Strategic analysis of the L'Oreal group
Thesis - 32 pages - Business strategy
The cosmetics market is one of the biggest markets with technology.It creates a net turnover of 6 per year, 543 billion euros in France and is one of the largest markets in the world. The figure seems impressive; it merely reflects the enthusiasm and buying of more and more beauty products by...
Essay: What should Asia Pacific gov-ernments do to support their adher-ence to 'good' corporate governance principle and sustainable develop-ment?
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
According to The World Bank (2006), ‘good' corporate governance (CG) refers to the structures and processes for the direction and control of companies. This involves the relationships among the management, board of directors, controlling and minority shareholders as well as...
Internationalization strategy of the Accor group
Thesis - 25 pages - Business strategy
Accor is one of the major French groups to have an international base, and is distinguished by a remarkable internationalization strategy. The main ambition is to ensure the continued growth of the business and ensure its sustainability. What then are the strengths and weaknesses of Accor which...
Financing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) in Morocco
Thesis - 17 pages - Finance
The early 80s was one of the most difficult periods for the Moroccan economy. This period was marked by a deterioration of the internal and external balances. This was partly due to the structural weakness of the Moroccan economy. Some of the causes for the structural weaknesses were: the...
Empirical investigation on the determinants of corporate dividend policy. Sectors considered: 'Food and drugs retailers' and 'Health care equipment and services'
Thesis - 7 pages - Finance
The Corporate Dividend policy, also called the Dividend Puzzle (Black, 1976) has always beensubjected to a lot of studies since, at least, the paper of Modigliani and Miller in 1961. The work ofthese authors stated that, in a frictionless world, when the firm has a constant investment policy,its...
The Stakeholder Theory
Course material - 1 pages - Finance
Stakeholders are usually those in a firm who have an interest in the resources and activities of the company. They contribute to the wealth-creating capacity of the company, it's often composed of shareholders, employees, suppliers. They can be external or internal. In this case the...
Leadership Case: "How did Georges Plassat get Carrefour Group back on its feet in less than 3 years?"
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Carrefour is one of the first employer in France with 115 000 employees (475 000 worldwide) and millions of clients. But in 2011, Carrefour Group was in a very bad shape and was sinking under too much administrative paperwork, inadequate processes and way too many reporting. Its profit went down...
Strategic analysis Sanofi-Aventis
Case study - 23 pages - Business strategy
On 1st January 2005, the merger of the French pharmaceutical groups Sanofi-Synthelabo and Aventis, gave birth to Sanofi-Aventis, Europe's leading company in the sector in terms of turnover, and the third largest group worldwide. The company now relies on an international research network to...
Business ethics: Issues within an organization and employee behaviors
Case study - 2 pages - Human resources
As unfortunate as it may sound, it is in this writer's opinion that the term “business ethics” seems to be more of a punch line than it does a guiding light within the working population. With our news agencies constantly covering such topics as government bailouts, Presidential...
What skills does it take to "manage" cross-cultural M&A?
Essay - 13 pages - Business strategy
Comment réussir des fusions-acquisitions "cross-culturelles"? Mergers and acquisitions continue apace in spite of an alarming failure rate and evidence that they rarely manage to benefit shareholders. Most completed takeovers damage one party: the company making the acquisition. Many...
The effects of stock options on markets
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
Traditionally, stock option plans have been used as a way for companies to reward top management and "key" employees and link their interests with those of the company and other shareholders. More and more companies, however, now consider all of their employees as "key." As a result, there...
Key cases of corporate ethics in the workplace
Essay - 7 pages - Management
Organizational leadership requires an understanding of organizational goals, the ability to reach these goals without violating the law or ethical standards, and the ability to communicate these goals to employees and the public. The issue of diversity is also important as it relates to ethics...
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...
Cartier's global operations
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The famed watch and jewelry House of Cartier, one of the classiest brands in the industry, can trace its origins back to 1847, when Louis-Francois Cartier opened a small jewelry store in Paris. Over the years, the brand has evolved to become the official jeweler of the Royal courts of England,...
