In his 2007 book titled The Black Swan‚ Nassim Nicholas Taleb explained developed theory that related to circumstantial disasters and events and their role in history. Events that Taleb would consider as of black swan consequence would include most major scientific discoveries‚ historical events and disaster‚ as well as certain artistic accomplishments. Referencing these events as black swan has to do with the Old World expression that that something was as “rare as a black swan”. Examples of
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Capital budgeting Making decisions having significant future benefits or costs for various entities and their stakeholders. Capital budgeting is the backbone of financial economics. Related topics in financial economics include: the time value of money‚ the meaning of net-present value‚ accounting concepts consistent with present-value calculations‚ discount rates‚ and option valuation techniques. In the public sector‚ the term is often exclusively associated with infrastructure investments
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Harley Davidson: Preparing for the Next Century BUSI 615 40 Professor David Houghton By Brian Lynch Since the founding of Harley-Davidson in 1903 by Arthur and Walter Davidson and William Harley‚ the company has a rich heritage and a loyal following. The company has proven to be resilient and innovative throughout the years. They have made their fair share of mistakes‚ especially while under the ownership of AMF‚ whose decisions almost destroyed Harley-Davidson. They have also made an
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CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL: Capital is defined as a physical reproducible factor of production. FOUR FACTORS OF PRODUCTION: LAND‚ LABOUR‚ CAPITAL & ORGINIZATION LAND Gets Rent==►LABOUR Gets Wages==►CAPITAL Gets Interest‚ ==►ORGANIZATION Gets Profit. CAPITAL FORMATION: is the act in which society dose not consume all of its income in day to day expenses but manages to save some of its income for farther investment (Output‚ Yield)Y = Consumption (C) + Saving (S) ==► (Investment) I Y =
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Feminist Criticism: The Boarding House Throughout James Joyce’s “The Boarding House”‚ women appear in stereotypical‚ subordinate roles. This may lead the reader to think that Joyce is an anti-feminist writer‚ however this is not the case. This work is an honest‚ insightful look at the role women played in turn of the century Ireland. Joyce carefully illustrates the plight of women in this setting and because he educates the audiences about the subservient role of women‚ he could be considered a
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Capital punishment became a controversial issue lately‚ and it is a big debate in the world. The debate of capital punishment has two sides: the people who argue in favour of capital punishment and the people who argue against capital punishment. The most compelling arguments against capital punishment can be made on the basis of it doesn’t reduce crime‚ risks executions of innocent people‚ inflicted disproportionately on the poor and targeting people of colour (racist)‚ persons who commit vicious
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How venture capital funding works It is popularly believed that venture capitalists fund only established players and proven products. There is a lot of cynicism amongst many about all the hype that private equity and venture capital is getting in India of late. However‚ the truth is that‚ in recent times in India‚ the VCs have actually provided capital to relatively new‚ start-up companies that have a reasonable‚ though not certain‚ prospects to develop into highly profitable ventures. Travelguru
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Strategies Group January 2006 Corporate Capital Structure Authors Henri Servaes Professor of Finance London Business School The Theory and Practice of Corporate Capital Structure Peter Tufano Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management Harvard Business School Editors James Ballingall Capital Structure and Risk Management Advisory Deutsche Bank +44 20 7547 6738 james.ballingall@db.com Adrian Crockett Head of Capital Structure and Risk Management Advisory‚ Europe
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INTRODUCTION WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction 2. Need of working capital 3. Gross working capital 4. Net working capital 5. Determinants of working capital Working capital management Working capital management is concerned with the problems arise in attempting to manage the current assets‚the current liabilities and the inter relationship that exist between them. The term current assets refers to those assets which inordinary course of business can be‚or
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Management of working capital has profitability and liquidity implications. That is why; working capital proposes a familiar front for profitability and short-term liquidity management. To reach optimal working capital management firm manager should control the trade off between profitability and short-term liquidity accurately. An optimal working capital management is expected to contribute positively to the creation of firm value. The crucial part in managing working capital is required maintaining
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