FUNCTIONAL AND ACTIVITY-BASED BUDGETING Budget a financial plan of the resources needed to carry out tasks and meet financial goals. A quantitative expression of the goals the organization wishes to achieve and the cost of attaining these goals. Budgeting the act of preparing a budget. Budgetary control the use of budgets to control a firm’s activities. Master budget (planning budget/ budget plan) a summary of all phases of a company’s plans and goals for the future. Indicates the sales levels‚
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David Durand‚ “The Cost of Capital‚ Corporation Finance‚ and the Theory of Investment: Comment”‚ American Economic Association‚ Vol. 49‚ No. 4 (Sep.‚ 1959)‚ pp. 639-655. Purpose of the paper The focus of this paper is to contradict the results of [Franco Modigliani; Merton H. Miller‚ “The Cost of Capital‚ Corporation Finance‚ and the Theory of Investment: Comment”‚ American Economic Review‚ June 1958‚ 48‚261-97] (hereafter MM) assumptions in related to cost of capital theory. Foundations This
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preload * Home * Privacy Policy * Disclaimer How to use the Grapevine effectively in business organizations? You are Here: Home > Business Communication > How to use the Grapevine effectively in business organizations? Grapevine is an informal channel of business communication. It is called so because it stretches throughout the organization in all directions irrespective of the authority levels. The management can use grapevine to supplement the formal channels of communication
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How to prepare a good research proposal When applying for a research grant or a study scholarship‚ you are expected to hand in a "detailed and precise description of study or research proposal as well as information on any previous study or research projects of particular relevance to a decision of award." The purpose of the proposal is to ensure that the candidates have done sufficient preliminary reading/research in the area of their interest that they have thought about the issues involved
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CASE: Managing Offshore Investments: Who’s Currency?1 The Offshore Investment Fund (OIF) was incorporated in Fairfield‚ Connecticut‚ for the sole purpose of allowing U.S. shareholders to invest in Maltese securities. The Fund is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The custodian of the Fund is the Shady Rest Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut (“Shady Rest”)‚ which keeps the accounts of the Fund. The question very quickly arose as to the currency in which the books of the fund were to be
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Investment appraisal techniques Introduction Investment is a key part of building your business. New assets such as machinery can boost productivity‚ cut costs and give you a competitive edge. Investments in product development‚ research and development‚ expertise and new markets can open up exciting growth opportunities. At the same time‚ you need to avoid overstretching
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Evaluating the Credibility of Sources of Information MGT/521 November 15‚ 2012 Dr. Scott Goldberg Evaluating the Credibility of Sources of Information Evaluating the credibility of sources of information is critical to ensuring the validity of the information used as supporting evidence for research projects. There are no comparable quality control processes to ensure quality standards of material presented on the Web equal to those for printed works. When debating the credibility of the
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Group 2 BOCK INVESTMENT SERVICES The goal of Bock Investment Services (BIS) is to be the leading money market advisory service in South Carolina. To provide better service for their present clients and to attract new clients. BIS developed a weekly newsletter. BIS is considering adding a new feature to the newsletter that will report the results of a weekly telephone survey of fund managers. To investigate the feasibility of offering this service‚ and to determine what type of information
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For the exclusive use of S. YAN UV0072 Version 2.2 THE INVESTMENT DETECTIVE The essence of capital budgeting and resource allocation is a search for good investments in which to place the firm’s capital. The process can be simple when viewed in purely mechanical terms‚ but a number of subtle issues can obscure the best investment choices. The capital-budgeting analyst‚ therefore‚ is necessarily a detective who must winnow bad evidence from good. Much of the challenge is in knowing what quantitative
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\ Return on Investment Name Institutional Affiliation QUESTION 1 Experts argue that its essentials to establish ROI parameters before embarking on new public health projects especially those involve acquisition of new information technologies. This means that before embarking on the projects‚ organizations should calculate the incremental gain from such actions basing their parameters on the long term gain. Before undertaking healthcare information systems and related projects‚
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