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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"capital expenditures"”.
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Capital expenditures in industrial properties
Using a sample of 1458 industrial properties with 36,450 quarterly observations, we apply a pair of OLS models to predict property-level NOI and capex. We then synthesize the results by modeling capex as a fraction of NOI, which we treat as a measure of property capex performance. We model capex …
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Recovering Capital Expenditures: The Railroad Industry Paradox
… maintenance strategies that rely more heavily on capital investment are more cost effective. Infrastructure capital spending is caused by current and future output, and is therefore a short run marginal cost. Railroad marginal cost formulae appear to substantially underestimate the true …
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Base building capital expenditures in the office sector : historical incidence and implications for forecasting
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1997.
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Short-Term Incentive Effects of Temporary Full Capital Asset Expensing
… 2010 (2010 Tax Relief Act) temporarily modified capital asset expensing provisions, increasing the allowed bonus depreciation percentage from 50% to 100%. The legislative intent of the provision was to encourage capital investment by firms, although prior research suggests that capital …
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Analyzing capital expenditure in commercial real estate assets
… of inclusion into a long-term portfolio. Capital Expenditures can significantly hamper this income return of commercial properties and mislead the investors into making misguided decisions. However, there has long been an informational vacuum about capital expenditure and the current …
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Corporate Governance and Institutional Trading
… into research and development while cutting capital expenditures. These results imply that hedge fund activism has a stronger and broader impact on corporate policy than previously documented. The second part critically examines capital flow-induced mutual fund trades as an exogenous proxy …
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Capital project development in biotechnology industry
… and companies are forced to reduce planned capital expenditures, as well as restructure with personnel cuts and facility reductions. This thesis focuses on the affect those changes are having on the development of capital projects. It researches the environment as it used to be and what is …
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Manufacturing footprint strategy for product line expansion
… and decision points (consolidation, acquisition, capital expenditures, etc.) are considered as decision variables in the supply chain optimization model to minimize total landed cost. These results are used to inform a recommended scenario based strategy for product line expansion.
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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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Three Essays on Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors
… turnover. In addition, companies decrease R&D, capital expenditures, stock repurchases, and executive compensation. Following these changes, there is an improvement in profitability. The second essay investigates the optimal contract with an informed money manager. Motivated by simple structure …
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A methodology for linking three efficiencies for capital expenditure justification
… uses the link developed earlier for justifying capital expenditures. Two scenarios have been used to demonstrate the methodology in two phases. The first phase deals with the formulation of the link between physical efficiency, economic efficiency, and organizational efficiency. The second phase …
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Essays on reverse leveraged buy-outs
… is an above industry level of free cash flow and capital expenditures, while growth options are at competitive levels. These factors in the presence of low ownership concentration suggest the existence of overinvestment. </p> <p>Increased leverage in the private period leads to significant …
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Design of Future Energy Infrastructure: Understanding trade-offs between Renewable Capacity, Storage and Transmission Networks for Low-Carbon Landscape
… a nationwide optimization model to minimize capital expenditures and understand the trade-off between renewable capacity, storage, and transmission networks. The results show that the least-cost configuration, achieved when nuclear and battery capital costs fall by 50%, requires approximately …
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Essays in corporate finance and financial institutions
Chi: Subsidiary Debt, Capital Structure, and Internal Capital Markets I investigate external subsidiary debt financing and its implications for internal capital markets. I find that firms tend to finance business segments with subsidiary debt when those segments have better investment opportunities …
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A strategic and financial analysis of the DRAM industry
… various advanced technologies and significant capital expenditures. The industry has seen tremendous developments over the past few decades allowing for rapidly improving product performance. The progression of the industry has also been a fantastic model for demonstrating the basic laws of …
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Effect of government control on the performance of upstream oil and gas companies in Nigeria
… funding performance measures such as capital expenditures, companies’ gross margin, companies’ drilling activities and Government Take. Findings of the study indicate that the alternative funding arrangement improved capital expenditures made by the upstream oil and gas companies as …
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The Effect of Leadership Training on Manufacturing Productivity of Informal Leaders
… facilities increase their productivity without capital expenditures. Findings did not indicate a statistically significant difference in leadership attributes. Findings also suggested there were no significant differences in the manufacturing productivity between employees with high leader …
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Improving ICU patient flow through discrete-event simulation
… impact on downstream floors and no additional capital expenditures. These relatively simple policy changes can save -$1 M in non-reimbursed expenditures while reducing overcrowding. If capital expenditures are approved, the simulation indicates that adding beds to downstream units would be more …
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Two Essays on Financial Condition of Firms
… in research and development and reduction in capital expenditures, increase the probability of successful turnaround. Further the results show that increased financing through additional sale of equity, acquisitions and sale of assets do not help a firm exit financial distress.
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Development of a miniature, continuous measurement, stochastic perturbation gas chromatograph
… heavy, bench top instruments that require large capital expenditures, kilowatt power sources, and trained technicians. Additionally, traditional chromatographic measurements are non-continuous. The first part of this thesis explores the application of stochastic system identification techniques …
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