Cost of Capital Definition: cost of capital is the rate of return that a company must earn on its project investments to maintain its market value and attract funds. The cost of capital to a company is the minimum rate of return that is must earn on its investments in order to satisfy the various categories of investors‚ who have made investments in the form of shares ‚ debentures and loans. The cost of capital in operational terms refers to the discount rate that would be used in determining the
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* Explain how Dell’s working capital policy is a competitive advantage for the company? Dell uses a just in time order fulfillment policy and accurate forecasting of sales to minimize inventories. This allowed Dell to hold inventory of finished products far below levels of their competitors (10-20% compared to 50-70% industry level) and furthermore allowed them to quickly implement changes to their product lines as new technologies became available. This quick inventory turnover also allowed Dell
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something about which many people do not have a clear opinion. It is considered to be the punishment of execution‚ administered to someone convicted of a capital crime. Many people support the death penalty‚ while others wish for the death penalty to be abolished. My personal opinion on the death penalty is that it should be administered only in cases of certain crimes such as: serial murder‚ serial rape‚ and terrorism. Groups that support the death penalty often say that it deters criminals
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COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY MBA 5581 - E-COMMERCE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT [pic] Research paper: Rite Aid Case study Professor: Dr. Andy Saucedo Student: Nguyen Thi Hong Van Student ID: 186151 Submission date: December 5‚ 2010 Abstract Rite Aid Corporation is the third largest drugstore chain in the United States based on revenues and number of stores. Besides more than 4‚000 of retail drugstore in 31 states
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Tesco – Business Transformation Case Study Who would have thought that the food retailer famous for the slogan “Pile It High‚ Sell It Cheap” launched by Jack Cohen on an East End market stall in 1919‚ would have grown into one of the largest non-food retailers in Europe by 2007? What was it about Tesco that enabled it to move from being the poor relation to J. Sainsbury in the 1970s and 1980s to become the largest UK food retailer in the first decade of the 21st century? What was it that happened
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Understanding corporate value: managing and reporting intellectual capital Intellectual capital Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Definitions of intellectual capital 6 2.1 2.2 Classifications of intellectual capital Why is intellectual capital so difficult to measure? 3 IC measurement 8 Generic models 3.1 Balanced scorecard 3.2 Performance prism 3.3 Knowledge assets map approach Individual company models 3.4 The Skandia navigator 3.5 Ericsson’s cockpit communicator
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1) Objectives of the case: To understand and evaluate the dramatic rise and fall of the stock prices of the Web consultants‚ along with many others in the Internet sector‚ during the dot come bubble of 2000. It was question that boggled minds‚ as to how this could have happened in a relatively sophisticated capital market like that of the United States. To discuss the role of capital market intermediaries in the dot-com of 2000 and to check whether their incentives were properly aligned with their
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SOCIAL CAPITAL INTRODUCTION Social capital is one community characteristic that may affect parenting for healthy lifestyle. Lower levels of social capital show a relationship with a negative healthy outcome that includes a higher rate of subclinical atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease to name a few. Youth physical activity has also been linked to social capital‚ as the social capital increases the higher the physical activity. Confounding factors dependent on this relationship includes neighbourhood
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INTRODUCTION WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction 2. Need of working capital 3. Gross working capital 4. Net working capital 5. Determinants of working capital Working capital management Working capital management is concerned with the problems arise in attempting to manage the current assets‚the current liabilities and the inter relationship that exist between them. The term current assets refers to those assets which inordinary course of business can be‚or
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Capital One Financial Corporation 1. How is Capital One’s use of IT different from other mass customization strategies? Capital One uses IT through its information-based strategy (IBS) to “record‚ organize‚ and analyze data on the characteristics and behaviors of their customers‚” as stated by CEO Richard Fairbank. Their philosophy was to exploit information by constructing scientific models that could be used to both assess the creditworthiness of potential cardholders through
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