Finance Essays and Writings

Marginal and Absorption Costing of Income Statements

Example essay. Published: 21st Aug 2018

This paper aims to look at how income statements are prepared using marginal and absorption costing. The absorption costing method charges all direct costs to the product costs, as well as a share of ...

Market Efficiency of the London Stock Exchange

Example essay. Published: 23rd Sep 2019

Market Efficiency of the London Stock Exchange (967 words) Introduction The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is in the t ...

Market Structure and Analysis of Spotify and Adidas

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Spotify case Spotify has added over 20 million subscribers in the past year despite keeping its subscription prices the same. Major divers of demand for Spotify’s subscr ...

Marks and Spencer Business and Financial Performance Analysis

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Marks and Spencer is a British retail giant specialised in apparel and food industry. The company had been in its business for more than hundred years and has the biggest market capitalisation in the ...

Mauritian Banking Sector History And Evolution Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The Mauritian economy has transformed itself from a poor sugar economy in 1970’s to export-led growth strategy. After some time the Export Processing Zone sector was introduced to help to decre ...

Mcdonalds Risk And Risk Management

Example essay. Published: 11th May 2017

Introduction to risk management The only thing we know about future is that we do not know what is going to happen. This is related to definition of risk in general. Miles & Wilson (1998) define ...

Mergers And Acquisitions Case Study JP Morgan Chase

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Mergers and acquisitions have become the most frequently used methods of growth for companies in the 21st century. With them a company can have a potentially larger market share and open itself up to ...

Mergers and Acquisitions Essay

Example essay. Published: 20th Dec 2017

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) occur when two or more organisations join together all or part of their operations (Coyle, 2000). Strictly defined, a corporate takeover refers to one business acqu ...

Method Of Calculating Shareholder Value Analysis Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

This study illustrates the theory, model and method of calculating Shareholder Value Analysis using Alfred Rappaports SVA model. The literature review is the critical relevant work on capital structur ...

Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Factors Influencing Toyota

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The company that has been chosen for the purpose of this assignment is the Toyota Corporation and the product that would be highlighted during this paper is going to be the Toyota Camry 2007 model. It ...

Microsoft’s Acquisition of Skype

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Introduction One of the ways in which companies are developed in this new global economy today is through the activities of mergers and acquisitions. The main reasons behind these activi ...

Microsofts Risks Faced In China And Chinese Government Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

In the mid-1980s, Microsoft made its first foray into the Greater China region, a region consisting of Hong Kong, the People’s Republic and Taiwan. Lured by China’s phenomenal economic gro ...

Millennial Financial Confidence and Social Media

Example essay. Published: 26th Feb 2019

The Millennial Generation and Social Media: How online relationships affect Millennials’ financial esteem Abstract One of the largest generations in history is moving into its prime spending ...

Mission, values and key objectives of Faysal Bank

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Organization:- An organization is a person or group of people intentionally organized to accomplish a common goal or set of goals. Faysal Bank Limited:- Introduction of Faysal Bank Limited:- Faysal Ba ...

Most Important Financial Statements Balance Sheet Income Statement Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Accounting is an important aspect in the field of business and commerce. It is defined as “the systematic recording, reporting, and analysis of financial transactions of a business” (Inves ...

Netflix Brand Value Analysis

Example essay. Published: 23rd Sep 2019

Branding Project Legend has it that the Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings, came up with the idea for the DVD-by-mail rental business that would go on to shutter video-rental store ...

Network Opimisation Problems And Forecasting

Example essay. Published: 18th Apr 2017

The Makonsel Company, a fully integrated company that both produces and sells goods at its retail outlets. After production, the goods are stored in company’s two warehouses until needed by the ...

Nick Leeson The Man Who Broke The Bank Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

In 1985, Nick Leeson had a job as a clerical work at Coutts & Co. The Coutts & Co is a private banking house in United Kingdom which own by aristocrat. This bank was a subsidiary of the Nati ...

Nick Leeson’s strategy to earn trading profits on derivatives?

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Originally, trader Nick Leeson was supposed to be exploiting low-risk arbitrage opportunities that would leverage price differences in similar equity derivatives on the Singapore Money Exchange (SIMEX ...

Non-audit Services Essay

Example essay. Published: 20th Dec 2017

“Recent expansion of nonaudit services by public accounting firms has caused some to question whether auditors who provide nonaudit services to audit clients can remain independent of their clie ...

