Financial Management – Handout »Balance Sheet - Statement of financial positions on a specific date * Book value: value on balance sheet (historical cost) * Market value: value of assets depends on riskiness‚ cash flows * Balance sheet identity: Assets = Liabilites + Shareholders‘ equity * Debt versus equity: Shareholders equity = Assets + Liabilities * Financial leverage: the more debt‚ the greater its degree of financial leverage »Income
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The Importance of Understanding and Using Excel as a Financial Tool By Anthony Richmond Summary This reference comes from my personal career experience as well as from my written lectures. I’ve taught Excel as a stand-alone management accounting system for seven years and I’m not claiming to be a guru. Nor will I bore you with detailed definitions‚ fancy pictures‚ and excerpts. I just want to express an opinion to persuade readers that Excel should be a skillset to achieve. Part 1 –
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This paper talks about how to motivate employees through Non-Monetary Incentives an How non-monetary incentives are better than Monetary incentives in the long run. MOTIVATION THROUGH NON-MONETARY INCENTIVES 1. INTRODUCTION The term "motivation" was originally derived from the Latin word movre‚ which means "to move". But this one word is insufficient to describe the processes with how human behaviour is activated. Given below are some representative definitions of motivation .. The
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Countrywide Financial: Failure of Corporate Governance‚ Incentive Compensation‚ & the Sub-Prime Crisis Executive Summary: Countrywide Financial was a mortgage-banking firm. They had one of the largest market shares in the early 2000s‚ when the mortgage market was booming. “No company pursued growth in home loans more aggressively than Countrywide” (NY Times 12/10). They were the leader of their industry‚ with 500 billion in home loans‚ 62‚000 employees‚ 900 offices‚ and
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Birmingham International Markets (Wholesale Markets) Introduction The existing site of the wholesale markets had opened back in 1974 it includes markets for meat‚ fish‚ poultry and horticulture with warehouses and ancillary accommodation. The site is currently owned by Birmingham City Council and is located in the city centre next to the Bull Ring shopping centre and Digbeth. Entrance and access to the markets is via Pershore Street. The site area of the markets is 21 acres which makes
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The Effects of Employee Satisfaction on Company Financial Performance “People are our most valuable asset.” “Our employees come first.” “We’re only as strong as our people.” These declarative statements have been a staple of the American workplace for decades. Yet judging by their routine growth strategies‚ countless senior management teams seem to be in denial of just how accurate those statements are. While most organizations typically emphasize generating new business and cutting costs‚ a rapidly
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Part A There are three main areas of decision making for the corporate financial manager: Investment: The choice of projects or assets in which to invest company funds. Competing alternatives have to be assessed using a number of techniques. This type of decision will also be of concern to the private individual when making choices about which shares to buy. Finance: How these investments should be financed. It is necessary to evaluate the possible sources‚ external and internal‚ and the effect
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1/20/2013 MACC 594: LECTURE NOTES‚ MODULE I: INTRODUCTION TO ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF BASIC CONCEPTS PART I. A. REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYZING THE BALANCE SHEET • The balance sheet lists the firm’s assets‚ liabilities and equity accounts and their balances at the end of the period. • What does the balance sheet reveal about a firm? • Size of the company (total assets or net assets) • Major assets owned and proportion of current vs. noncurrent assets: - Is the mix of assets consistent
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CHAPTER ONE 1. Introduction 1.1 Background of the study Motivation is the willing to exert higher level of effort towards organizational goals conditioned by the ability to satisfy some individual needs (Robbins‚ p168‚ 1998). Understanding individual motivation requires continual updating in order to reflect the most current mix of goals. As people become better educated and economically blessed‚ the traditional carrot and stick policies only scratch the surface. The ever increasing constraints
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The financial crisis and the future of financial regulation Executive summary The outburst of the global financial crisis caused by the subprime crisis in America makes it necessary to adjust the financial regulation systems. The main financial crises in the history of the mankind were all mainly caused by the defects of the financial regulation in the world. Thus it can be seen that it is very necessary and important to explore the effective means to improve the effectiveness of the international
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