Category: Essays

Identify its customer value proposition, its revenue model, marketplaces airborne operates and who its main competitors.

. Discuss your views on the impact of the “Internet of Things” on Higher Education in the next ten years. (about 1250 words)
2. Consider airbnb (www.airbnb.com), the “community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodation around the world”. Visit airbnb’s Web site and do your own research and describe its business model. Identify its customer value proposition, its revenue model, marketplaces airbnb operates and who its main competitors are (hint: use of online marketplace analysis tools to illustrate competition trends), any competitive advantage you believe airbnb possesses and what its market strategy appears to be. Also try to identify information about the company’s organisational structure. Conclude your analysis by identifying and discussing the key competitive threats affecting airbnb. (about 2000 words)

What is the best method to measure competition in banking markets?

There are two questions, please write 1000 words for each question.

B1. Competition in the banking sector.
1. What determines the level of competition in banking markets?
In your discussion indicate the influences which have increased or reduced competition, making reference to both theory and past empirical assessments.

2. What is the best method to measure competition in banking markets? Within your discussion consider at least two different approaches used to measure competition in banking markets within the academic literature and critically discuss their relative benefits and failings.

. What are the relevant targets for monetary policy?

1. What are the relevant targets for monetary policy? Consider inflation targeting, price level targeting, monetary targeting and nominal GDP targeting.

2. How does monetary policy feed through into the real economy? What role does the banking sector have in this process?

3. Should central banks consider asset prices (e.g. house prices, equity prices) when setting policy rates? Do central banks do this in practice?

4. Should monetary policy be used to stabilise share prices / house prices? Do central banks attempt to do this in practice?

Analyse the financial performance and current position of your selected company using appropriate ratio anaysis.

Financial ratios are a much used tool in assessing corporate performance, but the use of such ratios is often criticized.

Research a UK Plc listed on the London Stock Exchange, which operates in more than one country. Research the financial performance of the company over the last 5 years, complete a report covering the following areas:

* Discuss the use of financial analysis in modern finance, evaluate the strengths and weakness of this form of analysis.

* Analyse the financial performance and current position of your selected company using appropriate ratio anaysis.

* Assess the potential impact of current developments in international financial reporting on future financial reporting for your chosen company.