Leading Determinants of Dividend Policy: A Case Study of Indian Banking Industry ABSTRACT: Dividend policy is a critical decision area in the field of finance. The subject of corporate dividend policy has captivated finance scholars for a long time‚ resulting in intensive theoretical modeling and empirical investigation. But several questions related to dividend decisions remain perplexing because of diverse and conflicting theories and evermore due to diverse empirical results. This paper attempts
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Introduction of value chain The value chain‚ also known as value chain analysis‚ is a concept from business management that was first described and popularized by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller‚ Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. Definition : According to John Del Vecchio writing for Fool.com‚ a value chain is "a string of companies working together to satisfy market demands." The value chain typically consists of one or a few primary value (product
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uses your information to ensure that your information is safe against unauthorized uses (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse). For the banking industry‚ identity theft is a growing concern for customer privacy. Identity theft can occur anywhere including the internet. The technology of online banking is constantly growing and is being recognized globally. Online banking is very important for banks because it is a helpful tool used to provide better customer service and enhance efficiency on the bank’s
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3/11/10 Unethical Issues in the Banking Industry Ethical issues in banking are currently receiving a great deal of attention‚ and those who manage these organizations seem to be under constant public scrutiny. This paper presents and discusses the certain ethical issues and concerns with banking managers. Suggestions for enhancing the degree of ethicalness in organizational practices and decision behaviors’ have also been attempted. Ethical issues in banking and financial service organizations
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Value Chain Analysis – Amazon.com Unit 4 Individual Project Assignment GB570: Managing The Value Chain Dr. Craddock Kaplan University January 6‚ 2012 Value Chain Analysis The purpose of this value chain analysis was to explore the dynamics of Amazon.com in terms of looking at the intricate foundation (value chain) the company has created to serve its millions of satisfied customers. This company operates in the highly competitive industry of e-commerce‚ which
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unprofitable customers someone else will » ECCO A/S – Global value chain management case study Wednesday‚ August 31st‚ 2011 at 8:27 am My operations management coursework was based on the ECCO A/S – Global Value Chain Management case study which is an interesting paper on ECCO A/S (ECCO) who have been very successful in the footwear industry by focusing on production technology and assuring quality by maintaining full control of the entire value chain from “cow to shoe.”. ECCO follow a differentiation
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advantage‚ it is useful to model the firm as a chain of value creating activities. For this purpose‚ Porter identified a range of interrelated generic activities common to a wide range of firms. The resulting model is known as the value chain. According to Porter (1985)‚ " Competitive Advantage arises out of the way firms organise and arrange discrete activities". Through using the Value Chain‚ the activities performed by a firm competing in a particular industry can be grouped into categories as shown
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Exchange and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and is in the top 25 FTSE-100 companies‚ by market capitalization. It serves both Consumer and Wholesale Banking customers. Consumer Banking provides credit cards‚ personal loans‚ mortgages‚ deposit taking and wealth management services to individuals and small to medium sized enterprises. Wholesale Banking provides corporate and institutional clients with services in trade finance‚ cash management‚ lending‚ custody‚ foreign exchange‚ debt capital markets
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Assignment 1: Report The role of the Engineer in the Value Chain Introduction In recent years‚ the requirements of commercial and industrial operations in the production of services and goods have been subject to vast changes. In the present era of globalization and increasing international competition‚ a trend away from vertically integrated organizations has become more and more evident. In fact‚ most companies nowadays tend to solely concentrate on their own core competencies‚ outsourcing
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Value Chain Analysis Before making a strategic decision‚ it is important for Apple to understand how its activities or products create values for customers. One way to do this is to conduct a value chain analysis (VCA). VCA “refers to the idea that a company is a chain of activities for transforming inputs into outputs that customers value. The process of transforming inputs into outputs compromises a number of primary and support activities” (Hill and Jones‚ 2001‚ p.133). Each value is considered
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