Problem statement Consumer behavior is not a simple concept. Consumers are very complicated and unique individuals who are not static and therefore always changing, what someone demanded last year is not the same thing he/she will demand today (Boone 2010). To add to this, highly complex and often ambiguous behavior...
Market Position Honda has always been an important part of the world’s car manufacturing industry. The history of the company encompasses many decades since 1947 (History, n.d.). The company started its endeavor by producing motorcycles, which were immensely popular at the time, while gradually shifting the focus toward automobiles. At...
Introduction In many cases, logistics management has been used interchangeably with supply chain management. It entails planning, implementation, and the control of effective and efficient forward and reverses flows as well as storage of commodities of a given business (Lambert, Stock, & Ellram, 1998). Many companies that deal in commodities...
Bruce Tuckman distinguished four basic stages of team development in his model. These phases are testing and dependence, intragroup conflict, development of group cohesion, and functional role relatedness (Tuckman & Jensen 2010, p. 43). Additionally, he labeled various task activity stages as follows: the orientation to operational functions (forming), emotional...
Introduction & reasons for participating in online marketing Online retailing is a form of direct selling technique whereby sellers, manufacturers decide to approach consumers directly to convince them to buy their products; this technique of selling requires that sellers and manufacturers maintain a substantially large database that contains specific information...
Case background Eastern University has been facing financial difficulties because of reduced government allocations and a low student enrolment rate. The situation has forced the university to increase its tuition fees as a method to raise more revenue and finance its deficit. Bill Barker, an expert in human resources management...
Strategy formulation Mission statement, vision and core competencies A mission statement defines the purpose of the business. It is formally written down and well known to everyone who is part of the business. “It outlines the overall goals of a company, guides decision-making and gives the company a sense of...
Nokia is a global technology company with a presence in over 120 countries and over 123,000 employees. The result is a very wide, global, and complex logistics management system. The company ensures quality and logistical success through various strategies. Quality through customer focus is one of them and a core...
Introduction “Logistics management is concerned with the efficient flow of raw materials, of work in process inventory, and of finished goods from suppliers to consumers” (Goudin, 2010). The different stages that raw materials and finished products have to go through to or from a company entail many other processes such...
Executive Summary The current paper dwells on the importance of visualising obtained data properly. The data set obtained by the researcher from Google in regard to the mobility trends across the United States could be utilised to establish a better connection between the impact of the pandemic and responses from...
E-Business Scope The Manchester United club has a website that generates high income for the club. The club through its website engages in several commercial activities. The club transacts with its customers who are fans of the team players and other business companies. These are two types of transactions that...
Introduction Roccoco New York Hotel is struggling to survive and achieve significant market shares in the competitive hospitality industry in New York. The hotel is under pressure to provide quality and value added services to customers so as to maintain and to attract more customers. It incurred losses of millions...
Introduction Sports management is a particular sphere, which, however, mostly adheres to the general rules of business. As modern views dictate, customers’ impressions have been receiving increased attention in the majority of areas. Sports facilities serve many people at once, and it is challenging to provide each individual with equally...
The objective of this study report is to highlight the correlation between profits, dividend and share price in assessing shareholders value change and to critically evaluate share value charts. The publicly traded company selected for the purpose is TESCO. TESCO is one of the largest food retailers in the world...
Problems Like any other financial company, there are a number of risks that present themselves when carrying out the normal business transactions. One of the major problems that the organization faces is the liquidity and funding management. The two factors are quite important if a company wishes to remain on...
Introduction Apple Inc. is an American global corporation established in 1976 (O’Grady, 2009). The company was first established to sell Apple’s computer kit which was sold as a motherboard. In the years which followed, the company started making complete computers to compete with Microsoft and IBM in the computing industry....
Introduction Consumers are the end-users of a product or service. Before consumers buy any product they are bound to make decisions regarding that particular purchase. This psychological process that end-users of products and services go through in an attempt to identify their needs, identify ways of solving them, and eventually...
