FIN 527 Alternative Investments | Private Equity | Project 1. | | Wei Chen‚ Ye Zhang | | | Part 1. Performance Measurement for Private Equity a) Summary statistics for venture capital and buyout returns: Histograms of returns: The return distribution of venture capital has a kurtosis of 23.25 and a skewness of 3.63‚ which means it is leptokurtic and skews to the right. It is not close to normal distribution. Mainly due to the high returns in late 1990s during the
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PRACTICE PROBLEMS - EQUITY: Problem 1: The equity section of ABC Company’s balance sheet as of January 1‚ 2014 is presented below: Common Stock($0.5 par)$ 100‚000 Additional Paid-In Capital$ 2‚000‚000 Treasury Stock($ 500‚000) Retained Earnings$ 1‚000‚000 Total Equity$ 2‚600‚000 Note that all paid-in capital accounts are tracked in the single “Additional Paid-In Capital” account listed on the balance sheet. ABC Company recorded net income of $120‚000 in 2014. It neither declared nor paid
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commencement speech the most appealing. It clearly conveys Bloomberg’s thoughts and beliefs into a reasonable message. Bloomberg gives statistics and reasonable statements as to why freedom of speech‚ especially on college campuses‚ should be protected and valued. He states “Tolerance for other people’s ideas‚ and the freedom to express your own‚ are inseparable values at great universities.” Bloomberg speaks on how important different ideas and conflicting opinions are vital to human growth. He also criticizes
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BRAND EQUITY Why recently ads have used old Hindi songs in place of jingles? SWITCH on the telly and chances are that you will catch an old Hindi number. Now‚ they could either be from the numerous music channels playing retro numbers or songs running on television commercials . And with so many commercial breaks‚ one sees more Hindi songs as jingles for TVCs than the original song itself. So from ‘Pehli Tareek’ for Cadbury to ‘Hum jab honge’ for SBI Life to ‘I love you’ for Nestle Kit Kat‚ the
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Equity is still very relevant today- equitable rights‚ interests‚ and remedies remain important in law today. Equitable relief introduces injunctions in labor disputes‚ partitions of real property‚ specific performance of contracts‚ reformation of contracts‚ setting aside invalid wills‚ divorces and various other matters where the court orders something to be done other than entering a judgment for money damages. Concepts such as mortgages and Trusts are founded on the idea
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explore the importance of Brand Equity and any of the associated metrics. Brand Equity is the differential effect that knowing the brand name has on customer response to the product or its marketing. America Marketing Association has given a definition of brand equity‚ it suggests that “The value of a brand. From a consumer perspective‚ brand equity is based on consumer attitudes about positive brand attributes and favorable consequences of brand use.” Brand equity is a critical marketing component
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Shareholder’s Equity Samantha Partida ACC 306 Ashley Harper December 10‚ 2012 Shareholder’s equity‚ also known as stockholder’s equity‚ is essentially the amount of equity directly from stock. The calculation to determine shareholder’s equity is quite simple as outlined further in this paper. In order to figure out where the numbers are located for this figure‚ just look for the shareholder’s equity financial statement. Comprehensive income also plays a role in equity. Shareholder’s equity is also
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UNDERSTANDING BRAND EQUITY ANSWERS TO TEN COMMON BRANDING QUESTIONS Kevin Lane Keller Tuck School of Business Dartmouth College UNDERSTANDING BRAND EQUITY ANSWERS TO TEN COMMON BRANDING QUESTIONS One of the most popular and potentially important marketing topics to arise in the 1980 ’s was the concept of brand equity. The emergence of brand equity‚ however‚ has meant both "good news" and "bad news." The good news is that it has raised the importance of the brand in marketing strategy --
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wrong. It is one of the equitable maxims that ’Equity looks to the intention and not the form’ which stands that it is fair to look at the intention rather than the fact they got the formalities wrong. This maxim was shown in the case of Berry v Berry (1929) where a deed was held to have been altered by a simple contract which is not possible in common law. However‚ equity decided that it is allowed with the presence of intention. The flexibility of equity had provided much more fairness and justice
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Equity Theory of Motivation The equity theory of motivation is used to describe the relationship between the employees perception of how fairly is he being treated and how hard he is motivated to work Motivation is the activation of an energized goal-oriented behavior. Everyone takes up a job as they are motivated by some factor or the other. Some are motivated by the challenge they will face in carrying out their job‚ some are motivated by the level of fame they may earn‚ others and
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