Capital expenditure

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…

draw on during discussions or other things when compared to students from town. Familial capital and social capital seemed to have the greatest differences. Differences in familial capital included feelings of responsibility for younger siblings. One of my close friends from a rural background would go straight home after school and even sometimes miss school in order to care for younger siblings. Social capital differences were evident even in younger grades. When I first started school, I only…

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…

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…

This is what I will attribute to ‘social security’ in Figure 1. Revealing the similarities and differences between social security and human capital accumulation, I will show the dominant drivers of and limits to social security. Human capital accumulation (HCA) can be defined as ‘the development of a set of skills leading to [the] increased education, health and productivity of potential workers’ (Galor and Moav, 1999: page #). This which…

Capital investment decisions are essentially made by top level management such as the CEO or president of the company as this is where strategic decisions usually are conducted (Reference for Business, 2016). Therefore, capital investment decisions generally have to be made by the top executive level management individuals that are used to making decisions on investments that have a long term impact on the company’s performance and productivity. Additionally, capital investment decisions are…

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Theoretical Literature In literature, working capital management can be defined as current assets less current liabilities where current assets normally include three main components that are; inventories, account receivables and cash and cash equivalent. On the other hand, current liabilities include account payables. Previous studies have revealed that working capital management may have an impact on a firm’s performance. According to Shin and Soenen (1998),…

for the Mexican worker. The logic and goals of the government are sound but the results are minimal, in reality maquiladora industries invest little in technology or human capital development; this trend has depressed the development of technologically advanced maquiladoras, human capital development that would diversify and develop the Mexican economy. Samstad and Pipkin establish the variance between first, second and third generation Maquiladoras, first generation factories are structured as…

Does Capital Punishment Bring Justice? The death penalty has been used for centuries as a form of punishment. However, many fail to realize is that performing the death penalty is two to five times more costly than keeping the same individual in a maximum security prison with a life sentence and no parole. This is supported by the costly factors of countless appeals, and the additional required procedures that are used to form adequate evidence to achieve a death sentence. It is not uncommon for…

Hydrofracking is a process of natural gas drilling. The purpose of the project in Pennsylvania is to create a clean energy source that’s produced domestically in America (Griswold, 2011). However, with such potential economic growth, there are consequences that affect people who live in close proximity to the production. The ecosystem services that are affected are air and water, including the earth. According to the “Ecosystem Services” (Daily, 1997) article, ecosystem services support life…