Compare the 1997 Asian financial crisis with the subprime crisis
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
The subprime crisis was triggered by an expectation of defaults of payments on subprime mortgages in the US. It is an on-going crisis that has already led to the free fall of the US housing prices, billions of losses by banks, and generally speaking a slow-down (maybe a recession) of the American...
Ben L. Kedia and Ananda Mukherji, Global managers: Developing a mindset from global competitiveness
Book review - 2 pages - Finance
Ben L. Kedia is a Director of the Wang Center for International Business Education and Ananda Mukherji is a Dirctor from ZoomInfo, the largest index of business people in the world (source: Wikipedia) . They emphasize in this article the huge importance of having skills other than technical...
Evaluation of Capital Gains Tax Proposals for 2008/09 in UK
Essay - 3 pages - Finance
Capital Gains tax (CGT) has been much reformed in history because it is a very complex tax. CGT is "a tax on the increase in the value of an asset between its acquisition and its disposal" (IFS). Chancellor Alistair Darling introduced his Pre-Budget Reporting on 9 October 2007 which showed many...
There is no such thing as a perfect capital structure
Essay - 6 pages - Finance
The relevance of a company capital structure has been the subject of several theories and debate. The capital structure of a company is a mix of different securities. Capital structure refers to the way a corporation finances itself through a combination of equity sales, equity option, bonds and...
The Relationship between Risk and Return
Essay - 3 pages - Finance
Incertitude about expected returns is one of the criteria which influence the largest number of strategic investment decisions. Thus the relationship between risk and return is a fundamentally financial relationship, because it affects expected rates of return on investment. This relationship...
American Grain Corporation
Essay - 14 pages - Finance
American Grain Corporation: When shareholders are about to invest in project, they need to know what the financial consequences of it are. They need to plan the expenses and the possibilities of return on investment, regarding how long it will take to start earning a profit. To choose the project...
Financial Analysis of Southwest Airlines and United Airlines
Case study - 14 pages - Finance
The airline industry has significantly changed over the last few years of this century. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the attacks on Madrid and London, the Iraq conflict and the increase in fuel prices have resulted in losses for airline companies since 2001. Some of them declared...
A Dutch-French comparative corporate cultures survey through the study of the financing structures of two key-sectors multinational companies: KPN v. France Telecom; Royal Dutch Shell v. Total
Dissertation - 36 pages - Finance
The main cultural assumption in this research paper is about, the French corporate culture once being Latin-like and the Dutch one having been German-like, both the corporate culture of France and the Netherlands firms are converging towards the Anglo-Saxon model. In order to confirm or not the...
LEGO Group vs. MATTEL Inc.
Case study - 19 pages - Finance
The gross profit margin ratio measures the profitability (or gross profit margin) that is generated from each dollar of sales. Profit margin is very useful when comparing companies in similar industries. A higher profit margin indicates a more profitable company that has better control over its...
Lego's financial statements analysis (2005)
Case study - 15 pages - Finance
The gross profit margin ratio measures the profitability (or gross profit margin) that is generated from each dollar of sales. Profit margin is very useful when comparing companies in similar industries. A higher profit margin indicates a more profitable company that has better control over its...
Financial analysis: Under Armour, Inc
Case study - 16 pages - Finance
"Under Armour? is an American company founded by Kevin Plank a former University of Maryland football player in 1996. Initially, Kevin just wanted to make outfits that would allow athletes to be comfortable in their clothes during their practice sessions. Everything started with a plan to make a...
U.S. Law on Incoming FDI
Worksheets - 2 pages - Finance
As the saying goes ?The grass is always greener on the other side.' With this thought in mind, a venture of a foreign investment in a developed nation usually implies facing few problems and risks. In other words, different types of problems and hazards are encountered as compared to an...
The case of H&M and Inditex
Case study - 5 pages - Finance
The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) dates back its formation to 1973. It was however restructured in 2001 when the name was changed to ?The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)'. The IASB is an independent private sector body. The prime objective of the IASB is...
Is "Al-Dar Islamic Fund", created by Pictet, a Geneva based Private Bank, Islamic compliant?
Essay - 10 pages - Finance
Who has created the ?Al-Dar Islamic Fund'? Is it Pictet which is a Geneva based Private Bank which is in compliance with the Islamic culture? The answer to this buzzing mind boggling question is ?No'. As confirmed, the contained shares are not Islamic compliant and secondly the targeted...
Google vs Microsoft
Thesis - 13 pages - Finance
Since the launch of the Google Search engine, a paying version has been reserved for the enterprise, which allows firms' access to documents in the internal database of Google. Microsoft has now declared war on the famous search engine. It is a very profitable market and Gartner Group...
