...The United States was often seen as a divide due to the civil war. However many immigrants came to the U.S with the hope of new opportunities and a new start at life. Therefore the ‘promise of america’ brought many people to the united states of america. Many may ask what kind of effect the the phrase ‘the land of opportunity had on the people that were not at the time living the life of those in the ‘land of opportunity’. Many people around the world were lured in my necessity and search of something new and better. Since the start of the united states many leaders argued about the topic of immigrants. Many had opinions on whether they should be monitored to a certain level or if they should go through a much rigorous course in order to...
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...ciklatisha@perlis.uitm.edu.my Suhaimi Nayan UniKL Malaysian Spanish Institute, Malaysia E-mail: suhaimin@msi.unikl.edu.my Abstract Every firm that involves in business activity has its own strategy to operate its daily business. Strategic planning is the important element in every firm strategic management. There are various methods and techniques that can be employed in order to implement strategic planning and one of them is by using the SWOT analysis. SWOT analysis refers to strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Strengths and weaknesses are the internal factors of an organization and opportunities and threats are the external factors. This is a study on critical internal and external factors that affect the strategic planning of land developers in Malaysia. Questionnaires were distributed to get information needed. From the analysis done, it was found that firms’ strengths are related to their financial resources and the weaknesses are related to the firms’ management. On the other hand, the external factors which have become opportunities to the firms are support and encouragement from the government. Threats are the bureaucratic...
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...------------------------------------------------- Cost Benefit Analysis [ECON 453] ------------------------------------------------- Assignment II Aditya Gurung Dr. T.M. Horbulyk April 2, 2012 1. Based on the article, describe as best you can: (i) The reference group for the cost benefit analysis Reference group for the cost benefit analysis (CBA) refers to the set of persons whose gains and losses are to be included as directly relevant to the project decision-making process. It is a sub set of people who will be benefited or affected by the implementation of the project. In the case of Bolu Mountain Tunnel project, the set of people who will directly benefit from the implementation of the project are the people who can now avoid traveling by Bolu Mountain Passage (D100 highway) as they can get to there destination by traveling through the tunnel in much safer conditions along with reduced travel time. (ii) The purpose of the study The purpose of any social CBA is to examine and assess whether or not the social benefits of the proposed policy or project outweigh its social cost. By doing so, it can assist decision-making by facilitating the allocation of resources to their most valuable application. In the case of given article, the purpose of the study is to conduct the CBA of the Bolu Mountain Tunnel Project and examine if the project is worth to be implemented. (iii) The estimated project life over which the project is evaluated The estimated project life...
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...Investment analysis November 2015 Jaime J. Delgado Code Unit STR364 Student Num. Q12576077 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction…….………………………………………………………................... 2 p 2. Overview of Land Securities..…….................................................................... 2 p 3. The market trends, opportunities and risks..…...…………................................ 2 p a. Housing in London 2 p b. Commercial real estate in the UK 3 p 4. Strategy for management and marketing.……………………………………….. 3 p c. Business model .……........................................................................... 3 p d. Performance.……................................................................................ 4 p 5. Specific project analysis …………....…………………........................................ 4 p e. Stakeholders aspirations …………………………………………………... 4 p f. Operational performance …………………………………………………… 5 p 6. Conclusion and recommendation ………………………………………….............. 8 p 7. References …………………………………………………………………………….. 9 p 8. Appendix………………………………………………………..…..............…..…....... 11 p 1. INTRODUCTION This report aspires to critically evaluate the performance of Land Securities and provide enough evidence to allow non-professional investors to understand the Company performance, the market where it operates and decide if investing in Land Securities is...
