A study on foreign currency funding option
Tutorials/exercises - 35 pages - Finance
Globalization of economy has resulted in interlinking of financial markets in different countries into a common worldwide pool of funds to be accessed by borrowers and lenders alike. No sector of the economy seems to be more global in its orientation and operations than finance. To succeed in...
Forecasting time series using neural network model: Application for Korean stock market
Thesis - 8 pages - Finance
This study examines the performance of forecasting model established by using neural network. The neural network model proposed in this study is implemented to forecast the stock price stream of Korean stock market. Factors for forecasting that influence Korean stock market are obtained by the...
Comparative study of institutions offering home loans
Case study - 40 pages - Finance
Housing finance is one of the industries which are driven by ups and downs in the real state industry. Although there has been an upsurge in the demand for the home loans in the recent past, it has not translated into a stupendous performance by the housing finance companies (HFC's).the housing...
IKEA: International Marketing Strategy (Brazil's example)
Case study - 11 pages - Services marketing
This document outlines IKEA's international marketing strategy with specific reference to Brazil. Brazil has no cultural conflicts and is an untroubled multiracial society that respects all immigrants and religions. Politically, the country is a conflict-free democracy with stable public...
Risk Management: Evaluation of the risks
Course material - 8 pages - Business strategy
What is a risk? Risk, in insurance terms, is the eventuality of a loss or other adverse event that has the potential to interfere with an organization's capacity to fulfill its mandate, and for which an insurance claim may be proposed. What is risk management? Risk management makes certain...
Corporate finance
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
Luxury Automotive Supply is trying to enter the California market which represents a lucrative market for automobiles owing to its pleasant climate. As the company's luxury automobiles are driven throughout the year due to the climate, the company feel the annual demand for car parts will be...
Risk Management - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
Measuring operational risk allows, in so many ways to anticipate the continuous and discrete potential risks that hold many intangible elements. By sophistical trends, we can measure how it could affect any project on the long term and involve in its management ways. Even the measurement needs to...
Term paper: the subprime crisis:Reasons & Effects
Essay - 8 pages - Finance
Since the last few years, a frightening phenomenon concerning subprime is being observed in the United States of America. Some people think that the financial crisis that the whole world is living through is related to the subprime crisis, and some think that it was the beginning of a very slow...
The future electric car of Renault: 'Renault ZE', 2009
Market study - 25 pages - Services marketing
Renault is one of the major competitors in the automobile industry and its presence is evident in each continent of the world. From 2004-2007 the global automobiles industry has grown each year both in volume and value. However in 2008, because of the world economic recession, the automobile...
International business in India
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
The Maharaja Mac is unique, this burger can only be found in India. The McDonald's Big Mac is among the best selling consumer products in the world; it is even used by economists to compare market conditions in different countries, each year economists publish a chart with the different prices of...
Does Islamic finance have the potential to develop in France?
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Since the opening of the first Islamic bank in Egypt in 1963, Islamic finance has exponentially increased in influence and visibility worldwide. While it remains a small player in the world of finance (0.5%), Islamic finance is becoming increasingly important due to significant increases in oil...
The financial crisis: The need for a new system
Dissertation - 54 pages - Economy general
This thesis is about our (the world's) monetary and financial system. It starts by focusing on monetary creation, which is the basis of our financial system. After defining the monetary creation process, it is about its control, which has been transferred from the States to the Central Banks and...
Wash bar (plane business)
Business plan - 46 pages - Services marketing
The market for Laundromat Cafes is an evolving market. Its current volume is very low (almost non-existent direct competitors) in contrast to that of the laundromats that are close to saturation. We propose to establish a laundry-friendly laundromat which will be a place with full wireless...
The instability of the international financial system and the proposals for reform proposals
Dissertation - 193 pages - Economy general
In 1997, an earthquake hit Asian stock exchanges, the shock wave reached Russia a year later, and then Latin America, including Brazil in 1999. To the world, these crises have been a succession of real and financial shocks of exceptional magnitude. Far from having exogenous origins, this global...