Objective And Functions Of Asset Liability Management Committee Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Introduction ALM means asset liability management. ALM is defined as, “the process of decision – making to control risks of existence, stability and growth of a system through the dynamic ...

Objectives And Goals Of Central Banks Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Every central bank is responsible of implementing a monetary policy which aims at ensuring economic growth, low inflation and currency stability and to do that lowering inflation is the best way for e ...

Objectives and purpose of factor analysis

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Factor Analysis is extensively used in business research. The purpose of factor analysis in business research is to reduce the number of variables by using lesser number of surrogate variables (factor ...

Ocbc Bank Is The Longest Established Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

OCBC Bank is the longest established and the third largest bank in Singapore which controlled by LEE family. OCBC was established in 1932 through the amalgamation of the three former banks serving the ...

Opportunities and Threats When Engaging in FDI in Emerging Markets

Example essay. Published: 3rd Nov 2020

Emerging market countries have become important locations for the international activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs) because they present various opportunities for foreign investors. ...

Overview of Financial Innovation Theories

Example essay. Published: 3rd Nov 2020

A clear understanding of key innovation theories enhances i-Save’s decision-making ability to achieve a competitive advantage in targeted markets ...

Overview of the Judgemental Forecasting Method

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

Forecasting is a significant tool for many different sectors as it makes predictions on the future by looking at historical data, present data and the analysing of trends. However, some business forecasting is not done at a good level, as some business people confuse it with goals and planning. ...

Overview Of The Nigerian Financial Sector And Economy Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

CHAPTER 2 Nigeria is one of the largest countries in Africa. It was a colony of the British Empire. In 1960, after the abolishment of the colonization, Nigeria became independent and a new country was ...

Overview Of The Unit Trust Industry In Malaysia Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

In general, a unit trust is a collective investment plan where the money or capitals invested by the investors are combined into a legally formed trust fund. The money is managed by the professional f ...

Pace Leisurewear Ltd Case Study

Example essay. Published: 7th Jul 2017

An integrated approach with effective administration, adequate financing and capable human resource may lead a business organisation towards the path of goal attainment. Disintegration among these ele ...

Perfect Competition and Market Characteristics

Example essay. Published: 23rd Sep 2019

Perfect Competition Perfect competition is a market structure where there are many buyers and sellers while firms are producing homogeneous products with free entry and exit of the mark ...

Performance and goals of RHB Bank Berhad Malaysia

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

As the Department of IT (2011) states “RHB Bank Berhad is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It covers variety of financial aspects of people and organizations such as commercial banking, corporat ...

Performance of Goldman Sachs and Financial Ratio Analysis

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Conventionally the Bank performance is evaluated by analysis of the financial ratios. However, despite of quite a few number of ratios being calculated, a sculpt that completely convinces the analysis ...

Pest Analysis Of The Bae Company Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

This article want to analysis the five-year of financial data which from 2004 to 2008 of BAE ,in order to understand the company’s business profitability and development capacity and found the f ...

Petrozuata Case Study

Example essay. Published: 29th Nov 2017

Petrolera Zuata, Petrozuata C.A. Voilis Athanasios 1) Introduction – Case Study In 1976, after nationalization of the domestic oil industry a stated owned enterprise Petroleos de Venezuela S ...

Principles of Musharakah and Mudarabah

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

Musharakah and Mudarabah written in the books of Islamic fiqh generally means contracts which are formed for starting a joint venture in which all partners participate in the business from starting ...

Promotional Pricing: Advantages and Disadvantages

Example essay. Published: 23rd Sep 2019

A finance student’s sample essay about the advantages, disadvantages and brand awareness factors in promotional pricing. ...

Pros and Cons of a Cashless Economy

Example essay. Published: 3rd Nov 2020

In this essay I will be outlining the pros and cons of a potential cashless economy to hopefully conclude whether it would be beneficial to today’s society. ...

Public and Private Companies in Malaysia

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The number of private going to public listed company is the common ways to practice in Malaysia. In contrary, public listed companies going private has increased sharply in recent years like the mushr ...

Qantas Financial Analysis Report

Example essay. Published: 8th Feb 2020

Contents Executive summary Introduction Qantas Ltd Financial ratios Financial ratios analysis Profitability ratio ...

