Corporate Financial Management: What You Need to Know

Response to Suraj Pandya 

Hello Pandya, I am impressed with your analysis of Apple Company. It is no doubt the epitome of success in the corporate industry. Additionally, its success and increased revenue are due to their quality products and continuous innovation. For instance, their best selling product is IPhone; when people touch it, they can feel how good the item is. This attribute makes the company sell millions of products across the world. Their products also are simple to use because the company has invested in user-interface designs. For instance, they paid out $26 billion in 2019 to developers to create Apple's augmented-reality framework. Other quality features include cameral quality, facial recognition, and bezel-to-bezel screen. Accumulatively, the company earns revenue from each country due to a broad customer base. It is estimated that the revenue point is more than $6billion annually (Foerderer, 2020). So far, I agree it is among the best companies across the world currently. 

Reference 

Foerderer, J. (2020). Interfirm exchange and innovation in platform ecosystems: Evidence from Apple’s worldwide developers conference.  Management Science .  https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3425 

Response to Rebecca Baptiste 

Hi Baptiste, your discussion is fascinating and educational. Clorox Company is an example of growth through empowerment and diversity. The main reason why the company is enjoying an international presence is due to a value-driven workforce. The firm tends to promote inclusion and ensure there is a positive workplace. I agree that their bleaching and cleaning items have a huge customer base. They also have other products such as Glad, Hidden Valley, KC Masterpiece, and many more. The growth and success of any company are due to the endless supply chain of leaders. Excellent leaders have enabled Clorox to improve their market value while pursuing new opportunities continually. Sales of the company are increasing by more than 4% annually (Hersh, 2018). The company has a positive value that goes beyond the stock process. They are pursuing innovations and developing new packaging graphics that will automatically gain superiority among consumers. Despite highly competitive and dynamic, they are enjoying more than 100 years of success. 

Reference 

Hersh, M. (2018). Value chain segmentation: A pathway to improved profitability, service and performance.  Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Procurement ,  1 (4), 314-325. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hsp/jscm/2018/00000001/00000004/art00002 

Response to Breana 

Hello Breana? I was impressed by your article about Starbucks. Indeed, the founders of Starbucks were coffee enthusiasts who worked towards transforming the selling and consumption of coffee. It came to my attention Starbucks' mission is to inspire and nurture the human spirit through the way of one cup, one individual, and one neighborhood promptly (Shirdastian, Laroche, & Richard, 2019). There expansion strategy is top-notch. Despite having expanded in the number of countries they serve, they have also introduced snacks such as crackers, pies, and chips. The expansion has led to an increase in productivity. There books of account are well balanced, with the utilization of the debt to equity policy. For instance, Starbucks, the debt-equity ratio stands at negative 4.08 in percentage. Their income statement is exemplarily and reflects an increase in the operating income over the past few years. Your analysis was amazing, as you also depicted their statement of cash flow. Starbucks' annual reports outline how well their finances are managed and how they have achieved their goals. 

Reference 

Shirdastian, H., Laroche, M., & Richard, M. (2019). Using big data analytics to study brand authenticity sentiments: The case of Starbucks on Twitter.  International Journal of Information Management ,  48 , 291-307.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.09.007 

Response to David 

Hello David, I was amazed by your analysis of Hasbro's toy company, established by Hendry and Hillel. Hasbro has the future of toys in its objective and works to expand their firm to scrap out the toy industry's competition. The firm draws its success and growth via acquisitions that have helped the firm gain a competitive advantage over other toy firms. For instance, the acquisition of licensing of Disney made them globally recognized as a top-notch franchise. I noticed that Hasbro had taken much research and development to ensure they capture their target markets. The use of subsidiaries such as Tonka and Cranium has helped raise Hasbro's sales revenue (Gilliard, Hoffman, & Baalbaki, 2019). Its investment policy has helped Hasbro grow the amount of income. You explained well about its debt to equity ratio, depicting that the firm has increased this ratio over the past decade. However, they have experienced losses due to the recent pandemic attack. The income statement trends depict a firm with an increase in gross income, portraying an increase in profits. 

Reference 

Gilliard, D. J., Hoffman, D. L., & Baalbaki, S. (2019). The Toy Industry Is Declining? How Can Mattel, Inc. Survive?  Journal of Marketing Development and Competitiveness ,  13 (3). https://articlegateway.com/index.php/JMDC/article/view/2239