Intellectual capital-Tomorrow’s assets‚ today’s challenge Executive summary Abstract This report has the following objectives: Defining the intellectual capital; exploring how to change the tacit knowledge into intellectual knowledge; suggesting how to turn intellectual capital into revenue; highlighting the intellectual management in enterprises. With increasing emphasis on that intellectual property is the greatest asset‚ this report also investigates the ways to protect intellectual capital in company
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1. WHAT IS CAPITAL FORMATION? ITS ROLE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Capital formation is one of the major factors in economic development. It is the increase in the stock of both material and human capital by making available a part of society’s currently available resources. Capital formation results when some proportion of society’s present income is saved and invested in order to increase material as well as human capital. The meaning of capital formation is that socitey does not apply to the needs
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What is cost of capital? The cost of capital is the cost of obtaining funds‚ through debt or equity‚ in order to finance an investment. It is used to evaluate new projects of a company‚ as it is the minimum return that investors expect for providing capital to the company‚ thus setting a benchmark that a new project has to meet. Importance The concept of cost of capital is a major standard for comparison used in finance decisions. Acceptance or rejection of an investment project depends on the
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INTRODUCTION Venture capital‚ a financial innovation of the twentieth century‚ is a long-term liquid investment‚ which can be in the form of equity‚ quasi-equity and sometimes debt in new and high-risk ventures. Venture capital became better known after the famous legend of Apple Computers‚ which started out in the US in 1977 with the capital firm‚ Arthur Rock & Co. Apple Computers then made it to the Fortune 500 and Arthur Rock & Co. attained height in Venture capital industry. However the success
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consumption. Producers use capital until its marginal revenue productivity equals its opportunity cost in interest charges. These are Paretian optimal solutions for welfare maximization. Enjoy. Dr. Scott The Capital Market The previous chapter described how labor effort is not fixed in supply‚ but is a variable factor of production. By introducing the worker’s preference function for leisure and income‚ the model of the market economy expands. In this chapter capital is no longer treated
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major health hazard! There is no nutritional value in soft drinks‚ only detrimental ingredients. They are full of sugar‚ most contain caffeine and they fill the stomach and take the place of good nutrients. Americans consume too many soft drinks and don’t drink enough of what our bodies need...Water! Not to mention the fact that they cause obesity. Soft drinks contain many unwanted particles and impurities. It also causes cancer. Soft drinks contain chemicals from Ajinomoto which are very
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Foreign capital: The capital available to any country other than the domestic capital in order to finance any domestic purpose is called foreign capital. Need for Foreign Capital 1.Capital investment requirements – Since underdeveloped countries want to industrialize themselves within a short period of time‚ it becomes necessary to increase capital investment substantially. This requires a high level of savings. However‚ because of general poverty‚ the savings are very low. This creates a
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ECONOMICS COURSE TITLE: HUMAN CAPITAL TITLE OF ASSIGNMENT: ESSAY ON HUMAN CAPITAL ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY HONOLULU‚ HAWAII TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENT PAGE INTRODUCTION---------------------------------------------------------- 4-5 JUSTIFICATION----------------------------------------------------------- 5 HUMAN CAPITAL-------------------------------------------------------- 6-9 MICRO AND MACRO ASPECTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL----------------------------------------------------
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Capital Budgeting: Net Present Value vs Internal Rate of Return (Relevant to AAT Examination Paper 4 – Business Economics and Financial Mathematics) Y O Lam Capital budgeting assists decision makers in a company evaluate multiple investments of the company’s capital. Capital budgeting is used to plan for the acquisitions of other companies‚ for the development of new product lines of business‚ for the expansion of the existing production plants or for the replacement worn-out equipment‚ and
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Calculate Melinda’s net Capital Gain (or net capital Loss) and tax payable for 2011-2012 income year. Key question that has to be determined is whether a CGT event occurred in reference to a CGT asset‚ if so has this resulted in a gain or loss or is the item exempt under s100-30 Under Div 118 ITAA 1997 the following items are exempt under the following clauses Fridge purchased for $900 in 2006 - S108-20(2) if acquired as a personal asset – intent not to be kept for income producing purposes
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