Essays on Equity.

The effective compensation and benefit system contributes to optimize the organizational effectiveness. The organizational effectiveness enhances with the effective performance of the employees as it directly impacts on the business performance. The system of compensation is very important to contribute to attract and retain the strongest performers from the market (Abdullah, 2009). The compensation and benefits system serves the needs of the organization to attract and retain the best employees and the motivation of these employees are very important for the growth in the productivity of the business. No one wills to work for such company lacking compensations and ...

The role of a central bank during a bubble phase has been widely debated in the past. While some argue that monetary policy tools should not be used to prick a bubble in the economy, others argue that using monetary policy tools to prick asset bubbles early in their development can benefit the economy in the long term before it becomes too big and poses systemic risk to even the real sectors. A central bank can use monetary policy to burst a developing bubble in the economy by increasing the policy interest rate. This would cause the yields of ...

The companies tell their stories through financial statements. Liquidity, earning potential and how companies leverage debt is just some of the information that can be gleaned from financial statements. Understanding the elements that make up the financial statements leads to a better understanding of how changes in financial elements from one year to the next affect the health and viability of an organization. The following are some basic financial statements and the financial elements comprised within them.

The balance sheet is a snapshot of assets, liabilities and owner’s equity for a company. Assets should equal to liabilities plus ...

As healthcare dynamics change due to availability of advanced technologies, new or strange health conditions, limited qualified healthcare experts and facilities and burgeoning patient numbers, healthcare organizations are under an exceedingly increased pressure to ensure quality of healthcare is not compromised. At the same time, healthcare centers or clinics have to operate under the most sustainable and minimum healthcare costs possible and also reduce patient expenditure on healthcare. Quality assurance in the provision of healthcare has thus become an invaluable aspect of healthcare organizational operation and management in efforts to reduce costs that come with increased patient complaints concerning ...

The report has been developed to evaluate and assess the different sources of finance available to a sports organisation of the likes of Manchester United. In the report, various finance sources have been analysed for the organisation and the incumbent sources being utilized by it. The report has also outlined recommendation of which source of finance should the organisation utilize in accordance with their suitability.

Manchester United is one of the most popular soccer teams of United Kingdom with its headquarters in Old Trafford, Manchester. Manchester United was founded in 1878 and listed for New York Stock Exchange in ...

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Introduction Several researches have been conducted to demonstrate the current structure of the Chinese markets, which appears to significantly vary across various industries (Morri and Beretta 2008). Apparently, in order to understand the intricacies of the capital structure in China, it is important to consider that capital structure is different in each industry. For instance, the property industry is different in the sense that the property industry has more collateral assets accompanied by larger that has higher leverage ratio (Liang, Li and Song 2014). On the other hand, the financial sector sets specific standards when ...

In this paper, the aim was to highlight the roles that the media play in the expectations around physical health by race and gender. A comparative content analysis was conducted on advertisements featured in online T.V ads. Results from this study are pointing to the notion that in order for an ad to make a solid appeal with respect to physical health to the targeted audience, two parameters are critical: race and culture. However, other scholars have a contrary opinion. They think that advertisements ought to be presented in a manner that shows gender equity and not gender segregation.

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Romeo and Juliet is known as a romance. It is a story fueled by passion, and tragically shattered by the death of start crossed lovers. However, when focuses in on the opening and closing scenes, it is clear that Shakespeare’s focus is not on true love, and the sacrifices that can be made for that love, but rather about family, and the devastation that they leave in their wake. Not unsimilarly, A Woman Killed with Kindness was written as a domestic tragedy that outlines both the alignment and misalignment of families through marriage, and the terrible side effects ...

Dunkin Brands Group is a Delaware corporation dealing in the business of ice creams, baked goods, bagels, muffins, breakfast sandwiches, and hot and cold coffee, among other products. It franchises quick service restaurants all over the world. The company was founded in 1989 when Allied Domeeq Quick Service Restaurants acquired Baskin Robbins and Dunkin Donuts and organized the two firms under one name, Dunkin Brands Group, Inc. (Dunkinbrands.com, 2015). The company operated more than 18,800 distribution points in about 60 countries as at December 27, 2014 (Dunkinbrands.com, 2015). The company operates through its four segments; Dunkin Donuts-US, Baskin ...

1.0 Introduction `According to Barbone et al. (2009) all members States of the European Union are also members of the Economic and monetary Union (EMU). Barbone et al. (2009) further states that the member states coordinate their policy-making in support for the economic objectives of the European Union (EU). Nonetheless, there are some member states that have gone further to adopting a single currency (Euro) (Barbone et al., 2009). They are the member states that comprise of the Euro area. Euro, according to Bekaert (2010) is a single currency that has been adopted by 19 European states that make up ...

The US Subprime mortgage crisis was a banking and financial emergency situation that led to a recession not only in the US but spread to many parts of the world. The disastrous effects of a crisis in the domestic subprime market on the rest of the world beg questions about the interconnectability and interdependence of the international economy as well as the financial institutions. The international financial crisis also revealed how vulnerable the global financial system was. Not only did the subprime crisis have a direct effect on global markets and countries that held a huge number of US mortgage backed securities and were ...

The adventure of Countrywide Financial Corporation in the American mortgage market implies a sinuous evolution, marked by the legal and illegal exploitation of the U.S. loaning legislations, which affected both the beneficiaries of the loans and the American overall economy. The organization has taken advantage of various market situations to boost its presence in the mortgage and subprime mortgage markets, being nevertheless itself the victim of the real estate market collapse that it caused historical losses, putting CFC in the position of being sold to Bank of America for avoiding bankruptcy (Eastburn, 2011). Achieving rapid growth in United States ...

Ancient Egyptian legal system is considered one of the oldest known in the human civilization. Although were few Ancient Egyptian sources of law remained preserved until this day, we can still recreate a general picture of legal norms and traditions that governed the society of Ancient Egypt based on historical records. The view that Ancient Egypt`s law served the despotic state regime of pharaohs who were the sole legislators with the power to create oppressive and unfair legal norms for its subjects is largely erroneous. The laws and legal customs of Ancient Egypt were based on the notions of ...

Revenue/Operating Expenses/Operating Income/Net Income Analysis: Referring to the previous five year financial statements of the company from the year 2009-2013, the revenue of the company has increased consistently over the years from $197 Millin during 2009 to $419 Million during 2013. However, as displayed in the graph below, the trend in net income has been downside-up. The Net income of the company reduced significantly during 2009 -2011 from $82 Million (2009) to $53 Million (2011). Interestingly, the reason for fall in net income during those years was significant increase in operating expenses. For Instance, during 2011, operating ...

