Applied Investment - Financial and Economic Context
Case study - 10 pages - Finance
Every single investor is interested in maximizing investment returns while simultaneously minimizing risk subjected to the investment. Consequently, investors prefer committing their resources in receptive economic systems free from uncertainties that may hamper their anticipated returns. In...
The financial crisis and its consequences on the German financial system
Dissertation - 27 pages - Finance
The triggering element of the present financial crisis was the real-estate crisis in the United States. The crisis began with certain indifference in 2006, but then it reached its peak during the second semester of 2008. This was when we observed, day after day, a fall in prices of shares,...
The Privatization of France Telecom
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
France Telecom experienced a period of profound transition between 2004 and the first half of 2005. The transition process was brought about via a change to the strategic plan with the success of Ambition FT 2005, marking the completion of the financial turnaround of the group and the...
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...
Should we stick to the stability and growth Pact?
Thesis - 4 pages - European union
The Stability and Growth Pact is an essential element of the European Monetary Union and has been often criticized. One of the sharpest and most violent attacks came from the President of the European Commission, which is supposed to be the watchdog of the Treaties and laws, Romano Prodi who...
The functional areas of Standard Chartered Bank in India
Case study - 17 pages - Management
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) had acquired the interest of ANZ Banking Group in the ANZ Grind lays Asset Management Company Private Limited and ANZ Grind lays Trustee Company Private Limited and subsequently these entities were renamed as Standard Chartered Asset Management Company Private...
Effects of new labor's bill on tuition fee and income inequalities
Tutorials/exercises - 30 pages - Social, moral & civic education
New Labor's bill on tuition fees will ensure that students will face the prospect of leaving university with a debt of approximately £15000. Universities will be given leave to increase their tuition fees to around £3000 a year. The reforms which have been announced have been met with...
Competition between European football clubs
Dissertation - 37 pages - Management
In Europe, the economic competition is as fierce as the sporting competitions that engage among the professional football clubs, and this fight is somewhat uneven between very large European professional clubs and other smaller clubs. How can we explain the differences in competitiveness between...
Will the economical collapse of Greece cause the end of the Euro?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
The euro zone is now frantically bracing itself for the imminent fall of the Greek government. Faced with the possibility of Greece vouching for a fully fledged non-payment of debt and euro zone departure as opposed to a debt deal, the outstanding euro zone members have to choose...
The European Stability and Growth Pact in the International Crisis
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The European Council created the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), an agreement among the 16 members of the European Union who take part in the Eurozone, to facilitate and maintain the stability of the Economic and Monetary Union. The pact was adopted in its Amsterdam session on 17 June 1997 in...
Data Analysis for Decision Making - Cookfood Project
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Mathematics
A questionnaire is administered to a sample set of 856 individuals on a pilot consumer brand called "Cookfood" ready-to-eat product. The data gathered on the sample set is based on their answers with respect to their attitude to the new product, as well as standard demographics, such as age,...
Strategic management of EDF - Electricité de France (in 2010)
Case study - 35 pages - Management
From production to distribution, Electricite de France (EDF) is one of the world's largest producers of electricity. Its story has naturally propelled the company as a leader on the French market through a monopoly related to nationalization. Indeed, the law of April 8, 1946 regarding the...
US quantitative easing
Case study - 9 pages - Finance
Through 3 phases of QE implementation, QE1, QE2 and QE3, more than 1 billion dollars has been flood out to the market by Fed. Although the effects of QE are still somehow confusing, the QE application in the US proves a positive situation in financial market. Over-using of this method may pose...
The capitalization of SMEs in Morocco: The case of Dari Couspate
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
The SMEs in Morocco neglect their external financing sources. Equity investments in Morocco is accounted to 38% whereas the long-term liabilities debt is 16% and short-term debt is 13%. The importance of equity is affected by the short-term debt. Cash management is one of the...
Pernod-Ricard: Strategic analysis
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Established in 1975 after the merger between Pernod SA and Ricard SA, Pernod-Ricard has 18,226 collaborators throughout 70 countries. Pernod-Ricard is the world leader on the market of premium and prestige spirits, and the co-leader on the wine and spirits market. The company is the leader on the...
Carlton Polish Co.
Market study - 9 pages - Business strategy
There are different ways to calculate a company's value. The first method is to use the balance sheet of the company to estimate the value of a company using the DCF approach. Another method is concerning the competition analysis. By looking at similar companies in the same activity sector...
The merger/acquisition of Air France-KLM
Thesis - 30 pages - Business strategy
The merger responds to a careful consideration of development opportunities. It must be justified by the creation of value. Air France and KLM agreed to merge in order to make a synergy primarily economic in nature. Indeed, the synergies in economy, business, by increasing their sizes, including...
The Enron business and the financial statement of Michelin (2008)
Essay - 4 pages - Accounting
Enron was founded in 1985, and was one of the largest global corporations and the seventh biggest U.S. Company. It had become the world's leading energy brokerage firm. As a flourishing company, it publicly traded, and it seemed like a success story in the world of energy. But in 2001, the...
Sliding scale education system
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Education is one of the most fundamental human requirements in the current world. It is every child's right to get education. However, most families have faced various problems in ensuring their children get proper education. Financial problems make it hard for children who come from financially...
Tesco Plc Financial analysis
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
The first requires an identification of Tesco's capital structure. Other than that, it requires the type of finance raised by the company from one of Tesco's balance sheet and comment on the balance sheet using the financial ratio based on Tesco's capital structure. Tesco is well known of...
The current financial crisis compared with the 1929 crisis
Essay - 10 pages - Economy general
The growing number of newspapers and magazines citing similarities between the 1929 crisis and the current crisis raises questions about the relevance of these comparisons. Since the 1930s, the world has experienced other crises, but the magnitude that one is now experiencing, explains the key...
Proposals to face the Euro crisis
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
During a certain period, the funny abbreviation “PIIGS” was to be found everywhere in the news; this referred to Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain, the five European “sick men”, endangering the survival of the Eurozone itself. While their situation still remains...
Indian financial market
Dissertation - 56 pages - Economy general
The function of financial market is to facilitate the transfer of funds, from surplus sector (lenders) to deficit sector (borrower). Normally householders have excess of funds or saving, which they lend to a borrower in the corporate and public sector. Whose requirement of funds far exceeds their...
Economic Unrest in France: A Twentieth-Century analysis
Thesis - 10 pages - Economy general
The French Revolution of 1789 is perhaps one of the most well-known and significant revolutions in modern history. The Revolution was not only influential in its establishment of a new regime in France, but, to quote Scott W. Haine, “Not only did the French Revolution produce modern...
A snapshot of Portuguese economy
Case study - 1 pages - Business strategy
Portugal's banking and financial system is sound, competitive and well managed. Despite being not as large as other EU nations, the banking system in Portugal can be compared with other EU nations in terms of profitability, efficiency and solvency. The challenges for the banking system of...
Why do you need life insurance?
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Life insurance policies are very important for you and your family while you are living, and when you die. A life insurance cover can help you earn an income replacement, options for debt repayments, and other benefits for your family. Buying a life insurance a policy is an important...
Forgiving my Father: Poem analysis
Case study - 1 pages - Literature
The poem “forgiving my father” portrays a relationship between the persona and her parents. The persona is willing to forgive her father after his financial irresponsibility and emotional abuse. The persona is angry at both her parents. She is angry at her father because he abuses her...
Billion dollar bankruptcy in Santa Catarina
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Chapecó - Judge of the 3rd Civil Court of Chapecó, Rosane Portella Wolff, declared yesterday the 13th of May 2005, the bankruptcy of Chapecó Food. The refrigerator poultry and pork was in crisis for 10 years and has a debt of $ 1 billion, an amount that was being negotiated for six years...
Performance of NBFC's in Indiabulls
Dissertation - 45 pages - Finance
Non-banking Financial Institutions carry out financing activities but their resources are not directly obtained from the savers as debt. Instead, these Institutions mobilize the public savings for rendering other financial services including investment. All such Institutions are financial...
Risk Management - published: 11/10/2024
Essay - 2 pages - Management
With the rising level of globalization experienced in the market today, companies need to prepare for high levels of uncertainty. They have begun to reconcile their operations in preparation for the long-term economic downturn as well as to increase their exposure to the changing world markets....
