The word ‘equity’ can be seen to have a wide range of meanings- to many it is a synonym for ‘fairness’ or justice’. Those within the legal community recognise equity as the body of rules developed and applied by the Court of Chancery; a court previously presided over by the Lord Chancellor with rules developed under his authority. The law of equity developed due to the inflexibility of the common law. Before the development of equity‚ The law was rigid (which was often cited as a weakness) for example
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Are the Dis~inc~ians be~:ween Debt and ;Equity Disappearing? An Overview Richard W. Kopcke and Eric S. Rosengren* During the 1980s‚ the proportion of business assets financed by debt exceeded that of any other period since World War II. Although much of this leverage accommodated new investment‚ during the last half of the decade corporations also replaced more than one-sixth of their outstanding stock with debt securities. Because of this surge in leverage‚ many analysts and policymakers are
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Equity Equity means social justice or fairness; it is an ethical concept‚ grounded in principles of distributive justice.39–[->0]42[->1] Equity in health can be—and has widely been—defined as the absence of socially unjust or unfair health disparities.1‚[->2]6[->3] However‚ because social justice and fairness can be interpreted differently by different people in different settings‚ a definition is needed that can be operationalised based on measurable criteria. For the purposes of operationalisation
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18: Shareholders’ Equity What is Shareholders’ Equity? Accounts that represent the ownership interests of shareholders. Shareholders’ Equity = Assets - Liabilities Amount left over after creditor claims have been satisfied (like homeowners equity) Shareholders’ Equity appears two places within the financial statements: 1.) Shareholder’s Equity section of the balance sheet Example 1: Abbreviated Balance Sheet – The Gap‚ Inc. THE GAP‚ INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
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QUESTION 1. Equity has made the law more fair. Discuss Equity can be defined in a technical sense as a branch of law administered by the court of chancery before the passing of the Judicature Act (1873-1875) with a view of supplementing the common law rules. Equity developed because of the problems of the common law. The word ’equity’ has a meaning of ’fairness’ and this is the basis on which it operates. The existing law as at the time equity arose was common law‚ equity acted as a supplement
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Case Study Name: ¶Google Inc.‚ in China I. The Pre-Analysis: A. Perspective: A.1. Describe the perspective2 of the author(s) of the case study and the possible biases that might result from that perspective: ¶ The case study is titled Google Inc.‚ In china‚ written by Kirsten E. Martin for the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics. Kirsten Martin is the Assistant Professor of Business and Economics at the Catholic University of America and Business Roundtable Institute
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Gap Inc.: Has the Retailer Lost Its Style? Review of the Case Study ‘Gap Inc.: Has the Retailers Lost its Style?’ in the field of Management Consulting. Due to the lack of Internet in the first and partially in the second week‚ our analysis is primarily based on the case study itself. Hereby a structural overview of the presentation is given‚ allowing to follow the division of contents. The presentation is organized into six chapters. Chapter one gives an introduction to the general facts about
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Executive Summary As the leading manufacturer in the moist smokeless tobacco industry‚ UST Inc. has long been recognized by its ability to generate high profit using low financial leverage. With a dominant market share of 77%‚ the company maintains a pricing power that allows it to institute annual price increases without losing costumers. However‚ UST’s market share was eroded significantly in recent years by price-value competitors who enter the market with lower prices. Although UST responded
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Case 1 – Debt Policy at UST Inc. 1) UST is the dominant producer of moist smokeless tobacco‚ or moist snuff‚ controlling approximately 77% of the market. UST has been one of the most profitable companies in corporate America with low debt compared to other companies in the tobacco industry and the company has been recognized by Forbes in terms of profitability by achieving return of capital of 92.1%. Price elasticity of its products is also important while evaluating. Smokeless tobacco industry
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Debt policy at UST inc. Case To: UST Board of Directors From: UST Financial analysis team Date: 18 January 2011 Subject: Future debt policy at UST and recapitalization option 1. Analysis of UST business current and future environment UST operates in the smokeless Tobacco industry‚ a market with 2 B$ of revenues‚ which grew at a CAGR of 3.7% over the past 17 years‚ but more recently experienced a decrease in growth rate‚ dropping to 2.9% in 1997 and 1.2% in 1998. In this market‚ UST
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