Definition of ’Human Capital’ A measure of the economic value of an employee’s skill set. This measure builds on the basic production input of labor measure where all labor is thought to be equal. The concept of human capital recognizes that not all labor is equal and that the quality of employees can be improved by investing in them. The education‚ experience and abilities of an employee have an economic value for employers and for the economy as a whole. Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/humancapital
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investing in projects that will maximize the value of the firm. However‚ many analyses should be made before making the decision to invest in determinant projects. The process by which the firm decides which investment is most profitable is called capital budgeting. There are different methods by which a firm can find the economic valuation for a project: net present value (NPV)‚ internal rate of return (IRR) and profitability index (PI). Even though the firm has different evaluation methods to help
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Intellectual capital-Tomorrow’s assets‚ today’s challenge Executive summary Abstract This report has the following objectives: Defining the intellectual capital; exploring how to change the tacit knowledge into intellectual knowledge; suggesting how to turn intellectual capital into revenue; highlighting the intellectual management in enterprises. With increasing emphasis on that intellectual property is the greatest asset‚ this report also investigates the ways to protect intellectual capital in company
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murder case cost 2.16 million dollars more with a death penalty then with a sentence of life imprisonment? It ’s true! It is estimated that the death penalty cost the U.S. Judicial System an extra one billion dollars a year! It ’s not only expensive‚ it ’s wrong. The worst part is Juveniles are being executed. This is wrong because the human brain is not fully developed until the 20s. That ’s why we should get rid of the death penalty. In my report I will discuss who gets the death penalty‚ why do they
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Capital Budgeting: Net Present Value vs Internal Rate of Return (Relevant to AAT Examination Paper 4 – Business Economics and Financial Mathematics) Y O Lam Capital budgeting assists decision makers in a company evaluate multiple investments of the company’s capital. Capital budgeting is used to plan for the acquisitions of other companies‚ for the development of new product lines of business‚ for the expansion of the existing production plants or for the replacement worn-out equipment‚ and
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Capital Rationing Capital rationing means that there is not sufficient finance (capital) available to support all the projects proposed in an organisation. In an ideal world any project which can earn a positive net present value or earn an internal rate of return greater than the cost of capital should be able to find a source of finance because there are rewards to the providers of capital. However‚ the world is not ideal and there may be restrictions on capital for any of the following reasons:
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BCSCCS 303 R03 DATA STRUCTURES (Common for CSE‚ IT and ICT) L T P CREDITS 3 1 0 4 UNIT - I (15 Periods) Pseudo code & Recursion: Introduction – Pseudo code – ADT – ADT model‚ implementations; Recursion – Designing recursive algorithms – Examples – GCD‚ factorial‚ fibonnaci‚ Prefix to Postfix conversion‚ Tower of Hanoi; General linear lists – operations‚ implementation‚ algorithms UNIT - II (15 Periods)
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tutor2u™ Working Capital Introduction to the Management of Working Capital AS & A2 Business Studies PowerPoint Presentations 2005 Introduction • All businesses need cash to survive • Cash is needed to: – Invest in fixed assets – Pay suppliers and employees – Fund overheads and other fixed costs – Pay tax due to the Government • Nearly all businesses use much of their cash resources to finance investment in “working capital” • Managing working capital effectively is
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investments in a variety of capital projects. Whether it is the need to purchase new machinery‚ expanding the production facility‚ or even buying new transport‚ all these projects require firms to make high investment now. In all these projects‚ the cash flow or the benefit is expected to be received for several years. A company at any time may have many capital projects in foresight. It is the responsibility of the finance manager to evaluate these projects through the capital budgeting process which
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Meaning Of Amalgamation When two or more companies carrying on similar business go into liquidation and a new company is formed to take over their business‚ it is called amalgamation. In other words‚ amalgamation refers to the formation of a new company by taking over the business of two or more existing companies doing similar type of business. In amalgamation‚ two or more companies are liquidated and a new company is formed to take over the business of liquidating companies. The companies which
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