Quantitative Easing: Effectivess in the UK and US

Example essay. Published: 3rd Nov 2020

Quantitative easing can occur in different ways, but the majority of the time the central banks will use it to create money within the central bank in order to buy financial assets ...

Ratio Analysis Of British Airways Plc Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

British Airways PLC is the largest international airline of United Kingdom. It is based at the London Heathrow Airport and the busiest airports in the world. It is serves 96 million passengers a year ...

Ratio Analysis Sainsburys Vs Morrisons Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

When considered as a whole, the grocery market in the UK has steadily growing in size, being about 4 bigger today than it has been a year ago; August 2012 update: 12 weeks ending July 8, 2012 g ...

Reasons Behind The Growth Of Eurocurrency Markets Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The Eurocurrency market Ñonsists of banks, which Ñalled Euro banks that aÑÑept deÑ€osits and make loans in foreign currencies. Eurocurrency is a deÑ€osit held in the bank outside the ...

Recommendation For Cimb Group Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Maybank Bhd is the largest financial services provider in Malaysia since its incorporation. It has been leading in the banking industry for several years. Maybank was founded by Khoo Teck Puat on 31 M ...

Relationship between Assets and Liabilities on Balance Sheet

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Cement industry indeed a very important part of industrial sector that plays a essential role in the economic development. Though the cement industry in Pakistan observed its lows and highs in recent ...

Relationship Between Balance Of Payments And Exchange Rate Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The accedence of developing countries such as China, Thailand, Vietnamâ€¦to the international trade give them the prosperous and economic growth; however the countries have faced many issues in ma ...

Relationship Between Management And Shareholders Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

A lot of studies have been done in the matters of earnings management. It is because earnings management can be practice in many ways. There are several research done which covered the topic about ear ...

Report into Barclays Financial Performance Analysis

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The following report is aimed at comment the findings of Barclays PLC financial performance analysis. The first section presents an internal and external analysis. The second comments a series of fina ...

Research Into The External Environment Of Barclays Bank Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Barclays is a global financial services provider deals with retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services all over the world. B ...

Research Methodology into Ratio Analysis of HSBC Bank

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

In this project my aim is to analysis the Ratio Analysis to find financial position of the HSBC bank by using the financial tools and also to know the functions of Internet Banking System in HSBC Bank ...

Research Proposal: Corporate Governance and Firm’s Performance

Example essay. Published: 11th Apr 2017

Background and rationale of the study Corporate governance is a recent concept that encompasses many issues like internal control, rights and relation with stakeholders, social responsibility of the b ...

Review of the literature on risk management

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

This chapter reviews the literature on the risk management and corporate governance in the banking sector. Part of the literature also attempts to provide a relationship between the independence and f ...

Review On The Capital Structure Debate Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Corporations fund their operations by raising capital from a variety of distinct sources. The mix between the different sources, generally referred to as the firm’s capital structure has attract ...

Risk Management Analysis of Diageo plc

Example essay. Published: 23rd Sep 2019

Diageo is a public limited company incorporated in 1886 which is based from the United Kingdom. The company was entitled as Diageo from Guinness plc from 1997. Diageo handles food beverages and tobacco sector, listed in the LSE (London Stock Exchange) have a market cap. of 86,928 mil USD (on 22/11/2018). ...

Role of agriculture cooperative societies

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

PRIMARY AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES An agricultural cooperative society, also known as a farmers’ co-op, is a cooperative where farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity. A ...

Roles of a financial manager

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Introduction Of The History Of The Function And Qualifications Of A Financial Manager First we need to understand the term ‘financial manager’, Brealey, Myers and Allen (2008, p.6) referred th ...

Roles Of Investment Banks In Mergers And Acquisitions Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

BACKGROUND: Mergers and Acquisitions which can also be abbreviated as M&A, relates to the corporate strategy, company finance and management of buying, selling and combining of different firms ...

SABMiller PESTLE and SWOT Analysis

Example essay. Published: 15th Dec 2017

INTRODUCTION: SABMiller is an international brewing company which not only relates with brewing business but also deal with hotels and gaming world. SABMiller Company comes from the organization SAB ( ...

Sainsbury’s Group Financial Analysis

Example essay. Published: 3rd Nov 2020

Sainsbury has several businesses across different sectors, from grocery stores to financial services such as Sainsbury (grocery store), Argos and Tu clothing (online shopping), Sainsbury bank, Nectar and Habitat (furniture store). ...

