...organizations are very different compared to other business when it comes to finances. The financial structure is described as the way funds are financed and the balance sheet shows what the organization looks like at a particular point in time. For example Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital will compare fiscal year to another fiscal year to decide what needs to stay, go or be “tweaked”. Some organizations have a method to reading the spread sheet as well. PPMH for example, according to the CFO (chief financial offer) states the “right-hand side of a company's balance sheet shows all the ways its different accounts are financed, such as trade accounts payable and short-term borrowings as well as long-term debt and ownership equity” In comparing the financial structures of health care organizations the Pruitt Health Clinic is investor owned...
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...Omega Health Foundation Paper Malik Harris University Of Phoenix Omega Health Foundation Paper The application of sound financial decision making and investment positioning is predicated upon a sound understanding of the critical components of how a business in the healthcare market behaves. The relationship between investment fundamentals, company positioning and the action process will facilitate the enabling of the organization to move forward on concrete financial footing. The ability to understand where a company is coming from in terms of a financial standpoint and making changes in the application of what current financial goals may be and calling to action the direction of where the company needs to go completes a skill set a financial manager must have. Current principles of finance and how they relate to the Omega Health Foundation in relation to their financial strength are as (Guin, None) follows: 1. Risk-Return Tradeoff – This principle demands that the higher or increased level of risk, the high the expected return must produce. Financial advisors must determine the level of risk an organization is willing to assume before investments can be properly executed. 2. Leverage – The simplest way to apply this principle is to magnify earnings that are the direct result of fixed costs. These magnifications can be realized by operational, financial and total or combined leverage. 3. Time Value of Money – Every penny earned or invested has a time value...
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...The competition within the $74 billion carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry has been remarkable ever since Coca-Cola was formulated in 1886, and further intensified when Pepsi was introduced in 1893. Ever since then, the CSD industry has been dominated by these two companies, with Coke taking the lead in the early stage, followed by Pepsi doubled its market share between 1950 and 1970 by offering its concentrate at a lower price than its competitor. The CSD industry has been profitable historically due to numerous reasons. Firstly, in the world’s largest market for CSD products, consumption had been growing at a steady rate of 3% annually from 1970 to 2000 in the U.S., marking a high growth stage in the industry life cycle (Appendix B). This allowed both Coke and Pepsi (C&P) to achieve annual sales growth of around 10%, while competing head-to-head against each other and other smaller CSD producers. Competition between C&P reinforced their brand image, as the increase in marketing efforts could be transferred into profit and sales growth when the overall demand was increasing in a growing industry. However, the increasing industry volume was largely obtained by C&P, leaving other smaller firms vulnerable with stagnated growth opportunity. Secondly, according to Porter’s Five Forces analysis in Appendix A, high barrier for new entrants, low bargaining power of suppliers of both concentrate producers and bottlers, moderate buyer’s bargaining power and low degree of threats of substitutes...
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...CORPORATE STRATEGY EXECUTIVE ANALYSIS THE BODY SHOP The following analysis investigates how the organization assesses its own business whilst taking into account its different key stakeholders and their various interests and expectations by looking deep into a case study of The Body Shop. On the final note, it will determine what learning benefit the case of The Body Shop provides as well as whether its principles can apply to other situations. Introduction: The Body Shop In 1976, The Body Shop was established in Brighton by Dame Anita Roddick. The Body Shop International now has over 2,900 stores across 63 markets with a range of over 1200 products. The Body Shop story is not only of an eminently successful market-oriented manufacturer and retailer of toiletries and cosmetics. Like its founder, the whole organization is committed to issues such as respect for human rights, animal and environmental protection. The organization has arranged and supported national and international campaigns on animal testing in the cosmetic industry and women’s rights. All business organizations need to make a profit to survive but the emphasis at The Body Shop is on profit with a wider social responsibility. The Body Shop Mission Statement * “Dedicate our business to the pursuit of social and environmental change. * Creatively balance the financial and human needs of our stakeholders employees, franchisees, customers, suppliers and shareholders. * Courageously ensure that...
