PRIVATE EQUITY – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR GHANAIAN SMEs By Joseph Ciici Arthur Ghana’s workforce is predominantly employed by the informal sector. This sector of our economy is largely made up of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) and sole proprietorships (“one man business”). This is confirmed by available data from the Registrar General which indicates that 90% of companies registered in Ghana are SMEs. Over time‚ this target group has been identified as the catalyst for
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Long-term financing requires a meticulous understanding of the various features of debt and equity and their impact an organization. While evaluating debt and equity‚ an investment banker also has to consider the unique characteristics of the organization’s dealings while ensuring that the organization’s requirements are met. Debt CapitalDebt capital includes all long-term borrowing incurred by the firm. The cost of debt was found to be less than the cost of other forms of financing. The relative
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UID: 3035198791 Name: Ho Hei Man ( Cindy ) Tutor: Brian Wong (tutorial group 11) Umbrella revolution have been started for 35 days. Untill now‚ students and other citizens are staying in Mong Kok and Admiralty in order to put presseure on the government and demand for universal suffrage with three nominees selected by the citizens. However‚ some may say that the way we protest is wrong and illegal which is destroying the order in Hong Kong while what makes Hong Kong attractive is its order. Then
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trades or creditors are another option of short term finance. A company can borrow the goods from supplier and pay them later in given period of time. Also we can categorise the source of finance in following ways: a) Equity b) Debt c) Hybrid theory Equity: Equity is the main source of finance that belongs to the owners or stockholders. It is ownership interest of shareholders in company.
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QUADRANT TELEVENTURES LTD. EQUITY RESEARCH REPORT August 25‚ 2013 Results Review Quadrant Televentures Ltd. Share Data Market Cap Price BSE Sensex SELL The company provides landline‚ internet‚ leased line and mobile Reuters Bloomberg Avg. Volume (30 Days) 52-Week High/Low Shares Outstanding Rs 1‚52.45 cr. Rs. 2.47 18‚519.44 (+1.13%) QUAD.BO QDTV:IN 42‚985 Rs. 4.98/2.16 61.226 cr. telephony (GSM and CDMA) services in the Punjab telecom circle. It was formerly
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The Position of Women in The Rover The end of the English Civil War gave a crushing defeat to feudalism and effected a permanent change in the existing social relations in England‚ with the establishment of the Puritan Commonwealth by Oliver Cromwell. There is no second though about how much Republicanism appealed to the multitude. Still‚ there were certain others who swore by tradition and the accepted codes of behaviour. In a period marked by swings between orthodoxy and modern attitude‚ the sacred
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Owners Equity Name ACC423 III April 1‚ 2013 Roger Beckstead Owners Equity Owner’s equity is the interest that common and preferred stockholders have in a company. Stockholders have paid-in capital in the form of stock and bonds to a company to provide cash intended to be used for operations of the company. Investors use equity accounts to evaluate the strength and liquidity of a company. Investors assess if a company is growing by comparing capital accounts in previous years to present
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ALI BHUTTO INST OF SCI & TECH KARACHI At 02:10 19 October 2014 (PT) Are social media replacing traditional media in terms of brand equity creation? Manfred Bruhn Verena Schoenmueller Daniela B. Schäfer Article information: To cite this document: Manfred Bruhn Verena Schoenmueller Daniela B. Schäfer‚ (2012)‚"Are social media replacing traditional media in terms of brand equity creation?"‚ Management Research Review‚ Vol. 35 Iss 9 pp. 770 - 790 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01409171211255948
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The Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution is the largest protest in Hong Kong since 1989. This protest had drawn world media attention even overshadowed every international news. The major cause of this revolution is the mutual trust between Hongkongers and Chinese government are going from bad to worse. Hongkongers has accumulated their discontent over years and it made the "White Paper" became the fuse of Umbrella Revolution. In fact‚ there are many reasons causing this protest happened‚ in a simple way
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Customer Perception Based Brand Equity Analysis of Dinshaw’s Ice-cream Abhijeet Agashe *‚ Rupesh Pais**‚ Rashmi Shahu*** Abstract A brand is a name that has the power to influence a buyer. Brand influence could be as a result of a set of mental associations and relationship built up over time among customers or distributors. Brand equity is the differential effect of a brand knowledge on a consumer response to the marketing of a brand. The present study focuses on the study of the basic four dimensions
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