These ratios indicate the long term solvency of the company, i.e., if the company will be able to honor its long term obligation. Furthermore, it also helps in understanding the capital structure of the company. Below discussed are the solvency ratios of Debenhams Inc: i) Debt to Equity: Debt/ Equity (Debenhams, 2013) ii) Interest Coverage Ratio: Operating Earnings/ Interest Expense iii) Debt to Capital Employed Ratio: Debt/ Capital Employed (Mckeith, Collins, 2013) *Debt= Total Debt *Capital Employed: Total Assets- Current Liabilities

The above analysis of the company using Solvency Ratios indicates that, over a year, ...

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- What the Paper is about This study was done by four students from Department of International Business at Schulich School of Business (Bae et al., nd) to test how expropritaion incentives of controlling shareholders impact firm values during a financial crisis and the recovery period. The results of the expropriation model ran for Asian firms for their 1997 crisis and Latin American firms for the 2001 Argentine economic crisis were aligned with the main hypothesis. The hypothesis called “expropriation hypothesis” posits that the value of firms with weaker corporate governance would significantly drop during a ...

Stock Analysis of Amazon and J.C. Penney - The two stocks selected are Amazon (AMZN) and J.C. Penney (JCP). Amazon is an American e-commerce company (online retailer) with a market capitalization of $171B, and J.C.Penney is an American clothes retailer with a market capitalization of $2.64B. These two stocks are of particular interest for our study period. Amazon is interesting because it is a strong growth internet company who is trying to innovate and convince its investors of its ability to sustain high growth rates. J.C. Penney is interesting because it is considered as a “fallen angel”, a previously highly profitable company which encountered ...

The major financial systems in management of any finances of an institution include balance sheets, income statement, statement of owner’s equity and statement of cash flows (Baker & Baker, 2014). The balance sheet is an important tool in the assessment of the organization’s ability to meet its long term obligations. The income statement, on the other hand, gives a summary of the organization’s transactions over a set period. The statement of owner’s equity is a financial statement that uses information from the income statement and provides the same to the balance sheet. It analyzes the changes in profits of a ...

The government of China modified its currency policy on July, 2005 and made an announcement that the government would not interfere with the currency, it is a guarantee that exchange rates would become adjustable based on demand and supply in the market. In 2008, China halted its currency appreciation policy because of decline in global demand for Chinese products. This led to millions of migrant workers lost their jobs and resulted to government intervention preventing any further appreciation against the dollar. In 2004, China’s current account increased its reserves from 469 billion to $421 this is historic because it ...

In general, the history of feminism can be described as the narrative of the ideologies and movements which are aimed at establishing, defining and defending equal economic social and political rights for women. Feminists all over the world have always differed in goals, intentions and causes depending on culture, country and time. Irrespective of these differences, most western historians of feminist’s interests have always considered all movements and acts that push for women’s rights as feminists movements. History of the modern western feminist is divided into three periods of times. These periods vary slightly in their aims ...

AS 39 is used for an in-depth analysis and dictation of the principles that measure financial assets and liabilities. It also recognizes what contractors would use for the transactions involving assets that are otherwise not financial. IAS 39 for financial instruments came to be as a result of the international accounting standards board. Ideally, a financial instrument is identified when a contracting party becomes allied to the provisions of the instrument at a given time. The IAS 39 comes into play as a measuring factor for the value of such an instrument. It classifies the instrument into the respective a category that is dependent upon ...

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- Executive Summary Summer Grocery Store (SGS) is a grocery store intended to be established at the South Boston Farmers Market. The main objective of the business is to provide healthy organic food stuffs to the local community at a low price. The products to be sold at the store include organic vegetables, fruits, spices and chilies. The market for organic agricultural produce is growing in the US and in the local South Boston community. The competitive advantage of the firm will be in application of marketing strategies in beating the competition and attracting customers in all ...

Consumption and Citizenship as it existed in the U.S. between 1930s and 1970s - Lizabeth Cohen

Lizabeth Cohen’s monumental book clears any lingering doubt on the legitimacy of the consumer history. According to Cohen, Consumers’ Republic refers to an economy, politics and culture built on a strong belief that through mass consumption of goods, prosperity and a greater degree of democracy and equality will be achieved. Through her book, Cohen gives an account of the developments in the consumer and the marketplace since the 1930s. She describes the intersection between commercial lives and other various domains in surprising ways. By so ...

- Mention two of the most common capital budgeting methods, and list some situations where these methods are used more often. When it comes to capital budgeting, a lot of businesses follow academic theory, using the well-known methods of Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and net present value (NPV) practices to weigh new projects. As you can see in the article that a survey showed that the ‘respondents cited net present value and internal rate of return as their most regularly used capital budgeting techniques; 74.9% of CFOs always or almost always used NPV and 75.7% always or almost ...

Valuers undergo many challenges related to physical, economic and practical factors while determining market rents for commercial properties. Market rent refers to the estimated cost of leasing a real property on the valuation date between a willing lessor and willing lessee following the laid down lease terms (RICS, 2014). Property valuers are among the major emerging global professionals requiring extensive knowledge and skills on real estate management. Moreover, property valuation heart of real estate management. Most nations follow international valuation standards in order to avoid conflicts that arise between the valuer and the client, or the real estate ...

Referring to the above income statement, we find that since the start up, the revenue figures of the company has consistently increased with the revenue for Quarter 4 surging high by 144.4%. However, the profit margins of the company are not so encouraging, in fact despite of such a significant rise in the revenue figures, the company ended the latest quarter under the loss of -$3011373 and EPS of -$33/ share. An in-depth insight of the company’s income statement reveals that although the revenue figures of the company has been increasing, but it is not able ...

Analysis has been distributed among different categorizes that include financial analysis, investment analysis and operational analysis. It is an essential tool that has a great condition in particular. All of these analyses will be done on the basis of Financial Analysis and Strategic Analysis, and then effective recommendations would have been posted accordingly (Debarshi, p.67). In this particular analysis, it is required to compute the financial analysis of Loews Corporation, and there are number of sections that needed to be completed accordingly in an effective manner. All of the sections would have been considered in a perfect manner for the ...

- Introduction Earth Baby Inc. (EBI) produces organic baby products for health conscious parents that include food, clothing and toys. The company has recently produced a premium product line of organic baby foods. Extensive research has indicated that babies that consume premium organic food shall have substantial health benefits over other babies. The company practices premium pricing for its products as it has an excellent reputation for quality products among the customers. The CEO and founder of EBI Joan Alvarez has recently received a business proposal from his classmate Robert Bradley who is the Vice President of a large discount retailer ...

Must Firms Constantly Grow to Be Considered Successful? Or can a company be at a successful plateau? Is the pursuit of steady growth counterproductive? The following paper will examine both sides of this question and conclude with my own position about the subject.

In support of firms chasing steady growth are Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor in “The Innovators Solution” arguing the opinion that steady strategic growth is required in order to satisfy shareholders. If the shareholders become unsatisfied the company’s equity nose-dives. The Christensen and Raynor also caution firms that the wrong strategy for growth can cause the firm ...