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...Additionally, it discusses potential areas of improvement and some of the challenges associated with each relative to finance and operations. 2.0 Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Hospitals Not-for-profit hospitals are organized under the Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax code, and as such, are exempt from federal and state taxes and generally from local property and other taxes. Not-for-profit hospitals also have access to tax-exempt bond financing and have tax-deductible status for gifts and contributions (Barton, 2010). For-profit hospitals do not have this luxury. Public or private hospitals can be classified as non-profit. Non-profits include a majority of the hospitals in the US. The two types of hospitals differ mainly in regulatory rules. Not-for-profit hospitals do not need to pay property, sales, or income taxes. For-profit hospitals do. Despite these differences, the two types of ownerships have been becoming more and more similar and many hospitals have been switching ownership status suggesting that the hospital industry is less stagnant than the public perception assumes (Smith, 2011). According to a 2006 study, not-for-profit ownership was 59% (Barton, 2010). According to (Smith, 2011) approximately 85% of hospitals are non-for-profit and are expected to have a charitable mission. Nonprofit hospitals are typically considered...
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...The analysis for the marketing strategies & practices of Infosys Part A Organization information – Infosys Brief Introduction of the Infosys Infosys Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) was started in 1981 by seven people with US$ 250. Today, Infosys are a global leader in the "next generation" of IT and consulting with revenues of US$ 6.35 billion (LTM Q1-FY12). And it is now the largest IT Company in India with its headquarters in Bangalore (although it was started in Pune). And Infosys have several delivery centers all over the world. (Infosys Limited 2011a) Infosys defines designs and delivers technology-enabled business solutions for Global 2000 companies. Infosys also provides a complete range of services by leveraging Infosys’ domain and business expertise and strategic alliances with leading technology providers. Infosys operates in a number of business sectors from banking to retail, and its services tend to encompass end-to-end IT solutions which includes a whole bundle of added-value solutions from infrastructure to software engineering. What Infosys do Infosys offerings following main services: (Infosys Limited 2011a) - Business and technology consulting - Application services - Systems integration - Product engineering - Custom software development - Maintenance - Re-engineering - Independent testing - Validation services - IT infrastructure services - Business process outsourcing (BPO) ...
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...Abstract The 2012 Presidential campaign will most likely be one of the tightest races of all time. The outcome will affect all Americans in many ways such as whether Obamacare will remain or go, the jobless rate in the country and the economy. Each candidate believes he is the best choice for America, but the best candidate for bringing jobs back to the United States (U.S.) is undoubtedly Mitt Romney. This paper will compare and contrast why Mitt Romney, with his business expertise, economic stance and political experience, is better than Obama to accomplish the difficult task of creating and bringing jobs back to America. Introduction Barrack Obama assumed the role of President of the U.S. in January 2009. The unemployment rate at that time was 7.8 percent. By the end of his first year in the White House, unemployment reached an astounding 9.9 percent. Average unemployment during his first year was 9.3 percent. As the table in Figure 1 shows, employment in the U.S. has not recovered by much as we approach his fourth year as our President. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012) President Obama may have a lot of experience in community service, but absolutely no experience as a businessman. His experience is that of an extremely successful politician, and politicians are the ones who have created the economic mess we are in today. It is time we all realized that the U.S. Government is a for profit “business”, and needs to be managed as such or the country will...
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...and expectations of the various customers from different market segments. To find out reactions of customers to products of the company. To evaluate company's sales promotion measures for suitable adjustment and improvements. To study current marketing problems and opportunities for suitable follow up. To suggest introduction of new products, modification of existing products. To study marketing competition, channel of distribution and pricing for suitable changes if necessary. To find methods for making the product popular and raising its goodwill and marketing reputation. Furthermore, from a student’s viewpoint, it helps to improve research, analytical and presentation skills, rather than just studying from the assigned text books and preparing for CAT and ACCA exams for the past three years. Research Question How effective was the marketing mix strategies used by Apple Inc. to maximise their overall performance and gaining market share comparing the financial performance for year 2009 and year 2010? 2.0) Company Background Apple Inc. is a California corporation founded in 1977, selling a range of personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital applications (Apple Inc., 2010). The company was previously named Apple Computer, Inc. for the first 30 years, but removed the word "Computer" later, to reflect the company's...
