Debt/Equity Ratio What Does Debt/Equity Ratio Mean? A measure of a company’s financial leverage calculated by dividing its total liabilities by its stockholders’ equity; it indicates what proportion of equity and debt the company is using to finance its assets. http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/debt%2Fequity+ratio ’Debt/Equity Ratio’ A high debt/equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings
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June 17‚ 2010 CheckPoint: Social Insurance Social insurance is used to fund public programs through many venues such as fees‚ fines‚ child support payments and licensing. Some of these programs these revenues are used to fund are Medicare‚ Medicaid‚ the WIC program‚ child welfare‚ disability and aging services. But most of the funding comes from taxes through federal and state governments. There are three different classifications of how taxes are gathered; regressive‚ neutral or progressive
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Private Equity in Nigeria An Overview of Nigerian Venture Capital and Private Equity Private Equity in Nigeria Page 2 CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 NIGERIA COUNTRY ANALYSIS 5 TABLES AND EXHIBITS 7 Private Equity in Nigeria Page 3 Executive Summary1 Nigeria is facing an uncertain future as outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence continue to place strains on Africa’s most populated country. With the 2003 elections approaching‚ the continuing battle amongst incumbent politicians
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. Debt and Equity Financing Debt Versus Equity Financing ACC400/University of Phoenix June 13‚ 2011 Debt Versus Equity Financing In the accounting industry financing is an important concept. Many companies would not be operable without acquiring some for of financing options. Although there are many types of financing‚ the two that will be discussed in this paper are debt financing and equity financing. Also this paper will give two examples of each type of financing and discuss which
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Private Equity? some of us reading this stories‚ the word private equity may seems a little bit unfamiliar. The definition of private equity by the famous Investopedia is as follows‚ “Equity capital that is not quoted on a public exchange.” Simple isn’t it? Example of private equity in Indonesia is the Orang Tua group. So now we understand about private equity‚ but what’s in it for us finance students? The answer is the Private Equity Firm who specializes in dealing about the private equity. A
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What is a Brand ? Brands were originally developed as labels of ownership: name‚ term‚ design‚ and symbol. However‚ today it is what they do for people that matters much more‚ how they reflect and engage them‚ how they define their aspiration and enable them to do more. Powerful brands can drive success in competitive and financial markets‚ and indeed become the organization’s most valuable assets. A brand is name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol‚ design‚ or a combination of the above to identify the goods
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Kapferer’s Brand-Identity Prism model Type of model: Author(s): Domain: Brand model (structure model) J.N. Kapferer Identity and image Figure 1: Six dimensions of brand identity In his so-called Brand Identity Prism‚ Jean-Noël Kapferer identifies six aspects of brand identity: (1) physique‚ (2) personality‚ (3) culture‚ (4) relationship‚ (5) reflection and (6) self-image. These six aspects are divided over two dimensions: a. The constructed source vs. the constructed receiver: a well-presented
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Designing a Brand Hierarchy We all know the recession has drastically impacted consumer behaviors‚ but we may often overlook its direct impact on brands themselves. The recession has changed the way marketers manage their brand portfolios as they try to do more with less. As such‚ marketers are taking a closer look at how then can stretch existing brand equity across a greater number of products‚ often taking a parent brand/sub-brand approach. We generally see four different sub-brand approaches
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Physique according to him is the basis of the brand. –E.G. the physique ofPhilips is “technology and reliability” while for the brand Tata it is “trust” •Personality is same as Aaker‚ it answers the question “what happens to this brand when it becomes a person?” •Culture symbolizes the organization‚ its country-of-origin and the values it stands for. –E.G. traditional brands like balsara‚ dabur and zandu. Relationship is the handshake between consumer and the organisation. –E.G. the
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Brand Personality Definition Have you recently come across statements like “Brand X is rugged and macho with a spirit of adventure and freedom” or “Brand Y is stylish‚ trendy‚ younger and competitively priced”? These are some statements that tell about what is the personality of the brand in the minds of the consumers. Aaker defines Brand personality as ‘a set of human characteristics associated with the brand’. Brand personality is formed when the brand is personified or given some human traits
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