Cost of equity refers to a shareholder’s required rate of return on an equity investment. It is the rate of return that could have been earned by putting the same money into a different investment with equal risk. How It Works/Example: The cost of equity is the rate of return required to persuade an investor to make a given equity investment. In general‚ there are two ways to determine cost of equity. First is the dividend growth model: Cost of Equity = (Next Year’s Annual Dividend /
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Equity Theory by John Stacey Adams Equity Theory attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair/unfair distributions of resources within interpersonal relationships. Equity theory is considered as one of the justice theories; it was first developed in 1962 by John Stacey Adams‚ a workplace and behavioral psychologist‚ who asserted that employees seek to maintain equity between the inputs that they bring to a job and the outcomes that they receive from it against the
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PRIVATE EQUITY – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR GHANAIAN SMEs By Joseph Ciici Arthur Ghana’s workforce is predominantly employed by the informal sector. This sector of our economy is largely made up of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) and sole proprietorships (“one man business”). This is confirmed by available data from the Registrar General which indicates that 90% of companies registered in Ghana are SMEs. Over time‚ this target group has been identified as the catalyst for
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Available Organization : Microsoft Corporation Industry : Information Technology Countries : USA Abstract: The case examines the charges of gender/racial discrimination and sexual harassment against leading IT company Microsoft. It explores in detail the treatment meted out to female employees in the company’s initial years and the measures Microsoft took to improve the work culture of the organization. The case also discusses the lawsuits against Microsoft that allege racial discrimination
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Motivation at Microsoft Introduction: As shown by their 4th position in the league of the best 50 places to work in the U.K*published in May 2010‚ Microsoft U.K limited is not only the main market leader in the computer software sector by successfully satisfying consumer’s needs with improved programmes or other products‚ they are also leaders in making their own people enjoy working for them. Economically speaking‚ a business has four main resources: Land‚ capital‚ entrepreneurship and labour
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Introduction Indomie is one famous brand of instant noodle in Indonesia is produced by PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk.‚ The first time Indomie hits the market was on 1970‚ people doubted that selling instant noodle as one of the staple food in Indonesia‚ but the company proved the people’s judgements were wrong (www.indomie.com). Indomie accounted for approximately 37% of net sales and 39% of income from operations in 1999. The Company produces a wide range of instant noodle products with prices
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Google vs. Yahoo‚ Microsoft‚ Facebook‚ and Apple in Mobile Published on 24TH MAR. 2014 This report evaluates various key areas of competition including mobile platforms‚ gaming‚ e-commerce‚ mobile payments and more. Mobile communications has evolved to become a complex ecosystem with many players. The wireless carriers‚ while dominant in core services‚ are not the only major players when it comes to applications‚ content‚ and commerce. Google and their major competitors‚ Yahoo‚ Microsoft‚ Apple
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IBM ANALYSIS PURPOSE In the following paper I am going to analyze the case about “IBM” and how the company changed its structure in order to develop innovative products and manage successfully its new business as well. In particular IBM moved from a bureaucratic structure with an inflexible hierarchy to a divisional structure that allowed the company to pursue emerging business opportunities and at the same time continue to develop businesses were mature and well established‚ and business were
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In IBM: * Early 1990’s: decentralized geographic and functional departments * Mid-late 1990’s: Distribution and logistics functions centralized into a global organization with world-wide responsibility * Early 2000’s: merger of Customer Fulfillment‚ Procurement‚ Manufacturing‚ and Global Logistics/Distribution functions into a new global Integrated Supply Chain function * Result: cost savings of $5.6B in 2002 and $7B in 2003 * A Case study on IBM * IBM developed
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founders of Microsoft Corp‚ had a vision that every household would own a personal computer‚ and they were going to be the ones to help make that possible through the development of computer software. Microsoft was first able to get a foot in the market when IBM approached them in June of 1980 about developing an operating system for their new line of personal computers. Microsoft’s first system developed was named “Ms-Dos” a revolutionary operating system that was the bridge‚ which IBM was looking
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