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...Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary…….………………………………………………………………………………………………2 2. Analysis of External General and Industry Environment……………………………………………. 3 Porter’s Five Forces…………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 PESTEL Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………..……………………4 External Factor Analysis Summary (EFAS)…………………………………………………………….…....5 3. Internal Analysis of the Company………………………………………………………….……………………6 Internal Factor Analysis Summary (IFAS)………………………………………………….…………………8 4. Assessment of Company Performance………………………………………………..………………………9 Financial Ratio Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………..9 5. Recommendation of Strategies…………………………………………………………………………………15 TOWS Matrix………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15 Recommended Strategies…………………………………………………………………………………………..16 Discommended Strategies………………………………………………………………………………………….17 6. Implementation of the Recommended Strategies……………………………………………….……19 7. Models used for Company Analysis…………………………………………………..…………………..…21 8. References……………………………………………………………………………………………………………....23 9. Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….24 Executive Summary This report has been executed with an objective of exploring and examining the strategic options ahead of City Developments Limited (CDL), an international property conglomerate firm. The report focuses on the analysis of both the internal environment within the company and the external environment of the industry. To analyze the external...
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...Situation Analysis Problem statement: How should BHP find itsorientationof social responsibilityand in the whole society what kind of social responsibility should it take? Frame of reference： This problem should be analysis onsocial responsibility levels. What kind of responsibility should undertake by the Mineraland resources enterprisein the society, and what kind of responsibilityshould be taken by stakeholders. Issues Internal BHP as a world's largest mineral enterprisehas 35,000 employees and distribute in 26 countries. In these 26 different countries, BHP needs to undertakedifferentsocial responsibility, but generally speaking there are 4 points. 1. The economic responsibility:Economic responsibilities include the responsibility to shareholders and creditors. Shareholder and creditor of the enterprise arean important class of stakeholders,whether the enterprise implement the social responsibility is related to enterprise's shareholders and creditors anticipated targets are realized.After BHP acquired the Tintaya Copper Mine, the Tintaya Copper Mine has a huge economic benefit, in 2005 won the 389 million revenues, net profit 196 million. 2. The responsibilityto the client: The customersare the enterprise’ products recipients and users, are also the important enterprise stakeholders.Whether enterprise profit and value can be realized, it has a large extent to depend on the customer's choice.BHP as mineral enterprise, which needs to service customers safe...
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...Mashell Chapeyama University of the People Swot analysis for Chipinge Banana Company Swot analysis is an environmental scanning tool. It is widely used in the world of business in analyzing some factors that have a great bearing on the company’s drive to achieve its mission. With swot companies are able to identify both negative and positive factors that have a bearing on the viability of the organization. Using swot, a company can find its own weaknesses and strengths as well as the opportunities and threats that are found in the broader economy. This essay shall concentrate on identifying and evaluating the internal and external factors that affect Chipinge Banana Company. Chipinge Banana Company is a company that is devoted to the production of bananas for sale to the local and international market. It sells its bananas in Zimbabwe, as well as to countries such as Zambia and South Africa. This company has no any other businesses which it does. It is a well known company that operates in Zimbabwe. The following table shows the results of the swot analysis carried on this company. The writer has selected this company because he currently works in it and has a very good understanding of its operations. Strengths • There is a strong team spirit in management • There is good infrastructure • Clearly established administrative system • There if flat piece of land • There is high morale among employees • There are open lines of communication • Employee have good attitudes...
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...Taffe’s Ice Land Case Analysis Taffe’s Ice Land is clearly already sustaining itself by breaking even. Ty just needs to develop a plan that focuses on his current strengths, which is what is currently working for Taffe’s Ice Land and target those to increase them. The SWOT analysis is a powerful tool to determine everything. His current strengths are definitely the hockey sessions and weekend hours. Ty has been able to successfully manage this and kept the business up and running. Hockey sessions should continue to be held in order to continue breaking even, however Ty needs to work on the schedules. One of his weaknesses is the fact that he can’t handle huge amounts of clientele because he needs to have the business well staffed during these peak hours. Labor costs are one of the most expensive costs in a business. A major external opportunity is that children are constantly dropped off by parents and Taffe’s Ice Land is the only ice skating rink in town. Just the fact that he is and continues to be the only ice rink in town, gives Taffe’s Ice Land a great advantage. The only threat that Ty has encountered is the scheduling of the public skating sessions. Ty still hasn’t been able to figure out how to make it work so he can increase his profits. Since his strength so far has been running the hockey sessions, Ty should continue to offer them, but also on a more programmatic way. This will allow him to continue offering the hockey clinics and figure skating...
