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Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. For more information, go to www.imf.org/ external/ about.htm. Treasury bills can be considered to be the safest investments available on the international capital markets,...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...work this out you just need to add in the extra distance from the Earth’s surface to the ISS (rEarth+ISS), remembering that this is 400 km. You should now convert this to metres as follows. 400 km = 400 000 metres = 4 × 105 m. So, rEarth+ISS = (6.37 × 106 m) + (4 × 105 m) = 6.77 × 106 m. Equation 7 is now adapted to Equation 9 to take this extra distance into...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...working of metals and give the advantages of each...Manufacturing: 1.1 Making a product - In this course you are going to study how designs are turned into products: the resources, materials and methods used; and specifically the set of activities that goes under the heading of 'manufacturing'. Any design is only useful if it can be made into a product. Remember that an...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...working or passes away, the sole trader business will have to be wound up. Unlike many entities, the type and format of financial statements are not specified by regulations for sole traders in the UK. However, sole traders would normally prepare basic financial statements adequate for taxation purposes, as well as for their own needs. You will look at these in more...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...work together and with accountants to achieve a coherent view of the organisation’s strategy. For example, the development of a new product may be based on marketing’s projections about demand for features, but its design should also be influenced by cost efficiency which will involve consulting with people responsible for procuring raw materials from suppliers and...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Scales in space and time
Science, Maths & Technology

Scales in space and time

...work. [MUSIC PLAYING] JULIA COOKE In science, we encounter things that are massive and minuscule, that take a millisecond or millennia. And it can be hard to get your head around these different scales. This is not least because we can measure things that are well beyond what the human body can perceive. This activity is designed to develop a deeper appreciation of time...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Sharpening Your Critical Thinking
History & The Arts

Sharpening Your Critical Thinking

...work that out. We might survey tennis experts, or the general public, we might discuss what counts as gracefulness in tennis and examine the footage ourselves, or something else. Perhaps, when we do the research, we’ll decide that the premise is true; or perhaps we won’t. It isn’t obvious whether Your Argument passes the first test. In contrast, My Argument does...
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Article 5 mins
The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...work this out, but by having a go, we may begin to understand more about our own fears and phobias. Darwin and Fear In his wonderful book 'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals', Charles Darwin tries to explain the evolutionary advantage of the reactions we have to various situations, like those of grief, anxiety, helplessness, surprise and fear. He compares...
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Article 15 mins