Did the Rich World Become Rich Using Colonization and Exploitation of the Poor: A Critical Assessment of Theory and Empirical Evidence

The rich world tries to forget that the causes of underdevelopment and poverty were slavery, colonization, brutal exploitation and plunder, which for centuries were subjected to different countries. The poverty from which people suffer is associated with the imaginary inability of Africans, Asians, Latin Americans and Caribbean, i.e., blacks, Indians, yellows and mestizos, develop, and even manage their own countries The current economic order, imposed by rich countries, is not only cruel unjust, inhuman, contrary to the inevitable ...

A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is a government-owned investment fund that is done when there is a surplus in the balance of payment. The investment portfolio comprises of investment in financial assets such as equity or hedge funds, precious metals, stock and bonds. These funds are able to invest globally as well (Roubini, 2008). The SWF are funded by the profits that are received from foreign exchange reserves that are held by the State Bank of the country or the commodity exports. Total Assets under Management by the SWF has been increasing drastically over the last several years. The maximum estimate ...

The entertainment industry is an unforgiving, uncaring and impersonal place, and many artists require the help of third parties to assist them in locating employment opportunities as well as in making crucial career decisions. It is because of this reason that music managers and talent agents are a common occurrence in many entertainment industries across the world. The managers and agents essentially represent artists and their role in the entertainment industry is very huge and straightforward. In many occasions, a successful artist is one who has both an effective manager and effective talent agent. However, it is important to take note ...

This is an auditing paper showing how to calculate the various financial ratios and how to interpret and analyse information using the. It also shows how to evaluate a company’s financial statements during an audit. Q1 Current ratio is a ratio that measures the level of liquidity of a firm that allows it to meet debt obligations. A good current ratio should be above one showing current assets are more than the debt obligations. As far as our case study is concerned the current ratio is proper but it has a declining trend which is alarming as to the state ...

Introduction Guidelines and funding for equal employment were presented in 1961 in an Executive Order signed by Democratic President J. F. Kennedy (Stewart, 2012). And then, the Supreme Court was the center of forming the foundational legal concepts of affirmative action (FAQ, 2003). And later, Republican President Richard M. Nixon supported employment equity by establishing federal contractors to meet affirmative action standards. Three decades later, 32 years after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the California legislature passed a ban on affirmative action. The law had been initiated by California Proposition 209 which had been accepted in a popular vote. The ...

Financial risk of an enterprise can be defined as the probability of adverse financial consequences in the form of loss of income and capital under uncertainty conditions for its financial activity. Financial risks have a great variety and for the implementation of effective management are classified by several main features that will be considered below. Financial risks arises in the process of enterprise relationships with financial institutions (banks, financial, investment, insurance companies, stock exchanges and others). Causes of the financial risk are inflation factors, the growth of bank interest rates, reduction of the value of securities and others.

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Inflation is a general rise in commodity prices. Inflation affects traditional profitability measures since such measures ignore the time value of money. Traditional measures are constrained by the fact that initial costs are valued at the historical value while cash flows or benefits are valued at current prices. In periods of inflation, traditional profitability measures will be misleading. Cash on cash return is given by the ratio of after-tax cash flow and equity investment. It is commonly used in evaluating real estate investments. The ratio gives the amount of money a project generates for every unit of equity invested in ...

About the report: In this report, we will compare the source of funding and financial position of two companies, i.e. Caterpillar Inc and Union Pacific Limited. The purpose of this report is to find out the difference between the financial structure of the two companies.

Referring to the balance sheet of the company and accompanied note 14 of the financial statements, we notice that at the time of its latest annual reporting, the company had a mixed proportion of debt and equity in its capital structure.

As for the debt position, the company had the total long term debt ...

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After its fast expansion in the earlier years, Monster Worldwide incurred costly mistakes in their selection of markets where to open physical offices. Deteriorating revenues forced it to regulate its own expansion programs and rationalize market selection strategies. It realized that certain markets failed to live up to their expectations in withstanding deteriorating market conditions. As a result, it cut down on non-profitable regional offices as part of its current strategies of rationalization and cost-cutting. It sold its Careers-China and similar operations in Latin American and Turkey in 2012. It cut down its workforce in North America and Europe ...

The “Equity premium,” written by Eugene F. Fama and R. French (2002) describes how to estimate equality premium using both dividend and the growth rate of earning to predict the rates of expected capital gain. The equality premium is important in making decisions on portfolio allocation and in estimation of capital gain. The expected market return is estimated using the returns on portfolio of stocks. To estimate the stock return, the dividend and earnings are used along with other evidence to determine if the expected return is higher than the realized average. In this case, the average stock return ...

- What does ‘characterization’ mean in environmental planning law and what effect does s.106 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) have in relation to this? (300 Words) In environmental planning law, “characterization” refers to a set of procedures used for formulating and determining applications for land use development. At its minimum interpretation, characterization with respect to the development is centrally concerned with the location and allocation of development about its characteristics on the land. In this minimalist interpretation, the role of characterization is to provide a framework within which efficient criteria for formulating and enforcing regulatory decisions ...

Referring to the balance sheet of both the companies, below is the information relating to stockholder equity: Meiji Holdings: The company during 2013, has total stockholder equity of $3242.84 Million with the components of stockholder equity as follows: - Common Stock(Authorized and Issued) - Capital Surplus - Retained Earnings - Treasury Stock(at cost)

Noted from the balance sheet of the company for the year 2013, the total stockholder equity of the company was reported to be $3242.84 Million with the component of stockholder equity as follows: - Common Stock(par ...

Capital structure is a blend of debt financing and equity and is a crucial factor in the organization’s valuation. The levels of debt and equity financing affect the cash flow and risk hence the amount that investors would be willing to pay for a company. Thus, Capital structure is of concern and matters to investors and value because it affects the cost of an organization’s capital. On the other hand, the organization’s attraction to investors is based on a number of factors including its risk management, competitiveness and performance in terms of return to equity. (Damodaran, 2010) In that view, ...

Ilios Shipping Company S.A. was penalized in government court in New Orleans for damaging the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and check of equity, advertised Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and Jim Letten, U.s. Lawyer for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Ilios worked the M/V AgiosEmilianos, a 738 foot, 36,573 ton mass transporter freight dispatch that pulled grain from New Orleans to different ports far and wide. As indicated by the supplication assertion, from April 2009 until April 2011, sleek bilge waste and ooze was routinely released from the vessel specifically into the ocean without ...

Introduction Determining what an organization will pay for the employees’ wages and salaries puts greater importance to the understanding of factors that influence its calculation. The discussion on compensation and salary highlights factors affecting calculation. Furthermore, the Human Resources department’s involvement in salary determination will be examined. In addition, the related issues regarding perceptions of equity pertaining to base salaries will be determined. The importance of dissecting the aforementioned subjects of discussion encompasses the understanding of salaries in consideration to making decisions as to what to pay an employee. It can be assumed that compensation considers the ...

