...Introduction The Current trend of urban growth in Bangladesh is about 6-7% per annum. At present 29% of Bangladesh’s population live in urban areas, which will be 34% by the year 2025. The role of Real Estate Entrepreneurs in providing the housing facilities for the growing urban population is very important and these are substantially influencing the growth pattern of the city and its sustainability to the trade. Real estate business especially apartment projects has started in late 1970s in Dhaka City. But from early '80s the business started to grow and flourish. At present, more than 1000 companies are active in business but 85% business is still dominated by of top 10 Companies. Present market is growing at the rate 15%. The main reasons why real estate business developed in Dhaka city are as follows: • Scarcity of open space in the important areas of the city • Hazards of purchasing land • Hazards of construction of building • Rapid increase in population of Dhaka • Decrease in the rate of bank interest • Price of land and apartments is increasing day by day • Rent of the apartments is comparatively higher than the rent of privately constructed flats • Open Market Economy. Remittance of foreign currency is very easy • Security Service facilities such as garbage disposal, central satellite TV connection, apartments services saves time, roof top facilities, lift and so on A good number of real estate companies are working under...
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...the pyramid” opportunities for a multi-national electric generation and distribution company. Initially, the basic elements of strategy needed for serving this market will be examined. Next, the AAA factors will be evaluated to determine if there are advantages to be obtained by globalizing the proposal. Lastly, cultural differences that may affect the business will be examined. Company Overview PPL Corporation began in1920 when eight utilities serving central and eastern Pennsylvania merged into a single entity called Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., headquartered in Allentown, Pa. Today, PPL controls or owns about 19,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets, and delivers electricity and natural gas to about 10 million customers in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the U.S., PPL generates and distributes electricity in PA, KY, MT, VA and TN. PPL formerly owned generation and distribution companies in Latin and South America, but has since divested itself of those interests. Elements of Strategy PPL is active in the multi-national electricity generation and distribution arena and has chosen to expand its business largely through the vehicle of acquisition. Since PPL’s product is a commodity, it must differentiate itself by providing greater reliability of service and lower price. Historically, the Company has staged its moves in a reactive manner dependent upon the acquisition opportunities that...
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...Financing PPL Corporation’s Growth Strategy Monday’s lecture (October 28, 2002) will go over some of the issues associated with the relation between investment and financing decisions, and discuss leasing, off-balance sheet financing, and synthetic leases, and will review finance terms important in this case. Prepare any questions you may need answered to complete your analysis for that class. Exhibits 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 are available in an Excel spreadsheet on the website (if you downloaded the spreadsheet before 8:00pm Friday, I added Exhibit 7 then). This case concerns financing large investments in capital assets in a short period of time for strategic reasons. According to Modigliani and Miller, with efficient markets and no corporate taxation, firms should be able to raise all funds necessary to finance positive net present value projects and, further, the firm’s capital structure (or off-balance financing structures) should not affect the firm’s weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) or the availability of credit. This case is particularly interesting because the synthetic leases that are the focus of the case, resulting in special-purpose entities (SPEs) and off-balance sheet financing, are exactly those financing techniques which got Enron and other firms into so much trouble recently. After achieving a basic command of the facts of the case, I strongly recommend reading case Appendix 1 and studying case Appendix 2 covering the tax and accounting aspects of leasing...
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...suitability of this Information for any purpose. The Entities disclaim all warranties with regard to the contents and in no event will be liable for any loss and/or damage whatsoever resulting from loss of income or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising in connection with the use and performance of and/or reliance of the Information. CPA PROGRAM – PROFESSIONAL LEVEL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING DELIVERING STRATEGY: THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT’S ROLE WORKSHOP NOTES 2014 AUTHORS: RICHARD COMERFORD AND PETER ROBINSON REVISED BY: BRIAN CLARKE Contents Workshop notes Workshop introduction Workshop objectives Workshop purpose Case Study: Pavlova Pty Ltd (PPL) Module 4: Techniques for creating and managing value Product costing at PPL Strategic management accounting tools and non-manufacturing activities Module 4 review questions Module 5 introduction – Project management Project selection NPV and sensitivity analysis Project planning – PERT Project implementation Project completion and review Module 5 review questions 1 2 2 3 3 8 11 20 23 24 25 28 29 30 31 32 Workshop...
