FINANCE 2 ASSINGMENT 2011-2012 Nikesh Hindocha (10044607) Part A. Introduction As part of my assignment‚ I have been asked to discuss the following statement “Mergers and acquisitions can be value destroyers or value creators”. A merger can be defined as when two equal businesses in terms of profit margin and status‚ combine in order to become one legal entity. Initially‚ the fundamental reason for this merge is to produce a company that is worth more than the sum of its parts
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1st Assignment Behavioral Finance Course Code: 6314M0202Y University of Amsterdam Block II‚ Fall 2014 Your names: Your UvA student numbers: Chavdar Tsenev 10840974 Luis Pena Alberto Cabral Alexander Ezedin Q1 The reason for the majority of individuals choosing option A rather than B and option D rather than C has to do with misperception of probabilities. Even though according to Prospect theory people are risk averse in the gains
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AND CONCEPT OF INVESTMENT Investment is a term for several closely related meanings in finance and economics. Investment according to Theoretical Economics Investment means the production of capital goods - goods which are not consumed but instead used in future production. Examples include • Building • A rail road • A Factory clearing land • Putting oneself through college Investment according to Finance Term Investment means buying of Assets. For Examples • Buying stocks and bonds • Investing
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knowledge in order to more effectively reach decisions within organizations. Emphasis in this senior-level course is given to developing action-oriented general management skills‚ while drawing on extant theory in strategy‚ accounting‚ economics‚ finance‚ marketing‚ and organizational theory. These dual emphases are managed through the use of both lecture/discussion sessions and cases. This capstone course has two distinct components. In the first half‚ we study the theory
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decision maker may response differently with same problem. Why does this happen? Because of bias. Bias is a subjective ideas or thought. Sometimes it is injustice to receivers who got the outcome from the decision makers. There is a kind of division got from the internet: class‚ racism‚ culture‚ media‚gender‚linguistic‚ politice‚religion‚statistical number(sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias Aug‚ 9 2008)‚ which is based on external environment around. Under circumstance‚ decision maker
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Media bias is a tendency to twist balanced‚ objective‚ neutral and impartial facts found in the society. On the other hand‚ political bias is the reflection of the preferences and beliefs of news networks or reporters with regards to a certain story or a frame that may lead to presenting more of one political party than both sides equally. Media bias was known before as an intentional act of twisting fact. Now‚ the meaning of bias has changed to an “unconscious slant” (Hachten 104-105). The adoption
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different races‚ ethnicities‚ religions and sexual orientations‚ it is important to understand both the goals and challenges of policing and dealing with hate and bias crimes. Considering that since the beginning stages of immigration we have tried to support successful assimilation‚ hate and bias crimes create a huge barrier. Hate and bias crimes “occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social group‚ usually defined by race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation
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http://www.kln.ac.lk/uokr/ICBI2010/30.pdf accessed on 2nd March‚2012. Mohammed Hussain and Shirley‚ Leo‚(2008). Customer perception on service quality in retail banking in Middle East: the case of Qatar. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management‚ 2 (4)‚ pp.338 - 350 Naana‚ Adams Abigai and Odartey‚ Lamptey Adnan‚(2009). Customer Perceived value in Internet banking in Ghana‚ Master thesis‚ Continuation courses‚ Luela University of Technology. Redelinghuis‚ A. & Rensleigh‚ C
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UVA-F-1489 Version 2.0 GAINESBORO MACHINE TOOLS CORPORATION In mid-September 2005‚ Ashley Swenson‚ chief financial officer (CFO) of Gainesboro Machine Tools Corporation‚ paced the floor of her Minnesota office. She needed to submit a recommendation to Gainesboro’s board of directors regarding the company’s dividend policy‚ which had been the subject of an ongoing debate among the firm’s senior managers. Compounding her problem was the uncertainty surrounding the recent impact of Hurricane
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Kathleen Okruhlik: Science Cannot Escape Bias In Kathleen Okruhlik’s paper‚ she strives to show that the practice of science as a whole‚ cannot escape bias‚ particularly bias in relation to the different sexes. Her argument is thorough‚ but flawed as it is possible for science to be unbiased. She includes many outdated papers showing how the science was skewed by only using male models‚ or how scientists are basing assumptions on the idea that male is superior to female‚ so they use males in their
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