The capital market supply long term funds to corporations‚ government entities and other users of capital. The general type of debt instrument of the capital market is the bond. Bonds usually pay interest to the holder once in every six months (semi annually) and pay the principal or face amount upon maturity. Treasury notes and treasury bonds: The long term bond issues of the treasury that are available to investors are the treasury notes and the treasury bonds. Treasury notes have original fixed
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compete. In this new economy‚ gaining market share was considered key because of the benefits of network effects. In addition‚ a large customer base was needed to cover the high fixed costs often associated with doing business. Profitability was a second concern‚ and Netscape was one of the first of many Internet companies to go public without positive earnings. Some companies deliberately operated at losses because it was essential to spend a lot early to gain market share‚ which would translate at a
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Social Capital and Rural Development Definition: The term social capital refers to the various norms‚ values and cultural aspects which govern the people living in a society and the institutions they are attached with. It is a kind of bonding that holds the societies and communities together and without which there can be no economic growth as per the desired expectations. Social Capital is considered as one of the most important capital available to the community for achieving developmental goals
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Caribbean Human Capital Development Caribbean political leaders such as Sir Grantley Adams (Barbados)‚ Sir Norman Manley (Jamaica) and Dr. Eric Williams (Trinidad) believed in the principle of enhancing Human Capital. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the Human Capital Theory in its application to Caribbean societies. As the world industrializes‚ the desire to optimize efficiency and maximize profits is paramount to societal development. Many have written on this‚ proposing numerous
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1. Intended role of each institution/intermediary: Venture Capitalists – They screen companies with good business ideas from bad ones and provide capital to the start-ups with good business ideas. The required return on capital for VCs is very high to compensate the shareholders for the higher risk in investing in new businesses‚ and this is achieved when VCs sell their stake in the business through IPOs or trade sale. Thus‚ VCs will work to ensure the business is sound so that it will fetch the
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There are three types of market efficiency: Ø - when prices are determined in a way that equates the marginal rates of return (adjusted for risk) for all producers and savers‚ market is said to be allocationally efficient; Ø - when the cost of transfering funds is “reasonable”‚ market is said to be operationally efficient; Ø - when prices fully reflect all available information‚ market is said to be informationally efficient. Bachelier (1900): In the opening paragraph of his
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Mortgage markets exist to help individuals‚ businesses‚ and other economic units to finance the purchase of a home or other property. Characteristics of mortgage markets: 1. Mortgage loans are always secured by the pledge of real property—land or buildings— as collateral. 2. Second‚ mortgage loans are made for varying amounts and maturities depending on the borrower’s needs. 3. Issuers (borrowers) of mortgage loans are typically small‚ relatively unknown financial entities. 4. Secondary capital markets
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INTRODUCTION The focus of this paper is to examine the role of human resource development and workers commitment in organization in particular and in Nigeria as a whole. For the purpose of this study‚ the concept of human resource development and manpower development will be used interchangeably. In any organization‚ it is the workforce who is considered important assets for the achievement of organizational goals. Every industry desires to maximize its human resources to see that the best output
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Role concepts Anita C. Perkins Research College of Nursing Role development in Advanced Nursing NU6060 Dr. Jan Andrews February 04‚ 2013 Role concepts This article touched on the role concept of transition that the nurse practitioner experiences when starting out in their new role. The key theme of the article was role transition. Role transition is a change in the direction from one state to another state and functioning in a different manner (Hunter & Lops‚ 1996). In this article
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Management and Economics Available online at www.managementjournal.info RESEARCH ARTICLE An Empirical Analysis of Capital Structure on Firms’ Performance in Nigeria Taiwo Adewale Muritala* Department of Economics and Financial Studies‚ Fountain University Osogbo‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria. *Correspondence E-mail: muritaiwo@yahoo.com Abstract This paper examines the optimum level of capital structure through which a firm can increase its financial performance using annual data of ten firms spanning a
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