Accounting & Finance Clips 2: Sources Of Finance
24 mins, 2011 CLIP 1: SOURCES OF FINANCE – AN INTRODUCTION (9 mins) How does a business choose between different sources of finance? Is it always better to get money from inside the company than get an overdraft or loan or to sell shares in the firm? And what are the pros and cons of… Read more »
Accounting & Finance Clips 3: Budgeting
23 mins, 2011 Clips explain and illustrate the importance of budgets and budgeting using a variety of case study examples. CLIP 1: INTRODUCTION TO BUDGETING (5 mins) What are budgets? How do they work? In Blakeway Ltd budgeting is vital to their manufacturing plans – but budgets depend on sales forecasts which are notoriously unreliable…. Read more »
Accounting & Finance Clips 4: Cash Flow & Working Capital
31 mins, 2011 CLIP 1: CASH FLOW: TOSSED’S GAMBLE (11 mins) A new salad bar chain is chasing growth – but will it run out of cash? Tossed is the baby of twenty-something entrepreneur Vincent McKevitt who aims to make big money out of healthy eating. The business is successful, but if he tries to… Read more »
Accounting & Finance Clips 5: Investment Decisions & Contribution
28 mins, 2011 CLIP 1: WHAT IS INVESTMENT APPRAISAL? (7 mins) Among the most critical decisions companies have to make are investment decisions – whether buying new machinery or taking over another company. This clip examines the different investment appraisal techniques companies use to help them make those decisions. Payback, profit, and opportunity cost are… Read more »
Accounting & Finance Clips 6: Costs & Profit
28 mins, 2011 Clips explain and illustrate costs and profit using a variety of case study examples. CLIP 1: COSTS: AN INTRODUCTION (8 mins) Vital to commercial success is how well businesses control their costs. These come in two basic types: direct and indirect. But in the real world classifying costs is rarely clear-cut. Manufacturer… Read more »
Accounting & Finance Clips 7: Depreciation, Objectives & Strategy
34 mins, 2011 Clips explain and illustrate key topics in finance using a variety of case study examples. CLIP 1: FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES: INTRODUCTION (7 mins) To achieve their long-term aims, businesses set themselves objectives – stepping stones to their aims. Manufacturing boss Stephen Maynard’s key objective is growth. ROCE – return on capital employed –… Read more »
Urban Questions II: Nairobi, Kenya
22 mins, 2011 Nairobi, capital of Kenya is also known as the capital of crime because of a dramatic increase in kidnappings. This is rooted in one of Africa’s largest slums – Mathare. MATHARE: More than 35% of Kenyans live below the poverty line. In Nairobi, it’s more than 60%. In the centre of town… Read more »
Responsible Corporations?
23 mins, 2010 Multinational companies are aggressively marketing cigarettes to young people in developing countries, with tragic social costs. This film explores the case of Indonesia – the third largest market for tobacco products in the world. HUMAN COSTS: “If I’d known I’d get this disease I would have quit a long time ago.” Ujang… Read more »
The Power Of A Multinational
30 mins, 2010 Are people right to fear the spread of genetically modified crops? This powerful documentary tells the story of one farmer who takes a stand against the massive multinational Monsanto. THE BATTLE: Representatives from the multinational company Monsanto visit Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser and demand he surrender his canola crops. Percy refuses and… Read more »
The Marketing Series 1: The Internet Revolution
31 mins, 2010 This film explores how technology has driven marketing over the past 50 years, from the golden age of television ads to the internet revolution of today. HISTORY: Marketing has been around from earliest times. But it was the industrial revolution which brought mass consumption, mass production and the mass media. In the… Read more »
The Marketing Series 2: The 4 Ps & Beyond
28 mins, 2010 The four Ps of the marketing mix – product, promotion, price and place – are still seen as the basis of marketing – but how relevant are they today? Using case studies of companies large and small this film explains and explores each of the Ps. PRODUCT: Brompton Bicycle is a manufacturing… Read more »
The Marketing Series 3: The Power Of The Brand
28 mins, 2010 All marketing starts with a product. But beyond the product is the brand. Vast sums are spent in creating and maintaining brands. But what is a brand? And why do some brands succeed and some fail? SUCCESSES: Brands speak to people in a way that products don’t – they have a personality,… Read more »