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...TABLE OF CONTENT: Executive summary………………………………………… 1.0Business description…………………………………….. 1.1The Company…………………………………………… 1.1Name of the company………………………………….. Industry analysis………………………………………….. Industry trends…………………………………………… The product and services………………………………… Type of product and characteristic……………………… The opportunity…………………………………………. Entry and growth strategy………………………………. 2.0 MARKET PLAN......................................................... 2.1Marketing research analysis………………………… Major customers…………………………………………. Marketing size and trends……………………………….. The competitors…………………………………………… Estimated market share and sales projections…………….. 3.0 MARKETING STRATEGY……………………… Overall market strategy………………………………… The pricing strategy……………………………………… Sales tactics……………………………………………… Services and warranty policies………………………….. 4.0 ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN Organization structure and personnel……………………… Key management personnel……………………………… Management compensation and ownership……………… Human resource strategy………………………………… Incentives and employment agreement………………….. Supporting advisors and services………………………… 5.0 OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTON PLANS Manufacturing and operational plans…………………….. Plant location and facilities………………………………. Capital equipment plans…………………………………. Requirement of service………………………………… Production and operation process……………………….. Strategy and plans……………………………………….. Regulatory...
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...C & S Wholesale Grocers: A) Why is Cohen worrying about his organization? He is worried because the increased workload, high-turnover, lack of accountability or the ability to trace who is responsible for mistakes, difficult working conditions for safety purposes, employee moral declines. He wants to be able to sustain the growth of the company yet, also address these factors that are causing problems for staff and management. B) What assumptions is Cohen making about organizational effectiveness and operational excellence? His assumptions are focused on issues like maintaining quality standards and financial pressures. He is assuming that by taking care of those factors the problems the company is facing will improve. C) What are the goals for self-managed teams broadly and at C & S? Broadly: Responsibility for outcomes, monitor own performance, alter performance strategies as needed by creating solutions to problems, able to best respond to customers needs, enhance employees commitment to the organization by providing “ownership” of important organizational decisions C & S: Team was responsible for selecting, loading, clerking, and signing off on the orders being placed. D) What are the risks associated with the transition from the status quo to a team focused organization? How are the employees going to respond. How are managers going to adjust and adapt to the new structure. How would the transition be implemented to be as seemless...
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...se Old El Paso: make tonight taco night * Kurt been asked to develop a strategy to get Old el paso on consumer shopping lists more often * Challenges * Canadians don’t prepare Mexican good frequently as other meals * 2 obstacles to increase purchase frequency is * There is lack of top of mind awareness of category * Even if ppl do think of them, there strong perception that Mexican meals inconvenient and difficult to prepare given variety of ingredients * Old el paso has 91% market share of Mexican dinner kit market and 70% market share of Mexican component market and 15% share of salsa market * Hard to grow dominant market share because difficult to capture market share from competing brand * Immediate challenge: create 2010 marketing plan and budget and incorporating a LT ustainable strategy brand * Mexican food category divided into meals and sauce * Consumers can buy either complete meal kit or individual components * Old el paso dominant brand in both meal kit and components with market share of 91.2 and 70.4% * Recently there market share declined by 1.8% in meal kit and 0.9% in components * Mexican salsa market * Annual households buying salsa increased by 16% to 36% b/w 1988-1992 * Consumer behaviour * Had a survey and 65% agreed that Mexican makes a fun meal but these people prepare far less then other meals * Consumers prepare tacos 3 times per yr ...
