The Society for Financial Studies Decision Processes‚ Agency Problems‚ and Information: An Economic Analysis of Capital Budgeting Procedures Author(s): Anthony M. Marino and John G. Matsusaka Source: The Review of Financial Studies‚ Vol. 18‚ No. 1 (Spring‚ 2005)‚ pp. 301-325 Published by: Oxford University Press. Sponsor: The Society for Financial Studies. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3598074 . Accessed: 15/11/2013 17:17 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance
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1.1 WORKING CAPITAL CONCEPTS Business activity Business activity is dynamic in character and subject to wide fluxions. The movement from working capital to income and profits and back to working capital is one of the most important characteristics of business administration. This operation is concerned with the deployment of funds with the hope that they will generate returns‚ rendering an additional amount called profit. If the operations of an enterprise are to run smoothly‚ proper relation
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Kindley‚ M. (2001) What is Organizational Capital? – Interview to Erik Brynjolfsson – CIO Insight The recent bursting of the internet bubble‚ together with its unsustainable and sometimes bizarre business models‚ has resurrected the debate on the degree to which IT investments contribute to productivity growth. While economist Erik Brynjolfsson is a firm believer in the long-term contribution of technology to productivity growth‚ he also believes the answer isn’t as easy as buying a few computers
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Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors are Reliably Important? Murray Z. Frank1 and Vidhan K. Goyal2 First draft: March 14‚ 2003. Current draft: December 20‚ 2003. ABSTRACT This paper examines the relative importance of 38 factors in the leverage decisions of publicly traded U.S. firms from 1950 to 2000. The most reliable factors are median industry leverage (+ effect on leverage)‚ market-to-book ratio (-)‚ collateral (+)‚ bankruptcy risk as measured by Altman’s Z-Score (-)‚ dividend-paying
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Sanaa is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world. it is the capital of the Republic of Yemen. The history of Sanaa started when founded by Shem‚ son of Noah. the story tells of how Shem reached Yemen after a long way from the north and found Sanaa a suitable place to settle in. Shem originally chose the western part of Sanaa but according to a popular legend‚ it says that the moment he began building the foundations of the city‚ a bird flied to himand picked up his sounding lead to the eastern
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Critically reflect on the importance of capital budgeting. Why is this heated subject in many boardrooms? How does capital budgeting promote the financial health of an organization? How will you use the financial techniques you have learned this week to promote the financial health of your organization? A capital budget is very important for a business. It is a heated subject because a decision about capital budgeting can help the business to determine if the proposed investments or project are
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Revised Fall 2012 CHAPTER 12 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS Key Terms and Concepts to Know Basic Concepts The statement of cash flows highlights the major activities that impact cash flows and hence‚ affect the overall cash balance. Cash flows are important because they finance operations‚ pay bills‚ pay employees‚ pay dividends‚ repay loans and make investments. The statement analyzes the changes in the non-cash balance sheet from the perspective of whether the changes provided or used cash. In other
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Chapter III CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Almost all economists lay emphasis on capital formation as the major determinant of ED. Capital is a man-made factor of production. It is the one of the essentials of development found in the form of liquid cash‚ raw materials‚ tools machines‚ building etc. Deficiency of capital is the basic characteristic of UDCs. It is not possible to raise the level of productivity unless more capital is made available. Hence it is useful to study
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UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA Department of Finance MBA (Evening) Program Course: Working Capital Management Report on Working Capital Management Of Atlas Bangladesh Limited Submitted to M. Shahjahan Mina Professor Department of Finance University of Dhaka Submitted By Abul Jannat Jiban (18038) Md. Naharul Islam (18043) January 01‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Working capital management is concerned with the problems arise in attempting to manage the current assets‚ the current liabilities and the inter relationship
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The Debate on Capital Punishment The Debate on Capital Punishment INTRODUCTION: Capital Punishment has been used for centuries‚ however‚ that does not mean that this form of punishment is universally accepted. Capital punishment has a long history of debate at least as long as the punishment itself. This debate is not resolved. To this day‚ it is a hot topic for most‚ even though 65 percent of adult Americans have indicated that they support this form of punishment. Additionally‚ this support
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