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Showing 1 to 20 of 294 for “"Capital investment"”.
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Essays on Human Capital Investment
… contains a collection of essays on human capital formation and social service provision in the United States. The chapters evaluate three policies targeted to populations for whom the development and retention of skills is particularly critical—young adults, children, and the …
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Corporate Venture Capital Investment Decisions
… us better understand corporate entrepreneurial investment decisions and has business policy implications.
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Capital investment planning: expansion and replacement.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1972. Ph.D.
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Capital Investment Appraisal: The Case of Lebanon
The goal of this thesis is to investigate the capital budgeting practices of Lebanese companies. In particular, this thesis examines four main research questions: (1) How are capital investment projects appraised in Lebanon?; (2) Is risk incorporated into this process by Lebanese firms?; (3) Do …
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The management of venture capital investment companies.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1971. M.S.
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A capital investment program for Gloucester, Mass.
Thesis (M.C.P.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1946.
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Assessment of Founders in Venture Capital Investment Decisions
… what criteria do investors consider when making investments in startups? Initially, the central concern was whether it was the founder(s) or the business model, often characterized as the “jockey” or the “horse.” From the start, it was generally accepted that the founder was the primary …
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Long -Term Agency Relationships and Human Capital Investment
The second part looks into situations where agents working in a team environment. The contract offers agents with a possibility of promotional prize, a fraction of an agent's own output and a share scheme of the firm's total output. Agents may allocate efforts into working on his own task …
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BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND ON-FARM CAPITAL INVESTMENT
… insurance, etc.). There is a vast literature on investment decision under risk and uncertainty, but there exists a gap in the empirical analysis of the effects risk-reducing Canadian BRM programs have on investment. This paper examines the relationship between Canadian BRM programs and on-farm …
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The capital investment appraisal process: the case of Libya
… to explore and investigate the state of current investment appraisal practices within Libyan firms. In particular, the thesis attempts to answer four research questions: (1) How do Libyan firms appraise capital investments? (2) Do Libyan firms incorporate risk into their capital investment …
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Analysis of institutional capital investment in public higher education
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Venture capital investment patterns : implications for regional economic development
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1998.
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Valuation methods for capital investment in merchant power plants
… impact that industry restructuring will have on investments in capital-intensive electricity generation technologies and assesses the applicability of traditional economic valuation methods to investment decisions in a competitive wholesale electricity market. The evidence is presented through …
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Capital investment in the U.S. copper industry: determinants and dimensions
Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-149).
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Dynamic approaches to capital investment decisions (emphasis on replacement investment)
… investigates dynamic modelling in the field of capital budgeting. The essence of the particular type of modelling concerned is to select for immediate investment projects that can either be carried out "now" or else postponed to a later date. If such projects are postponed then the costs …
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On the solution of a class of capital investment problems
In this work the solution of a class of capital investment problems is considered within the framework of mathematical programming. Upon the basis of the net present value criterion, the problems in question are mainly characterized by the fact that the cost of capital is defined as a …
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Essays in labor and human capital investment in development economics
This dissertation presents three essays on labor and development economics. Each chapter examines a factor that affects household labor demand and supply for each household member and its implications in low-and middle- income countries. Research in this dissertation takes advantage of detailed …
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Exploring the capital investment practice of mining corporations in Namibia
… industry in the country. The mining sector is a capital-intensive industry that calls for long-term investment. Capital investment is a long-term economic venture that requires and consumes a lot of resources, for example, the purchase of fixed assets, such as land, machinery, and buildings …
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An Evaluation of Hospital Capital Investment after the Balanced Budget Act
<p>Capital investments in the latest medical equipment and the replacement of aging facilities are important hospital decisions because they may have a significant influence on operating efficiencies and quality of care. However, hospitals experienced a minimal growth rate in capital expenditures …
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS OF LARGE INDUSTRIAL FIRMS IN MAJOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
… panel data, this thesis empirically analyses investment decisions in major European countries. We particularly concentrate on three issues: the taxation of capital in the EU, the role of agency costs of debt on investment decisions, and the empirical analyses of the investment-uncertainty …
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