This report analyzes an investment management firm, Windward. It is a well established registered investment advisor, which has been working as an independent money manager for its clients. The core client base of the firm consists of the high-net-worth individuals and the family offices. Windward Investment Management Company has witnessed a rapid growth in AUM (assets under management) in past 10 years, but now the company is considering a range of future growth opportunities and how to finance those opportunities, including raising external capital.
The case focuses on the decision of what opportunities, Windward should consider and on the valuation of the firm if it decides to raise external capital. For the purpose of deriving a structural analysis, report is divided in 6 chapters. Chapter one is of introductory chapter. This chapter acquaints the reader with the background of the study. Here the statement of problem, aims and objectives of the study and a detailed synopsis of the entire report's structure has been disclosed. Beginning of the chapter sketches the pertaining business process, client base, situation, working etc at Windward.
In the second section case description is given. Here a detailed picture of the case has been drawn. This chapter gives details regarding the company, company's management, business process, its evolution, industry etc. This chapter provides ground to the entire study.
Statement of problem backed by the case brief will be defined in this section of the report. All the relevant concepts and theories will also get introduced and discussed here only. Such discussion will be termed as the literature review of the topic. Further a detailed plan for analysis will be carried out along with defining the most appropriate sources of data for the study. Through data analysis in accordance with the proposed plan of analysis, assessment of the current position of the firm will be done and further the prospective strategies for the firm will be derived.
In the fifth section of the report a detailed and integrated analysis of the findings will be done. Through the discussion, recommendations for Windward will be scaled out. On the basis of the recommendations and discussion a plan of action will be proposed with a rigorous discussion on the limitations of the study conducted or the derived results. Further the chapter will end with discussions on the scope of further studies. Sixth chapter will be concerned about the utility of the study for the other players of some other industries. Here, the learning of the entire analysis will be briefed and applied on any other industry unit.
Putting Together the Pieces - The S&OP Technology Landscape - 20 AUG 2015Lora Cecere
Executive Overview
S&OP, the cross-functional process to align the commercial processes of sales and marketing with the operational processes of material supply and manufacturing, is growing in importance. The process is not new. Companies have worked on improving their S&OP processes for over 35 years; but today, only one out of two companies believes that their processes are effective.
What are the barriers to improve effectiveness? They are numerous. As outlined in Figure 1, it is a tough nut to crack. While the successful S&OP project is about much more than technology--skilled resources, executive support, alignment on the right metrics, achieving balance and the management of multiple processes simultaneously (often across a matrixed organization)--an organization cannot achieve their goal without the use of technologies. Spreadsheets, while a good starting place, cannot meet the challenges to deliver on the business goals of driving growth and improving profitability.
In this report, we share insights on 35 vendor solutions. Four of the solutions are new since the writing of our last report and three companies have been restructured. The world of supply chain management is ever-changing, and the goal of this report is to help companies sort through the myriad of market changes and confusing technology promises to understand which solutions to consider.
Right Stuff to Crack the Nut?
Putting Together the Pieces - The S&OP Technology Landscape - 20 AUG 2015Lora Cecere
Executive Overview
S&OP, the cross-functional process to align the commercial processes of sales and marketing with the operational processes of material supply and manufacturing, is growing in importance. The process is not new. Companies have worked on improving their S&OP processes for over 35 years; but today, only one out of two companies believes that their processes are effective.
What are the barriers to improve effectiveness? They are numerous. As outlined in Figure 1, it is a tough nut to crack. While the successful S&OP project is about much more than technology--skilled resources, executive support, alignment on the right metrics, achieving balance and the management of multiple processes simultaneously (often across a matrixed organization)--an organization cannot achieve their goal without the use of technologies. Spreadsheets, while a good starting place, cannot meet the challenges to deliver on the business goals of driving growth and improving profitability.
In this report, we share insights on 35 vendor solutions. Four of the solutions are new since the writing of our last report and three companies have been restructured. The world of supply chain management is ever-changing, and the goal of this report is to help companies sort through the myriad of market changes and confusing technology promises to understand which solutions to consider.
Right Stuff to Crack the Nut?
Dissertation on behavioral finance and its impact on portfolio investment dec...Rahmatullah Pashtoon
Extreme volatility has plagued financial markets worldwide since the 2008 Global Crisis. Investor sentiment has been one of the key determinants of market movements. In this context, studying the role played by emotions like fear, greed and anticipation, in shaping up investment decisions seemed important. Behavioral Finance is an evolving field that studies how psychological factors affect decision making under uncertainty. This thesis seeks to find the influence of certain identified behavioral finance concepts (or biases), namely, Overconfidence, Representativeness, Herding, Anchoring, Cognitive Dissonance, Regret Aversion, Gamblers’
Fallacy, and Mental Accounting, on the decision making process of individual investors in the Indian Stock Market. Primary data for analysis was gathered by distributing a structured questionnaire among investors who were categorized as (i) young, and (ii) experienced. Results obtained by analyzing a sample of 74 respondents, out of which 12 admitted to having suffered a loss of at least 50% because of the crisis, revealed that the degree of exposure to the biases separated the behavioral pattern of young and experienced investors.
Gamblers’ Fallacy, Anchoring and Representative and Herding bias were seen to affect the young investors significantly more than experienced investors.
