...James D Prendergast Management 377 Messar 1-21-2015 Mission Statements Northeastern Illinois University The College of Business and Management provides quality and accessible undergraduate and graduate education in business to a diverse student population from metropolitan Chicago and beyond. We prepare students for professional careers in an increasingly multicultural and global business environment. The college emphasizes teaching and learning through a variety of teaching methods, research (primarily applied and pedagogical) and service. Apple Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad PepsiCo Our mission is to be the world's premier consumer products company focused on convenient foods and beverages. We seek to produce financial rewards to investors as we provide opportunities for growth and enrichment to our employees, our business partners and the communities in which we operate. And in everything we do, we strive for honesty, fairness and integrity. Amazon With a mission “to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest...
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...end of 4months 2. Value of the ex call at the end of 4 months, if the exercise price prevails 3. In case the option is held to maturity, what will be the expected value of the call option? Question 2 Yes limited wants to aquire No ltd and the cash flows of Yes ltd and the merged entity are given below Rs in lakhs | Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Yes ltd | 175 | 200 | 320 | 340 | 350 | Merged entity | 400 | 450 | 525 | 590 | 620 | Earnigs would have witnessed 5% constant growth rate without merger and 6% with merger on account of economies of operations after 5 years in each case. The cost of capital is 15%. The number of shares outstading In both the compaines before the merger is the same and the companies agree to an exchange ratio of 0.5 shares of Yes Ltd for each share of No Ltd. Pv factor at 15% for t years 1-5 are 0.870, 0.756, 0.658, 0.572, 0.497 respectively. You are required to 1. Compare the value of Yes Ltd before and after merger 2. Value of the acquition and 3. Gain to share holders of Yes...
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...chemicals. But it turns out that orgainic are not actually healthier than non-organic products. "A resent study showed that organic foods have fewer pesticides than conventionally grown vittles, but they might not be more nutritious." We as consumers are conventually being lied to by companies implying that they are selling us organic foods. The organic food labels are lying to us in more ways than one. Its said that conventional and genetically modified seeds are known to occasionally mix with organic supplies. But, how is this even possible why not just handle both products in different facilities. Organic foods are essestially being sold as "locally grown" or from a "small family farm", when in fact that is not true at all. Some large compaines like to import organic ingredients as cheaply as possible, often from other countries. One of the main reasons why people like to buy organic foods is because they think they are supporting local farms. Just because something is labeled as orgainc doesnt actually mean that its organic. "The perception that organic is...
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...Types of Organizational Structures Patricia R. Blandford FIN/571 February 3, 2014 Instructor: Zenhu Jin Introduction Although working capital may be hard for some business owners to comprehend, there is a tool that is useful to help with this. By understanding the operating cycle, a company can analyze it accounts receivables, accounts payables and inventory in terms of days. The operating cycle cannot be financed using the accounts payable only. Working capital is also needed to do this. Working capital is one of the most difficult financial concepts for the small-business owner to understand. It is the amount of current assets that exceed current liabilities. A business evenually needs short-term working capital. The following are sources businesses use for short-term working capital. • Equity- funds invested from personal resouces, friends, or other third party. • Trade creditors- creditors in which you have a good relationship with due to paying on time may offer help in providing short-term capital. • Factoring- Where a company buys an account recievable after an order has been filled and contiues to handle the collection. • Line of credit- given to businesses that have collateral and are well capitalized by equity. It is money that is borrowed for short-term needs as they arise. • Short-term loan-...
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...Factories Too Many Scotch Makers Roll Out a New Barrel Which Airlines Will Disappear in 2009? Julian V. James Dr. Linda Harris The Business Enterprise-BUS 508 Date: 2/16/09 Summary With all the sales of cars around the country sinking from China to the US, automakers find themselves in an embarassing position. It is true that Chrysler may well vanish or be folded into GM or another major player (Welch, 2009). Many automakers are trying to find ways to cut production and cost to stay afloat, but may be force to downsize and lay off thousands of workers around the country. This would allow the automakers to maintain production levels but lower costs. Some of the big car makers are thinking about merging with other car compaines to stay in business. Toyota is actually the only car company to be expanding their operations in China, and announced its sixth plant in October (Welch, 2009). Forecastors are saying that car buying should rebound starting in 2011.What they’re relying on, says Michael Robinet of resercher CSM, is population growth and a sales bonanza in 2013 as people start to replace aging vehicles (Welch, 2009). Another industry that seem to be having a tough time staying afloat is the airline industry. The Airline industry should be turning around in 2009 because in 2008 fuel cost was at an all time high(Welch, 2009). This caused many airlines to file chapter 11, which will let them emerge from bankruptcy even stronger(Foust,2009). But the turn...
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...billion. The work they do makes a difference. The company encourages taking a risk. They have proven that inspiring workplace makes creativity thrive. Some other strength comes from culture; there are many divers’ people who lead to different talent and ideas that make their systems better. (SAS)(AS)(SP) Job satisfaction is how an attitude relates towards a job. In other words, job satisfaction represents an effective response to specific aspects of the job. This also intales how management treats employees. Organizational commitment is how the employee feels towards the company. This is a is an effective response to the whole organization. This also refures to a psychological attachment of employees to their compaines. This shows the employees...
