Powerline Network Corporation—Case Two: Risk and Return Thomas Calderone‚ CJ Anderson‚ and Megan Wegener FIN 480: Finance Capstone Course Professor Randy Lewis Spring Arbor University February 7‚ 2013 Powerline Network Corporation: Risk and Return Introduction The topics of risk and return are crucial to financial management because it allows a company to maximize stock value—in which risk is a determinant value‚ the rate of return in which investors require on various types of securities
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6 main disadvantages of decentralisation (1) The success of decentralization will depend upon the quality of personnel manning the decentralized units. In those cases where the training‚ experience‚ education etc of the employees are inadequate‚ decentralisation of authority and of decision making would be harmful for the enterprise. There will be wrong decisions‚ confusion‚ contradictions etc. (2) Decentralisation becomes uneconomic and unwieldy unless the organisation is large and strong enough
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Today’s Learning Objectives • Get familiar with the institutional environment of foreign investment in China • Analyze the Chinese government’s initiative from “open door policy” to “going out policy” • Evaluate optional market entry strategies in China by foreign firms • Discuss major criteria for entry mode selection Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China China Overtakes US as Leading FDI Destination • In 2012‚ 44% of global FDI inflows USD 1.4 trilion were hosted by
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FINANCIAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Before starting to explain the details of investing is necessary to be clear about the aspect I believe is the most important into every business activity: The Knowledge. The knowledge is the factor that puts an investor into a better position respect than another one‚ knowing what is surrounding you and how it works is vital in order to make a successful business activity‚ specially investing. No big countries will exist without big companies and societies
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THE LAWS OF RETURN TO SCALE The laws of return to scale explain the behavior of output in response to a proportional and simultaneous change in input. Increase in inputs proportionately and simultaneously is in fact expansion of the scale of production. Statement: “As a firm in the long run increases the quantities of all factors employed‚ other things being equal‚ the output may rise initially at a more rapid rate than the rise of increase in inputs‚ then output may increase in the same proportion
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CHAPTER 05 RISK AND RETURN: PAST AND PROLOGUE 1. The 1% VaR will be less than –30%. As percentile or probability of a return declines so does the magnitude of that return. Thus‚ a 1 percentile probability will produce a smaller VaR than a 5 percentile probability. 2. The geometric return represents a compounding growth number and will artificially inflate the annual performance of the portfolio. 3. No. Since all items are presented in nominal figures‚ the input should also use nominal
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Advantages of Total Quality Management (TQM) Improves Reputation - TQM programs have the advantage of improving corporate as well as product reputations in the marketplace‚ because errors and defective products are discovered much more rapidly than under a non-TQM system‚ and often before they are ever sent to market or found in the hands of the public. Higher Employee Morale - Compared to employees who are motivated‚ disengaged workers are less efficient‚ miss more workdays and cost organizations
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1. Convert prices to total return (% change in the price) = (Pt – Pt-1) / Pt-1 2. Remove outliers – sort data and remove anything +/- 20% 3. Calculate historical average and historical risk X-BAR = Σx/n Calculate the sum of the total return and divide by the number of observations • Variance = σ2 = Σ(x – x bar) 2 / (n-1) Fix X-BAR‚ double click to apply to all dates‚ get the sum‚ divide by (n-1) Risk = σ = √σ = SQRT(Variance) = standard deviation 4. Average Matrix Excel Options
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The Return of the Native: Style The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy’s sixth novel and probably his best known. The story focuses on the lives and loves of residents in the fictional county of Wessex‚ England‚ an area which was based on the rural area where Hardy was raised. The narrative style of the novel is different to that of the traditional writing. He uses different narrative mechanisms in making it attractive to its readers. His different approach towards the treatment different components
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The return of Martin Guerre Martin Guerre’s family under his father Sanxi‚ and uncle Pierre‚ move from Hendaye‚ in Basque county to Artigate‚ it took them three day walk to get there the reason they left their home because of the continual threat of warfare in the region between France and Spain‚ the armies passing through the area and ravaging the neighborhood; the Basque country and Navarre were long source of dispute between two neighbor country. At the age of fourteen martin married to Bertrande
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