distribution channel

(noun)

The institutional arrangement by which goods or services are conveyed from producer to user.

Related Terms

  • Synergy
  • empirical

Examples of distribution channel in the following topics:

  • Other Topics in M&A

    • Partners may provide the strategic alliance with resources such as products, distribution channels, manufacturing capability, project funding, capital equipment, knowledge, expertise, or intellectual property.
  • Methods of Paying Dividends

    • Dividends, which are distributed based on how many shares each person owns, can be paid using cash, stock, or other company property.
    • For each share owned, a declared amount of money is distributed.
    • Financial assets with a known market value can be distributed as dividends; warrants are sometimes distributed in this way.
    • A common technique for "spinning off" a company from its parent is to distribute shares in the new company to the old company's shareholders.
  • Relationship Between Dividend Payments and the Growth Rate

    • One such fundamental that that investors take into account is how much capital is distributed to investors, and conversely how much capital is kept from investors.
    • Capital is distributed to investors via dividend payments and, indirectly, through capital gains.
    • Such firms are usually unable to distribute earnings, since their funds are tied up in maintenance, repairs, et cetera.
    • These firms are attractive to investors, even though there is relatively low distribution of profits.
  • Monte Carlo Simulation

    • Each potential factor is assigned a probability or statistical distribution.
    • The investor may also estimate that the inflation rate is normally distributed around a mean of 3% and standard deviation of 0.5%.
    • The investor estimates the probability or distribution of every factor that could change the result of the investment.
    • Then, he essentially uses the distributions to run many many simulations of all the inputs to see how they affect the output and then finds the average output .
    • By running many simulations based on the probability or distribution of an input (x), the analyst can see the average output (y).
  • Other Comprehensive Income

    • Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) is all the changes in equity other than transactions from owners and distributions to owners.
    • Other comprehensive income, disclosed in the stockholder's equity section, is the total non-owner change in equity for a reporting period or all the changes in equity other than transactions from owners and distributions to owners.
  • Claim to Income

    • In the cases of bankruptcy and dividend distribution, preferred stock shareholders will receive assets before common stock shareholders.
    • In general, preferred stock will be given some preference in assets to common assets in the case of company liquidation, but both will fall behind bondholders when asset distribution takes place.
  • Residual Dividend Model

    • The Residual Dividend Model first uses earnings to finance new projects, then distributes the remainder as dividends.
    • The company first determines which new projects it wants to finance, dedicates funds to those projects, and then distributes any leftover profits to its shareholders as dividends.
  • Free Cash Flow

    • Free cash flow (FCF) is cash flow available for distribution among all the securities holders of an organization.
    • In corporate finance, free cash flow (FCF) is cash flow available for distribution among all the security holders of an organization.
  • Functions of International Banks

    • Thus, the savers can channel their funds into the international financial markets, pursuing greater returns abroad.Finally, international corporations produce products in one country and ship them to another.
  • Role of Financial Markets in Capital Allocation

    • Financial markets attract funds from investors and channel them to enterprises that use that capital to finance their operations and achieve growth, from start-up phases to expansion--even much later in the firm's life.
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