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...CSR CASE STUDIES Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company with more than 70,000 employees worldwide and operations in over 130 countries. The Chicago-based company develops and produces nutritional products, laboratory diagnostics, medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies. Its vision and mission focus on improving people's lives by providing cost effective healthcare products and services. Abbott Pakistan started operations as a marketing affiliate of Abbott Laboratories in 1948. Today, it has 1,346 employees and two manufacturing facilities at Landhi and Korangi in Karachi. Continuous innovation, research and development at Abbott's worldwide facilities enable Abbott Pakistan to offer products and services focused on improving healthcare in line with the changing needs of its customers. The company is also working on implementing its global CSR standards in Pakistan, and actively supports and participates in disaster relief efforts and activities. “We view our commitment to global citizenship not only as a business responsibility, but also as an opportunity to improve lives around us. Caring is one of our core values and is all about making a difference in people’s lives. We have contributed to improving lives for more than 50 years, while strengthening the company and its communities for future generations,” says Asif Jooma, Managing Director at Abbott Pakistan. Atlas Honda Atlas Honda Limited (AHL) is the leading manufacturer of motorcycles...
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...Chapter 1- Introduction to Strategic Management Overview Strategy: set of related actions that managers take to increase their company’s performance -for most, if not all companies, achieving superior performance relative to rivals is the ultimate challenge -if a company’s strategies result in superior performance, it is said to have a competitive advantage -Ex: Dell’s strategies produced superior performance from mid-1990s until mid-2000s, as a result, Dell enjoyed competitive advantage over its rivals -How did they achieve competitive advantage? -due to successful pursuit of varying strategies: Direct selling, customization and efficient supply chain mgmt. -enabled company to lower cost structure, charge low prices, gain market share, and become more profitable than its rivals -Dell lost competitive advantage in later half of 2000s HP offered bundled products, needed to find ways to sell to intermediaries & Apple differentiation -first step toward achieving objective is to describe in more detail what superior performance/competitive adv mean and to explain pivotal role that managers play in leading strategy-making process Strategic Leadership: creating competitive adv through effective mgmt. of the strategy-making process -strat-making process is the process by which managers select/implement a set of strategies that ain to achieve a competitive adv Strategy Formulation: selecting strategies based on analysis of an org’s external/internal environment...
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...must be considered including the day-to-day administrative services such as financial planning, personnel, benefit plans , pensions, health insurance, retirement services, and leave administration. From the employees’ point of view, they want to ensure the money being taken from their check is being placed into the correct categories. Orion Pharma Ltd. is one of the premier pharmaceutical companies of Bangladesh which has been contributing to improving the human health care of the country by providing quality branded-generic pharmaceuticals. We, at Orion Pharma Ltd., always believe in 'Quality never ends' and refuse to settle for anything until it exceeds the existing standard. For this, Orion Pharma Ltd. has been superseding the market growth consistently by wide margin in last few years. The company has been awarded with the ISO-9001: 2000 Certificate in January 2003 for serving its valued customers with products of excellent quality.Having four decades of vast experience imbibed with technical and professional expertise, now Orion Pharma Ltd....
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...Stanley Hall- received first ph.d in psych. Established first psych lab in the US. Founded the American Psychological Association Mary Whiton Calkins- first woman president of the APA Margaret Floy Washburn- first American woman to earn ph.d in psych. Second woman president of APA Francis C. Sumner- first African American to earn phd in psych. Created psych program that led in training African Americans. Sigmund Freud- developed psychoanalysis; Personality theory & form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the role of unconscious factors in personality and behavior John B. Watson- developed behaviorism; study of observable behaviors Carl Rogers- developed humanistic psychology; emphasizes each person’s unique potential for psychological growth and self-direction Contemporary Psych Biological perspective- studies psychical bases of human and animal behaviors neuroscience- study of the nervous system Psychodynamic perspective- emphasive unconscious influences, early life experiences, and interpersonal relationships Behavioral perspective- focuses on observable behavior and how its acquired or modified by environmental causes Humanistic perspective- focuses on the motivation of people to grow psychologically, interpersonal relationships on a persons self-concept, & importance of choice in...