The case presented for analysis discusses Superior Electrical’s (further referred to as Superior) negligent hiring practices that created an unreasonable risk and caused harm to others. Superior failed to verify one of its employee’s (Cory Jones) documents to confirm that he indeed held a valid driver’s license and did not...
Background Information Marriott Hotels is among the largest hotel chains in the hospitality industry. The business has three main market segments divided geographically: the Asia Pacific, North American full service, and North American limited services. By 2018, Marriott Hotels had approximately 176,000 employees working across 134 countries (Marriott Hotel, no...
Abstract The present paper explores a non-profit sector organization of choice (Amnesty International). Factors that can improve their organizational effectiveness are examined and addressed. Non-profit organizations are far more complex in terms of measuring their performance due to their non-market quality, mission-driven services, intangible outcomes, and non-profit focus. In order...
In business, any growing company will always face a variety of challenges. As a company expands, new problems and opportunities call for different solutions – what worked a year ago may not be the right approach now. More often, avoidable errors turn what should have been a big business into...
Introduction to Organization Qatar National Bank was established in 1964 as a commercial bank of the country. Shares of the bank are dived into half, owned by the private sector and investment authority. The executive of the bank is composed of Yousef Hussein Kamal who is the Chairman of the...
Overview Concha Y Toro is a Chilean wine brand that is often considered to be among the most popular ones in the world. Established in 1883 as an individual winery by Don Melchor Concha Y Toro, it slowly expanded, eventually becoming a corporation and beginning to trade on the stock...
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a statistical test that is used to evaluate differences between the means of entities in different groups. ANOVA is a valid statistical test when three or more independent means need to be compared. Additionally, several assumptions should be fulfilled before ANOVA can be considered for...
Introduction Brannigan Foods’ soups are one of its most significant sources of revenue, attracting primarily the baby boomer generation (55-75 years old) – the brand’s most loyal soup consumers. Nonetheless, several trends in nutrition put the brand’s soup division under strain. Healthy foods with a low sodium concentration that positively...
The modern world gives people multiple opportunities for people to interact internationally. In particular, this affects the work of various large companies. Their employees need to travel, communicate with new partners, and open branches in new countries. On the one hand, this opens up tremendous possibilities for development. On the...
Introduction The Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate Group (BSHG) is a German manufacturer of electrical and electronic consumer goods. Since 1989, environmental protection has been a major focus of the company as it has been a way of harmonizing business objectives with environmental protection. However, the regulatory framework has enacted policies targeted for...
Schneider is a European-based company leading the digital transformation in process automation and energy management in industry, data centers, buildings, and infrastructure. It is a member of the 500 fortune companies with operations in about one hundred countries. In an article by Catalyst (2019), Schneider Electric reported that “With global...
Executive Summary International Business Machines Corporation was once the dominant player in the computer manufacturing industry when government entities and large corporations relied on mainframe computers to manage their data. However, the management of IBM’s decision to support Microsoft, Intel Inc., and Apple Inc. in their effort to develop PCs...
Introduction The changing business environment and globalization necessitates businesses to change their strategies so as to sustain profitability. Businesses use acquisition strategy to improve their market share and asset base. It is necessary to ensure that acquisitions are properly managed so as to ensure success. This treatise discusses some of...
Introduction Scharffen Berger Chocolate is a brand of chocolate that is manufactured by Artisan Confection Industry. It is in the year 2005 that the company changed its management team and, currently, it is operating under the name of Hershey. Scharffen Berger Chocolate is a pioneer in this industry and has...
Introduction Business enterprises are established with an aim of generating profits by producing quality and affordable goods. However, sometimes it is not possible to get the anticipated profits due to some reasons. It is crucial to note that while most of these problems may be solved using internal mechanisms some...
Introduction Solid waste management is the most significant environmental challenge that is faced by most cities around the world. The production of solid waste keeps on growing with population growth (Subramanian, 2000). Sustainable measures to curb this menace and move towards environmentally friendly practices have evaded us. Plastic bags are...