The journal Liberation and the young French readership
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
Liberation is a daily newspaper first created in 1978 by J.P. Sartre. Originally at the extreme left wing of the French political scheme but through the decades it has shifted to a more leftist, labor-style orientation. The paper has been facing financing issues that have been undermining its...
International Business Environment assignment: an analysis of the national business system and cultural conditions in China and assessment of how this will affect SuperSam
Dissertation - 24 pages - Services marketing
Choosing China as a host country for an International Business Environment assignment offers three advantages: first, since 1979, China has faced major economic and political changes. Second, it has been very successful in attracting foreign direct investment, i.e., in 1995, China was the second...
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....
New development strategies for companies
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The world of companies changed radically during the year 1990. Their role in the national and international governorship took more importance vis-a-vis the deregulation and with the reduction in the intervention of the State in the market. The direct overseas investments became key instruments...
Analysis of Michelin's strategies and recommendations
Case study - 40 pages - Business strategy
254% - this is the performance level of Michelin since March 2003; such high-flying results have enabled the company to emerge as the leader in a very competitive market where rivals such as Bridgestone and Goodyear are on the lookout for the slightest weakness of the French manufacturer. The...
Analysis on the group of JC Decaux SA
Case study - 16 pages - Business strategy
The group JC Decaux invests on an average of about 200 million Euros each year to fund its growth. It is important to note that the investment turns primarily to urban furniture as the detriment of other areas of strategic activity. This seems consistent strategy for several reasons: the group...
Meaning of income statements for your company
Case study - 4 pages - Finance
The Company's income statement is an important document for profit determination. It is referred to as the P&L (profit and loss) statement, which shows the company's operating expenses, revenue, gross margin, net income and total expenses. Shareholders will constantly inspect the...
Ethics considerations when dealing with stakeholders, workers, in business
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Business ethics and moral obligations are vital and incorporated part in management of corporations. The corporations, failures have not done much in the acquisition of business and shareholders' trust. The management functions in a business are not all about intellectual execution but...
British Petroleum: The Global Oil Giant
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
BP, or, British Petroleum as the world knows it, is one of the giants in the oil industry. Initially known as the Anglo-Iranian oil company, BP took on the name of British Petroleum in 1954. Apart from selling fuel and lubricants for transportation, BP also provides petrochemicals and energy in...
Strategy and transformation portfolio - Corporate Social Responsibility
Essay - 7 pages - Business strategy
Over the years, organisations have continually engaged in activities that aim at improving their position and competitiveness in the market. They have been taking more considerations towards the wellbeing of the community as well as trying to improve their business models. This paper entails a...
Corporate Compliance Plan
Case study - 7 pages - Management
Business ethics and social responsibility affects customers, businesses, shareholders, and the reputation of the organization. A business that is dishonest can cause harm or even send an individual to jail. Several forms of doing business are through sole proprietorship, partnership, and...
A study on working capital management in Visaka Industries Limited
Case study - 44 pages - Finance
The company was incorporated under the Indian Company's Act 1956 on 18th June 1981 as Visaka Asbestos Cement Product ltd and promoted by Dr.G.Vivekananda with investment of Rs 4 crores to set up cement asbestos plant in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. It has grown in to multiple folds and now...
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...
A presentation on capital structures (26 Slides)
Presentation - 5 pages - Finance
Capital denotes the long-term funds of the firm. Long-term funds of the firms are financed by two major components, i.e., debt capital and equity capital. Mix of long-term debt and equity maintained by the firm is called capital structure. Financial structure includes both, long-term as well as...
Business and society
Thesis - 2 pages - Business strategy
A partnership is a type of business in which partners share with each other the profits or losses of the business. In a partnership the owners share financial obligation and are tax individually. A corporation is a legal body separate from the people that own it. It may be owned by and individual...
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...
