Is the approach of maximizing shareholder wealth compatible with stakeholder objectives?
Essay - 2 pages - Business strategy
Based on the study of an article published by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School) entitled Value Maximization, Stakeholder Theory, and the Corporate Objective Function, we will look at the limits of an approach aimed at maximizing shareholder wealth for other stakeholders.
Global Business Economics and Finance - AmRest Holding SE
Case study - 13 pages - International economy
AmRest Holdings SE is a public limited company with operations in the global bar and restaurant industry. The firm's headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. AmRest enjoys market dominance in Eastern and Central Europe. It operates several subsidiary firms, including Burger King, Pizza Hut,...
Introduction to Financial Markets and Institutions
Course material - 2 pages - Finance
This document contains an introduction course to Financial Markets and Institutions.
Organizational Diagnosis - Brazily Fitness
Case study - 9 pages - Management
Brazily Fitness, a reputable company with a strong Brazilian identity, which is among top brands in the industry with fitness and nutritional services, is optimistic about growing and spreading services. Notwithstanding this, the organization is confronted with the unsympathetic issue of...
Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Essay - 2 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) recognizes in-hospital falls among the common hospital-acquired conditions. Hospital falls occur commonly among older adult patients with other chronic medical disorders. CMS study shows that in-hospital falls can cause fractures, dislocations,...
Global Strategy in Enterprise Operations - Unilever
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
A global strategy in enterprise operations evokes an organization operating in various countries with several subsidiaries. An operational strategy that allows for the international expansion of an enterprise and facilitation of international trading becomes a company operating within an...
Legal practices for small businesses - IP protection strategy
Course material - 2 pages - Internet and digital law
IP protection strategy is deep-rooted action that requires extensive planning, and establishing ongoing follow-up systems. Ongoing audits of intellectual property assets, being ahead of updates in legal changes, and active enforcement should be done to access the maximum value of IP investment...
Equity research report - Danone
Financial analysis - 6 pages - Finance
The purpose of this document is to present a detailed equity research on Danone group. First of all, we will present a brief investment summary of Danone, followed by an extensive and detailed valuation work on the company (based on DCF and multiples). We will see some of the KPIs related to...
Country market studies
Course material - 4 pages - Business strategy
Knowing why firms go global is only part of the battle, you also need to know where to go. Imagine that you lead a company in the United States, and are responsible for deciding which three countries to enter. First, what types of countries would you choose? What criteria would you use to make...
Cultural Differencies in International Business Negotiation: the Need for an Assessment of Influencial Factors
Litterature review - 14 pages - Management
With social conflict being ubiquitous, conflict management is a major challenge for humanity. Recently, researchers have advanced several theories and research on constructive solutions for conflict management. Negotiation is then proposed as the most effective way to do this according to...
Italian taxation
Market study - 2 pages - Foreign markets
Transactions between companies within the same group may deviate from the entrepreneurial logic typically governing transactions between two independent parties, which are primarily profit-driven. To prevent the detrimental practice of "shifting profits" from one jurisdiction to another merely to...
Communication Strategy for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
Case study - 3 pages - Communication
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is a renowned energy utility that caters to the needs of the 3.4 million customers in the greater San Diego and southern Orange County regions in California. For the company to distribute electrical and gas energy and push the upgrade of infrastructure,...
Business Model Canvas - Tesla, Inc.
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Tesla, Inc., one of the most profound innovators, challenges the auto industry standards by introducing software-driven electric cars and green solutions aimed at transforming the energy sector. Following its operations, the company has been among the most transformed entities in the auto...
PESTEL Analysis - Kraft Foods
Case study - 4 pages - Distribution marketing
"The spirit of a start-up, the soul of a powerhouse": created in 1980 under the name of Kraft Foods Global, the company was initially based in Delaware in the United States before it relocated to Virginia in 2012. This move coincided with the company changing its name to Kraft Foods Group, Inc....
Gencon Charter Party (1994) - Chartering Practice and Methods
Text commentary - 6 pages - Logistics
Theophilus et al. (2018) explain that ship chartering is fundamentally an agreement that involves the charterer renting a vessel from a shipowner. According to the authors, the agreement typically involves an agreed amount of money representing the reward offered to the shipowner for the use of...
