NSE Research Initiative‚ Project Report no. 229 / 2009 Determinants and the Stability of Dividends in India: Application of Dynamic Partial Adjustment Equation using Extended Instrumental Variable Approach Dr. Manoj Subhash Kamat Dr. Manasvi Manoj Kamat Summary This paper improves on earlier research on stability and determinants of dividend policies by using a more advanced estimation methodology‚ a larger and more representative sample of panel data (PD)‚ and different proxies for a
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Objective: Viability of Napster as a revenue generating company. Case in brief: Napster is a brainchild of Shawn fanning‚ launched on June 1 ‚1999 as a peer-to-peer music downloading program for college students. Napster became a one of the most popular sites on the internet‚ claiming some 15 million users in little more than a year. From the beginning‚ Napster facing so many problems from the RIAA and music industry players. Napster violated the copyrights by allowing users to swap the music recordings
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value in sequel rights‚ how they will be able to make money off of these investments in the rights‚ or understand why studios would be willing to sell them. Then‚ we will address the timing of the offers and why it is so important‚ especially in this case. Next‚ we will look at the “fair” value for these films using two different approaches. The first approach is the net present value of the entire set of 99 films for 1990. We will look at three different sets of assumptions with the net present value
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shoot‚ it really isn’t. A simple way to look at how to shoot is look down a sight and pull the trigger. But on the other hand it is complicating. You have to judge and make precise measurements according to what you feel. Not everyone has the proper tools to make these measurements so it will just take practice and knowledge to understand them. You make these measurements to be sure you know where you’re shooting. If you don’t know where you are shooting‚ then you don’t know where the bullet is going
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RIM’s dividend policy is no dividend. The company has not paid any dividend since they completed its initial public offering during fiscal 1998. Motorola has never paid dividend. Apple has not paid dividend since 1996. Nokia and HTC paid dividend regularly maybe because they are not North American company. Basically high technology companies in their growth stage typically have not paid a dividend because the thinking is that they can re-invest their earnings to boost the growth of the company
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Case 15 Version 2.1 Teletech Corporation‚ 1996 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives In January 1996‚ the chief financial officer of this telecommunications company must fashion a response to a raider who claims that a major business segment of this company should be sold because it is not earning a satisfactory rate of return. The case recounts the debate within the company over the use of a single hurdle rate to evaluate all segments of the company versus a riskadjusted hurdle-rate
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Paying out dividends belongs to the easiest way to communicate financial well-being and shareholder value‚ since they are sending out a powerful message about future prospects and performances. The willingness‚ and also the ability of companies to pay out steady dividends and maybe even to increase them‚ provides the shareholder with valuable information about the company ’s fundamentals. Wherever you are looking for information regarding dividends‚ you will find statements about their affection
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DIVIDEND POLICY AT FPL GROUP‚ INC. (Case report) Subject: Dividend Policy at FPL Group‚ Inc. Problem: Should Kate Stark revise her current investment recommendation of “hold” on FPL’s stock to her clients? Options: 1) To change her “hold” recommendation to a “buy” recommendation 2) To change her “hold” recommendation to a “sell” recommendation 3) Remain unchanged; continue with the “hold” recommendation Recommendation: Table of Contents Overview 3 Analysis 4 Overview In 1994
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Dividend Policy of Indian Corporate Firms: An Analysis of Trends and Determinants Dr. Y. Subba Reddy1 The present study examines the dividend behavior of Indian corporate firms over the period 1990 – 2001 and attempts to explain the observed behavior with the help of trade-off theory‚ and signaling hypothesis. Analysis of dividend trends for a large sample of stocks traded on the NSE and BSE indicate that the percentage of companies paying dividends has declined from 60.5 percent in 1990 to 32.1
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Dividend Policy Vinod Kothari Corporations earn profits – they do not distribute all of it. Part of profit is ploughed back or held back as retained earnings. Part of the profit gets distributed to the shareholders. The part that is distributed is the dividend. The ratio of the actual distribution or dividend‚ and the total distributable profits‚ is called dividend payout ratio. How much of its profits should a corporation distribute? There are several considerations that apply in answering this
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