Introduction The optimal dividend policy of a firm depends on investor’s desire for capital gains as opposed to income‚ their willingness to forgo dividend now for future returns‚ and their perception of the risk associated with postponement of returns. However any normative approach to dividend policy intended to be operative under real world conditions should consider the firms investment opportunities‚ any preferences that investors have for dividends as opposed to capital gains and vice
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Economics of Competition Policy in India: Emerging issues Rajeev C.Bharathan‚ Background Generally in economics‚ competition is seen as rivalry among firms for a larger share of the market‚ which leads to efficiency in production and lower prices for the consumers. Competition can be defined as a process by which cost efficient production is achieved in a structure where entry and exit are easy‚ a reasonable number of players (producers and consumers are present) and close substitution between
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INTRODUCTION LABOUR WELFARE The title of the project is “A STUDY ON LABOUR WELFARE IN KOLENCHERY GREENVALLY FIVE STAR AQUA MINERALS processing company ltd. Welfare means fairing or doing well.it is a comprehensive term and refers to the physical mental and emotional well doing of an individual further the term. Welfare is a relative concept relative in time and space. It is there for various from time to time form region and from country to country. The institute of labour welfare organization defines
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Discuss the concept “social capital” with regard to development of welfare policy in your own country. Social capital is a multidimensional concept however it has consistently emerged in the literature of theoretical and applied social sciences like economics‚ sociology since the mid 1990s. In fact there is no universally accepted definition of social capital. In the broadest sense‚ the term encompasses those social relationships that help people to get along with each other and act more effectively
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India‚ the cradle of civilization‚ is now beset with a number of social evils. They are so numerous that one shudders to think of them. There have been social reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Ray‚ Maharishi Daya Nand and Swarni Shradhanand. They fought against social evils but these evils were so deep-rooted that try as they did some of them persist to this day. We may first take the position of women. Women do not enjoy a social position equal to that of men. The constitution does allow them equal
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public opinion and foreign policy making in India. The paper assumes that all large nations‚ democratic or otherwise‚ need solid domestic political support for the effective pursuit of interests abroad. The internal support for the conduct of external relations rests on the existence of an ‘establishment’ that sets the broad terms for the ‘mainstream’ discourse on foreign policy; facilitates continuous and productive interaction between the bureaucracies making the foreign policy‚ the academia that expands
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regulatory provisions of Republic Act No. 9165 (R.A. 9165)‚ otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. PDEA is the implementing arm of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). The DDB is the policy-making and strategy-formulating body in the planning and formulation of policies and programs on drug prevention and control. PDEA and DDB are both under the supervision of the Office of the President. ------------------------------------------------- History and mandate For thirty years
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Harmony Bell Social welfare policies and programs are enacted to help those who are in need of assistance. These programs don’t always have the outcomes that policy makers had wanted. There are power imbalances that occur in society today and one can see the negative impact this has on social welfare policies. An example of a power imbalance that occurs in society would between the policy makers and the recipients of the policies. According to the text‚ 86% of policy makers are male‚
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Social Policy To gain a better understanding of Social Policy we need to look at its definition: Social Policy is the study of social services and the welfare state. In general terms‚ it looks at the idea of social welfare‚ and its relationship to politics and society. The principal areas relate to Policy and administrative practice in social services‚ including health administration‚ social security‚ education‚ employment services‚ community care and housing management; Social
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Social Media Policies Bobbi McGuire DeVry University Question 1: In my search for an article containing lawsuits involving employee posts on social media networks‚ I was quite surprised to learn how much of problem this has become. According to Melanie Trottman (2011) of the Wall Street Journal‚ employees that have been severely disciplined or terminated due to their activities on social media websites have been retaliating by use of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. This law provides
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