E. Capital structure 5.1 Key factors that affect structure choice 5.1.1 Profitability and variation of profitability Profitability is one of the most tested company characteristics in empirical research regarding companie’s choice of capital structure. The trade-off theory predicts that higher profitability is associated with increased debt levels and the reason for this is twofold. First‚ companies achieving high profitability have less risk of financial distress and bankruptcy‚ so the cost
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2.5 Working Capital This section includes: Definition and classification of working capital Determinants of Working Capital Measurements of Working Capital Working Capital Financing Management of Working Capital Inventory management Cash Management Receivables Management INTRODUCTION : The term working capital is commonly used for the capital required for day-to-day working in a business concern‚ such as for purchasing raw material‚ for meeting day-to-day expenditure on salaries‚ wages‚ rents rates
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WORKING CAPITAL AND FIXED CAPITAL AND ITS ADVANTAGES Introduction: A firm requires funds to acquire two types of assets : fixed assets and current assets .Fixed assets include land biulding ‚ plant‚ and machinary ‚ vehicles ‚ equipment etc.These assets relatively permanent in nature and are necessary for carrying on the bussiness .Current assets ‚on the other hand ‚are kept for supporting day-to-day operations and keep changing during the course of the business.They liquidated within short period
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DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION Anil M. Pandya and Narendar V. Rao Abstract Diversification is a strategic option that many managers use to improve their firms’ performance. This interdisciplinary research attempts to verify whether firm level diversification has any impact on performance. The study finds that on average‚ diversified firms show better performance compared to undiversified firms on both risk and return dimensions. It also tests the robustness of these
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Internationalization and Firm Risk: An Upstream-Downstream Hypothesis Author(s): Chuck C. Y. Kwok and David M. Reeb Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 4 (4th Qtr.‚ 2000)‚ pp. 611-629 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/155664 . Accessed: 20/01/2013 05:04 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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CHAPTER 1 The Basic Theory of Human Capital 1. General Issues One of the most important ideas in labor economics is to think of the set of marketable skills of workers as a form of capital in which workers make a variety of investments. This perspective is important in understanding both investment incentives‚ and the structure of wages and earnings. Loosely speaking‚ human capital corresponds to any stock of knowledge or characteristics the worker has (either innate or acquired) that contributes
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CHAPTER 9 OLIGOPOLY AND FIRM ARCHITECTURE 1. The demand function for a product sold by an oligopolist is given below: QD = 370 – P The firm’s marginal cost function is given below: MC = 10 + 4Q Calculate the equilibrium price and quantity. Solution: P = 370 – Q so TR = 370Q – Q2 and MR = 370 – 2Q MR = 370 – 2Q = 10 + 4Q = MC so Q = 60 and P = 310 2. The demand function for a product sold by an oligopolist is given below: QD = 135 – 0.5P The firm’s marginal cost function is given
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The most climactic event of Dillard’s narrative is when the female moth goes into the flame of the candle and her body is shriveling and crumbling away. She connects it with what she sees in the bathroom because the hollow body of the female moth didn’t crumble and became a second wick on the candle‚ so therefore she knew what empty moth bodies looked like. 3. The analogy implies that when you become a writer‚ you have to dive into it and stick with it even when through the suffering. Also‚ writing
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What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)? http://www.adeak.com/2010/01/what-is-a-work-breakdown-structure-wbs/ Once we have identified all of the things that we are supposed to produce in the project‚ it is necessary to develop the specific items of work that must be done to complete all of the work. The work breakdown structure takes the project and divides it into smaller pieces. These can be called subprojects. The subprojects can be broken down into smaller pieces. This process of breaking
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articles written about the importance of working capital management regarding the profitability of a firm (Shin and Soenen‚ 1998; Deloof‚ 2003; Garcia-Tereul and Martinez- Solano‚ 2007; Raheman and Nasr‚ 2007; Mathuva‚ 2009; Dong and Su‚ 2010). Various authors have conducted researches in different countries on employing working capital in an optimal way in order to pursue profitability. But some authors still have different findings on how working capital management in terms of cash conversion cycle
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