Category: Business Studies

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Essay: Return Variables

Sample Essay Return Variables

Return Variables indicate how much profit the bank has made on money invested by shareholders. ROE is computed by dividing net income by shareholders' equity. ROE also find out how efficient the bank management uses shareholders’ investments (Hassoune, 2002).  (Samad, et al., 1999)  (Brown, 2003) (Hassan, et al., 2004) included ROE in their study. (more…)

Essay: Role of the Australian Stock Exchange

Sample Essay Stoddart (1999) also highlights the role of the Australian Stock Exchange in lobbying the government for the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards and for the development of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (CLERP). This was important for the ASX as before a company can enlist its securities on the stock exchange, it is required to comply with the accounting regulations in Australia. (more…)

Essay: Royal Dutch Group

Sample Essay on Royal Dutch Group

The Royal Dutch group was similarly involved in a global financial scandal, though with relatively less consequence. The company’s financial statements are released with an estimation of the oil reserves it claims to have control over in the fields it operates in. There estimates were reported to be grossly overestimated by Shell. Some reports suggested the company had over reported the oil reserves in Oman by nearly 40 percent (Crowther 2007). (more…)

Essay: Significance of Gun Control

Sample Essay Gun Control relates to the security and the good living of the American public. If keeping these assault rifles open to the public does not give us a better society, what good is there to protect this right? Certainly, freedoms should not be curtailed but should be defended to every last inch but if it compromises the very security of our children and our future, then it is freedom worth relinquishing. (more…)

Essay: Smithfield Food case

Sample Essay The CEO of the company, Larry Pope has seen tumultuous times with the company but in the 2009 annual report, he appears encouraged by restructuring plans and dealing with possible disease threats which may help the business recover (Reuters, 2010). Smithfield Food has a mission focused on producing quality food, through operations that are ethical in nature and ultimately help add value for the shareholders. (more…)

Essay: Smithfield Foods Employee Management

Sample Essay on Smithfield Foods

Smithfield Foods needs to engage in regular employee surveys to gauge motivation levels and the qualitative nature of these should also allow them to assess which areas the company may need to improve. This will help show that the organization cares for the problems of the workers pinpointing the exact area of focus demanding resources may actually reduce costs of meeting the demands of workers (Bratton, 2001). (more…)