Executive Summary The present paper conducts an external and internal analysis of McDonald’s corporation to identify strategic issues that can influence the financial performance of the company in the future. The analysis demonstrates that the company will experience uncertainty in the nearest future due to rising awareness of the environmental...
Background The formal report under consideration is going to bring the results of the measures taken at the Company Technical Communications, Inc. to increase the sales rates of the company and improve the working conditions of the staff. These two points were chosen for the study as far as the...
Executive summary Understanding an industry or sector business environment is important to the success of any company or business venture. A business, therefore, needs to formulate its strategies based on the existing conductions within that industry. Tesco plc operates in the retail industry characterized by stiff competition from big and...
Royal Dutch Shell is operating in a highly competitive business environment. Headquartered in The Hague, this British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company has been keen on expanding and protecting its market share both in Europe and the international market (Kumar, 2019). In an industry where competition is considerably high, customers...
Background Information Walmart: Vision, Mission, and Values Walmart Inc. is one of the largest retailers in the US and abroad. The company is known for its low prices and an effective HR strategy. Walmart’s mission is “to save people money so they can live better.” This way the customer can...
Introduction QualIS Company is a renowned American corporation that started its operations 15 years ago. The company was initiated with a mission to provide quality and high-class IT services to clients. Its key objective is to be the world’s largest producer and provider of IT-related support services to in-house and...
Overview of the project The West Gate Bridge Project Fundamentals case study is a comprehensive case that explores the course of managing projects and the procedures and processes therein. There are a number of fundamental issues that have to be adhered to in order to ensure the success of high...
Introduction This is a Report to the Board of International Extractive Industry on various subjects which require immediate attention and study for the company to move on smoothly in the midst of mounting problems about the absence of Corporate Governance Principles. We investigated the Corporate Governance Principles of the OECD,...
Corporate citizenship refers to mechanisms within an organization whose main aim is to encourage self-regulation (Habisch, Jan Martina, Schmidpeter, 2005). The core components of corporate social responsibility include respect for the law, and preservation of ethical standards and internationally accepted practices. This emphasizes the fact that other than being answerable...
Introduction Compliance with legal standards of doing business in the context of globalization and constant capital growth is an essential aspect of work for many companies. One of the mechanisms to track illegal business practices is to encourage whistle-blowers to report violations and receive legal remedies under existing laws. By...
Introduction Paradigm Toys is a public company specializing in the manufacturing and distribution of children’s toys. Its target audience is children, while their parents and caretakers are customers. The company’s economic activities have a direct impact on society. Not only do children with different living conditions receive toys, but these...
Capital structure Making a choice Earnings per share and net income have an impact in the same direction. An increase in net income is likely to increase earnings per share. Earnings per share come from sharing part of the net profit. In some cases, it also comes from increases in...
Company corporate governance Corporate governance can be described as the process by which an organization is managed by its stakeholders or even the head of departments. This aspect of management ensures that the organization achieves the stated goals. Corporate governance refers to the way organizations are directed and controlled with...
Introduction Gap Inc is an international business entity that has outlets in various parts of the world. The outlets of Gap Inc deal in personal care products, clothes and other accessories for women, men and even children. The major brands of Gap Inc in the business include Old Navy, banana...
Background of the Study Transportation solutions are recurrently being affected by the shifts in technology and social responses to innovation, which create multiple opportunities for individuals and organizations to benefit from the so-called mobility-as-a-service (MaaS). The latter means that vehicles are available to consumers on-demand, allowing them to gain access...
Executive Summary The core principle of TBL reporting is based on the fact that an organization’s duties and responsibilities lie in its stakeholders and not the shareholders. This principle is focused on enhancing a high level of efficiency, cost effectiveness and accountability in the manner in which an organisation operates...
Cruel managers usually make employees feel powerless. This cruelty might be shown through bullying. Bullying (in the workplace setting) is a kind of behavior that is done repetitively and systematically towards an employee to intimidate, threaten or victimize him or her (McCarthy, 2013). One of the factors that contribute to...
