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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2/27/13 What Killed Michael Porter’s Monitor Group? The One Force That Really Matters - Forbes Steve Denning‚ Contributor R ADIC AL MANAGEMENT: R e think ing le ade rship and innovation L EA D ER S H I P | 11/20/2012 @ 10:52AM | 168‚820 vie ws What Killed Michael Porter’s Monitor Group? The One Force That Really Matters What killed the Monitor Group‚ the consulting firm co-founded by the legendary business guru‚ Michael Porter? In November 2012‚ Monitor was unable to pay its bills
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COST ANALYSIS OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION MEANING DEFINITIONS TYPES OF COSTS MONETARY COSTS REAL COSTS OPPORTUNITY COSTS ECONOMIC COSTS ACCOUNTING COSTS INCREMENTAL COSTS SUNK COSTS FUTURE COSTS PRIVATE‚ EXTERNAL AND SOCIAL COSTS FIXED / SUPPLEMENTARY / OVERHEAD COSTS VARIABLE / PRIME COSTS REPLACEMENT COSTS PRODUCTION COSTS SELLING COSTS CONTROLLABLE COSTS DIRECT COSTS INDIRECT COSTS SHORT RUN COSTS CURVES LONG RUN COSTS CURVES OBJECTIVES To understand the meaning of cost. To discuss different types
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Market sizing - We estimated around 3‚850 potential home brewers in Mexico City. The calculations are based on benchmarks from the US market (AHA – American Home Brewers Association)‚ and information about Mexico’s demographics and its beer industry. Research: Superior Hops – Market analysis: http://www.nama.org/student/13UnivofMN.pdf American Home Brewers Association: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=2717.0 Event to announce Partnership with Grupo Cinbersol
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Alcoholic beverages are a staple in many people’s diets. Throughout human history people have drank for different reasons. Judith Bennett tells the story of the English brewing industry in Ale‚ Beer‚ and Brewsters in England. In her book‚ Bennett argues that women’s work in brewing changed during the period of 1300 to 1600 as males gradually took over the production‚ but the low status interpretation of “women’s work” continued throughout this period up until the present.1 The perception and realities
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access to The Academy of Management Review. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 41.13.52.46 on Tue‚ 23 Jul 2013 08:32:37 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Review 1980‚ Vol.5‚ No. 1‚49-64 Academyof Management Structure Organization A Critical and Performance: Review1 DAN R. DALTON Indiana University WILLIAM TODOR D. The Ohio State University MICHAELJ. SPENDOLINI GORDON J. FIELDING LYMANW. PORTER University of California- Irvine We examine the literature
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prices (USPS‚ 2008). The University of Phoenix (UOP) is an institution for profit and it operates in a market structure with pure competition. According to McConnell and Brue (2004)‚ “pure competition involves a very large number of firms producing a standardized product (that is‚ a product identical to that of other producers‚ such as corn or cucumbers). New firms can enter or exit the industry very easily‚” (University of Phoenix‚ 2004). There are many universities‚ colleges‚ community colleges‚ and
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Exhibit 3.1 Strategic capabilities and competitive advantage Exhibit 3.2 Strategic capability: the terminology Exhibit 3.3 Sources of cost efficiency Exhibit 3.4 The experience curve Exhibit 3.5 Criteria for inimitability of strategic capabilities Analyzing Resources & Capabilities OUTLINE • The role of resources and capabilities in strategy formulation. • The resources of the firm • Organizational capabilities • Appraising the profit potential of resources and
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Organizational Structure Organizational structure plays an important role in day-to-day functions of an organization. The delegation of authority‚ work specialization‚ and employee reporting framework are some of the elements that help determine what the organizational structure should be. An efficient structure will facilitate decision making and smooth the span of control or scope managers have over operations. The first and most common structure type that managers would choose
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MARKET STRUCTURE It is common to see similar products offered for sale at vastly different prices. For example‚ the price of a hotel room can vary from as low as £25 per night to several hundreds of pounds or more in the same city; the cost of gym membership will vary depending on the nature of the business organisation offering the service. An organisation’s ability to influence the price at which it sells its products is largely dependent upon the type of market in which it operates. The
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