Dissertation Case Study for Attitude of British Customer Towards Hospitality ...DissertationFirst
Consumer behaviour is a study of why the consumers behave the way they do. It has been mostly observed that customers are often segmented into different groups and it so happens that individuals within the same group also behave differently. The factors which affect the perceptions, beliefs and attitude of customers are different for different individuals and the intensity with which different factors affect the individuals is also different. The products and services which satisfy the customer at one point might not satisfy him in another situation and needs and preferences differ from situation to situation. It has also been observed that products and services which satisfy one customer might not satisfy another customer.
In the service industry, and particularly for hospitality sector, customer satisfaction is of utmost importance. For hospitality sector, it is building up a strong base of satisfied customers that will bring new business to the hotel and strengthen its position in the industry. The expectations of the customer must be met in order to bring them back to the same hotel as an unsatisfied customer will never return to the same hotel. Also, it is important to raise the service standards every time because customers always look for differentiated and specialised services every time they move into the hotel.
This report particularly deals with the Marriott Hotel and presents the position of Marriott in the minds of the British hospitality customers. Marriott has been able to build up a brand image and have services and products which are the best as per the industry standards and norms. The report also discusses the various measures that Marriott has undertaken to meet the growing demands and needs of the customers. Marriott has always tried to establish close connectivity with its customers and keeps a track of their feedbacks and tries to improve its services as per the expectations and demands of the guests.
Sales and operations planning a research synthesisWallace Almeida
Despite the growing body of literature on sales and operation planning (S&OP), efforts to synthesise the overall state of the art of research in this area are limited. Within this context, this paper provides a systematic review of the literature on S&OP. The purpose of this systematic review is twofold: (i) to integrate the highly dispersed work on S&OP in order to identify and analyse S&OP as a business process and (ii) to assemble quantitative evidence of its impact on the performance of the firm. A literature search framework is proposed, with 271 papers reviewed and classified. The framework embraces S&OP context information, inputs and goals, structure and processes, outcomes, and results. The major expected outcome in most papers was a cross-functional integration of plans, although few studies report on the integration of finance plans into S&OP. Despite the existence of common process descriptors and definitions of S&OP, there is a lack of unifying frameworks for maturity models, measurement of S&OP, and constructs related to the firm's performance. The need for additional scientifically sound survey or case study research on S&OP is emphasised. This paper contributes to a better understanding of S&OP's role as a determinant of firm's performance in the supply chain
The case study on Pricing Strategy of Cath Kidston.Pantho Sarker
Cath Kidston is a well known company in UK in the field of homeware and fashion products. We were assigned to perform different analysis using the data of Cath Kidston. So, In this report we presented different analysis based on Cath Kidston’s data.
Through this report the following thing are going to be to be covered:
Chapter 01 discusses on the introductory part of the study.
To give an overview of “Cath Kidston” through Chapter 02).
In Chapter 03, we conducted the analysis of the economy. In this chapter we included economic recession and economic boom and then we apply economic analysis in respect of Cath Kidston.
In Chapter 04, we run industry analysis by applying Porter's Five Forces Model and PESTLE analysis. In this chapter first we discuss about the theoretical framework of the mentioned two tools and then we apply these tools to analyse the industry related to Cath Kidston.
In Chapter 05, the analysis of the company was performed using SWOT analysis and business cycle as well as using variability analysis.
In Chapter 06, the problem of the case was introduced.
In Chapter 07, a solution was given based on the problem statement presented in the chapter six. In addition, we solved the questions which were provided in the case.
In chapter 08, the required recommendations are provided with due context.
At last to overview the whole study conclusion will work to that purpose.
This report aims at introducing Cath Kidston assessing its different sides. It is hoped that readers will get a better overview on Cath Kidston through this report.
The heart of life sciences full reportEuroBioForum
This report invites you to read more about why Denmark is a unique laboratory for healthcare and welfare
technology, and why Denmark is an excellent place to do business.
The relation between six sigma barriers and aerospace tier 1 suppliersShadi Saffour
- Introduction to Six Sigma.
- Introduction to Tier 1 Aerospace Suppliers.
- Introduction to Quality Maturity Model.
- Identifying Barriers to Six Sigma Project Implementation.
- Analyzing the impact of Quality Management Maturity.
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Dissertation on behavioral finance and its impact on portfolio investment dec...Rahmatullah Pashtoon
Extreme volatility has plagued financial markets worldwide since the 2008 Global Crisis. Investor sentiment has been one of the key determinants of market movements. In this context, studying the role played by emotions like fear, greed and anticipation, in shaping up investment decisions seemed important. Behavioral Finance is an evolving field that studies how psychological factors affect decision making under uncertainty. This thesis seeks to find the influence of certain identified behavioral finance concepts (or biases), namely, Overconfidence, Representativeness, Herding, Anchoring, Cognitive Dissonance, Regret Aversion, Gamblers’
Fallacy, and Mental Accounting, on the decision making process of individual investors in the Indian Stock Market. Primary data for analysis was gathered by distributing a structured questionnaire among investors who were categorized as (i) young, and (ii) experienced. Results obtained by analyzing a sample of 74 respondents, out of which 12 admitted to having suffered a loss of at least 50% because of the crisis, revealed that the degree of exposure to the biases separated the behavioral pattern of young and experienced investors.
Gamblers’ Fallacy, Anchoring and Representative and Herding bias were seen to affect the young investors significantly more than experienced investors.
