a. Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Corporate finance is important to all mangers because it lets them know the company’s financial situation before any decisions can be made within the organization. It helps managers develop strategic financial issues associated with achieving goals. Having a solid understanding of corporate finance helps mangers find ways to raise and manage its capital‚ which type of investments the firm should make‚ if profits are earned‚ how these profits
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Chapter 1 An Overview of Financial Management and The Financial Environment ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 1-1 a. A proprietorship‚ or sole proprietorship‚ is a business owned by one individual. A partnership exists when two or more persons associate to conduct a business. In contrast‚ a corporation is a legal entity created by a state. The corporation is separate and distinct from its owners and managers. b. In a limited partnership‚ limited partners’ liabilities‚ investment returns and control
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I. Topic 1. Introduction 1. Explain the difference b/w financial assets and real assets. Real Assets: (37%‚ 1%) Used to produce goods and services: property‚ plant & equipment‚ human capital‚ consumer durable‚ land‚ building etc (Material wealth of society: productive capacity‚ real asset) Financial Assets (debt‚ equity and derivative): Claims on real assets or claims on asset income. The largest financial asset of U.S. households is: pension reserve (real assets generate net income to the
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often regarded as the Steve Jobs of China. Ma is the founder‚ chairman and CEO of the Alibaba Group‚ a holding company that includes the world’s largest business-to-business e-commerce platform (Alibaba.com) and the excellent consumer-to-consumer auction website in China (Taobao.com) (“An Interview with Jack Ma”‚ 2009). As an outstanding company’s strategist‚ jack ma advocate for company social responsibility and personal action to improve China’s environment such as boycotting eat shark fins and
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prices offered by the PE companies also affects the number of initial public offerings (IPO) on the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges. One reason for the small number of current IPOs is that the objects simply have been valued higher by PE companies than they would do in an IPO. PURPOSE: The purpose with this thesis is‚ from a shareholder’s point of view‚ to analyze and describe the reasons of making an IPO instead of selling to a PE company. METHODOLOGY: Since the research is based on gathering
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SWOT ANALYSIS GROUPON | | Gracia Marhaeni [ 2IBLF1 ] GMK 01-11-2012 | Summary The first page of the report will provide an introduction. The introduction briefly inform the reason why I wrote this report. This report has been made due to the fact that I would like to inform other vendors about the underline problem of Groupon and what the solution could be for Groupon to take its leadership back in this industry. Furthermore I formulated the question that I wanted to answer in this
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issue as a post-listing price stabilising mechanism. This study examines whether companies need to include GSOs in their initial public offerings (IPOs)‚ and explores the reasons for the indifference on the part of issuer companies and merchant banks in India towards GSOs. The aftermarket price performance of companies that included GSOs in their IPOs is analysed; however‚ the results of this analysis do not lead to any generalization due to the small number of companies that opted for GSO. Various
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FINA 3023 Financial Markets & Institutions Class 15 Today s Today’s class The role of financial intermediaries Brokers and dealers Problems in (financial) markets: Asymmetric i f A t i information ti Adverse selection Moral hazard Chapter 8 p 2 The market for “lemons” lemons When‚ in a market‚ sellers of a product know more (asymmetric information) about it than the buyers‚ the market does not function properly. properly “The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty
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SCANDALS IN 2000S Named scandals Named scandals in India Scandal Year reported Scope Location Key players Summary 2012 Indian coal mining controversy 2012 185‚591.34 crore (US$33.78 billion) nation Comptroller and Auditor General of India‚ the coal ministry‚ many electricity boards and private companies coal blocks allotted‚ not auctioned‚ leading to estimated losses as per the Comptroller and Auditor General of India [1][2][3] Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam 2012 200‚000 crore
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What is WiMAX? WiMax is a wireless digital communications system‚ also known as IEEE 802.16‚ that is intended for wireless "metropolitan area networks". WiMAX can provide broadband wireless access (BWA) up to 30 miles (50 km) for fixed stations‚ and 3 - 10 miles (5 - 15 km) for mobile stations. In contrast‚ the WiFi/802.11 wireless local area network standard is limited in most cases to only 100 - 300 feet (30 - 100m). With WiMAX‚ WiFi-like data rates are easily supported‚ but the issue of
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