Enron’s name and operations came to the limelight with the merger of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth back in 1985. The company was engaged in the business of interstate pipeline services, which expanded rapidly. It was in 1999 when the company initiated its online commodity trading services under the name...
In line with law enforcement morale, officers’ motivation is a key aspects in achieving the goal of any police division. To explore this aspect, this essay will review Captain Strong’s case in a view to answer the arising case questions. Captain Edith Strong is an experienced commander in a Field...
Introduction Polipaks Group is a company that deals with packaging materials for the food and non-food industry and trade. They buy plastics in granules and sell ready-made printed packs and rolls. The company is located in Latvia and is the largest manufacturers of packaging solutions in their region. Polipaks Group...
Organizations strive to make maximum profits to improve their financial position. In some instances, organizations may engage in unethical practices to make extra income or influence the public image of the company. However, ethical practices dictate that the organizations should engage in ethically acceptable practices. Various regulations ensure that organizations...
The following is a case analysis of Capstone Tallahassee Bean counters. The investigations will focus on a period of May and September when there was construction facility and fraud occurred. The first part of the case study will identify the red flags and the persons who are likely to be...
Assessment John Nancy is a 50 year old African American man who was diagnosed with coronary heart disease on 25-06-2013. He was weighed at 100kgs and he started his medication immediately. In addition, he was given nutritional counseling on losing weight and exercising. He was also asked to keep a...
Risk Assessment Broadly speaking, a workplace risk assessment can be defined as an effort that comprises identifying and analyzing potential adverse events that may influence people, assets, or/ and the environment. To conduct a risk assessment is to make judgments on the tolerability of the risk while considering all contributing...
Abstract This main aim of this report is to give a general view of the Singapore’s Airline and its environment. This paper aims at identifying the variety of resources that are available to the organization and its capabilities. It looks at analyzing the various strategies that the organization has and...
Tallahassee Bean Counters has never been audited, therefore, giving employees the freedom to commit frauds without fear of being caught. The recent letter that Franklin Kennedy received from an unknown person indicating that there might be some fraudulent activities that are going on, coupled with the lack of whistleblowing channels...
Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to “the responsibility organizations take for impacts of their activities on society and the environment” (Cowper-Smith and Grosbois, 2011). Today, most organizations have incorporated CSR into their business models. It is a form of self-regulation among companies. Companies use CSR to build their brands...
Antepartum Case Study: Isabel Although the expected delivery date (EDD) is just but an approximation, it is possible to calculate Isabel’s EDD. This is done by adding 280 days (40 weeks) since the first day of the last menstrual cycle. In this case, it is important to add 280 days...
Introduction Ethical conduct is the foundation of a properly functioning society. All entities of society including businesses are therefore encouraged to act ethically so that the entire community can benefit. Traditionally, the issue of ethics was left to individual actors and the public and government did not express major concern...
Introduction Managerial accounting which is alternatively referred to as internal accounting primarily deals with the internal business-building role of collecting, measuring, classifying, and reporting useful information to internal users in activities like planning, controlling, and decision making (Hansen et al., 2006 p. 8). Put more contextually, managerial accounting supports decision-making...
Introduction The subject of contracts comes in handy when one is handling matters relating to business. When interpreting contracts, judicial precedent is used to adjudicate over conflict. In the course of this interpretation, the courts apply themselves to pointing out the terms of the contract, which have been defined as...
Exide technologies Canada is a company that was formed to deal with the manufacture of batteries. The company was registered in the year 1961 under Canadian company law. This gave it legal personality allowing it to transact its own business like any other natural person. Its promoters wrote the articles...
Introduction Into The Night PTY Limited is in the business of selling bicycles. The company has two major brands, Road Bikes (RB) and Mountain Bikes (MB). The brands sell at different prices in different market segments. This report focuses on the projected and actual performance of these brands and the...
Introduction Officially announced in May 2012, Samsung 19300 Galaxy SIII has become the greatest innovation in the current century. A smartphone manufactured by Samsung technologies is a real achievement in the scientific world. Manufactured using modern technology, Samsung Galaxy SIII is a revolutionary gadget in the modern scientific world. Target...