Dissertation Case Study for Attitude of British Customer Towards Hospitality ...DissertationFirst
Consumer behaviour is a study of why the consumers behave the way they do. It has been mostly observed that customers are often segmented into different groups and it so happens that individuals within the same group also behave differently. The factors which affect the perceptions, beliefs and attitude of customers are different for different individuals and the intensity with which different factors affect the individuals is also different. The products and services which satisfy the customer at one point might not satisfy him in another situation and needs and preferences differ from situation to situation. It has also been observed that products and services which satisfy one customer might not satisfy another customer.
In the service industry, and particularly for hospitality sector, customer satisfaction is of utmost importance. For hospitality sector, it is building up a strong base of satisfied customers that will bring new business to the hotel and strengthen its position in the industry. The expectations of the customer must be met in order to bring them back to the same hotel as an unsatisfied customer will never return to the same hotel. Also, it is important to raise the service standards every time because customers always look for differentiated and specialised services every time they move into the hotel.
This report particularly deals with the Marriott Hotel and presents the position of Marriott in the minds of the British hospitality customers. Marriott has been able to build up a brand image and have services and products which are the best as per the industry standards and norms. The report also discusses the various measures that Marriott has undertaken to meet the growing demands and needs of the customers. Marriott has always tried to establish close connectivity with its customers and keeps a track of their feedbacks and tries to improve its services as per the expectations and demands of the guests.
Sales and operations planning a research synthesisWallace Almeida
Despite the growing body of literature on sales and operation planning (S&OP), efforts to synthesise the overall state of the art of research in this area are limited. Within this context, this paper provides a systematic review of the literature on S&OP. The purpose of this systematic review is twofold: (i) to integrate the highly dispersed work on S&OP in order to identify and analyse S&OP as a business process and (ii) to assemble quantitative evidence of its impact on the performance of the firm. A literature search framework is proposed, with 271 papers reviewed and classified. The framework embraces S&OP context information, inputs and goals, structure and processes, outcomes, and results. The major expected outcome in most papers was a cross-functional integration of plans, although few studies report on the integration of finance plans into S&OP. Despite the existence of common process descriptors and definitions of S&OP, there is a lack of unifying frameworks for maturity models, measurement of S&OP, and constructs related to the firm's performance. The need for additional scientifically sound survey or case study research on S&OP is emphasised. This paper contributes to a better understanding of S&OP's role as a determinant of firm's performance in the supply chain
The case study on Pricing Strategy of Cath Kidston.Pantho Sarker
Cath Kidston is a well known company in UK in the field of homeware and fashion products. We were assigned to perform different analysis using the data of Cath Kidston. So, In this report we presented different analysis based on Cath Kidston’s data.
Through this report the following thing are going to be to be covered:
Chapter 01 discusses on the introductory part of the study.
To give an overview of “Cath Kidston” through Chapter 02).
In Chapter 03, we conducted the analysis of the economy. In this chapter we included economic recession and economic boom and then we apply economic analysis in respect of Cath Kidston.
In Chapter 04, we run industry analysis by applying Porter's Five Forces Model and PESTLE analysis. In this chapter first we discuss about the theoretical framework of the mentioned two tools and then we apply these tools to analyse the industry related to Cath Kidston.
In Chapter 05, the analysis of the company was performed using SWOT analysis and business cycle as well as using variability analysis.
In Chapter 06, the problem of the case was introduced.
In Chapter 07, a solution was given based on the problem statement presented in the chapter six. In addition, we solved the questions which were provided in the case.
In chapter 08, the required recommendations are provided with due context.
At last to overview the whole study conclusion will work to that purpose.
This report aims at introducing Cath Kidston assessing its different sides. It is hoped that readers will get a better overview on Cath Kidston through this report.
The heart of life sciences full reportEuroBioForum
This report invites you to read more about why Denmark is a unique laboratory for healthcare and welfare
technology, and why Denmark is an excellent place to do business.
The relation between six sigma barriers and aerospace tier 1 suppliersShadi Saffour
- Introduction to Six Sigma.
- Introduction to Tier 1 Aerospace Suppliers.
- Introduction to Quality Maturity Model.
- Identifying Barriers to Six Sigma Project Implementation.
- Analyzing the impact of Quality Management Maturity.
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Study on Profitability of Short Straddles on event-based Vega Decaysandeep Dokuparthi
This study tries to demonstrate the earnings potentials on Indian financial markets through employing a simple trade which outperforms other forms of investments. 10 stocks out of Nifty 50 are taken into consideration for this academic exercise on which the short straddle will be deployed based on quarterly earnings announcements and using the returns out of such activity I am trying to make a point that Indian retail investors need not be a skeptic and a well planned and deployed the strategy will outperform their existing investments. We also find out through statistical methods whether a more than 5% shift in the underlying would cause losses when in case of deployment of a short straddle.
Dissertation New BusinessTruth in the Hospitality Sector-sampleDissertationFirst
There are several strategies adopted by the hospitality organizations in the current business scenario. These are said to be as the new business realities in the business world. The hotels are adopting different expansion strategies for growing and achieve competitiveness in this business world. This helps the hotels to grow with a greater pace and speed and get an edge over the competitors. The research is conducted to identify different strategies adopted by hospitality organizations. The research is stressed towards the aims and objectives of the research which is explained in the first chapter of the dissertation, followed by other chapters.
