As an effective alternative to conventional direct financing, project financing has become one of the hottest topics in corporate finance. It′s being used more and more frequently and more successfully on a wide variety of high–profile corporate projects, and has long been used to fund large–scale natural resource projects. But the challenges of successful project financing are immense, a…
Can you prepare a breakeven analysis? Do you know the difference between an income statement and a balance sheet? Or understand why a business that’s profitable can still go belly-up? Has your grasp of your company’s numbers helped—or hurt—your career?Whether you’re new to finance or you just need a refresher, this go-to guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to master …
Financial management
Kaizen management has two main components. These include improvement, and maintenance of standard operating procedures. Maintaining standards involves training and discipline. Kaizen represents small improvements in the current system, while innovation represents a significant improvement resulting from a major change such as a large investment in new technology or equipment. Everyone in the or…
Manual komite audit : memahami peran dan resikonya
PT Merpati Nusantara Airline established since 1962 is faced financial problem for several year. Various attempts to save the company from deeper problem has been implemented from financial restructuring, fleet addition, up to several times replacement of top managements were not improve financial condition. The company remains in a serious financial Issue and getting worse through the years.Hi…
PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Persero) “IPC” state owned port company are embarking on a major expansion and investment plan for port services in Indonesia. Part of IPC’s strategy involves creation of new business entities and subsidiaries who will focus on core commercial and operational services. Acquisitions and mergers may also form part of IPC’s future plans. To support this growth, …
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In these turbulent financial and economic times, the importance of sound investment decisions becomes a critical variable in underpinning future business success and, indeed, survival. The difficulties currently encountered globally by firms in both raising finance and making predictions concerning the future economic environment raise the already prominent role of capital budgeting in the aren…
The paper explores the evolving relationship between the port and terminal industry and the financial sector. Since the financial industry has taken an active role in global economic affairs, understanding global trade and transportation requires more than ever a perspective about financial issues and their impacts on transport operations. Paradoxically, the recent analytical emphasis on the st…
This paper presents a conflict solving model to resolve different stakeholder demands in the port redevelopment of the Incheon Inner Port. The different interest groups involved in this current project in South Korea include the land owner of Incheon Port Authority (PA), governmental regulator of Ministry of Maritime and Fishery (MOMAF), private port interests, port labor, business interests an…
There are two main alternative explanations in the literature for the patterns of financial reporting during the period of the British Industrial Revolution (BIR). Rob Bryer sees the new social relations of production in which manufacturing entrepreneurs strove to increase the productivity of wage-labour as leading to a distinct capitalist “calculative mentality”, focused on the return on …
In line with the global trend to be greener and more environment friendly the port meet a certain level of contradiction. The fossil fuel is used in a lot of quantity especially in container terminal that is by Rubber Tired Gantry equipment, meanwhile the greenest energy electrical power is available nearby. Finding the high consuming fossil fuel and the availability of electric power is quite…
The purpose of this paper is to explore the consistence of an ecosystem framework within the cultural sector and investigate the potential role of intellectual capital (IC) in cultural ecosystems.
This paper investigates the major impacts of the financial tsunami on the maritime industries, notably port and shipping. The maritime industries are still reeling from market declines, with stakeholders still attempting to weather the storm as best as they can through various strategies. However, such strategies are not uniform, where significant diversifications have been noted between maj…
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the development of a business failure prediction model on a sample of small and medium-sized firms with head offices located in the region of Castilla y Leon (Spain), in order to prove the significance of non-financial information on the prediction of business failure.
Purpose – To explore the present logistics performance of Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to analyse the relationship between logistics performance and financial performance in these firms. Design/methodology/approach – The dataset comprises 424 SMEs that participated in a nationwide Finnish logistics survey in 2006. Logistics performance measures were derived from…
We apply intervention analysis to examine the impact of the financial tsunami on container throughputs for Hong Kong port quantitatively. Evidences from ARIMA-intervention model show that the real impact of the financial tsunami on Hong Kong port happened earlier than the observable fall in the throughput data, namely significant impact started around May 2008, while the forecasting model with …
The paper explores the evolving relationship between the port and terminal industry and the financial sector. Since the financial industry has taken an active role in global economic affairs, understanding global trade and transportation requires more than ever a perspective about financial issues and their impacts on transport operations. Paradoxically, the recent analytical emphasis on the st…
The paper aims to examine the impact of information technology (IT) on the financial performance of third‐party logistics (3PL) firms in China.
The application of self-service technology in transaction-based e-service (e.g. online financial services) creates a challenge for firms: what combination of features should they offer to satisfy needs from different customer segments? This paper seeks to address the above question by highlighting similarities and differences of consumer preferences among self-service, hybrid service and profes…
This paper aims to present a study on the organization of military logistics under “hot” conditions in an expeditionary crisis response operation. The authors' main research question is: in what way is armed forces logistics sourcing organized in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan?
Supply chain risks significantly endanger small and medium-sized enterprise (SME-) suppliers in different currency areas in purchasing and sales. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to describe the concept of natural hedging in supply chains, and to highlight the potentials of natural hedging as a risk prophylaxis and a supplier financing approach.
This paper aims to identify factors that considerably impact business performance of lean manufacturers (companies with extensive use of lean tools and excellent operational performance).
Despite the relevance of financial information relating to logistics service providers (LSPs), recent research has paid little attention to the financial analysis of LSPs. The aim of this paper is to examine the balance sheet structure of LSPs in order to find out if there are differences between single providers or defined LSP groups (clusters), respectively. Furthermore, the dependency of ass…
This paper aims to assess the biodiesel value chain produced by the State of Chiapas and, through a financial model, determines its profitability and feasibility as a business.
To examine the conditions under which the proposed benefits of collaboration between a firm and its suppliers will occur.
The purpose of this paper is to assess the comparative strengths and weaknesses of leading third-party logistics providers (3PLs) in the USA with respect to their financial efficiencies during the period of 2005-2007. It also intends to identify various factors that significantly affect the financial efficiency of the 3PLs over time and propose ways to improve the competitiveness of 3PLs.
Logistics is critical to the fulfillment of customer demands. Top management of companies is now more closely involved in logistics decisions and the importance of the consequences of these decisions is growing. It is crucial to support these decisions with relevant financial information. Companies often lack useful tools to generate this financial information. This paper presents a logistics…
The purpose of this exploratory study is to highlight the stages in the relationship which eventually lead to an integrated logistics alliance.
The purpose of this paper is to help the financial institutions improve the predictability of business failure of supply chain finance (SCF) clients with the use of external big data set.
The math, formulas, and problems associated with corporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated. Corporate Finance For Dummies introduces you to the practices of determining an operating budget, calculating future cash flow, and scenario analysis in a friendly, un-intimidating way that makes comprehension easy. Corporate Finance For Dummies covers everything you'll encounter in a course o…
Purpose of this study calibrateting incentive system used at Container Terminal and to determine whether the process of incentive system gives positive effect to higher performance or vice versa. The Data indicates the imbalance performance report with the expenditure spent. The researches use the approach which based on 9 categories that are namely location, Incentive type, Incentive competiti…