The model originated from Michael E. Porter’s 1980 book "Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors." Since then‚ it has become a frequently used tool for analyzing a company’s industry structure and its corporate strategy. In his book‚ Porter identified five competitive forces that shape every single industry and market. These forces help us to analyze everything from the intensity of competition to the profitability and attractiveness of an industry. Figure 1 shows
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on the board. 1. Calculate the following ratios for each year during the period 1980-1983. Comment on the trend indicated by each ratio with respect to the financial performance and condition of the Charter Company. a. Profitability: Return on average total assets (assume a 46% income tax rate) ROTA=Sales/Total assests 1983=133896/1720622.5=7.78% 1982=108180/1584686=6.83% 1981=155673/1643793=6.45% 1980=145485/1737477=8.37% The number are normal expect in 1981. b. Turnover: i. Accounts
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Chapter 1 Preliminaries Questions for Review 1. It is often said that a good theory is one that can be refuted by an empirical‚ data-oriented study. Explain why a theory that cannot be evaluated empirically is not a good theory. A theory is useful only if it succeeds in explaining and predicting the phenomena it was intended to explain. If a theory cannot be evaluated or tested by comparing its predictions to known facts and data‚ then we have no idea whether the theory is valid. If
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08.02 The 1980s History Assignment Part 1: Choose eight events from the lesson. Complete the following chart by using information from the lesson and putting it into your own words. two must be political events two must be economic events two must be social events two events of your choice Event Name Type of Event Causes Course Consequences 1980 Election This was a political event because it caused a change in the government. Americans wanted a firm‚ patriotic leader who had a plan
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www.sciedu.ca/rwe Research in World Economy Vol. 3‚ No. 1; March 2012 Globalization and Economic Growth: A Case Study in A Few Developing Countries (1980-2010) Abdolmajid Arfaei Moghaddam (Corresponding author) Department of Civilization and Government Studies‚ Faculty of Human Ecology‚ University Putra Malaysia‚ Tel: +603-894-67058 E-mail: marfaeim@hotmail.com Ma’rof Redzuan Department of Social and Development Science‚ Faculty of Human Ecology‚ University Putra Malaysia‚
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1. Calculate the following ratios for each year during the period 1980-1983. Comment on the trend indicated by each ratio with respect to the financial performance and condition of the Charter Company. A. Profitability: Return on average total assets (assume a 46% income tax rate) = EBIT/Total Assets 1983 = 133896 / 1813199 = .073845 1982 = 108180 / 1628046 = .066448 1981 = 155673 / 1541326 = .100999 1980 = 145485 / 1746260 = .083312 1979 = 446649 / 1728694 = .258373 B. Turnover: i. Accounts
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year during the period 1980-1983. Comment on the trend indicated by each ratio with respect to the financial performance and condition of the Charter Company. A) Profitability: ROTA = EBIT/total assets 1980 = 145485/[(1728694+1746260)/2]= 8.37% 1981 = 155673/[(1541326+1746260/2] = 6.45% 1982 = 108180/[(1628046+1541326)/2] =6.83% 1983 = 133896/[(1813199+1628046)/2]=7.78% B) Turnover: Accounts Receivables turnover ratio = Net Credit Sales/Average net receivables 1980 = 4563011/[(333071+367762)/2]=13
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General Electric Case Study Thanks to international markets‚ General Electric (GE) has created international revenues which have been contributed to growth of the company. During the 1980s and 1990s‚ GE made huge foreign investments in Europe‚ Latin‚ and Asia to expand their market. As a result‚ from 20 percent in 1985‚ the revenues from international sales increased to 40 percent in 2001. They realize that China‚ and India have been potential markets which purchase more wide-body jets than United
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children to look after - Women are free to get education & work → Delay marriage‚ childbearing - Low IMR → No need of child replacement 44.07 (1980) → 24.01 (2011) 14 (1980) → 12.7 (2011) - To look after them in old ages - To continue family name - High IMR → Replace dead children Botswana: France: 6.62 (1980) → 2.71 (2011) 1.85 (1980) → 2.03 (2011) Botswana gov. strongly invested in public health sys. - Pro-natalist policy (maternity grants‚ tax benefits) - Child-orientated
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