ECONOMICS COURSE TITLE: HUMAN CAPITAL TITLE OF ASSIGNMENT: ESSAY ON HUMAN CAPITAL ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY HONOLULU‚ HAWAII TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENT PAGE INTRODUCTION---------------------------------------------------------- 4-5 JUSTIFICATION----------------------------------------------------------- 5 HUMAN CAPITAL-------------------------------------------------------- 6-9 MICRO AND MACRO ASPECTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL----------------------------------------------------
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1.1 INTRODUCTION Every investment is characterised by return and risk. The concept of risk is intuitively understood by investors. In general‚ it refers to the possibility of incurring a loss in a financial transaction. But risk involves much more than that. The word ‘risk’ has a definite financial meaning. The possibility of variation of the actual return from the expected return is termed risk. Corporate securities and government securities constitute important
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Ronald Coase noted‚“The cost of doing anything consists of the receipts that could have been obtained if that particular decision had not been taken.” For example‚ the opportunity set for this Friday night includes the movies‚ a concert‚ staying home and studying‚ staying home and watching television‚ inviting friends over‚ and so forth. The opportunity cost of taking job A included the forgone salary of $102‚000 plus the $5‚000 of intangibles from job B. Opportunity cost is the sacrifice of
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business owners‚ employees in a large company can be fired at any time‚ for almost no reason. If there is a downturn in the economy‚ layoffs are likely to come. Even if a worker has done his best to serve the corporations‚ he could find himself fired without warning or explanation. When a person works for himself‚ however‚ he cannot be fired. The traditionally attractive fringe benefits of a corporate position have been decreasing in recent years as well. There was a time when landing a job at a top
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Internal Rate of Return Meaning of Capital Budgeting Capital budgeting can be defined as the process of analyzing‚ evaluating‚ and deciding whether resources should be allocated to a project or not. Capital budgeting addresses the issue of strategic long-term investment decisions. Process of capital budgeting ensure optimal allocation of resources and helps management work towards the goal of shareholder wealth maximization. Why Capital Budgeting is so Important? Involve
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CAPITAL BUDGETING The process in which a business determines whether projects such as building a new plant or investing in a long-term venture are worth pursuing. Oftentimes‚ a prospective project’s lifetime cash inflows and outflows are assessed in order to determine whether the returns generated meet a sufficient target benchmark. Also known as "investment appraisal." Generating investment project proposals consistent with the firm’s strategic objectives; Estimating after-tax incremental
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Mortensen estimate Midland’s cost of capital? What would be the potential consequences of a too high estimate compared to the firm’s “true” cost of capital? What about a too low estimate? The purpose is that the cost capital will be used for capital budgeting‚ financial accounting‚ performance assessment‚ stock repurchases estimations. Also the cost of capital is a necessary basis for the expected growth and forecasted demand. The too high estimated cost of capital means that Midland may miss out
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Brave Chris Colfer’s novel The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns tells the story of two 12-year-old twins‚ Alex and Connor Bailey‚ who went on an adventure to save their mother‚ and perhaps the world‚ against the will of their grandmother. The Enchantress‚ the witch who tried to kill Sleeping Beauty‚ attempted to take over The Land of Stories and the Otherworld (the land where the common people live). I admired Alex for her bravery and intelligence which she showed when she was trying to
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Journal of Health Economics 22 (2003) 151–185 The price of innovation: new estimates of drug development costs Joseph A. DiMasi a‚∗‚ Ronald W. Hansen b‚ Henry G. Grabowski c a Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development‚ Tufts University‚ 192 South Street‚ Suite 550‚ Boston‚ MA 02111‚ USA b William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration‚ University of Rochester‚ Rochester‚ NY‚ USA c Department of Economics‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC‚ USA Received 17 January 2002; received
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Corporate Finance and Investment 1. Define “Working Capital” Working Capital=Current Assets-Current Liabilities =Accounts Receivable + Inventory - Accounts Payable “Working capital is how much in liquid assets that a company has on hand. Working capital is needed to pay for planned and unexpected expenses‚ meet the short-term obligations of the business‚ and to build the business.” 2. Give concrete measures how w.c. can be optimized (receivable‚ inventories (JIT
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