...Features of a publicly traded company A publicly traded company, in essence, is a company that that trades its stocks in the public market. Examples of the public market are the stock exchange and over the counter market. A publicly traded company is also known as a public company. In a public company, the shares and stocks are not limited to a particular group of people; the stocks can be bought by anyone from the public. A public company is however required to have a minimum of two directors and an unlimited number of shareholders; in addition, this company should have a minimum share capital. Such companies can easily raise more capital when compared to private companies since they can legally offer liquidity to the shareholders. These companies, nevertheless, have to abide to strict Securities Exchange Commission regulations and have to give clear and accurate data to the investors. Publicly traded companies also have to provide all information to the public without bias be issuing their prospectus the number of times the law requires them to. A public company is also its own legal entity meaning that the company and the owners are legally two separate things. Therefore, the company’s existence does not depend on the owners or directors. In these types of companies, the people with the highest number of shares and stocks are the ones who have the most say in deciding the company’s policies. These policies are generated at least once a year in their annual general meeting...
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...Hershey Company Weaknesses in the Product Life Cycle There are a couple of weaknesses in the product life cycle of Hershey. To begin with, candy sales are being lowered by health and wellness trends, which are not only a weakness for Hershey, but the entire chocolate and candy industries as a whole. In addition to that, Hershey has had price inflation for their products. There has been an increase in consumer consciousness when it comes to the health risks related to foods with high sugar and salt products as well as high-fat and cholesterol foods. Consumers are giving more attention to the product labels of the items they purchase and are choosing to purchase the healthiest products available. When it comes to price inflation, rising costs have been a principally tough challenge for the company. The raw material costs having to do with producing a basic milk chocolate bar weighing 3.5 ounces or 100 grams, has soared 28 percent. Hershey’s has been susceptible to market price increases of key ingredients like cocoa, milk, sugar and peanuts, which all have seen increasing prices. The price of cocoa butter, which makes up about a fourth of each chocolate bar, has risen 63 percent in the last 2 years, reaching a four-year high. Whole milk powder, which is another major part, has risen above 20 percent (Tidy, 2013). In order for the company to fight the rising costs, they would need to both raise domestic wholesale prices and lower product weight. The rising price of...
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...energy to the citizens have failed to materialize. Part of the shortage is attributable to non- payment of subsidies by the government and non-payment subsidies to Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) for power supplied has resulted in a circular debt of over Rs. 300 billion in the energy sector. Consequently the oil companies have not been paid and have delayed oil supplies to the· Independent Power Producer (IPP) and Three thermal generation companies (GENCOs) (1) Jamshoro Power Company Limited (2) Central Power Generation Company Limited (3) Northern Power Generation Company Limited and Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). At the same time the gas supply shortage is in the range of 500 MMcfd (Million Cubic Feet per Day) 800 MMcfd mostly in the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) area. As such nearly 3,000 MW of capacity with the Independent Power Producer (IPP) and Three thermal generation companies (GENCOs) has been made out of work, while the government is busy signing up new rentals and IPPs with tariffs in the 10-15 cts/kwh rang. An increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services are linked from one period of time to another period. Economic growth can be measured in nominal terms, which include inflation or in real terms which are adjusted for inflation. For comparing one country's economic growth to another GDP (Gross Domestic Product) or GNP (Gross National Product) per capita should...
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...Pakistan Energy Crisis: An Overview Contents Power Sector Highlights Pakistan Energy Stats Causes of Power Crisis Circular Debt Issue GoP’s Initiatives for the Power Sector/Sectoral Recommendations VTT’s brief Portfolio The Power sector was restructured in 1998 with the creation of PEPCO (Pakistan Electric Power Company)… Water & Power Development Authority’s (WAPDA) has been structured into distinct corporate entities comprising of 4 GENCOs, 10 DISCOs and one TransCO (NTDC). These 10 DISCOs are responsible for distribution to the end users. KESC meets its overall demand with its own generation plus purchase from NTDC, IPPs and from Karachi Nuclear Power Plant. The Current structure of the power sector is: Thermal power generation stands at 8,300MW but the thermal plants have low conversion efficiencies and are expensive to maintain/operate. Most of the thermal power plants installed by IPPs, use furnace oil which has become very expensive over the recent past. Hydro Power Only 34 % of total electricity generation is achieved thru hydro power. Currently we are producing 6555 MW against the potential of 41000 to 45000 MW Pakistan has a potential of producing wind energy ranging from 10000 MW to 50000 MW, yet power generation through wind is in initial stages in Pakistan and currently only a plant of 06 MW capacity has been installed in first phase in Jhampir by a Turkish company and...
