FUNCTIONAL AND ACTIVITY-BASED BUDGETING Budget a financial plan of the resources needed to carry out tasks and meet financial goals. A quantitative expression of the goals the organization wishes to achieve and the cost of attaining these goals. Budgeting the act of preparing a budget. Budgetary control the use of budgets to control a firm’s activities. Master budget (planning budget/ budget plan) a summary of all phases of a company’s plans and goals for the future. Indicates the sales levels‚
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boggling results have been possible through the policies and the indispensable role of the policy makers‚ i.e. management who have taken State Bank of India to become one of the most prestigious & promising banks of India. The policies pertaining to Capital Structure & Dividend policy play a major role in the successful and efficient working of the bank. The objectives of the bank are the criteria for a bank to frame its policies. And it is very much clear that the objectives and the policies at SBI
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Chapter 8 The Cost of Capital 236 CHAPTER 8—THE COST OF CAPITAL TRUE/FALSE 1. Capital refers to items on the right-hand side of a firm’s balance sheet. 2. The component costs of capital are market-determined variables in as much as they are based on investors’ required returns. 3. The cost of debt is equal to one minus the marginal tax rate multiplied by the coupon rate on outstanding debt. 4. The cost of issuing preferred stock by a corporation must be adjusted to an after-tax
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Secret Proctor & Gamble Figure Secret Line Since 1956 Proctor & Gamble has been selling the Secret Brand deodorant. This deodorant is marketed as an antiperspirant/deodorant and is targeted and manufactured just for women. Our cultural and social environment create a pressure to smell good and be sweat free‚ thus we use deodorants. It satisfies our personal needs‚ and is a product that typically you always have and use daily. This is an item that never goes out of style; all
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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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Proctor and Gamble Europe faced several issues around the launch of their innovative product‚ an HDL named Vizir. P&G struggled with the concept of Global Standardization in which they termed “Eurobrand”‚ in comparison to the challenges they faced by segmenting marketing and product launches by companies. The standardization of P&G controls and products produces several benefits such as international uniformity‚ reduction in customer confusion‚ improved efficiencies in marketing‚ planning
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UGANDA MANGEMENT INSTITUTE Public Policy and Governance Module: Public Budgeting and Good Governance QUESTION: Budgeting process is a waste of time and valuable resources. Evaluate this statement. A budget is a plan for financing an enterprise or government during a definite period‚ which is prepared and submitted by a responsible executive to a representative body (or other duly constituted agent) whose approval and authorization are necessary before the plan may be executed. In the
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| | | | |Participatory BudgetING and public expenditure management training manual | | | Contents Principles and Approaches of Participatory Budgeting 5 Introduction 5 An innovation from the South 5 Primarily a Brazilian phenomenon 5 From definition
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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 involves
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Planning and Budgeting in Developing Countries – “Shrinking the P” Posted by Richard Allen[1] In most advanced western countries‚ the use of a national development plan as the primary tool of policy-making died out two generations ago‚ as it largely did in countries of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s. However‚ national development planning continues to be a dominant policy instrument in many low-income and emerging market economies. Similarly‚ public investment plans (PIPs)‚ which
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