Lecture 4 Class Notes: Last Week's Lecture: Resource-Based View * Valuable, Rare, Imitable, Organizational Structure * Value Chain analysis - closely related to the resource-based view * Used as an instrument to pinpoint what functions of the firm have resources or capabilities that can potentially explain the performance (or competitive advantage) of the firm * Building Blocks of Competitive Advantage (another way of identifying resources and capabilities): * Does the
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Concepts Introduction to Financial Mathematics The Valuation of a Firm’s Securities Capital Budgeting Capital Budgeting Applications – Part 1 Capital Budgeting Applications – Part 2 Risk and Return The Capital Asset Pricing Model Cost of Capital and Raising Capital Capital Structure Dividend Policy Note: This course has prerequisites and, as such, these notes are written assuming that you have sound knowledge from those prerequisite courses. Business Finance– Semester 2 2009 2 Basic Concepts
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A PROJECT TO STUDY Acquisition OF TATA AND CORUS 0BY Jigar Gandhi Roll No- 11 PGDM - 4TH semester INTRODUCTION –( MERGERS AND ACQUISITION ) In this changed business paradigm only those organization rule who visualize the possibilities before they appear as plausible. Present Business environment, characterized by the globalization and liberalization, accommodates organization that are coming up with innovative strategies to survive and flourish. Companies in the global economies
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Ernest Norris Jr. Table of Contents Section 1: Executive Summary (Business Description) 2 Section 2: Code of Conduct 6 Section 3: Marketing Plan (Strategy and SWOT) 14 Section 4: Operations 18 Section 5: Finance 23 Section 6: Cash Flow Analysis 26 Section 7: Information Management 29 Section 8: Management Summary 33 References 37 Appendix 41 Section 1: Executive Summary (Business Description) The mission of this business would be to promote learning while having fun. Everyone
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debt-based capital and to secure private equity funding. The total amount of capital needed is $30,000 The Business Moose Mountain Café has selected the sole proprietorship as its formal legal entity. This structure was chosen because of its operational simplicity. Although this structure exposes the owner to unlimited liability, risk management and insurance protection will be established to offset this risk. Moose Mountain Café will be an independent, start-up venture. The proposed starting
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product, or company. With a detailed plan, any business will be better prepared to launch an innovative new product or increase sales to current customers. Nonprofit organizations also use marketing plans to guide their fund-raising and outreach efforts. Even government agencies put together marketing plans for initiatives such as building public awareness of proper nutrition and stimulating area tourism. The Purpose and Content of a Marketing Plan A marketing plan has a more limited scope than a business
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"being an oligopolist is not easy", and whether it is true or whether the truth lies in between. Aspects of Market Structure The four types of market structure are listed in the drawing below: Characteristics of an oligopoly Definition Oligopoly is a type of imperfect competition with a market structure, that has only a small group of sellers which offers similar or even identical products. Oligopolist, Oligopoly An oligopoly is a market form in which a market is dominated by a
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What-If Analysis and Activity-Based Budgeting Forecasting Resource Demands Excerpted from Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits By Robert S. Kaplan, Steven R. Anderson Harvard Business Press Boston, Massachusetts ISBN-13: 978-1-4221-2227-3 2227BC Copyright 2008 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America This chapter was originally published as chapter 5 of Time-Driven
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price rises. Both of the terms are technically used in stating the law of demand. Question 3. :-Opportunity cost / alternative cost? Answer:-It is measure in terms of the forgone benefits from the next best alternatives use of a given resources in simple words scarifies or loss of alternative use of a given resource is turn as an opportunity cost. The alternative or opportunity cost of one unit of product A is the amount of product B that has been sacrificed by allocating the resources to produce
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explore those opportunities. Regular monitoring of how a business is performing is also important to determine if goals and objectives are being met. Surveys of small and growing businesses suggest that those who plan are more likely to make a higher profit. Ideally, you should write down the results of your planning process - though you may find that your plan is best summarised as a list of key objectives together with a budget. There may be occasions, however, when you have to explain the plan to
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