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...COMILLA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING Prepared By: Easir al Newaz (Arif) Phone: 01717520085(zero one seven one seven five two zero zero eight five ) Term paper Subject: SWOT Analysis Supervised By: Md Abdullah Assistant Professor & Chairman Department of Marketing Comilla University Prepared By: Easir Al Newaz ID No: 12020718 EMBA- 2nd Batch (summer) 2012 Department of Marketing Comilla University Date of Submission: 04.08.2012 SWOT Analysis A scan of the internal and external environment is an important part of the strategic planning process. Environmental factors internal to the firm usually can be classified as strengths (S) or weaknesses (W), and those external to the firm can be classified as opportunities (O) or threats (T). Such an analysis of the strategic environment is referred to as a SWOT analysis. The SWOT analysis provides information that is helpful in matching the firm's resources and capabilities to the competitive environment in which it operates. As such, it is instrumental in strategy formulation and selection. The following diagram shows how a SWOT analysis fits into an environmental scan: SWOT Analysis Framework Environmental Scan /\ Internal Analysis External Analysis / \ / \ Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats | SWOT Matrix S= Strengths A firm's strengths are its resources and capabilities that can be used as a basis for developing a Competitive advantage. Examples of such...
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...existing properties to attract more business travellers Purchase Calgary hotel Exercise option on land in Montreal and build conference centre or sell the land Providing additional in-room services Operational Issues Budgeting and financing relating to upgrading the existing properties, buying the Calgary property, or building the conference centre Training related to improving services in upgraded hotels Various issues associated with Calgary hotel being considered for purchase Occupancy rates lower than benchmark hotels suggesting image management issues at existing properties Ethical and control issues within the current operations and the possible Calgary purchase Lack of independence in current board Opening a new warehouse to serve the Ontario and Quebec stores Lack of independence in current board Cash flow issues caused by need to repay loan to shareholder Succession planning Budgeting relating to offering new products Budgeting relating to opening new stores Inventory valuation for financial reporting Various ethical issues relating to operating the current stores Lack of incentive compensation systems Concepts/Tools Examined Net present value CCA analysis Mark to market financial accounting issues Profit analysis Opportunity cost Financing Asset valuation Restrictive covenant in current financing agreement Financial statement (ratio) analysis HR issues relating to implementing performance evaluation and incentive compensation systems ...
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...per year for 5 years. The proposed selling price was fixed at $30 per yard. Mr. Tar was not usually involved in sales, but this bid was unusual in at least two respects. First, if accepted by the navy, it would commit Sheetbend to a fixed price, long-term contract. Second, producing the duffel canvas would require an investment of $1.5 million to purchase machinery and to refurbish Sheetbend’s plant in Pleasantboro, Maine. Mr. Tar set to work and by the end of the week had collected the following facts and assumptions: The plant in Pleasantboro had been built in the early 1900s and is now idle. The plant was fully depreciated on Sheetbend’s books, except for the purchase cost of the land (in 1947) of $10,000. Now that the land was valuable shorefront property, Mr. Tar thought the land and the idle plant could be sold, immediately or in the future, for $600,000. Refurbishing the plant would cost $500,000. This investment would be depreciated for tax purposes on the 10-year MACRS schedule. The new machinery would cost $1 million. This investment could be depreciated on the 5-year MACRS schedule. The refurbished plant and new machinery would last for many years. However, the remaining market for duffel canvas was small, and it was not clear that additional orders could be obtained once the navy contract was finished. The machinery was custom built and could be used only for duffel canvas. Its second-hand value at...
