Resources
BNET Resources
- sort by:
- Relevance
- Date
- Popularity
- The Forces of Change
- Article deduces that organizations need to rethink the roles of key financial instruments such as equity, debt and insurance as capital management tools, in order to maximize shareholder value. Competition has transformed the financial services industry, forcing financial service companies to invent a stream of new products and supply their...
- White papers 2003-01-01
Additional Resources
- Forget The Float? The 2001 Working Capital Survey
- In a tough operating environment, negative working capital isn't always a plus." Working capital efficiency can be a beautiful thing, as any finance executive familiar with the Working Capital as per the survey. The idea, of the survey is if you minimize your working capital — that is, the amount...
- White papers 2001-07-01
- So you have a captive: what now? The capital efficiency imperative
- As part of the Willis Webcast Series, Prager, director of risk consulting for Willis Solutions, and Tom Stokes, regional partner of Willis Captive, Actuarial and Pooling Solutions, explored such issues as optimization of retention thresholds, response to commercial insurance marketplace dynamics and the strategic deployment of capital to maximize a...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Understanding Water-Chiller Efficiency Ratings Evaluating Capital Cost And Energy Efficiency
- A clear understanding of two measures of chiller efficiency - the design-efficiency rating and the Non-standard Part Load Value NPLV rating - can help organizations obtain the best capital cost and energy efficiency when acquiring new chillers. It also may help facility managers understand why they may not be getting...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Measuring Working Capital Productivity
- Working capital productivity compares an organization's sales with its working capital, as a measure of efficiency.If sales increase more rapidly than the funds needed to generate them, it shows that a business is being well managed and operating productively—so it will be more attractive to investors. It's also an indication...
- Articles 2007-03-15
- Human Capital and Modelling of Its Development
- The paper deals with the relation between education, as pivotal characteristics of capital and efficiency of schoolwork-places with use of production modelling. A starting analytic tool is a determination of school facilities efficiency ac-cording to an efficiency matrix from which it results that also schools with a lower volume of...
- White papers 2006-02-01
- WRI Endorses Energy Efficiency, Agriculture and Construction Companies as Prime New Venture Capital Targets.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 November 2005-World Resources Institute: WRI Endorses Energy Efficiency, Agriculture and Construction Companies as Prime New Venture Capital TargetsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11112005 WASHINGTON, D.C. - This fall, several companies from the energy efficiency, agriculture, and construction sectors in three...
- Research articles 2005-11-10
- Clinton: Energy Efficiency Is Not Sexy, But Important Low-Hanging Fruit
- Former president Bill Clinton acknowledged Monday during the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 that energy efficiency is not sexy. But, he said, it's the easiest-to-reach low-hanging fruit that will create jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "It's worth remembering that the least sexy topic is where the jobs are,"...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Zero Capital Gains Distributions for ProShares ETFs
- Michael Johnston submits: Bethesda, Maryland-based ProShares announced on Tuesday that it expects to pay zero 2009 year-end capital gains distributions on all 77 of its leveraged and inverse equity and fixed income exchange-traded funds, putting at ease any investors who had been questioning the tax efficiency of leveraged funds. “While...
- External links 2009-11-18
- Capital Markets Research in Accounting
- I review empirical research on the relation between capital markets and financial statements. The principal sources of demand for capital markets research in accounting are fundamental analysis and valuation, tests of market efficiency, and the role of accounting numbers in contracts and the political process. The capital markets research topics...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- Multifamily Finance: Pathway to Housing Goals, Bridge to Mortgage Market Efficiency
- "This article examines the efficiency of multifamily finance in supplying capital to all segments of the multifamily rental market. Four issues of importance are identified: data availability, the efficiency of the small loan market, multifamily prepayment and default risk, and the potential role of the mortgage real estate investment trusts...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- INVESTMENT IN WATER EFFICIENCY BENEFITS OUTWEIGH COSTS
- According to "Jordan Times", the health and environment benefits of investing in improved water efficiency, particularly reduced system leakage, far outweigh the capital investment costs, according to results of a new study by a national team, cAccording to "Jordan Times", the health and environment benefits of investing in improved water...
- Research articles 2005-03-31
- JORDAN: INVESTMENT IN WATER EFFICIENCY - BENEFITS OUTWEIGH COSTS.(Brief Article)
- According to "Jordan Times", the health and environment benefits of investing in improved water efficiency, particularly reduced system leakage, far outweigh the capital investment costs, according to results of a new study by a national te According to "Jordan Times", the health and environment benefits...
- Research articles 2005-03-31
- Industry Growth and Capital Allocation
- Are market-based or bank-based financial systems better at financing the expansion of industries that depend heavily on external finance, facilitating the formation of new establishments, and improving the efficiency of capital allocation across industries? This paper find evidence for neither the market-based nor the bank-based hypothesis. While legal system efficiency...
- White papers 2002-06-04
- Amtrak has proposed a five-year strategic capital investment and operating plan to restore its physical equipment to good repair and improve operational reliability. (Washington Report).
- Amtrak has proposed a five-year strategic capital investment and operating plan to restore its physical equipment to good repair and improve operational reliability. The plan focuses on improving the reliability and cost-efficiency of the current pas Amtrak has proposed a five-year strategic capital investment and ...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- Compton Petroleum Corp. Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen we will now conduct the question and answer session. Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Katherine inaudible from Jeffries & Company. Please go ahead. Unidentified Analyst Good morning. Could you provide your cash balance pro forma for the equity offering, the...
- Earnings calls 2009-11-06
- Assessing Your Working Capital
- Working capital is the money available to fund a company's day-to-day activity. Essentially, it's the cash—plus assets that can quickly be converted to cash—that is readily available and not committed elsewhere. The formula for working capital is total net current assets (inventory, accounts receivable, cash etc)—minus current liabilities (debts, salaries,...
- Articles 2007-05-30
- NII Holdings, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. We will take our first question from Rick Prentiss with Raymond James. Richard Prentiss - Raymond James Yes. Good morning guys. Steven M. Shindler - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Good morning. Lo van Gemert -...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- Governance Structures, Efficiency and Firm Profitability
- Using a panel data set of 361 German corporations for the period 1991 to 1996 this article tests the hypothesis that firms with more efficient governance structures have higher profitability. To determine efficiency it compares firms with respect to ownership concentration, the identity of owners, capital structure, investment and firm...
- White papers 2004-05-21
- El Paso Corp. Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Carl Kirst with BMO Capital Markets. Carl Kirst - BMO Capital Markets First off, just a clarification, as I was writing everything down. At the very end when you were saying about the 2010 capital...
- Earnings calls 2009-11-04
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
