Corporate Finance Essays and Term Papers
650 Essays on Corporate Finance. Documents 251 - 275
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International Corporate Law -Shown on the Cases of Centros, Ьberseering and Inspire Art
University of Applied Sciences Heilbronn, Germany Studies: International Business & Intercultural Studies Winter Term 2004/2005 Course International Law "International Corporate Law Shown on the Cases of Centros, Ьberseering and Inspire Art" Alexandra Klank Sabrina Fдhrmann IBIS 4 Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Daily Mail and General Trust PLC 4 3. Centros Ltd. 4 4. Ьberseering BV 5 5. Inspire Art Ltd. 6 6. Evaluation and future prospects 6 7. Sources 7 1. Introduction The European
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Perspectives
Corporate Social Responsibility: Perspectives “The modern large industrial corporation is in many respects a public institution….it holds power in trust for the whole community”. The quotation epitomizes the awesome power, influence and resources that the present day business corporation possesses, and the extent to which they can contribute to the society of which they are part of. There are three emerging perspectives that inform corporate social responsibility: Reputation Capital This perspective recognizes the importance of
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Target Corporation Case Study
The main issue facing Target Corporation is what it should do with its department store and Mervyn's divisions. The company has considered closing or selling the divisions several times over the past few decades. Although both divisions continue to make a profit, the company could be better off focusing all of its attention on the Target stores. On the other hand, maybe the company needs to take a different approach with the divisions and try
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Advanced Medical Technology Corporation
Advanced Medical Technology Corporation I. Short History: AMT has been in business for three years. The company develops, manufactures, and sells scientific medical instruments, utilizing the latest technology. AMT has experienced enormous growth in sales. However, the company’s capital has been used up on heavy spending on research and development and rapid expansion of its sales force. Because of that, the company relies heavily on creditors’ money. II. Management Goals: The President of AMT believes
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Role of Stakeholders in the Corporate Governance Process
Good corporate governance helps to ensure that corporations take into account the interests of a wide range of constituencies, as well as of the communities within which they operate, and that their boards are accountable to the company and the shareholders. This, in turn, helps to assure that corporations operate for the benefit of society as a whole. Stakeholders typically include investors, managers and employees, customers, suppliers and other business partners, and local communities. Corporate
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Ethical Behavior and Corporate Social Responsibility
Ethical Behavior and Corporate Social Responsibility Ethical behavior and corporate social responsibility go hand in hand. Business ethics is very similar to normal every day ethics in that it involves being fully aware of what we are doing, including the complications and consequences of our actions. Being aware of ethics in business requires us to be aware of two things. First, we have to have a need with complying with rules, such as laws, customs
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Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms Paper
Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms Paper Counter-trade Counter-trading is defined as the exchanging of goods or services that are already paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services. (Wikipedia [W], 2007) Another way that you could think about counter-trading is by thinking about bartering. Bartering is very much like counter-trading as you are trading services or goods for the same in return. Speaking of bartering, that is actually one of the
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Corporate Strategy
Investment of a British Multinational Company (MNC) in Passenger Car of Malaysia: An analysis on Malaysia and Passenger Car Industry Table of Contents Page 1 Executive Summary 3 2 Introduction 4 3 Study framework 5 4 Analysis and Discussion of passenger car industry 6 4.1 Porter’s 5-force analysis 6 4.1.1 Rivalry amongst Existing Firms 7 4.1.2 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 8 4.1.3 Bargaining Power of Buyers 9 4.1.4 Threat of Substitute Products 12 4.1.5 Threat
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Toyota Motor Corporation - Rising to the Top
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Rising to the Top Prepared by xxxxxx English Business Writing Student Report Distributed May 3, 2006 Prepared for Drxxxx English Department xxxxx Since it began as a small business created by Sakichi Toyoda in 1926, Toyota has evolved into one of the top automobile manufacturers in the world. “The name Toyota came about in 1936, when protectionist legislation improved prospects for Japanese automakers and Kiichiro Toyoda changed the name when he split
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Anatomy of a Corporate Campaign: Ran & Citigroup (a)
Overview Citigroup, the world’s largest project finance bank became the target of the Global Finance campaign of launched by the Rainforest Action Group in 2000. Citigroup provided funding for extractive projects such as mining, logging and oil explorations that many a times took place in developing countries, rainforests and other endangered ecosystems. RAN aimed to stop all lenders, primarily Citigroup, from financing such destructive activities in endangered ecosystems. RAN held protest activities for two
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Bechtel Power Corporation’s Use of Objective Welding Tests
Bechtel Power Corporation's Use of Objective Welding Tests Objective tests measure both your ability to remember facts and figures and your understanding of materials and procedures. I believe that this case is not based on race. Mr. Ligon was hired based on his testing qualifying him to perform more difficult welding procedures, AT-LH. The reason why he was required to retest is because he improperly prepared a weld. The retesting was provided by the corporation
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Lester Electronics Financing Alternative Benchmarking
Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario Reference to Concept in Reading Metrics of wealth maximization The metrics of wealth maximization are: the balance sheet, the income statement, net working capital, financial cash flow, and the accounting statement of cash flows, (Ross, Westerfield, & Jaffe, 2005). These measures are important not only to organizational stakeholders at Lester Electronics and Shang-wa, but also to industry competitors who are currently looking at a possible merger with these
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Islamic Micro Finance
Islamic Micro Finance Provision of Islamic microfinance services and products Common Elements between Islamic finance and microfinance: 1. There are many similarities in the nature of Islamic banking and microfinance as both forms of finance represent unconventional solutions to financial needs starting from egalitarian approaches being open to all customers without setting any apparent restriction to different categories of clientele. 2. Similarly both the systems advocate financial inclusion, entrepreneurship and risk-sharing through partnership finance. 3.
