Chapter 1 Preliminary concepts Concepts Overview The important concepts discussed in Chapter 1 were: 1.1 The main objective underlying corporate financial decisions is to maximise the value of the company‚ which in turn maximises shareholder wealth. This involves the optimal use of scarce resources. Fisher’s Separation theorem formally links the concepts covered in the chapter to provide a single decision rule for a firm’s investment decisions. This decision rule is that management’s role
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The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group are two global institutions created to assist nations in becoming and remaining economically viable. Each plays an imporant role in the environment of international trade by helping maintain stability in the financial markets and by assisting countries that are seeking economic development and restructuring. Inadequate monetary reserves and unstable currencies are particularly vexing
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS FOR M.B.A II SEMESTER STUDENTS | |ABC System : a System used to categorize inventory items to ensure that the most important ones are reviewed most often. | | |Account Receivable: A balance due from a customer. | | |Aggressive Working Capital Investment Policy : A policy under which holdings of cash‚ securities‚ inventories‚ and receivables
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implementation of monetary sanction as fines during absences in every school activity. Willms‚ (2000)‚ stated that most students participated in academic and non-academic activities at school even no fines imposed on the attendance simply because most of them wanted to develop sense of belonging with their friends‚ have good relations with teachers and other students‚ and identify with and value schooling outcomes. Table 4. Views of Respondents on the Implementation of Monetary Sanctions as Fines
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MARKETING CONCEPTS Following are the six concepts of marketing • Production concept • Product concept • Selling concept • Marketing concept • Societal marketing concept • Holistic marketing concept THE PRODUCTION CONCEPT: DEFINITION BY KOTLER: “It is the idea that customers will favor products that are available and highly affordable and that the organization should therefore focus on improving production and distribution efficiency.” EXPLANATION: This concept is the
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wind and water mills‚ mosques and churches. There are different ways of classifying settlements. Settlements can be classified in the following ways: 1. Rural/urban classification 2. Pattern classification 3. Function classification CONCEPT OF SETTLEMENT The study of settlement is of great importance to human geography. Man cannot do but live and settle in a geographical area. He is a social animal thus‚ he cannot live in isolation and so has settlement made up of different group of
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A Discussion and Critical Evaluation on How Person-centred Theorists View Concepts of the Self Introduction As children grow they start to learn about themselves through their relationships with others and psychologists have evidenced how their ideas of themselves are significantly influenced by other people’s ideas and reactions to them. Dowling (2008) suggests that a child’s level of confidence is affected by their early experiences‚ successes and failures and it is recognised that a child’s
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one day and critically discuss how you are an actor in society; how you affect your social surroundings; and‚ how your daily life is shaped and constrained by society. This will allow you engage with many of the sociological concepts reviewed to-date including newer concepts such as impression management‚ stage theory and emotional labor. Explain why you needed to perform in such a way (i.e.‚ your motives‚ instincts‚ feelings‚ or structural constraints). Do you see who you are and where
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Marketing Concepts MAR110 Study Period 4‚ 2010 SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Research Report “Marketing’s really just selling with a posh name! What’s all this about a Marketing Concept?” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This research report aims to depict if there is any truth to the statement “Marketing is just selling with a posh name...” it also aims to illustrate the marketing concept‚ which refers to the second half of the statement “ .....What’s all this about the marketing concept”
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ST.PAUL’S UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE: BCD 111: INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS TASK: Discuss the Rostowian Stages of Economic Development and Critic the theory. ADM NO: BACD/NRB/2631/13 LECTURER: GERALD KWERI DATE: 10TH JUNE 2012 Rostow’s theory of economic growth is one of the most influential theories in the 20th century. It was established in the 1960’s during the cold war. His theory illustrates assisting not only the lower income earning countries
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