1- What are the goals of Lufthansa group? And explain the two strategies the company is using?
The goals of Lufthansa group is Increasing company value, profitable growth and customer satisfaction are the strategic pillars.
There are two strategy in Lufthansa group:
1. Group strategy:
Primary mainstays of the procedure are affirmed also, will be extended:
Increase company value.
Profitable growth and active role in shaping the aviation industry .
Continuously increase customer satisfaction .
The Lufthansa Group’s objective is to be the first choice for customers ,employees, shareholders and partners.
The seven areas of action and their individual activities are directed at the overarching objective of ensuring that
Lufthansa remains the first
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The organization compute it by if the estimation of Intangible Assets diminish the organization record it as Impairment Loss and on the off chance that it has an income the organization record it as Impairment increase b- Who is responsible for estimating the useful lives of intangible assets?
The way of the advantage itself next to troughs contract an expert individual to quantify it c- How do Lufthansa account for its intangible assets?
It relies on upon the Intangible Asset kind
1. Procured immaterial resource : Lufthansa ascertain it by its expense
2. Created Intangible Asset : Lufthansa figure it with its generation cost and amortize it on the off chance that it has a particular timeframe and in the event that it has not, the organization do yearly hindrance test d- What was the composition of identifiable and unidentifiable intangible assets reported
Identifiable intangible assets
Unidentifiable intangible
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Case study: two
As of January 1, 2014 Silver Star Company has 1,600,000 outstanding shares. On May1, 2014 the company issued an additional 1,200,000 shares for cash, all 2,800,000 shares were outstanding as of December 31,2014.
On August 1, 2014, the company has also issued $600,000 of 20 year 8% convertible bonds at par. Each $1,000 converts to 40 ordinary shares. None of the bonds has been converted to date. The interest expense on the liability component of the convertible bond on December 31, 2014 was $30,000.
The company net income after tax was 3,080,000 ( the tax rate 40%)
Required:
• Calculate the Basic and Diluted EPS.
1/1 1/5 1/8 31/12
1,600,000 1,200,000 600,000 20 years 8% 1000 40 O.S
I.Ex 30,000
Net income 3,080,000
Weighted
For example, Verizon has increasing number of common stock. It was $424,000. Also, retained earning increased about 27%. Cash flow Statement Net cash provided by operating activities during 2014 decreased by $8.2 billion because increase in adjustment to net income like increase in income tax payments and interest payments.
The total value of the firm has been calculated with the help of PV of cash flows and the continuing value and it shows an amount of
This has placed SNC in a position to take on more leverage in the future, especially with its continuously growing interest coverage ratio. At the end of phase 3, SNC has a high interest coverage ratio of 105.88 due to the low level of interest expense, which steadily decreased from phase 1 to phase 3 . The improvement in interest coverage over the three phases shows investors that SNC is a creditable investment and shows SNC that they can take on more debt if needed. SNC is satisfied with its decision to switch to AT as its financier over MDM because of the long run potential benefits. Although SNC did not over draw its credit line or utilize the additional $500,000 on their credit line over the nine years, they have generated a cash surplus and enough value to meet their debt needs, as well as built a more stable and profitable company.
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Though having dropped from 0.65 in 2008 to 0.63 in 2009, this is still significantly higher than 0.5. This means that 63% of Gemini’s assets are financed by debt, thus the lenders bear the greatest risk. This is because Gemini financed all land, equipment and some patents with term loans. Though the Debt to Equity Ratio conveys the same information as the Debt Ratio, we see that from 2008 to 2009 this number has dramatically dropped. As opposed to using 1.87 in borrowed funds compared to each dollar provided by shareholders like in 2008, Gemini now only uses 1.71.
Their current ratio is 1.4% (total current assets/total current liabilities). According to the Risk Management Association of Financial Ratio Benchmarks, the current average ratio is 1.5%. In 2014, the current ratio for the firm was 1.46% while the average ratio in the industry (NAICS 311330) was 1.6%. The company’s net property and equipment in 2015 is worth 2.6 million dollars, a slight increase from 2014, which was 2.3 million. The company is considering taking on some debt to increase their production capabilities.