In the next chapter the literature review is done, which sheds light on the views of several scholars and researchers with respect to the aims ad objectives of the research. The next chapter includes the research methodology, which explains the methodology adopted in the research for collection of the data. The survey method is used to collect the first hand data. The responses of the respondents were analyzed and presented in graphical manner. The analysis of the graphs presented are analyzed and explained in the research. Then the conclusion and recommendation has also been represented in the research. At last the reflective statement has been resented in the dissertation explaining the experience and learning's from the research.
Dissertation Whether Training and Education for Gender Equality SampleDissertationFirst
In today's world, HRM has made the training and education as priority to access the skills and knowledge required for the employee to work in an organization and to work with great equality to achieve the desire results and furthermore quality training is also necessary to develop the technical competency of the employees Bhatnagar, Budhwar, Srivastava and Saini, (2010). In addition, literature review also suggests that the training in manufacturing industry of India is not available at high scale and it is poor in many organizations in India Sharma, (1992). The purpose of the research is to examine extensively the importance of training and education in future and the aim of the study is to determine ways of training employees in the Indian organizations and how can training and education impacts human capital and gender equality.
Training is an important issue to explore because non - trainers will get affected in the future because of the technological change and the new legal procedures, Sharma, (1992). Additionally, training and education opportunities will also reduce the risk of unemployment and will increase the firm's competitiveness Malik and Nilakant, (2011). The research will also focus on those areas which remains unexplored in the field of training and education in Indian organization and which needs to get investigated.
Moreover, the purpose will focus on the qualitative data and the interviews because the need of the research is to take the employees views for the lack of training in the Indian organization. According to the research question "Whether training and education can significantly contribute to human capital and gender equality in Indian manufacturing organization'' the two main areas which are to be considered are need of the training for employees in the Indian organization and the reason for the lack of training in the organization. The interviews will reveal the opinions and suggestions of the employees and the qualitative method will be used in the form of structured and unstructured interviews and will be processed through the manual open code method which will help in collecting the rich data
Dissertation Skills Development and training Importance SampleDissertationFirst
Purpose of the Research: The given dissertation is mainly aimed to analyze the importance of training and skills development for efficient HRM. This dissertation is particularly focused on Hospitality sector.
Methodology: This research is conducted with the implication of the mixed method approach. Primary data method is used under which both survey through questionnaire and interview method is used. The critical literature review is used for secondary data collection.
Data Analysis and Results: The data analysis is conducted from the results generalized from interview with Holiday Inn Hotel managers and survey with employees. Further, all the results are critically discussed with evidences.
Conclusion: It has been concluded that training and skills development is very important HRM tools through which performance of the employees and organization as a whole can easily be improved.
Dissertation Organisational Performance in Alliance boots UK SampleDissertationFirst
Human resource management program mainly aims towards planning, structuring, and organizing all the useful and valuable resource that is human capital in organization. Aligning the goals of business, managing the talent and improving the working conditions are some of the factors which this department needs to focus on the goals of business, manages the talent, improves the engagement of employee with work and works together with the leadership are some of the key components to manage the human resource.
The human resource department enables to develop the short and long term organizational needs on the basis of which various plans could be aligned, and manpower requirements could be filled up. The business environment is changing on a fast pace so it becomes crucial for the management to develop plans in which the expectations of employees and employer both could be meet out. Performance management programs include various types of strategies and factors within itself, i.e. recruitment, selection, training, development, performance appraisal, wage and compensation and providing other rewards. These factors motivate the people in the workplace to perform in an efficient manner and give their best to the organization if their due care has been taken by the management.
This research report is conducted to achieve an in-depth knowledge in the area of human resource management especially in analyzing the significance of pay and other rewards in organization. In this context, a research is being performed in one of the pharmacy company of UK that is Alliance Boots. In this a primary research is accomplished, to know the employees thoughts on receiving pay and other benefits similarly secondary research is being performed in which journals and books of various authors have been reviewed to know about the significance of pay and other benefits in organization.
Dissertation Importance of Motivation and Retention for London Restaurant SampleDissertationFirst
The Hospitality Industry is one of the biggest industry which helps in giving employment to the people. It has been declared that in spite the global crises this particular industry will never have the problem of credit crunch as people will never stop eating. It is also predicted that this industry will have its downfall almost at the bottom of all (United Nations World Tourism Organisation, 2009). Along with this it is also been declared as the 5th largest industry which gives employment to the people.
The report by the British Hospitality Association commonly known as BHA has made a report which clearly says that the Hospitality industries contribution to the economy cannot be neglected. This contribution helps the UK markets economy grown. Sir David Michel(2010), the president of BHA said that the report which was prepared by the Oxford Economics department made it very clear that the economy of UK is backed by the hospitality industry. Along with this he also added that it has a huge amount of potential in creating jobs and this needs to be focused in order to help get the economy high. The report clearly states that its 5th largest industry which helps employment and employs around 2.4m people that is (1 in 13 of the total jobs). The report estimates that 400,000jobs in the hospitality industry and related services. There are 1.26m jobs in the restaurant industry, 750,000 in the contract catering industry and also in-housecatering, along with this the event management industry has 20,000jobs. The president also added that the hospitality industry makes a turnover of £90bn and this helps to contribute to the £46bn to the UK economy in GVA( this is wage and profits), this helps to achieve the £34bn in gross tax revenue.
