THE IMPLICATIONS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE THEORY AND REGULATION FOR SOUTH AFRICAN BANKING INSTITUTIONS By WESLEY NAIDU Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MAGISTER COMMERCII in FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SCIENCES In the FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES At the UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA SUPERVISOR: Prof. JOHANNES HvH DE WET November 2011 -i- ABSTRACT The topic of capital structure has been one that has plagued the academic world for a number of years
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Cost Control and Cost Reduction A business enterprise must survive‚ grow‚ and prosper. Cost Control and Cost Reduction are activities necessary for ensuring that these objectives are fulfilled. With the liberalization of the Indian Economy and Globalization‚ there is now a cut throat competition from various concerns of the world. As a result there is now a race to secure a place for survival. This has increased the importance of cost control and Cost Reduction. Cost Control “Cost control
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3 II. Background Definition 3 a) Trends and Projections 4 b) Competition 4 III. Problem Definitions 5 a) Infrastructure 5 1. Cabling 5 2. Disaster Recovery 5 3. Equipment Life Cycles 6 b) Security 6 c) No Internal VoIP 6 d) Inability to Switch to Telecommute Employees 6 e) Turnover Rate 6 f) E-Commerce 6 g) Reducing Infrastructure Costs 7 h) Call-Volume Efficiency 7 IV. Requirements Definition 7 a) Project Goals and Objectives 7 b) Project Assumptions 8 1. Current Configuration of Network 8 2. Data
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Classify each cost listed below as either a product cost or a period cost for purposes of preparing the financial statements for the bank. 1. The cost of the memory chips used in radar set. * Product Cost 2. Factory Heating Cost * Period Cost 3. Factory Equipment maintenance costs. * Period Cost 4. Training costs for new administrative employees * Period Costs 5. The cost of the solder that is used in assembling the radar sets. * Product costs 6. The Travel
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Merriam-Webster online dictionary (2011) defines capital punishment as punishment by death for a crime. There are many factors that go into the process of capital punishment and it must start with a crime followed by an arrest‚ trial‚ conviction‚ appeals process and ultimately the execution of the individual. Through the many stages of the process there numerous individuals who are affected‚ including the criminal and their family‚ the victim and their family‚ jury‚ judge‚ witnesses and administrators
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”CAPITAL PUNISHMENT” Understandings of justice differ in every culture‚ as cultures are usually dependent upon a shared history‚ mythology‚ and religion. Each culture’s ethics create values which influence the notion of justice. Although there can be found some justice principles that are one and the same in all or most of the cultures. In this topic‚ i won’t tell you about justice in details‚ but i’ll give you an example of justice in laws‚ one of them is “Capital Punishment”. Capital Punishment
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Company. The director of capital budgeting has asked you to analyze two proposed capital investments‚ project X and Y. Each project has a cost of $10000 and the cost of capital for each project is 12 percent. The projects expected net cash flows are as follows: |Expected Cash flows | | | | | |year |Project X |Project Y | |0
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CHAPTER 1 The Basic Theory of Human Capital 1. General Issues One of the most important ideas in labor economics is to think of the set of marketable skills of workers as a form of capital in which workers make a variety of investments. This perspective is important in understanding both investment incentives‚ and the structure of wages and earnings. Loosely speaking‚ human capital corresponds to any stock of knowledge or characteristics the worker has (either innate or acquired) that contributes
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Effects of Working Capital Management on Company Profitability An industry-wise study of Finnish and Swedish public companies Erik Rehn Department of Accounting Hanken School of Economics Helsinki 2012 HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Department of: Type of work: Master’s Thesis Accounting Author: Erik Rehn Date: 13.3.2012 Title of thesis: Effects of Working Capital Management on Company Profitability Abstract: Working Capital Management has lately been a hot topic since
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networks to reduce telephone and facsimile costs and to set the stage for advanced multimedia applications and services such as unified messaging‚ in which voice‚ fax‚ and e-mail are all combined. [Include description of selected VoIP product(s) or solution(s) here‚ including features‚ benefits‚ etc.] This business case explores the opportunities and benefits that can be realized in the deployment of VoIP product(s) or solution(s)‚ as well as the costs and associated risks involved. However‚ the
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