SNC was able to increase its total firm value by $1,834,000 and its total equity value by $1,581,000, in 2012 dollars. On average, this attributed to an increase of approximately $203,778 a year in firm value. After a complete analysis of the company, SNC has proven and established itself as a trustworthy company, and it is expected that the market will reward SNC with lower risk. From 2010-2021, the equity multiplier decreased about four times from an average of 3.65 to an average of 1.10. The risks associated with taking on debt are mitigated due to SNC’s decreased leverage.
Hong Kong Dragon Air is Hong Kong-based international airline, belonging to of the Cathay Pacific Group. The airline was established in 1985, and operates a fleet of narrow-body A320s and A321s, which were both powered by V2500 engines manufactured by International Aero Engines AG (“IAE”) for both passenger and cargo service to destinations to destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, and China. Their vision is to be the World’s best regional airline serving China and beyond. Their missions; places emphasis on safety and operational excellence with customer focus. The airline seeks to embrace innovation by implementing ideas that improve their business.
However, the company will have to prioritize their strategy and concentrate on a few important issues. The company should prioritize on progressively taping into market areas that remain untapped. The company has concentrated on offering cheaper fares in routes where its competitors charge high fares. However, they need to branch out their operating areas to sustain their brand for a longer time.
Now, Cost of equity (Re) = 8.95% + 1.21×7.43% = 17.94% While determining the cost of debt we again used 8.95%,30 year U.S. Government Interest Rate given in Table B as the risk free rate plus 1.10% debt rate premium above Government rate, which is given in Table A. Cost of debt (Rd) = 8.95% + 1.10% =
Competitive advantage is when two or more firms compete within the same markets, one firm possess a competitive advantage over its rival when it earns (or has potential to earn) a persistently higher rate of profit. There are three types of competitive advantage. a) Cost leadership strategy occurs when a firm a delivers the same services as its rivals but at a lower price. b) The differentiation strategy occurs when a firm delivers greater services for the same price of its rivals. c) Focus strategy is a focused approach requires the firm to concentrate along one specific segment either a cost leadership or a specialization strategy.
Terms of Reference H&M also known as Hennes & Mauritz is one of the most leading apparel companies globally; one of creativity and style. The company is one which believes that it should offer to its customers fashion and quality at the best price. The aim of this report is to assess H&M’s company organizational culture as well as the core competencies and capabilities of the company; and how it has used these to attain the position at which it is at today in the fashion and apparel industry.
1.0 Introduction to Strategic Management Strategic management practices the formation; achievement and reaching the major objectives executed by the management of the company, by considering the capital and a task of the internal and external environments in which the company wishes to compete. 1.1 Introduction to Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines (SIA) is established in year 1972 with remarkable performance among its competitors in the industry throughout its 35-year-long history till date (Heracleous & Wirtz, 2009). According to Singapore Airlines (2014), SIA is one of the youngest aircraft fleets worldwide to destinations crossing a network of more six continents, with its iconic Singapore Girl providing excellent standard of service to customers. Throughout the years of operations, SIA has an impressive ever-growing list of industry 's leading innovations such as offering free headsets along with a choice of meals and drinks in Economy Class in the 1970s, followed by introducing satellite based in-flight telephones in year 1991, involving an ample panel of renowned chefs, the International Culinary Panel, to provide lush in-flight meals in year 1998, developing audio and video on demand (AVOD) capabilities on KrisWorld in year 2001, and lastly flying the airbus of A380 from Singapore to Sydney on 25 October 2007 (Singapore Airlines, 2014).
Aircraft Performance Through the chaos and mayhem of World War 2, the aviation industry made significant advancements in its technology. After the war ended, this technology stretched and expanded to the farthest reaches of the world. Frank Whittle of England and Hans von Ohain of Germany both created the world of aviation that we live in today. Both men did it without the knowledge of each other throughout the 1930s and 1940s.