Corporate Finance Essays and Term Papers
650 Essays on Corporate Finance. Documents 176 - 200
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The Basics of Finance, Accounting, and Beyond
The Basics of Finance, Accounting, and Beyond University of Phoenix Americans constantly face the world of finance and accounting. Newspaper headlines, radio reports, evening television news-magazines, the internet, and even co-workers provide regular streams of information and opinions on money and the effect on the economy. There is always confusion as to what finance and accounting means exactly. Many people believe both these words have an identical definition. Some become frightened at the thought of
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Finance
There are many various sources that provide health care in the United States. The U.S. spends more on health care, both as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) and on a per-capita basis, than any other nation in the world. Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 15% of GDP, the World's highest. (1) Of the nations throughout the world that are considered developed, the U.S. is one of the few that
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Jollibee Foods Corporation: International Expansion
Jollibee Foods Corporation: International Expansion 1.1. What sources of competitive advantage was it able to develop against McDonald's in its home market? Firstly, Jollibee was the first mover in the sector of burgers in Philippines, shaping customer preferences and expectations, instead of McDonald's or KFC. Secondly, Jollibee was young, and very small in comparison of McDonald's whose force worldwide is standardization. The burger company serves millions of exactly identical sandwich each year in dozen of
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Corporal Punishment: Helping or Hurting Your Child?
Corporal Punishment: Helping or Hurting Your Child? Child abuse! Spankings! Discipline! Beating! People have different thoughts when they hear the words corporal punishment. There is a fine line between corporal punishment, disciplining your child out of love, and child abuse, beating your child out of anger. I believe that physical discipline is needed when children continuously misbehave, as long as parents and authorities don’t cross the line. Three reasons I believe corporal punishment is an
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Corporate Social Resposibility
The concept of a corporate board's "fiduciary duty" has been expanding to include social, environmental and human rights issues that some boards may be ill prepared to oversee. It is very difficult for boards to concern about the new corporate social responsibility and address to their agenda. In the article of “The Socially Responsible Board”, authors Aron Cramer and Matthew Hirschland give an overview and examples of business that develop structures to face the challenge
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Corporal Punishment
"The fundamental need of American education is to find ways of engaging today's children in the thrill of learning. Fear of pain has no place in that process." - The Christian Science Monitor. Because Ms. Peсa and I are in compliance with this statement, we have decided to bring to the attention of the community, the corporal punishment of Sinton High School. There are many effective ways of properly punishing a disobedient student, but
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Embeddedness in the Making of Financial Capital: How Social Relations and Networks Benefit Firms Seeking Financing
Embeddedness in the making of financial capital: how social relations and networks benefit firms seeking financing. In deze paper onderzocht Brian Uzzi het verband tussen economische activiteiten en de belangrijkheid van relatienetwerken bij de uitvoering van deze activiteiten. Hij richt zich in deze studie vooral op de voordelen en nadelen voor bedrijven die netwerken met zich meebrengen in het zoeken naar financieel kapitaal. Hij steunt zijn bevindingen op onderzoek naar prijszetting van de interest bij
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Political Campaign Finance Reform
With the upcoming presidential election, it has been interesting to learn about things as they are actually happening in our country today. Among the many issues that surround the race to the office, financing the presidential election seems to be a major topic that is always in the public eye. There are many different views on how the election should be financed but it is hard to tell how far government funding and donations can
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How Corporal Colin Sterling Saved Blossom, Alberta, and Most of the Rest of the World as Well
How Corporal Colin Sterling Saved Blossom, Alberta, and Most of the Rest of the World as Well By Thomas King Knowing the author, the story has something to do with native people. Corporal Colin Sterling is probably a non-racist police officer, surrounded by racist police officers or citizens. I think Corporal Sterling will save the world figuratively, not literally. I came pretty close. The story had everything and anything to do with natives. It started
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Scenario 2 Problem Solution: Global Communications Corporation
Problem Solution: Global Communications Corporation This paper explains the issues faced by the telecommunications company Global Communications. Global Communications competes in and industry that is known for unusual competitive pressures and very quick changes in technology. However, as stated by Dennis Drogseth (2005, p. 52) "The challenges faced by global networks have more to do with management and process than with pure technology." This paper explores the issues and opportunities available to Global Communications management.
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Should Corporal Punishment Be Illegal?
