Objectives of Firms Introduction to Business Objectives Standard theory assumes that businesses have sufficient information‚ market power and (importantly) motivation to set prices for their products that maximise profits This assumption is now heavily criticised by economists who have studied the organisation and objectives of modern-day corporations. Not only do most businesses frequently move away from pure profit-seeking behaviour‚ many are organised and operated in a way where profit is not the
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produce a product or service” (Tracy)1. They take risks in order to fill the void between what is available and what consumers want or need. Entrepreneurs create prosperity and growth within the economy “…because it is the entrepreneurial energy‚ creativity and motivation that trigger the production and sale of new products and services” (Tracy)1. These businesspeople help build our economy by creating jobs‚ increasing productivity and partnering with other firms to help reach success. Entrepreneurship
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Firms did not flourish until the early 20th century. They emerged as an authorized structure and were granted exclusive rights to trade and conduct business in certain markets and products. The fact that firms are a different way to organize economic activities cannot explain explicitly and adequately the reason of firm formation. Many socialists and economists have given their interpretations of the conditions under which firms emerged and developed in certain ways in a specialised exchange economy
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of the Firm The firm’s goal is to maximize profits‚ !. In order to do this it must decide what quantity of a good to produce given costs‚ technology and demand. A competitive firm is assumed to be able to sell as much as it wants at the market price without affecting price. So it takes price as exogenous (beyond it’s control) and does not worry about demand. In addition‚ for our purpose we’ll assume the firm operates efficiently‚ that is‚ whatever the level of production that the firm chooses
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Validity of Efficient Market Hypothesis THE CONTRASTING EVIDENCE OF THE VALIDITY OF THE EFFICIENT MARKET HYPOTHESIS There is apparently plenty of divergence relating to the validity of efficient market hypothesis (EMH)‚ some academics or financial gurus support efficient market hypothesis while there are some who assert that efficient market hypothesis and random walk theory are flawed concepts in the post-financial crisis era. Beginning with the definition of efficient market hypothesis‚ it states
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Answer to Question 1: Efficient Market Hypothesis was firstly brought forward by E. Fama in 1960s. Its main believing is in that security prices fully reflect all available information in an efficient market‚ which allows investors to earn no above average risk-adjusted return (Fama‚ 1965). Although some technical studies and opportunistic investors have stretched hard in searching for proofs to challenge the efficient market hypothesis‚ and to prove above average returns could be gained by predicting
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Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 24: 587–614 (2003) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/smj.330 INCREASING FIRM VALUE THROUGH DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME KAREN SCHNATTERLY* Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ U.S.A. White-collar crime can cost a company from 1 percent to 6 percent of annual sales‚ yet little is known about the organizational conditions that can reduce this cost. Previous governance research
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[NOVEMBER The Nature of the Firm By R. H. COASE ECONOMIC theory has suffered in the past from a failure to state clearly its assumptions. Economists in building up a theory have often omitted to examine the foundations on which it was erected. This examination is‚ however‚ essential not only to prevent the misunderstanding and needless controversy which arise from a lack of knowledge of the assumptions on which a theory is based‚ but also because of the extreme importance for economics of
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Short Essay on Coase’s article: “The Nature of the Firm” Coase’s article “The Nature of the Firm” provides a set of answers to important questions such as “Why do firms exist?” “What characterizes firms?” and “What determines their scale and scope?” According to Coase‚ a firm has to find the most cheap‚ most productive goods and services by establishing contracts in an open‚ efficient market place. However‚ market places are not that pure to let firms to succeed in their needs; they are not fluid. This
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PART-II DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 6|Page 2.0 What is Leverage? Leverage can be defined as the ability of a firm to use its fixed cost assets or funds to magnify the returns to shareholders. According to J. F. Weston‚ Scott‚ Besley and E. F. Brigham‚ “Leverage is created when a firm has fixed cost associated either with its sales and production operation or with its financing characteristics.” Leverage in other sense is the degree to which an investor or business is utilizing
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