1000 Search Results for Long Term Capital Management
Long-Term Capital Management: The Original Enron?
Three years before energy industry giant Enron Corp. sought protection from creditors and came under the harsh light of scrutiny for the complex web of off-balance sheet deals that masked the firm's Continue Reading...
Even if LTCM had adequately assessed the volatility of a given asset, there's still no guarantee that it would have been rewarded for doing so. While there were ready buyers for private option contracts, there were few takers when the value of the a Continue Reading...
Long-Term Productivity in Business Workers and Machinery
Productivity is important to every kind of business. This does not mean that every possible bit of work has to be squeezed out of every single worker until they drop into an exhausted heap on Continue Reading...
Long-Term Investment
Google operates in the online advertising business. However, when the company had its moment with regulators it was in the "search engine" business. This effort was undertaken by both U.S. And EU regulators (Crawford, 2012). The Continue Reading...
Long-Term Financial Planning
FedEx Corporation
FedEx Corporation was established in 1971 and the company has four distinct business segments that include FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Office and FedEx Freight. Over the years, the company has o Continue Reading...
Long-Term Investment Decisions
Government Regulations
Government regulation borders within the mandated needs in the economy to strike a balance between the market activities and social welfare of the people. The role of government in the market ha Continue Reading...
Advising Parents on Long-Term Care Options
Advising Parents on long-term care (LTC) Options
Long-term care refers to the services or support that one might need in their cognitive impairments while either at home or in an organisations facility. Lo Continue Reading...
Capital Budgeting and Government Regulations Airline Industry
LONG-TERM CAPITAL BUDGETING IN AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Government regulation: Why or why not
Major reasons for government involvement in a market economy
Interests of stockholders and manager Continue Reading...
Furthermore, capital gains normally tend to be spread across a wider income scale than many believe. According to the IRS Individual Income Tax Returns, Preliminary Data, 1992 federal income tax returns, 55% of returns claiming capital gains were fr Continue Reading...
Capital Investment and Budget Planning
Capital and Investment Budget Planning
For all governments, long-term expenses are something they must deal with. This is to ensure that the continuing needs of an area are met through facilitating economic gr Continue Reading...
Managing change in the organization often centers on one of several change strategies or approaches for implementing changes in an organization. Some are more applicable to some situations than others. A directive change strategy occurs when manageme Continue Reading...
Long-Term Trends
Short-Term Debt
Long-Term Debt
Common Equity
Total
The FedEx capital structure is mostly in common equity. The company does have some long-term debt, but this is only a quarter of the capital structure, indicating that FedEx is Continue Reading...
2.3: Theme I: This study's first theme defines hedge funds and presents a synopsis of their history.
2.4: Theme 2: Ways hedge funds compare to mutual funds are noted in this section, this study's second theme.
2.5: Theme 3: segment denotes techni Continue Reading...
Risk Management
CSLO
The reason why it is important to understand the role of the financial markets is: because of globalization. As, this has caused shifts in: the economy and the way people are interacting with each other. One way to effectively Continue Reading...
Tax Liability
A preview of capital structure issues
In regards to the overall business environment, capital structure has profound implications of the business, irrespective of its industry. For one, a firm's capital structure is then the compositi Continue Reading...
Finance
Long-Term Financial Planning and Nike
For any company to be successful it is essential that the company and its' management determine what they are going to do, and how they are going to do it; this is the very core of strategic planning (L Continue Reading...
The second phase would include using these metrics in order to gather the appropriate results. Finally, the third phase implies interpreting those results and using them to gain a competitive strategic advantage on the market.
The phase dealing wit Continue Reading...
However, with more than half of the world's total stock market capitalization defined as international equity, international equity assets merit a meaningful allocation" (Wells Capital Management Official Webpage, 2010). The justification of outsour Continue Reading...
The following table lists the executive employee compensation for Home Depot in for 2008.
Home Depot Executive Compensation
Source: Home Depot (2008)
DISCUSSION
It is clear from the long-term goals set out by Home Depot that the desire to build Continue Reading...
