What is a Research Plan? Discuss the importance of formulating a workable Hypothesis.

 Discuss the significance of research in business decision-making. Briefly explain the Basic and Applied Research.

What is Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)? Also, discuss the advantages and limitation of FDI.

Explain the concept of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation of the economy. Also, discuss their implications for the Indian business.

What do you understand by a financial market? Describe and distinguish among the various types of financial markets.

Which is a 'Sick industrial company'? Discuss Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act (SICA), 1985.

Define the term "Culture". Discuss in detail the critical elements of socio-cultural environment of business.

Discuss the objectives and importance of credit policy in working capital management. Explain the key elements of receivables management with suitable business examples.

A company has just paid a dividend of 25 per share. The dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 6 per cent per annum. The required rate of return of investors is 14 per cent.

Using Gordon's Growth Model, calculate the intrinsic value of the share. Interpret the result for an investor considering purchasing the share at a market price of ₹70.

Explain the various dividend valuation models used for the valuation of equity share. Compare the assumptions and applicability of Walter's Model and Gordon's Growth Model, and discuss their relevance in real-world valuation decisions.

 Explain the concept of cost of capital. Discuss the significance of cost of capital in financial decision-making and describe the major components of overall cost of capital.

Discuss the various investment appraisal techniques used in capital budgeting decisions. Critically examine their merits and limitations.

A company requires ₹5,00,000 after 5 years for expansion. The prevailing rate of interest is 10 per cent per annum compounded annually.

I. Calculate the present value of the required amount.

II .Calculate the future value over 5 years if the amount calculated in part 1

is invested today @ 12%.

Show all working notes clearly and interpret the results from a managerial decision-making perspective.

Explain the role of financial management in a modern business organisation. Discuss the major objectives of financial management and analyse the key challenges faced by financial managers in the context of a dynamic and competitive business environment.

Explain the concept of profit maximisation as an objective of the firm. Critically examine business objectives such as sales maximisation and growth maximisation in the context of modern business enterprises.

Compare perfect competition and monopoly market structures with reference to price determination, output decisions, and profit conditions.

Discuss the various cost concepts used in managerial decision-making. Explain the behaviour of costs in the short run and long run, highlighting their relevance for pricing and output decisions.

Explain economies of scale and diseconomies of scale and how these concepts influence long-run production and cost decisions.

Explain the concept of production and discuss the law of variable proportions. Analyse its relevance for short-run production decisions of a manufacturing firm.

Differentiate between price elasticity of demand, income elasticity of demand, and cross elasticity of demand. Explain the managerial significance of each type of elasticity in business decision-making.