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Finance Case Studies by topic
Trading places
In order to make judgements about business activities, individuals require information. Accounting acts as an information system by processing business data so that interested...
Interpreting and understanding accounts
How much is the business worth? Are sales growing or declining? What about cash flow? These and many other vital questions are regularly tackled...
The importance of accounting standards
PricewaterhouseCoopers was created in July 1998 by the merger of two firms - Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand - each with historical roots...
The role of asset management
British Aerospace is a world leader in aerospace and defence with annual sales exceeding £8 billion and an order book of more than £22...
The benefits of budgeting
Zurich Insurance Group is a leading global provider of insurance services. Zurich’s mission is to help customers understand and protect themselves from risk. The...
Planning a budget
Davis Service Group is a large public limited company employing around 17,000 people. Its shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange.
The business is...
Budgeting and strategy
What is a budget?
A budget is a financial plan that sets out, using figures, an organisation's expected future results. For planning purposes, organisations can...
Controlling cash flow for business growth
CIMA is the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Its members are trained and qualified in the vital area of management accountancy. Businesses can only...
Costing aircraft components
When we think about the cost of an aircraft, we tend to think of the cost of buying the product rather than the costs...
Managing financial risk
There is an element of risk in an activity when the outcome cannot be predicted with any certainty, or when the outcome is known...
Managing trading risk
This case study examines the importance of futures trading and focuses more specifically on commodity futures trading. The futures market plays a key role...
Calculating the risks in making investment decisions
Investment decisions involve weighing up the risk and the likely rewards of various options. It is often the riskiest alternatives that yield the highest...
Using cost benefit analysis to appraise investments
Every morning millions of people in the UK have a bath or shower, make a cup of tea and wash the dishes before they...
Investing in natural gas drilling down into the risks
Investment decisions involve weighing up the risk and the likely rewards of various options. It is often the riskiest alternatives that yield the highest...
Assessing a major infrastructure project
The development of a transportation system which links up places both within the UK and across the world has enabled people, goods and services...
Private Finance Initiatives
PricewaterhouseCoopers was created in 1998 by the merger of two firms - Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand - each with historical roots going...
Raising finance for SMEs
It was the European Commission that first coined the term ‘small and medium enterprise’ (SME) to describe businesses which employ less than 500 workers.
This...