Account of profits

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a concept that almost all firms state that they incorporate and embed into the core of their business activities and strategies. However, it can be argued that often times CSR is not properly embedded into a firm if their CSR strategy does not affect the firm’s strategy, routines and operations. This is known as peripheral CSR (Aguinis and Glavas, 2013). This essay explores what the defining internal and external barriers are to effectively embedding CSR…

Revenue is the profits a company receive from sale of goods or services before any cost or expenses are subtracted; it is known as the top line on a company (Investopedia, 2016). General Electric recognizes revenue when all sales are final upon delivering or sales agreement are in place. Most of the GE multiple components are in the same agreement. GE total revenue as of December 31, 2012 was $ 146,684,000, as of December 31, 2013 was $146,045,000 and as December 31, 2014 was $148,589,000 (Yahoo…

have. Currently the top competitors in the pizza industry are international. In order for Papa John’s to continue to compete with them, they need to ensure that their international sales are doing well. If they do not then this can hurt the overall profit of the company. This will cut back on overall revenue and affect the coverall success of the company. This is critical to their success because eventually they will run out of areas to build new sore in the United States. Therefore, they need…

short-term assets. If the ratio is low under 1 that may indicate that the company is not in good financial health. If the ratio is high then the company is in good shape to pay its obligations. The higher the ratio the better. CanGo recorded a Net Profit Margin of .8…

Athlete Warehouse Case Study The evaluation of this case study has identified that the two brothers are the stakeholders. They planned to start selling athletic equipment again after the closure of their initial store. The reason to put a new store may be that they have acquired ideas from their initial trial. The study of their case has revealed many Strengths- Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats having the acronym (SWOT) as existed in every organization. The Strengths (a) They have already…

This painting reflects the economic and social changes of the late medieval period in Europe by displaying the social side by people interacting with each other. Also the people seem to be enjoying themselves and having a good time conversing with the other people in the room without the hassle of arguing over little things. It shows the economic changes by displaying that business can be discussed with no arguing and also how business can be handled efficiently with as minimal problems as…

profitable company compared to WAL-MART STORIES, INC. The larger percentage of the Return on Sales ratio for Target shows that this company is more efficient at generating profits from its revenue. Also, the Return on Investment is higher for Target than for Wal-Mart with 1.35%, which shows how efficiently each invested dollar produce a profit. Higher ROI shows better company’s performance. Another profitability ratio is the Asset Turnover, which shows how efficiently a company can use its…

lesser-known Bernard Mandeville. Each of these men sought to guide the will of their fellow citizens in terms of his or her use of their profits. Though both of the…

Introduction Ben & Jerry’s growth within the US has plateaued. Even though sales are in a good place, net profits are declining steadily and market share is decreasing. With much of the distribution channels in the United States exhausted, it is clear that any new growth must come from international sources. Efforts to expand into other countries have failed in the past, but we are optimistic about stimulating growth by entering the Japanese market. There are three available options to enter…

their own price. For example if a business owner buys a piece of land for building a house but he determines to use this land to make a bakery, he will face an indirect or implicit cost of this land to his bakery. As a result, he would earn a normal profit or loss at the end of the season, if he would not count the cost of his land as a cost for his bakery. His bakery’s economic costs are both implicit cost and explicit cost. Economic costs are very…