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An Analysis of the External and Internal Factors Affecting Honda Motor Company’s Performance

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Profitability is primarily goals of a company and it is important to an organization to be profitable and survive in a long run. The aim of this study is to determine the company performance towards internal and external factors for Honda Motor Company Ltd in Japan. The data analysis shows that firm-specific factors (debt to income) and macroeconomics influence the profitability of the company. This study covers all the latest financial statement from 2014 until 2018. This analysis will help the investors directly and indirectly on either the company is worth to invest or not. This is because this study contains all five years of information for the investor to compare. This study also studies how the economics of a country can influence Honda Motor Company within five years.

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  • Chong, Sze Chin, 2019. "An Analysis of the External and Internal Factors Affecting Honda Motor Company’s Performance," MPRA Paper 97206, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 18 Nov 2019.
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    Keywords

    Profitability; Insolvency risk; Macroeconomic;
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    JEL classification:

    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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