Scenario And Challenges Of Retail Banking In India Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

ABSTRACT This paper discusses the overview of retail banking in India. It further explains the scope & tremendous growth of this segment among the other segments of banking. The retail sector in ...

Seagate Technologies: Operation Hedging

Example essay. Published: 11th May 2017

The Seagate Technologies as a group assignment in our Production Logistics course. The purpose and aim of this case it to learn the impact of each asset’s (location) capacity on the overall prof ...

Short Medium And Long Term Sources Of Finance

Example essay. Published: 18th Apr 2017

There are many sources of finance, which would all provide the business with a quick source of money, which will have to be paid back. But the amount the company needs can limit them to a range of sou ...

Shortage of working capital its effect on Business

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Working capital is defined as the operating liquidity available to a business, organisation or any other business entity. It is also part of a company’s operating capital. A business is said to ...

Should An MNC Reduce Its Ethical Standards?

Example essay. Published: 4th May 2017

Ethical Standards are different for every country. Any business that goes international has to comply with the rules and regulation of that country in context to the norms of the business laws. This i ...

Should Druthers Forming Limited Be Given The Loan?

Example essay. Published: 4th May 2017

DRUTHERS FORMING LIMITED Should Druthers Forming Limited be given the loan? Druthers Forming Limited that was founded in 1987 by Mr. Garrett and Norm Sheppard have requested on July 30, 2007 an amount ...

Sotheby’s Largest Sale to Date: The Sotheby’s Acquisition

Example essay. Published: 11th Nov 2021

Sotheby’s has successfully brokered many multimillion-dollar deals, and in 2019 Sotheby’s made its largest sale to date – selling the auction house itself. ...

Sources Of Finance And Impact On Financial Statements Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

This brief report highlights the financial performance of the Trevors PLC using ration analysis and decisions on new projects that the company is going to be invested. Firstly it will focus on the fin ...

Sources of finance available to a business

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

There are many types of business entity defined in the legal systems of various countries. These include sole traders, partnerships, limited companies, corporations, cooperatives and other specialized ...

Sources Of Finance For A Public Limited Company Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Finance is the basic ingredient of a business. Insufficiency or absence of cash can pose a threat for a business. Without cash a business is unable to survive. Various sources of finance help to fulfi ...

Sources of Finance for Business: Pros and Cons

Example essay. Published: 15th Jun 2018

Sources of Finance Finance is essential for a business’s, development and expansion. Finance is the core factor for most businesses and therefore it is crucial for businesses tomanage and maintain ...

Sources Of Finance For Kfc Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

KFC began with Colonel Harland Sanders. He discovered his penchant for cooking when he was only 9 years old. Through the years he grew up to become a personage the world knows as Colonel Sanders, foun ...

Sources Of Finance For Marks And Spencers

Example essay. Published: 8th May 2017

Marks & Spencer is one of the leading retailers in UK with average 21 million customers visiting per week in stores. They provide with quality clothing, home products and food which is supplied b ...

Sources Of Finances Available To A Business Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Starting and running a successful business in the current world is not easy. Due to the rising costs and falling value of stocks, consumers have been left little money to spend. This has led many inve ...

Strategic Justifications In The US Wine Industry

Example essay. Published: 18th Apr 2017

Mergers refer to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid in, finance, or assist a growing ...

Strategic Management Case Analysis Of Airtran Airways

Example essay. Published: 25th Apr 2017

This case analysis examines the impacts AirTran Airways has on the airline industry with respect to its competitors. AirTran Airways is an airline company that provides domestic flights (U.S.) to trav ...

Structure Of The Financial System In Mauritius Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

3.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter focuses on the Mauritian financial system. An outline of the structure of the financial system in Mauritius is provided followed by an overview of the financial services ...

Study And Analysis On Cash Flow Statements Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The Statement of Cash Flows is one of three very important financial reports that managers and investors look at when analyzing a company’s past or present financial status. The balance sheet a ...

Study On The Financing Of The Wembley Stadium Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

When critiquing the financing of the Wembley Stadium project ii is important to analyse the financial instruments used. The main financial instrument used was a senior loan agreement. This consisted o ...

