The UWEX website is "designed to help local business leaders, entrepreneurs, developers, and economic development professionals understand the changing marketplace and identify business and real estate development opportunities that are both realistic and sensible for the downtowns in their communities." (Wisconsin, 2011) Non-Bank Financing Dimitri Papadimitriou (Papadimitriou, 1994) has suggested an alternative form of financing for small businesses to be employed during a credit crunch when banks and other forms of traditional financing are out of the market
Using managerial accounting, the cost of production can be determined using both direct and indirect costs. While direct costs can be traced directly to the production of the product, indirect costs are more difficult to determine, such as utilities and rent (Drury, 2008, p
There is a difference between those who merely manage an already existing business and those who develop ideas and their own businesses and become entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is defined as "the process of identifying opportunities for which marketable needs exist and assuming the risk of creating an organization to satisfy them" (Hatten, 2012, p
In these instances, it may prove advantageous to form a partnership to legally bind all persons involved to the business entity. A partnership is any business organization that is formed when two or more persons or entities combine to operate a business for profit (Spadaccini, 2007, p
There are several steps involved in this process and they might best be illustrated using the pharmaceutical industry as a model. Initially, the marketing should be properly planned to address a specific problem, the audience being targeted, and the environment in which the marketing program operates (Weinreich, 1999, p
99 per pound lost. FOUR (d): Does the cost-benefit analysis show that the program was worth it? The American Journal of Preventative Medicine concludes that if the obesity rates continue to climb in America, by 2030, 42% of all adults will be obese (Landau, 2012)
This trend is expected to go on in future. With this power it means that the court has an influence on decisions that will be made regarding financing of education in the future (Evans, Murray, & Schwab, 2012)
Schools in corrective stage are to provide students with free education services in supplemental programs. They are also expected to take any of the following measures; replace school staff, increase management authority, restructure the internal organization of the school or implement new curriculum that are scientifically based (McNeal, 2010)
Given the increasing costs of higher education in the United States in recent years, such scholars programs can provide these young learners with the tools and expertise they will need to secure scholarships as well as enhancing their high school experience (Wolverton & Penley, 2004). Furthermore, other high school scholars programs have been shown to have a significant impact on improving the underrepresentation of gifted minority and low-income students in gifted programs in schools and in promoting the systematic pre-college opportunities intended to increase the likelihood of high-ability minority students graduating from high school and continuing in higher education (Clasen, 2006)
High school students at Bishop Kelley who participate in the Brother Bernardine Scholars Program receive the following benefits: An assigned program director who acts as an academic advisor and counselor throughout the 4-year program; Development of an individualized 4-year plan of study; Opportunities for field experiences not generally available to other students; Direction in summer enrichment experiences; unique education that prepares participating students to succeed in the most rigorous higher educational institutions; Assistance in preparing for standardized examinations; and, Substantial support of a peer group committed to similar goals of personal excellence and intellectual growth (Brother Bernardine Scholars Program, 2008). Given the increasing costs of higher education in the United States in recent years, such scholars programs can provide these young learners with the tools and expertise they will need to secure scholarships as well as enhancing their high school experience (Wolverton & Penley, 2004)
CONVERSION ON COMPANY'S FINANCING Conversion of Google's financing Conversion of Google's financing What was the conversion process followed by Google? How did Google manage the issues of converting from a group of proprietors to investors with an executive team including a formalized operational strategy and concerns for public image? Initially, Brin and Page (the owners of the company) were not for the opinion of converting their company into a public one since they wanted to maintain the control of Google. However, the need for expansion forced them into borrowing 25 million as a venture capital thereby putting them to consider the option of conversion (SmartMoney, 2004)
The two owners of the company had the initiative of marketing the company and in the process looking for the right investors for their products. The investors had to find ways of upholding a good image through the amount of capital they could offer to the operation of the company, for instance, the rival firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital were able to secure investment with the company because of their strong image in the market (Netsuite, 2012)
How did the conversion to a public corporation affect the company's autonomy and privacy? The conversion reduced the control of the company over its full management. Through the IPO, the company sold a number of its shares to the public implying that the management was to be shared by the both the latter and the former (Draho, 2004)
The two owners of Google considered the use of the investment banker as an option that would make them lose control in the management of the company. However, their decision to maintain the full control of the company changed when they realize that they need an IPO to help in solving their financial crisis (WRALtechwire, 2004)
According to Hakim, overall oil consumption has fallen in Germany and Britain since the 1970s." (Ignatius, 2004) However, Ignatius ignores a clear differential between Europe and the United States -- geography
A gasoline tax would help to accomplish this by encouraging people to car-pool, take public transportation, or live closer to work." (Mankiw, 1999) However, such luxuries as flexible schedules that allow for car pools, the ability to chose where one works in a fashion that is dependant upon one's commuting time (to say nothing of the luxury of telecommuting via a home office) are exactly the type of options not open to the poorest members of society
Global banks, like the European Central Bank or ECB for example, as well as other international financial institutions including World Bank, IMF and ADB can influence how dominant a currency is in the international market many ways (Homaifar, 2003; Bertuch-Samuels & Ramlogan, 2007). One way they can do so is by actively promoting the use of a defined currency abroad, such as the euro (Bertuch-Samuels & Ramlogan, 2007)
This is important to financial operations and for political and economic purposes because the country issuing the currency gains more leverage and control over exchange rate fluctuations, especially as the "prestige" of the currency used grows to new markets (Bertuch-Samuels & Ramlogan, 2007). Global banks that promote the use of international currency can bestow many advantages on the country generating the currency (Blount, 1998)
Global Financing: Minimizing Risk In a world plagued by financial instability and economic volatility, operating in a global marketplace can introduce financial risks, especially among international financial institutions interested in global financing operations. Most international financial institutions today focus their efforts on networking and building systems that minimize risk and maximize economic stability (Homaifar, 2003)
As long as the Saudi "pipeline continues to flow," Dishman concludes, "thousands of other charities, Islamic schools, and banks will divert money" to terrorist groups like al-Qaeda. Meanwhile, in an article in Contemporary Southeast Asia (Abuza