1. Which of the following would increase the likelihood that a company would increase its debt ratio in its capital structure? a. An increase in costs incurred when filing for bankruptcy. b. An increase in the corporate tax rate. c. An increase in the personal tax rate. d. None of the statements above is correct. ANSWER: B An increase in the corporate tax rate would mean that firms would get larger tax breaks for interest payments. Therefore‚ firms have an incentive to increase interest payments
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions Trends and drivers of change in the food and beverage industry in Europe: Mapping report Introduction Overview of the sector Trends and drivers of change Consequences of drivers of change SWOT analysis of the European food industry Bibliography This report is available in electronic format only Wyattville Road‚ Loughlinstown‚ Dublin 18‚ Ireland. - Tel: (+353 1) 204 31 00 - Fax: 282 42 09 / 282 64 56 email: postmaster@eurofound
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Market Structure The beer industry is widely known for been an oligopoly. However‚ in our approach‚ we will explore the possibility of analyzing microbreweries in particular from a monopolistic competition market structure perspective. The beer market oligopoly is composed by three big players: Anheuser-Busch which holds 48 % of the market share‚ Miller Brewing Co.‚ with 18% and Coors Brewing Co. with 11%. Please refer to the below graph and table for information regarding the market
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1) Why has the United States brewing industry become more concentrated over the last two decades? I think that there is a couple of reason for this trend in the United States. One thing is that the consumption of beer has been slowly declining‚ in order to raise in market share‚ companies are having to think of ways to take customers away from other companies. This would lead to the rise in market share for some companies and the decrease or closer of over companies. Another risen is advertisement
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factors for the low-cost airline industry Figure 1 illustrates the process followed to determine the key success factors (KSF) in the low-cost airline industry. It is adapted from the process developed by Grant (2005: 93). The texts highlighted in red are the responses to the questions posed in the model and serves as the inputs to the discussion on the KSFs for the low-cost airline industry. Figure 1. Identifying key success factors in the low-cost airline industry. Cost As consumers become
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The electronic private automatic branch exchange (EPABX) is equipment that has made day-to-day working in the offices much simpler‚ especially in the area of communication. The EPABX may be defined as a switching system that makes available both internal and external stitching functions of any organisation. The selection of an EPBAX is a difficult task and requires deep knowledge of traffic pattern of the office. By using an EPABX both the internal and external needs of the organisation are
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Profile of Steel Industry in India (Managerial Economics) CONTENTS Introduction Market Size Investments Government Initiatives Steel Prices Supply and Demand Analysis Cost of production Production Functions and Input: Fixed & Variable Inputs: Total & Average cost: Calculating Average
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background The main theme of capital structure is the reasoning that it is the blend of two main financial variables which are liabilities that includes debt and the second one is also a kind of liability retained earnings or equity. These are the main variables that are involved in the asset financing of an organization. The major decision that is made in finance is about the capital structure. There are many theories about capital structure. Except of those theories there is the major part
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Airline Industry Competitive Structure The market structure of the Airline industry consists of a few corporations making its market structure an oligopoly. The airline industry is very volatile to changes in oil prices and can lead to fare increases and reducing overall profits. In 2011 for example jet fuel cost was at 2.84 a gallon up 243% from 1995 adjusted with inflation. In addition to what the current market is charging for a barrel of oil airlines have to deal with the “crack spread”‚ which
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Executive Summary Industry Profile 1. Industry classification 2. Size & growth 3. Profitability 1. Industry Profitability 2. Complement & family products profitability 3. Factors affect profitability: 3.1. Product segmentation 3.2. Degree of industry concentration 3.3. Ease of entry & exit 3.4. Price factors in key supply input 4. SWOT analysis Demand and Supply Analysis 1. Demand 1. Customer study 1.1. Age/Sex/Geographical allocation 1.2. Occupation/Income/Lifestyles
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