FIN 527 Alternative Investments | Private Equity | Project 1. | | Wei Chen‚ Ye Zhang | | | Part 1. Performance Measurement for Private Equity a) Summary statistics for venture capital and buyout returns: Histograms of returns: The return distribution of venture capital has a kurtosis of 23.25 and a skewness of 3.63‚ which means it is leptokurtic and skews to the right. It is not close to normal distribution. Mainly due to the high returns in late 1990s during the
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"Battle Royal" is the story I chose to write about and it is written by Ralph Ellison. The reason that I chose this story is because the way the author uses symbolism. The author tries to show through symbolism that there is a different meaning than what the story says. In the beginning‚ the story seems to be about one black boy’s struggle to get ahead in a white society. He tries’ to accomplish this goal by living to his grandfathers dying words. His grand father told him to "live with your head
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Shell Oil in Nigeria 1. What are some of the factors explaining why corruption and bribery are so high in Nigeria? Nigeria is considered to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Many different forms of corruption are familiar to Nigeria including political corruption‚ bureaucratic corruption‚ electoral corruption‚ embezzlement‚ and bribery. Corruption has even been said to be a viable enterprise in Nigeria due to the involvement of citizens‚ government officials‚ and private
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challenges faced by Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company involving their monumental proposed investment into their Nigerian operations. When global companies experience extreme criticism such as Shell‚ they are usually tasked with identifying optimum solutions to reverse the negativity. In addition to assessing the challenges‚ this analysis provides some potential strategies that can be implemented to resolve the issues within this case. Problem Statement Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company proposed
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Cultural Dynamics in Assessing Global Markets Discussion Questions |1. |Define: | | | |Cultural sensitivity |Factual knowledge | | |Culture |Interpretive knowledge | | |Ethnocentrism
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Task. 1 A quick evaluation of the global macro environmental variables that are likely to have the most significant impact on the company concluded that the 3 main factors are the economic‚ social and technological factors. 1. Economic The state of the economy of the country has enabled for a lot of multinational companies to enter their targeted segment with minimum costs and massive profits. The philosophy behind the method is that people look for more value for their money. Understandably
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protected. Traditionally‚ as noted above‚ the courts had jurisdiction to decide whether a prerogative existed and‚ if so‚ its scope. Judges would not examine the merits of the exercise of the prerogative. In the case of Attorney General v de Keyser’s Royal Hotel Ltd (1920)‚ the House of Lords ruled that where an Act of Parliament covers the same scope as a prerogative‚ the Act of Parliament prevails and the prerogative – if not expressly abolished – is placed is abeyance (effectively suspended). Accordingly
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Ch. 18: Shareholders’ Equity What is Shareholders’ Equity? Accounts that represent the ownership interests of shareholders. Shareholders’ Equity = Assets - Liabilities Amount left over after creditor claims have been satisfied (like homeowners equity) Shareholders’ Equity appears two places within the financial statements: 1.) Shareholder’s Equity section of the balance sheet Example 1: Abbreviated Balance Sheet – The Gap‚ Inc. THE GAP‚ INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
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Nigerian farmers decided to sue Shell company in Dutch court claiming the oil spills ruined their livelihood. There was serious damage in Niger Delta due to Shell leaking pipelines. Their fish pond‚ farmland and forests in three villages (Goi‚ Aruma‚ Ikot Ada Udo) were all being destroyed. Their villagers want Shell to pay the compensation for their loss and cleanup the damages they made. But Shell rejected the liability claim. Moreover‚ they still blame on the sabotage. Shell lawyer told the court that
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Cost of equity refers to a shareholder’s required rate of return on an equity investment. It is the rate of return that could have been earned by putting the same money into a different investment with equal risk. How It Works/Example: The cost of equity is the rate of return required to persuade an investor to make a given equity investment. In general‚ there are two ways to determine cost of equity. First is the dividend growth model: Cost of Equity = (Next Year’s Annual Dividend /
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