The Cultural Web The Cultural Web Aligning your team ’s or organization ’s culture with strategy James Manktelow MindTools.com Mind Tools - Essential skills for an excellent career! What is the first thing that pops in your mind when you hear the term corporate culture? A great many people refer to the classic phrase coined by the McKinsey organization‚ that culture is “how we do things around here”. And while that may be true‚ there are so many elements that go into determining what you do and
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E. Capital structure 5.1 Key factors that affect structure choice 5.1.1 Profitability and variation of profitability Profitability is one of the most tested company characteristics in empirical research regarding companie’s choice of capital structure. The trade-off theory predicts that higher profitability is associated with increased debt levels and the reason for this is twofold. First‚ companies achieving high profitability have less risk of financial distress and bankruptcy‚ so the cost
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Capital Rationing Capital rationing means that there is not sufficient finance (capital) available to support all the projects proposed in an organisation. In an ideal world any project which can earn a positive net present value or earn an internal rate of return greater than the cost of capital should be able to find a source of finance because there are rewards to the providers of capital. However‚ the world is not ideal and there may be restrictions on capital for any of the following reasons:
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Capital Budgeting Analysis Project MBA 612 The General Capital Budgeting Process and how it is implemented within Organizations The general capital budgeting process is the tool by which an organization determines its choice of investments through analyzing and evaluating its cash in and out flows. The capital budget process is vital to the organizations mere existence. Capital budgeting decisions can mean the difference between the company’s
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tutor2u™ Working Capital Introduction to the Management of Working Capital AS & A2 Business Studies PowerPoint Presentations 2005 Introduction • All businesses need cash to survive • Cash is needed to: – Invest in fixed assets – Pay suppliers and employees – Fund overheads and other fixed costs – Pay tax due to the Government • Nearly all businesses use much of their cash resources to finance investment in “working capital” • Managing working capital effectively is
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MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL Haseeb M Khan MBA (Executive) Student ID: L0171SBSB0112 1 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................................3 CLASSICAL THEORIES OF MOTIVATION ..............................................................................................................................................3 INSTRUMENTAL OR SCIENTIFIC
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investments in a variety of capital projects. Whether it is the need to purchase new machinery‚ expanding the production facility‚ or even buying new transport‚ all these projects require firms to make high investment now. In all these projects‚ the cash flow or the benefit is expected to be received for several years. A company at any time may have many capital projects in foresight. It is the responsibility of the finance manager to evaluate these projects through the capital budgeting process which
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African Journal of Business Management Vol. 5(15)‚ pp. 6527-6540‚ 4 August‚ 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.1012 ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Capital structure and financing decision - Evidence from the four Asian Tigers and Japan Kuang-Hua Hsu1* and Ching-Yu Hsu2 1 Department of Finance‚ Chaoyang University of Technology‚ Taiwan‚ Republic of China 168 Jifong E. Road.‚ Wufong District‚ Taichung
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Question a What is capital budgeting? Are there any similarities between a firm’s capital budgeting decisions and an individual’s investment decisions? Capital budgeting is the process of analyzing potential additions to fixed assets. Capital budgeting is very important to firm’s future because of the fixed asset investment decisions chart a company’s course for the future. The firm’s capital budgeting process is very much same as those of individual’s investment decisions. There are some steps
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Capital Punishment “An eye for an eye‚ and a tooth for a tooth‚” is a quote that is presented intermittently when the discussion of capital punishment is conferred. This quote comes from Hammurabi’s Code which is one of the most ancient written law-abiding documents found in the world (Stockdale). It states that if a person commits a crime‚ for example‚ murder‚ the culprit shall receive the equal of the crime; which in this case would be execution. Despite being a popular kind of punishment in
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