ASPECTS OF FINANCIAL by William A. Sahlman‚ CONTRACTING IN Harvard Business School VENTURE CAPITAL INTRODUCTION During much of the 1960s and 1970s‚ academic discussions of corporate capital structure routinely began with the assumption that a firm’s financing decisions had no material effect on its intrinsic economic value. Setting aside tax consequences and the possibility of a costly bankruptcy‚ the value of the firm was assumed to depend solely on the level and risk of a firm’s operating
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An offset agreement is a stipulation made between a foreign supplier and a company which requires the supplier to purchase a certain amount of goods from that country in exchange for a contract. Offset agreements can be direct or indirect‚ depending on what raw materials the country may have. These agreements are often required in order to award a foreign contract to a large company producing valuable goods. A direct offset agreement means that the supplier has agreed to buy something from the
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Standards start to tighten after incidents of unethical behavior shake engineers and contractors Ethics are challenged everywhere‚ it seems. On Oct. 28‚ a U.S. prosecutor indicted Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff for allegedly lying to a grand jury‚ which ended a particularly bad week for the Bush administration. But it was also a bad week for other politicians around the U.S.‚ whose proven or suspected ethics lapses also made headlines‚ if not on the front page. While I. Lewis Libby
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THE MAIN STAGES IN THE PROCEDURE OF CONTRACTING A CUSTOMARY LAW MARRIAGE AND A STATUTORY LAW MARRIAGE IN ZAMBIA. AUTHOR: KATALILO JOY INTRODUCTION This paper is aimed at stating and comparing the stages involved in the procedure of contracting a customary law marriage and that of a statutory marriage in Zambia. Marriage in Zambia‚ like most African countries‚ is governed by two laws. These are customary law and statutory law. Customary law is basically
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A review of the literature revealed that there continues to be no clear staffing method based of patient acuity for inpatient psychiatric units. More research needs to be conducted once staffing models are developed‚ but there is a clear need for mental health units to have their own staffing models based on patient acuity (Hanrahan‚ 2012; McKee‚ Harrison & Smith‚ 2006). Research has been conducted on several aspect of how inappropriate staffing levels have an impact on the rate of violence on units
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Definition of Creativity and innovation creative - cre-a-tive new and original‚ using or showing use of the imagination to create new ideas or things‚ able to create new things‚ making imaginative use of the limited resources available‚ a creator of new ideas and concepts. Innovation - in-no-va-tion the act or process of inventing or introducing something new‚ a new invention or way o doing something creativity process The Creative Process has six phases… Inspiration: In which you research
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"Capacity" means the ability to use and understand information to make a decision‚ and communicate any decision made. A person lacks capacity if their mind is impaired or disturbed in some way‚ and this means the person is unable to make a decision at that time. Examples of how a person’s capacity may be impaired include: • mental health conditions – such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder • dementia • severe learning disabilities • brain damage – for example‚ from a stroke or other brain injury
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Madelyn Deal Ethics from a Global Perspective Dr. Robert Scott 27 April 2017 Chinese Foot Binding For many years‚ Chinese foot binding was a way to show that a woman was wealthy and beautiful. If you did not bind your feet‚ then you were a poor‚ hard-working woman who had slim chances of getting married. Women had to go through this painful experience for years‚ just to show that they were among the elite. Foot binding was a very agonizing experience for girls just to have a good chance of marriage; this
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It’s your turn to host a small dinner party‚ and after going to your friends’ houses the last few times‚ you (and probably they too) have grown tired of the same food items on the menu: burgers‚ brats‚ and the occasional delivery pizza. You want to do something different and why not? If you are stumped on ideas‚ shake it up and try cooking authentic Mexican food. Mole is one of the most traditional dishes from our neighbors to the south and is a delicious place to start when deciding between Mexican
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AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT 1. Introduction Dear students‚ welcome to the lecture series on Business Regulatory Frame Work. Today we are going to discuss the Indian Contract Act 1872. Before I start my discussion on the contract‚ I would like to make you aware that the Indian Contract Act 1872 came enforced on the 1st day of the September 1872. It is applicable to whole of the country except the State Jammu & Kashmir. The course related to the law is designed to impart the knowledge to the student
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