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...GENCO pioneered the professional discipline of reverse logistics management. A critical component of this solution is our proprietary R-Log® reverse logistics software, which manages the reverse flow of products, information and cash from the point of receipt through final disposition. The most comprehensive and flexible reverse logistics software available; R-Log is used worldwide across multiple industry segments to streamline processing of store returns. The R-Log reverse logistics system houses the business rules that define the appropriate product disposition method (return-to-stock, return-to-vendor, liquidation, disposal). These rules, which retailers and their vendors agree to, help automate manual processes to virtually eliminate human error, speed the flow of goods and, ultimately, support an average 20% reduction in returns processing costs. 1. If you know from your store what is the disposition code you can make the decision if it’s worth to liquidate, dispose, recycle, return to vendor 2. How about if we handle all the CVS returns from their facilities in north Smithfield, Woonsocket, 3. How can we get Cole Haan the real time information of the product as soon as we scan it, so they can make it available online to sell it right away or working with credit to get the info for credit and etc.? 4. How can we CVs scan 5. If we work on the CVS site we could handle the disposal, and we could separate the damages from the PW’s before comes o Taunton...
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...therefore, it is important to be aware of any of these signs or symptoms. The signs and symptoms of gum disease include; red, swollen, tender or bleeding gums, gums that recede (move away) from the tooth, persistent bad breath or bad taste in mouth, loose teeth, and visible pus surrounding the teeth and the gums (Oral-B, 2018). Problems resulting if left untreated and methods of prevention Untreated gum disease has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease and stroke, and for women, during pregnancy an increased chance of delivering a baby with a low weight than average. Gum disease has also been linked to trouble controlling blood sugar levels among diabetic patients, respiratory disease and rheumatoid arthritis (Robert J. Genco & Ray C. Williams, 2010). A few risks which are linked with gum disease include, cardiovascular disease, premature births, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and strokes (Colgate, 2018). Gum disease can be treated in several ways, depending on whether the patient has gingivitis or periodontitis. However, the primary goal is to manage the chronic infection that leads to gum damage (Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme, 2014). A visit to the dentist will ensure plaque and tartar from teeth is successfully being removed, the dental team will also educate the patient and show all the surfaces of the teeth that needs thorough and effective cleaning (Oral Health Foundation, 2018). Some other ways of prevention include: an excellent toothbrush...
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...manage collaboratively." This motto is the driving force behind the FedEx competitive strategy. FedEx is not one single entity, but rather many smaller companies that “compete collectively” by standing as one under the FedEx brand. FedEx Corporation is the parent company to several subsidiary operating companies (OpCos), including FedEx Ground, FedEx Express, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Office. This organization structure allows FedEx OpCos to specialize in different shipping methods and key components of shipping and office needs, which in turn allows FedEx Corporation to dominate the shipping market. FedEx is constantly looking for ways to expand upon this specialized business model, demonstrated by the recent strategic acquisition of GENCO, one of the largest logistics companies in North America. FedEx excels by offering specialized shipping solutions that surpass the offerings of its competitors. For example, International Priority DirectDistribution is a specialized international shipping method offered by FedEx Express for palletized freight. The Single Point of Clearance strategy utilized in this product allows customers to ship a large pallet of smaller, individual shipments to multiple destinations, but only pass through international customs as one shipment. The Single Point of Clearance shipping method satisfies the need for multiple distribution channels with a single solution, which significantly reduces transit...
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...Chapter 5 Risk and Return 5.1 RATES OF RETURN McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Learning objectives Use data on the past performance of stocks and bonds to characterize the risk and return features of these investments Determine the expected return and risk of portfolios that are constructed by combining risky assets with risk-free investment in Treasury bills Evaluate the performance of a passive strategy McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Holding Period Return The holding period return (HPR)(보유기간수익률) Depends on the increase (or decrease) in the price of the share over the investment period as well as on any dividend income. Rate of return over a given investment period McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Example 5.1 Suppose you are considering investing some of your money, now all invested in a bank account, in a stock market index fund. The price of a share in the fund is currently $100, and your time horizon is one year. You expect the cash dividend during the year to be $4, so your expected dividend yield is 4%. Your HPR will depend on the price one year from now. Suppose your best guess is that it will be $110 per share. The your capital gain will be $10 (110-100), so your capital gains yield is $10/$100=.10 or 10%. The total holding period rate of return is the sum of the dividend...