Should Corporal Punishment be illegal? In order to answer this question we need to some definitions. What does the word ‘corporal’ mean? For the purpose of this essay we define corporal relating to the body. The word ‘illegal’ means prohibited by the law. And by the phrase ‘corporal punishment’ we mean pain inflicted on the body, like canning. How else are we supposed to teach a child the difference between right and wrong? How can
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Lester Electronics Financing Alternatives
Lester Electronics Financing Alternatives xxx University of Phoenix MBA/564 Maximizing Shareholder Wealth xxxxx June 21, 2007 Lester Electronics Financing Alternatives Bernard Lester of Lester Electronics (LEI) is not convinced that a merger with Shang-wan is in the best interest of the company. Lester has requested the assistance of a professional consulting group to assess all alternatives including financing alternatives for Lester Electronics. The final report is in and the results to be discussed are as
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Able Corporation Business Plan
Able Corporation Business Plan Statement of Academic Integrity I certify that: 1. I prepared this document specifically for this class; 2. I am the author of this document; 3. I am fully disclosing and giving proper credit to any outside assistance received in its preparation; 4. I cited sources of information (e.g., data, ideas, charts, etc.) and used this material to support this document. Student’s Signature: Crystal Clark Introduction Able Corporation is a US manufacturing
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Starbucks Corporation: Driving for Global Dominance
Starbucks Corporation: Driving for Global Dominance Starbucks Corporation is a Seattle, Washington-based coffee company that buys, roasts, and sells whole bean specialty coffees and coffee drinks through an international chain of retail outlets. From its beginnings as a seller of packaged, premium specialty coffees, Starbucks has evolved into a company known for its coffeehouses, where people can buy beverages and food items as well as packaged whole bean and ground coffee. Starbucks is credited with
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Assessing Corporate Cultures of Southwest Airlines
Assessing Corporate Cultures of Southwest Airlines Team A has chosen to evaluate and assess the cultural atmosphere generated within Southwest Airlines (SWA). The airline started its operation in 1971 by the co-founders, Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, in the humble city of Houston, Texas. SWA was to be an airline that provided shuttle service between the cities of Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, Texas. Southwest Airlines began with one simple notion: “If you get your
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Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited
Strategic Profile •Brief description of the organisation Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited, the largest telecommunications company in New Zealand, was established in 1987. Telecom provides information technology and telecommunications products and services in New Zealand and Australia. The products and services of Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited include fixed line phone services, wireless services and data network services. Telecom mobile accounts for about 49% market share just behind Vodafone which is the largest
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Dell Computer Corporation
Case 7-5 Dell Computer Corporation Measuring and Controlling Assets Employed Dell, an American computer hardware company based in Round Rock, Texas, develops, manufactures, supports, and markets a wide range of personal computers, servers, data storage devices, network switches, personal digital assistants (PDAs), software, computer peripherals, and more. As of 2006 it employs more than 63,700 people worldwide and manufactures more computers than any other organization in the world. According to the Forbes 500 2005 list,
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Microsoft Corporation
(Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. Founded in 19 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, its Windows operating systems are the de facto standards on the desktop and major contenders in the server arena. Microsoft Office is the most successful application suite in history. The company also has a thriving business in programming languages, which are
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Overview of Walgreens Corporation
TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………………………. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY………………………………………………………………. COMPANY DESCRIPTION…………………………………………………………….. HISTORY……………………………………………………………………………........ MANAGEMENT David W. Bernauer…………………………………………………………………. Jeffrey A. Rein……………………………………………………………………… PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Products…………………………………………………………………………….. Services……………………………………………………………………………... COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE………………………………………………………….. FINANCIAL REVIEW…………………………………………………………………... CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………... WORKS CITED………………………………………………………………………….. iii iv 1 3 7 8 9 10 12 17 20 21 FIGURE 1: NUMBER OF STORES NATIONWIDE……………….……………..…..... FIGURE 2: DAVID W. BERNAUER PHOTO……..…………………………………… FIGURE 3: JEFFREY A. REIN PHOTO………….……………………………………... FIGURE 4: 2006 SALES BY PRODUCT CATEGORY………………………..………. FIGURE 5: DIRECT COMPETITOR COMPARISON……………………………..…... FIGURE 6: 2001
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Biopure Corporation: A Quantitative Way for Deciding the Pricing and the Distribution Strategy for Oxyglobin
Biopure Corporation: A Quantitative way for deciding the pricing and the distribution strategy for Oxyglobin Note: such quantitative analysis is not required for your mid term exam. However, this note will be of interest to any student who is interested in knowing how to employ a rigorous way of computing the price and the subsequent distribution strategy. Step 1: Calculating the total potential demand for Oxyglobin: Critical cases: We can calculate the total potential demand
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Report Corporate Compliance
Running head: Corporate Compliance Report Corporate Compliance Report United Technologies Corporation and Subsidiaries/Carrier Paul L. Hardaway University of Phoenix September 2nd 2007 Internal control means different things to different people. This causes confusion among businesspeople, legislators, regulators and others. Resulting miscommunication and different expectations cause problems within an enterprise. Problems are compounded when the term, if not clearly defined, is written into law, regulation or rule. (COSO, 2006) Internal control over financial reporting has always
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Corporations
I. Starting a New Business a. Choice of Form i. General Partnership-If two people arrange to carry on a business while sharing control and profits, they automatically create a partnership. 1. Liability-They are liable on unlimited basis for all debts and tort liabilities related to the business, except for the amount state law allows him to keep. This includes all personal, real property to settle the debts of the partnership. See Uniform Partnership Act 2.
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Executive Summary- Sunbeam Corporation
In April 1996, Sunbeam hired Albert J. Dunlap as its CEO. Dunlap led the company in a corporate restructuring. This restructuring provided a hefty reserve to protect against future earnings shortfalls. The restructuring reserve included the following: 1) $18.7 million of items that benefited future periods, 2) $12 million in litigation reserves which did not met the criteria of a loss contingency, and 3) $21.8 million in a cooperative advertising reserve which was approximately 25
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Nucor Corporation
Nucor Corporation is constantly faced with obstacles and competition to overcome. This steel-making company whose name was formally adopted in 1972, has since been on a journey to join the ranks of the worlds leading steel companies. Although this is a highly profitable industry with a U.S. market of $94.9 billion, it is highly competitive and presents many bariers to entry. Three elements of competition in this particular industry include, 1.) Technology 2) Changes in
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The Marriot Corporation
Executive Summary The Marriot Corporation began in 1927 with J. Willard Marriott’s root beer stand. In the last 60 years, the Marriot Corporation grew into one of the leading lodging, and food service companies in the United States, with profits of $223 million and sales of $6.5 billion in 1987. The company consists of three divisions; lodging, restaurants and contract services that generate 41, 13, and 46% of sales, respectively. The company’s strategy is to
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