Before choosing whether to invest in real estate or stock, one has to weigh the pros and cons. The Condo that Rich and Kim wish to invest in is real and tangible. Real estate investment has had an average return of around 8.6% in the past years. Real estate has generated a wealth and long-term appreciation for many people. The benefits of investing in real estate include a tax deduction and the chance to sell the property through the 1031. One does not pay for capital gains when the money is invested in a similar kind of stock. The drawbacks of real ...

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Advantages One advantage of equity financing is that AMSC will not be forced to make any regular payments to shareholders. Equity holders in the company benefit through dividends and capital gains that arise from the appreciation of shares of the company. Corporations do not have an obligation to pay dividends to its shareholders. AMSC will only pay dividends to its equity holders if the company makes a profit. The rules for capital maintenance stipulate that companies should pay dividends out of distributable profits (Baker & Martin, 2011). It implies AMSC will not make any distributions to shareholders if it does ...

A pay structure is a method, design or basic composition of the company’s pay philosophy. It is a collection of pay rates or ranges that prevails in an organization. The main purpose of having a pay structure is to maintain a competitive pay level, recognize and reward the different levels of skills and responsibilities and to manage the company’s pay expenditure.

The pay structure of the company where I work is a combination of equity method and market pricing method. The company uses the equity method for designing pay structure or most of its employees and market pricing method for its top ...

Diversification of a portfolio means managing various equity options under one roof. Investing in different shares amounts to diversification of an investment. Diversification reduces the risks attached to the portfolio and provides an opportunity to the investor to earn better. Diversification cannot eliminate all risks in the business. This is due to the fact that even after diversification there are various factors which affect the upward and downward movement of shares. Market forces, economic policies and political stability have a significant impact on the movement of equity shares. Diversification can reduce the risks to a great extent but there is no assurance ...

Capital Structure Issues 3 Business and Finance risks related to capital structure 4 Modigliani and Miller’s [MM] capital-structure theory . 5 Criticisms of the MM model and assumptions . 5 Capital-structure evidence and implications . 6 Estimating the firm’s optimal capital-structure .. 8 Conclusion .. 10

Capital structure management is crucial in enhancing business sustainability. In that respect, as a business environment change, organizations seek to manage their balance between debt and equity application. In that respect, this analysis seeks to demonstrate the effects of capital structure on a business risk and returns. To achieve the ...

Healthcare industry is increasingly facing a dynamic environment that requires constant quality improvement and management. In that respect, this report provides an overview of the need for quality management and the roles that different stakeholders play. In addition, the roles of different organizations and resources for QI are identified.

- Purpose of quality management in the health care industry and the reason it is needed Quality management for healthcare offers a framework that enables hospitals to organize, monitor, communicate as well as continuously improve their healthcare aspects. In addition, it is suitable given the current national healthcare environment that is ...

The Gilded Age, as it came to be known, was a period between 1870’s and early 1900’s. It spanned three decades of the late nineteenth century and was characterized by one of the most contentious, volatile and dynamic scenes in the American history. The word “Gilded” was lifted from a book by Mark Twain immediately after the civil war. This was as a result of the widespread greed that was evidenced at the time as well as speculative nature that the markets had coined. Further, there was rampant corruption that pervaded politics and Mark Twain together with his colleagues employed ...

A sustainable community is a city, neighborhood, or town built to meet the needs of the present people rather than compromising the ability of people in the future to meet their needs Keelar 34). Any community with the sustainable economy provides housing, jobs, education, and other services to the entire population with no limit to the consumption of the natural resources. Consequently, a sustainable community promotes equity between generations and other different groups in the society. A sustainable community attempts to integrate environment, economy, and equity better known as the three Es (Keelar 35). The name of the community is ...

Hospitality industry has grown in the recent past. The increase has necessitated investors to tap the market gap by setting up or upgrading the existing businesses. In return, this requires funding that again calls upon investors to determine the available avenues to get funding. The acquired finances will require to be properly managed by maintaining records of account and analysing the financial strength. Planning would be necessary to ensure the resources are utilised efficiently. This can be done by maintaining a budgetary process.

The business funding is becoming increasingly important in the global economy. With the new wave of globalization ...

This paper aims to conduct a literature review of the article “Efficiency and Equity in Natural Resources Pricing: A Proposal for Urban Water Distribution Service” by Maria A. García-valiñas (2005). Then focus of the article is on the design of optimal prices for water distribution in urban centers. The problem or the main issue in the article will be the first element to be discussed in this review. This will then be followed by a brief breakdown of the methodology and the data used in the study. The main findings and conclusions made by the author of the article ...

Understanding motivation and the determinants of motivational levels in criminal justice organization is an area of interest among various researchers. Motivation is defined as the factors within or outside an individual that stimulate the desire to do something. Motives can either be intrinsic or intrinsic. Every decision to engage in particular activities or to perform particular task are influenced by the level of motivation. In this paper, three theories of motivation are discussed within the context of criminal justice. First isAchievement-Power-Affiliation Theory that states that motivation is tied to one’s need to achieve and have power. Second is ...

I will mark grammar problems and you will have to correct them. Ebay was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar and is currently headquartered in San Jose, California (Bjornsson, 2001). It was originally meant to be an online “flea market” selling goods for individuals. After selling the first item listed, a broken laser printer, Pierre began to expand the website. In 1995 and 1996, eBay began to hire its first employees and in January of 1997 the site hosted eight times as many auctions than of the entire previous year (Bjornsson, 2001). In 1998, Pierre and his cofounder introduced ...

The field of finance is a broad one and it applies with different aspects in particular. It is required to apply numerous concepts that come under the ambit of financial management and accounting based stances. Among these concepts, the name of Cost of Capital is one of them Organizations use different analytical methods to analyze the cost of capital in particular and among these methods the name of Pure Play Method (PPM) is one of them, which has its own significance and importance lies in a broad nutshell. The main theme of this assignment is to analyze the Cost of ...

We often hear organizational statements coming from various companies that assert that employees are their most valuable resource or the engine of their operations. For aligning employees with the organizational plans and with firms’ business objectives, managers need to motivate them towards achieving various organizational goals. However, within an organization there are different individuals, with distinct personalities and various personal and professional needs. In this context a curiosity arises: how do managers succeed in motivating their employees? There can be applied various motivational theories for trying to identify an answer for this curiosity: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Theory ...

With the emphasis of social economy at the end of 20th century and the beginning of 21st century, the rhetoric of human rights and of equality between gender, races, ethnicities, etc., has entered into a new dimension. Activist groups supporting the equal rights and benefits for the vulnerable groups (people belonging to different races, ethnicities, religion, sexualities, people with physical or psychical disabilities or women) have supported this rhetoric through peaceful or violent manifestations. Their requirements have been integrated in programmatic documents and in some countries, like United States, such requirements have been implemented under the form of affirmative action. ...

