Introduction Virgin Group is a well known venture capital conglomerate leaded by Richard Branson that has been concentrating primarily in the travel, entertainment and lifestyle related industry. Today, the group has more than 300 subsidiaries companies worldwide. In this report, the analysis will be focus on Virgin Atlantic. This is because there are too many […]
Introduction ASDA is the fast rising retailers in UK. The report is divided into two parts. Firstly, this report will discuss the methods employed by ASDA for growth and expansion. The reasons of using both organic and acquisition for growth are outlined. Then, PESTLE analysis will be conducted to understand external factors affecting the business […]
Chapter 5: Conclusion After the descriptive statistics for the respective variable (i.e., research question) is computed from SPSS, the attitudes of the students studying in Royal Holloway, University of London can be known. Apart from that, factor analysis is also performed to reduce the 46 variables into a total of 10 representative variables or dimensions […]
Chapter 4: Data Analysis In this chapter, the results simulated from SPSS will be presented, explained and discussed. Factor analysis, by its nature, is an iterative process. As such, the discussion will be conducted in a step by step approach. During the procedures, the various assumptions and rationales for the underlying steps to be conducted […]
Chapter 3: Research Methodology In this chapter, the research methodology used in this dissertation will be articulated. Firstly, the research philosophy employed in this dissertation will be discussed. The rationales of the selection of employing quantitative research (precisely, factor analysis) in this dissertation will be presented. The relevant assumptions used in the research design will […]
Chapter 2: Literature Review Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) is a common and the politically correct phrase to be mentioned in business meetings and discussions today. A review of the journals in the business management field found that researchers have been using different terms to discuss about the concepts of CSR. As discussed by Mittal et. […]
Chapter 1: Introduction In this chapter, a brief overview of this dissertation will be provided. This chapter will provide the necessary introduction and background materials for the understandings of the materials presented in the next few chapters. This chapter is arranged as follow. Firstly, the research background for this dissertation will be outlined. This is […]
Chapter 5: CONCLUSION 5.1 Summary of the Research Findings From a review of the descriptive statistics of the research variables studied in this dissertation, it is found that the mean of the stock returns are generally positive. Then, the mean for changes of interest rates in Indonesia and Thailand is negative; while it is positive […]
Chapter 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Descriptive Statistics In this section, the descriptive statistics of interest rates as well as stock returns for the countries in South East Asia being investigated in this dissertation is presented. As discussed previously, the stock returns can be proxy by the changes/ growth in market capitalization (i.e., which […]
Chapter 3: RESEARCH METHODS 3.1 Data to be used in Research The data to be used in this research will be obtained from the database of World Bank, at the website of http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=3&id=4. Accordingly, World Bank has a comprehensive database on the finance and economic related indicators for most of the countries in the world. […]
Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Chapter Overview In this chapter, the discussions will be concentrated on available literature on methods used to predict stock market returns. A top-down approach will be used to present the findings and discussion. Firstly, a review on the available methods used to predict stock market return will be briefly articulated. […]
Abstract This is a study on relationships between changes in interest rates to stock market returns in South East Asia. Overall, it is found that correlation coefficients between changes of interest rates to stock returns in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand are not statistically significant, i.e., no evidences supporting the hypotheses that changes in […]
Introduction This is a report on Disney Corporation and its global business strategy in the international market. The global business strategy of Disney will be investigated, and studied, in order to ferret out valuable lessons to be learned from the successes and failures of Disney expansions to the global market. Firstly, it will be discussed […]
Title: “Explain what sources of finance are available for small to medium sized companies and explain why they sometimes face difficulties in raising finance.” Introduction Small and medium sized enterprises/ companies, or more famously abbreviated as SME, are important entities in the business landscape. In most of the countries around the world, SME is contributing […]
Executive Summary The competition within food and beverages industry is intense. Even cafeteria with strategic location may not attract sufficiently huge amount of traffic due to the competitive industry structure. In this research, the student cafeteria, namely cafeteria XYZ in the Brunel Business School is investigated. The study concentrates on the customer satisfaction and perceptions […]
Introduction Marketing communication mix is important in competitive business landscape, as the ability of any enterprise to communicate effectively and persuasively to the end users will ultimately affect the profitability and popularity of the products or services sold by that enterprise (Lazer, 1971). In this report, a comparative analysis on the marketing communication mix of […]
Introduction This is a report written to provide investment advice to a client if Mondi plc is a suitable firm to be invested to meet the investment objectives specified by the clients. The three investment objectives include: (a) to invest in firm with a track record of sustainability, (b) the firm should be ethically sound, […]
Dissertation: A Study of Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction in Anta Sports Products Limited (Part 5 of 5) CHAPTER V: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 5.1 Summary of the Research Findings 5.1.1 Findings from Descriptive Statistics about Job Satisfaction Overall, from the descriptive statistics of questionnaires related to job satisfaction, it is found that most of the […]
CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS 4.1 Introduction In this chapter, data obtained from the questionnaire survey will be analyzed and presented. Discussions on the research results simulated from SPSS will also be presented. In order to facilitate the discussion of data analysis in this section, the sections under this chapter will be presented as follow. 4.2 […]
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Introduction In this chapter, the various issues involved in the design and use of research methodology use in this dissertation will be articulated. The chapter is arranged as follow. Firstly, the philosophy of the research design and methodology employed in this dissertation will be articulated. Specifically, the assumptions and rationales […]