Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors Are Reliably Important? Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal∗ This paper examines the relative importance of many factors in the capital structure decisions of publicly traded American firms from 1950 to 2003. The most reliable factors for explaining market leverage are: median industry leverage (+ effect on leverage)‚ market-to-book assets ratio (−)‚ tangibility (+)‚ profits (−)‚ log of assets (+)‚ and expected inflation (+). In addition‚ we find
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Describe the factors that influence the effectiveness of interpersonal communication Interpersonal communication This process of sharing ideas and feelings between individuals. This can be improved through appropriate knowledge practices‚ feedback and reflection. Cultural influence Culture is referred to as customs‚ language‚ arts of a particular region. It includes learned values‚ beliefs and behaviors common to a group of individuals. Culture can be strong barrier to interpersonal communication between
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FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL The purpose of communication is to get your message across to others clearly and unambiguously. It’s a process that can be fraught with error‚ with messages often misinterpreted by the recipient. To avoid tremendous confusion‚ wasted effort and missed opportunity you have to consider factors before selecting a channel of communication. The channel of communication may be defined as any means or way used for transmitting a message from the
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P3 Draft -Factors which lead to abusive situations Certain groups of people appear to be more vulnerable and susceptible of abuse compared to others. The individuals may suffer from mental health problems or may have physical or learning disabilities‚ the older population tend to be more at risk of abuse as the elderly are weak and frail and cannot often defend themselves especially those with dementia. Any group of individuals who tends to be more at risk of abuse tend and just abide with the abuser
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An experiment to investigate the factors which affect Resistance in a wire What is resistance? A potential difference (V) applied across a wire of length (l)‚ there is in the conductor‚ an electric field (E). In this electric field the free electrons are not however under continuous acceleration (Ee/m). This is because they repeatedly collide with the moderately massive vibrating atoms losing their kinetic energy. The vibrating atoms having gained this kinetic energy now vibrate more. The resulting
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Communication is the art of conversation between two or more persons by means of speaking‚ writing or using a common system of signs or expression. It requires training and experience to communicate well with other people. On the other hand‚ the act of communication involves verbal‚ non- verbal and para- verbal components where these components refer to the content of the message conveyed‚ the choice and arrangement of words‚ the message
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FACTORS AFFECTING COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF CTC-II QUIRINO STATE UNIVERSITY‚ CABARROGUIS CAMPUS Background of the study All students graduating from College must be able to communicate. This includes the Computer Information System majors. They should be able to read‚ write‚ speak‚ and comprehend in order to communicate technical issues to their peers‚ supervisors and end users. In fact employers are increasing demanding this of their entry level employees. Software programming skills
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Excessive debt‚ burdens the poor nations since they are forced to drain away all the resources meant for development in order to finance their debts. Underdevelopment is worse when the money borrowed is embezzled hence ending up in private pockets which leads to the whole country repaying what they never used. The economy of the country is also undermined since all the sectors of the economy including health sector‚ education sector‚ agricultural sector‚ tourism sector and other sectors are compromised
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Examine the factors which have given rise to globalisation Globalisation can be defined as the growing interdependence of world economies. Before you proceed with this essay you must take two key points into consideration; firstly‚ that globalisation is not an end result‚ but is a continuing process that is always growing and gathering momentum‚ and secondly‚ that globalisation leads to world economies becoming more dependent upon each other. Globalisation is not a new phenomenon‚ in fact it has
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explaining the different types of development which all have a huge impact on children and young persons lives‚ my assignment will be covering all aspects of children and young persons development from birth to the age of nineteen. It is very important for each childcare practitioner to know all these aspects of development as they will need to know this when taking observations of children and also young persons‚ my project will also include the different factors which can affect development in children and
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