General Motors (GM) is one of the largest companies involved in the business of designing‚ building‚ selling and servicing automobiles and parts in the global market. Company owns several brands such as Chevrolet‚ Cadillac‚ Buick‚ Pontiac‚ GMC‚ Oldsmobile‚ Opel‚ Hummer‚ Saturn and Saab Founded by William “Billy” Durant in 1908‚ GM held only Buick Motor Company initially‚ but in a matter of few years acquired more than 20 companies including Oldsmobile‚ Cadillac‚ and Oakland‚ today known as Pontiac
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- 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction Capital structure concept holds a major place in a financial management. Capital structure refers the proportion of debt and equity capital .A perfect balance between debt and equity is required to ensure tradeoff between risk and return. Thus‚ optimal capital structure means the capital structure having reasonable of proportion of debt and equity. An optimal financial structure makes better use of society’s fund of capital resource ‚and thus it increase the total
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Journal of Finance and Investment Analysis‚ vol.1‚ no.2‚ 2012‚ 61-81 ISSN: 2241-0988 (print version)‚ 2241-0996 (online) International Scientific Press‚ 2012 Topic: capital structure determinants of quoted firms in Nigeria and lessons for corporate financing decisions Michael Nwidobie Barine1 Abstract Financial arrangements determine how and the amount of financing that can be obtained from fund providers. An optimal allocation between equity and debt is determined by the trade-off between
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you would read the topic theories of capital structure. Here‚ I have made these theories simplified. I hope‚ you can study these theories here and use these theories as reference. We all know that capital structure is combination of sources of funds in which we can include two main sources’ proportion. One is share capital and other is Debt. All four theories are just explaining the effect of changing the proportion of these sources on the overall cost of capital and total value of firm. If I have
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Influence of Capital Structure on Leverage of Cement Sector in Pakistan CONTACT NUMBERS: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all we would like to thank Allah Almighty for granting us the capability and courage to work on this report with my best efforts‚ and for the patience and perseverance endowed by Him. We would also like to thank Mr. H. JAMAL ZUBAIRI for giving us the chance to work on this report and for his guidance‚ advice and examples during regular sessions which
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Exercise on Unit 2 – Theories of Capital Structure 1. Companies U & L are identical in all respect except that U is unlevered while L is levered. Company L has Rs. 20 Lacs of 8% debentures outstanding. Assume a. All MM assumptions are met b. Tax rate is 35% c. EBIT is Rs. 6 Lacs d. Equity capitalization rate of company U is 10% Find the following: a. Value of each firm according to MM approach b. Suppose Value of U is Rs. 25 Lacs and Value of L Rs. 35 Lacs. According
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comparing data from 1993 and 1994 Very well researched General Motors - Financial Ratio Analysis I. General Motors History Highlights In its early years the automobile industry consisted of hundreds of firms‚ each producing a few models. William Durant‚ who bought and reorganized a failing Buick Motors in 1904‚ determined that if several automobile makers would unite‚ it would increase the protection for the group. He formed the General Motors Company in Flint‚ Michigan‚ in 1908. Durant had bought
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OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE The optimal capital structure for a company should be the mix of equity‚ debt and hybrid instruments that minimizes the overall cost of funding‚ i.e. it should minimize the company’s weighted average cost of capital. In practice‚ however‚ it is not possible to specify this optimal capital structure exactly‚ for any individual company. It clearly makes sense to obtain funds at the lowest possible cost. In the long run‚ debt is cheaper than equity. However‚ when a company’s
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understanding of large scale organizational change. The different changes implemented by General Motors company in an attempt to cope with the economical crisis of 2008 is a perfect example of this concept. This paper details each change undertaken by the organization by highlighting the different pressures identifying the problems the organization met and ultimately detailing the solutions that General Motors implemented. For this purpose‚ different tools and sources from the literature will be used
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Theory of Capital Structure - A Review Stein Frydenberg£ April 29‚ 2004 ABSTRACT This paper is a review of the central theoretical literature. The most important arguments for what could determine capital structure is the pecking order theory and the static trade off theory. These two theories are reviewed‚ but neither of them provides a complete description of the situation and why some firms prefer equity and others debt under different circumstances. The paper is ended by a summary where the
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