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This 14 page paper examines the finial position of General Motors from the 2002 and 2001 annual accounts. The paper considers how these accounts may be used to project the future value of the company. The paper also includes other information that would be useful in any investment analysis, such as industry background and a ratio analysis. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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as locomotives. The company also designs, manufactures and markets the parts required for the repair and maintenance of the core products. There are also a range of different associated products
where the company has sought to increase the value of the company, these have included horizontal diversification and vertical diversification. General Motors also has interests in insurance as well as
financial services, which originally began as a way of helping the company to sell cars. The overall position of the company
is one that may be seen as strong in terms of market leadership, but also weak in terms of financial performance with the financial year that ended on the 31st
of December 2001. Results demonstrated a fall of 3% for the revenues. Net income before taxes showed a more dramatic drop to $1.5 billion from $7.2 billion in
2000 (Wall Street Journal, 2003). With performance such as this an investor may wish to predict the future value of the company before investing init.
The way in which a company such as this will perform will depend on a wide variety of factors. The market conditions need to be understood when
making predictions, as do the internal scenarios such as performance and efficiency ratios as well as non-financial information. Large companies tend to have a disadvantage when it comes to adapting
to changing markets; they have the disadvantage of size. With high overheads and diseconomies of scale, which benefit them when conditions are good, costs increase relative to sales. In
looking at how General Motors may perform in the future the first stage is to consider the current status of the market in which the company is operating as this
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