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Body Shop Finances
In January 1986 The Body Shop company went to the London Stock Exchange Market. From that day on the organization had to act differently. With a capital injection the company could turn from being a niche retailer to an international corporation . The Body Shop has been listed on the London Stock Exchange for 20 years and finally it was taken over by a cosmetic giant from France, L’Oreal, in March 2006. It is
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Corporate Compliance Report: Boeing
Corporate Compliance Report: Boeing Established by William Boeing in 1916, Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace technology company with business segments in commercial airplanes, defense and space and communications. “Headquartered in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 150,000 people across the United States and in 70 countries, with major operations in the Puget Sound area of Washington State, southern California and St. Louis” (Boeing, 2008, p. 27). The company’s total revenue in 2006 exceeded $61.5 billion.
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Pcan Anything Be Learned from the Study of Total Institutions Which Can Help Us to Understand Organizations with Strong Corporate Cultures?
Introduction Goffman established the total institutions theory in 1961,he revealed the role changing process of the inmate, the relationship between staff and inmate, the underlife aspect of inmate and the important characteristics and features within the total institutions. It is interesting to find out that organizations with a strong corporate culture and the total institutions he Goffman described have many things in common, analyzing the total institutions theory helps a great deal of understanding the
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Micro Chip Computer Corporation
Micro Chip Computer Corporation Part 1; Question 1: Using the financial statement that was selected, determine the year to year percentage annual growth in total sales. Part 1; Answer 1: Micro Chip Computer Corporation Fiscal Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Net Sales $11,062M $11,933M $9,181M $6,141M $8,334M Year to Year Growth* − 8% -23% -33.00% 36% * figured by taking one year sales minus the previous year sales divided by the same previous year
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Finance Theory & Financial Strategy
Finance Theory & Financial Strategy By Stewart C Myers How do firms integrate strategic planning and financial analysis? It appears to be somewhat haphazard in many cases. Senior management sets a direction, vision and mission statement based upon who the firm is now and how it has evolved. Then sets the firm’s course based upon their ideas of who they are and who they may wish to become. The finance department that handles the financial
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The Teradyne Corporation
The Teradyne Corporation case concludes with the quote “With the best possible processes, but with incapable people, nothing happens. But the opposite is not true. With capable people and lousy processes, a lot can be done.” Top level Teradyne management perceived that the Jaguar Project was “richly staffed” and that adequate resources were dedicated to the project. In most cases, the quality of the people was exceptional and management was dedicated and committed to making
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Compassion and Corporate America
Compassion and Corporate America Michael Perdew Compassion, a Necessary Skill in Corporate America Webster’s Dictionary - Compassion is an awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering. Many people view compassion as a weakness and claim that it has no place in Corporate America; this way of thinking is prehistoric. Companies that do not understand the importance of compassion towards its employees will become history like the dinosaur. According to a survey conducted in 1996 by
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Tony Soprano Vs the Modern Corporation
1. Introduction 2. Tony Soprano: The CEO a. Planning b. Organizing c. Leading d. Controlling 3. Soprano “Family”: The Corporation a. Organization b. Operations Management c. Accounting d. Sales and Marketing 4. Internal and External Environment a. Internal Environment b. External Environment Role and Personality traits: Much like a CEO no order can be made without his approval. He commands both the respect and power much like a CEO. All earnings the company makes he
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Finance Manager
MATTEL, INC. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS October 26th, 2005 By Mattel, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad variety of toy products worldwide through sales to retailers and wholesalers and directly to consumers. Mattel’s vision is to provide “the world’s premier toy brands - today and tomorrow.”(11) Mattel’s reportable segments are separately managed business units and are divided on a geographic basis between domestic and international. The Domestic segment develops toys that it markets and sells
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Living Dangerously in Two Worlds In my paper I will be discussing the topics related to corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility (CSR, also called corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, and responsible business) is a concept whereby organizations consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders, communities and other stakeholders, as well as the environment. This obligation is seen to extend beyond the statutory obligation
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Corporate Wellness Programs
Corporate Wellness Programs Nate University of Phoenix RES 110 Mr.Baker Jul 07, 2004 Corporate Wellness Programs Corporate wellness programs are critical to the fiscal fitness of organizations in the United States today. Corporate wellness programs vary in their methods, but the end goals are the same: decrease medical costs and increase employee productivity. Healthcare costs now consume over 50% of corporate profits and continue to increase at nearly 12% a year (Powell, 1999, p.15).
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Environmental Mission, Vision and Values of the Starbucks Corporation
Introduction Based in Seattle, Washington, Starbucks Corporation is the largest retail coffee company in the world. As the largest coffee company in the world, the environment is an important and ongoing concern of the organization. Starbucks understands this social responsibility and the organization’s impact on the environment and continuously takes steps to minimize any and all impact on the environment. An environmental mission statement was adopted by the organization in 1992. After Starbucks Corporation became
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