China's Economic Model - The Silk Road
Case study - 1 pages - Economy general
The Silk Road is as ancient as the Roman Empire and was the link between imperial China and the Western world. Chinese products transited overland, through central Asia and Asia minor, as well as on the seas, through the Gulf of Persia and then the Mediterranean Sea, before reaching Europe....
Nestlé Strategic Analysis
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Nestlé is a Swiss multinational company that operates in the food industry and was founded by Henri Nestlé, a Swiss pharmacist, in 1857. While the founder's basic idea was to produce powdered milk that could help mothers who could not breastfeed to feed their newborns, it now specializes in...
Developing Alternate Frameworks for Niches in Medical Technology
Essay - 2 pages - Medical studies
Biomedical engineering is a field that has been constantly evolving, and so has its research approach. Central to this evolution is the recognition of a flaw in the established paradigm: the use of live animals in experiments that seek to strengthen human health. Biomedical engineering has...
Business Plan: how to improve life in Indian slums?
Business plan - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Ninety years ago, there were only 251 million people in India. Today, there are 1.2 billion. Overpopulation threatens the environment of the country. Overpopulation and rural exodus have led to informal urban development, leading to the development of slums in and next to the cities. Therefore,...
Critics on the research paper: The market pricing of accruals quality (Jennifer Francis, Ryan LaFond, Per Olsson, Katherine Schipper)
Market study - 8 pages - Services marketing
The paper “The market pricing of accruals quality” sustains that the quality of accruals is priced by the financial markets. We can judge the value of this research by wondering to what extent, from a methodological and theoretical point of view, the accrual quality has an impact on the...
Foxtel TCO Analysis
Case study - 50 pages - Logistics
"Sourcing in China started with low-tech products but it has evolved beyond that," says Jim Hemerling, a senior vice president in The Boston Consulting Group's Shanghai office. "Now, in addition to traditional products, another huge area is consumer electronics. I believe the next big wave...
Easy Jet, Strategic management project
Essay - 12 pages - Business strategy
The airlines industry has been highly perturbed by many new external and internal events since the last five years (September 11th, increasing of fuel value, and recently many technical incidents in some flights). All these components transform major stakes and keys of the different airlines...
Development economics - Sharecropping
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
In sharecropping contracts with cost sharing, why is the cost share borne by the tenant equal to the output share accruing to him? Sharecropping is an arrangement or system of farming, prevalent in many Less Developed Countries in which a tenant works on land which he does not own,...
Global Logistics: Ikea's global supply chain model
Essay - 17 pages - Logistics
The decisions regarding the supply chain design highly depends of the kind of products or services a company is dealing with. Issues such as the sourcing location or the distribution method will be affected by a whole range of requirements given by the nature of the products. In the first part...
A study on inventory management at the bulk activities division of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Case study - 44 pages - Services marketing
Materials are equivalent to cash and they make up an important part of the total cost. It is essential that materials should be properly safeguarded and correctly accounted for. Proper control over material can make a substantial contribution to the efficiency of a business. The success of...
Risk management in a multinational corporation
Thesis - 18 pages - Management
MNCs are coming up in huge numbers nowadays. To earn the profits with minimal amount of risk has been a matter of concern for the investors. For this purpose management of risk is a very crucial factor. Pertaining to this context, this project has been undertaken with an objective to study the...
External commercial borrowing
Dissertation - 31 pages - Finance
The basic objective of the research project is to explore all the possible sources of raising a foreign currency loan and compare the cost advantages for the corporate on raising such a loan. The project also studies the available hedging mechanisms for the borrowing corporate; to protect...
Capital budgeting tools and analysis of capital expenditures
Case study - 35 pages - Business strategy
Capital budgeting is a financial procedure to ensure that capital is allocated to value adding opportunities. A capital budgeting / investment proposal should be accepted /rejected depending on whether it generates, over the life of investment, returns more than its cost of capital....
A closer look at transportation in India
Thesis - 25 pages - Business strategy
Transportation is the movement of products from one node in the distribution channel to another. By providing for the swift and uninterrupted flow of products back and forward through the distribution channel, transportation provides companies distinct markets on an equal footing. Transportation...
A study of capital structure performance using EBIT-EPS analysis
Case study - 24 pages - Business strategy
This study is born out of the need to establish the presence of the responsiveness of capital structure performances through EBIT-EPS analysis as performances indicators to turnovers the company's performances, which is measure of leverage, ratios with respect to the company's needs. Capital...
