9-296-077 REV: APRIL 27‚ 2006 KENNETH A. FROOT ANDRÉ F. PEROLD Global Equity Markets: The Case of Royal Dutch and Shell In early January 1996‚ Ms. Joanne Partridge‚ Director of Research at High Street Global Advisors (“High Street”)‚ a Boston-based global investment management organization‚ was studying the price behavior of the shares of Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading. It seemed that Royal Dutch and Shell should trade in fixed proportions since they represented equivalent
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On the Application of Relevance Theory to Chinese-English Translation of Tourism Texts I. Introduction A. Background and purpose of this research Tourism industry has become a new highlight in the world economy following telecommunications and information industries. According to the estimates of the World Tourism Organization and many other insiders‚ China will be the world’s largest tourist receiving country with the capacity of hosting more than 1 .137 billion foreign tourists by the
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Running Head: PRIVATE EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Private Equity in South East Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Syahril Malik Daniels College of Business – University of Denver PRIVATE EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Abstract Private Equity (“PE”) has played a big role in the investment world‚ not only because it generates relatively more return for the investors compared to other forms of investments‚ but also it has a huge market capitalization in terms of invested
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School of Business‚ Saint Mary’s University‚ Halifax‚ Nova Scotia‚ Canada Pay Equity: Fairness is in the Eyes of the Beholder BY HERMANN SCHWIND Statistics from StatsCanada have shown for years that women earn about 80% of men’s wages and salaries. Unions’ and women’s groups have used this wage gap as evidence of discrimination against women and as a basis for demands for more effective legislation on pay equity. They will not accept any evidence that this is impossible‚ i.e.‚ that there are
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How Does Equity Fulfill the Common Law Common Law Equity fulfils the common law‚ although it does not endeavour to displace it with a moral code. In order to be influential‚ the law is to be professed as both certain and predictable‚ and also flexible and fair. Specifically‚ it needs clear rules on the one hand‚ but flexibility on the other to produce exceptions to cases that lead to apparently incongruous or unjust conclusions if the rules are
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Coordinating Media To Build Brand Equity Introduction: In developing effective integrated marketing communications programs‚ marketing communications must sometimes be explicitly tied together to create or enhance brand equity. Brand equity is very important. After reviewing the nature of the problem‚ proposes‚ alternative strategies as soluation Factors Creating Weak Brand Links: Few factors create weak bran link. These ares- Competitive Clutter: Advertisement competing with other
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Customer-Based Brand Equity Model (CBBE) CBBE act as a bridge to add value on a product endowed to a product as a result of past investments in the marketing of a brand. It is also provide provides direction and focus to future marketing activities. CBBE model designed to assist management in brand building efforts. According to the model‚ building a strong brand involves four steps: establish brand identity‚ create brand meaning‚ positive‚ eliciting accessible brand responses‚ and building brand
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MAIN SOURCES OF EQUITY AND DEBT FOR PROJECTS The main sources of equity and debt can be divided into two groups of lenders and sponsors. Group 1 – commercial lenders‚ include: 1. Banks; 2. Institutional lenders; 3. Commercial finance companies; 4. Leasing companies; 5. Individuals; 6. Investment management companies; 7. Money market funds. Groups 2 – commercial sponsors‚ include: 1. Companies requiring the product or service; 2. Companies supplying products or raw materials to the project;
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Lee Corporation Equity Scenario • Review the following information: Lee Corporation‚ a U.S. company‚ began operations on January 1‚ 2004. During its first 3 years of operations‚ Lee reported net income and declared dividends as follows. Net income Dividends declared 2004 $ 40‚000 $ –0– 2005 125‚000
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1. Referring to Exhibit 1‚ compute the annual percentage change in net income per common share-diluted for 1998–1999‚ 1999–2000‚ and 2000–2001. (Year 1998) 3‚180 x .24 = 763.20 763.20-1‚017.42/763.20=.33 or 33% increase (Year 1999) 3‚282 x .31 = 1‚017.42 Year 1998–1999 = 33% increase 1‚017.42-1‚858.45/1‚017.42=.82 or 82% increase (Year 2000) 3‚379 x .55 = 1‚858.45 Year 1999–2000 = 82% increase 1‚858.45- 922.59/1‚858.45= -.50 or 50% decrease (Year 2001) 3‚417 x .27 =
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