In short the BHA president, Sir David Michel wanted to say that, the 4.2% of the total investment done in the UK economy is done by the hospitality industry, by creating a sustainability of 61,000 jobs along with 39,000 of this jobs in construction and related activities.
This report clearly states that it’s a huge industry which helps in creating employment, but the most important part is to retain the staff by fulfilling their needs and motivating them to stay back and work efficiently. For this the birth of Humana Resource Management came into being, more aptly known as HRM.
Dissertation Impact of Information and Communication Technology SampleDissertationFirst
In today's rapid globalizing world, information and commutation technology (ICT) has played a crucial role in thriving organizations. Therefore in this research the researcher will be able to analyze about the role of the Information and communication technology tools in the HR performance. The organizations have been keen on adapting to latest technologies in order to stay ahead of competition and also stay abreast in the technology front. Information and communication technology plays an important role in organizational performance and growth. ICT tools such as e- mails, intranet, internet, and video conference which not just help to reduce cost and time but also help to do things faster, safer, secure and reliable. According to (Brooks et al,. (2007- p74):
Dissertation Budget Cuts in Holiday inn Brentwood due to Recession SampleDissertationFirst
Background: In the environment of recession, it is very important for hotels to determine effective strategies to minimize the impact recession and budget cut. There are different types of strategies such as strict rules and regulation, aggressive management of cost etc that can be used by the hotels to minimize the impact of recession. Holiday Inn Brentwood is UK based hotel chain facing the problem of recession. It has successfully gone through medium and long-term reforms to minimize the impact of recession over its operation.
Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to analyze various actions taken by the organizations to minimize the impact of recession. The report is aimed at determining the steps taken by Holiday Inn Brentwood to minimize the impact of recession over it.
Methodology: The research problem is exploratory in nature, so quantitative research type is used to collect data from primary and secondary sources of data collection. The questionnaire survey method is used over the 100 customers, from which only 80 participants responded. For secondary research literature is selected that helped to obtain quality information.
Findings: From the research, it is found that there are so many steps that organizations can take to minimize the impact of recession over it. It is very important for the organizations to implement these steps to determine their sustainability and profitability during recession. There are different steps such as aggressive management of cash, transforming capital asset into financial asset and identification of key influencer that can be used to determine the effectiveness of organizations during recession also.
Further implication: The research is quite effective for hotel industry to determine the effectiveness of these steps to minimize the impact of recession determining the sustainability and profitability of research.
Dissertation Role of communication to provide Protection from Diabetes sampleDissertationFirst
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER 1: In this section a brief introduction about the project topic will be given. Background and significance of the study will be discussed in this section. In addition to this project aims and questions will also be defined in this section of the project paper.
CHAPTER 2: In this section, information will be gathered by using secondary sources of information like books, journals, past researches, and case studies. The opinion and views of different scholars will be evaluated in this section.
CHAPTER 3: The project approach and project methods used to collect data will be analyzed in this section. Additionally, this section also focuses on data collection and data analysis approach.
CHAPTER 4: The results and findings from primary project method will be discussed in this section. The views and opinions given by participants will be critically evaluated in this section of the project paper.
CHAPTER 5: This section will include the interpretation of the results of collected data. The responses obtained by using questionnaire method will be analyzed in this section.
CHAPTER 6: The whole project paper will be concluded in this section. Recommendations will be given to Tower Hamlets to further improve their communication process
Dissertation New Business Realities in the Hospitality Sector SampleDissertationFirst
The problem of employee turnover in the restaurant business is the serious area of concern for the whole management. The study of this topic is quit good in both theoretical and practical terms through which I can not only gain my theoretical knowledge about cause of employee turnover and retention strategies, but it improves my practical knowledge how this problem negatively affect the whole organization. The main purpose of my dissertation is to investigate the problem of high staff and employee turnover at Dominos Pizza. The main focus of the dissertation is given on the investigation of the major causes of employee turnover, the role of HRM in regaining with this problem and recommendations to the management regarding retention strategies.
The primary method of data collection method is chosen for the research work. The primary data is accumulating by using survey through questionnaire. The study examined 75 ex-employees of Dominos Pizza to identify the likely reasons of leaving. The reasons of the turnover or intention to quit given by ex-employees were found significantly same.
The results of the survey reflects that the problem of high staff turnover at Dominos is mainly because of three top reasons include low wage increment, low career advancement opportunities and low job satisfaction. Additionally, the other major causes of turnover include ineffective HR practices, work environment, job security, relationship between employer and employee, low commitment and so on. A thorough study of the dissertation would be helpful in identifying appropriate retention programs and strategies to control over the problem of high employee turnover within restaurant business sector.
Dissertation Relationship Marketing in Health Care IndustryDissertationFirst
Within the health care sector context, relationship marketing is very important part for the success of the organization and for retaining its clients. Relationship marketing is an approach intended to look after customer long- term engagement, loyalty and relations; it aims at developing strong loyal customers by offering correct and direct information by having open communication with them, therefore proper relationship marketing strategies and communication strategies should be used for the development and improvement of the health sector.
This study sought to evaluate the role of relationship marketing in health care sector in context with the Mumbai health care organization, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital, the study specifically aims:
. To analyze the benefits of relationship marketing in the healthcare sector
. To review critically the literature of the research associated to relationship marketing.
