Analysis of the structure of the Ups company
Case study - 4 pages - Management
The UPS Company was founded in 1907, and is currently the leading express carrier and largest package delivery company. As a multinational company, it is currently active worldwide and employed 430 000 people (including 2,000 in France), has 147 000 vehicles and 500 planes. It is the ninth...
The Bouygues Group - business portfolio and its strategies
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
The Bouygues Group is a diversified conglomerate which has the advantage of limiting the risks and measures to compensate for losses in some areas. Through this strategy the company has been showing positive results in 2009 despite of the economic crisis and has managed to reduce its debt by 50%....
Financial statement of the Nestle group
Case study - 14 pages - Finance
A financial analysis aims to make an assessment of the financial position, market position and performance of a company in order to analyze the possible problems, make recommendations and to inform both the internal (staff, manager) and external stakeholders (investors, general public) of the...
Porsche and the marketing analysis
Case study - 30 pages - Services marketing
This document is dedicated to the automaker who was born in 1948 in the village of Gmund in Austria; the builder won all sorts of competitions, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans 16 times; the builder who has created a myth by his range of Cars: Ferdinand Porsche. Today everyone knows the brand...
The Commercial Service of Sportfive in the Racing Club de Strasbourg
Essay - 6 pages - Services marketing
Sportfive is the first agency offering management of sports rights in Europe, and is the world leader in TV rights and marketing of football. After the 2001 merger of Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon with the assets of UFA Sports (RTL Group, Bertelsmann subsidiary) and Sport + (Canal + Group, a...
Volkswagen - History and prospects
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
The registered office of Volkswagen is located in Wolfsburg, Germany. This country is a federal state and Volkswagen receives strong support from the Land of Lower Saxony (the group is 20.1% owned by the state) and the State. Since May 1935, the German government hosts a majority on the...
Cola War: Coke vs. Pepsi
Essay - 8 pages - Business strategy
Industry competition has given rise to extensive market efforts by companies to sustain their position by gaining an edge over competitors. Industrial trend helps company to set standards and design a strategy for the accomplishment of goals. Multiple set of strategies are devised in accordance...
Williams Act and takeover defences in the United States
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
This statement will be discussed : “Without the process effects generated by the availability of takeover defense in the United States, the Williams Act would not be fit for purpose” The United States is among the countries the most favorable to the use of takeover defenses. A takeover...
Air France-KLM in the US and worldwide
Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy
1919 witnessed the maiden flight of Koninklijke Luchtvaartmaatschappij for The Netherlands and Colonies or the KLM as it is popularly known. Years down the lane, in 1933, the civil aviation industry saw the merger of five French airlines, Air Union, Air Orient, Societe Generale de Transport...
Presentation of Puma and PPR groups
Market study - 45 pages - Business strategy
The PPR group was pleased to announce that after the expiry of the additional acceptance period of its voluntary public takeover offer for Puma it had become the majority shareholder with a 62.1% stake in Puma. 1962: Creation of the PINAULT company Acquisition of companies in the same...
Why Employers should Make Employees Happier?
Case study - 11 pages - Human resources
Over the years, corporate leaders have embraced change in their operations approach to generate the strategic fit with the dynamic environment. This is in a bid to accomplish their corporate goals of maximizing shareholder wealth while minimizing the cost incurred. While all...
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...
What are the reasons of Zara´s success?
Essay - 13 pages - Business strategy
In 1973 Amancio Ortega Gaona, Inditex Group president and main shareholder, created a textile company, which specialised in producing dressing gowns and underwear. Two years later he opened the first Zara store in La Coruña. Nowadays, the Inditex Group is the most successful in the Spanish...
Corporate Corruption: Culture of Enron
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
Shareholder value was being diluted. It was worse than just being dishonest: stock options provided managers with strong incentives to get the value of their stocks up quickly - what mattered was not long-term strength but short-term appearances. Corporate officers responded to the...
US management and leadership: Steve Jobs
Essay - 9 pages - Management
The aim of this assignment is to consider the leadership style of the Apple's CEO Steve Jobs through the analysis of the articles and works connected with his business activity. Steve Jobs is the current CEO and co-founder of Apple, Inc. Steve Jobs also was the CEO and majority shareholder...
A look at American Depository Reports
Thesis - 15 pages - Finance
Since 1980, the value of U.S.investment in non- U.S.equities has grown approximately 100-fold to $1.9 trillion .The first ADRs were introduced in the United States in 1927 when JPMorgan issued receipts for the British retailer Selfridges. Prior to the 1980s,ADRs primarily were used by foreign...
Standard Chartered Bank and human resource management
Thesis - 24 pages - Human resources
Standard Chartered Bank is a British bank headquartered in London with operations in more than seventy countries. It operates a network of over 1,700 branches and outlets (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) and employs 73,000 people. Despite its British base, it has few...
Dividend policy irrelevance
Thesis - 5 pages - Finance
Depending on its life cycle and strategy, a firm has different financial needs. These financial needs could be fulfilled by internal or external resources. The sources of internal financing is cash flows. External financing could be debt and/or equity. When a firm uses debt, the interest rate it...
Is it time to move away from the UK/American pattern of ownership shares in companies?
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
United Kingdom and USA have a system where private shareholders have ownership of their companies. Lots of companies in these countries are quoted in stock market. The way they can finance their companies is by opening their capital to private investors. As USA has a great influence in the...
Virgin Mobil's proposed takeover by NTL
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
NTL proposed a £871 m takeover of Virgin mobile but was rejected, then a second proposition was made at £961 m. On the 3rd of April they announced a total of $1.66 billion for Virgin Mobile. The negotiation will be ready to receive both cash and NTL shares in a deal. Virgin Mobile will have a...
Maverick Energy Group: Company profile
Thesis - 18 pages - Business strategy
Maverick Energy Group, is a rapidly growing US independent currently positioned to benefit from the current rise in both oil and natural gas prices. Declining production and depletion of existing reserves within the United States is causing increased pressure on state and federal agencies to...
The ABN Amro bank
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
On 29 March 1824 King Willem-I issued a royal decree creating the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij with the aim of reviving trade between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. In 1964, NHM merged with De Twentsche Bank to form Alegeme Bank Nederland (ABN), while Amsterdamsche Bank and...
Corporate governance and business ethics of Diageo
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
In spite of a global crisis, global businesses are reaching record profits like Exxon. In fact, businesses are more powerful than ever and the biggest ones are even wealthier than some countries (Leonard, 2008; Johnson et al., 2006). The power of these corporate influence policies and could...
Leshop.com: financial and marketing analysis
Case study - 20 pages - Services marketing
LeShop.ch is the first online grocery retailer in Switzerland. It has been on the market since 1998. Until the end of 2003, its majority shareholder was the Bon appétit Group with 33% of the shares. This major Swiss wholesaler, decided in December 2002 to close down it's business....
