Corporate governance which seemed scarcely existed before the 1990s,nowadays attracts increasingly more attention and develops quickly over last two decades, especially after the crash of giants such as Barings Bank and Enron as well as many other corporate failings. It is also the case in China in light of the scandals are more seriously and prevailing-it had been reported that from 1992 to 2004, there were 200 scandals happened among China's 1200 listed companies, the proportion was about 1...
According to the current situation of Glee Plc, this company is underperforming in term of profit and the new projects are not going as well. To solve this problem, the manager of Glee Plc should conducts investment appraisal to appraise the investment opportunities. What is Investment appraisal? Investment appraisal refers to the ''evaluation of proposed investment ''(DC, Blood, 2010) and also known as capital budgeting. In order to improve the profit, Glee Plc should undertake the projects ...
Warren Buffett is one of the most successful stock market investors of the past 30 years. His entire approach is to focus on the value of the business and its market price. THE BUFFETT APPROACH TO INVESTMENT: Never follow the day to day fluctuations of the stock market. -The market only exists to make it easier to buy and sell, not to set values. -Keep an eye on the market only for someone who is willing to sell a stock at a not-to-be-missed price. A stock market exists simply to facilitate t...
Plus Motors is planning to launch a two-wheeled electric vehicle, PEVO, in the UK market next year. The aim of this research would be to identify customer behaviors, attitudes and needs towards cycle-based commuting, perceptions of electric vehicles as well as provide recommendations of how PEVO should be marketed. Research Methodology The methodology will take a quantitative approach and research will be carried out using interview surveys, hall tests and online surveys. All the data collect...
It has long been an accepted perception that the objective of management is the maximization of shareholder wealth. As we know the corporate objective of a firm is to maximization share holders wealth in order to achieve this corporate goal there is a problem arising called agency problem. The corporate firms are managed by professional managers these managers do not own a 100% share so managers may not work to ward's the best of firms goal of maximizing shareholders wealth because of the con...
Finance and Investment I. Introduction The purpose of preparing this report is to analyse and investigate the capital structures and the cost of capital of Tesco plc and J Sainsbury plc. Tesco plc and J Sainsbury plc are both leading food retailers in the market providing both food and non-food products. This report is going to look at Tesco plc and J Sainsbury plc in food retailing market over the last 5 years (2005-2009), on how they performed compared to each other. II. Food Retailing Mark...
Crazy Eddie Electronics was a regional electronics chain in New York City that was failed due to massive fraud committed by its management. The company appeared to be bulletproof and invisible on Wall Street but soon resulted in huge losses to many investors and employees of the retail chain. The company that was known for its eccentric advertising campaign and aggressive in-store sales techniques fell victim to not only its management but also the auditors who failed to detect the crimes. Ma...
Question 1 List the methods that a firm can use to evaluate a potential investment. The methods used to evaluate a potential investment of the firm are as follows Net present value(NPV) Internal rate of return(IRR) Profitability index(PI) Cash discounted flow Pay back period Accounting rate of return(ARR) Question 2 Why is the NPV a preferred method when evaluating a potential investment opportunity? Npv can be explained as the difference between the initial cost outlay and the present value ...
Introduction Historically, society has experienced several shifts in communication. Throughout the 20th century, the Internet has developed rapidly and has extended across the entire world. It has become a major influence in shaping society and serves as the main resource to spread knowledge around the globe. In fact, this network of information clearly shows the potential to trigger significant changes, especially in the news media landscape.The Internet includes several media technologies. ...
Bryant & May turned out to be the first British company that used the illustrative field of animation in advertisements. In 1899 the famous animator Arthur Melbourne Cooper, was asked to produce a stop motion film that had matchstick men in them. These matchstick men were supposed to move along the ladder and paint an appeal on the wall, which read "For one Guinea Messrs Bryant & May will forward a case containing enough supply of matches to each man in the army along with the name of the sen...