U.S. Airways Conflict between Delivering
Short-term Earnings Vs Long-Term Value
Creation
For any company to be able to provide short-term profits short-term thinking, budgeting and planning is required. On the other hand short-term business decisi Continue Reading...
chief financial officer must pay close attention to receivables is no surprise to anyone. Receivables are an important potential source of money that can easily be converted into profit, just as easy as it can be lost forever. Management or recovery Continue Reading...
According to statistics, it has been noted that the current workforce is growing more and more disloyal and dissatisfied. The companies that do not respond to the current trends will end up paying a high price later. This is because, with the improve Continue Reading...
Often home-based caregivers, either a spouse or adult child, rely on institutional care only as a choice of last resort, and this is often reported only after their own health and well being begins to be perceived as degraded by caring for the indiv Continue Reading...
Intangible Assets: Human Capital -- Its Management and Relevance to Organizations
In essence, intangible assets, according to Kaplan and Norton (2013) can be categorized into three; human capital, information capital, and organization capital. It is Continue Reading...
Capital Project
According to the AMA, capital budgeting is "the decision-making process used by companies to evaluate long-term investments in large capital assets" (Hampton, 2011). Zeit (2013) makes the point that construction projects are included Continue Reading...
He wished to build the happiest place on the planet and this message continues to be handed over to the new recruits who join the organization presently also. Disney exists to give a guarantee to the Americans that are there for real. Disneyland is Continue Reading...
This will help me become more aware of effective communication techniques. This step should begin immediately and should continue for six months.
To determine if this is effective, I will seek feedback from my team members on my communication skill Continue Reading...
The two basics to keep in mind is that managerial accounting should be used early and often and not just internal stakeholders should be heeded and listened to (Tutor2U.net, 2013).
Conclusion
In conclusion, Thai Airlines would benefit greatly from Continue Reading...
Capital Financing
Financial planning and working capital management are two processes that enable capital financing in business. Financial planning uses projections and calculations to determine investment requirements where working capital manageme Continue Reading...
Managing Organizations/Hotel Management
Managing Organizations
The Marriot Corporation
A look at Six Sigma and the 7S McKinsey Framework
The Marriott Hotel Chain is a global brand offering resort and luxury hotel furnishings at popular vacation a Continue Reading...
Management
Empowerment and Performance of Middle Management
The empowerment of middle managers is a paradox that is not easily solved. As this strata or level of management is often given responsibility for making sure goals are achieved yet often Continue Reading...
Research Objectives and Scope
The main objective of the research then relates closely to the research problem. It is to research the problem of uncertainty as it manifests in the global business environment. Specific issues to be investigated incl Continue Reading...
Capital Structure Decision and Cost of Capital
In basic terms, capital structure has got to do with how companies finance their overall operations using various sources of funds. In this text, I recommend what is in my opinion the optimal capital st Continue Reading...
With a strong customer and employee basis, the company envisions taking early leadership of the global market. This is also to be based upon management excellence on a local scale. The management team is envisioned to be capable of translating visi Continue Reading...
Managing Across Cultures
Internationalization of the economy has influenced companies to operate their business globally. The global operation has impact managers with several challenges. Market, product, and production plans must be coordinated on Continue Reading...
Capital Structure and the Dividend Policies
Investment in firms
Miller-Modigliani Theorem
Impact of taxes
Impacts of bankruptcy
Dividend Signaling
Clientele effect
The general principles for investment are applicable to every business and thes Continue Reading...
All theories of capital structure are considered supplementary. As Myers pointed out it is a 'kind of puzzle and every new theory fills a small gap'. (Does Capital Structure really matter?)
Evaluating the tradeoff and pecking order theory Shyam-Sun Continue Reading...
Since, this one lacks structure means that many employees can become confused about their responsibilities. Once this occurs, it can often lead to employee issues, where this confusion can become an issue of contention between the staff and manageme Continue Reading...
"MIRR: A better measure." Business Horizons. 51(4), 321-329.
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McClure, B. (n.d.). "Taking Stock of Discounted Cash Flow." Investopedia. Cited in:
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If the estimates from the investment project are found to be viable, then the development of the capital budget for the particular project commences. The project investment will be included with the master budget of the entity along with the other i Continue Reading...