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by | March 28, 2013

Why BI Is Ripe—Now—for Businesses of Any Size

Businesses of all sizes need real insight into operations and customers—to do their planning, forecasting, modeling, and adjusting based on data that’s current, accurate, and accessible. This is at the core of today’s expanding business intelligence (BI) and enterprise performance management (EPM) markets. Find out more about how BI software or an EMP solution can help you improve your financial analysis and reporting. Read more…

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by | November 22, 2012

The Change of Disclosures over Time – a Case Study of the Volvo Group

Historically, the amount of information in the financialreports has increased substantially, which is partly due to changes in regulations. It is ofinterest for the company to produce financial information for several reasons. With the substantial increase inamount of information in mind, one can ask when the costs of regulation are higher thanthe benefits. To be able to answer such a question, one must first study the change ofinformation over time to see what changes there have been…click here to refer the case

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by | July 19, 2012

Case Studies on Financial Analysis

THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: Another important aspect of analyzing a case study and writing a case study analysis is the role and use of financial information. A careful analysis of the company’s financial condition immensely improves a case write-up.

After all, financial data represent the concrete results of the company’s strategy and structure. Although analyzing financial statements can be quite complex, a general idea of a company’s financial position can be determined through the use of ratio analysis. Financial performance ratios can be calculated from the balance sheet and income statement.

Case Studies on Financial Analysis

These ratios can be classified into five different subgroups: profit ratios, liquidity ratios, activity ratios, leverage ratios, and shareholder-return ratios. These ratios should be compared with the industry average or the company’s prior years of performance. It should be noted, however, that deviation from the average is not necessarily bad; it simply warrants further investigation. For example, young companies will have purchased assets at a different price and will likely have a different capital structure than older companies. In addition to ratio analysis, a company’s cash flow position is of critical importance and should be assessed. Cash flow shows how much actual cash a company possesses. Click here to read more…

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