Effects of Working Capital Management on the Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya: A Case of Small and Medium Textile Enterprises in Nairobi Central Business District Waheho E. W Abstract Several Kenyan businesses operate in different business sectors of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and contribute wealth to Kenyan economy in terms of value creation. For the success of any Kenyan enterprise‚ the financial management of assets is so crucial. Thus‚ this research
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Impact of Working Capital Management in the Profitability of Hindalco Industries Limited J P Singh* and Shishir Pandey** For the successful working of any business organization‚ fixed and current assets play a vital role. Management of working capital is essential as it has a direct impact on profitability and liquidity. An attempt has been made in this paper to study the working capital components and the impact of working capital management on profitability of Hindalco Industries Limited. The
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Capital Budgeting Scenario Proposal A: New Factory A company wants to build a new factory for increased capacity. Using the net present value (NPV) method of capital budgeting‚ determine the proposal’s appropriateness and economic viability with the following information: • Building a new factory will increase capacity by 30%. • The current capacity is $10 million of sales with a 5% profit margin. • The factory costs $10 million to build. • The new capacity will meet the company’s needs for
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Analysis and Reflection #3 Part one Human capital can generally be defined as the set of skills which someone acquires on the job‚ through training and experience‚ and which increase that person’s value in the market place. Any activity that increases the productivity of labor may be considered an investment in human capital (McConnell‚ 2009). Company can spend not only on formal education for employees‚ but also can spend on informal training. In addition‚ providing them with health or other benefits
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utilize the natural resource of the Sun‚ and are a renewable energy source. From left: PS10 and PS20 solar towers. Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of resource use‚ that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also for generations to come (sometimes taught as ELF-Environment‚ Local people‚ Future). The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable
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share (P0)? b. What is Gentry’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC)? c. Gentry can increase its debt by $8 million‚ to a total of $10 million‚ using the new debt to buy back and retire some of its shares at the current price. Its interest rate on debt will be 12 percent (it will have to call and refund the old debt)‚ and its cost of equity will rise from 15 percent to 17 percent. EBIT will remain constant. Should Gentry change its capital structure? d. If Gentry did not have to refund the
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1. What is Capital One’s business and who are their competitors? Capital One is a financial services company‚ whose banking and non-banking subsidiaries market a variety of financial products and services. The Company operates in Credit Card‚ Commercial Banking and Consumer Banking segments. It issues credit cards‚ loans‚ banking and savings products‚ while determining rates to charge‚ and which customers are risky. Its competitors consist of banks‚ investment banks‚ and other credit card companies
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Driving strategic success through human capital planning: how Corning links business and HR strategy to improve the value and impact of its HR function. The HR function at Corning‚ Incorporated‚ considers human capital planning (HCP) a critical business process because of its transformational impact on the value the function delivers to the business and the way it delivers that value. With HCP‚ HR has the opportunity to get and keep a seat at the strategic decision making table. Corning uses
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Chapter 12 Capital Structure and Leverage LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • Explain why capital structure policy involves a trade-off between risk and return‚ and list the four primary factors that influence capital structure decisions. • Distinguish between a firm’s business risk and its financial risk. • Explain how operating leverage contributes to a firm’s business risk and conduct a breakeven analysis‚ complete with
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Capital Budget Recommendation Managerial Accounting and Legal Aspect of Business/ACC 543 May 24‚ 2010 Capital Budget Recommendation Guillermo Navallez is the owner of Guillermo Furniture‚ a company that
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