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...Leadership Strengths at Acacia 10 Leadership Weaknesses at Acacia 11 Recommendations for Leadership Development at Acacia 12 References 14 Acacia Overview Since 1969, the Latino based agencies, Acacia Network Housing, a non-for-profit organization, provides services in the area of health, economic development and housing. According to the welcome message of the CEO Raul Russi, the company is exceptionally proud of the staff. Being myself part of the team, I can say that each employee completes their duties every day with consideration of the following values: Excellence, Commitment, Leadership and Customer Service. Looking closely at the big picture, I will analyze the head of my department, Ms. Jenny Morales, Head of the billing department at Acacia Network Housing. Ms. Morales being the one I am reporting to in daily basis will be the adequate individual to analyze and learn from. Acacia Description Acacia Network’s mission is to partner with communities, lead change, and promote healthy and prosperous individuals and families (Russi, 1969). According to Acacia official website, the company has a sound fiscal base supported by our diverse funding portfolio comprised of government contracts from city, state and federal agencies, as well as commercial...
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...UNIT 1 - Exploring Business Purposes Introduction This unit is based on exploring a business. There are two tasks in this assignment. I have been asked to do; Describe four types of business from the, primary, secondary, and territory. I will be describing their purpose, ownership, size, scale. Differences & Similarities between Business because each business are different from each other in so many ways. I need to illustrate how the 3 sectors are all linked together. All businesses have objectives which they aim to fulfill in order for their business to run smoothly and effectively as possible. I will also be, looking at the companies aims to see if they have reached them yet, or what they are doing to reach their aim. I will be explaining areas of growth. As a result of the research I found the following information from research on the computer, getting help from teacher and by my own knowledge. :Sainsbury’s: Background information Sainsbury's Supermarkets is the UK's longest standing major food retailing chain, having opened its first store in 1869. The Sainsbury's brand is built upon a heritage of providing customers with healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food. It differentiates itself by offering a broad range of great quality products at fair prices with particular emphasis on fresh food, a strong ethical approach to business and continuous leadership and innovation. Size of business J Sainsbury plc consists of Sainsbury's – a chain of 504 supermarkets and...
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...Coursework Managing Ethically Marks and Spencer Submitted To: Submitted by: Dr. Parul Wasan Jyoti Solanki Ankit Singh Anjali Jain Anubhav Mishra Apoorva Mishra Arpit Aggarwal Marks & Spencer Company The company I have chosen for my report is Marks & Spencer. It ranks as the biggest clothing retailer in the U.K and 43rd largest in the world. It primarily sells clothes, foodstuff and more recently furniture, gifts and household items. It operates through more than 900 stores in around 43 territories. Its clothing and home ware products account for almost 49% of their revenue. It is built around the five key principles of Service, Value, Trust, Innovation and Quality. Its shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange as well as the FTSE 100 Index. History Marks & Spencer was formed as a partnership between Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer on 28th September 1884. It started with selling common groceries like needles, socks, biscuits...
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...Table of Contents Section 1 1 1.1 Company Profile: 2 1.2 Corporate Governance Disclosures, and are they sufficient? 2 1.3 Key issues that may have impacted on the company’s corporate governance performance 3 1.3.1 Glass Ceiling 3 1.3.2 Climate Change 3 1.3.3 Petroleum Accidents 4 1.4 Potential ethical considerations impacting on the company and the industry in which it operates 4 1.4.1 Petroleum Industry 4 1.4.2 Price Fixing 4 1.5 Theoretical Frameworks supporting Caltex CSR disclosures: 5 1.5.1 Stakeholder/Legitimacy Theory 5 1.5.2 Agency Theory 5 2.1 Part a 6 2.1 Part b 7 Recommendations: 8 References 9 Section 1 1.1 Company Profile: Caltex is regarded as the leading transport fuel supplier and convenience retailer in the Australia and are the only integrated oil refining and marketing company that are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Caltex sources and refines over 75 million barrels of crude oil a year and supplies a third of Australia’s transport fuel (Caltex 2013). As a percentage of crude oil is sourced overseas Caltex operates in a sensitive industry for a number of different reasons, the risks of transporting oil alone is not to be taken lightly given the corporate governance issues that arose from the infamous Exxon Vladex spill that cost the company not only financially but also significantly damaged the environment and their reputation (Miranda, Ferrara & Michele 2012). According to (Davison 1963) the domestic...
