Introduction Bribery is the act of giving money‚ favor or promise that serves to persuade or influence the conduct or judgment of an individual in a position of trust (Meriam Webster Dictionary). In Arabic terminology language‚ the word of “Rashwah” (رشوة) means corruption that synonym or in relation to bribery activities. This word was also seconded to the Malay language which is “rasuah”. The word bribe also has a negative meaning in medieval French‚ where the word bribe meant “a piece of bread”
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Investment Strategy for India Investment Commission Report February 2006 Executive Summary India has achieved impressive GDP growth of over 7% per annum in the last few years. However‚ sustaining growth at over 8% per annum will require a significant increase in investment levels in the economy - from approximately 30% of GDP to about 34% of GDP1. Over the next 5 years‚ this translates to a cumulative investment of over $ 1.5 trillion. The report undertakes to define a strategy that could
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Case Analysis Actually‚ we can rank the projects by simply inspecting the cash flows. However‚ it is not a good method to rank the projects. In order to ensure that the investment projects selected have the best chance of increasing the value of the firm‚ we need tools to evaluate the merits of individual projects and to rank competing investments. In this case‚ our group using some tools which are Payback Period‚ Net Present Value (NPV) ‚ Profitability Index (PI)‚ and Internal Rate of Return
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INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT Introduction This information is very timely because the current investment environment magnifies our psychological biases. Several powerful forces have affected investors recently. First‚ a strong and extended economy has created the disposable income for millions of new investors to enter the investment world. Most of these new investors have little or no formal education in finance
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Factors Affecting Foreign Direct Investment Location in the Petrochemicals Industry‚ the case of Saudi Arabia By Fawaz Binsaeed 0531820 BBS Doctoral Symposium 23rd & 24th March 2009 1 Factors Affecting Foreign Direct Investment Location in the Petrochemicals Industry‚ The case of Saudi Arabia Abstract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an important source of capital and economic growth in developing countries. It provides a package of new technologies‚ management techniques
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Portfolio Risk | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Scenario Analysis. The common stock of Leaning Tower of Pita‚ Inc.‚ a restaurant chain‚ will generate the following payoffs to investors next year: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dividend | Stock price | | | | | | | | | | | | Boom | | 5 | 195 | | 150.00% | | | | | | | | | | Normal economy | 2 | 100 | | 27.50% | | | | | | | | | | Recession | | 0 | 0 | | -100.00% | | |
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Investment Theory and Strategies A. Passive vs. Active Strategy i. Passive One of the most profound ideas affecting the investment decision process‚ and indeed all of finance‚ is the idea that the securities markets‚ particularly the equity markets‚ are efficient. In an efficient market‚ the prices of securities do not depart for any length of time from the justified economic values that investors calculate for them. Economic values for securities are determined by investor expectations about earnings
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Clearly‚ based on above explanation‚ Robert Citron’s investment strategy seemed not difficult to understand. It was a leveraged bet that the interest rates would remain stable or fall. Thus‚ this strategy had been profitable in the years prior to 1994 as the interest rates fell. However‚ when interest rates reversed its direction in early 1994‚ Citron’s strategy and fortuned became worse. First thing is the decline of interest rate gave a huge impact in municipal bonds across the country‚ with
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understanding the market’s competitive structure and predicting the most likely direction of any future change. The following segment explains the various dimensions of competition as they apply to the investment banking industry. Components of competition in services offered by investment banks In investment banking industry or more specifically in the corporate negotiated public underwriting market‚ firms perform several relatively distinct services: Origination: Originating and managing
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TERM PAPER ECONOMIC THEORY “Investment policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan” Completed by the 1st year student of “Finance” specialization F1202 Klimov K.V. Checked by the senior lecturer‚ MIR Baitubayeva A.K. Almaty 2012 Content: Introduction……………………………………………………………………….3 Chapter I. Investments‚ their economic substance‚ CLASSIFICATION AND STRUCTURE……………………………………………………………………..4 1.1. Investments as an economic category‚ and their
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