. To evaluate critically the significance of relationships marketing strategy in the health care industry in context with Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital. . To offer a significant recommendation for healthcare industry in India by which they can improve their efficiency and quality by implementing the relationship marketing. This paper presents research of relationship marketing in the industry of health
care: A Case Study of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital Mumbai. Analyzed findings are presented in accordance with a rigorous sampling frame of 50 respondents through questionnaires.
Dissertation a Case Study of Afritec Limited SampleDissertationFirst
This exploration investigates reasons relating to the backwardness of Small and Medium Enterprises in taking so as to create countries like Cameroon African Information and telecom as a case organization. The nation is arranged in focal Africa. The pillar of the country is Agriculture and subsequently, it is transcendently known as the agrarian economy. The accompanying exploration will help the up and coming organizations about the political framework and other comprehension in respects with the Cameroon. The vast majority of the SME's in these countries stay little because of different difficulties and snags. The principle motivation behind this examination is to recognize distinctive elements that prevent the development and accomplishment of SME's. Notwithstanding this, the examination will likewise research the eventual fate of SME's when all is said in done.
A very much characterized exploration system is utilized to gather information for the examination reason. With the end goal of assessing the information in subjective and quantitative way, the information is gathered by utilizing both essential and optional exploration routines. This examination methodology is to a great degree supportive in distinguishing the elements that lead Afritec constrained and effect on other SME's to stay little, regardless of having numerous development prospects and opportunities. The discoveries of the examination affirm the past investigates and contribute extra confirmation that proposes that the vicinity of extensive number of little and medium ventures is an awesome indication of flourishment of a specific economy. The significant hindrances for the advancement of these organizations are for the most part in satisfactory accessibility of account, debasement, tax assessment framework and administrative issues.
In light of the study it can be presumed that SME's are well thoroughly considered as the first resort of livelihood to a great many individuals in the country. In Cameroon, SME's assume a noteworthy part in maintaining the monetary development, producing work, expanding exchange and making new private venture.
Dissertation Pathophysiology of Hypoglycemia SampleDissertationFirst
The research is conducted to explain the aims, Pathophysiology of Hypoglycemia, causes and effects of Hypoglycemia, Somogyi effect and Dawn phenomenon. In this document there is guidance relating to low blood sugar, precautions which can be adopted to maintain blood sugar level.
The term - Hypoglycemia is derived from the Greek words in which "hypo" means low "glykys" means sweet and "haima" means blood. Hypoglycemia is a scientific word for peculiarly less quantity of sugar (glucose) in the blood (Ferry, n.d). This is the condition within which serum glucose intensity (the glucose or sugar amount in the blood) drops under 70mg/dl that recognized as Hypoglycemia, and is potentially dangerous.
It is usually caused by undue oozing of insulin by the islet cells of the pancreas. If insulin secretion is too much it results in hypoglycemia and if insulin secretion is too less it results in hyperglycemia. If no insulin is secreted, the result is diabetes (Dherbs, n.d).
Aim: The objective of the study is -
1. To study Pathophysiology of hypoglycemia.
2. To study causes and effects of hypoglycemia.
3. To provide about Somogyi effect and dawn phenomenon.
4. To study recent trends of hypoglycemia in UK.
Dissertation International Marketing Management SampleDissertationFirst
Dissertation International Marketing Management Sample:
'Textile Component' is a UK based company and successfully operating its transactions from many years. The company produces and sell components and parts to other textile manufacturing industry. The major products of the firms are buttons, zips and fasteners for the clothing as well as garments. As the organization has achieved success and because of the recent trends in globalization, textile component decided to expand their market and increase their global reach. Internationalization of business is not considered as an easy task. Many challenges and hurdles come across in this context. Organization need to adopt many practices and strategies to perform better and effectively in the international market (Johnson and Turner, 2009).
The main purpose of this report is to prepare an entry plan for international markets in regards with the textile components. The report will also investigate various factors that influence the entry mode of company in to the global market along with the potential barriers that might hinders the expansion of the firm (Globalization - Economic Dimension, 2006). Various marketing strategies in order to enter in the international market are also being explored by the researcher.
In the conclusion part of the report various recommendations for adequate marketing strategy for textile components is also mentioned which provide an aid to the firm to expand their business in the global market.
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Windward Investment Management: Case Analysis
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WINDWARD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT: CASE ANALYSIS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report analyzes an investment management firm, Windward. It is a well established
registered investment advisor, which has been working as an independent money manager for its
clients. The core client base of the firm consists of the high-net-worth individuals and the family
offices. Windward Investment Management Company has witnessed a rapid growth in AUM (assets
under management) in past 10 years, but now the company is considering a range of future growth
opportunities and how to finance those opportunities, including raising external capital. The case
focuses on the decision of what opportunities, Windward should consider and on the valuation of the
firm if it decides to raise external capital.
For the purpose of deriving a structural analysis, report is divided in 6 chapters.
Chapter one is of introductory chapter. This chapter acquaints the reader with the background of the
study. Here the statement of problem, aims and objectives of the study and a detailed synopsis of the
entire report’s structure has beendisclosed. Beginning of the chapter sketches the pertainingbusiness
process, client base, situation, working etc. at Windward.
In the secondsectioncase descriptionis given. Here a detailedpicture of the case has been
drawn. This chapter gives details regarding the company, company’s management, business process,
its evolution, industry etc. This chapter provides ground to the entire study.
