Corporate Finance Essays and Term Papers
650 Essays on Corporate Finance. Documents 26 - 50
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Wal-Mart Corporation
"Basic History Overview" Wal-Mart's history is one of innovation, leadership and success. It started with a single store in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962 and has grown to what is now the world's largest - and arguably, the most emulated - retailer. Some researchers refer to Wal-Mart as the industry trendsetter. Today, this retailing pioneer has annual revenues of over $100 billion, 3,000 stores and more than 0,000 employees worldwide. Wal-Mart operates each store, from the
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Case Study: Dell Computer Corporation
CASE STUDY A : DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION Introduction Michael Dell founded Dell Computer Corporation in 1984 with a simple vision and business concept – that personal computers can be built to order and sold directly to consumers. Michael believed his approach had two advantages: (i) by passing distributors and retail dealers eliminated the markups of resellers, and (ii) building to order greatly reduced the costs and risks associated with carrying large stocks of parts, components
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Management Strategies on McDonald’s Corporation
Assignment Report of case study on Management Strategies of McDonald's Corporation Jun 2006 Table of Content INTRODUCTION 1 ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND 1 LOW THREAT OF ENTRY 2 Economies of scale, Learning Curve and Experience Curve 2 Brand differentiation 3 Cost and technology advantage 3 Access to distribution channels 4 HIGH THREATS FROM SUBSTITUTES 4 Price and quality 4 Better performance/service 5 Different industry(Similar product) 5 HIGH THREATS FROM THE BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS/CUSTOMERS 6 Forcing
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Utopia as Presented by the McDonald’s Corporation
Utopia as Presented by McDonald's The McDonald's Corporation spends over two billion dollars a year in advertising. They employ over one million minimum wage earners, who have reported discrimination and lack of rights, understaffing, few breaks and illegal hours, poor safety conditions and kitchens flooded with sewage, and the sale of food that has been dropped on the floor. McDonald's is the largest slaughterer of cows of in the world, and uses the beef to
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Corporate Analyisis of Pentair
Pentair, Inc. Headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Pentair owns and operates fifty facilities throughout eleven different countries. Pentair’s Technical Products Group is a leader in global enclosures, thermal management products, and custom enclosures that house and protect sensitive electrical components. The Water Group manufactures innovative products used in the movement, treatment, storage and enjoyment of water. Pentair’s local ties include two manufacturing facilities. The Sheboygan operation molds plastic and extruder block water filters, while the
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Corporate Responsibility at Merck
TO: Dr. Roy Vagelos, Chairman and CEO Merck Corporation. January, 1991. The decision to move forward with the program to donate the new drug Mectizan on a large scale to the affected population in the Third World needs to be systematically analyzed. There are two especially important angles from which this decision needs to be considered. The first concern that needs to be taken into account is that of the stockholders and investors in this
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Wal-Mart Corporation Overview
Wal-Mart Corporation Overview “Basic History Overview” Wal-Mart's history is one of innovation, leadership and success. It started with a single store in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962 and has grown to what is now the world's largest - and arguably, the most emulated - retailer. Some researchers refer to Wal-Mart as the industry trendsetter. Today, this retailing pioneer has annual revenues of over $100 billion, 3,000 stores and more than 0,000 employees worldwide. Wal-Mart operates each
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Benetton’s Corporate Strategy
I. Introduction 2 II. Benetton Company 2 1. History 2 2. The company in figures 2 III. Dimension performance of the Group 3 1. Five forces framework 3 2. Holding 3 3. Corporate governance 3 4. Corporate culture 3 5. Scope of activities 3 6. Resources commitment 4 7. Corporate social responsibility stance 5 IV. Benetton competitive advantages 6 1. Value chain 6 2. Strategic capabilities 6 V. Two future scenarios 7 1. SWOT analysis
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The Rise of Corporate America
Since the end of the Civil War, corporations have taken the United States by storm; but, at what cost? As with any revolution, there are positive and negative effects. While Capitalism surged into urban America, family businesses struggled to survive, immigrants searched for "the American Dream," and farmers toiled into debt. However, this rise of industry did not prove to only benefit an elite few; many beneficial programs were launched as a result of this
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Long Term Financing
Long-Term Financing Paper Introduction to Finance and Accounting February 27, 2007 Long-Term Financing Paper For a publicly traded company, shareholder value is the part of its capitalization that is equity as opposed to long-term debt. In the case of only one type of stock, this would roughly be the number of outstanding shares times current share price. Things like dividends augment shareholder value while issuing of shares (stock options) lower it. This Shareholder value
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Corporate Compliance Benchmarking
Corporate Compliance Benchmarking In organizations it is asked for employees to have loyalty in the workplace, but is that loyalty ever reciprocated? Employers have a job that needs to be done and look to employees to show up to work on time, everyday and perform tasks to the best of their abilities. This type of atmosphere just doesn’t materialize; it needs to be cultivated, developed and strategically implemented. To see how to create this type
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Corporal Punishment
Corporal punishment is defined; A form of physical discipline that is intended to cause pain and fear and in which a student is spanked, paddled or hit on any part of the body. The dictionary gives different meanings on corporal punishment but they basically all have the same understanding, the infliction of pain. Over one hundred countries have now banned corporal punishment along with 28 states in America but states like Kentucky and Utah still
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Jollibee Food Corporation