A financial statement refers to a report that gives the summary of how the funds entrusted to the firm by the shareholders or lenders have been used, as well as its financial position at the moment (Financial Statement, n. d.). There are different types of financial statements in accountings (Accounting-Simplified.com. n. d.): Income Statement (Profit and Loss Statement): The statement reports the financial performance of the company given as the net profit/loss for over a given period. It consists of two elements, which are income and expense. The net profit/loss is given by the income minus the expenses. ...

Liquidity Ratios measure the ability of a company to meet its short-term needs. The ratios include Current ratio and Quick ratio among others. For McDonalds, it can be seen that the Current ratio has been increasing over the past three years from 1.25 in 2011, 1.45 in 2012 and finally 1.593 in 2013. In increase in the current ratio means that the company cash sales are increasing as opposed to credit sales. Such an increase makes the business more liquid hence in a position to meet its short term obligations much better as opposed to business with current ratios of below ...

Weighted Marginal Cost of Capital is the cost of the last new dollar of capital raised by the firm. As a firm raises more and more capital, the costs of different sources of financing will increase. For instance, if a firm raises additional debt, the cost of debt will rise because of additional financial risk associated with debt financing. WMCC is calculated as follows: WMCC: Weight of Debt* Cost of Debt(1- Tax Rate) + Weight of Equity* Cost of Equity For instance, if the company has already issued a bond and existing bond covenants prohibits the company from issuing new ...

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These ratios judge short term payment ability of the entity. Generally two measures of Liquidity Ratios are used by analyst to adjudge the liquidity position of the company: - Current Ratio - Quick Ratio/Acid Test Ratio 1) Current Ratio: Calculated as ratio of Current Asset and Current liability, this liquidity ratio is considered to be true indicator of a firm’s liquidity. The average industry current ratio is 2:1. - Current Ratio: Current Assets/ Current Liabilities( Robisnon, 2011, pg 142) 2) Quick Ratio: A more stringent measure of liquidty assessment, quick ratio is ...

- Background of Organization Senior Express is located in central South Carolina and provides high-quality services for senior clients and their families for more than five years. Senior Express provides home care services for retirees including assistance in shopping, medical care, home repairs, grooming, pet care, transportation and cleaning. Senior Express cooperates with other senior service providers, their family members, and guardians developing individualized programs targeted better management and monitoring of the client’s needs. Senor Express pays a lot of attention to the recruitment, training, and checking background of their caregivers. The organization is relatively new and various ...

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Technology Management at Bristol-Myers Squibb Introduction In the world of biopharmaceuticals corporations have to compete with global companies in providing the best medicine in order to help treat illness around the world. The healthcare sector around the world operates in a unique, complex social, ethical, and political environment in which the main priorities of equity are achieved through various means. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) is a global biopharmaceutical company that discovers and delivers the most innovative medicine to help ...

The entire concept of both of these things is vital for an organization and the importance of the same thing cannot be derailed from any standpoint. In finance, the name of Financial Modeling is one of them, which has its own significance and importance. Theoretically, financial modeling is basically a task of building an abstract of representation of a real world and financial institution. Financial Model is usually known as a mathematical model represents the asset class of a financial based asset or a portfolio of a business or an individual . The essence of financial modeling is increasing day by day in number of countries ...

This paper explores the various strategies that the managerial team can adopt under varying market situations especially with rising cost of inputs and changing demand and elasticity. The conflicts arising in taking strategic decisions regarding long term investment to expand the firm’s operation to expand market horizon and enhance market power, are discussed based on literature survey. The situations where the convergence of interests of stockholders and managers can take place have also been discussed referring to the evidences from several empirical studies conducted in the past. The issue of the relevance of government regulation has been delved ...

The law of contract is entertained under the Common Law as modified by Doctrines of Equity. Under the same, there are essential elements that constitute a contract and which go to the root of the contract. This is to say that failure in any of these elements necessarily renders the contract null and void. In this section, the paper shall discuss the elements of a contract necessary for to render the valid. A contract essentially begins with an offer. This should be distinguished from an intention to treat. The latter does not lead to an offer but merely communicates the ...

In general, the residual income model makes no assumptions relating to the future earnings and earnings growth. However, if we assume a constant growth and dividend growth, a residual income model can be derived that efficiently illustrates the fundamental drivers of the residual income. Thus, under such assumptions, a fundamental based equation for justified Price/Book Value which can be derived will be: Po/Bo= 1+ (ROE- g)/(r-g) Interestingly, since the justified price is equivalent to stock’s intrinsic value, we can re-arrange the above equation to find the intrinsic value of the stock. For Instance, since Po= Vo, we ...

Debt signaling is a sign provided to investors and other stakeholders of the company that the company is going to issue debt financing or delay the issuance of this form of financing. If a company management decides to issue debt financing, it gives out a positive signal. A company that is in a stable financial position would be willing to issue debt. As interest has to be paid on debt, a company that has a stable financial basis would opt for this method of raising finance. On the other hand, if the company delays the issuance of debt financing it gives out negative signals. This ...

In an investment, it is critical to make appropriate decisions that are relevant to the business. The essence of this is to minimize the risks and ensure that the business is on a steady path. The investor has, therefore, to consider following some guidelines that ensure that a proper forecast of the investment is done to ensure that there are no such issues, poor returns on investments (Matthäus-Maier, et al, 2007). The guidelines that are relevant for aggressive equity investors and conservative equity investors for investment decision forms the basis of evaluation in this paper.

The guidelines for conservative equity ...

Organizations assume varied functioning and division of the labor procedures. Each organization adopts a system of management that best fits its model of business. Essentially, organizations select systems of management that synchronize effectively with their functions. Organizations are rational because, all departments mainly work towards achieving a common goal. All stakeholders in the organization understand the firm’s mission and objectives that they work towards achieving (Scott, 2003). This paper examines a controversial subject that questions whether organizations are rational. In exploring this subject, the paper initially revisits the meaning of a rational organization to draw a clear conclusion whether organizations are rational. The ...

He initiates the discussion with the first theory on capital structure i.e Static Trade Off theory, where he used a diagram to explain as how the finance managers are often viewed as trading off the tax savings from debt financing against cost of financial distress, specifically the agency costs generated by issuing risky debt and the deadweight cost of possible liquidation and re-organization. In other words, the tax deductibility of interest payment induces the firm to borrow to the margin where the present value of interest tax shields is just offset by the value loss due to agency costs of ...

