THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS OF NEW FIRMS Alicia M. Robb David T. Robinson Working Paper 16272 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16272 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 August 2010 The authors are grateful to the Kauffman Foundation for generous financial support. Malcolm Baker‚ Thomas Hellmann‚ Antoinette Schoar‚ Ivo Welch‚ and seminar participants at the Kauffman/Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Entrepreneurial Finance Conference‚ the University of
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Introduction The following case study is based on a company named SEMCO. SEMCO is best known for its industrial democracy and innovative business management policies. The objective of this case study is to analyze the transformation of SEMCO`s autocratic style of management to a decentralized‚ participatory style. Let us study in brief. History of SEMCO SEMCO‚ A Brazilian manufacturing company‚ invented by the founder’s entrepreneur son‚ Ricardo Semler‚ turning it into one of the worlds most
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a memorandum called NSC-68. NSC-68 contradicts Truman’s containment plan as it explains that “it is necessary to have a the military power to deter and to defeat aggressive Soviet or Soviet-directed actions of a limited or total character” (219). Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb exposes the aggressive nature of NSC-68 and its potential consequences by making connections to the holocaust. In Dr. Strangelove President Muffley represents the values Truman’s containment
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Marketing environment scanning (SWOT‚ PEST analysis) 1. Marketing research 2. Buying behavior. Analysis of factors influencing to purchase decisions. 3. Market Segmentation. 4. Product Mix analysis 5. Strategic Planning Gas and oil industry in Kazakhstan SWOT Analysis | |
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GuIde 25 Top Financial Services Firms 2008 EDITION InsIder 25 Top Financial Services Firms WETFEET‚ INc. The Folger Building 101 Howard Street Suite 300 San Francisco‚ CA 94105 Phone: (415) 284-7900 or 1-800-926-4JOB Fax: (415) 284-7910 Website: www.wetfeet.com 25 TOp FINaNcIal sErvIcEs FIrms 2008 Edition ISBN: 978-1-58207-801-4 phOTOcOpyINg Is prOhIbITED Copyright 2008 WetFeet‚ Inc. All rights reserved. This publication is protected by the copyright laws of the United States
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Table of Contents 1.INTRODUCTION: 2 2. MARKETING FEASIBILITY 4 2.1 MARKETING PLAN: 5 3. TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY 6 3.1 RAW MATERIALS REQUIRED 6 3.2 Manufacturing Process 7 3.3 PLANT CAPACITY 11 3.4 INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES: 12 4. FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY 15 4..1 Plant and machinery: 16 4.2 Miscellaneous fixed assets 16 4.3 WORKING CAPITAL ASSESSMENT 18 4.4 Preliminary & Preoperative Expenses 18 4.5 PROJECT COST: 19 4.6 MEANS OF FINANCING: 20 4.7 PROJECTED PROFITABILITY
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WHY DO FIRMS GO PUBLIC? Forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance James C. Brau‚ PhD‚ CFA Professor of Finance Editor‚ Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance July 1‚ 2010 Department of Finance Marriott School Brigham Young University 640 Tanner Building Provo‚ Utah 84602 Phone: 801.318.7919 Fax: 801.422.0741 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1649008 WHY DO FIRMS GO PUBLIC? Six months after he founded Netscape‚ Clark agitated for the company
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Firms Balk at Gay Weddings Photographers‚ Bakers Face Legal Challenges After Rejecting Jobs on Religious Grounds BY NATHAN KOPPEL AND AsHBY JONES As more states permit gay couples to marry or form civil unions‚ wedding professionals in at least six states have run headlong into state antidiscrimination laws after refusing for religious reasons to bake cakes‚ arrange flowers or perform other services for same-sex couples. The issue gained attention in August‚ when the New Mexico
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QHT1 Objective 304.4.4-01 Why Entrepreneurial Organizations Seek Opportunities for Innovation An entrepreneurial organization is a business that provides time and space for employees to seek creative ideas‚ promotes those ideas‚ and supports those ideas by building the project. Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs‚ the means by which to exploit change as an opportunity for a different or enhanced product or process. The definition of “entrepreneur” from Dictionary.com is “a person who
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Library Briefing Library of the European Parliament 23/09/2013 Corporate tax avoidance by multinational firms In this briefing: The scale of Member States’ (MS) losses through the increasingly aggressive use of tax-avoidance schemes by multinational companies (MNCs) is difficult to estimate‚ but is considered serious. Press reports have highlighted the low tax paid by well-known‚ very successful companies. The tax reduction methods used by MNCs have been well known for decades. They include transfer
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