Statement of problem backed by the case brief will be definedin this sectionof the report. All
the relevant concepts and theories will also get introducedand discussedhere only. Such discussionwill
be termedas the literature reviewof the topic. Further a detailed plan for analysis will be carriedout
along with defining the most appropriate sources of datafor the study. Through data analysis in
accordance with the proposedplan of analysis, assessment of the current positionof the firm will be
done and further the prospective strategies forthe firm will be derived.
In the fifthsectionof the report adetailedand integratedanalysis of the findings will be done.
Through the discussion, recommendations for Windward will be scaledout. On the basis of the
recommendations anddiscussionaplan of actionwill be proposedwith a rigorous discussiononthe
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limitations of the studyconductedor the derived results. Further the chapter will end with discussions
on the scope of further studies. Sixthchapter will be concernedabout the utilityof the study for the
other players of some other industries. Here, the learningof the entire analysis will be briefedand
applied on any other industryunit.
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Table of Contents
1. INTR O DU C TIO N ........... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ....... ... 1
1.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 1
1.2 Statement of Problem .................................................................................................. 3
1.3 Research Aims and Objectives.................................................................................... 3
1.4 Structure of the Report ................................................................................................ 4
2. CAS E BRIE F ...... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... . 5
1.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT AND PLAN OF ANALYSIS,...............................................8
3.1 Statement of problem......................................................................................................8
3.2 Investment Management Concept and Theory ..........................................................9
Investors ....................................................................................................................................9
Personal Investors................................................................................................................9
Institutional Investors........................................................................................................10
Investment Management......................................................................................................10
The RIA industry................................................................................................................ 11
Investment Vehicles..........................................................................................................12
Mutual Funds...................................................................................................................... 13
Index Funds........................................................................................................................13
Exchange-Traded Funds................................................................................................. 13
Collective Investment Schemes......................................................................................14
Venture Capital Funds...................................................................................................... 14
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401(k) plans........................................................................................................................14
3.3 Proposed plan for Analysis .......................................................................................... 15
3.4 Sources of data...............................................................................................................15
ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS............................................................................................17
4.
4.1 Analysis...........................................................................................................................17
Start partnership with a big firm and focus on the institutional clients 20
Start partnership with a big firm and concentrate on the existing niche i.e. high-net-
worth individuals ............................................................................................................. 22
Start partnership with 401(k) plan administrators ........................................................... 22
Start partnership with a manager and outsource CIO services ........................................ 23
Stay the Course ................................................................................................................ 23
4.2 Findings and discussion................................................................................................. 24
5. PROPOSED SOLUTION TO PROBLEM...................................................................... 26
5.1 Integrated assessment of the Analysis....................................................................... 26
5.2 Recommendations..................................................................................................... 27
5.3 Proposed plan of Action............................................................................................ 28
5.4 Limitations of the study............................................................................................. 29
5.5 Scope for further study.............................................................................................. 29
2.1 APPLICATION OF THE LEARNINGS IN A FIRM OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRY...30
Description of the comparator company situation..........................................................31
Testing the recommendation on the comparator company.........................................33
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REFERENCES ...........................................................................................................................34
APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................ 37
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LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
Figure 1 Types of Collective investment Vehicles .............................................................13
Table 1 Performance of Windward in terms of increase in Total assets.......................19
Figure 2 Performance of Windward in terms of increase in Total assets ..................... 19
Table 2 Different client options and requirements for Windward ...................................20
Table 3 list of institutional investor clients in Windward ...................................................21
Table 4 portfolio strategies at Windward 21
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
This case is about an investment management firm, Windward. It is a well-established
registered investment advisor, which has been working as an independent money manager for its
clients. The core client base of the firm consists of the high-net-worth individuals and the family
offices. It is functioning in Manchester with its 38 highly talented employees from different
educational backgrounds. Total asset under management i.e. AUM has been $3.6 billion till 2010.
This firm is originated in late 1999 and founded by the sole owner, Steve Cucchiaro.
Steve is a MIT graduate in applied mathematics. Further an MBA, which has been done by him
from Wharton School, Pennsylvania in 1977. After completion of the MBA, Steve has joined as a
financial consultant at Coopers & Lybrand, then Data Resource Inc. He has also worked as the
strategic consultant at Massachusetts office of CSP international, Cambridge. Later in 1985, Steve
has joined Cox Enterprise and subsequently opened Datext.
Steve Cucchiaro further resigned from the job and started working from a rented office at
Manchester. This time again, it was an IT venture, which was offering consultant to ICAD Inc. Steve
worked independently till he was assigned the president-shipby the firm. After amalgamation of ICAD
and Oracle, he left ICAD and started an S Company, Windward in association with his two friends
with a capital of $3 Million in 1994. After five years i.e. in 1999, Windward was placed in the RIA
industry with AUM of $ 30 million. From here, the journey of Windward in the RIA industry started.
Basically RIA companies have a duty to perform in the best interest of the client. This duty
makes suchfirms more enduring for the clients and has resulted in the rapid growth in the total AUM
and number of players in the industry. As per an estimate, there are about 14,000 to 17,000 RIAs in
US. This industry is highly concentrated, as an estimate shows that 90% of the AUM is managed by
20% of the firms. Contrasting with the mutual fund industry, RIAs has to manage many unique
portfolios accordingto the requirement of the clients. Portfolios can be made up of individual scripts,
bonds, ETFs or mutual funds etc. Windward is largest user of ETFs among the RIA’s
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Windward solely focus on the investment management by asset allocation rather than the individual
securityselection for its clients. It attempts to exploit the pertaining inefficiencies across the global
markets with a long term approach towards investing. The investment universe of Windward is
definedin terms of 40 market indices, which track the performance of the securities across different
continents. ETF is used by it as the investment vehicle. Windward has expanded its client base by
offeringservices to not onlythe high-net-worth individuals but to the institutional investors. In 2010,
75% AUM has come from the high-net-worth individuals and 25% from the institutional investors.