Business Financing and the Capital Structure

Business financial or rather financial planning on a business involves a series of activities that help organizations acquire benefits and maximize their production for the money available. These activities range from the assessment of assets or even resources to the estimation of financial needs that would arise later on or even ensuring that there are plans in place that help maintaining the monetary objectives (Pinto, 2008). The aspects involved in this structure include: investments, allocation of assets and managing the risks in the business. It may also involve taxes, planning for estates and retirement procedures. ...

Every business tries to enhance its productivity from different standpoints and angle and every standpoint deems extremely important from the viewpoint of an organization in total. Analysts analyze an organization from different angles and with the help of different methods and tools. All of these tools are essential to analyze and assess the level of financial based initiation from different angles in total.

Among number of methods and tools to analyze the financial based competitiveness of an organization, the name of different amount of ratios is one of them. Different sorts of ratios are profitability ratios, liquidity ratio, efficiency ...

Smith & Wesson is an American firearms manufacturing company. It has been in operation since 1952 and most of the innovations in ammunitions are attributed to it. The company is well established and its shares are traded in the New York stock exchange. Its financial health has been consistently good for many years as evidenced by the financial analysis-ratio and cash flow analysis- below for the year 2012. The financial data used is derived from its annual published financial statements (NASDAQ 1).

Financial Ratio Year Formula Computation Ratio Net profit margin 2012 Net Profit/Total Sales 26.43÷412 =0.1:1 ...

Ponterotto, J. G. (2009). A Multicultural Competency Checklist for Counseling Training Programs. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 23(7), 11-20. This article is useful because it sets the foundation into the topic of multicultural competency. This article focuses on the major facets that have been a source of multicultural incompetency in society. Six important themes are addressed in this article. The first important theme that is tackled by the author of this article is the idea of minority representation. The author acknowledges that minority are inadequately represented in some key facets of society. This non-representation has created a scenario ...

In particular, when you have sales that are drawn up under the accrual method, there is an increase in net income. The sales in the indirect method cash flow statement are recorded as the first item. Sales that is in cash from customer purchases in case of the direct cash flow method, while in the case of an accrual accounting basis, sales are entered as accounts receivables.

A merchandise sale begins with the process of an economic transaction and it’s evidenced by a sales receipt Analyze and classify The process of analyzing involves principles of accounting including; ...

In forecasting the future trend of the success of the business during the drafting of the proforma income statement, the revenue earned is assumed to decline in the next two years before it finally rises in the subsequent years. This is by calculating the net present values of the revenue items at a WACC of 12.2%. Time series analysis is done in order to forecast the future value of the various aspects of the company (Arnaud D& Nobert J 56). The gross profit margin is assumed to be constant at 43% hence enabling the proration of the revenue items. Assets ...

Assets are usually owned by the business. Businesses use these assets in order to generate revenue by selling goods and services. Assets are both tangible and intangible. Normally tangible assets include cash in hand, furniture and fixture, plant, machinery etc. while intangible assets include goodwill of business, trademark or patent etc. (O'Keefe, 2010) According to GAAP, either the owner of the business owned the assets of business or subject to the claims of creditors. Creditors are those persons who have given loans to another person or businesses. Such loans or credits are called liabilities. Such portions of ...

a) Liquidity Ratios: These ratios analyse the ability the short term ability of a firm to meet its debt obligations. Generally two measures of Liquidity Ratios are used by analyst to adjudge the liquidity position of the company: - Current Ratio - Quick Ratio

Calculated as ratio of Current Asset and Current liability, this liquidity ratio is considered to be true indicator of a firm’s liquidity. The average industry current ratio is 2:1. As for Breadtalk, the current ratio of the company during 2012 was 0.60 which is below the industry level of 1.78.

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The concept two-gender system refers to the classification of sex and gender into two forms of masculine and feminine. The system provides the description of a given society on how an individual may either fit or not fit in the gender roles. In this case, gender is the social conceptualization of a male or female in the society. On the other hand, sex is the understanding of a person as male or female in reference to the biological features. In addition, masculine means the qualities of typical men while feminine refers to the attributes of typical women. The two- gender ...

The prince is a political treatise which political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli which was a dedication to Lorenzo di Piero de medici.in this dedication Machiavelli describes the type of society they live in and advices the prince on how to maintain a firm grip of his political power and ensure loyalty from all his statesmen. Machiavelli opens his work by saying, “all states all powers that have held and hold rule over men have been either republics or principalities” (Machiavelli, p.1). This is perhaps one of the earliest instances of the use of the word state to refer to an administrative territory. Machiavelli ...

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Every country in the world develops its own legal system. There are no identical legal systems. This applies even in countries that are very close nationally, economically, geographically, and even socially. There are Western legal systems, systems of Asian legal systems of the people of Africa among others. By meaning in the history of legal systems, we have to distinguish continental and Anglo-Saxon system. The Anglo-Saxon system developed independently without significant influence Roman law. The Anglo-Saxon system first developed in England and thereafter spread in English-speaking countries. The Anglo-Saxon legal system, unlike continental, was not insisting on the ...

Brand equity is referred to as outcomes that are attached to a product that have brand name compared with the same product that does not have a brand name (Florian, 2012). This means the benefits that a product achieves via the power of its brand name. The brand equity is a significant marketing driver for the business operating in a huge market and via distribution channels in the fast moving consumer products market. This is so because brand equity focuses on drive product and brand investment decisions. Thus, the business should evaluate brand equity as an investment that will receive returns in the future ...

- Begin by briefly describing the political/administrative dichotomy developed by Wilson for public administration. Woodrow Wilson’s study on public administration was developed in response to the increasing immigration, urbanization, loss of cultural values, and corruption in the United States. Wilson found the need to reform the government by encouraging two major issues in the political/administrative dichotomy. Firstly, Wilson played a great role in was concerned separating the administration from politics. The city management and public Authorities was concerned with preventing illegal immigration to United States between 1900 and 1915. A field of social work was established whose duties ...

In any corporate business, the main goal or responsibility of the managers is to maximize the worth of shareholder’s investment in the business. Therefore, all the actions and planning of the managers must be focused on the benefits for the business and their shareholders. There are two sources of finance for the managers of any business. These sources of finance are debt and equity. Both debt and equity finance has their specific importance for the managers and advantages for the business and shareholders. (Tatum) The importance of corporate finance for managers becomes more vital when they have ...

Women in the United States of America have come from a troubled history that initially saw them as second citizens. Perhaps the development within the place and role of the woman in society shows how the United States’ democracy has grown. In a continuous flow, women in the United States of America may now enjoy suffrage rights, seek education and participate in contests for political office. The best illustration of the achievement women have made can be seen in the 2008 Democratic Presidential candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton. However, this paper shall be limited to the strides women have made in ...

