economic growth and the concept of “demographic dividend” emerged. Demographic dividend is defined as a rise in the rate of economic growth due to a rising share of working age people in a population. This phenomenon occurs with a falling birth rate and the consequent shift in the age structure of the population towards the adult working ages. It is also commonly known as the demographic gift or bonus or demographic window. The demographic dividend‚ however‚ does not last forever. There is a limited
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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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Economic Reforms in India since 1991: Has Gradualist Approach Worked? By Vadapalli.Tilak Kumar‚ India was a latecomer to economic reforms‚ embarking on the process in earnest only in 1991‚ in the wake of an exceptionally severe balance of payments crisis. The need for a policy shift had become evident much earlier‚ as many countries in east Asia achieved high growth and poverty reduction through policies which emphasized greater export orientation and encouragement of the private sector. India
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Research Paper on the Gulf War 1991 Ba’athist Iraq by the late 1980’s was a rogue state ruled with an iron fist by the ruthless dictator Saddam Hussein‚ who in an eight year war with his neighbor Iran‚ had mounted a pile of debt. Seeking a way to wipe out this debt and show off the military might of the fourth largest military in the world‚ Saddam looked to its oil-rich neighbor Kuwait. In an unprecedented and unprovoked act of aggression‚ Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait threatened the very stability
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Pogge argues that the world poverty is morally required and that we fail to fulfill our negative duties relating the global poor. However‚ Pogge’s advisability on the solution of the global poverty is not good for moral problem but this view will be discussed some other time on a different paper. Poggie gives three main approaches to the global poverty to convince people to let them know that poverty is bad and that people must make actions to go against the poverty. The three approaches are 1)
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As the globalization of the world economy and the speed up integration process the international competition is increased‚ the requirement for international business strategy is rising ever higher. International business strategy plays a vital role in the global economy‚ it not only to guide a company’s development‚ but also link the global economy. What is strategy? A strategy is the pattern or plan that integrates an organisation’s major goals‚ policies and action sequences into a cohesive whole
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optimal for Intel‚ with particular emphasis on the pros and cons of Intel’s substantial cash holdings. Articulate and defend a “target” capital structure for Intel. Cee Capital Structure As shown in the financial income statement (Exhibit3)‚ Intel Corp. (INTC) has a capital structure consisting most of equity. Intel has very little debt in its capital structure and the cost of debt would have only a marginal effect on the overall cost of capital. The current capital structure of Intel is not optimal
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reiterated by and (1990). In their analysis‚ key resources‚ skills and technologies are called core competencies. The following takes the Integrated Electronics (Intel) case and analyses the giant digital company’s core competencies by way of the three epochs that it has gone through since 1968. EPOCH I This first era that Intel has gone through‚ specifically between the years 1968 and 1985‚ has displayed the company’s corporate values which have become the firm’s foundation for the success
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DIVIDEND POLICY AND SHAREHOLDERS WEALTH MAXIMIZATION: A STUDY OF SELECTED QUOTED FIRMS ON THE NIGERIA STOCK EXCHANGE (NSE) BY ABDULLAHI BASHIR MUHAMMED DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF Abuja PHONE NO: 08065727548‚ E-MAIL: Bash7th@yahoo.com ISMAILA DADDY ABUBAKAR DEPARTMENT OFECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OFABUJA PHONE NO: 08030596520 E-MAIL: abu4rim@yahoo.com AHMED TIJANI ABDULMAJEED DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY
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Dividend Policy FPL Group Inc Financial Management - I Group 11 Kinnari 20121026 | Krutika P 20121028 | Tushar 20121058 | Vijay 20121062 Agenda Case Background Decision Rationale Financial Analysis Reflection and conclusion Financial Management – I | Dividend Policy at FPL Group Inc. Case Backgound Synopsis Current Situation Case Description Recommendation Competitive Position Financial Management – I | Dividend Policy at FPL Group Inc. Background behind FPL’s decision in dividend
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