General Queries Topic 8

Yes @kann23 , if you are submitting for period 32 then you have to select your company from the given industry sectors.

I’ll quote what trephena has mentioned:

@trephena said:
The industry sectors for P32 are:

– pharmaceutical companies or those in biotechnology

– mobile telecommunications

– air transport

Personally I do not recommend doing a T15 on the latter (the cash management and working capital element of airline operations is VERY complex) and suggest that a T15 for any of these is NOT a soft option.

Other topics are unaffected so as always I recommend T17 on the basis that we have a proven track record for our students using the T17 forum and achieving great results.

And also check this pdf file issued by learning luminairum which gives a good insight to the industry sectors!
https://learningluminarium.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Topic-8-Three-New-Industries.pdf

You could also look at this page for more details!

https://opentuition.com/topic/topic-8-new-rules-as-of-may-2016-submission/

@darkangel5, thanks so much for the reply, very grateful, can I just confirm that T15 & T17 are topic 15 & 17? Thanks again

@trephena, thanks to you! and other mentors who are doing their best in helping us in this journey 🙂

I’ am grateful to you for your help..

Hello. I just want to ask a simple question. As we have to upload three years financial statements of our primary company, is it necessary to upload three years F/S for our competitor also or should i just upload the latest one year competitors F/S?

Another question is that what should we upload e.g. only Balance sheet and Profit and loss account or Is it necessary to upload statement of cash flows also?

If I want to analyse three years then how many year’s figures should I take? e.g. 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 or just 2014, 2013 and 2012?

Whether we should use comparative figures (restated) or should i take the figures from individual annual reports?

I am so dam worried at the moment, because i have no idea what type of explanation the examiner required. For example, i have write the reason behind the bad gross profit margin because material prices increased due to exchange rate and company paid more money for petrol and power etc.. I have mentioned references and everything. Now i am not sure what to write in current and quick ratio. Because there is no reference for the changes in current liabilities and assets available any where else than financial statements only.

Hi,

Maybe this is a silly query… The title of Topic 8 as per the Information Pack is

An analysis and evaluation of the business and financial performance of an organisation over a three year period.

However, I have been advised to use either “analysis” or “evaluation” in the title. Is this advice correct? Or should I make the title as per Information pack by just replacing the company name and specifying the period.

Thanks!

@trephena i have written that companies current ratio improved because they has repaid the loan while its bad again because of the payment of taxation. But i am still confused that what type of external reference we can write here as these are companies internal issues and newspapers does not publish these stuff. I am facing the same issue with receivable days and payable days ratios :/

Is this ok to write the EPS is good because the sales of company has been increased and overall profit increased due to deduction in cost of sales, i have mentioned so many reference about these things in gross profit, do i need to write down those refrences again?

@chang – it looks like you have no choice but to use the consolidated results since there is no way to isolate them individually.

The key principle would be to try to compare like-for-like. Hopefully, your competitor has the a similar business portfolio as GSK. If not, it is not a reason for failure but you should recognize that as a limitation.

thanks for reply, the competitor which consist a little branch that is inrelevant to pharmaceutical industry which is a research department, i think i am pretty clear to recognize that as my limitations thanks

@chebirr said:
hi
how many comparators are students allow to use aside the main casestudy chosen?

1 comparator is enough, but if you want to use more than 1 then no issue given that you incorporate your analysis smoothly.

But, 1 comparator is what mostly used, won’t have words to do with more than 1.

HI Trephena,

As I am considering the topic 8 in alternative to the topic 6 (if I wont be able to get the authorization from my company).
For topic 8 the OBU provide the industry sector where the company case study need to be selected from.
Then, I was wondering if I won t pass my RAP in May 2018 Submission period 36, do I have to change the company in my next submission to align it with the new industry sector requirement for the submission period 37 or can I still use the same company as case study.
Thanks and Regards

Gabriella

i also have some doubts in referencing Annual Report for many times , for example: AA company

in text citation i put corporation author and pages (AA 2016, P10)

in reference list i will put

AA 2016, AA Annual Report 2016. About us. p.10. Available at: https://www.aa.com/.

am i doing correctly by indicate pages that i used ?

or should i just put in text citation as (AA annual report, 2016) for every single use of annual report and one reference list reference

which one is correct one ??? thanks for your advice