The identification and management of financial risks
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Finance
Financial risk exposure to adverse events that erode the profitability of the company and may in, extreme circumstances,lead to the collapse of the case. They may be doubtful, unfavorable changes in exchange rates, dependence on one supplier, the loss of a major customer, the loss of...
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...
Link between Borrowers' Risk and Mortgage Lending
Case study - 6 pages - Business law
Borrower risk is defined as the type of risk that borrowers of any financial funds such as loans or mortgages are exposed to when they borrow either large or small amounts of money. Borrower risk mostly occurs when an individual borrows money against property or assets that have a high property...
Caterpillar - Growing in the US Market
Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy
"Caterpillar is headquartered at the US and its business is growing in American region. Three new facilities have been added in the US. The capital expenditure as planned for the year 2011 is $3 billion with more than half of which is planned for the US market. As the economic environment is...
Wells Fargo's cross selling strategies - published: 19/02/2012
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
Wells Fargo is an American company and thus has to deal with the US government policy. Nowadays the latter is globally stable but the company must adapt to new education rules (such as educational loans), taxation, new technologies, access to property (real estate loans), and labor market....
The Effects of M&A on SMEs Lending
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Most of the mergers and acquisitions that we have had are an outcome of various economic factors that proved favorable such as escalating in the GDP, fiscal policies, macroeconomic setting and higher interest rates (Wang, 2007). The factors do not only affect the M & A process but...
Reebok PLC-Managing financial resources
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Reebok is a public limited company that designs, markets and sell sports accessories. Reebok Company was founded in 1983, with its headquarters located in London, United Kingdom. The company operates as a subsidiary to Adidas, AG. The product line for Reebok PLC includes footwear and apparel...
Financial Risk Management - In which circumstances should you hold gold?
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
The universal crisis of capitalism that shook the world in the year 2008 showed that speculative business, especially mortgage loans, are at high risk, because in the long term they triggered a crisis due to the bursting of the bubble financial. They have thus shown that there is no way to...
Inflationary goal models and interaction with the consumer - The Brazilian case
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The Central Bank, in order to achieve the inflation target, use the instruments of monetary policy at your disposal. The main one is the aggregate demand control via interest rates. Whenever there are inflationary pressures, interest rate of the economy increases....
Critical Review, Globalization - Good or Bad
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Globalization refers to increased economic integration as a result of increased trade and investments which then leads to increased movement of people, goods, services, capital, and ideas across the world. The author of the article “Globalization - good or bad?” under review has...
Interaction of sectors and real money
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The importance of money as means of payment and as a unit of account and the relationship between the money supply and the change in the general price level is among the topics of greatest interest of the first economic thinkers. Initially, the concern was with the role of money in the...
Evaluation of the security transaction, the consistency of the portfolio construction and management with client's profile
Thesis - 6 pages - Finance
This year, Pro Fund is very proud to have a new client, Mr Lucent who is 47 years old. He sold his firm during the summer and received 1,000,000€ for it. He doesn't really need this money but he wanted to have a new challenge in another sector. He wants to keep the money for the future...
Middle East Communication: indigenous advertisements to a local country or region (2006)
Case study - 7 pages - Management
The Middle East region is booming and is now the second fastest growth area in the world after China. Political and economic reforms across the region provide a new dynamic business atmosphere where consumer demand and consumption is on the rise. High oil revenues coupled with low...
The General society
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Since the 1990s, new features of the banking market have created a mutation in the banking business: not only the technological change and computerization of the data but also the internationalization of trade and customers that cause the emergence of new financial tools. The computer supports...
Citibank Analysis
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Citibank in UAE was founded in 1964. Since then, it has excelled in the field of banking. It offers a variety of services across the region including trade finance, advisory services, syndications and security in financial services. Citibank has worked to become the world's leading international...
Institutionalism: Brief study
Case study - 3 pages - Sociology
School of economic thought which emerged in the 20s in the United States was sought to be based on history, sociology and social sciences in general. Thorstein Veblen highlighted by the institutionalism opposed the foundations of Classical and Neoclassical schools, with the goal of leading the...