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...Food & Beverages industry – Gardenia Bakeries (KL) Sdn. Berhad TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 4 2.0 COMPANY BACKGROUND 4 3.0 SEGMENTATION, TARGETING AND POSITIONING 5 3.1 SEGMENTATION 6 3.1.1 PSYCHOGRAHIC FACTORS 6 3.1.2 DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS 7 3.2 TARGETING 7 3.3 POSITIONING 8 4.0 MARKET ENVIRONMENT 8 4.1 COMPETITIVE FACTORS 8 4.2 ECONOMIC FACTORS 9 4.3 POLITICAL AND LEGAL FACTORS 9 4.4 TECHNOLOGICAL FORCES 10 4.5 SOCIOCULTURAL FORCES 10 5.0 MARKETING MIX 10 5.1 PRODUCT 11 5.2 PLACE 14 5.3 PRICING 16 5.4 PROMOTION 18 6.0 CONCLUSION 21 7.0 REFERENCES 23 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION In this assignment, we will focus about the marketing strategies of Gardenia Bakeries (KL) Sdn. Bhd (Gardenia) in the consumer market. Although Gardenia Bakeries launch a lot of products in South East Asia, here we will only focus on products and marketing activities done by Gardenia Bakeries in Penisular Malaysia. We are going to analyse the marketing strategies by Gardenia Bakeries such as how Gardenia Bakeries does it market segmentation, targeting and positioning. Segmentation, targeting and positioning helps Gardenia Bakeries to find out which area or segment should the company focus in. Besides, we will also look at its marketing environment that plays an important role in implementing marketing activities...
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...through the purchase of another cruise line. A leader in entertainment, CCL remains vigilant for the future. Continuing to seek opportunities is one way to maintain leaderaship in this industry. Carnival Corporation and Carnival PLC Carnival Cruise Lines is an American Dream come true. Started by Ted Arison, the company began operation in 1972 with a single secondhand ship, the Mardi Gras, and barely enough fuel for a one way trip from Miami to San Juan. The level of enthusiasm, Arison relied on to get his vision sailing, was barely adequate to start building the company into a full-fledged cruise line; and in two years, Carnival was still struggling. Arison remained focused on his goal and in 1974, he purchased full ownership of Carnival for $1 in cash and he assumed a debt of $5 million. Arison spent the rest of his life investing in Carnival. He finally turned the $1 investment into the most popular and profitable cruise line in the world. With a single ship, which was a converted ocean liner, the Mardi Gras was instrumental in Carnival’s growth. Carnival Corporation & PLC a global cruise company (Carnival Corp.), is one of the largest vacation companies in the world. The corporation includes: Carnival Cruise...
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...Opened in 2009.Caffè Finix coffee shop is a famous daily necessity for local coffee addicts, a place to dream of as you tryto escape the daily stresses of life and just a comfortable place to meet your friends or to read a book, all inone. The shop owner is MrKhan. The shop is operate in a 1500 square foot shop within a walking distancefrom the Stratford college. The coffee shop start up fund £ 25000. Their employees 7, all are part time worker. Caffè Finix coffee shop provide coffee, tea and breakfast. SWOT Analysis: SWOT is the first stage of planning and helps decision makers to focus on key issues. SWOTmethod is a key tool for company to officials to formulate strategic plan. SWOT standsfor Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. SWOT model analysis factors that areinternal to the business and also factors that affect the company from outside. Strengths andWeaknesses in the SWOT matrix are internal factors. Opportunities and Threats are externalfactors. SWOT is the very popular tool in marketing because it is quick, easy and intuitive.SWOT analysis provides information that is helpful in matching in the firm’s resourceand capabilities to the competitive environment in which it operates Strength: Strengths refer to the firm’s capabilities or aspects of the business that the firm does verywell. Strengths are resource advantages relative to competitors and the need of the markets afirms serves or aspects to serve. It is a distinctive competence when it gives...
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