Crowdfunding for sustainable energy projects: the criteria of selection by platform managers and competition between investors
Thesis - 25 pages - Finance
Despite the contributions of research on the crowdfunding phenomenon, there is a lack of knowledge on the link between crowdfunding and sustainability and renewable energies in particular and also a lack of understanding from the point of view of investors and managers of crowdfunding...
With global investors searching for higher returns in international markets, what is the role for investor protection in developing international financial markets and real economies?
Essay - 2 pages - Finance
Why is investor protection necessary? Who needs protection? What methods are used to protect investors from expropriation of profits? How does the legal system affect the level of investor protection? How does investor protection affect the value of companies on...
Starbucks- Fact sheet, To the intention of the investors
Case study - 6 pages - Management
Starbucks Coffee Company was created in 1971 in Seattle, Washington, by three entrepreneurs: Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel and Gordon Bowker. They build a company specialize in manufacturing and marketing of great quality coffee beans. The name Starbucks came from a XIXe century mining camp, « Strabo...
List of Chicago communities that interest real estate investors
Thesis - 4 pages - Finance
Logan Square is a community locality situated on the western part of Chicago. Proper Logan Square actually means the intersection of Kedzie Boulevard, Logan Boulevard and the Milwaukee Avenue-which is a three way intersection. The term Logan Square most often is used loosely to denote the...
China: A cash cow for the European investors
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
In today's world, where everyone's main goal is to make maximum profits, China is at the heart of the economic debate. It attracts more European investors than the United States and has become the sixth largest economy in the world. In addition to the excitement that drives the Chinese is...
A study on mutual funds and investors behavior
Tutorials/exercises - 33 pages - Finance
Mutual fund is a pool of money collected from investors and is invested according to certain investment options. A mutual fund is a trust that pools the saving of a no. of investors who share a common financial goal. A mutual fund is created when investors put their money...
Foreign institutional investors and the Indian capital market
Dissertation - 61 pages - Finance
Foreign investment refers to investments made by the residents of a country in the financial assets and production processes of another country. After the opening up of the borders for capital movement, these investments have grown in leaps and bounds. The effect of foreign investment, however,...
Awareness about Prudential ICICI mutual funds among investors
Case study - 49 pages - Finance
A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings from a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is then invested in capital market instruments such as shares, debentures and other securities. Since the stated investment objectives of a mutual fund...
The impact of foreign institutional investors on the Mumbai (Bombay) Stock Exchange: A case study
Case study - 47 pages - Finance
To aid foreign private capital flows in form of Foreign Institutional Investors developing countries were advised by World Bank to develop their stock markets. It was suggested that these investments would help the stock markets directly through widening investor foundation and...
A study on the role of derivatives and investors perceptions on it
Case study - 55 pages - Finance
A derivative is a generic term for specific types of investments from which payoffs over time are derived from the performance of assets (such as commodities, shares or bonds), interest rates, exchange rates, or indices (such as a stock market index, etc). This performance can determine both the...
Foreign institutional investors and the stock exchange
Thesis - 28 pages - Economy general
India has struggled financially since independence, experiencing slow economic growth and economic setbacks due to climatic extremes or political disturbances. The country has been gradually transforming its economic base from agrarian to industrial and commercial. Under British rule in the 19th...
Is the CAPM a valid model for small investors?
Case study - 31 pages - Finance
The CAPM is one of the most famous theories of finance. It was developed by William Sharpe in 1964 with the help of others known researchers. This theory is based on the relationship between risk and return and permits us to calculate an expected return of an investment with few variables....
Can an Economist's Theory apply to Art? - Scott Revburn (2014) - The prominence of the so-called "investor collectors"
Text commentary - 3 pages - Arts and art history
In his article "Can an Economist's Theory apply to Art ?" published in the New York Times 2014, Scott Revburn explains how buyers look at art auctions through a capitalistic lens. The author focuses on a new player in the art market: the "investor-collector" who buys artworks for...
Investor behavior towards mutual funds with special reference to Reliance Capital Assets Management Ltd
Tutorials/exercises - 48 pages - Finance
The economy of a country is highly influenced by the Financial System of the country. The Indian Financial System has been broadly divided into two segments: the organized and the unorganized segments. An investor has a wide array of investment avenues available. Economic well being in the...
Heritage Management: How Can Finance Professionals Propose Wealth Management Strategies Adapted to the Needs of Their Clients?
Dissertation - 25 pages - Heritage and real estate
Wealth management is a hot topic that is of increasing interest to individual and professional investors. Indeed, faced with the complexity of the financial markets and the diversity of investment products, asset management has become a necessity for investors wishing to preserve...
