Former US vice-president Al Gore has hit out at company bosses and fund managers for damaging the environment by focusing on short-term goals. Speaking at the National Association of Pensions Funds’ annual investment conference in Edinburgh‚ Gore warned that companies’ obsession with meeting short-term profit targets rather than taking a longer term view‚ was hampering work to combat climate change. Goals Goal-setting ideally involves establishing specific‚ measurable‚ attainable‚ realistic
Premium Goal Time Term
Question on Short Term and Long Term Budgeting. Yes‚ I agree that budgeting is the key component in management short and long term planning. According to the website Thinking Make Easy‚ “Budgeting is a process of planning‚ setting goals and defining the objectives of the management that are needed for a given period of time. It is the tool that provides specific direction and achievements for the company” (Para 1). As budgeting may benefit a lot in term of saving more money either for a company or yourself
Premium Investment Rate of return Net present value
Performance of Mutual Funds Case study of SBI & HDFC Bank Mrs.Gazal Aggarwal** Mrs Meenu Kaur* Introduction The last three decades of 20th Century witnessed the emergence of a number of issues that spared debates and discussion among economist. Financial sector is the major area of macro economy that has received renewed focus in recent years; the banking sector has been the cynosure of academia. The traditional face of banking is also undergoing a change from that of a mere intermediator
Premium Investment Hedge fund Bank
PH farmers’ Coco levy funds: A brief history Coconut levy is the tax collected from the exacted exported coconut and coconut products under the Republic Act 6260 or the “Coconut Investment Act”. In 1972‚ the first of these levies was implemented and known as the “Cocofund Levy”. The tax exacted from these levies was 5.50 pesos per metric ton which was equal to 55 centavos per 100 kilos of copra that was produced for that year onwards until they reached the accumulation point of P100 million. From
Premium Ferdinand Marcos Philippines Poverty
Short-Term Memory Short-term memory is the ability of holding a small amount of information in mind‚ which is in a short duration and capacity. Different from the long-term memory‚ a short-term memory can disappear in seconds and limited in capacity. The current study shows that short-term memory can be affected by less grammatical incongruence which may demonstrate the sensitivity of the language-learning ability in infants. From the article that I found‚ the researchers’ findings complement other
Premium English language Linguistics Short-term memory
I. Overview and Introduction The Clarkson Lumber Company is a classic case of a small‚ private company rapidly growing and not having a sufficient cash flow to sustain operations with the increase in expected future sales. First‚ there needs to be an analysis of the events and strategies that have been implemented which affect the company’s financials. The owner‚ Keith Clarkson‚ bought out his partners “interest” in the company by issuing a note of $200‚000 at 11% interest. The owner issued
Premium Revenue Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Clarkson Lumber Company Financial Analysis 1. Background Clarkson Lumber Company is owned and operated by the hardworking‚ 49-year-old Mr. Clarkson. It has low operating expenses‚ a small staff‚ and strong management. The overall impression is one of a conservative‚ efficient operation. Clarkson himself leads a frugal lifestyle with little personal debt. The company has been in growth during recent years and anticipated a further increase in sales. Despite of consistent profits‚ the company has
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet Revenue
Short-Term and Long-Term Effects From Nuclear Radiation on the Human Body Lately‚ nuclear energy has been in the minds of the American populace. With the recent collapse at the Hanford site and the recent testings of rockets by North Korea that could potentially carry nuclear warheads‚ concern has been raised about what the consequences of nuclear energy could be‚ especially on earth and the human body. One of these risks is radiation. No matter how negligible the risk of nuclear weapons and meltdowns
Premium Nuclear weapon Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki World War II
Case 2: Analysis of Alternatives Student Educational Loan Fund‚ Inc. Institution: University Gadjah Mada Program: Master of Management Course: Risk Management Tutor: Mrs. Erni Ekawati‚ PhD. Title: Case 2: Analysis of Options Subtitle: Student Educational Loan Fund‚ Inc. Date: November 17‚ 2008 Place: Yogyakarta Authors: Martin Koopman Doddy Handaryadi Anindito Prabowo Gumirlang Wicaksono Introduction This report describes the situation which
Premium Debt Interest Derivative
Estimating Osmolarity by change in weight Abstract Water flows in and out of cells in an attempt to attain a state of equilibrium. The concentration of solutes to solvent in the cells environment is the cause of the water flow. Plant and animal cells can be negatively affected or positively affected due to the concentration balance in their environment. Potato cells were used to see the affects of sucrose in different concentrations. In some
Premium Glucose Solution Concentration