random solutions‚ adopting greedy approaches‚ evolving the basic heuristics for finding better heuristics are just some of the popular approaches used in heuristic problem solving (Michalewicz and Fogel‚ 1999). Heuristic problem solving involves finding a set of rules‚ or a procedure‚ that finds satisfactory solutions to a specific problem. A good example is finding one’s way through a maze. To make the way
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MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS FINANCE- “Financial Managers need only concentrate on meeting the needs of shareholders - no other group matters” Discuss the above statement using practical examples to support you answer. Contents Page Introduction 1-2 Formulas: Profitability 2-3 Liquidity 4-5 Investment 5-6 Summary of Widgets Finical Ratios: Profitability 6-8 Liquidity 8-9 Investment 9-10 Conclusion 10 Bibliography 11 Appendix 1
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Mozart are often compared in their musicality because of their time periods and the way they both changed music. Throughout their lives these two composers had come across many trials and success‚ while coming from different backgrounds they had many similar childhoods with tragedy. These great composers brought up many different reactions of people in their unique presentation and composition of their works. Each composer developed their own unique styles of music and even today they still inspire modern
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EPS Accounting Report: Development and Problems Earnings per share is the portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. The computation of earnings per share is income minus preferred stock dividends divided by weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding at the end of the period. Earning per share is considered to be the single most important metric to determine a company’s profitability which is crucial to the decision making of potential
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IS SOCIETY OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE WELFARE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT? Welfare is aid in the form of money or necessities for those who need it. Obligation means duty or responsibility. It binds morally. The question then turns to be does Society have a moral duty to help the needy? Lets first consider what argues against such a responsibility. What I earn through my own hard work is mine and no one has the right to take it away from me. It is morally wrong to take something from me unless I choose to give
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of issue of shares by a company where it offers to take back its shares owned by the investors at a specified price; this offer can be binding or optional to the investors. Why companies buyback? * Unused Cash: If they have huge cash reserves with not many new profitable projects to invest in and if the company thinks the market price of its share is undervalued. Eg. Bajaj Auto went on a massive buy back in 2000 and Reliance’s recent buyback. However‚ companies in emerging markets like India
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India Market analysis report for Ant-aging cosmetics: Market research puts the anti-aging cosmetic market in India at over Rs 60 crore. Though just over 2% of the country’s Rs 3‚000-crore skin care market‚ the anti-aging segment is the fastest growing at 93% year-on-year. The anti-aging market in India has tremendous potential and is the fastest growing segment in the skincare market. At approximately 2 per cent of the overall skin category‚ it has doubled in the last three years
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175 outlets. IKEA operates large warehouse showrooms in 16 countries and operates smaller stores in another 9 countries. Germany is IKEA’s largest market followed by the U.S. IKEA’s mission is to “offer a wide variety of home furnishing of good designs and function at prices so low that the majority of people can afford to buy them. IKEA’s target market is the young‚ highly educated‚ liberal in their cultural values‚ white collar workers and not especially concerned with status symbol. IKEA products
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3500 B.C.E. They were both similar intellectually‚ because they both developed written language‚ and a similar alphabet. They were also similar religiously‚ because they both were polytheistic and believed their gods ruled them. Mesopotamia and Egypt were different with their achievements‚ because over time they gained knowledge of things that helped their civilizations‚ and helped them adapt to their environment. Mesopotamia and Egypt were both intellectually similar‚ because they both had a written
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An article published on The Age’s website ‘ME Bank targets younger customers in Co-op deal’ addresses the marketing concept of targeting highlighted in the ever-changing technological area of the macro-environment. In this article the marketing concept of targeting a segment is present. This major marketing concept involves dividing the marketing mix into segments. These distinct sub groups (target segments) comprise of buyers that react differently to various marketing techniques (Sharp‚ 2013
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