Asian Resources and Economic Power Asia has always been a centre of attention in world's politics. A single decision made by one of the Asian countries has a tendency of altering the world's political and economic scenery. A change in Afghanistan ch Continue Reading...
Barry Eichengreen (2011) has speculated that the U.S. dollar may be on the decline as the world's vehicle currency. The dollar has performed this role since at least Bretton Woods, when the financial and political might of the United States allowed Continue Reading...
This could bring a flood of new competitors to the market. Verizon is working with other wireless providers to gain preferential access to new wavelengths. Previous auctions, including the 2007 auction of the 700 MHz spectrum that Verizon won, came Continue Reading...
2007 Economic Crisis on American Car market Effect of the 2008 global economic crisis on automotive industries Crisis in the United States Crisis in Canada Crisis in Russia Crisis in European markets Crisis in Asian markets Effects by other r Continue Reading...
The labor productivity rates are expected to maintain their ascendant trend throughout the next period. The increases in productivity can be explained through the combined actions of three forces: improved quality of the labor and superior perform Continue Reading...
Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Income Disparities in South Africa Today and In the FutureDespite the end of apartheid in the early 1990s, South Africa remains racially and economically segregated. The country is beset by persistent social inequa Continue Reading...
This also implies inadequacies in fiscal sustainability, which influences investments in private sectors. The second channel happens through the level, composition and quality involved within the public investment, which shows the level at which th Continue Reading...
27-29) This provoked financial demands and awareness of the people in different parts of the world. People and businesses are dissatisfied with the traditional financial systems due to lack of opportunities for investors. Businesses today require mor Continue Reading...
Eurozone Maastricht Treaty Euro zone Treaty The European Community established the convergence criteria. These criteria was established in order to allow its EU Member states to take part in the Euro Zone, and using the Euro, as an official currenc Continue Reading...
Credit Risk Management Banks are an important part of the economy of any nation. Traditionally, the banks operate as financial intermediaries serving to satisfy the demand of people in need of various forms of financing. Through this, banks enable p Continue Reading...
Both saving on a microeconomic sense and saving on a macroeconomic sense entail taking he long-term view into perspective for it means surrendering immediate gratification for achieving long-term goals, sometimes -- as in the microeconomic context Continue Reading...
Liquidity Liquidity can be defined as the ability to convert an asset into cash quickly. In order to further explain, we can say that cash is the most liquid of all assets. With respect to financial assets liquidity is an important concept because Continue Reading...
Therefore, 'on balance, much empirical evidence supports the view of dividends as a signaling device'. There have been reported instances when the management has deliberately reduced the expected worth of the dividend, considered to be a strategic d Continue Reading...
Loosening Up From their traditional tight spending habits, Japanese consumers are learning from past lessons and letting loose and letting go on expenses (Gordon 2006). This phenomenal change of behavior is deemed to benefit not only their deflati Continue Reading...
Risks of the U.S. Current Account Deficit There are many projected scenarios for the outcome of the ever increasing U.S. current account deficit. The largest immediate risk appears to be the potential reduction of the very large net capital inflow Continue Reading...
Managerial Decision Making Finance department always plays a dominating role in the long run productivity in an organization and hence the reasons why the organizations strive try to strengthen this strategic function (Andrew, 2009). Organizations p Continue Reading...
Foreign Direct Investment and the Impact of Terrorism Foreign Direct Investment provides many opportunities for both the expanding company and the host country. The host country receives an influx of business into their economy and the expanding com Continue Reading...
1980s Affecting Corporate Finance From about the mid 1980s, the trend has been for companies, especially large ones, in industrialized countries to seek financing directly from financial markets rather than borrowing from commercial banks. This pra Continue Reading...
aid President George W. Bush in policy formulation. It is an all-inclusive paper dealing with a wide range of issues such as the American economy in general- discussing issues such as budget deficits, tax cuts, medical assistance and benefits for re Continue Reading...
"Forecasts by Moody's Economy.com now use a 20 percent drop in median existing-home prices from their 2005 peak as a baseline, with prices weakening through at least mid-2009" (Shinkle, 2008, p. 44). Moody's director of housing economics Celia Chen Continue Reading...
These critics argue that the United States and Europe have been the principal financial support for the IMF for over fifty years and that, but for, such support the IMF would long ago ceased to function as a viable organization. Those supporting thi Continue Reading...
Lehman Brothers Failure On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest U.S. investment bank at the time, filed for bankruptcy. At the time of its collapse, Lehman Brothers had $639 billion in assets, and $619 billion in debt, making it t Continue Reading...
Part 1: The US Dollar There are several advantages for a nation to have its own currency. The biggest advantage is probably that having one's own currency allows a nation to print more money, which can help it to avoid debt default (Wood, 2011). Continue Reading...
Why Did Mortgage Lenders Lend to Subprime Customers? The growth of the subprime market owes itself to an influx of international and hedge fund investors who were increasingly separated from the final mortgagees. Banks and savings and loan institu Continue Reading...
Making loans to high-risk borrowers, engaging in risk or faulty investments, and otherwise managing money in a sloppy way is a surefire way to get derision from regulatory bodies and/or the public. The figures for the competition bear out that remai Continue Reading...
The reason for this is quite simple: it is more than sure that, in the case Lehman manages the buyout, the former management will no longer have a place to work in. The stockholders do not enter the equation, but do negotiate the price of their shar Continue Reading...
He states that changes international capital flows have been the primary consequence of increased deficits and likens this to direct competition between the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. exporting industry. He reasons that the flow of foreign funds int Continue Reading...
And we must take into consideration what would happen if, somewhere down the line, we encountered the very real possibility of changed financial circumstances. The financial knots we're tying ourselves into now, as we scramble to purchase homes and Continue Reading...
The questions of buying or leasing have been the concern of finance managers and experts, favoring a lease over a purchase, Leasing tends to cost the company a bit more, since the effective interest rate is usually higher. On the other hand, it is Continue Reading...
Rapid innovations in technology, particularly telecommunications and transportation, have accelerated the globalization process in recent years, and a number of positive outcomes have been associated with these trends, including increased levels of i Continue Reading...
Sainsbury's Business Environment Mission, vision, objectives, goals and core competence Sainsbury's chain of supermarkets is the leading store of food retailing in Britain. A single store offers approximately thirty-two thousand varieties of produc Continue Reading...
It is argued that while land tenure data can be instrumental in addressing land-related conflicts, much of the practical value is lost because of inconsistency of information and because information is not readily accessible, or cannot be combined t Continue Reading...
Manufacturing Seven Key Elements for Successful Implementation Norman Binette, Jr. Biddeford, Maine Manufacturing organizations are built on the premise that they possess the ability to provide a wide variety of quality products for their custom Continue Reading...
Equipment Needed Market Analysis Situational Analysis Target Market Segmentation Geographical Segmentation Demographic Segmentation Market Targeting Differentiation and Positioning Strengths and Weaknesses of Venture Market Opportunities an Continue Reading...
CAPM The first scenario represents a diversifiable risk. The rate of inflation has an effect on the whole economy, but the nature and direction of that effect is something that will be different for each firm. Some firms may suffer more than others Continue Reading...
Statement 3 Another important issue to consider in the contraction of debt is represented by the impact of this debt on the company stakeholders -- employees, business partners, the public, and most importantly, the share holders. The primary scop Continue Reading...
Financial Management (case scenario) The theoretical ex-rights price may be calculating the following way. We have the following known variables: Fair value of all shares = 12,000,000 * 135 = 1,620,000,000 Total amount received from exercise of ri Continue Reading...
