of Debt Capital for Private Firms: Evidence from Finland Jukka Karjalainen Department of Business University of Eastern Finland April 10‚ 2010 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the value relevance of the perceived audit quality in terms of who audits‚ as well as the audit outcomes in terms of the auditor’s opinion and accruals quality‚ in the pricing of debt capital for privately-held firms by examining a large sample of privately-held Finnish firms. The findings indicate that
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Topic: Why are some countries more developed than others? Explain why uneven development exists between countries (developed countries and less developed countries). Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Each other country is running in a rat race to make its ration one of the most developed country in the world. China‚ Japan and Korea are seen to lead the other nations in Asia‚ where as England the united study and other European countries are leading the headline of the
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Doi:10.1145/1859204 . 1 8 5 9 2 2 5 What do wikis‚ blogs‚ podcasts‚ social networks‚ virtual worlds‚ and the rest do for corporate productivity and management? BY STEPhEn J. anDRioLE Business impact of Web 2.0 Technologies t H i s a r t iC l e d e sC r iB e s research designed to measure the impact of the business value of wikis‚ blogs‚ podcasts‚ folksonomies‚ mashups‚ social networks‚ virtual worlds‚ crowdsourcing‚ and RSS filters—all Web 2.0 technologies. Properly deployed‚ they may
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Why Geography Matters… More Than Ever Why geography matters More Than Ever was an informative book written by Harm de Blij. Harm wrote this book to give people reasons why geography matters. This was the hardest book I have ever read; it was full of facts but could become very boring at times. This book taught me a lot of new thing and showed me that geography really does matter. I am glad I read it because it taught a lot. Before we start talking about my review of the book we should first
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in middle and high school. The article “Volunteering: Why Should I Do It?” by PBS discusses the pros and cons of community service. Students should be forced to volunteer because it’s good for them also it helps other people who need help. Helping others is good for a person and others because it makes people feel good on the inside‚ and working for free helps others that are in need‚ and it creates a higher quality world. The article explains that‚ “When we volunteer our time‚ money‚ or talents
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church has become less and less impactful on our ever evolving society. With the help of advancing technology‚ churches are becoming more successful at reaching today’s contemporary generation. Through technological advances and specific techniques in lighting and audio/video churches are able to facilitate an attitude of worship for the contemporary culture better than ever before. Although some still prefer the conservative approach to a church service‚ none can deny the success these modernized churches
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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 five-year period. The results from Im‚ Pesaran & Shine unit
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often conducted by an independent telecommunications consultant or firm. The simplest audits consist of comparing current telecommunications billing and usage to the underlying rate structure whether that is dictated by contract‚ tariff‚ or price list. Complex audits utilize software applications‚ direct bargaining with service providers and activity reports that include detail down to an individual employee’s usage. In business‚ companies with significant telecommunications costs or a telecommunications
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The World Wide Web has changed the world in more than one way. The Internet has suddenly changed politics‚ business‚ and culture. Now today‚ there is no need to sent letters‚ it is the modern era‚ the information technology time‚ in which information can take not more than half second to be sent.ternet has changed our lives‚ before the internet‚ Life was completely different. In early times‚ people sent letters for communication‚ but now a day‚ The World Wide Web has changed the world in more than
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Why are some volcanoes more hazardous than others? There are several reasons that influence volcanic hazards‚ these include the viscosity of the magma‚ proximity to population centres‚ materials that are ejected from the volcano‚ the magnitude of the eruption and the plate margin that the volcano rests upon. The viscosity of the magma depends on 3 things‚ the temperature‚ dissolved gasses and the chemistry involved in the magma. These factors produce 2 main types of magma called acid and basic
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