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...and food). However, as long as resources are limited and people’s wants are unlimited, scarcity (in the economic sense) will exist. Scarcity In economic reasoning, scarcity is a relative concept, not an absolute one. Scarcity does not mean “not plentiful.” In economics, something is scarce when it has more than one valuable use. = & Opportunity Cost Opportunity cost is what you give up to obtain something else, the second-best alternative. However, what you must give up is not money – it is whatever good or service you would have spent the money on as your next favorite choice. Goods v. Services Good – something that is tangible; it can be seen and felt. It requires scarce resources to produce and it satisfies human wants Goods v. Services Service – something that is intangible; yet it too requires scarce resources to produce and satisfies human wants Is it a good or service? Productive Resources L – land (and stuff from land) L – labor (physical and mental) C – capital (human-made things) E – entrepreneurship Productive Resources Land – land and everything that comes from it which can be used to produce goods and services (both renewable and nonrenewable); also referred to as natural resources Productive Resources Labor – the physical and mental effort of humans to produce goods and services; also referred to as human resources...
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...Executive Summary The Real Estate Investment in China is considered a growing business in the future. China being one of most populous place, people are seeking better living places. By seeing this investment opportunity in China, our group was highly interested. We believe that China has considerable amounts of land for this opportunity and our business to grow. Real Estate demand is raising in China since their economy continues to increase as well as people is becoming more wealthier. With our resources and experience in the field, our investment will be on its way. This report outlines the investment specifications. It is outlined in these categories: Country Analysis, Real Investment Analysis, Specific Components of the Project, the Best Mode of Entry, and the investment Risks Involved. Each outline analyzes the investment’s specific opportunity given the condition of the country. Based on this analysis, our group made a conclusion. A final recommendation of the proposed investment is given below. Country Analysis China is a developing country that has a great opportunity for foreign investors 5to establish their international business and make profits. China has a booming investment market and based on our research, the Livecast states that China’s investment environment is improving in recent years. Take an example from the Livecast, many enterprises transferred their business to China and trying to reduce the investment loss during the economic crisis in 2008...
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...Company Overview In the first part of our analysis, we give a brief introduction about Target Corporation and its main competitors, Costco and Wal-Mart, so that we can set some decision rules to allocate the resources. Target Corporation Brand Strategy Target Corporation has a very strong brand, and their logo is recognized by more than 97% of the United States population. One of Target’s strength is that the corporation has more than 1,750 stores in the United States, and it has store in almost all the states of United States. Another of its strength is its ability to anticipate the demands of the customers and its ability to provide high-quality and innovative products which in return make their customers become loyal of availing all their services and products. Table 1 SWOT Analysis of Target Corp. Strengths Strong brand awareness and recognition Employee retention Design and innovation Opportunities Global expansion Focus on private label products Advised Future Strategy The threat faced by all these market players is the recession faced by the US economy, and since Target only operates in the United States, they don’t have the ability to fall back on their foreign markets. So Target must begin their career to the global markets. And It’s over emphasis upon the quality of products makes its products expensive than its competitor Wal-Mart. Therefore Target must devise effective strategies to ensure high quality at economic prices. Weakness Low global presence Quality obsession...
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...well-known in the residential construction industry for quality and innovative design. Currently CHC is experiencing challenges in generating profitable income and meeting shareholder’s objective of annual dividends. It remains unprofitable due to rising material and labor costs, and the cyclical nature of the real estate industry. In addition, quality issues have created negative publicity that threatens the reputation of CHC. The purpose of this report is to analyze strategic and operational issues with CHC and to provide recommendations to improve the performance of the company. CHC’s external opportunities and threats that affect the company’s decision on its strategic alternatives include: increasing popularity of prefabricated housing, high demand of renovation, labor shortage, and a shortage of land available for development. In light of its internal analysis and external environment, CHC must: 1. Pursue renovation services 2. Manufacture prefabricated homes 3. Reject GH’s joint venture proposal 4. Reject rental property development proposal 5. Divest Maritimes Division To mitigate the various operational issues: 1. Declare bankruptcy for its European subsidiary 2. Implement a rating system to ensure consistent quality among performance of subcontractor’s performance 3. Establish a Board of Director (BOD) succession plan to ensure consistency in operations By implementing the new strategic direction and the recommendations...
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