A joint-stock company is a business entity which is owned by shareholders. Each shareholder owns the portion of the company in proportion to his or her ownership of the company’s shares (certificates of ownership). [1] This allows for the unequal ownership of a business with some shareholders owning a larger proportion of a company than others. Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. [2] In modern corporate
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Question 1: The tragedy of the commons a) Using the example of a problem of the global commons outline the “tragedy of the commons” and explain its causes. In order to aptly outline the “tragedy of the commons” using an example of a problem of the global commons‚ it is essential to first put in context what both terms mean and how they relate to each other. The “tragedy of the commons” is a type of market failure under the banner of property rights that is described as ‘an economic problem in
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4 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock has a beta of 1.1 and sells for $40 a share. The U.S. Treasury bill is yielding 4% and the market risk premium is 8%. Jack ’s tax rate is 35%. What is Jack ’s weighted average cost of capital? Answer | | 7.10% | | | 7.39% | | | 10.38% | | | 10.65% | | | 11.37% | 1 points Question 2 1. Peter ’s Audio Shop has a cost of debt of 7%‚ a cost of equity of 11%‚ and a cost of preferred stock of 8%. The firm has
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Contents Objectives 1 Management Summary 2 Active Investor Strategy 2 Effects of $3 Billion in New Debt for Dividend or Stock Repurchase 2 a. Outstanding Shares 2 b. Book Value of Equity 2 c. Price per Share 2 d. Earnings per Share 3 e. Debt Interest Coverage Rations and Financial Flexibility 3 f. Outstanding Shares 3 Wrigley’s Current Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) 4 Debt Proceeds to Pay a Dividend or Repurchase Shares 4 Wrigley’s Recapitalization 5 Appendices
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Each and every person has the potential and free choice to pursue a career as an entrepreneur. ANS: T PTS: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Motivation Concepts KEY: pg 29 2. The generation of the 21st century may become known as generation E because they are becoming the most entrepreneurial generation since the Industrial Revolution. ANS: T PTS: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Motivation Concepts KEY: pg 29 3. Determining a person’s “entrepreneurial
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Cost Management or Cost Control In broad sense‚ both the terms have the same meaning. Yet cost management seems to connote broader perspective. Cost control to an un-initiated may mean cutting down the incurrence of cost or expenditure every time or in every situation. In reality it is not always so. In many specific situations‚ many times‚ one has to spend or incur cost in order to gain or make more money. It is in fact like an investment. Cost management sounds better then. Profits Making
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Q: Is depreciation expense or depreciation cost is fixed cost or variable cost in nature? Fixed costs: Fixed costs are such costs that do not change with the change in activity level within the relevant range. Where relevant range can be defined in terms of time or activity level. Variable costs: Variable costs are such costs that change with the change in activity level . Coming to the question‚ depreciation expense or depreciation cost can either be fixed or variable and this depends on the
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CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2. I History of the Formation and Operations of the Ghana Stock Exchange The financial crises that the Ghanaian economy experienced by extending the banking sector in the early 1980’s made policymakers and the private sector to look for complementary sources of long-term capital so as to reduce the dominance that existed in the banking system. The government of Ghana in collaboration with the World
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“Tragedy of the Commons” The theory behind the “tragedy of the commons” is important to understand the destruction of our environment and to avoid this‚ we‚ as citizens of this planet‚ must change our moral values and human ideologies. There is no technical solution to solve this problem. We can avoid “tragedy” only by changing the way we live. The tragedy of the commons is explained through an example of herdsmen being able to own as much cattle as possible‚ which results in herdsman wanting
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industry members are looking to diversify and round out their entertainment business portfolios. During this period Paramount was also experiencing increasing costs and continuous management turnover‚ which were starting to diminish financial performance. Viacom and QVC see this as an opportunity since they might be able to reduce certain costs through combined operations and improved distribution channels. Viacom and QVC‚ which are evaluating Paramount as an acquisition opportunity‚ see potential for
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