Strategies Group January 2006 Corporate Capital Structure Authors Henri Servaes Professor of Finance London Business School The Theory and Practice of Corporate Capital Structure Peter Tufano Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management Harvard Business School Editors James Ballingall Capital Structure and Risk Management Advisory Deutsche Bank +44 20 7547 6738 james.ballingall@db.com Adrian Crockett Head of Capital Structure and Risk Management Advisory‚ Europe
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Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business Research FACTORS INFLUENCING CORPORATE WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM AN EMERGING ECONOMY KAMAL NASER1‚ RANA NUSEIBEH2 and AHMED AL-HADEYA3 ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study is to explore factors that influence working capital management by non-financial companies listed on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. The cash conversion cycle is used to proxy working capital management where short cycle implies effective management. Six factors frequently
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Part A Sole Proprietorship: A sole proprietorship is a business owned by one person. It is the most frequently used form of business and most small businesses begin as sole proprietorships. It is the easiest and cheapest type of business to start. • Liability: A sole proprietor is financially accountable for all of the unpaid debts of the business. The sole proprietor’s business assets and liabilities and his or her personal assets and liabilities are the same. If the business were to go out
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Small Pox Small pox‚ which was once the most feared disease known by mankind started out in the days of Christopher Columbus. The disease set out to change the lives of the people in the worse way. It became known as an epidemic disease that ended up killing hundreds of people. Small pox started out in Hispaniola and because of no cure‚ it traveled to the island of Puerto Rico‚ and then Cuba. It was only a matter of time until it spread to the mainland‚ somewhere in America. In the Middle
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wealth‚ income and occupation form the defining characteristics of each group. In the U.K.‚ working‚ middle and upper class were the classic formulation of social class. However‚ in fact‚ the situation of working class seems to change all the time as there are tradition and new working class and there are many people interested in it. Therefore‚ this essay is going to critically evaluate the concept of working class in modern Britain. As a functionalist‚ Parsons considered social stratification
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The Concept of Small Business General Definition : Small business means the size of which is not big- the size again depends on the yardstick one uses to measure. What is small to one may be medium or even big to some others. Small business is an integral part of the total business scene in any country. What characterizes small business? * According to Small Business act 1934- A business which is independently owned and operated and not dominant in its field” is a Small Business. *
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Advantages of a Small town There are a lot of advantages of a small town. First of all‚ when you live in a small community‚ you can enjoy a better quality life than you will find in most large cities. In addition‚ you can get closer to nature when living in small towns. You will also be able to avoid the frustration of dealing with large volumes of traffic. You can enjoy hunting or fishing on a regular basis because living in a small town makes it easier for you to enjoy some of your favourite
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A review of capital structure theories 1.0 Introduction One of the most contentious financial issues that have provoked intense academic research during the last decades is the theory of capital structure. Capital structure can be defined as a ’Mix of different securities issued by a firm’ (Brealey and Myers‚ 2003). Simply speaking‚ capital structure mainly contains two elements‚ debt and equity. In 1958‚ through combining tax and debt factors in a simple model to price the value of a company‚
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE: MEANING: - Capital structure of a firm is a reflection of the overall investment and financing strategy of the firm. - Capital structure can be of various kinds as described below: ▪ Horizontal capital structure: the firm has zero debt component in the structure mix. Expansion of the firm takes through equity or retained earnings only. ▪ Vertical capital structure: the base of the structure is formed by a small amount
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EconomicThis document has been made available on www.actuaries.org.uk with the permission of the Society of Actuaries‚ Schaumburg‚ Illinois. Copyright 2008. Specialty Guide on Economic Capital Version 1.5 March 2004 Specialty Guide on Economic Capital Section I. II. Page FOREWORD...................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW .........................................................
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