the novel written by Novella Carpenter entitled “Farm City”‚ I found out that she is trying to spread a very good idea of farming even though living in a city. She told her experience of starting to practice her family tradition of farming in the city in order to obtain organic and cheap food source. In addition‚ the city‚ where she currently live right now in West Oakland‚ do not have enough stores to provide groceries and livestock for the city. However‚ before I managed to understand her stories
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PROFITABILITY RATIOS One of the most important measures of a company’s success is its profitability. However‚ individual figures shown in the income statement/profit and loss account for gross profit and net profit mean very little by themselves. When these profit figures are expressed as a percentage of sales‚ they are more useful. This percentage can then be compared with those of previous years‚ or with the percentages of other similar companies. Changes in the gross profit percentage ratio
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CUSTOMER PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS: CHALLENGES AND NEW DIRECTIONS Summary This article presents the concept of modifying cost accounting system in order to provide measurements from a customer profitability viewpoint. Most management accounting systems focus on products‚ departments or geographical areas‚ which have little to do with customers. A questionnaire was sent to marketing managers and marketing controllers and interviews with respondents. Much of this article draws on qualitative responses
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International Review of Business Research Papers Vol. 8. No.4. May 2012. Pp.157 – 176 Bank Profitability: The Case of Bangladesh Mohammad Abu Sayeed*‚ Piyadasa Edirisuriya** and Mohammad Hoque*** This study attempts to examine the impact of asset and liability management on the profitability of commercial banks in Bangladesh. Commercial banks are segmented into high profitable and low profitable and private and public banks. While applying Statistical Cost Accounting (SCA) methods
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End of Chapter Application Case 1. Why is beer flavor important to Coors’ profitability? Answer: Because our choices as drinkers depend on various factors such as the mood we’re in‚ the available venues out there‚ as well as the occasion‚ Coors believes if the company could understand the beer flavor based solely on its chemical composition‚ it would open new avenues in order to create beers that would suit almost every customer’s expectations. 2. What is the objective of the neural network
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behavior---------------------------------------3 3 Evaluation of profitability analysis---------------------------------4 4 Conclusion and recommendation----------------------------------8 References--------------------------------------------------------------------9 Executive summary This report provides an evaluation of Woolworths in respect of ethical behavior and profitability analysis to fulfill an investor’s ethical requirement. The investigation
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I. Introduction The most important food crop in the Philippines is rice‚ a staple food in most of the country. It is produced all throughout Luzon‚ the Western Visayas‚ Southern Mindanao‚ and Central Mindanao. 9.5 billion tons of palay were produced in 1989 almost. In 1990 palay‚ which caused a 27 percent value added in agriculture and 3.5 percent of GNP. Per hectare yields have generally been low in comparison with other Asian countries. Since the mid-1960s‚ however‚ yields have increased
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Economic History Topic Report ECO 3183 Topic title: Profitability of Slavery Briefly state the two opposing views. A. Abolitionists condemned slavery based on moral‚ social‚ and economic reasons. Many believed that slaves were mistreated and were often subjected to corporal punishment. Others argued that the forced labor of blacks was inefficient and unproductive for various racial and economic reasons. Ulrich Phillip’s studies from the antebellum slavery in the south claimed that although
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been successful? First of all‚ F&P Gruppo describing itself as "the rice specialist" was exceptional‚ because it was one of few companies in the world so vertically integrated‚ involved in entire process of growing‚ milling‚ packaging and marketing rice. The advantage of such organization was control of the quality and the ability to react quickly according to market changes. The company decided to trade off other products than rice appointing itself as a goal achieving market share leadership through
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ASKARI LEASING LIMITED “ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL YEAR 2009” OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY: Askari Leasing Limited (ALL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company on August 1‚ 1993 and was granted certificate of commencement of business on November 3‚ 1993 with a capital base of Rs 100 million. As of June 30‚ 2009‚ its total equity was over Rs 1.4 billion while its balance sheet was nearly Rs 11.8 billion. The company is controlled by the Army Welfare Trust (AWT) which
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