Q) Why firms should manage Financial Risks? INTRODUCTION: The etymology of the word “RISK” can be traced to the Latin word “RESCUM” meaning danger at sea or that which cuts. Managing business in a highly volatile environment is like navigating a ship on stormy seas. The modern business is confronted with many risk‚ some of which are basic eg.‚ loss of property due to natural calamities‚ civil unrests etc.‚ and some are strategic risks. Strategic risks may manifest themselves in several
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Why firms decide to go global Growth Many companies will prefer to invest their excess profits in order to expand‚ but sometimes they are limited because of the maturity of the markets in their area. Therefore‚ they seek the overseas new markets to provide such growth opportunities. So‚ these companies‚ in addition to investing their excess profits‚ also try to maximize efficiency by employing their underutilized resources in human and capital assets such as management‚ machinery‚ and technology
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the right goods‚ charge the correct price‚ gives the product exposure through distribution networks‚ and to induce the consumers to purchase the product. All these marketing skills will be a waste of effort if consumer fail to become aware of the existence of a product or service. However‚ sales promotion is the array of method or techniques that marketers use to stimulate or improve immediate purchase. In most cases‚ sales promotion is used in conjunction with other promotional tools especially
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inputs are fixed. D) some firms experience increasing returns to scale. Answer: A 2) Points below a firm’s total product curve are A) both attainable and technologically efficient. B) neither attainable nor technologically efficient. C) attainable but not technologically efficient. D) technologically efficient but not attainable. Answer: C Table 1 Labor | Total product (units) | Marginal product | Average product | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | | 3 | | 2 | | |
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BUS 410 SFU Beedie School of Business Patrick Lenouvel INVESTMENT BANKS - SECURITIES FIRMS 1987: Regulatory changes The 1987 changes in the framework of Canadian financial market allowed commercial banks to acquire security firms or to expand into the security business. As a result‚ most major commercial banks acquired Canadian dealers: RBC bought Dominion Securities in 1988‚ Pemberton (89)‚ Mc Neil Mantha (91) Richardson (96) CIBC acquired Wood Gundy in 1988 Bank
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CHAPTER 18 VALUATION AND CAPITAL BUDGETING FOR THE LEVERED FIRM Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. APV is equal to the NPV of the project (i.e. the value of the project for an unlevered firm) plus the NPV of financing side effects. 2. The WACC is based on a target debt level while the APV is based on the amount of debt. 3. FTE uses levered cash flow and other methods use unlevered cash flow. 4. The WACC method does not explicitly include the interest cash
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Effect of Sales Promotions on Consumer Buying Behavior in Branded Apparels in India. Abstract INTRODUCTION Basically‚ promotion is first introduced in the 4Ps of marketing. The four Ps represents the marketing mix (Product‚ Price‚ Place & Promotion) and the promotional mix is the important term used to explain the set of tools of the business. This is applied to achieve benefit of its products and services from its consumer and the followings are (Advertising‚ Public relation‚ Direct marketing‚ Personal
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Drugs: Should Their Sale and Use Be Legalized? Within the last 50 years‚ drug legalization has been a very hotly debated topic in the United States society. It almost seems that every "street drug" was once legal‚ but banned soon after its introduction in society. Illegal substances that one sees today were once synthesized and created by chemist such as LSD‚ ecstasy‚ methamphetamine‚ cocaine‚ and etc.‚ and at some point used for medical reasons‚ however during many circumstances were deemed illegal
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dabznal心gement 1991 Vol. 17 No. 1 99-120 ‚ ‚ ‚ Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage JayBarney 海’xas A&M University Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage has become a major area of research in strategic management‚ Building on the assumptions that strategic resources are heterogeneously distributed across firms and that these d，胡erences are stable over time‚ this article examines the link betweenfirm resources and sustained conψeti tive advantag，ι
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organization. It is the most important decision-making body in a corporation. It has very defined roles and responsibilities within the business organization. Essentially it is the role of the board of directors to assess the overall direction and strategy of the business. It is solely responsible for approving major strategic and financial decisions‚ such as mergers and acquisitions and changes in capital structure‚ and also for the most important task of all‚ which is to hire and fire top executives
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