Study On The Importance Of Green Banking Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Introduction In our life money has always play an important and crucial role in almost in every aspect. And in this, bank is an institution which mainly deals with money. According to Freixas and Roch ...

Study On The Seagate Technology Buyout Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Motivation and structure of the transaction. In early 1999, Seagate was planning on major restructuring proposal with the private equity firm, Silver Lake partners L.P. The plan implied a leveraged bu ...

Studying The Functions Of The Bank Of England Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Introduction The Bank of England also known as the central Bank of England. In 1964 it started as the joint stock company, and in return for a large loan to the government was put in privileged positi ...

Sumitomo Corporation And Yasuo Hamanakas Copper Scandal Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The financial world had been confronted heavily by trading scandals in 1995, with Japan’s Daiwa Bank and the rouge trader, Nick Leeson. When it seemed the scandals couldn’t get much worse, ...

Supply and Demand Conditions at Tesla

Example essay. Published: 23rd Sep 2019

Supply and Demand Conditions The EV sales in United States increased by a whopping 81% in 2018, compared to 2017. It also saw the highest growth rate since 201 ...

SWOT Analysis and Literature Review of HSBC Bank

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

SWOT Analysis A scan of the internal and external environment is an important part of the strategic planning process. Environmental factors internal to the firm usually can be classified as strengths ...

Swot Analysis Of Country Oman Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 6th Jul 2023

The UAE has achieved stable progress over the past three decades to emerge as a important global player in both the political and the economic position The tremendously fast rate of economic growth u ...

SWOT Analysis of Performance Analysis of Primark

Example essay. Published: 4th Sep 2017

PowerPoint Presentation and Written Assessment Executive Summary This report provides information to potential investors using ratio analysis to examine profitability, liquidity, effici ...

Taiwan: Major Industires

Example essay. Published: 23rd Feb 2017

TAIWAN: MAJOR INDUSTRIES The major industries in Taiwan are electronics, petroleum refining, armaments, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing, vehicles, consumer prod ...

Tax Avoidance: Ethics, Examples and Effects

Example essay. Published: 25th Mar 2019

A sample essay tackling the matter of Tax Avoidance: Ethics, Examples and Effects – SME-led academic writing services from UKessays.com. ...

Taylor’s Scientific management Theory

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

CRITICALLY ASSESS THE WAYS IN WHICH F.W.TAYLOR�S SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT THEORY HAS INFLUENCED HOW CONTEMPORARY ORGANISAYIONS ARE MANAGED. Introduction (250 words) (Write after written the main b ...

Technological Innovations In The Banking Industry And Their Effects On Performance Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION In recent times, the emergence of Information Technology has been incorporated into the Banking Industry. This advent of Information Technology (IT) has propelled a noticeable c ...

Tesco Versus Sainsbury Financial Performance Analysis Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Food retailing has traditionally been highly competitive with significant pressure on margins and cost control. The UK retailers like Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Asda faced further challenges ...

The Arguments For And Against Market Efficiency Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Financial markets are mechanisms (formal and informal) that allow people to buy and sell financial securities, commodities and other items of value at a price. For decades now, these markets have cont ...

The Banking Sector Reforms In India Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The banking sector reforms in India are aimed at introduction of best international practices and technological changes for making the Indian banking sector competitive globally. The Indian banking sy ...

The Basic Theory Of The Arbitrage Pricing Theory Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The Arbitrage Pricing Theory is an asset pricing theory that is derived from a factor model, using diversification and arbitrage arguments. The theory describes the relationship between expected retur ...

The Capital Structure choice of Pepsico

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

The collection of securities that the firm issues to raise capital from investors is the firm’s capital structure. Equity and debt are the most commonly used securities by firms. The amount of d ...

The Criticism Of The Modigliani And Miller Hypothesis Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Capital structure has a major implication to the ability of firms to meet the various needs of stakeholders. There were various studies carried out on capital structure and major development on new th ...

The Criticisms On Agency Theory And Its Application Finance Essay

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Introduction Issues on corporate governance, business ethics, decision making and risk-taking are the normal issues being faced by all types of corporations, both old and new. One of the main assumpti ...

The Determinants Of A Firms Gearing Ratio

Example essay. Published: 1st Jan 2015

Gearing ratio refer to a proportionate of debt to equity that being employed by companies as source of financing of their companies. It is also known as capital structure. Composition of debt to equ ...