Manage risk Every business faces risks that could present threats to its success. Risk is defined as the probability of an event and its consequences. Risk management is the practice of using processes, methods and tools for managing these risks. Risk management focuses on identifying what could go wrong, evaluating which risks should be dealt with and implementing strategies to deal with those risks. Businesses that have identified the risks will be better prepared and have a more cost-effective
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Agency Problems and the Theory of the Firm Author(s): Eugene F. Fama Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 88, No. 2 (Apr., 1980), pp. 288-307 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1837292 . Accessed: 17/10/2012 15:40 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps
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Week 1: Introduction to Financial Accounting & Key Financial Statements Define Accounting Accounting is the process of identifying, measuring, recording and communicating economic information to assist users to make decisions. “Accounting is the language of business” – Warren Buffett Users are able to make better, well-informed decisions with the correct and sufficient information provided * The CEO salary is regarded as an expense on the financial statement as it is a deduction and it reduces the
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bondholders the guarantee it’s intended to be. Although these five were seen as being the countries in immediate danger of a possible default, the crisis has far-reaching consequences that extend beyond their borders to the world as a whole. In fact, the head of the Bank of England referred to it as “the most serious financial crisis at least since the 1930s, if not ever,” in October 2011. This is one of most important problems facing the world economy, but it is also one of the hardest to understand
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Agency Theory Agency theory identifies the agency relationship where one party, the principal, delegates work to another party, the agent who performs that work. In the context of corporation, the agents are the managers and the principals are the shareholders. Agency theory as related to the corporation is set in the context of the separation of ownership and control as described in the work of Berle and Means (1932) Agency relationship Agency relationship is defined by Jensen & Meckling
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Subject: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Course Code: M. Com Author: Dr. Suresh Mittal Lesson: 1 Vetter: Dr. Sanjay Tiwari FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPANSION, COMBINATION AND ACQUISITION STRUCTURE 1.0 Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Mergers and acquisitions 1.2.1 Types of Mergers 1.2.2 Advantages of merger and acquisition 1.3 Legal procedure of merger and acquisition 1.4 Financial evaluation of a merger/acquisition 1.5 Financing techniques in merger/Acquisition
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A PROJECT TO STUDY Acquisition OF TATA AND CORUS 0BY Jigar Gandhi Roll No- 11 PGDM - 4TH semester INTRODUCTION –( MERGERS AND ACQUISITION ) In this changed business paradigm only those organization rule who visualize the possibilities before they appear as plausible. Present Business environment, characterized by the globalization and liberalization, accommodates organization that are coming up with innovative strategies to survive and flourish. Companies in the global economies
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stock on Jan. 31, 2008. It is controversial to define whether the deal is a hostile takeover or not. The fact is Microsoft indeed publicly delivered the bid letter with premium price to Yahoo! boards, which seems genuine and generous. But on Apr 6th, Microsoft also threatened that they would claim to the existing Yahoo! shareholders to elect a new board and replace Jerry Yang, which is a typical hostile takeover approach. In order to analyze the reasons behind Microsoft’s decision to acquire Yahoo
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Rather a board of directors are elected who then appoint managers to oversee the day to day running of the company. This is called a separation of ownership and management and represents one distinctive feature of a corporation. In theory most financial managers would agree with the goal of maximising wealth for the owners of the corporation. In practice however, it could be suggested that managers are also concerned with their personal wealth, job security, lifestyle and other benefits such as
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Capital Structure Stewart C. Myers The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 15, No. 2. (Spring, 2001), pp. 81-102. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0895-3309%28200121%2915%3A2%3C81%3ACS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D The Journal of Economic Perspectives is currently published by American Economic Association. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides
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