When Outsourcing Goes Wrong: A Look into the Outsourcing Relationship between Alcatel and HFS
Essay - 8 pages - Finance
The issue of outsourcing has been the topic of debate among business corporations. As companies continue to outsource the business operations and processes to other countries, there has been a division among those who embrace outsourcing and those who are oppose to it. On one side, there are...
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Essay - 2 pages - Finance
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is one of the most important pieces of legislation affecting corporate governance and the practice of public accounting since the US securities laws of the early 1930s. The Act is relatively recent in the history of American accountancy. It was signed into law on 30 July...
Enron: the story of a symbolic financial scandal
Case study - 12 pages - Finance
The death of Kenneth Lay last spring and the recent 24-year sentence of Jeffrey Skilling have put an end to the darkest story of modern finance: the Enron case. Actually, this firm turned from a success model into a paradigm of all the problems of finance capitalism. With the giving up of the...
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act : A real improvement or just another new law?
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
At the end of the year 2001, and during the year 2002, many financial scandals broke out and shook the confidence that had been placed in our global economy and the reliability of companies listed on the Stock Exchange such as Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Qwest, and Xerox. These scandals are not just...
Blue Elephant: PESTLE analysis
Case study - 3 pages - Finance
This document presents an environmental audit on Blue Elephant, a self-service high-pressure vehicle with jet washing stations. This center is located in Portsmouth in England. I will try to analyze and evaluate the consequences of running a business such as Blue Elephant. To facilitate easy...
Corporate audit project: Dior
Case study - 16 pages - Finance
The duet Arnault - Galliano is supplemented with wonder: of creative dimension which assembles crowd and other the cold effectiveness of the businessman. Their collaboration will lead to a true handing-over in saddle of the mark: this one attracts from now on younger and more international...
Cisco financial analysis
Case study - 6 pages - Finance
The computer network industry had undergone an economic slowdown of 4% in 2002/2003, after two years of sustained growth with two figures. Moreover, many computer network suppliers outsource their production to reduce their cost. As a consequence there were mass redundancies in Alcatel, Cisco and...
The Enron Affair
Case study - 6 pages - Finance
In just 15 years, Enron grew to become the 7th largest US Company, employing 21,000 people in more than 40 countries across the US, UK, Asia. Enron had transformed itself from a local natural gas company into a swashbuckling energy trader. Enron established new methods of trading in energy, using...
The strategic audit of Harley-Davidson motor cycles
Case study - 25 pages - Finance
It is a story no one on earth could have made up. Four young men experiment with internal combustion in a tiny wooden shed. Not only does the shed not burn down, but the motorcycle they build goes on to serve over 100,000 miles under five owners. And that's just the beginning! It all started 100...
Car insurance-Why do we need one
Essay - 2 pages - Finance
Car Insurance is a very critical aspect as it is a mandatory document for most states in the US. One may argue that one does not require a car policy. However, it is definitely a wise idea to purchase a comprehensive car insurance policy that covers you from theft and damage although you are a...
List of Chicago communities that interest real estate investors
Thesis - 4 pages - Finance
Logan Square is a community locality situated on the western part of Chicago. Proper Logan Square actually means the intersection of Kedzie Boulevard, Logan Boulevard and the Milwaukee Avenue-which is a three way intersection. The term Logan Square most often is used loosely to denote the...
Chicago real estate -The financial implications
Thesis - 2 pages - Finance
Buying a home is one of the smartest and wisest decisions that one can take. It is one of the most enduring American dream and the one dream that has sustained through generations inspiring people to save for that piece of property that one can call his/her own. Chicago is one of the most sought...
Portfolio diversification
Thesis - 2 pages - Finance
Financial markets are characterized by uncertainty, asymmetric information and volatility of financial stocks. Diversification is an effective way of managing risk. It means to invest funds in various financial instruments rather than investing everything on a single investment opportunity. This...
An overview of various modes of payment
Thesis - 4 pages - Finance
The intrinsic safety of the instrument and the safety of the procedure: The commercial acceptability; the proximity between the rational seller and buyer and the cost. While some procedures are inexpensive, others are very expensive. If the transaction amount is small, sophisticated payment...
Corporate finance - published: 27/08/2010
Thesis - 3 pages - Finance
A financial analysis allows an abstract transcription of the actual situation of a company at any given time. It is a rigorous and efficient tool based on the study of economic data and accounting, that focuses on a holistic view of the company. The analyst can place a view inside or outside the...
