I. INTRODUCTION Transnational capital flow is a term coined to describe the movement of capital across national boundaries. International financial and capital flows have experienced a phenomenal upsurge during the late twentieth century. According to the latest estimates‚ foreign exchange to the tune of one to two trillion US dollars is transacted internationally every day. Significantly‚ exchanges in trade and services constitute only a tiny fraction of these transactions‚ while the majority
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Is Globalization A Good Thing? With globalization rapidly expanding it is on the mind of people around the world more than ever. Some of the main topics of globalization include topics such as‚ its effect on the social value system‚ the positive and negative effects on the concept of globalization and what it can contribute to the world. Also‚ what happens when a non-indigenous value structure is introduced‚ and how it can affect one’s identity? The effects of a globalized social value system
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Cost of Capital Firms need to make capital investment i.e.‚ purchasing fixed assets such as factories‚ machineries‚ equipment‚ etc. After deciding what capital investments to make‚ they need to decide on the financing – sources of capital. The sources: Long-Term Debt‚ Common Stock‚ Preferred Stock and Retained Earnings. Then they need to find the cost of obtaining each source of financing today (not historical). Cost of Capital - The rate of return that a firm must earn on its investment projects
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CHAPTER 18 Investment Decisions: Ratios Test Questions 1.Income multipliers: a. are useful as a preliminary analysis tool to weed out obviously unacceptable investment opportunities. 2.The overall capitalization rate calculated on a potential acquisition: a. is the reciprocal of the net income multiplier. 3.The operating expense ratio: c. expresses operating expenses as a percent of effective gross income. 4.The equity dividend rate: b. expresses before-tax cash flow as a percent of the
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firm’s board of directors. The purchase was revealed yesterday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission‚ and separately in a letter to Teletech’s CEO‚ Maxwell Harper. “The firm is misusing its resources and not earning an adequate return‚” the letter said‚ “The company should abandon its misguided entry into comput-ers‚ and sell the Product and Systems Segment. Management must focus on creating value for shareholders.” Teletech issued a brief statement
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skills that are lacking and will be discussing what options there is to fulfill those strategies. The team will be discussing the types of fictional consulting firms that will use the strengths of the team members to ensure the success of the short and long term goals of the firm. The team will create a list of three types of consulting firms. The team will create a statement of skills and the methods to get the skills. And finally the team will attach a copy of our skills matrix. Skill Set Summary
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Short Essay on Coase’s article: “The Nature of the Firm” Coase’s article “The Nature of the Firm” provides a set of answers to important questions such as “Why do firms exist?” “What characterizes firms?” and “What determines their scale and scope?” According to Coase‚ a firm has to find the most cheap‚ most productive goods and services by establishing contracts in an open‚ efficient market place. However‚ market places are not that pure to let firms to succeed in their needs; they are not fluid. This
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CASE: Managing Offshore Investments: Who’s Currency?1 The Offshore Investment Fund (OIF) was incorporated in Fairfield‚ Connecticut‚ for the sole purpose of allowing U.S. shareholders to invest in Maltese securities. The Fund is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The custodian of the Fund is the Shady Rest Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut (“Shady Rest”)‚ which keeps the accounts of the Fund. The question very quickly arose as to the currency in which the books of the fund were to be
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David Durand‚ “The Cost of Capital‚ Corporation Finance‚ and the Theory of Investment: Comment”‚ American Economic Association‚ Vol. 49‚ No. 4 (Sep.‚ 1959)‚ pp. 639-655. Purpose of the paper The focus of this paper is to contradict the results of [Franco Modigliani; Merton H. Miller‚ “The Cost of Capital‚ Corporation Finance‚ and the Theory of Investment: Comment”‚ American Economic Review‚ June 1958‚ 48‚261-97] (hereafter MM) assumptions in related to cost of capital theory. Foundations This
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1.1. Definition of intellectual capital and a brief history of IC management Before someone can measure something‚ he/she has to know what to count. So how should intellectual capital be defined? A universally accepted definition is the first step toward standardization‚ but still it is hard to find the best one for "intellectual capital". In this section I ’ll define intellectual capital and study the history of its development. Intellectual capital is knowledge that can be exploited for
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