Writing a Dissertation Tesco Financial Analysis

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[pic] London College Of Business Subject : Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods for Business Assignment : Individual Assignment Subimtted by : Muhammad Ahsan Riaz Submitted to : Dr.Hui Wang College ID: 130479MAR Class MBA (Finance) Group : A Module : CM 706 Session April 2011-April 2012 Submission Date : 08th NOv 2011 Word Count : 3026 Title An Evaluation of the Business and Financial Performance of TESCO PLC from 2005 to 2008 Background and research problem definition I have completed my ACCA in June 2011 attempt and have a keen interest in financial performance analysis of Business entities over a period of time and to compare them with the performance of other entities from the same Business sector. Mostly Ratio analysis is used for this kind of analysis, although we can also use Porters Five force, SWOT analysis, PESTEL etc. We need to apply consistent polices to make a meaningful comparison & with regard to other entity it’s a hard task to find the entity of same size in same sort of business, as large entities enjoy economies of scale and can even use their strong power to buy at cheaper rates etc. I have selected TESCO PLC as it belongs to U.K retail sector and a large amount of data is easily available online from their own individual website and from other resources like LSE, Bloomberg Etc. Also Other entities in the same business like SAINSBURYS, M & S Morrison Etc. are mostly using same accounting principles and their financial statements are prepared according to same IAS’s which make it easier to make a comparison. Apart from that I myself have worked in retail sector during last 2-3 years so it has
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