"The goal of financial management is to take actions which maximize the value of a firm's stock.  ... Maximization is great but not when it is achieved in ways that are ethical for example. As long as the managers are achieving the expectations of shareholders in legitimate and ethical ways consistent growth/maximization in this manner is usually more widely accepted. ... Maximization is great but not when it is achieved in ways that are ethical for example. As long as the managers are achieving the expectations of shareholders in legitimate and ethical ways consistent growth/maxim...

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The 2016/17 Australian Federal Budget documents the Government's estimated revenue and expenditure over the next financial year, and is the primary fiscal tool used by the Commonwealth to achieve the economic goals objectives of economic growth, internal stability, and external stability. Policies and programs such as the 'Ten Year Enterprise Tax Plan', the 'Youth Jobs PH internship programme' and the 'Diverted Profit Tax', are just a few examples of how the Government plans to achieve its goals. ... By allowing firms to invest and expand, it addresses ...

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In addition, the organization not only focuses on its short term and day to day goals but also on the long term goals due to prior planning. ... A budget ensures that the financial position of the company advances its overall short term operations and long term strategies and provides the foundation required to achieve the objectives. Lack of a budget impairs the ability of a company to conduct short term operating plans and to implement long term strategies because management of funds is vital to paying for the short term operating plans that can be used to achieve long term strategies [Bec08...

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In Feburary 2008, President Bush signed the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. Initially designed to give low and middle class taxpayers a little relief in light of real estate downturns, rising inflation and high gas and food prices, the act has been further expanded since that time and offers a varie...

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Success in this endeavor would take a step by step process which would involve long term planning, goal setting, hard work, commitment, and a good education. ... Short term goals can be set and attained; long term fitness goals can be planned and worked on while a member, under the supervision of knowledgeable professionals. ... Education would be the next important step in achieving a goal of owning a personal fitness center. ... Upon finishing school, a major benchmark toward the final goal would be to manage a fitness center or gym for a minimum of three years to learn all aspects of the...

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Punishment may include that stoppage of the farm's production and activities until the target of the water quality is achieved on may be simply just a fine. Nevertheless being punished is not a goal for a farmer and he or she will therefore endeavourer to improve his/her production process which most likely means the reduction of negative externalities. ... This forces firms to adopt strategies or technologies that result in less externalities in order to achieve their goal of profit maximization. ...

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Business function are known as the of tasks or duties that carry out an organization's goals and missions. ... How the sales functions of Apple are affected by non-sales business activities: The role of the sales function at the Apple Company is to sell to its target market an appropriate product, increase their revenue and also meet the set goals within the strategic plan. ... How every function within Apple work toward meeting the organization's strategic objectives: In order for a business to be successful both the sales and non sales functions need to be on the same page and work...

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Another is the Strain theory, which states that crime is a result of the difficulty between people's goals and how they choose to reach those goals. People who defend that theory believe that the ability to reach goals depends on social class, since citizens of a low class are able to achieve their goals through ordinary means. Lower class citizens can decide to achieve success through theft or any other crime that self-satisfies them. ...

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Organization is vital to an economic system because it provides participants with goals, motives and order. ... When both the principal and agent have common goals, progress is easy but if both parties disagree on some matters, problems arise thus affecting the dynamics of the system. ...

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The ability that can lend support to creating a better structure that is economically achievable and environment-friendly. ... China has posed a lot of competition to the United States in achieving globalisation through several ways (Jacques, 2009). ... Both countries have improved and enhanced their sciences and technologies to achieve stable and significant economic, political and international r...

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This term, as defined by Andrew Mertha in his paper, means that the center's policy will change towards political goals of vertical agencies and regions [4]. ... Chinese politicians achieve agreement through delegation by consensus, which is also an important characteristic in the economic policy making process. Delegation by consensus can be explained by the following: if the agents reach consensus, just let it be; otherwise, the authorities step in to help achieve consensus or just drop the policy altogether. ...

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From Dufty and Fells statement that there is an unbalanced bargaining power, to Creighton and Stewart's use of collective strength in the courts, in order to achieve individual goals, to Salamon expressing that within groups in the workforce, both informal and formal, there is conflict inherent in the employment relationship. ...

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Therefore, different goals and objectives must be set for different management in order to work efficiently. ... Legal Responsibility Legal responsibility defines the boundaries that businesses are expected to fulfill their economic goals within the legal frame work. ... Corporate must, of course, concern legal responsibility while all economic goals and procedures are expected to be carried out within the legitimate region. ... Such as build up good reputation and recognition from the public which can be bought or achieve by just making profit. ...

