partnerships‚ companies and franchises. The sole trader is the most common form of business ownership and is found in a wide range of activities (e.g. window cleaning‚ plumbing‚ electrical work‚ busking). Advantages: Limited liability – This is the most important advantage of incorporation. Limited liability protects the personal wealth of the shareholders Easier to raise finance – both through the sale of shares
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sporting goods store in my hometown of Baltimore‚ Maryland. When deciding who I wanted to interview‚ at the last minute I changed my mind and chose Alan Davis‚ owner of Princeton Sports and Goods in Columbia‚ Maryland. I chose to interview him because of his path he has traveled through life and the steps he has taken to be the best business owner he can be. He is resourceful and knowledgeable‚ and he is very charitable‚ giving to charities and other events that fuel the community of Columbia‚ Maryland
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SHC 21: Introduction to communication in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings Identify the different reasons people communicate There are many different reasons why people have the need to communicate with each other. Establishing good communication will enable adults and children to work together effectively. Essentially we communicate to: Share information and knowledge with others To express the way in which we are feeling to others To enable us to work with others
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Entrepreneurship Law Final Exam 1. Who owns the CadWatt Solar cell technology? What rights‚ if any can SSC claim on it? SSC owned the technology‚ because the invention related to the SSC’s business and he had used some of SSC’s resources (namely‚ his SSC computer and SSC training sessions) when developing it. 2. What can Pierre do to make his departure from SSC amicable? Should he have left sooner? What ongoing obligations does he have to SSC? Pierre should consider returning
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As practitioners it is important that we understand children and use psychology to analyse certain behaviours. Theorists can help us understand what is normal and what techniques we can use. It is important to understand theorists because it helps us understand children’s feelings‚ identifies behaviour patterns and their work acts as a guide for practitioners. The three theorists I will be studying will be Skinner and his Operant Conditioning theory‚ Pavlov and Pavlovian Conditioning (Classical
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states that Earth’s weakening magnetic field is actually a sign that another flip is to be anticipated. It is important to understand Earth’s magnetic field We owe some much of our livelihood to the magnetic field surrounding our planet as it protects us from the sun‚ keeping life as we know it from dying off. With it‚ Earth would probably look very much like a barren wasteland. So what
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the northern states and in Europe‚ cotton has been a high demanding textile material. Plantation owners couldn’t work the whole plantations by themselves. The southern states depended heavily on slaves to work their plantations. The south depended heavily on slavery‚ and slavery was vital to the south because they needed the slave’s labor to work their plantations. This why slavery was so important to the southern political leaders. If the southern states didn’t have slavery their plantations would
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Why respect is so important in today’s society and what exactly is respect? Respect is a combination of appreciation‚ admiration as well as recognition of a person being worth something‚ or having earned a position because of their achievements. It could feel at times vague to some people‚ but most people understand and act with respect. In our modern world respect is sometimes confused with fear. For instance‚ Gangs‚ they kill and they fight to earn respect from others but what they actually receive
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A) Why is the investment appraisal process so important? Capital Investment Appraisal is of fundamental importance because: 1. Large Amount of Company Resources: Involvement of large amount of company resources and efforts which will necessitate careful evaluation to be undertaken before a decision is reached. 2. Maximization of Shareholder wealth: Investment decision is linked with strategic and tactical business decisions and therefore need to achieve desired long-term objectives. The
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What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? 1.1 The definition of WACC Weighted average cost of capital(WACC)‚ is a weighted-computational method of analyzing the cost of capital based on the whole capital structure of a firm. The result of WACC is the rate a firm use to monitor the application of the current assets because it represents the return the firm MUST get. For example this rate could
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