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...land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land (Proverbia)”. Essentially, what he means to say is that the purpose of travelling should not only be to learn about new cultures, but also to experience your own culture in a different light.. Good morning everybody... myself rosena from.... am going to highlight us all about how tourism has helped link cultures amazingly. Cultures... we all know that culture is a set of symbols, ceremonies, and myths that communicate the underlying values and beliefs of the place to the people. In the case of tourism, "Culture" is one of the chief factors since experiencing unusual cultures can be educational for the visitor and brings highly new streams of change into a community. Over the last twenty years or so, tourism has undergone enormous changes and development. The demand of tourism is growing with a rapid speed all over the world. With a fast growth, tourism has become a potential industry not only in developed but also developing countries. Tourism today is a global issue.but as the theme for today suggests, tourism has definitely helped in linking cultures. A very simple example. The foreigners loved the beaches of india, aren’t they the ones who brought about the trend of beachwear as in swimsuits to india??? Today the interaction between tourists and the host community can be one of the major factors due to which cultures of different states o countries have interacted so well .Tourism is an important...
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...As arshad already explainied how the RTA impacted job and wasges of the meixco ppl during dat era it shows that globalization does effect the agricultuy and manufacturing workers 1) Subisidies of corn sector In 2000, U.S. government subsidies to the corn sector totaled $10.1 billion. These subsidies have led to charges of dumping, which jeopardizes Mexican farms and the country's food self-sufficiency. 2) Globalization and employment Nafta did deliver as expected: Exports and foreign direct investment tripled from the early 1990s as Mexico became a leading supplier of cars, electronics and a broad variety of industrial parts to the United States. Productivity in Mexican manufacturing rose 80 percent. But annual economic growth averaged only 1.6 percent per capita between 1992 and 2007 — low even by Mexican standards until the 1980s. American jobs did move south, particularly into the export sector. The growth in services — new supermarkets, banks, tourism — also created jobs. But overall, Mexico was unable to create enough jobs to make up for all the jobs lost because of competition from imports, particularly purchases of subsidized grains from the United States. The oversupply of labor, along with government policies that succeeded in keeping wages low, have led to a slight increase in the gap between average wages in the United States and Mexico — precisely the opposite of what Nafta was expected to do. * Unfair competition among import and domestic market ...
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...Globalisation plan Asses the view that the process of globalisation has led to changes in both the amount of crime and types of crime committed (21 marks) AO1As Held et al suggests, globalisation has led to major changes in the amount and types of crimes throughout the world. He States globalisation has not only bought legitimate activities into being but also bought about the spread of transnational organised crime and other new crime opportunities. E.g castells argues that there is now a global criminal economy worth over £1 trillion per anum such as arms trafficking, trafficking in women & children, cybercrimes, green crimes and many more. Thus globalisation has given birth to many new crimes throughout the world. | AO2Globalisation has not only created new crimes but it has also created many insecurities among the world which sociologists call a mentality of “risk consciousness” where risk is tied global not just in one area. E.g increased movement of economic migrants seeking work or asylum seekers fleeing persecution has given rise to anxieties among populations in western countries about crime, disorder & need to protect borders. Due to globalisation and the media’s over exaggeration of dangers we may face has led to many insecurities in our world today. | AO1Taylor who comes from a socialist’s perspective would argue globalisation has led to many changes in the pattern and extent of crime. For example, he stated that globalisation has allowed transnational...
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...The culture and organizational behavior of Wal-Mart has many consumers questioning the integrity of the company. Wal-Mart has seen itself in some of the nations largest suits. Wal-Mart has been harshly criticized in the public eye for over a decade now. The companies brand is a stake and Wal-Mart is fighting to change their reputation it day in and day out. It appears that Wal-Mart grew too big too fast and never planned on this rapid growth. They were not prepared for what the growth entailed and made several large detrimental mistakes along the way. Wal-Mart opened its doors in 1962 by founder Sam Walton. In just 5 short years he had expanded his company to 24 stores in its home state of Arkansas. Wal-Mart saw increasingly rapid growth in the United States and expanded to international territories in the 1980s. Wal-Mart has become the world’s largest corporation and is consistently listed as a Fortune 500 company. Given its size Wal-Mart handles relationships with stakeholders, unions, communities, religous affiliations, and political groups. Wal-Mart is constantly in the public eye and is being criticized for its business policies and procedures. These complaints have stemmed from worker’s compensation law suits, employee benefits lawsuits and failure to comply with the equal employment opportunity act. Advocacy groups called Wake-Up Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart Watch were formed in 2005 in efforts of bringing realization to Wal-Mart’s disgrunteled employees (cite pg3#3)...
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