Essays on Capitalism

As Venture Capitalists, our group had $5 million to invest among various companies that were categorized in different industries. After the entrepreneur pitches, our group, Vita Coco Ventures L. P had trouble narrowing down which companies we wanted to invest in and how much of …

Strategy formulation is chief to the success of any market and organizational effort. Without a clear vision of the economic horizon and a detailed blueprint of which to go about the plans of reaching its concomitant objectives, attempts at building a strong foundation for effective …

The World is experiencing the phenomena of globalisation, which is considered beneficial, it promotes free movement of people, goods, culture, and food and so on. From an economical prospective it is all about free market, outsourcing and bringing down national borders, making the world seem …

In Marx’s view, abstract knowledge will ultimately be the most important force of production. He claims that, due to “autonomy from production, abstract knowledge of the society is in the process of becoming nothing less than the main force of production and will eventually replace …

Modigliani and Miller (1958) stated that M&M theory also known as capital structure irrelevancy theory. It stated that financial leverage does not affect the firm’s value in perfect market because without taxes, transactions cost or bankruptcy costs in perfect market and all information are symmetries. …

Capitalism Harmonizing to Karl MarxInThe Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx evaluates the effects of capitalist economy on society and asserts that it has both positive and negative constituents. Marx states that capitalist economy ends feudal system, establishes the universe market, develops a more efficient commercialism, agglomerates …

What is communism? Communism is a term used broadly to designate a ‘theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. ’ It refers to …

Most students (or their parents) have been required to make a sizeable contribution towards the cost of obtaining a degree since maintenance grants were phased out in favour of loans and tuition fees introduced in 1998.1 With the proposed controversial top up fees on course …

In the absence of a cash flow statement one cannot shed further light on the cash flow of the company. However, one can contend through horizontal analysis that the main reason for such rise in bank overdraft is due to the substantial investment in fixed …

A review of capital structure theories 1. 0 Introduction One of the most contentious flnancial issues that have provoked intense academic research during the last decades is the theory of capital structure. Capital structure can be defined as a ‘Mix of different securities issued by …

The application of proper accounting ratios revealed that the profitability of Dollar Tree Store slightly deteriorated from 2005 to 2006. Managers were less efficient in the generation of profits from the firm’s resources as shown by the 1. 09% decrease in the return on capital …

To many people globalisation is a very recent phenomena, no one had really spoken about it in terms of it being a global issue, or problem. However, the term and definition of it have only come to light recently, as the spread of western ideas …

Changes in french capitalism since the second world war It should be stated that a widely known stereotype about French capitalism being an ideal-typical of post-war state capitalism in Europe is true, in spite of this, it is believed  that the case of France is …

Imperialism which is often considered to be a final stage of capitalism was a logical continuation of industrialization, development of trade and colonization. Global trade and goods exchange have united Europe, Africa, America and Asia into an integral organism. Imperial system as well as interaction …

The relationship between core and periphery nations can be observed by looking at the experiences of the people in the books, “Nectar In A Sieve” by Kamala Merkandaya and “Don’t Be Afraid Gringo” by Media Benjamin. In both the books Rukmani and Elvia narrate the …