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This 10 page paper looks at a case study provided b the student. The scenario is a firm is looking to expand and has a choice of three companies. The paper looks at the financial and non financial information that can be used to make the decision. The case study was supplied with a set of accounts for each potential trading partner which are used to calculate profit, efficiency and liquidity ratios. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEtradpat.rtf
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For the security of a long term trading partnership there will be a desire to see that the company is stable and can support the trading partnership without unreasonable risk
if failure due to lack of cash flow or internal financial difficulties. The performance of a company may also be used to assess the relative strength of the company and
may also be used to infer the level of corporate decision making. In this paper we will consider three potential candidates which are referred to as Company A, Company
B and Company C. We will look first at the financial considerations and then discuss what non financial matters may be relevant and the dangers of only using financial
data. In this paper we will assume all of the companies are in the same industry and the figures have been prepared in the same manner, making them directly
comparable. Different accounting policies can have a major impact. This is one of the first consideration that the company will want to look at when examining the accounts, different policies
may result in different figures which are the result of accounting issues rather than performance. For example the re-valuation of assets or different depreciation polices can distort financial results as
can the adoption of IAS 39 if the company uses heading due to the re-valuation of the underlying derivatives. Here we will assume that there are no differences or adjustments
have already been made. The first part of the financial analysis looks at the actual turnover; this gives us an indication of the company size. Company C has the
highest revenues; this may mean the greatest market share and as such may be an attractive partner. However, turnover alone is not sufficient. The next financial area to examine is
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