Working capital management is crucial to a company’s goals and planning function. Proper management of working capital can mean that difference between a company’s ability to carry out pre-planned strategic goals and becoming stagnant and losing its competitive edge. A company’s current assets typically end up being its most liquid assets‚ which makes them some of the most valuable when it comes to making corporate decisions. Working capital management is defined as a “managerial strategy focusing
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1. Proposed working title: Competitive strategies employed by Retail Supermarkets in the UK: A comparative study. 2. Research Background: This research background focuses on competitive strategies employed by retail supermarkets in the UK.This background will give a general idea as what to anticipate in the report on strategies approach of leading retail supermarkets of the UK. Retail strategy is an overall plan or the agenda of action that has to follow by the retailer to get the success in
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Capital Budgeting Meaning – Capital budgeting (or investment appraisal) is the planning process used to determine whether an organization’s long term investments such as new machinery‚ replacement machinery‚ new plants‚ new products‚ and research development projects are worth the funding of cash through the firm’s capitalization structure (debt‚ equity or retained earnings). It is the process of allocating resources for major capital‚ or investment‚ expenditures. One of the primary goals of
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Internal capital rationing Impositions of restrictions by a firm on the funds allocated for fresh investment is called internal capital rationing. This decision may be the result of a conservative policy pursued by a firm. Restriction may be imposed on divisional heads on the total amount that they can commit on new projects.Another internal restriction for capital budgeting decision may be imposed by a firm based on the need to generate a minimum rate of return. Under this criterion only projects
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Cost of Capital Firms need to make capital investment i.e.‚ purchasing fixed assets such as factories‚ machineries‚ equipment‚ etc. After deciding what capital investments to make‚ they need to decide on the financing – sources of capital. The sources: Long-Term Debt‚ Common Stock‚ Preferred Stock and Retained Earnings. Then they need to find the cost of obtaining each source of financing today (not historical). Cost of Capital - The rate of return that a firm must earn on its investment
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CAPITAL GAINS According to income tax act 1961 ‘capital gains’ is the fourth head of income. Any profit or gains arising from the transfer of capital assets during the P.Y. shall be chargeable to income tax under the head capital gains and shall be deemed to be the income of P.Y. in which the transfer took place. Thus from a plain reading – Profits or gains earned on the sale of capital assets by an assessee during the P.Y. is called as capital gains. Meaning of Capital Asset: Capital asset means
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statement basically balance sheet. Finally interprets financial statement using ratio and all other aspects that drive company success with the aim of better understanding management accounting techniques and practices in Rwanda. Introduction to Capital Budgeting Pamela Peterson‚ Florida State University O U T L I N E I. Introduction II. The investmentproblem III. Capitalbudgeting IV. Classifying investmentprojects V. Cash flow frominvestments VI. Operating cash flows VII. Puttingit
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2. BACKGROUND The study of Working Capital Management cannot be over emphasised. It is a very important element in corporate financing and very crucial to company survival. Companies usually require an optimal level of working capital to meet daily obligations‚ continue production and make profit. However‚ some managers fall short and the companies liquidate. According to Harris (2005) “Working capital management is a simple and straight forward Concept of ensuring the ability of the firm to fund
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Functional areas in Tesco and Oxfam 1. Introduction In this report I am going to compare functional areas of two contrasting organisations Tesco and Oxfam. Tesco is aiming at achieving profit‚ investing and offerring services and products to customers.Oxfam is a non-profit organisation‚ helping people in crisis. Tesco is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer‚ it has stores in 14 countries across Asia‚ Europe and North America and is the grocery market leader in UK‚ where
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consumable goods. B) capital goods. C) tangible goods. D) depreciation goods. Answer: B 2) In the capital market‚ households ________ supply the financial resources to firms that allow them to purchase ________. A) indirectly; capital B) directly; capital C) indirectly; land D) indirectly; labor Answer: A 3) Firms that offer to pay for college tuition for their employees are investing in ________ capital. A) tangible B)
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