Executive Summary Cost accounting is an important aspect of financial analysis. Reflectively, the process involves calculation of cost variable against expected profit margin. Several methods have been proposed by experts in calculating cost of production as a determinant of pricing rates. Specifically, this paper adopts Cost-plus pricing method in deriving...
Entry and Contracting Consultant-client working relationships should premise on several stages of effective management in terms of entry and contracting. To begin with, the consultants Lynn, Roger, and Erica did not plan to investigate the case, but they met Drew, a manager at Peppercorn Dining, who asked to provide a...
Analysis of Financial Statements During the 2010 fiscal year, the oil and gas market was characterized by the rise in demand for petroleum and gas products, especially in emerging nation, brought about by global economic growth. During this period, prices for crude oil increased to an average US$80/b. What’s more,...
Deciding if a lease contract is finance or operating lease, for monetary analysis functions, can be ideally confounded by a financial professional. Lessee Limited is an organization that uses IFRSs. The organization hired machine from Lessor Company so the finance section required determining whether the hire was a capital/monetary or...
Background Karbon Kinetics is a company that manufactures light weight and high performance electric vehicles. It was founded in 2002 by Richard Thorpe, who is also the brain behind Go cycle. Go cycle was the company’s first product, and was an instant success. The bicycle has been available to the...
Introduction Deep health cuts pose a threat to the health of vulnerable seniors “An aging population and chronic illnesses are costly challenges to the American health” (Kinner & Pellegrini, 2009, p. 1781) In-home care less costly than institutionalization (nursing homes) Cuts will impede support services for people with long-term care...
Change approach for BHP Billiton The participation and involvement approach as well as Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model will be used in executing the change in BHP. These are proven and successful strategies in change management which will help in achieving success in BHP (Hyman & Mason 1995). Participation and involvement...
On several occasions, taking responsibility for people management at the workplace can be an extremely challenging task. On a daily basis, the person in charge faces various challenges that need wise decision making ability that will help in resolving issues and keep up the good spirit at the workplace (Braswell,...
Ethical business practices have become a core driver of sustainable business performance, even with increasing competitiveness. Entities that fail to maintain ethical practices are at increasing risk of failure due to irreparable damage to their reputation, following unearthing of unethical practices (Heineman, 2007). This paper considers the ethical situation that...
Strategies considered There were several strategies, which Prime Co could have undertaken in its efforts to globalize. However, in this scenario, the entity’s target market was Japan which has a frail judicial system. This write-up seeks to analyze the strategies that were open to Prime Co. First, Prime Co might...
Introduction The corporate finance practices and their expediency as far as growing the shareholder value is concerned has been subject to debate for the last twenty years and they are among the very few elements troubling corporate monetary practice in which the academics-practitioners gap is substantially wide enough for attracting...
Introduction The introduction of global markets has created intense competition, and this has encouraged companies to develop strategies to survive in the turbulent market. There is a need to develop products of high quality to capture the demand of many customers. Competition in the global markets has facilitated the need...
Introduction Several analysts have recommended the merger of Southwest airlines and Airtran Airlines. Most of these analysts have a vision of the benefits of this merger. The company has a strong financial background, and enough labor, which will be put into practice to manage the challenges. The management by the...
Unlike the organizational philosophy followed by Rendell Corporation, the method followed by Martex Corporation in relation to the controller function is such that all divisional controllers are required to report directly to the corporate controllers of the entity. This method is based on the rationale that it promotes the flow...
Cash flow is the amount of money that enters or leaves the company during its operations. Cash flow is considered the wheel that makes a company’s operations move smoothly and swiftly. If a company does not control or manage its cash flows properly, then it might run into financial problems...
Introduction The following essay is a discussion on how Bernie Madoff defrauded the experienced as well as the common investors. The essay looks into how one would have avoided the fraud by outlining some key internal controls that indicate the organization’s performance in the market. The second part of the...
