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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in South Africa can enhance their role as prime vehicles for …Thesis (MDF (Development Finance))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. …
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The objective of almost all firms should be to maximise the wealth of shareholders.To achieve this goal, firms should use an optimal combination of debt and equity,which will consequently result in the lowest weighted average cost of capital. Firmstherefore need to determine...
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materials, lack of skills, etc.However, access to finance is frequently cited as the most prominent problem facing theSMEs …. Access to finance is defined as the easiness to access credit from financialinstitutions and the costs associated with … (ComprehensiveExport Finance Scheme) was administered by the Central Bank of Lesotho throughLesotho National Development Cooperation …
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Africaare insufficient to fund this infrastructure gap. Africa, therefore, needs to explore newsources of funding to finance its …Thesis (MDF (Development Finance))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. …
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the developing world is the use of project finance.The research study sought to achieve two objectives. The first was to … discover whether governance played a significant role in attracting foreign lenders to use project finance in the delivery of … variable with the data for the tranches originating from loans that were advanced under project finance across Africa covering …
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Repurchasing of shares by South African companies were legalised on 1 July 1999.This introduced an alternative to dividends for distributing cash to shareholders.Although dividends and share repurchases realise the same value in a perfect efficientmarket, the inefficiencies of...
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the need forfinance and access to finance. Banks play a major role in providing finance to SME’s byproviding different … forms of finance to SME’s.The finance that the shareholders / directors can access in their personal capacity plays … acritical role in the provision of finance to SME’s. Banks will require security whenadvancing credit facilities and the …
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Universities manage their administrative and financial operations traditionally by meansof cost centres in the form of faculties, departments and divisions. In these cost centresfinancial performance is purely measured by comparing actual expenses with drawn upbudgets. During performance...
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There are conflicting aims among the various stakeholders of a business. Shareholderswish to maximise their return on capital, whereas debt holders and customers wish tominimise the risk to capital. This conflict has led to the emergence of economic capital.Financial services...
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Venture capital is a major source of funding for the entrepreneurial community and usually focuses on the early stage, more risk orientated business endeavours. This study explores and identifies the investment criteria used by South African venture capitalists in their venture...
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