Capital gain

years after the premises were used; and also the improvement made over 25 per cent of the value of the premises over two years. If a substantial improvement has been made to any item or premises, the expenses on this improvement will fall under the capital…

(SES) backgrounds. Depending on the extent of a student’s economic capital, he or she will have different levels of difficulty. Navigating or knowing the university’s system for students is something that may also be challenging depending on the amount of social capital someone possesses. Knowing who…

me that in order to well, I needed to balance my social and cultural capital because they worked hand and hand with each other. “Social capital focuses attention on differential access to opportunities through social connections.” (The Meritocracy Myth, McNamee and Miller 77) Cultural capital is your ability to “fit in” with the people around you. This past year I was given the opportunity to test my social and cultural capital when I went to Texas for The Grace Hopper Celebration. GHC is a…

Investment in human capital is the most effective and efficient way for organizations to achieve their strategic goals. In Romans 12:4, “For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function”, each person brings a unique insight, worldview…

After watching the movie “Tommy Boy” I have learned many things about businesses and how there run. One thing that I learned was that there are many disadvantages and advantages to inheriting a business. I have also come to the conclusion that the business in “Tommy Boy” was not going to survive from what I have seen. Based on what I have seen in “Tommy Boy” I have noticed many advantages to being a child in a family owned business. One example is that you get accepted into the business at a…

are searching for a brighter future. They don’t have many experiences with the four types of capital and it governs their acclimation…

there are many different ways that social capital can be defined. Social capital is solely about the relation between individuals and entities and how they can be economically valuable. Social capital incorporates social networks in its process. Social networks are made up of people who trust one another. They also help each other, giving them power through the assets they gain. Economic growth depends on the presence of economic, capital, social capital, which all enhance it. There are many…

reduces the ability of the host economy to take advantage of the potential spillover effects of FDI. This suggests an inevitable roles institutions or intermediaries play to lure foreign capital flows and for that matter economic growth as Shaw (1973) recognized the importance of institutions in enhancing capital accumulation and economic growth. Taking cues from Alfaro, et al (2004) and Shaw’s (1973) emphasis on the role of institutions in the growth literature, the general assertion remains…

Human capital accumulation is considered a central driver of growth in the process of social and economic development. CCT’s are an initiative have the ability to provide a direct route to human capital accumulation. This is due to their distinct focus on the pillars of human capital accumulation: education, health and wellbeing. Economists, scholars and policy makers alike have continuously evaluated the impact of Bolsa Familia as a means of assuring the necessary foundations for human capital…

There have been a lot of developments in education reform in Australia motivated by investments in Human Capital theory. Human Capital theory conceptualises the economic value of an individual’s knowledge, skills and dispositions. It is an extension on Adam Smiths work investigating differences in wages that suggests how much money a person makes is largely influenced by the degree to which that individual possesses skills, knowledge and dispositions that are valued by employers (Oxford…