high‚ relative to book and past market values‚ and to repurchase equity when their market values are low. We document that the resulting effects on capital structure are very persistent. As a consequence‚ current capital structure is strongly related to historical market values. The results suggest the theory that capital structure is the cumulative outcome of past attempts to time the equity market. Introduction “Equity market timing” refers to the practice of issuing shares at
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responsibilities at all‚ other than to maximize their own profit. This view is called “Shareholder Theory”. Friedman argued that a company should have no social responsibility to the public or society because it’s only concern is to increase profits for itself and for its shareholders. He states that‚ when companies concern themselves with the community rather than focusing on profits‚ it leads to totalitarianism. In this traditional view of the firm‚ the shareholders or stockholders are the owners of
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Stakeholders vs. Shareholders The definition of business strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal or set of goals or objectives. Stakeholder is a person‚ group‚ or organization that has direct or indirect stake in an organization because it can affect or be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives‚ and policies. Shareholder is someone who owns shares of stock in a corporation or mutual fund. For corporations‚ along with the ownership comes a right
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Impacts of Profitability and Financial Leverage on Firm’s Capital Structure By [Your Name] [Instructor’s Name] [Institution’s Name] [Date] Declaration While conducting the proposed research work‚ I‚ being a hard-working‚ innovative and conscientious researcher‚ come up with the factual severity of consequences allied with an act of plagiarising content from others’ work. Moreover‚ I do comprehend the rules and regulations my university encompasses against submitting a plagiarised document
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of firms was to maximize shareholder wealth within the legal boundaries of society. Government and citizens should assume their rightful roles by setting and maintaining those limits. Several concepts prove why the ethical responsibility of a corporation should be placed internally‚ on producing profit‚ rather than addressing social issues. Friedman’s philosophy supports the rights of shareholders and says that the primary duty of corporations is to maximize profit. Shareholders are owners of the
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Chico and the Man is a comedy in the 70’s that shows how a grumpy old white man becomes friends with a Chicano. Ed Brown is the grumpy old man who owned and operated a filing station in Las Angeles. He hires a fast talking cherry young Chicano to help him run the station‚ he eventually lets him live in the station and they both learn about each other’s generation and culture and learn how to love each other. It shows situations on how a Mexican and white people can live and work together
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dividend-yield-plus-growth-rate approach‚ include: the current stock price‚ the current dividend‚ and the marginal investor’s expected dividend growth rate. The stock price and the dividend are east to obtain‚ but the expected growth rate is difficult to estimate (Ehrhardt & Brigham‚ 2011). The advantages and disadvantages of using DCF approach will be explained along with the further clarification on the cost of capital using DCF approach. The cost of capital is a term used in the field of financial
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The SAS System 21:44 Wednesday‚ November 26‚ 2014 Obs date refd_1st_lag refd_1st_diff refd_1st_diff_1st_lag refd_1st_diff_2nd_lag 1 30MAR1990 . . . . 2 29JUN1990 . . . . 3 28SEP1990 . . . . 4 31DEC1990 -0.19835 0.42248 . . 5 29MAR1991 0.22413 -0.16683 0.42248 . 6 28JUN1991 0.05730 -0.20439 -0.16683 0.42248 7 30SEP1991 -0.14709 0.20291 -0.20439 -0.16683 8 31DEC1991 0.05581 -0.02545 0.20291 -0.20439 9 31MAR1992 0.03037 -0.13786 -0.02545 0
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Pages 552-565: Compulsory Liquidation Remedies 1. Introduction * Deficiency of current law: (1) despite introduction of statutory derivative action‚ formulation is unclear and scope is uncertain (2) focus on single act/transaction rather than whole picture/pattern/period (3) remedies are directed to particular transaction and confined to restraint of conduct‚ Recovery of property or ordering of financial compensation * Statutory remedies fall into 2 categories a. Compulsory liquidation
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debt to total capital approaching 70%‚ as opposed to a target ratio of 60%. While some investors welcome HCA’s more aggressive use of leverage‚ others are worried that HCA’s capital structure could decrease the company’s current A bond rating. As a result of increased debt‚ a decline in HCA’s first-quarter earnings per share could occur. The company faces the problem of deciding what should be done to its capital structure and whether reducing the ratio of debt to total capital to match the target
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