Published by The University of North Carolina’s TECHNOLOG DEVELOPMENT OGY SMALL BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTER Star t-Up Resource Guide Starting a business in North Carolina Get your free download of this publication at www.sbtdc.org/pdf/startup.pdf Publication Data © 2009 by the University of North Carolina’s Small Business and Technology Development Center 5 West Hargett Street, Suite 600 Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1348 Phone 919/715-7272 or 800/258-0862
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Project MANAGE ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE Identifying strategic direction Among the most useful tools for strategic planning is SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats). The main objective of this tool is to analyze internal strategic factors, strengths and weaknesses attributed to the organization, and external factors beyond control of the organization such as opportunities and threats. Other tools include: * Balanced Scorecards, which creates a systematic framework
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Organizational Design/MMPBL/550 Dr. Wayne Brock Best Snacks Inc. have held the number one or two position in the snack arena giving exceptional and secure investments for their investors. In the past two years, sales have dropped drastically, the market shares have decreased and stock prices were spiraling down. The Vice President of Organizational Development, Sabrina McKay is a valuable asset with exceptional expertise that involves several organizational development initiatives. However, due
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CAPITALISM Although there are as many economic systems as there are countries, we will discuss the basic elements of pure capitalism. Purely capitalist economies are characterized by exclusive private ownership of productive resources and the use of markets to allocate goods and services. Pure capitalism stands in stark contrast to socialism, which is characterized by partial or total public ownership of productive resources and centralized decision making to allocate resources. Capitalism in its
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travel related services market in Australia including the role of the Travel Compensation Fund Submission by Australian Federation of Travel Agents April 2010 Contact Mr Jayson Westbury Chief Executive Officer, AFTA 309 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 T: 02 9287 9900 E: afta@afta.com.au Without a travel agent, you are on your own AFTA submission to Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs Review of consumer protection measures in the travel and travel-related services market including the role
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1. Read the above attached document. 2. Complete Experiential Exercise 4A, Step 1, page 128. Please note that the instructions guide you to “Table 4-7”. As this instruction is a typo in the text, please replace it with “Table 4-6”. Once you have found “Table 4-6”, please complete the first 18 ratios and then 2 of your choice form the remaining ratios (this will equal the twenty required in the Assurance of Learning Exercise). Financial ratio analysis is one of the best techniques for identifying
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France | | Edwin Alejandro De La Cruz Bonilla | 10/10/2014 | Professor: Ricardo Castellanos Curiel Professor: Ricardo Castellanos Curiel | Contents United Cereal: “The UC Way” 2 Rising Cereal Market 2 Going Global: Entering European Markets 3 Competing in a Tough Market 3 Implementing European Technical Teams 4 A New Lifestyle: Eating Healthy 4 Launching the Product in France 5 Coordinating Europe 5 Green Flag? 6 Flexibility among the UC Way 7 Exhibit 1 UC’s Shipment
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It is the cost of capital that is expected to raise funds to finance a capital budget or investment proposal. a. Future cost 5. This concept is helpful in formulating a sound & economical capital structure for a firm. c. Designing optimal corporate capital structure 6. It is the minimum required rate of return needed to justify the use of capital. b. Firms point 7. It arises when there is a conflict of interest among owners, debenture holders and the management. d. Agency costs 8. Some
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Sample Request for Proposal The following sample Request for Proposal (RFP) was provided by NPower Seattle. Please note that the project described here is for example only and should not be reused verbatim. For more information on how to build an effect RFP, please see TechSoup's RFP Library at: http://www.techsoup.org/emcf/rfp Copyright 2003 NPower Seattle. All rights reserved. Agency XYZ REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WEB SITE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & HOSTING MAY 2, 2003 Table of Contents 1. Summary ..
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Normalization 2. The core of modern financial management is procurement of least cost funds and its effective utilization. It is more____________ in nature: A. Geometrical B. Analytical C. Practical D. Theoretical 3. Investment decision is also known as A. Capital decision B. Profit decision C. Capital budgeting decision D. Working capital decision 4. Rate of return required by investor is normally known as: A. Coupon rate B. Market rate C. Hurdle rate D. Risk-free rate 5. Long term external borrowings are
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