Case Study of Real Options A case study of the Sample and Rother oil field developments illustrates where real options analysis can be used to add value to a field development decision process. Traditional methods such net present value (NPV), simple interest, and internal rate of return (IRR) do not...
Introduction In the late 1990s, the communications industry started to decline, taking WorldCom stocks with it. Bernard Ebbers, the former CEO, was under intense pressure from the banks to retain the company’s good performance. The company’s progress was also in jeopardy as it had been forced to reject a proposal...
Domino Pizza consolidated report analysis Question Answer Page # Mark Is the entity a company, partnership or a sole proprietorship? How do you know? Basically, Domino’s Pizza as business entity is a public limited company and it trades in the New York Stock Exchange under the initials DPZ. Prior to...
Introduction Background information The current change in the world economy due to the prevalent high rate of globalisation is exposing companies to exchange-rate risk exposure (Goldberg & Drogt 2009, p. 49). Organisations may undertake activities involving foreign currencies through two main avenues, viz. undertaking transactions in foreign currencies or being...
Analysis of DS Smith PLC Reflectively, this analytical paper employs financial data in the analysis of capital structure that will facilitate the making of decisions at Smith PLC. Specifically, various tools and techniques of capital structure analysis are explored in detail. This comparative data analysis paper used the financial statements...
Introduction Tricky technology requires additional capital in order to expand its businesses and increase credit worthiness. The two major shareholders of the Company have developed conflicts of interest regarding the sources of capital. Chris Good, the founder and president of Tricky technology views success and long term growth of the...
An introduction Litigation support requires a trained and experienced expert as it involves confidence, research, education, experience and good communication skills. As far as job requirements for litigation are concerned, it depends upon the size and type of assignment. It is because a large assignment needs more skilled candidate to...
Benta Casket Company This paper proposes the shift toward the use of modern information technology infrastructure in improving customer service delivery in Benta Casket Company. The various software that need to be adopted are identified alongside various recommendations with regard to project management in information technology. Benta Casket company a...
Alternative investment vehicles These investments offer alternative profits to organizations and exclude stock and bonds. Alternative investment vehicles include hedge funds, currency funds, options, futures, private equity offerings, and mutual funds. Alternative investment vehicles are created to manage the risk of the organization making investments beyond one sector. When one...
Introduction The Tarkine is an extensive wilderness region located in Tasmania, Australia. The region contains many aboriginal sites (Cummings 2006). The Australian Heritage Council announced that the region is among the greatest archaeological sites in the world. For many years, the area remained unofficially recognized as a natural heritage until...
Company summary (history and primary business) Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company was started in 1903 in Milwaukee; U.S. The company launched its trade mark bike in 1909, which was the fastest in those days. Following increased demand of motorbikes during the World War I, Harley-Davidson business grew dramatically and the company became...
Cost and Revenue Assumptions New product launches require that realistic cost and revenue assumptions are made to attract potential investors who will fund the project (Juan, 2011). It is essential, therefore, that all financial projections include predictions on the cost of production, and revenue that will be generated by the...
Introduction Financial reports are formal records that are used by business organizations to display the progress of their financial activities. The reports contain important financial information organized in a structured manner and in formats that are easily understood by stakeholders. Although they contain financial statements that are characterized by mathematical...
As much as Calvin could have wanted to venture into the litigation business to supplement his CPA business revenue, the engagement needed extensive investigation and viability assessment. His whim actions complicated his work and plunged him into many problems, including incurring of hefty losses. The whole engagement was unwarranted, and...
When iconic commercial corporations are mentioned, it is hard to review them without mentioning the Enron Company. The company was indeed dominating the energy trade in the United States until late 2001. The company made history when its revenue grew by USD 87.3 billion in ten years i.e. between 1991...
Introduction The world of business like any other human sector is faced by various challenges. The issue of conflicts in the execution of business operations has been a common scenario. In regards to the growth and development of globalization as well as liberalization of markets, the management of business operations...
