Understanding Shares and Private Equity Investments
Common Shares
Common shares represent partial ownership of a company and provide their holders with claims to future streams of income, paid out of company profits (dividends). Holders face larger risks than other stakeholders, such as bondholders and owners of preferred shares.
Payment Methods:
- Residual: Dividend payments come from the residual or leftover equity only after all project capital requirements are met. These companies strive to maintain the agreed-upon balance between equity and debt
Understanding Global Marketing: Definitions and Strategies
Understanding International Marketing: Key Concepts
Marketing Definition (AMA)
Marketing, according to the American Marketing Association (AMA), is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.International Marketing Definition (AMA)
International Marketing, according to the AMA, is the multinational process of planning and executing the conception, pricing,
Understanding Salary: Components, Payment, and Deductions
Salary: The total economic benefit a worker receives, in cash or in kind, for providing labor services to third parties.
Means of Payment:
- Cash payment (cash or check)
- Compensation in kind: Specified goods provided to the employee (cannot exceed 30% of salary)
Method of Payment:
- Wage
- Salary
- Unit time per unit of output
- Mixed salary
Minimum Wage: The minimum amount a worker can receive for a forty-hour work week. This can be enhanced by collective agreements. If working less than 40 hours, the wage is proportional
Read MoreNordic Welfare States and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities
The impact of globalization on welfare states is complex, as Kosonen points out. It’s crucial to consider the role of economic policies, including welfare policy, labor market dynamics, and overall economic strategies, rather than solely focusing on public expenditure.
How are the European welfare states (EB) of Nordic countries vulnerable to globalization? The discussion should center on changes in the labor market, the financing of social spending, and the policies that legitimize them. Europeanization
Read MoreUnderstanding Company Elements and Accounting Principles
Company Elements and Financial Resources
Company: A set of material and financial resources with a common goal and a certain permanence in time.
Company Ownership Types
- A) Individual: Single owner.
- B) Collective (Society):
- B.1) Of people.
- B.2) Anonymous (Corporation).
Company Departments
General Management | Finance | Purchasing or Production | Marketing | Industrial Relations.
Optimal Information for Decision-Making
Optimal Information (Reliable): Rational / Opportunities.
- R => Significant / Full / Economic
- S
Business Entities and Corporate Strategy
Company
According to the Spanish Royal Academy, a company is an organization composed of labor and capital as factors of production. It is dedicated to industrial, commercial, or the provision of services, generally for commercial gain and with accountability in various aspects:
- Economic/Financial: Creating wealth to give back to the factors of production.
- Commercial/Legal: Consisting of an estate assigned to a commercial order for profit, creating contractual relationships with internal and external