Finance and accounting : case study analysis report - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages the furniture and the construction. The company started its operations in the home market as a family business and expanded gradually. The huge diversity in the business has helped it to expand. Presently it is a public limited company. The shares of the company are publicly quoted on ‘Alternative Investment Market’ in London. The company imports raw and unfurnished hardwoods. The hardwood finished products mainly include the hardwood flooring, hardwood decorative strips, panelling etc. The company was established 200 years ago and now it is one of the leading hardwood manufacturing companies in the United Kingdom. The company’s effective resource utilisation and efficiency can be determined by the longevity of its operations in the market. Green Hardwood Corporation provides high quality products to its customers which have contributed to the success story of the company. It imports a wide range of hardwood from Asia and South America. The company owns Real Furniture Company as its subsidiary. It mainly converts raw imported hardwoods into finished readymade furniture and the operations of the company take place from the overseas countries from where it is sourced. Current financial practises of GHC and risk involvement in the operations This portion of the project will highlight the current financial practises of the company. Before discussing the financial practises of the company it is very important to discuss in brief about the current scenario of the financial performance of the company. The financial statement of the company (provided in the case study) reflects the cost structure and cash inflows of the company for 5 successive years starting from 2003 to 2007. The sales revenue has shown an increasing trend over the five years which is impressive. This shows that the financial performance of the company have been improving gradually. The cash inflows of the company over the five years (from 2003 to 2007) have been shown below: This shows that the cash inflows of the company have also increased consistently from 2003 to 2007. The issues related to the current financial practises by the company include payment to the suppliers in their home currency. The home currency of the company is British pounds. The sales earned by the company is first converted into the home currency and then deposited into the bank. The payment of other costs including the marketing, manufacturing and shipping costs as well as the taxes is made in the British Pounds from the company’s UK bank account. The fluctuations related to the home currency of the company against the currency values of its supplier countries can have an adverse effect on its business operations. The currency of a particular country can appreciate or depreciate with respect to the currency of one or more foreign countries. Research scholars such as Hirschman (1949), Diaz-Alejandro (1963), Cooper (1971), Guittian (1976), Dornbusch (1988), Krugman and Taylor (1987), Barbone and Francisco (1987) have made research to estimate the effect of the fluctuations in the exchange rate on the price level, real output etc. According to Van Wijnbergen (1989) and Bruno (1979), the supply channel side acts as a catalyst and complicates the effect of the currency ...Download file to see next pagesRead More