HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL BY: JOSEPH KIOKO REG. NO: D80/61281/2011 DATE: 05/06/2013 LECTURER: PROF. P. O. K’OBONYO Introduction and Definitions: Human capital is defined by the OECD (1998‚ p9) as “the knowledge‚ skills and competences and other attributes embodied in individuals that are relevant to economic activity.” While Duration of schooling and levels of qualification are the standard measures used to measure human capital the OECD itself
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Google Human Capital is a Companies Most Precious Resource 2009/6/16 Google now has the first position as the most desirable place to work for graduates. In less than a handful of years‚ Google has developed to be a family of talent people around the world as a “recruiting machine”. The most valuable resource of a company is its people. This is indeed the case when it comes to search engine industry. While Baidu‚ the Chinese search engine company‚ is facing a number
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: CAPITAL BUDGETING MINI CASE 1 CAPITAL BUDGETING (MINI CASE) QUESTION A What is capital budgeting? Solution: Capital budgeting is a required managerial tool. One duty of a financial manager is to choose investments with satisfactory cash flows and rates of return. Therefore‚ a financial manager must be able to decide whether an investment is worth undertaking and be able to choose intelligently between two or more alternatives. To do this‚ a sound procedure to evaluate
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CASH HOLDINGS‚ WORKING CAPITAL AND FIRM VALUE: EVIDENCE FROM FRANCE Ruta AUTUKAITE* – Eric MOLAY** Abstract: Although companies deal with day-to-day short term financial decisions‚ in corporate finance the emphasis is being put on long term financial issues when talking about company’s value. In this paper a sample of French listed companies was chosen to assess the importance of short term financial decisions to company’s value by testing the following hypotheses: an extra euro invested in cash
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Review 2.1 Development of Credit in Business Management 2.2 Importance of Trade Credit 2.3 Review of the Related Topic 2.4 Legal Consideration for Effectiveness of Credit Control and Management 2.5 Consideration for Effectiveness of Credit Control and Management 2.6 Credit Determination Factors 2.7 Credit Costs 2.8 Risk Evaluation 2.9 Determination of Credit Limits 2.10 Collection Procedure 2.3.0 Appraisal of the Efficacy of Credit Control and Managements CHAPTER THREE 3.0 Research Methodology 3.1
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December 4‚ 1998 Cash Management Practices in Small Companies Of all the disciplines that a small company must master to grow and succeed‚ none may be more important than cash management. While a strong cash management system can ensure that a company maintains adequate cash levels to meet its operating and investment requirements‚ an inadequate cash management system can lead to a company’s failure to meet its financial commitments. All too often‚ poor cash management systems have led small business
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The role and impact of multinational corporations in the world economy. Introduction: Looking around. Before we will start our topic under consideration‚ let me draw generalized picture form our everyday lives. Imagine that you are coming back home from your lovely work. You are driving your Volvo car of 2002 model year‚ during this you are talking with your darling‚ by your new Nokia N97‚ and she promise to be at home after one hour and cook for you dinner. After 20 minutes you are at home
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Command and Coordination Mechanism of Multinational Joint Operations Nationality: Fijian Rank: Major Name: Ilai (Jack) Moceica 20th April 2010 Name: Ilai (Jack) Moceica Rank: Major Arms: Infantry Corps Enlistment date: March 1985 Post: Officer Instructor Education Level: Grade II Military Staff and Tactics Auto-biography I was born in Fiji on 14 July 1965 and educated at the Queen Victoria School. I enlisted into the then Royal Fiji Military Force in Sep 1985 was posted to 1st Battalion
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quality; Working Capital Adequacy‚ Asset Performance and Capital Structure. Let us consider Working Capital Adequacy‚ to evaluate the investment quality of a business organization. WORKING CAPITAL; Working capital may be regarded as lifeline of a business. It provides the ability to fund business operations‚ reinvest and meet capital requirements and payments. Understanding a business’s working capital health is essential to make investment decisions. A good way to judge a company’s working capital
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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN INDIA MEANING • Multinational corporations (MNCs) are huge industrial organizations having a wide network of branches and subsidiaries spread over a number of countries. The two main characteristics of MNCs are their large size and the fact that their worldwide activities are centrally controlled by the parent companies. POSITIVE ROLE OF MNCs • The frst important contribution of MNCs is its role in flling the resource gap between targeted or desired
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