a decision for Linear Technology on dividend policy. The report analyzed the impact of changing future dividend policy on the value of the company‚ based on its historical performance‚ financial history and market trends. Linear Technology is a large-scale company which focus on the analog segments within semiconductor industry. It went public in 1986 and announced its dividend policy on 1992. Nowadays‚ under the market environment where dividends are unwilling to be paid‚ Linear still insisted
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Corporate Payout Policy Harry DeAngelo Marshall School of Business University of Southern California hdeangelo@marshall.usc.edu Linda DeAngelo Marshall School of Business University of Southern California ldeangelo@marshall.usc.edu Douglas J. Skinner University of Chicago Booth School of Business dskinner@chicagobooth.edu May 2009 Abstract We present a synthesis of academic research on corporate payout policy grounded in the pioneering contributions of Lintner (1956) and Miller
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Linear Model of Policy Process and its critics Student: Ninia Machavariani Instructor: Dr. Stephen L. Harris Variously called the linear‚ but also known as rational model‚ this model is the most widely-held in the processes where policy is made. It outlines policy-making as a problem solving process which is rational‚ balanced‚ objective and analytical. In the model‚ decisions are made in a series of sequential phases‚ starting with the identification of a problem or issue‚ and
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be carried out from two different perspectives mentioned above. And a conclusion will be generated. The Limited Necessity of Dividend Payout Admittedly‚ a high dividend yield makes a lot of investment sense to investors due to the certainty of a company’s financial performance it supplies. Investors are always seeking secured current income and dividend payout can be quite attractive in that way. A dividend payout’s up and downs can delicately affect a company’s stock price (Allen‚ 2002). Historically
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to fund an increased dividend payout or a stock buyback‚ a firm might invest less‚ borrow more‚ or issue more stock. Which of those three elements is Gainesboro’s management willing to vary‚ and which elements remain fixed as a matter of the company’s policy? 2. What happens to Gainesboro’s financing need and unused debt capacity if: a. no dividends are paid? b. a 20% payout is pursued? c. a 40% payout is pursued? d. a residual payout policy is pursued? Note that case
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Financial Management Case Study-Payout: Gainesboro I. The goals of Gainesboro i. Corporate Goals Management expected the firm to grow at an average annual compound rate of 15% and reach $2.0 billion in sales and $160 million in net income through 2011. ii. Recent strategy of Gainesboro The company devoted a greater share of its research-and-development budget to CAD/CAM as to reestablish its leadership in the field. The company also underwent two massive restructurings‚ including selling
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Dividend policy is the decision for the firm to pay out earnings verses retaining and reinvesting them. Dividend decision has remained one of the tough challenges for financial economists. We are yet to understand completely the factors that influence dividend decision and the manner in which these factors interact. From the practitioner’s viewpoint dividend policy of a firm has an implication for investors‚ managers‚ lenders and other stakeholders. For investors‚ dividends
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Issue 15 (2008) © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2008 http://www.eurojournals.com/finance.htm Determinants of Dividend Payout Ratios-A Study of Indian Information Technology Sector Kanwal Anil Jaypee Business School‚ Noida‚ India Sujata Kapoor Institute of Management Studies‚ Ghaziabad‚ India Abstract Profitability has always been considered as a primary indicator of dividend payout ratio. There are numerous other factors other than profitability also that affect dividend decisions of an organization
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Linear Programming History of linear programming goes back as far as 1940s. Main motivation for the need of linear programming goes back to the war time when they needed ways to solve many complex planning problems. The simplex method which is used to solve linear programming was developed by George B. Dantzig‚ in 1947. Dantzig‚ was one in who did a lot of work on linear programming‚ he was reconzied by several honours. Dantzig’s discovery was through his personal contribution‚ during WWII when Dantzig
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The development of linear programming has been ranked among the most important scientific advances of the mid 20th century. Its impact since the 1950’s has been extraordinary. Today it is a standard tool used by some companies (around 56%) of even moderate size. Linear programming uses a mathematical model to describe the problem of concern. Linear programming involves the planning of activities to obtain an optimal result‚ i.e.‚ a result that reaches the specified goal best (according to the mathematical
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