Jollibee Corporation Foods Jollibee Food Corporation, headquartered in the Philippines, was started in 19 as a family owned and operated ice cream parlor. In 1977 the company expanded its operations to include hot sandwiches and other meals in an effort to stem the economic impact related to events that surrounded a global fuel crisis. By the late 1990’s, Jollibee had grown into the largest fast food store in the country and was planning growth in
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Starbucks Corporation
1. Aim of the report The aim of this report is to perform an internal and external audit for the company. Within the internal audit, we will have the analysis of the value chain, plus the identification of the core competencies of the company. The external audit will be based on the Microenvironment and Macroenvironment of the company. A SWOT analysis as a TOWS Matrix will be used. 1.2. Scope of the Report The report
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Financial Accounting Corporate Report 1975
INTRODUCTION In 19 the Corporate Report was published, this was the outcome from the Accounting Standards Steering Committee’s wide ranging discussion paper and in part considered the usefulness of financial statements (Dunn, April 2002) discusses that to meet their basic objective financial statements must be useful; and the information relevant and reliable. Information will have relevance if it influences the decisions of the users. Relevance and reliability are primary characteristics relating to content together with
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Managing Finance and Accounts
Post Graduate Diploma in Management studies 2003-2004 Year 2 Managing Finance and Accounting Tutor: Ian Andrews Module Title: Managing Finance and Accounting Student: Date: June 2004 CONTENTS 1 Cash Budget for July - October 2 Forecast Productions for three-month period 2.1 Actual Production for three-month period 2.2 Potential reasons for variation 2.3 Recommendations 1 Prepare a cash budget for the four months July - Oct Task 2 JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Ј Ј Ј Ј
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How Workforce Culture Can Boost Corporate Performance
How workforce culture can boost corporate performance. This article addresses how the performance of employees and of an organization as a whole can be affected when the culture of the organization is not made clear to employees and when these cultures differ vastly from the values and beliefs of the employees. It is stated in the article that culture can determine mutual trust between a manager and an employee and the productivity the organization. The
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Dayton Corporation External/internal Factors
EXTERNAL/INTERNAL FACTORS External/Internal Factors Paper External/Internal Factors Paper In 1962, the Dayton Corporation opened Target, a discount chain store in Minnesota. Through the years, Target has grown considerably so that in January 2000, the Dayton Hudson Corporation changed to Target Corporation. The Target Corporation Annual Report 2007 states that 118 new stores opened in 2007, 33 of them being SuperTarget stores. Nearly 1,600 stores are operating in 47 states, with plans to have 2,000 stores
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Newell Corporate Strategy
1. Does Newell have a successful corporate-level strategy? Does the company add value to the businesses within its portfolio? Newell Company’s strategy is to acquire different companies that will help them grow their business in the basic home and hardware products industry before 1994 and started diversifying into unrelated field such as writing instruments and window treatments to grow the company as a whole. These companies are mostly underperforming and suffer from high cost thus
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Good Corporate Governance-Its Importance for Banks and Challenges
Definition Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws and institutions affecting the way in which a corporation is directed, administered or controlled. Corporate governance also includes the relationships among the many players involved (the stakeholders) and the goals for which the corporation is governed. The principal players are the shareholders, management and the board of directors. Other stakeholders include employees, suppliers, customers, banks and other lenders, regulators, the environment and the community
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Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation Table of Contents Table of Contents ii 1. Introduction 1 1.1. History 2 2. Financial Information 3 2.1. Financial Analysis 3 3. Mergers and Acquisitions 4 4. Competition and Foreign Interests 5 5. Future Expectations 5 6. Conclusion 6 References 7 1. Introduction Toyota, which is known as Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the most exciting names in the automobile industry today. Toyota is one of the most competitive companies globally
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The Excellent Global Corporation Plan
The Excellent Global Corporation Plan Based on the corporate philosophy of kyosei, the Excellent Global Corporation Plan is a medium- to long-term management plan with the goal of building a corporate group that continues contributing to society through technological innovation, aiming to be a corporation worthy of admiration and respect worldwide. In the five-year first phase of the plan, which began in 1996, Canon inculcated in the Group the concepts of profit orientation and total
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Rite Aid Corporation
Rite Aid Corporation which ranks as the third largest retail drugstore chain in the United states, control about 2,380 drugstores in 28 states across professionals pharmacy service, a full selection of health and personal care products, an assortment of general products in the nation and in the District of Columbia ( Rite Aid, 2007 ). Rite Aid has a great management team to help them with their success their team includes Chairman, President and Chief
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International Business Finance Evaluation
The initials investment evaluation Academically, preferable method of evaluating investment project is net present values method1, thus bank in Hong Kong required our project must show a positive net present value after five years. The net present value of both Singapore and Indonesia 5-years project are positive. (SEE APPENDIX)Based on calculation, it is worth to invest in both Singapore and Indonesia, but NPV are relatively small compared to the original investment (HK$ 0.178 million in
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Kao Corporation
Executive Summary In this project, I have chosen the Fast Moving Consumer Product industry as the topic of study. First of all we will take a brief look at how the industry started in the late 19th century as soap making companies and slowly evolving into some of the most successful multidomestic company of today. Following we will have insight on the industry’s prominent characteristics and highlight some of the major players. We will also
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