ACCA P3 – PROFESSIONAL LEVEL Business Analysis SMART Notes Prepared by Darren Sparkes Email: darrensparkesnotes@sky.com ACCA P3 - Business analysis These notes are not intended to cover the whole of the ACCA P3 syllabus ©Darren Sparkes, 2010 1 Contents Page no. Paper 3 Examiners Approach…………….….... 3 Extracts from the Examiners report ……….…...4 Examination Technique……………….…..……..7 Background and examination format..…............9 Syllabus Overview………………………...........10 Strategic
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Statement of the Problem Established in 1923, Gainesboro Machine Tools Corporation (Gainesboro) started out manufacturing machinery parts but by the 1980s started to pioneer in the industry of computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM). Competition ramped up in the 1990s and Gainesboro’s revenues per share declined by 16% from 1998-2004 (Exhibit 5). The company restructured itself and focused more resources on innovation. By late 2004 the company started to turn around its
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Chapter 24 List the 5 groups of applications for time/unit 1) Cost Allocation – without time/unit you can’t determine costs. Example without direct labor time, then you won’t be able to determine the direct labor and burden cost of the product so you may be losing money on every unit without knowing it. 2) Production and Inventory control – without time/unit you can’t schedule or staff. How long to make assemblies? How many workers are needed for an order an how long? 3) Evaluation
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traditional types of exchange rate risk faced by firms, namely transaction, translation and economic risks, presents the VaR approach as the currently predominant method of measuring a firm’s exchange rate risk exposure, and examines the main advantages and disadvantages of various exchange rate risk management strategies, including tactical vs. strategical and passive vs. active hedging. In addition, it outlines a set of widely-accepted best practices in managing currency risk and presents some of the
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Introduction to Business (2) – Sept. 7th 2015 – Jan van der Ende Innovative Management * Innovation = The generation, development and commercialization of products, new services or new business models by a firm. * Business model = The way a company creates, delivers and captures value. Innovation – Mostly fails (40%) * Radical innovation * Non-radical innovation No innovation = die (Kodak) Innovation: * Teamwork (Multiple perspectives) * No communication No product
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Economic environment, political environment and regarding to this subject – cultural environment. As everything, it brought both advantages and disadvantages. Looking back in time when this globalization started intensifies rapidly. It evokes a basic question: why did the globalization intensify rapidly? We can consider many reasons, for example lower travel cost, free movement of people, development of technologies, faster data exchange etc. These answers lead me to another possible answer -
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| |Tuan |Pham |2023027 | Table of contents 1. Why does Dell think it should expand globally? 3 2. What is the competitive advantage of Dell? 4 3- Describe the Business Model (way of working of Dell). Is this model, built by Dell in the 80's, willing able to adapt to country specific preferences? 6 4- Is Dell business model suited for the Chinese market? 7 5- What distance
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Midterm Case Analysis — Document Transcript 1. Paige Rudolph MKT 463 Midterm April 30, 2003 Augustine Medical, Inc. Case Analysis Company Background In July 1987, Dr. Scott Augustine, an anesthesiologist, founded Augustine Medical, Inc. (AM) in Minnesota. Their goal was to develop and market products for hospital operating rooms and postoperative recovery rooms. Through experience, he discovered that hospitals needed an innovative approach to warming post-surgery patients. Dr. Augustine developed
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Discussion Assignment 1. Outline the major benefits of implementing a succession management process (10 Marks) Organizations need to be prepared for inevitable and unpredictable change. Decision makers within a company, such as CEOs, CFOs, and other executives, will eventually retire, pass away or leave for other reasons. It is important for organizations to have a plan to replace these employees to ensure business continuance. Succession Management is beneficial as it ensures that a “qualified
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