Private equity on the continent is experiencing an unprecedented injection of external capital.
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The sheer scope of what we needed to present as a minimum viable product meant that we needed external capital to get started.
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And a forthcoming ACCA study of IFRS adoption in China finds that companies with the greatest demand for external capital experienced the most increase in the value relevance of their reported earnings.
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This external focus allows capital to be allocated properly.
The overall external balance will depend heavily on capital flows, and the slow pace of recovery may be amplified by political uncertainty, thus pushing more capital out of the country.
The customs union might survive, and develop further, if Brazil were to accept its partners' desire for lower external tariffs all round, especially on capital goods.
As IT budgets continue to face pressure in 2012, enterprises will focus more on leveraging external service providers and cloud computing to save capital expenditure.
Forcing firms to rely more on external sources of financing should give China's capital markets a boost.
Yet I wonder: If a company accepts millions of dollars in venture capital (debt), answers to an external board, and creates something that is designed to be sold to a bigger fish, does this really help the people who work there more so than a small business?
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Keep in mind that there are external factors to consider, such as the cost of accessing capital.
We have excellent prospects for internal and external growth, a flexible business model a competitive cost of capital and a fantastic cohesive team dedicated to delivering value for stakeholders.
Capital flight and surging imports have evidently contributed to the sharp drop in the external value of the local currency.
Due to its inability to pay its debts and a mutual desire to keep Greece in the eurozone, Greece has had to accept various external conditions from the EU regarding its budget and national economic policies in exchange for forbearance and additional capital.
But if goods, services, capital, and businessmen begin to circulate freely around the region, the line between internal and external affairs will blur.
Beijing strictly controls cross-border capital movements as part of its effort to preserve savings at home and protect its banking system from external shocks.
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Economic recovery depends partly on domestic policies, but also on external factors and especially on commodity prices, output growth in rich countries and the size of private capital flows.
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