Syllabus Cambridge International A & AS Level Business Studies Syllabus code 9707 For examination in June and November 2013 Contents Cambridge International A & AS Level Business Studies Syllabus code 9707 1. Introduction ..................................................................................... 2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Why choose Cambridge? Why choose Cambridge International A & AS Level Business Studies? Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) How can I find out
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The essential goal behind the decision making policies of a bank is to capitalize on the wealth of the bank’s shareholders. At times, there are some managers in the banks that make decisions that are in their own best interest as to oppose to the shareholders interest. For instance, decisions that affect the growth of the bank may be proposed to raise employees salaries, where as larger banks have the tendency to provide more employee compensation. Also, “the compensation to a bank’s loan officers
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applicable information about the value of the stock. 2. Theory of Investment Highlights the importance of making educated investment decisions. 3. Agency Cost Theory Managers of the business making decisions on behalf of the stockholders. 4. Agency Cost of Free Cash Flow Theory Reinvesting excess capital. 5. Pecking-order Theory of Capital Structure Proposes that the bulk of a company’s funds should be the profit it has earned and that profit should
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Business Definition – Objectives and Goals – Corporate Governance – Social Responsibility | CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Strategic management deals with decision making and actions which determine an enterprise’s ability to excel survive or die by making the best use of a firm’s resources in a dynamic environment. The main purpose of study of strategic management is to examine why some organization succeed while others fail and yet others completely
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cost is the difference between the value of one action and the value of the best alternative. An opportunity cost provides an indication of the relative importance of a decision. When the opportunity cost is small, the cost of an incorrect choice is small. Similarly, when the opportunity cost is large, the cost of not making the best choice is large. Suppose you sell a car for $7,200 without much forethought. You find out the next day that the car could have been sold for $7,300. You have
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Contents Executive Summary 3 Background 3 1. Reflection 4 1.1 Holding Company Structure 4 1.3 BCG Integration 5 2.3 Capital Market Structure as source of diversification 6 2.4 Corporate Value Framework 7 3-Products are Sold and not bought 8 3.1 Product Lifecycle Management 8 3.2 Balance Score Card to evaluate the performance 8 4- Where did the company go wrong? 10 5- Current organizational structure 10 6 The Influence of Technology 14 7. Cost reduction Increased Quality 15
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2005 LEASING, CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND DEBT DISPLACEMENT MARIA – ANDRADA GEORGESCU1 ABSTRACT. Brealy and Young (1980, p. 1249) remind us: “…the use of any lease valuation model involves a general theory of capital structure”. If a user purchase an asset with a given combination of cash and borrowing, there is a clear impact on corporate capital. The impact is not so clear if the user leases the asset. A brief review of the evolution of theories on corporate capital structure – presented by Myers
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topics that are critical to financial management: (1) the goals of the firms, (2) financial statement analysis, planning, and forecasting, (3) working capital policy and management, (4) capital budgeting techniques without and with risk, (5) capital structure theory and application, (5) the cost of capital estimation, and (6) long-term financing decisions. In addition, the course examines issues such as lease financing, merger and acquisition, and international financial management. B. Instructional
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MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Economic Factors Influencing Corporate Capital Structure in Three Asian Countries: Evidence from Japan, Malaysia and Pakistan Muhammad Mahmud and Gobind M. Herani and A.W. Rajar and Wahid Farooqi KASBIT, KABIT, Sindh University, Indus Institute of Higher Education 20. April 2009 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/15003/ MPRA Paper No. 15003, posted 4. May 2009 07:34 UTC Indus Journal of Management & Social Sciences, 3(1):9-17 (Spring 2009)
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use a past employer. “ Change or perish” (Abrahams, Eric “Change without Pain” Harvard Business Review 2000, p.1) is the fate of companies and corporations when faced with the external and internal challenges that impact organizations, their structure and process and ultimately corporate success. (Abrahams, 2000). Regardless how uniquely positioned in its macro- or micro economical environment, no company is sheltered from the requirement to adapt to the ever-changing circumstances and influencing
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