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...Funding a Business Kimberly Waite AIU Online Abstract This paper will describe the different types of funding available to begin a business. These include borrowing money, selling stock, and technology licensing. This paper will discuss the meaning, function and importance of the stock market, investment banking, financial management, and risk financing. This paper continues with a scenario with a future business owner and the decision making of how to fund his business. This paper concludes with a decision on what type of funding he should chose for his business and the advantages and disadvantages behind that decision. Funding a Business Every business needs cash to function (Ebert & Griffin, 2011). Deciding how to raise that cash can be a difficult decision. There are many options to raising money; borrowing from a bank, selling bonds, or soliciting cash from outside investors (Ebert & Griffin, 2011). For every option, there multiple platforms. Each option should be carefully considered based on needs. For our entrepaneur in the scenario, I recommend that he consider selling stock to raise capital for his funding needs. Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are otherwise known as securities. They represent secured, or a financial claim on the part of investors (Ebert & Griffin, 2011). Our businessman could consult with an Investment Banker on this idea. The role of the investment bank(er) is to help issue and sell new securities. They advise...
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...FINAL PAPER Justification/recommendation Change in management is sometimes necessary in some organizations. It could be based on an organization not performing up to standards or moving mangers around to provide a fresh look on a company and come up with different ideas that can benefit that particular location. When changing over, a bad plan of action can negatively affect an organization. Due to the difficulties that arise when there is a change in management, there needs to be a effective way for managers to adapt to their new work place. Success starts from the top and trickles down. Employees look to their managers to guide them in the right direction. According to “10 principles of change management” : Because change is inherently unsettling for people at all levels of an organization, when it is on the horizon, all eyes will turn to the CEO and the leadership team for strength, support, and direction. The leaders themselves must embrace the new approaches first, both to challenge and to motivate the rest of the institution. The managers must be the first ones to level with the employees and understand them. It is not the staffs job to change their work ways to satisfy the new management team. Some managers walk in to new businesses demanding respect and placing new rules in place Identify problem The problem in this situation is the reaction the new managers and employees have to one another. When a new team of managers come into a building of employees...
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...Fortune Global 500 list in 2012. It is also the biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees, and is the largest retailer in the world. Walmart remains a family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family who own a 48% stake in Walmart. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies. Costco Wholesale Corporation is the seventh largest retailer in the world. As of July 2012[update], it was the fifth largest retailer in the United States, and the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States. Both Companies are very succesful in selling every day essential needs to customers, and both companies are competitors against each other. The ethical dilemma facing both compaines is that each company have there own ethical principles, core beliefs and values on how the company is runned today. Walmarts Describe each way Wal-Mart & Costco treat their Stakeholders? Stockholders take risk to invest their money by establishing businesses. They deserve returns on their investment. They do not take risk to benefit any other party. Stakeholders also benefit from those investments in a free-market economy. In such an economy, the owners of...
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...The Sony Corporation: A Case Study in Transnational Media Management by Richard A. Gershon, Western Michigan University, U.S.A. and Tsutomu Kanayama, Sophia University, Japan The transnational corporation is a nationally based company with overseas operations in two or more countries. What distinguishes the transnational media corporation (TNMC) from other types of TNCs, is that the principle product being sold is information and entertainment. The following paper is a case study analysis of the Sony Corporation; a leading TNMC in the production and sale of consumer electronics, music and film entertainment and videogame technology. There are two main parts to this study. Part I. examines the history and development of the Sony Corporation. It builds on the theoretical work of Schein, (1984, 1983), Morley, Shockley-Zalabak (1991) and Gershon (2002, 1997) who argue that the business strategies and corporate culture of a company are often a direct reflection of the person (or persons) who were responsible for developing the organization and its business mission. Second Part examines the Sony Corporation from the standpoint of business strategy. Special attention is given to the subject of organizational culture and strategic decision-making. A second argu- ment of this paper is that while Sony is a TNMC, the organization is decidedly Japanese in its business values. This is beginning to change in the face of global competition and the need to improve business performance. This...
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...The Sony Corporation: A Case Study in Transnational Media Management by Richard A. Gershon, Western Michigan University, U.S.A. and Tsutomu Kanayama, Sophia University, Japan The transnational corporation is a nationally based company with overseas operations in two or more countries. What distinguishes the transnational media corporation (TNMC) from other types of TNCs, is that the principle product being sold is information and entertainment. The following paper is a case study analysis of the Sony Corporation; a leading TNMC in the production and sale of consumer electronics, music and film entertainment and videogame technology. There are two main parts to this study. Part I. examines the history and development of the Sony Corporation. It builds on the theoretical work of Schein, (1984, 1983), Morley, Shockley-Zalabak (1991) and Gershon (2002, 1997) who argue that the business strategies and corporate culture of a company are often a direct reflection of the person (or persons) who were responsible for developing the organization and its business mission. Second Part examines the Sony Corporation from the standpoint of business strategy. Special attention is given to the subject of organizational culture and strategic decision-making. A second argu- ment of this paper is that while Sony is a TNMC, the organization is decidedly Japanese in its business values. This is beginning to change in the face of global competition and the need to improve business performance. This...
