THE IMPACT OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA South Africa is committed to maintaining an open environment for investment. This is core to long-term‚ sustainable‚ economic growth. As a low-savings developing economy‚ with high domestic investment requirements‚ South Africa requires to attract foreign direct investment in order to support domestic investment financing requirements (National Treasury‚ 2011). South Africa has re-entered this changing environment in full awareness
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Overview: The globalization of the economy and the liberalization of the trade markets have formulated new conditions in the market place which are characterized by instability and intensive competition in the business environment. Competition is continuously increasing with respect to price‚ quality and selection‚ service and promptness of delivery. Removal of barriers‚ international cooperation‚ technological innovations cause competition to intensify. All these changes impose the need for organizational
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Business Strategy Introduction In this report I will be investigating what business strategy is all about‚ its context and terminology and the various issues involved in planning. I will look at the different techniques that can be used in strategic planning and will proceed to carry out an audit on my chosen business (Sega Corporation) using some of these techniques and analyse / evaluate my findings and offer any ideas or recommendations I might have. “Planning means the deliberate and
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Maxims and Equity Equity in its broadest sense means fairness. Within the legal system it’s known to be a body of law that looks at all concerns which fall separate from the jurisdiction of common law. It allows courts to use their discretion and apply justice in accordance with “natural law”. Dictionary.com’s definition of maxim is “an expression of a general truth or principle‚ a principle or rule of conduct”. Maxims of equity can be described as an established principle of fairness. They
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American Finance Association Portfolio Selection Author(s): Harry Markowitz Source: The Journal of Finance‚ Vol. 7‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1952)‚ pp. 77-91 Published by: Blackwell Publishing for the American Finance Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2975974 . Accessed: 23/06/2011 20:52 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use
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Module 3 The four strategies are Natural rewards strategies‚ Team Self leadership‚ redesigning your Mental World‚ World altering strategies/Self-imposed strategies. These four strategies are used primality to alter our immediate physical world and to help us exercise control over ourselves‚ strategies for tapping the power of natural rewards‚ techniques for redesigning our physiological worlds‚ and tools to lead ourselves within a team setting. At the very center of all of the strategies is “mind and
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Employee Portfolio: Management Plan Summary MGT/311 Oct 28‚ 2013 Sonny Bowman When giving assessments at work‚ one of the most important areas a manager/employer must look at is the emotional state of the employee that is working for them because this can affect both the employee and the organization in terms of productivity. Many changes at work can have major emotional influence on an employee when unexpected. Things‚ such as hiring‚ firing‚ promotions‚ demotions
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Running Head: FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT Functions of Management July 13‚ 2009 Abstract Planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling are interdependent core elements of successful management. Adequate attention needs to be spent on all four management functions to form a strong foundation for success. Functions of Management Four fundamental principles of management are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. Established corporations as well as start-up businesses are dependent
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which would increase the value. The change in WACC would result to a change in the value of the assets. Q2: The increase in value gets apportioned based on the market value weights of Debt and Equity. Based on the calculation‚ 50% to debt and equity‚ market value weights equals to 43% debt and 57% equity. Q1: Barrowing can create a value if it is within a feasible point‚ beyond than that it might have a negative impact on the company value. A company can benefit from the tax shield through
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Cost of equity refers to a shareholder’s required rate of return on an equity investment. It is the rate of return that could have been earned by putting the same money into a different investment with equal risk. How It Works/Example: The cost of equity is the rate of return required to persuade an investor to make a given equity investment. In general‚ there are two ways to determine cost of equity. First is the dividend growth model: Cost of Equity = (Next Year’s Annual Dividend /
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