Finance Working capital management in heavy engineering firms — A case study Dr. D. Mukhopadhyay An investigation into the effectiveness of working capital management of an organization with particular reference to its short term liquidity and solvency and impact on commercial operations of the organization. I ntroduction : The importance of working capital in any industry needs no special emphasis. Working capital is considered to be life-giving force to an economic entity. Management
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Pfizer Inc.’S Cost of Capital and Capital structure - Xiaoyue Shi The costs of capital and capital structures for Pfizer Inc. and its two competitors Merck & Co. Inc. and Johnson & Johnson in the pharmaceutical industry are analyzed in this memo. When calculating the cost of common stock for the three companies‚ three different approaches including Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and the bond yield plus risk premium are applied (Appendix A). For CAPM approach
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Dissertation Effect of mergers and acquisitions on performance of firms- case study of Lenovo and IBM PC Introduction Background of the Study As pointed out by Agrawal‚ Jaffe and Mandelker (1992)‚ decisions on mergers and acquisitions are highly critical in the success of companies‚ as well as their managers. Numerous corporations always find that one of the best means of getting ahead is expanding the ownership boundaries via the mergers‚ as well as acquisitions
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Major Considerations in Capital Structure Planning There are three major considerations in capital structure planning‚ i.e. risk‚ cost of capital and control‚ which help the finance manager in determining the proportion in which he can raise funds from various sources. Although‚ three factors‚ i.e. risk‚ cost and control determines the capital structure of a particular business undertaking at a given point of time. The finance manager attempts to design the Capital Structure in such a manner that
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Market Structure Conduct Performance (SCP) Hypothesis Revisited using Stochastic Frontier Efficiency Analysis Seanicaa Edwards 204 Lloyd-Ricks‚ West Wing Dept of Agricultural Economics MSU‚ Mississippi State‚ MS-39762 Phone: (662) 325 7984; Fax: (662) 325 8777 E-mail: see3@.msstate.edu Albert J. Allen 215 G Lloyd-Ricks‚ West Wing Dept of Agricultural Economics MSU‚ Mississippi State‚ MS-39762 Phone: (662) 325 2883; Fax: (662) 325 8777 E-mail: allen@agecon.msstate.edu Saleem Shaik 1 215 E Lloyd-Ricks
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economics that investigates how to secure/motivate efficient management of corporations by the use of incentive mechanisms‚ such as contracts‚ organizational designs and legislation. This is often limited to the question of improving financial performance‚ for example‚ how the corporate owners can secure/motivate that the corporate managers will deliver a competitive rate of return. (Mathiesen‚ 2002). Another definition is "Corporate Governance is concerned with holding the balance between economic
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Background to the Study and Overall Research Aim: CSR is an important issue for companies in this day. In the past‚ many companies just put their eyes on their profit. They little considered social responsibility. In recently years‚ some experts point out that CSR can help corporations to make business growth. Within CSR‚ corporations will put social responsibility in front of making profit. Trough having CSR‚ they will consider their customers more and therefore‚ the products‚ services etc. will
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Dissertation AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON IMPACT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE (A report submitted towards the partial fulfillment of the requirement of the two years full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management.) DECLARATION I‚ student of Post Graduate Diploma in Management from hereby declare that I have completed dissertation on “IMPACT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE ” a part of the course requirement. I further declare that the information presented in this project
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rP os t 9-201-082 REV: MARCH 4‚ 2002 op yo The Loewen Group‚ Inc. (Abridged) In March 1999‚ John Lacey and the management team at the Loewen Group‚ Inc.‚ had to decide what course of action to take in light of the company’s imminent financial difficulties. On January 22‚ 1999‚ Lacey‚ a renowned turnaround specialist‚ was appointed chairman of Loewen‚ the second largest death care company in North America. Headquartered in Burnaby‚ British Columbia‚ Loewen owned over 1‚100 funeral
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supply chain and firm performance The development and testing of a unified proxy Mark Johnson and Simon Templar Cranfield School of Management‚ Cranfield‚ UK Abstract Purpose – Supply chains directly influence the differentiation and cost of a firm’s products and services and its exposure to risk. The purpose of this paper is to use secondary financial data to explore the relationship between supply chain and firm performance by developing a unified proxy for supply chain performance. Design/methodology/approach
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