means to our Economy Ryan Kenny Professor Risinit Old Saybrook 20 November 2006 The economy of the United States is by far the largest and most powerful economy in the entire world. The average family income is roughly $40,000 a year and our GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is well over 10 trillion dollars. The next closest country is Japan with 4 trillion dollars of total GDP.(Johnson & Wales: Economics)
Rating:Essay Length: 1,177 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: February 21, 2010 -
Executive Summary
The organization that I selected for my formal research report was The Republic Newspaper. I have a strong opinion about the biased nature of their reporting, but I wanted to see if this was a fair opinion. Therefore, I did a lot of research on the subject of perceived bias from an overall perspective as well as conducting my own survey. The results were overwhelming. As I expected, reporters are put in a squeeze
Rating:Essay Length: 253 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: December 8, 2009 -
Executive Summary
The executive summary is arguably the most important section of the business plan. It must be concise, specific, and well-written. It summarizes the highlights of the completed business plan and provides a brief snapshot of the plan, with sales, spending, and profit summary figures. The summary emphasizes those factors that will make the business a success. It must contain sound numbers for market size, trends, company goals, spending, return on investment, capital expenditures, and funding
Rating:Essay Length: 1,623 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: January 1, 2010 -
Executive Summary
Executive Summary “The Political Behavior of Business Actors” The case of Swedish MNCs and the EU By Amjad Hadjikhani Earlier, most researches were focusing on government’s role over MNC’s but in this article, Hadjikhani opposes this issue and proposes that there is a focal relationship between the government and multinationals. He primarily takes into account political actors and considers them as central to his study. The main question addressed is how businesses behave when they
Rating:Essay Length: 269 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: March 4, 2010 -
Executive Summary
I. Purpose: To monitor the progress of a department and make changes when necessary for the benefit of the organization II. Control Mechanisms used for effectiveness A. Acorn Paper- Budget control is a mechanism that is used at Acorn paper. This is necessary to service our customers better. Some of the ways that Acorn Paper uses this control to its benefit is by watching the inventory levels, placing rules for employees so that customer’s orders
Rating:Essay Length: 605 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: March 27, 2010 -
Executive Summary for Canada
Executive Summary for Canada Canada is situated above the U.S.A. It is an affluent, high-tech industrial society much like the United States. Canada’s market-oriented economics system, pattern production, and high living standards are almost identical to that of the United States. There has been a huge growth since World War 2 in manufacturing, mining, and service sectors that has transformed the country from a large rural economy, into a primarily industrial and urban economy. The
Rating:Essay Length: 381 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: January 22, 2010 -
Executive Summary for Heart of India
The Heart of India is a new quick serve Indian restaurant serving an exceptional experience in fresh authentic Indian food to be located in the Chicago loop near the intersection of Adams and Wabash (See Appendix K). A quick serve Indian food restaurant is a unique concept with an atmosphere of the far-east with the sounds of authentic Indian music bringing flavorful Indian food quickly during lunch and dinner at reasonable prices. The restaurant
Rating:Essay Length: 801 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: January 9, 2010 -
Executive Summary – Operation Optimize
Purpose and Scope The purpose of this document is to present the facts and issues surrounding the initiative “Operation Optimize”. The scope includes personal observations and conversations held with various department heads and the resulting inferences made. This executive summary will recap the situation; formulate conclusions, and present recommendations for actions to be taken to remedy the obstacles that are evident. Summary of the Situation Project “Operation Optimize” has effectively stalled. Our research shows that
Rating:Essay Length: 822 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: February 3, 2010 -
Executive Summary, Riordan Manufacturing
Abstract Riordan Manufacturing is a company responsible for producing plastics globally. Some of their products include plastic beverage containers and plastic fan parts. Our team has been asked to put together an executive summary regarding identifying some areas needing improvement, defining the purpose of the project as well as who the key stakeholders are. Below is the review of our findings. Executive Summary 3 The Riordan company overall is doing very well. They are a
Rating:Essay Length: 1,469 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: March 7, 2010 -
Executive Summary- Sunbeam Corporation
In April 1996, Sunbeam hired Albert J. Dunlap as its CEO. Dunlap led the company in a corporate restructuring. This restructuring provided a hefty reserve to protect against future earnings shortfalls. The restructuring reserve included the following: 1) $18.7 million of items that benefited future periods, 2) $12 million in litigation reserves which did not met the criteria of a loss contingency, and 3) $21.8 million in a cooperative advertising reserve which was approximately 25
Rating:Essay Length: 333 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: December 28, 2009