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Enforcing a tax also requires continuous monitoring of all emitters, a prospect that is both difficult to achieve and expensive to implement and maintain. ... The goal of product taxes is to reduce consumption, thereby reducing pollution by reducing production. ... In order to achieve specific standards as quickly as possible, the government established a set of emission standards with a simultaneous tax scheme. ... By taxing older vehicles and lowering the cost of new ones using subsidies, the Swedish government was very successful in meeting its goals, though the payment of subsidies grea...

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The main goal of China's leaders was to make the country strong and its people rich, and to accomplish this as soon as possible. ... First, China's leaders considered that heavy-industry was equal to economic development and strength and hoped that by implementing a heavy-industry oriented development strategy they would be able to quickly achieve independence and rise to the level of Western developed countries. ... China sought the quickest way to achieve success and catch up with the West, and heavy-industry seemed like the best option at the time. ...

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Higher levels of efficiency can be achieved through raising Australia's rates of total factor and labour productivity which lagged behind the OECD average in the 1980s. ... Furthermore, productivity gains are ultimately the key goals of successful microeconomic policies. ... If the government can achieve internal and external balance in the short to medium term, microeconomic policy can operate simultaneously to improve the efficiency of resource allocation in the economy in the long term. ... This was to be achieved through reforms such as allowing overseas banks to compete in the financ...

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This kind of organization ensures that the RTP's development isn't anxious to achieve quick success and get instant benefits. ... Thus, the goal of running mechanism marketization and social services diversity in the SETDZs could be achieved. ...

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Policy theory indicates why a policy is deemed important in certain values and justifications, how the policy aims can be achieved and the circumstances dictated by society which will influence the implementation of the policy. ... An adequate evaluation presumes that the preceding stages have been covered thoroughly so that the end goal can be easily determined. ... The important evaluation criterion for policies is to ask the following questions: The degree to which the policy achieves what it set out to achieve? ...

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Modernization assumes that capitalism and the "age of mass consumption" are the goals of all economic development. ... To the Muslim extremist, their primary preference is to achieve salvation. ... A perspective theorist would argue that identity determines your goals and even the range of choices you see as even possible. ...

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The economic growth rate during the last fifty years has averaged five percent annually- a feat achieved by very few countries in the world, but almost all social indicator are below the average for the low income developing countries. ... ROLE OF BANKS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Pakistan was one of the few developing countries that had achieved an average growth rate of over 5 percent over a four decade period ending 1980. ... The economic revival strategy laid out in December 1999 envisaged 4 key goals: 1-Macroeconomic stability and the restoration of a working relationship with internatio...

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"Rather than allowing a wealth of investment options as exists in the capital-rich American or British system, private savings are instead funneled to state goals in a manner somewhat similar to the German system" (p. 305). ... This idea ties in with Xi Jinping's 'Chinese Dream' and his party's goal, envisioning "a mighty nation reclaiming its rightful place in the world, not just economically but politically and culturally too" (Mackerras). ... China's goal as a regional hegemony will influence and reshape the rules and institutions of the...

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The other major goal of public sector is to use resources efficiently in order to provide benefits to the community. ... There are different stakeholders in different organizations so their aims, goals and motives are also different. ... Managers The managers are people who boost and motivate the organization in achieving their goals. ... The organisation which provides a non- discriminating environment to their employees tend to move towards their goals and objectives more easily (Businesscasestudies.co.uk, 2015). ...

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Without women's resources, much of the growth would not be achieved. However, policies employed to achieve the desirable end involve the exploitation of women. ... Without changing institutions to reflect and represent women's interests, the goal of gender equality cannot be attained (Goetz1995). ...

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Nigeria This research study is on Nigeria. In this paper I intend to do at least three things: 1) discuss the political and economic characteristics of Nigeria and compare them to the characteristics of another second tier country as classified by Snow and Brown, 2) present evidence that helps ...

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Businesses do not serve the same goals as other organisations in a pluralistic society; they are distinct because their sole focus is on economic behaviour. 2. ... The primary goal and motivating force for business is profit. ... It is up to the corporate manager to decide on the best expenditures, given the goals of the company, based on some form of cost-benefit analysis. ... However, even though everyone with a stake in a company is theoretically taken into account, satisfying these groups is necessary only as a means of achieving the end, once again, of maximising profits. ...

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