A1a: Horizontal Analysis: To adequately understand what we are looking at it is helpful to understand the true meaning of horizontal analysis. In Webster’s new world dictionary horizontal is defined as “1. Parallel to the plane of the horizon; not vertical. 2. Flat and even; level.” (Simon and Schuster Inc., 1990) Analysis is then defined as “1. A breaking up of a whole into its parts to find their nature, etc. 2. A statement of the results of this…” (Simon and Schuster Inc., 1990) Therefore in
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with any confidence, as environmental events that are not taken into account with financial ratios may neutralize any confidence in predictions out past three or four years. The Authors of the article “Financial Ratios: The Prediction of Corporate ‘Success’ and Failure” (Houghton et al.) have found that an accuracy percentage significantly greater than chance was demonstrated with using financial ratios of the last five years to predict failure of an organization in the next year, however did
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of HDFC Bank on Thursday moved up from Rs 1,534.50 to Rs 1,543. But on Friday, it fell sharply to Rs 1,475. Prior to this, in August 2007, CBoP was merged with Lord Krishna Bank. * 2008 HDFC Bank acquired Centurion Bank of Punjab. The swap ratio is expected to be around 1:25-30,” said a banking source. The merger will make HDFC Bank the country’s seventh largest bank after Bank of India (BoI) and ahead of IDBI Bank, from the current 10th position. The merger talks between the two banks began
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(Adams, 1965). The belief is that people value fair treatment which causes them to be motivated to keep the fairness maintained within the relationships of their co-workers and the organization. The structure of equity in the workplace is based on the ratio of inputs to outcomes. Inputs are the contributions made by the employee for the organization; this includes the work done by the employees and the behavior brought by the employee as well as their skills and other useful experiences the employee may
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then divide the result by the capacity of the facility to calculate the ratio. When the ratio is far beyond one, it indicates this time period is the peak time and solutions are needed to solve the problem. The figure 1 shows the pool usage on a typical Friday and Saturday. Since the pool capacity is assumed to be 150 people, the 18:00 to 21:00 time period on Friday and 18:00 to 21:00 time period on Saturday are peak time. The ratio of the two time periods are 1.47 and 1.42 respectively, which are far
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The Financial Detective Friday, April 17, 2009 Health products On the basis of trade receivables , inventories, fixed assets, payables , income and the ratio of inventory turns , it seems that Company A is more important than company B. Company A received so little a budget for research and development more important. Company B would be another commercial basis by a diverse mass production sold in supermarkets . First on trade receivables , we see that Company A owns a third more than
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particular event, counteract incentive put in place by the competition with a better one and so on. .) • They should try to reduce fixed operating cost while in the meantime focus on the most profitable segment of their customer according to the ratio (Cost/expense), which would be to transfer all D client to C. Despite a lower revenue than A to AA it is more profitable and it is the most realistic outcome according to the external upcoming situation. Despite an important individual effort from
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4 | | C. | 9 | D. | Cannot be determined | E. | None of these | | | | 6. A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of the water current respectively? | A. | 2 : 1 | B. | 3 : 2 | C. | 8 : 3 | | D. | Cannot be determined | E. | None of these | | | | 7. Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines
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was under the impression that they were easy to maintain and were fast-growing. This proved to be slightly incorrect. Amount of nutrient solution used I used about 8 milliliters of nutrient solution, diluted in 900 milliliters of water. The ratio of nutrient solution to the water is as such because I wanted to give my plant(s) the extra “edge”. Basically, I assumed it would help boost my plant’s growth. It did not seem to do much however, in comparison to other specimens. Difficulties encountered
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The decline in the number of CAT-takers continued as this year saw around 1.85L students appearing for CAT 2011, a significant drop (Ref. graph) from CAT 2010. Put this in perspective, this number also includes the JMET applicants who would have applied for the IIT-SOMs. Looking at this trend I can’t help but think about the future of CAT and consequently about the applicants for IIMs. CAT has lost its claws – Like it or not! With the new format and the blunders of CAT 2009, all has been ensured
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