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...The company overview Three ambitious friends, Richard, Adam and John graduated from Cambridge University into professional employment. In the summer of 1998, they spent six months testing various juice recipes on friends, trying to find a successful product. They spent £500 on fruit and tested their recipes on individuals at a London music festival, marking two bins ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and placing a sign next to them reading: “Do you think we should give up our jobs to make these?”. At the end of the day the yes bin was full. They gave up their jobs the following day and Innocent Drinks was formed (innocent, our story) The creation of this company was difficult for the three friends who had no money, they asked their friends for rich contacts and were introduced to Maurice Pinto, a wealthy American who lent them £250,000 after seeing the potential of their plan. After six years, Innocent operates from Fruit Towers in Shepherd’s Bush, an office block with faux-grass walls and trendy young staff. They produce 5 product ranges totalling 17 varieties and are the market leader in Smoothies in the UK (innocent). Innocent is a British beverage producer that makes and distributes a range of natural fruit drinks in the UK. The products of the company include smoothies, thickies, juices, and fruit-enhanced water. Innocent sells its products through coffee shops, grocery stores and department stores. Innocent smoothies contain over three-quarters of a pound of pure and fresh fruit...
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...A R TI CLE Organization Ethics Reputation and Customer Loyalty: Perception of Muslim Customer Sharia Banking Asia-Pacific Management and Business Application 1(1) 69 – 80 ©UB 2012 University of Brawijaya Malang, Indonesia http://apmba.ub.ac.id Sunaryoa* Zakaria Baharib a Management Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia; b Center for Islamic Development Management Studies, School of Social Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Abstract The majority of the Indonesian population is Muslim, in which the share of Sharia Banking is only three (3) percent of the total banking market share in the country. This indicates a low participation, possibly leading to a negative perception on ethic reputation and low awareness among the Muslim communities in using sharia banking products and services. The objectives of this paper are to analyze the influence of sharia banking organization ethics reputation on Muslims customer loyalty and to analyze the role of satisfaction as a mediating effect on sharia banking organization ethics reputation on Muslims customer loyalty for the sharia banking products and services. Survey with 315 respondents in the city of Malang, Indonesia was conducted to gather information to further understand the situation, to answer the questions raised and to meet the study objectives. Purposive sampling was used to select the relevant respondents. The Structural Equation Model (SEM) is used to analyze the...
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...PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT M.COM 2(B) ASSIGNMENT ON STOCK EXCHANGE SUBMITTED TO: SIR MUZAMMAL SUBMITTED BY: AYESHA TALAT REG # 29 SABA AKHTAR REG # 40 ASMA JAVEED REG # 71 ZARWA NOOR REG# 72 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL PUNJAB Stock Exchange General History of Stock Exchanges In 11th century people of France were concerned with managing and regulating debts of agriculture communities on behalf of the bank.They could be called the first broker in history Bourse come from the Latin “bursa” meaning a bag.In 13th century Bruges, the sign of a purse hung on front of the house where merchants meet latter in 13th century commodity traders gathered inside the house of a man called Van der Burse.And after that they institutionalized that house and became Bruges Bourse .The idea spread quickly in neighbor countries. The Dutch later started joint stock company, which let share holders invest in business ventures and get a share of their profits or losses.In 1602, the Dutch East Indian Company issued the first shares on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.It was the first company to issue Stocks and bonds.In 1688, the trading of stocks began on a stock exchange in London. It was the first stock exchange in history. A stock exchange is a form of exchange which provides services for stock brokers and traders to buy or sell stocks, bonds, and other securities.Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial...
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...FUTURE STRATEGIES Disney’s theme park strategy underscores the importance of vertical integration for the company as a means to exert total control not only over the individual segments of the media value chain, but also over the individual value chains of its business units. For example, by owning all elements of the theme park value chain, starting with travel agencies, over food and merchandising, to the accommodation of the parks’ visitors, Disney made sure that all possible revenue streams were channeled into the group without intermediary-related losses. Despite its precarious financial situation, Disney further extended its vertical reach by investing in the development of a new cable venture, The Disney Channel, launched in 1983, which allowed the exploitation of Disney content on the additional distribution platform cable television. Disney also decided to vertically integrate into syndication in order to exploit further revenues by licensing the individual film rights of Disney’s by now extensive television content library to independent television stations. The merger presented substantial benefits for both sides: Miramax gained guaranteed access to Disney’s national and international distribution network, and Disney could increase its content product diversity by securing content of the type that it lacked in its Disney, Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures output (Lyons, 2003). Through the Miramax acquisition Disney increased movie output from 18 films per year...
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