The weakness of Kudler Fine Foods is that an IPO (Initial Public Offering) has many inherent and potential weaknesses that must be examined prior to selection as a means for expansion. An IPO is the first sale of stock by a company. There are many advantages and disadvantages for the Kudler Fine Foods to go public through the IPO. The advantages include generating more capital needed to expand their three locations The IPOs are very expensive undertaking, and a large portion of any capital acquired will be lost to this cost. Because the company must produce all financial information to the SEC many businesses find it to be very stressful and time consuming which takes time and money away from a company that is thriving like Kudler Fine Foods.
The ability to tap into the global labor market will make the company more competitive by being able to offer competitive prices on products due to lower overhead cost associated with the offset in the labor cost. Attracting employees to join the company is the better option unless there is a management position that requires exceptional talent to fill the position. Relocation of prospective employees can be costly to the company and there is no guarantee that they will be long term employees of the company. With the company's plans for expansion I would recommend overstaffing. This will allow the company to stock pile talent for future
Basic Business Objectives • Profitability - Making a profit is the main objective for most businesses • Customer base – A business aims to increase the amount of customers it has in order to increase profit. • Public profile – Businesses need to have a high public profile to get new customers. • Sustainability – Economic survival is very important to businesses and they must plan ahead to ensure this. • Staff training – Businesses must keep all their staff adequately trained for the job they are doing. • Customer Service – Businesses should aim to have good customer services because it is important to keep customers happy.
Growth maximisation is where the firm’s main goal is to increase the size of the firm as much as possible. Some firms may have the objective to maximise revenue, this basically is when a firms aim is to achieve as high total revenue as possible and occurs when marginal revenue to equal to zero. Another objective of s firm may be a profit satisfaction, this is where a firm produces a profit which is deemed to be a reasonable level, which is satisfying to stake holders and is not maximising profit. The best example in a leisure market is a firm that has been recently set up and wants to survive so the first couple of years their target will be to make a profit and survive. If they try to maximise profit it would an unrealistic competition as
A company's debt-to-equity ratio will usually improve after going public, which tends to result in more favorable financing arrangements (2014, Going Public, para 1). This will be a good move for Kudler to help expand their brand to different locations. They have already maintained the San Diego metropolitan area; therefore there are more markets to conquer as well. Also, maintaining control is important: In most cases, Venture Capital investors will want to appoint someone on their team as a member of the board of directors. Moreover, they usually
The growth strategy of capturing market share and growing revenue to increase business presence in the market was achieved for Service Experts. When the founders though that they had a proven business module and growth strategies in place they decide to take the company public to further increase capital and obtain growth. All of these strategies proved to be a win success for the company, for it grew to revenues of $60 million after going public. What did Abrams franchise? Why does the research show that buying a good franchise is less risky than starting a business?
A type A merger would increase market power which would increase market share. Increase in market share would increase profitability. A merger is also recommended because with Smithon’s positive income can offset with Johnson’s negative income and would result in reduced tax liabilities. A merger redefines the business world which allows for improve corporate business strategies and philosophies along with stronger alliances and less competition. There are many reasons for a merger but the most important is to maximize its profits.
These overall improvements have been a step in the right direction for Lowes’ future. These improvements however do cost money but like every good business man or woman knows to make money you sometimes have to spend it. So this can affect Lowes financial planning in the present and future, currently sales and profits have grown because of the new mobile devices therefore the risk factors are minimized due to the knowledge that these improvements are working but Lowes must continue to analyze the cost for these new improvements every year make sure these things do not become a financial burden. Therefore cost analysis is one factor that can affect the financial planning of the company also minimizing the use of these devices to only the stores is another factor that needs to be considered in the financial planning process. Spending money on training of these devices are also factors that must be considered this takes employees time and cost the company man hours and thus money that could be spent on other things.
Patrick O’Leary Chapter 3-4 September 6, 2012 Page 84 Question 5 “Chapter 3” Having a strong financial strength for a company creates more opportunities for one’s company. This would give the company an advantage over their competitors. When getting started with a company it is required to take large amounts of capital. If a company wants to be ahead of its compactors the company wants a strong marketing approach, great production facilities, or advertising before the company makes its first sale. An example of this is the company Dick Sporting Goods.
It is important to support and encourage current employees to strive for higher goals. Showing that you the employee is cared for as is the business will help business grow because after all employees make the business world go round. Tuition reimbursement increases the value of the employee which in turn increases the value of the company. A business degree or communications degree offers a multitude of career choices ranging from salaries of over $100,000 per year to $30,000. Tuition reimbursement means increased morale, productivity, confidence, retention, profits, and less employee turnover.