One of the most widely used concepts in finance is that shareholders require a risk premium over bond yields to bear the additional risks of equity investments. While models such as the two-parameter capital asset pricing model (CAPM) or arbitrage pricing theory offer explicit methods for varying risk premia across securities‚ the models are invariably linked to some underlying market (or factor-specific) risk premium. Unfortunately‚ the theortical models provide limited practical advice on establishing
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never be part of something like that. I’d rather just use the internet like most other people in first world countries; for entertainment. I even think that‚ if internet wasn’t so big on social media and entertainment‚ I’d actually take a role in activism just because I’d have no better way to consume my time and I partially like arguing‚ which is kind of what
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The power of shareholders. ‘’Being shareholders has two sides‚ One side is being a financier of the company. The financer is mostly a investor looking for a place to drop his money and make money. On the other side the shareholder is the owner of the company’’ - Peter Blom‚ CEO Triodos Bank. This is a sustainable bank founded in the Netherlands and also located in the United Kingdom‚ Belgium‚ Germany‚ Spain and France. In this company I did my internship in the fall semester of 2013. It is a
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finance managers can‚ in practice‚ contribute to the maximisation of shareholder wealth”. This essay will examine how finance managers in day to day practice can participate in the aid of increasing maximum shareholder wealth. The focus point of this is based on the financial managers themselves‚ how they can manipulate and change things in order to increase shareholder wealth using certain tools and methods of analysis. Shareholders are deemed as the owners of the business. Their main aim is to
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Around the globe‚ social activists have been using activism and grassroot movements to cope with social ills and new ideas entering the society. In the essay “Democracy in Cyberspace: What Technology Can and Cannot Do for Us” by Ian Bremmer presents the idea of capitalistic pursuits set on technology in China. In the essay “Fences of Enclosure‚ Windows of Possibility”by Naomi Klein presents the idea of globalization around the world and how trade and globalization work together to advocate for democracy
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BACKGROUND Judicial activism has become a subject of controversy in India.1 Recent and past attempts to hinder the power of the courts‚ as well as access to the courts‚ included indirect methods of disciplining the judiciary‚ such as supersession of the judges2 and transfers of inconvenient judges.3 Critics of judicial activism say that the courts usurp functions allotted to the other organs of government. On the other hand‚ defenders of judicial activism assert that the courts
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Judicial activism believes that judges assume a role as independent policy makers on behalf of society that goes beyond their traditional role as interpreters of the Constitution and laws. Prior to the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982‚ the duty of Supreme Court justices was to interpret law‚ not took it upon themselves to make law. Nevertheless‚ the Supreme Court justices play a more predominant role in shaping government policy and legislation today than they did
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ACTIVISM: Activism is regarded an act directed to cause or bring about changes in politics‚ social‚ economic or environmental changes. Activism can be of opposing or in support of an argument which has controversy. Mostly activism is used in politics more often than in the other three mentioned areas. There are various ways of engaging in activism. Mostly activism is associated with protests and confrontations. Actually activism can take other various forms depending on the activists. Strikes‚ matching
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He escaped and then died. Malala is brave and a symbol of hope. Iqbal is strong and smart. First of all‚ teen activism is a gift given to certain that can change the world by just an idea.
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Chico and the Man is a comedy in the 70’s that shows how a grumpy old white man becomes friends with a Chicano. Ed Brown is the grumpy old man who owned and operated a filing station in Las Angeles. He hires a fast talking cherry young Chicano to help him run the station‚ he eventually lets him live in the station and they both learn about each other’s generation and culture and learn how to love each other. It shows situations on how a Mexican and white people can live and work together
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