Sentences with phrase «term value of the firm»

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On the other hand, if the province decided not to become involved in the firm shipping market, they would distort the signals received by the regulators in terms of the demand for shipping services, leaving the system short of capacity and lowering the value of Canadian oil in the process.

The value of having an option to either buy or sell, agree or disagree, accept certain terms or let them expire, should always be determined prior to signing any deal or contract or term sheet, and that value should always be treated as a tangible benefit when negotiating decisions with parties inside and outside the firm.

While T. Rowe Price doesn't build a stock portfolio based on potential takeover candidates, Umbarger says, that possibility has lately become a bigger part of the investment discussion at the firm, in terms of «How could you value it in the eyes of other beholders?»

From Intelsat's $ 13 billion deal for OneWeb to Cisco's $ 3.7 billion deal for AppDynamics, the firm's tech, media, and telecom mergers and acquisitions team had its busiest start to the year in terms of number of deals since 2000, announcing 18 deals in the first two months of the year valued at nearly $ 30 billion.

Paying a significant portion of variable compensation to our senior employees in the form of equity - based compensation that delivers over time and is subject to forfeiture or recapture encourages a long - term, firmwide focus because its value is realized through long - term responsible behavior and the financial performance of our firm.

Generally, they are sticking to the top 25 metros and in - fill locations that are likely to hold their value over the long - term, notes Randy Blankstein, president of The Boulder Group, a commercial real estate firm specializing in triple net lease investments.

In this particular example, however, the moaty firm's total economic value creation (area of blue curve), in absolute and in present value terms, is significantly less than that of the no - moat firm (area of red curve), as calculated.

In present value terms, the moaty firm generates less than half the economic profit of the no - moat company.

The Oakmark Funds family, incepted in 1991, was born out of that idea: The partners at Harris Associates wanted to start mutual funds in which they could invest their personal money with the same long - term, value - investing approach successfully employed in the firm's client accounts.

Actually, no: Constituency statutes were often implemented to ward off potential hostile takeovers of in - state companies, in which certain investors attempt to seize control of firms to maximize short - term shareholder value.

Included in the PowerPoint: a) Scarcity, Choice and Opportunity Cost - The Fundamental Economic Problem - The Meaning of Scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual, firms, govt)- The basic questions of what will be produced ow and for whom - The Meaning of the term «Ceteris Paribus» - The Margin and Decision Making at the Margin - Sort run, long run, very long run b) Positive and Normative Statements - the distinction between fact and value judgements c) Factors of Production - the rewards to the factors of production: land, labour, capital and enterprise - Specialization and division of labour d) Resource Allocation in Different Economic Systems and Issues of Transition - decision making in market, planned and mixed economies - the role of the factor enterprise in a modern economy e) Production Possibility Curves - shape and shifts of the curve - constant and increasing opportunity costs f) Money - functions and characteristics in a modern economy - barter, cash and bank deposits, cheques, near money, liquidity g) Classification of Goods and Services - free goods, private goods (economic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past exam papers.

The Luxembourg firm pursues a disciplined value - oriented investment strategy with the primary goal of preserving and accumulating capital over the long term.

Since Bitcoin's value is essentially disconnected from what one clearing firm executive termed, any «economic reality or circumstance in the real world,» the question arises: what are the outer limits of the asset's volatility?

Piotroski recognized that, although it has long been shown that value stocks (or high book - to - market firms as he calls them) have strong returns as a group, there is nevertheless a very wide variability in terms of the returns of these stocks, with most of them performing worse than the market.

Ardmore Shipping was set up in 2010 by Greenbriar Equity Group (a transportation - focused PE firm) to take advantage of a historical low point in the shipping industry (in terms of charter rates & asset values).

EV to sales ratio Enterprise value is the sum of a firm's market capitalisation and its net debt (short - and long - term debt minus cash).

Whether you're seeking out - of - favor value prospects or hot growth canchapter didates, your best prospects are firms with a long history of solid long - term sales and earnings growth.

