Connections and Information Acquisition in Capital Allocation Mariassunta Giannetti Xiaoyun Yu Stockholm School of Economics‚ Kelley School of Business CEPR and ECGI Indiana University mariassunta.giannetti@hhs.se xiyu@indiana.edu August 2010 This paper was previously circulated under the title “Favoritism or Markets in Capital Allocation?” We thank Franklin Allen‚ Utpal Bhattacharya‚ Philip Bond‚ Brian Bucks‚ Chun Chang‚ Todd Gormley‚ Denis Gromb‚ Dalida Kadyrzhanova
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The date is January 3rd‚ 2010 and I am on a bus headed for basic training‚ a four-month long process. I have a million thoughts rolling through my head. I have no idea what to expect. All I know is that I’m not in Texas anymore. I look out my window and see snow everywhere and soldiers walking in formation. The bus starts to take off toward the barracks‚ which I will call home for the next few months. Out of nowhere‚ three drill sergeants stand up and start talking to us about what we’re going to
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An acquisition means the purchase of one company by another company. Consolidation occurs when two companies combine together to form a new company altogether. An acquisition may be private or public‚ depending on whether the acquiree or merging company is or is not listed in public markets. An acquisition is of 2 types i.e. friendly or hostile. If a purchase is perceived as a friendly or hostile depends on how it is communicated to and received by the target company’s board of directors‚ shareholders
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MARKETING includes identifying unmet needs; producing products and services to meet those needs: and pricing‚ distributing‚ and promoting those products and services to produce a profit. Marketing is an integrated communications-based process through which individuals and communities discover that existing and newly-identified needs and wants may be satisfied by the products and services of others. Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as the activity‚ set of institutions‚
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Simply sound Introduction I am starting a business that will cater for the engineer‚ musician and entertainment industry. This is a marketing and financial plan that will take you through every step intended to be taken to get this business off the ground. I will be registering the business as a CC Company. Executive summary My business will be an overall sound engineering and equipment business. We will cater to setting up the sound for live shows‚ events and corporate functions. In addition
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Differences between Chinese and Western Business Cultures Abstract This paper discusses the differences between Chinese and Western business cultures and values. China has joined the World Trade Organization for 10 years‚ the divergence between Chinese and western business styles is decreasing due to the globalization and increasing world trade and growing freedom of capital flow(Liu and Mackinnon‚ 2011)[1]. The paper attempt to reveal the reasons why Western businesses could be successful
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beliefs and behaviours that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organisation. The aim of this essay is to evaluate whether or not a strong organisational culture must have customer service at its heart. One point which suggest a strong organisational culture perhaps must have customer service at its heart because‚ customer service can help a business differentiate (porter) from competitors in a very intense (porter) climate. As with Southwest‚ who are known for their culture
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same for all product. While service quality is involves a comparison of expectation with performance. Service quality is measure of how well a delivered service matches the customer expectation. It was involve a comparison of expectation with performance. Product quality is usually involves a comparison of expectation with performance while service quality usually termed for service organization. Quality in manufacturing organization is often different from that of service organization. Manufacturing
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27/9/2014 Topic: "Write an essay on the following topic: "Discuss cultural differences as they exist in American and Vietnamese culture and suggest some ways to overcome them." CONTENT The difference of culture impacts so much to the way to living‚ the way of thinking and the way of doing business. America and Vietnam have a big difference in culture‚ religion and business. However‚ we live in a world where it is called flat world‚ where there is no restriction between countries. It requires us to
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The eight stages of New Product Development 1. Idea Generation is often called the "NPD" of the NPD process. Ideas for new products can be obtained from basic research using a SWOT analysis (Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities & Threats). Market and consumer trends‚ company ’s R&D department‚ competitors‚ focus groups‚ employees‚ salespeople‚ corporate spies‚ trade shows‚ or ethnographic discovery methods (searching for user patterns and habits) may also be used to get an insight into new product
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