INTRODUCTION The Financial Detective‚ 1996 is a case study that tests one’s financial analytical ability. Given the company’s description of its strategic and operating profile in a particular industry‚ the analysts should examine and match a particular set of common size financial data and ratios to a company’s description. In short‚ the financial practitioner must exercise due care in examining the details and fine prints of the company’s strategic and operating description‚ employing the lesson
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The Ladies Detective Agency- by Alexander McCall Smith Alexander McCall Smith was born in Zimbabwe 1948. Smith’s first year as a student was in Botswana but then moved to Scotland and was educated at law school. Today he is professor in Medical Law and writer to several world-famous novels‚ including the series about Mma Ramotswe. Smith has been teaching at universities in several African countries‚ including Botswana‚ where he has lived for some time. The Ladies Detective Agency is the first
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The detective agency has been around in the United States since 1850 thanks to Allan Pinkerton. Eleven years later‚ Zebulon Brockway created the first parole system. The world’s finger classification system was used in 1892‚ by Juan Vucetich while working for the Central Police Department in La Plata‚ Argentina. He first used it to identify a bloody fingerprint from a double homicide of children. Then in 1908‚ Lola G. Baldwin was hired as the first woman police officer. Also in 1908‚ Charles Bonaparte
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History of Detective Fiction When I came to your class I had little knowledge of what detective fiction was‚ I knew it dealt with mystery‚ but never knew the real meaning of it. Thanks to you and your assignment‚ now I know. According to Wikipedia.org detective fiction is‚ "A branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime‚ usually by murder‚ by a detective‚ either professional or amateur". It is closely related to mystery fiction‚ but it is more of puzzle that must be
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1. There are two sources of conflict presented in this case; the first is Personal differences. Educational Pension Investments is known for being a safe and conservative investment company ever since it started 50 years ago. Knowing that being conservative puts EPI behind other investment companies‚ Dan wanted to hire fresh and aggressive blood to increase EPI’s growth. Thus‚ Dan hired Mike. Mike accomplished everything Dan was looking for‚ to add enthusiasm into the organization and to increase
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Case 6‚ Financial Detective‚ 1996 NEWSPAPERS : 1) Centralized (Worlwide) - NEW YORK TIMES Fierce competition price depends on the market More efficient ° Higher inventory turn L ° Beta closed to 1.00 (worldwide) L 2) Decentralized (Midwest) - LEE ENTREPRISE Monoplolist price like you want ° Higher gross margin K ° Higher other assets (goodwill) K STEEL : 1) Big - INLAND ° Lower receivable turn O ° higher D/E (older‚ stable) O 2) Small - NUCOR
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Return on Investment case study Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 2 Return On Investment ................................................................................................................... 3 PART 1............................................................................................................................................... 4 Comparison
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[The Financial Detective 2005 Introduction Each industry is distinctive. One might be unique in its high fixed assets; other would be differentiated of its increasing intangible assets and many other financial footprints that each industry leaves on its balance sheet. Nonetheless‚ industries are distinguished furthermore; fingers of one hand are not the same as said. Businesses in the same industry can be characterized differently according to their strategic plan and capital structure. The following
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*“Technology Management” EA 2009 Spring Semester 1st* Q Prof. NAKATA CASE STUDY: Strategic Investment in LCD Industry Q.1: Please describe the investment strategies for LCD production lines of Japan‚ Korea and Taiwan respectively. According to the case study‚ as Japan introduced the LCD technology to the market‚ it could take the competitive advantage in 1999 and 2000. Therefore‚ Japan made about 3 times amount of investment of the average year in 2000. However‚ when the LCD line operated in
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Nike Case: An Investment Paper Time Context Nike generated $ 2.45 billion in operating income on revenues of $ 19 billion in the fiscal year ended in May 2009. However‚ its stock price has stagnated or became inactive for the last two years and its future sales and earnings are likely to be adversely affected by increased competition from both established firms (like Reebok and Adidas) and upstarts (such as Underarmour). This business problem made Nike to consider an expansion into the fashion
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