Module Title: Finance Principles Module Code: 5AC002 Module Leader: William Coffie Student Name and Number: Qianhui MA(1223583) Date of Submission: 14th Jan 2013 Words: 1441 Agency Theory and Corporate Governance Introduction In 26th February 1995‚ the Barings Bank‚ one of the oldest banks of the United Kingdom was declared bankrupt. Nick Leeson‚ the trader of the bank in Singapore had lost $1.4 billion on derivatives trading while the bank reported capital was only about
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or two to start working‚ without being paid‚ until the restaurant got busy with customers. A McDonald’s employee in Detroit‚ Sharnell Grandberry said‚ “Our wages are already at rock bottom. It is time for McDonald’s to stop skirting the law to pad profits. We need to get paid for the hours we work.” A spokeswoman for McDonalds released a statement: “McDonald’s and our independent owner-operators share a concern and commitment to the well-being and fair treatment of all people who work in McDonald’s
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MICRO AND MACRO MARKETING ENVIRONMENT Introduction Micro marketing Refers to the internal controllable factors or forces which affects the ability of a company to serve its customers. e.g. the organization‚ the market‚ the suppliers‚ market intermediaries and the marketing mix. The micro marketing environment that surrounds organisations can be complex by nature‚ however the company has an element of control over how it operates within this environment. Macro marketing Refers to the external
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to try their best to achieve shareholder’s goal. Due to different interests in shareholders and managers‚ the conflicts always exist between them. An agency problem occurs when the interests of stockholders‚ the board of directors‚ and/or the management of the company are not perfectly aligned or when these entities conflict. EXPLAINATION Agency problem is typically caused by two reasons which are asymmetric information and hidden action. There is no legitimate theoretical or moral objection
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MCD2090 Revision Tutorial ( T2‚ 2012) The following questions have been taken from the weekly tutorial questions. You are expected to attempt all of the following questions before you attend tutorial in week 12. 1. Topic: Saving‚ Investment and the Financial System Terms and definitions: * * Financial system * Financial market * Financial intermediaries * Market for loanable funds * Real interest rate * Investment tax credit * Budget deficit * Budget
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“Father of Profitability.” He was the first to describe in detail the double-entry bookkeeping‚ a process that plays an integral role in the development of capitalism as it allows us to calculate profits (Fischer‚ 2000). According to Pacioli‚ the hallmark of a successful business is what he calls the profit motive. This is the notion that successful business men and women must acknowledge and be influenced by the spiritual aspects of their lives. Or more specifically‚ Pacioli maintained that business
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Analyze the impact of global factors on UK business organization . Global Factor Global Factors can be defined as the environmental factors that affect the organization at global level. These factors can also be known as PESTEL (macro-environment). Organization’s future is linked to an increasingly global environment. Analyzing how global factors impact on UK business organization Political factors and legal factors Government policy affects the whole economy as well as business organization
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do. There are usually a small amount of large firms and they usually control the market. Competitive firms will use the firms marginal cost to produce the price. The price of the good must be lower than the cost to produce it. To maximize the profits is when the price is equal to the marginal cost of production. The competitive firm must be producing at the point where price equals marginal cost. In monopoly firms they cannot just set a high price for their good because the customers will completely
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the economy’s resources are being used as effectively as possible to satisfy people’s needs and desires. Thus‚ the essence of economics is to acknowledge the reality of scarcity and then figure out how to use these resources to produce the maximum level of satisfaction possible with the given inputs & technology. Any problem marked by scarcity of means and multiplicity of ends‚ becomes ipso facto an economic problem‚ and as such‚ a legitimate part of the science of economics. MICROECONOMICS
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What is structure and agency? How does this framework help us in political analysis? For it is part and parcel of daily experience to feel both free and enchained‚ capable of shaping our own future and yet confronted by towering‚ seemingly impersonal constraints. Consequently in facing up to the problem of structure and agency social theorists are not just addressing crucial technical problems in the study of society‚ they are also confronting the most pressing social problem of the human condition
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