| | FINANCIAL AND LABOR PRODUCTIVITY BENCHMARKS ON LA SEDA DE BARCELONA, S.A. PUBLISHED SAN DIEGO, Calif. - - ICON Group International Ltd. today released studies on labor productivity and financial benchmarks for La Seda de Barcelona, S.A. (MAD, OTH: SED). What?
International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis
How does La Seda de Barcelona, S.A.’s balance sheet structure differ from global benchmarks? Does La Seda de Barcelona, S.A. hold more cash and short-term assets? Does it have more retained earnings compared to the benchmarks? Does it hold a higher concentration of long-term debt? Does La Seda de Barcelona, S.A. have relatively higher pre-tax margins compared to global benchmarks? Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis
Are workers at La Seda de Barcelona, S.A. productive? There is no absolute answer to this economic question. The second study considers how labor deployment and productivity indicators for La Seda de Barcelona, S.A. differ from the global benchmarks. It looks at the amount of labor required to operate La Seda de Barcelona, S.A. and the resulting return on human investment. What is the ratio of short-term and long-term assets to employee? What are comparative capital-labor ratios? What are the average operating expenses per employee in La Seda de Barcelona, S.A. compared to benchmarks in the Plastics Materials, Synthetic Resins, Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other Manmade Fibers Manufacturing Excluding Glass sector? Reports for over 65 Plastics Materials, Synthetic Resins, Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other Manmade Fibers Manufacturing Excluding Glass companies are available now, including the following: BASF Aktiengesellschaft BorsodChem Rt. Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co Eastman Chemical Co EMS-Chemie Holding AG Formosa Plastics Corp. Goldschmidt AG Kuraray Co., Ltd. Lonza Group AG Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Mitsubishi Rayon Co Ltd Nitto Denko Corporation Polyone Corp Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha Solvay Societe Anonyme Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd Teijin Limited Toray Industries, Inc. Toyobo Co Ltd Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd Wellman Incorporated ZEON Corporation
Why?
The methodologist for this unique study is Philip Parker, Eli Lilly Chair Professor of Innovation, Business and Society at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France and Singapore). According to Professor Parker, “With the globalization of markets, greater foreign competition, and the reduction of barriers to entry, it becomes all the more important to benchmark a company’s financial indicators on a worldwide basis. World stock markets have recently witnessed a return to fundamental financial analysis. ” The goal of the reports is to assist consultants, financial managers, strategic planners, and corporate officers in gauging certain indicators of La Seda de Barcelona, S.A.’s financial and human resource structure. Professor Parker states, "We are intrigued by the wide variations in basic financial and productivity measures between La Seda de Barcelona, S.A. and other Plastics Materials, Synthetic Resins, Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other Manmade Fibers Manufacturing Excluding Glass companies. The Earnings Before Interest And Taxes (EBIT), for example, varied from -2.22 to 29.4. We see this type of variation in the hundreds of ratios that we estimate.” How?: Methodology
The report uses a proprietary methodology to generate international financial and human resource benchmarks and measure gaps that might be revealed from such an exercise. Using common-size statements, ICON Group International Ltd. prepares these vertical analyses by pooling statistics on tens of thousands of companies across over 40 countries and applying a seven-stage methodology. (1) identification of industry classifications, (2) firm-level data collection and aggregation, (3) standardization of raw statistics, (4) filtering outliers, (5) calculation of global norms, (6) projection of deviations and gaps, and (7) projection of ranks and percentiles. Previously available only through booksellers such as Hoovers, Amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble, two studies are now available direct from the publisher at a 50% discount off the cover price. This special offer includes International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis and Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis at US$ $420 ($210 each). E-mail for more information. FINANCIAL BENCHMARKS Audience: designed for financial managers, directors, CFOs, strategic planners Price: $210 Pages: 108 pp Published: Table of Contents About the Author(s) Methodology/Excerpt (free to view) Order Via Fax Order Online LABOR BENCHMARKS Audience: designed for productivity managers, HR directors, strategic planners Price: $210 Pages: 90 pp Published: Table of Contents About the Author(s) Methodology/Excerpt (free to view) Order Via Fax Order Online About ICON Group Ltd. ICON Group Ltd. assists managers with global benchmarking, gap analysis, and productivity studies. Clients can create their own benchmarks by choosing their competitors from among over 20,000 companies. CONTACT: Orders & Customer Service ICON Group International, Inc. 7404 Trade St. San Diego, CA 92121 USA Fax: 858-635-9414 E-mail: Link: http://www.icongrouponline.com/PR/La_Seda_de_Barcelona,_S_A_ES/PR.html - Additional links you may find of interest:
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