India took some steps in this direction in the 1980s, but it was not until 1991 that the government signaled a systemic shift to a more open economy with greater reliance upon market forces, a larger role for the private sector including foreign investment, and a restructuring of the role of government. India’s economic performance in the post-reforms period has many positive features. The average growth rate in the ten year period from 1992-93 to 2001-02 was around 6.0 percent, as shown in Table
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Background of insurance industry of bd Insurance is not a new idea or proposition to the people of Bangladesh. About half a century back, during the British regime in the then India, some insurance companies started insurance business, particularly life, in this part of the world. Since 1947 until 1971 insurance business gained momentum in this part of what was then known as East Pakistan. There were about 49 companies transacting both life and general insurance business. These companies were operating
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Multinational enterprises use “flows of foreign direct investment” to finance their foreign affiliates. These capital flows change the industrial composition of production and employment in both the home and host countries. The flows are usually small compared to the total financing of the affiliate which also come from lenders and investors. The multinational does not only finance its foreign affiliates through flows of foreign direct investment but also provides affiliates with intangible assets for
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Summary: Inner-City Paint Corporation is a small company that had steady growth. However, the slow down of the housing market in addition to an overall slow down in the economy caused financial difficulties for the company. Although the company has a few strengths and has a reputation for fast delivery, Mr. Walsh is overlooking a lot of opportunities that could solve his financial problems. He is also very reluctant to change his policies, procedures, management and financial structure which
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Running Header: Service Request SR-kf-013 Paper Frequent Shopper Program The electronic commerce components of the Frequent Shopper Program are aspects of the Sales and Marketing Department’s strategic objectives to increase the loyalty and profitability of its consumers. Under this program, customer shopping trends are identified and rewarded. This in turn can support the objectives providing an inventory selection of specialty foods that their customers’ desire increasing the favorable of repeat
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Intersect Investment Company (IIC) is a financial investment firm that has struggled to regain the trust of their clients as well as their constituents on Wall Street. Since the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001, the financial industry has been nothing short of chaotic. Frank Jeffers is the CEO of Intersect Investment Company and is looking to implement a “customer intimacy” model that will help Intersect become successful in the future. Frank Jeffers has selected a leadership team
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Why is corporate finance important to all manager? Corporate finance is important to all managers due to the priority capital has in a company. That is, without effective financial management, a company will be unable to develop products, get them to market and grow the business. Organizational forms a company may have as it evolves from start up to major corporation are: Sole Propietorship. Effectively a person “hangs a shingle” and becomes a business. It is subject to few government
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Abstract This paper focuses on the growth of Bangladesh stock market over time. The market trends in terms of market capitalization, market liquidity, market concentration, number of listings, volatility in the market index and foreign portfolio investment were considered. The study finds that key indicators are significantly correlated. Stock market growth index is constructed considering market capitalization ratio; turn over ratio, value traded to GDP ratio and volatility in market index. The findings
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consumption * Investments should provide appropriate compensation for forgone consumption * WE DON'T TAKE ON ADDITIONAL RISK UNLESS WE EXPECT TO COMPENSATED WITH ADDITIONAL RETURN * The Time Value of Money * A dollar received today is more valuable than a dollar received in the future because of opportunity cost * Costs and future benefits of investments should be measured in present values * If present value of future benefits exceed costs, then investment should be
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will have the resources to pay its current and maturing obligations. Since the company has no long-term debt, it has more resources to pay obligations. A disadvantage is that if the company has no long-term debt, it does not have any long-term investments. When a company invests in securities, such as bonds, common stock, or long-term notes, the company is anticipating its long-term life. For example, bonds are a long term debt that are cashable at a certain point in time; if a company has bonds
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