«Investing with the Stars» is your first - ever opportunity to learn directly from six real - life superstars of investing, including billionaire Howard Marks, whose Oaktree Capital is among the most highly respected firms in the world, value investor and philanthropist Mohnish Pabrai, whose flagship fund has beaten the market indices by a wide margin over the long term, Holocaust survivor Arnold Van Den Berg, whose firm has earned the respect of investors for decades, and other fund managers who are giants in their field.

While Dimensional funds are easily parsed into index categories based on geography, market - cap size and value / growth dimensions, there are other rules that drive the decision to invest in one company at a given time — none of which are based on short term forecasts or speculation, and all of which are based on those pre-determined rules of construction, including the firm's willingness to assess how badly a seller needs to part with their shares, and the seller's desire to sell the lot quickly, and at a discount.

Gary Mishuris, CFA is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Silver Ring Value Partners, an investment firm with a concentrated long - term intrinsic value straValue Partners, an investment firm with a concentrated long - term intrinsic value stravalue strategy.

Of course, we must acknowledge the gap between a company's share price and its intrinsic value can sometimes be a long & difficult journey... But in terms of a key event / catalyst, this Sunday Times story (from March) is critical: «Tom Roche, the largest shareholder in NTR, has wrested back control of his 38 % stake in the investment firm after a receiver was appointed to the company that holds the stock... It is understood Roche had been seeking a substantial discount on the borrowings guaranteed by shares in NTR... Roche, who is the chairman of NTR, won a last - minute reprieve by writing a cheque for the full amount of the loans last Monday»Of course, we must acknowledge the gap between a company's share price and its intrinsic value can sometimes be a long & difficult journey... But in terms of a key event / catalyst, this Sunday Times story (from March) is critical: «Tom Roche, the largest shareholder in NTR, has wrested back control of his 38 % stake in the investment firm after a receiver was appointed to the company that holds the stock... It is understood Roche had been seeking a substantial discount on the borrowings guaranteed by shares in NTR... Roche, who is the chairman of NTR, won a last - minute reprieve by writing a cheque for the full amount of the loans last Monday»of a key event / catalyst, this Sunday Times story (from March) is critical: «Tom Roche, the largest shareholder in NTR, has wrested back control of his 38 % stake in the investment firm after a receiver was appointed to the company that holds the stock... It is understood Roche had been seeking a substantial discount on the borrowings guaranteed by shares in NTR... Roche, who is the chairman of NTR, won a last - minute reprieve by writing a cheque for the full amount of the loans last Monday»of his 38 % stake in the investment firm after a receiver was appointed to the company that holds the stock... It is understood Roche had been seeking a substantial discount on the borrowings guaranteed by shares in NTR... Roche, who is the chairman of NTR, won a last - minute reprieve by writing a cheque for the full amount of the loans last Monday»of NTR, won a last - minute reprieve by writing a cheque for the full amount of the loans last Monday»of the loans last Monday».

The report also highlights that MMOs, mobile, social / casual and middleware firms dominated in mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2012, whilst console and PC lagged behind in terms of value.

Moreover, the features that the Company Profile does offer won't provide a great deal of value to law firms in terms of generating client interest.

By forming relationships with peers at a variety of companies, junior associates can put themselves years ahead of their fellow associates and increase their long - term value to their firms.

In order to survive in the current legal market, firms must accept that the market will constantly assess them not only in terms of the quality of the work they provide, but also in terms of efficiency and their ability to create value.

Firms that approach attorney compensation in this way recognize the creation of long - term value and organizational fit.

At the law firm of Gary C. Johnson, P.S.C., our attorneys are committed to helping families come to terms with their loss while doing everything possible to maximize the value of their loss.

Firms that that are not being effectively compared by consumers in terms of quality and price attributes face diminished incentives to improve quality, create innovative new service packages, and deliver value for money.

On the other hand, value is added when the lawyer or law firm does something that is beneficial for the client, not in terms of the substance of the legal services themselves but in the context of the broader relationship with the client.