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...Not only does brushing your teeth allow for minty fresh breath and a nice clean smile, it also prevents periodontal diseases. Periodontal disease more commonly known as gum disease affects the gum around the teeth that acts as support. It is commonly caused by the accumulation of plaque or tartar which irritate the gums. Those with gum disease commonly have bleeding gum while those with severe cases experience loss of gum, bone, and even teeth. Periodontal disease is one of the most unrecognized diseases given that it affects about half of the US population. It also affects more men than women, affecting 57% of men in the US compared to only 38% women (Eke, Dye, Wei, Thornton-Evans, & Genco, 2012). A plausible reason why this occurs based on research is that men have a more heighten immune response...
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...DISSERTATION DEFENSE Nishtha Langer Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:00 p.m. 384 Posner Hall “Essays on Information Technology Management” Information Technology (IT) has become an integral part of the way firms do business. Equally important is the need to evaluate how firms manage their IT assets. In the first two essays, I try to measure the business value of Information Systems, and develop models that help understand how to use IT most effectively. In the third essay, I tackle a problem that often plagues IT project management – how to select the best project managers. Essay 1: Electronic Versus Traditional Sales Channels: When to Use, How Much to Use, and How Much to Gain? Electronic markets enable an upstream seller to sell directly to buyers further downstream. The main drivers for these, amongst others, are touted to be increased revenues due to disintermediation in the supply chain. Yet, we do not see upstream producers (such as manufacturers) selling only via the electronics channel. What makes a firm choose one channel over the other? How does buyer behavior change when they have the option to use either channel? What happens to the revenues and profitability in each channel? We examine these research questions using a structural model. TPL, a third party logistics company, adopted a B2B electronic channel while still using the traditional physical channel to sell to its customers. Although the margins and revenues on an average are higher for the electronic channel...
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...ΠΕΡΙΛΗΠΤΙΚΗ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ Η παρούσα εργασία είναι μια έκθεση – αναφορά της ιστορικής και πιθανής μελλοντικής απόδοσης του ομίλου εταιριών FOURLIS A.E. ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΩΝ. Ο όμιλος FOURLIS αποτελεί έναν από τους μεγαλύτερους εμπορικούς ομίλους καταναλωτικών αγαθών στην Ελλάδα και τα Βαλκάνια και δραστηριοποιείται σε τρεις κύριους κλάδους της αγοράς: * Λιανική πώληση αγαθών οικιακού εξοπλισμού και επίπλων * Λιανική πώληση αγαθών αθλητικής ένδυσης * Χονδρική πώληση ηλεκτρικών και ηλεκτρονικών συσκευών Μέσω των απολογισμών χρήσης της περιόδου 2006 – 2010 πραγματοποιείται ιστορική ανάλυση των χρηματοοικονομικών καταστάσεων του ομίλου, με τη χρήση αριθμοδεικτών και εξετάζεται η πιθανή μελλοντική του απόδοση. Τέλος, αναλύονται οι λόγοι της κακής απόδοσης του κλάδου ηλεκτρικών και ηλεκτρονικών ειδών, όπως επίσης τα πλεονεκτήματα των συνεργιών και των συγχωνεύσεων εταιριών μέσα στον όμιλο. ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ ΠΕΡΙΛΗΠΤΙΚΗ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ 2 1. ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ 3 ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ ΤΟΥ ΟΜΙΛΟΥ FOURLIS Α.Ε. ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΩΝ 4 2. ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ ΧΡΗΜΑΤΟΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΩΝ 6 2.1. ΙΣΟΛΟΓΙΣΜΟΙ ΟΜΙΛΟΥ FOURLIS (2006 – 2010) 6 2.2. ΑΡΙΘΜΟΔΕΙΚΤΕΣ ΑΠΟΔΟΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΜΙΛΟΥ 7 2.3. ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ ΑΡΙΘΜΟΔΕΙΚΤΩΝ 9 2.3.1. ΔΕΙΚΤΕΣ ΡΕΥΣΤΟΤΗΤΑΣ 9 2.3.2. ΔΕΙΚΤΕΣ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ 10 2.3.3. ΔΕΙΚΤΕΣ ΑΠΟΔΟΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑΣ (ΚΕΡΔΟΦΟΡΙΑΣ) 12 2.3.4. ΔΕΙΚΤΕΣ ΧΡΗΜΑΤΟΔΟΤΗΣΗΣ (ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΡΘΡΩΣΗΣ) 14 2.3.5. ΔΕΙΚΤΕΣ ΕΠΕΝΔΥΤΗ 15 3. ΑΠΟΔΟΣΗ ΚΛΑΔΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΟΜΙΛΟΥ 18 4. ΣΥΜΠΕΡΑΣΜΑ 21 ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ 1 23 ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ 2 31 ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ 3 33 ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ 4 35 ΒΙΒΛΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ...