There have been three distinct investment strategies in accordance with the risk tolerance of the
clients.
A global strategy model has been developed by the firm, which attempts to map the macro level
inefficiencies. Such inefficiencies are the result of the delayed response of different economies to the
global economic conditions. It analyzes such changes in an integrated fashion where all the economies
in the world are studied for the reaction to a specific situation simultaneously. This model has evolved
with a constant improvement and revision process and needs a timely revision for being effective. All
the Tuesday meetings of the company aim primarily for such revisions. Both core and tactical
components of the portfolios are determined by the model only. The core component is determined
through the sharp ratio or the extensive back testingand scenario analysis. The proprietarymodel guides
in tactical asset allocation. This model gives a list of the market indices where the company has
invested. This list covers the estimated risk adjusted returns for 12 month period, on this basis; all the
listedindices are ranked for the preference. This ranking describes the relative attractiveness of the asset
classes.
For a long, Cucchiaro has been the only to modify the model but now two principals have
joined the research team and started experimenting with the model through different research tools,
such as sensitivityanalysis, stress test and others. In investment committee meetings, discussions on
the model alteration are done. Modification only implemented if results in increased returns, lower
volatility and drawdown risk.
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ETFs are used for investment vehicles to implement the strategies. After accomplishing the
model ranking and portfolio allocation, rebalancingof the portfolio starts. Rebalancing for the client
portfoliois done thrice ayear in normal circumstances. Average annual turnover of portfolio is 40%.
A team of 10 to 15 is liable for implementation of the strategies, which is headed by Denise
(managing director of operations and client services).
Portfolioimplementationfor eachclient is done separatelyfor their each account. Almost 2300 clients
are there holding nearly 6700 accounts in total with Windward. Many clients have multiple accounts.
Company works with 17 custodians. For the period 2002 to 2009, Windward portfolio strategies have
fared higher than the benchmarks. Compounded annual return of the diversified conservative portfolio
has been 6.6% vs. 5.4% for the benchmark i.e. the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. 8.1%
compounded annual return for the diversified growth portfolio has been recorded with benchmark
return of 3.4%. Lastly, compounded annual return for diversified aggregate portfolio has been 9.9%
with comparison to the benchmark return of 1.6%. All these returns are fared without using the
leveraging and shot selling techniques.
The employees are not only belonging to the finance background but from mathematics,
econometrics, statistics, engineering, management experts are also there. Firms rapid growth is
backed by the Cucchiaro’ investment approach together with the entrepreneurial front of its
principals. Company also has a six member advisory board for developmental advices. An open and
transparent culture persists there in the firm. Company is owned solely by Cucchiaro and other
principals and directors are entitled for the phantom equity. In the following sections, all the issues
and operating strategies of the Windward will be analyzed and most effective solutions to the issues
will be derived. For this, different research tools will be used.
4.1 Statement of Problem
Windward is a brighter star in the sky of registered investment advisory (RIA) industry. It is
for now catering to the Niche market of the high-net-worth individuals and family offices. But now
the concern of the firm is to increase its client base and funds. Key problems in this are defined as
below:
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Whether the firm should go for increasing client base strategy?
What is the best suitable fund raising means?
What is the most suitable growth strategy firm should adopt for sustaining future growth
prospects?
5.1 Research Aims and Objectives
This report aims to spot out the best alternates for Windward in order to overcome the existing issues. This
will result in the enhanced effectiveness of client satisfaction. This study will enable us to recognize the
challenges and their solutions faced by Windward in the RIA industry. Also, different means of dealing with
these situations will be analyzed. This research has been structured for attaining 3 research objectives. 1st
objective is to have an insight of the RIA industry. 2
nd
the research objective is to explore different alternatives
of growth strategies for Windward. Last but certainly not the least the 3
rd
objective is to identify the most
suitable financing alternative for Windward in the existing situation.
Structure of the Report
This report is segregated into six chapters. These are named as Introduction, Case brief, Problem statement
and plan of analysis, Analysis and findings, proposed solution to problem and reflective statement.
Chapter one is of introductory chapter. This chapter acquaints the reader with the background of the study.
Here the statement of problem, aims and objectives of the studyand a detailedsynopsis of the entire report’s
structure will be disclosed.
The secondchapter deals with the case description. Here adetailedportrait of the case will be drawn.
Statement of problem backed by the case brief will be definedin this sectionof the report. All the relevant
concepts and theories will also get introducedand discussedhere only. Through data analysis in accordance
with the proposedplan of analysis, assessment of the current positionof the firm will be done and further
the prospective strategies for the firm will be derived. In the fifthsectionof the report adetailedand
integratedanalysis of the findings will be done. Further the chapter will end with discussions onthe scope
of further studies. Sixth chapter will be concernedabout the utilityof the study for the other players of the
industry and a reflective statement will also be provided at the end of the report.