Essays Tagged: "investors"

Coca-Cola. Management's Achievement Claims Perspective

e of the world's largest companies. Fourteen years ago, Coca-Cola began building credibility to its investors by never over-promising, just consistently hitting long-term growth targets. In Great Brit ... a company in which I believe what the management claims. Coke has a great responsibility of making investors, employees, and consumers happy all over the world. Why would they blow it?? Coke realigne ...

(3 pages) 273 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Trigatipede

nd empty-handed.At the airport in New York, I was greeted by Mr. Shrinton and a few of the other zooinvestors. They quickly hurried me into a stretched limousine, and then my life changedforever. The ... but they showed me researchand experiments done by the government that proved it was possible. The investors sensedmy unwillingness and placed a briefcase in my lap. I opened it and found stacks of n ...

(6 pages) 41 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Explain why it has proved impossible to derive an analytical formula for valuing

sed to produceapproximate valuations for such securitiesInvesting in stock options is a way used by investors to hedge against risk. It issimply because all the investors could lose if the option is n ...

(7 pages) 88 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

ontrol their foreign operations so that these operations will help achieve their global objectives. Investors who control an organization are more willing to transfer technology and other competitive ... gn production result in a lower operating cost than if control is vested in another company?Because investors who control an organization are more willing to transfer technology and other competitive ...

(10 pages) 665 1 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

A World Without Accounting. What the world would be like if we did not have accounting in our lives

ic purpose of accounting is to provide relevant information to users such as creditors, government, investors, and decision makers to make economic decisions. These decisions concern the allocation an ...

(2 pages) 508 14 3.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Using Financial Markets for Individual Savings

exactly what type of investor we are discussing. For our purposes there are basically two types of investors, the first being the short-term investor who is looking to get as large a return on his in ... willing to take additional risk and is most likely not investing his entire savings. Usually these investors are younger, and looking to use the proceeds for large purchases, such as a home, in the r ...

(11 pages) 317 0 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Describe the general development of financial accounting regulation in the United Kingdom from 1970 to the present day.

Here in the UK, we have a large and complex stock market system as well as broad based community of investors. As such, it is vital that the profession be properly regulated and monitored.The fundamen ...

(4 pages) 246 1 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

The Struggle for Land in Vietnam The Vietnamese people had successfully fought for their land for over 2000 years. America was no different from the others that were defeated.

n objectives to accomplish. The main focus was to provide capital accumulation and high profits for investors. They also aimed to obtain raw materials for the French industry. The French outlined spec ... achieving their goals. They seized the public lands of the Vietnamese people and gave the lands to investors. "They confiscated the land belonging to the locals and gave this land to themselves and t ...

(11 pages) 74 0 4.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Boom and Bust: Financial Deregulation and the East Asian Financial Crisis of 1997/1998

there is so much attraction to foreign savers, we need to see what the region in question can offer investors. Investors have a choice of how to finance their investment: using their own saving from w ... omestic saving (what is left after consumption spending on living expenses). In comparison, foreign investors' living standards were higher and so an investing economy (such as the US) would likely ch ...

(8 pages) 229 2 3.9 Apr/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

The Unethical and Illegal actions of Enron.

and consumers spreading their wealthinto long-term investments via the stock market. Many of those investors enjoyedrapid returns on investments; meanwhile Enron had been deceitfully taken theirinves ... n they had won distinguished awards--that ofethic and credible "role models" and even "icons", many investors hastened to offertheir life savings via the stock market"(p.3). This statement has plenty ...

(6 pages) 750 0 4.9 Jul/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

America's Growing Economy in 2003.

arket is levitating, confidence is returning, and even tax revenues are beginning to rise. As well, investors are once again putting their money in riskier stocks. The improvement of the economy is li ...

(3 pages) 116 0 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Municipal Bonds - why to invest in them.

your newspaper! Almost two trillion dollars worth of municipal bonds are currently in the hands of investors. That is because municipal bonds are a necessary investment tool for today's tax-conscious ... other securities. A $1,000 bond would cost 1.5% to 3%, or $15 to $30. To put this into perspective, investors normally pay 1% to 4% on general stock purchases.As with other fixed-income securities, ...

(5 pages) 164 2 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

1. Are financial accounting statements useful to investors? 2. Describe and discuss the historical cost convention 3. Critically evaluate marginal and absorption costing

1. Are financial accounting statements useful to investors? 1.1 Introduction Financial accounting statements are summaries of monetary data about a ... major groups that take advantage of the usefulness of financial statements are large corporations, investors and the government. Financial statements play a decisive role in each of these entities f ... s. Corporations decide how much credit to extend to customers and how much should be distributed to investors in dividends. Investors use a company's financial statements to decide whether or not it w ...

(14 pages) 891 0 3.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Ever Ready vs. Duracell: The battle for portable power The essay analyses a case study on Ever Ready losing market share.

. Its long dominance over the shrinking zinc battery market will not be enough to meet the needs of investors and stay competitive in the UK battery market as a whole.The new Energizer brand will be l ... of the growth of the term shareholder value, which focused on maximizing short-term profits to keep investors satisfied.The Hanson Corporation acquired Ever Ready in 1981. Hanson undertook the rationa ...

(12 pages) 122 1 3.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Greed is Good.

greed is beneficial. Michael Douglas said in the film Wall Street, "Greed is good", as it motivates investors to earn more and leads to competition among companies. Yet many still feel greed does more ... enefits the public as well.David Hume, an economist, once called avarice 'the spur of industry'. As investors and businessmen are driven by the greed for more money, they look for more business opport ...

(4 pages) 92 2 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Why the Stock Market Crashed, the effect this had on the American People and how it affected the economic structure of the United States.

mous "bull market."One of the causes for the stock market rising was the rising stock dividend. New investors entering the market, who viewed it as an easy way to get rich quick, propped up the stock ... mber of Americans had investments in the market at any one time. Rather, the constant influx of new investors coming in and old investors moving out ensured that new money was always floating around.T ...

(3 pages) 84 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Janus Capital Group: History of the company, What are the ethical dilemmas that the management has faced?

Janus was $147.5 billion (Janus.com).Tom Bailey established Janus Mutual Funds in 1970 with only 30 investors and less than $500,000 in initial capital. By 1980, Janus had accumulated $33.5 million in ... national advertising and a year later become one of the first fund companies to offer a website for investors to research their funds. In 1997, international fund manager Helen Young Hayes is named by ...

(11 pages) 128 0 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Financial Intermediaries Paper - FIN 324

as a middleman between savers and borrowers. Specifically, these institutions accumulate money from investors and lend it to borrowers. A person with extra money could seek out borrowers alone and byp ... tors want to withdraw money at the same time, is an intermediary unable to provide liquidity to its investors (Schenk). Thankfully, this is a rare occurrence by today's industry standards.Commercial b ...

(3 pages) 470 0 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Intangible assets

Accounting today provides detailed information for a large scope of stakeholders that vary from investors to managers to creditors. These stakeholders rely heavily on the accounting information pr ... le in improving the results of a corporation, and further making the corporation more attractive to investors and more secure to creditors. There are many decisions regarding intangible assets, such a ...

(12 pages) 391 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Hotel Industry Analysis

f advertising and marketing campaigns. However, at this particular time low interest rates and more investors have helped many new entrances to occur in this industry (Hotel & Motel Management). A ...

(2 pages) 352 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers