which basically means how fast an product or how good a product can be made in a certain period of time. The efficiency of production will easy affect the company profit as the output that is given by the company needs to match its sales. Productivity is the main factor that affects the performance of the company because more productivity means more income and also it will increase the power of purchase that will eventually affect the nation economic growth. Most companies or nation face this problem
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the determinants of capital structure in plantations sector. Suggestion also include in this chapter for future research. 5.1 Conclusions This study examined the determinants of capital structure under plantations sector in Malaysia. It focused on plantation companies listed in main market of Bursa Malaysia during five years period from 2006 – 2010. The data is collected from companies’ annual reports. 200 observations has been done for 40 companies. The capital structure is determine by debt
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THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LIII‚ NO. 4 • AUGUST 1998 Agency Costs‚ Risk Management‚ and Capital Structure HAYNE E. LELAND* ABSTRACT The joint determination of capital structure and investment risk is examined. Optimal capital structure ref lects both the tax advantages of debt less default costs ~Modigliani and Miller ~1958‚ 1963!!‚ and the agency costs resulting from asset substitution ~Jensen and Meckling ~1976!!. Agency costs restrict leverage and debt maturity and increase yield
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The Armstrong Production Company is an industry-leading firm in the field of manufacturing synthetic building materials for homes and commercial structures‚ based near St. Louis. Armstrong was fortunate in its initial stages to quickly secure inexpensive funding in the form of developmental loans issued by the State of Illinois‚ and thus was able to break even within three years of its founding in the early 1970s. Able to pour resources into its research and development segment‚ riding on the increasing
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Capital structure describes how a corporation has organized its capital—how it obtains the financial resources with which it operates its business. Businesses adopt various capital structures to meet both internal needs for capital and external requirements for returns on shareholders investments. As shown on its balance sheet‚ a company’s capitalization is constructed from three basic blocks: Long-term debt. By standard accounting definition‚ long-term debt includes obligations that are not
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Assignment 1. Some of the key trends in the capital structure of India Inc. are as follows: Key observations: * Indian corporate employ substantial amount of debt in their capital structure in terms of the debt-equity ratio as well as total debt to total assets ratio. * As a result of debt-dominated capital structure‚ the Indian corporate are exposed to a very high degree of total risk as reflected in high degree of operating leverage and financial leverage and‚ consequently‚ are
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117 Capital Market - Clearing and Settlement IS M R Capital Market - Clearing and Settlement Introduction The transactions in secondary market pass through three distinct phases‚ viz.‚ trading‚ clearing and settlement. While the stock exchanges provide the platform for trading‚ the clearing corporation determines the funds and securities obligations of the trading members and ensures that the trade is settled through exchange of obligations. The clearing banks and the depositories provide
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we will explain capital structure and determine weighted average cost of capital (WACC) from the assumption provided by Mary Francis. Furthermore‚ we will show how WACC and Capital Structure can be leveraged to find out the viability of the capital project. Additionally‚ we will explain marginal cost of capital. To close‚ we will make a recommendation on the best approach to apply to project evaluation between capital structure and WACC Capital Structure Capital Structure refers to the sources
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Introduction The context of this paper is to investigate the relationship between capital structure and firm performance on Malaysia plantations industries. According to Brealey and Myers (1988)‚ the capital structure will determine the survival of a business. Damodaran (2001) defined capital structure as the mix of debt and equity used to finance the operation of firms. Capital structure is closed link with corporate performance (Tian and Zeitun‚ 2007). Corporate performance can be measured by
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Capital Structure 7 July 2013 Introduction The capital structure for a company can be very important for the success of the company. Many aspects of the business must be evaluated in order to determine the appropriate capital structure. Throughout this paper‚ three companies will be evaluated. The three companies being evaluated are eBay (NasdaqGS: EBAY)‚ The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX)‚ and Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK). Company Overview eBay is a very popular company
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