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Analyze the company's financial performance to determine the link between the company's strategic goals, strategy, and its financial performance. Detail your findings.
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The company has a strategic goal of growing by implementing a strategy of cost leadership. The company, Wal-Mart wants to pursue the strategy of low cost and having increasing returns on investment. The company's strategic goals include growing in the US as well as growing internationally by entering new economies. This growth is possible if Wal-Mart is able to implement its strategy of cost leadership.
To maintain a cost advantage, Wal-Mart must operate efficiently. The asset turnover ratio for Wal-Mart is 2.3 whereas the asset turnover ratio for the industry is 2.07. The inventory turnover ratio for Wal-Mart is 7.74 whereas the industry average is 7.04. The receivable turnover ratio is 96.41 for Wal-Mart, whereas the ...

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