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...The gonococcal disease is defined by the demonstration of the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in clinical samples. The gonococcus is an organism found only in humans and is highly adapted to its ecological niche. Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae) the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted disease are aerobic, Capnophilic, nonmotile, nonspore-forming, fastidious gram-negative, facultative, intracellular and typically appear in pairs (diplococci) with adjacent sides flattened, which gives them a characteristic kidney or coffee bean shaped appearance under microscopy. Among various species of Neisseria that colonize humans, N. gonorrhoeae is one of the clinically responsible for transmission of gonorrhoea through sexual contact (Genco...
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...The Current Status and Future Prospects of the Third Party Logistics Industry in North America: The 2015 3PL CEO Survey Dr. Robert C. Lieb Professor of Supply Chain Management D’Amore-McKim School of Business Northeastern University Boston, MA Dr. Kristin J. Lieb Associate Professor of Marketing Communications Emerson College Boston, MA January 2016 The Current Status and Future Prospects of the Third Party Logistics Industry in North America: The 2015 3PL CEO Survey This paper is based upon a 2015 survey of the CEOs of 15 of the largest thirdparty logistics companies serving the North American marketplace. The survey was the 22nd iteration of this annual study, and it addressed such topics as the major dynamics driving change in that marketplace and the opportunities and problems facing 3PLs in that region. It also focused on such issues as the recent wave of largescale mergers and acquisitions in the 3PL industry, shipper and 3PL problems related to labor problems at West Coast ports, E-commerce marketplace dynamics and their impact on 3PLs, Amazon’s continued expansion into logistics services and the possibility of Uber offering 3PL-like services. The CEOs also provided one-and three-year forecasts of company and regional 3PL industry revenue growth, while identifying the major changes they believed would occur in the regional 3PL industry during the next year. The implications...
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...Reverse Logistics: Product Returns Program Simplified with Technology Assignment By Jairo L. Hernandez Student Number: 4040078 RLMT 401, Reverse Logistics Data and Security Resilience Professor Lawrence Reeves III 27 April 2013 Tables of Contents Title Page Introduction: Consumer Products 2 What’s Reverse Logistics? 2 Cross-Functional Enterprise Systems 3 Data Collecting 3 Customer Identification 4 Resolution 5 Conclusion 6 Reverse Logistics: Product Returns Program Simplified with Technology Introduction: Consumer Products In the 21st century, the U.S. economy has tremendously increased its consumption rate of natural resources with the manufacturing of consumer products. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (2012) reported, “In 2009, discarded TVs, computers, peripherals (including printers, scanners, [and] fax machines) mice, keyboards, and cell phones totaled about 2.37 million short tons.” Natural resources are used in a daily basis to manufacture products with distributing material in forward logistics. This process of materials being produced by manufacturers shipped to warehouses across the world and stored until a demand is requested and then delivered to a retailer or when a Internet buy occurs, delivered to the customer. Logistics plays a vital role in distributing goods throughout the supply chain, how is unwanted or unused material being tracked for recovery from the consumer? What’s Reverse Logistics? The preferred...
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...|[pic] | | [pic] [pic] Members: Ms. Sarah Burangi (2103703) : Ms. N.Lin (2053147) Tutor : Mr. L. Wijckmans Date: 04 June 2007 Preface This report is a combination of the effort of two students Na Lin and Sarah Burangi submitted to fulfill the requirements for an MSc in Information Systems particularly the International Marketing Module. The report reflects the success of IKEA in developing its brand internationally. The purpose of this assignment is to give one analysis of the marketing context in which IKEA operates and critical evaluation of its operational options. We would like to thank Fontys and Roehapmton that give us such a good opportunity to work as a group, and we also would like to thank our tutor, Mr. Wijckmans for his instruction. Executive Summary The report gives a detailed account of the IKEA brand development over the years using marketing principles. The first chapter looks at IKEA, the background, evolvement and current position. Chapter two looks at branding in terms of the marketing mix that is product, price, promotion and place. This is the followed by chapter three which looks how IKEA handles cultural differences when conducting business across the world. Chapter four explores the...
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