The aspect of public attitude towards taxation is a geopolitical issue that has influenced the behavior of many people in America. Notably, Americans usually have a strong negative feeling regarding local property tax because it is not fair in its administration. However, some of the locals share their mixed reactions about federal involvement in an effort to regulate the local property taxes. In a survey conducted in America, it was established that 44% preferred that the federal government should avoid interfering with the local property taxes, 32% opted for a new value added tax, while 14% opted for a high income tax levy on the ...

Richards (2013, p. 1) first sets out to define the terms to gain a better understanding of the concepts. “Debt” is defined as “borrowing money from an external source with the promise to return the principal, in addition to an agreed upon rate of interest.” Though the terms here are often understood in the negative light, startups, or small companies just beginning to operate, often use debt financing to fund their operations. In fact, even companies with the most robust balance sheets will often times reflect some amount of debt within. In financing terminology, debt can also be ...

Racial inequality continues to dominate the world even though we claim to be in post-racial state. As much as man remains social beings and bases their treatment of their background and history, then discrimination persists. Sociology explains the essence as to why racial discrimination is still rampant in the world especially in developing countries. People expect such countries to lead as role models in depicting the importance of ending racial discrimination. America needs to create policies and programs that would help in eradicating racial discrimination. America is one of the developed countries in the world; practically it still ...

At the heart of every successful corporative is the financing decisions that it adopts to ensure its financial stability. While companies are aiming at maximizing profits, the level of financial risk that they face ought to be minimized. This is usually achieved by making sure that the capital structure of the firm is optimal. In this regard, the dividend policies and decisions of a firm constitute the integral part of firm’s strategic financing decisions as it determines the division of earnings between shareholders and re-investment into the firm. The managers therefore have to formulate an optimal dividend policy that ...

Science instruction is the area concerned with sharing technology content and procedure with persons not traditionally considered a part of-the scientific community. The area of science instruction contains some social science, technology articles, and some teaching pedagogy. The requirements for technology education supply expectations for the improvement of comprehension for pupils through-the whole class of their K-12 education. The conventional subjects contained in the criteria are life, physical, world, and space sciences. Throughout the previous couple of years, many significant modifications have been happened in the area of training, understanding and evaluation as concurrent with driving advancements in the ...

Ethical dilemma always arises at a point where one is faced with a situation where he or she has choose how to react based on the personal convictions and make a decision on what is right or wrong. Sometimes it may be easier to resolve but at other times, it poses a challenge. Such situations normally face nurses while carrying out their duties in the critical care unit. It can force somebody to stand still and not know what action to take. It is generally essential for a nurse to comprehend that diverse individuals have a mess of diverse worth judgments. Fundamentally discovering all ...

The twentieth century saw Canada and many other nations in the world embrace industrial expansion. It is at this time that everyone seemed to prosper in regard to taking advantage of what was happening in the world at the time save for the Canadian worker. This is therefore what gave birth to the labor movements that spanned the world and Canada was not left behind. Not that there were no unions, they were there but they left much to be desired by the common laborer. Women were not left behind in the quest for better wages and living standards ...

Debt financing refers to any money that I would borrow for my startup business to operate. The money received from debt financing must be paid back to the lender at an interest. In my case, I have decided to take a loan from the bank since their interest rates and repayment periods are convenient for a starting business (Yu 2009). However, the loan that I would receive from the bank would not be sufficient for the smooth running of the business. Therefore, I have also decided to get equity financing by allowing people to invest their money into the business in ...

Culture encompasses all spheres of life. It constitutes the building blocks of what a society subscribes to in terms of norms, morals, values, customs, attitudes and beliefs. All these social and cultural factors shape our worldviews and form our belief systems as individuals which, in turn, motivate our behavior. Culture affects our perception of health as much as our biological make up does. This means that it influences what we believe causes illness and disease, who should cure illness and disease and what should be done to cure illnesses and diseases among other health beliefs; for example, before sick individual ...

Six sigma strategies are the methods and tools employed for process improvement. It was first developed by Motorola in 1985. It evolved over the years and currently used in different sectors of the economy such as major multinational organizations. Tomkins define it as a program aimed at near elimination of defects from every product. It boosts the profitability, increases the market share and improves customer satisfaction. Through statistical tools, it can lead to breakthrough quantum gains in quality of the processes of an organization. Six Sigma focuses on quality improvement of the process outputs, through identification and removal of the ...

The term minimum wage rate refers to the minimum amount of compensation that an employee receives after performing a particular task. It is prudent to note that the minimum wage rate is established by either government legislation or the contract. This implies that it is illegal or unlawful to pay employees an amount that is less than the minimum wage rate that has been set by the government. The subject about the minimum wage rate has been debated for a long period of time. Some people argue that the minimum wage rate should be increased while others argue otherwise. Even different ...

The United States has a Judiciary arm which is bound and guided by the United States Constitution. Although independent, the Judiciary professionals are guided by the code of conduct clearly stated in the constitution of the United States during their roles in dealing with crime. Part I:a) Parts of the Constitution of the United States most relevant to the ethical standards of professionals in the judiciary In the united states Constitution, Section I, Article III , It states how Judicial power extends to every case, in Law and Equity occurring under the Constitution, United States Laws and Treaties completed or ...

1. HIV is regarded as a disability under ADA act, categorized under physical disability from time of infection, persons with HIV are taken to be more infectious this makes them be taken as disabled, also a wide protection is guaranteed to positive persons. Interpretation of the ADA act deals with persons with HIV/AIDS, it allows provisions for people with disability either you were born while disabled or accidents. A disable person can work and participate in daily routines. Under the ADA a bill was passed to allow persons with disability are involved in day to day programs in society with no unequal ...

Asset beta is a measure of systematic risk or volatility of a portfolio or a security compared with the whole market. Unlevered firms operating in the same industry and facing the same risk need to calculate the asset betas. When calculating the asset beta, the following steps are followed: First, a firm’s beta coefficient is determined. For a public company, beta can be found on the finance websites. Second, the company’s debt to equity quotient is determined. This refers to the relative weight of assets funded using debt versus the weight of those funded using equity. This figure can be found ...

Both the internal and external factor matrices are strategic tools used to address audit the performance of an organization with in relation to its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that face the organization. These matrices are used by policy makers in formulating the strategic direction of an organization. In order to put together the external and internal factor matrices, a policy maker in an organization has to identify all the external factors that affect the organization's strategic position in relation to other players in the industry. It's also imperative that the factors that are internal to the organization, and ...

The capital structure of a company can be defined as the way through which the company finances its undertakings or operations using various funds sources. These sources may include common or preferred equity, long and short-term debts amongst others. In case of the Coca Cola Company, the company acquires funds from earnings and the issuing of stocks and debt. Operating earnings are the main source of funds closely followed by long-term debt financing and common equities. The amount of stocks in the company has been maintained at a relatively lower rate than that of debt. The debt and stock ...

