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Using strategic analysis to determine why GM‐North America's earnings dropped
Author(s) -
Sopariwala Parvez R.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20326
Subject(s) - earnings , corporation , general motors , profit (economics) , earnings before interest and taxes , economics , business , accounting , marketing , management , finance , industrial organization , microeconomics
This article illustrates strategic analysis of operating income, which can be used to gain a better understanding of financial statements—in particular, why corporate or segment profits change from one year to the next. Specifically, the article examines the 2001 pretax profit of General Motors Corporation's North American Operations (GMNA), which declined by $4.4 billion compared with that for 2000. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.