bakery employees to make 90 cup cakes in three hours. That averages 30 cupcakes per employee in that three-hour time span. Assuming the variable being the number of employees all else remaining constant. If I add a fourth‚ fifth‚ or sixth employee I should get 30 cup cakes produced for every additional employee I add. The concept: law of diminishing marginal product‚ theorizes that at some point this will not be so. When the fifth or sixth baker shows up something happens‚ I run out of oven space
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MODULE 9 CAPITAL BUDGETING THEORIES: Basic Concepts Decision Making Process 2. The first step in the decision-making process is to A. determine and evaluate possible courses of action. B. identify the problem and assign responsibility. C. make a decision. D. review results of the decision. Strategic planning 39. Strategic planning is the process of deciding on an organization’ A. minor programs and the approximate resources to be devoted to them B. major programs
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The discount rate Main article: Discount rate The rate used to discount future cash flows to their present values is a key variable of this process. A firm’s weighted average cost of capital (after tax) is often used‚ but many people believe that it is appropriate to use higher discount rates to adjust for risk or other factors. A variable discount rate with higher rates applied to cash flows occurring further along the time span might be used to reflect the yield curve premium for long-term
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disputed topic: should higher education be free? Due to the fact that if this were to happen taxes would rise‚ it should probably be best for it not be free. To begin with‚ the American public frankly cannot afford it. Taxes are elevated now‚ and they will only get worse with yet another entitlement burdening the American taxpayers. If‚ by some possibility‚ it was worked into the American taxes‚ we are ignoring a key conception of such an entitlement. For four years‚ you may savor a free education
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What should be used: single or multiple VAT rates? Do they influence prices? One of the most interesting things to discuss is: Do multiple rates influence the prices or is it better to have just one VAT rate for all goods and services? Before finding out if the VAT influences prices‚ we should know what its role is. Value added tax is a tax on the value added to a product or material at each stage of its manufacture or distribution. So‚ as one product is taken through different stages
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of my own schooling‚ I have always accepted the notion that education is essentially for the well-being of the individual. However‚ Hand suggests that students are given direction on what vocational occupations they should be prepared for‚ bidding the question who is deciding what occupation a person should or should not pursue at the conclusion of their schooling (Hand‚ 2010)? In agreement with Hand‚ I propose that education in the modern era is for society to firmly guide students into their occupational
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Should College Education be Free? Imagine if you could save thousands of dollars a year and still receive a college education. How nice would that be? As someone who personally struggles with finding money for their higher education‚ I would love to take advantage of free college. There are many people for and against this cause. Many supporters believe that free education will create a better lifestyle for students by having stability after graduation. With a college degree they can get placed
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REVIEW ARTICLE A New‚ Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care John T. James‚ PhD Objectives: Based on 1984 data developed from reviews of medical records of patients treated in New York hospitals‚ the Institute of Medicine estimated that up to 98‚000 Americans die each year from medical errors. The basis of this estimate is nearly 3 decades old; herein‚ an updated estimate is developed from modern studies published from 2008 to 2011. Methods: A literature
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Optimal Capital Budget Finance theory says to accept all positive NPV projects. Two problems can occur when there is not enough internally generated cash to fund all positive NPV projects: Increasing Marginal Cost of Capital Externally raised capital can have large flotation costs‚ which increase the cost of capital. Investors often perceive large capital budgets as being risky‚ which drives up the cost of capital. (More...) An increasing marginal cost of capital. Capital rationing
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Australian Journal of Business and Management Research Vol.2 No.02 [31-38] | May-2012 CREDIT RISK AND COMMERCIAL BANKS’ PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA: A PANEL MODEL APPROACH KOLAPO‚ T. Funso (Corresponding Author) Department of Banking and Finance‚ Faculty of Management Sciences Ekiti State University‚ Ado-Ekiti‚ Nigeria. realvega1959@yahoo.com AYENI‚ R. Kolade (Ph.D) Department of Economics‚ Faculty of Social Sciences Ekiti State University‚ Ado Ekiti‚ Ekiti State‚ Nigeria. raphkolayeni@yahoo
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