Investor's awareness about the depository systems
Case study - 39 pages - Finance
Technology is revolutionizing every field of human endeavor and activity. Indian capital market is barrow meter of Indian economy; one of them is introduced technology into capital market. A major development in the Indian capital market has been setting up of Depository system. The rapid growth...
Summary note on definition of investor
Case study - 2 pages - Finance
Since the provision on the settlement of disputes in the BIT offers to the investor a choice between local courts and ICSID arbitration only, we have to look to these two sources for a definition of investor that is relevant to the needs of the present case. Evidently, in the former...
How does a rational investor build the optimal portfolio? Should international securities be added to that? - publié le 07/05/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - Finance
The modern portfolio theory was introduced by Harry Markowitz with the publication of his paper “Portfolio Selection” in the Journal of Finance in 1959 and is called Markowitz portfolio theory (MPT). It is now the major guidance for portfolio allocation decisions for mutual funds,...
Football teams in the stock market
Litterature review - 9 pages - Business strategy
To diversify the football club's ownership and financial base. Thus, it can be interesting for a football club to diversify its economic activities to diminish the sporting uncertainty, making financial results uncertain. Such a strategy was made for instance by the Danish club FC Copenhagen....
Investment law - The reinforcement of the control of foreign investments by the European Union
Essay - 4 pages - European law
How do the European Union's reinforced measures for controlling foreign investments, including the EU FDI (Foreign direct investment) Screening Regulation, national investment screening mechanisms, and increased scrutiny on state-owned enterprises, impact the attractiveness of the EU market...
How does a rational investor build the optimal portfolio? Should international securities be added to that?
Course material - 4 pages - Finance
The modern portfolio theory was introduced by Harry Markowitz with the publication of his paper “Portfolio Selection” in the Journal of Finance in 1959 and is called Markowitz portfolio theory (MPT). It is now the major guidance for portfolio allocation decisions for mutual funds,...
Bambu's network of stakeholders
Case study - 3 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
Bambu is a Singaporean wealth management system created in 2016. It designs customized robo-advisory applications for financial institutions. Its end users are the clients of said institutions. Edward Freeman defines a stakeholder as anyone invested in or affected by the company. Bambu's...
The Contrarian Investor
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
Investing The average every day investor is likely to follow the trend of investor's market-wide. Most investors look at what the market is doing and will follow the trend. If everyone is buying a stock and the price is rising, people buy. If everyone is selling a stock and...
Ambrosia pty ltd : how will we run our business? Investor presentation
Case study - 37 pages - Brand management
We consider our project of a quality fast food restaurant, responding to everyone and most of all, every Melbourne sider's needs, we really hope that our customers will be satisfied and will enjoy our meals. Business name is Ambrosia Pty Ltd. We chose this name to emphasize the fact that the...
Economic Diplomacy in conflict resolution - The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Presentation - 7 pages - International relations
The EU is Azerbaijan's largest trading partner and foreign investor. Azerbaijan is an important source for the EU energy market. EU-Azerbaijan trade relations are based on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement from 1999.
Research Paper: Airbus vs. Boeing - In which company a potential investor should rather invest in ?
Case study - 10 pages - International economy
The demand for Air travel has increased tremendously over the past thirty years. From a human perspective, it has proven to be an ideal way to connect remote areas of the world, which would otherwise have more limited possibilities for economic development. For example, air transport helps...
Financialization of Paris Real Estate Market
Text commentary - 5 pages - Economic politics
The Paris real estate market is highly attractive to investors, with an estimated asset value of $342 billion, leading to gentrification and socio-economic consequences.
Analysis of the investment environment of UK with regard to the Nelly Capital business
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Traditionally, the investment climate in a country or in the world refers to the prevailing financial and economic conditions that affect the investors in a place. In this case, an investor is an individual or institution that is willing to lend money to an operating business in...
Financial Analysis - Vinci & Bouygues
Thesis - 20 pages - Government finance
The following report presents the financial statements of two leading French construction groups: Bouygues and Vinci. With the help of several economic and financial metrics, we will analyze and assess the companies' strengths and weaknesses and give an objective opinion to potential...
Fragmentation and inconsistency in international investment law
Essay - 5 pages - International law
It is a fallacy to think of international investment law as a general, coherent regime. The rules of law are splintered and fragmented, both in terms of their formal source and in terms of their application of particular disputes. What is more, there are no mechanisms in international investment...