A plea bargaining is an agreement reached upon by a prosecutor and defendant in a criminal case where a defendant pleads guilty to a particular charge for some concession from the prosecutor. It can also be understood as the defendant pleading guilty to one of several charges or to a less serious charge, in return for the dismissing of other charges. A plea bargain is advantageous as it allows both parties to avoid long criminal trial and makes criminal defendants avoid the risk of being convicted on a more serious charge (Packer, 1968). Plea bargaining, however, has been criticized for its close relation with threats, ...

The Sarbanes Oxley Act is a federal law that introduced new and strengthened standards and regulations for public companies in the United States of America in the wake of poor corporate governance and accountability. The act has benefited corporations through the introduction of strict disclosure requirements, enhanced financial reporting controls and increased external auditor’s independence and strengthened the board independence. All these requirements have collectively boosted the confidence of the American public on corporations and the financial markets at large. The provisions have created a state of accountability and transparency making information reaching the investors reliable. This is as opposed ...

This report is intended to examine and identify Riley’s Business issues. The report provides an analysis of the current and projected liquidity, profitability and financial stability of Riley’s Supply. The Methods used to analyze Riley’s Financials are CCC (cash conversion cycle), cash flow statement analysis and common size income Statement. A ratio analysis has also been conducted. Other calculations include ROA, ROE, payables period etc. All calculations are available in the appendices. The report also contains recommendations to the management to achieve the targeted sales and to counter issues related to the cash flows. The ...

The level of competition among organizations has become so intense currently. Due to this reason, many organizations have adapted the strategy of developing Integrated Marketing Communication Programs so as to gain competitive advantages against each other in the dynamic business field. Integrated Marketing Communications is known as an approach which is presented with the same style and tone for a brand communications whereby different modes work together in creation of a customer’s seamless experience thus helping in reinforcing the core message of the brand.The major objective of creating an Integrated Marketing Communication Program (IMC) is to ensure that all marketing ...

Article: Land Loss and Garifuna Women’s Activism on Honduras’ North Coast In respect to the issues pertaining to the human rights issues covered in the sixteen communities mentioned in the article, how well can the government step in to address matters pertaining to the poverty levels and sufferings in the catchment? Consider gender equity as well as social justice in handling this question.

Article: The Garifuna Fight back. By Helenn Drusine Capitalizing on Helen’s arguments, it is clearly portrayed that Maylor Florentina, Trujillo are highly frustrated and hungry about all the problems they face. In ...

Perhaps, the issue of minimum wage legislation is among the most controversial issues surrounding the labor market. In many a country, minimum wage is determined through collective bargaining rather than through the determination of the law. Instead of using statutory regulation in the determination of minimum wage, governments intervene by following an arbitration procedure. Minimum wage often covers employees engaged under private contract and employees in public enterprises. Categories of workers covered under the minimum wage include full-time workers, part-time workers, piece workers, casual workers, freelance workers, and agency workers. Minimum wage regulations gives exceptions to workers such as the ...

Abnormal returns refers to the excess returns that are generated by an investment over and above the expected return. Abnormal returns are positive if the actual returns are higher than the expected and negative if the actual returns are lower than the expected returns. This section seeks to compare the pre merger and post merger abnormal returns of the Access Bank of Nigeria. It also seeks to analyze how abnormal returns relate to mergers and acquisition.

In July 2004, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a new bank policy on the minimum paid-up capital requirement of banks in Nigeria. ...

In whatever project that is under implementation, effective planning increases the chances of successful completion. This holds true for both school and professional environments. Therefore, it is a major factor in independent as well as team projects. Traditionally, group projects left the bulkiness of planning to the group leader and his/her guidance (Mintzberg, Lampel, Quinn & Ghoshal, 2003). Consequently, it is important to focus on team leader’s organization, perspective and effectiveness. This is because the team leader will be expected to control and monitor the group progress. At the same time, the leader will be entrusted to offer guidance ...

Answer to question #2: B Explanation: Expected return and mean return are completely two different concepts. Expected return is the weighted average of the possible returns, where the weights correspond to probabilities. In contrast, mean return is the average of all of the historical returns over a particular time period. So the statement B is not correct.

Answer to question #4: B Explanation: Dividend yield is the return on investment in the form of dividend. It measures the dividend income earned for each dollar invested. Here General Electric Company stock was purchased at the price of S14.64 on ...

A huge percentage of water found in Mexico is obtained from the surface. The main sources are lakes or rivers. In spite of the few water resources in many areas in Mexico, there is a high consumption of water in these regions. This is because the tariffs are low and the rates of payment are poor (Reisner, 1992). The year 2006 saw more than 70% of the water utilized for agriculture alone. This is in contrast to less than 15% used for public supply. Moreover, less than 10% of the total water found in Mexico was used in industry and ...

Finance is the lifeblood of a successful entrepreneurial or start up business. Usually, access to funding determines whether an entrepreneurial business dies in the infancy or succeeds. The current report is therefore devoted to highlighting the financing options available to start up businesses. Equity financing is major source of financing for start up businesses. The equity can be either private or personal. Personal equity is the business promoter’s own financial investment in the business. The most common advantage of using personal savings for business expansion funding is that it is easy to access. It does not require unwarranted ...

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Canada like many countries in the world is faced with the problem of the discrimination of women and the other minorities. However, over the recent few years Canada has made positive steps towards realizing equity within its different sexes. This paper focuses on women rights in Canada and how they have changed over the twentieth century to the current status. This paper argues that three important changes regarding women rights have transformed the Canadian society. These three changes include; allowing women to vote, sealing the income gap between men and women, and the provision of educational opportunities to ...

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Incorporation is a large company involved in the wholesaling and retailing of doughnuts. Apart from these, the company is also involved in the sale of sweets and beverages. Since the company is mostly involved in the production of doughnuts, it has also involved itself in the sale of complementary products like beverages. The financial analysis of this incorporation will involve the evaluation of the financial performance of the company. This will also involve a keen examination of the financial statements and the annual reports prepared by the company.

In the last financial period, the financial ratios of the ...

ROSS and MIC produce 2 different cars. Each firm can be aggressive in advertising and marketing. If only one of the 2 firms choose high advertising the NPV of that firm would be $200M whereas the NPV of the other firm would be $100M. If both firm decide low advertising than the NPV of each car would be $500M. Draw the extensive form of the game.

Technical risk refers to the likelihood of firm incurring losses due to operations such as manufacturing, design and engineering, tests procedures and technological processes. Technical risks can be measured by the efficiency of ...

This is an analytical report that compares the finances of two motor companies -- Honda Motors Company (HMC) and General Motors Company (GM). It looks deep into the reasons for the success of HMC as compared to GM, based on the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2011, the financial ratios for the same period, and the financial management and decision making. Honda Motors Company is a general automotive company founded in 1946 in Japan. It undertakes the development, manufacture and distribution of automotive and power products with North America, Europe, and Asia as major distribution outlets. ...