Sperling and Shapcott's and Rosen's recommendations for fostering a growth mindset in law schools focus primarily on communicating a growth mindset message to law students — be it from professors who have examined their own mindsets and thereby shifted their expectations and language; 188 through orientation programs that include growth - oriented messages from administrators, professors and guest speakers; 189 by framing assignments and evaluation in terms of process; 190 by professors who teach legal writing using their expertise in narrative to tell stories that show that legal writing and analysis skills are learned through effort and persistence; 191 by professors and administrators «communicat [ing] that law school has academic value beyond the first year» and «encourag [ing] students to view rankings and large firm job placements as indicative of mastery that can be obtained through learning and hard work»; 192 or, by providing growth mindset student mentors for incoming students.193

In commercial and financial terms, from the point of view of sustaining profitable publishing businesses, even in these sophisticated times, publishers, wrongly in my view, are still inclined to sell their wares on features rather than benefits, allowing customers to measure weight rather than value to the firm.

Leigh McMullan Abramson writes about a report published by the UC Hastings College of Law that highlights new models such as secondments, law firm «accordion» (surge capacity) companies, and other innovative firms and companies that not only let talented lawyers do sophisticated work for competitive pay on different terms, but also add real value to the companies and firms that use them.

In total, 18 firms have been appointed for two - year terms on the new panel for «general legal advice services», which has an estimated value of # 400m.

Bindu Cudjoe, deputy general counsel and chief administrative officer with BMO, said there has been a «fundamental shift» in terms of legal department focus on how external firms are bringing value to their clients.

Law department's primary task was deciding which law firms got what work and on what terms, while law firms did the vast majority of high and medium value work (and a fair amount of low value work).

Meanwhile, the optimized planning process and the use of technology to capture and analyze cost data will enable the firm to express its fees in concrete terms based on units of value delivered.

Terina stated: «I am thrilled to be joining the team at Downs Solicitors — a firm that mirrors my own values in terms of delivery and one - to - one service.»

It helps in terms of attaining multiple interviews, but law firms are increasingly seeing the value of hiring from industries beyond law.

The firm predominantly advises lenders and has strong relationships with the leading UK clearing banks, focusing predominantly on mid-market deals, although it is moving up the value chain in terms of deal size and complexity.

The stability of our firm, its tradition of practice excellence, and our values of professionalism, integrity, respect, creativity, and performance that exceeds client expectations help make Sacks Tierney a firm where skilled and ambitious attorneys can enjoy long - term prosperity and satisfaction.»

Clients say «they are tremendously responsive, more than any firm I have worked with ever» and «they are extremely responsive and excellent in terms of value for money.»

In conclusion, Molot argues that «[a] revised structure would give all of a firm's constituencies what they so badly crave: a law firm focused on long - term, value - added relationships rather than hourly fees and current billings.»

When you make the proposal to your law firm, emphasize the value added to the firm in terms of recognition in the legal community by taking on such cases.

Is there any real brand value in a law firm name, or is a firm simply a convenient shell, a name to put on the door of what noted US legal market observer Bruce MacEwen once termed «a hotel for lawyers»?

So companies can use this to determine how firms are performing against the market in terms of the value they deliver.

Which, at face value, could all be beneficial in terms of selecting an internet marketing firm.

Some additional distinctions between Liam Brown's «law company» and the traditional law firm include: (1) performance and reward structures that value output over input; (2) closer alignment with the financial and enterprise objectives of the consumer; (3) a corporate structure that takes a long - term, client - centric view over profit - per - partner; (4) continuous process improvement; (5) investment in technology; (6) focus on «the right resource for the task»; (6) compressed delivery time; (7) a continuous quest to use technology and process to automate tasks and gather «big data» for benchmarking, predicting, and quantifying risk; (8) a transparent, 24/7/365 accessible connection with legal consumers; (9) supply chain management expertise; and (10) reduced cost.

Their projects may not be as news - worthy as a Fortune 10 announcing a change - up of its outside counsel lineup or the decision to automate or offshore a formerly lawyer - intensive process, but most of what small - to mid-size departments are doing — even if not sexy — is focusing on sound improvements to their business and operational management practices (which I'd suggest will have a longer term impact on improving the health and value of the corporate legal profession than any single behemoth company's decision to re-order or discount the cost of work for its portfolio of AmLaw 25 firms.

The development of new effective legal practitioners is one of the primary ways law firms ensure long term viability as businesses and is a primary source of value for law schools.

As we are a small firm in a smaller city, we value a candidate's connection to the community, as it is both a potential source of business and an indication that they may be serious about committing long term.