(Draft Syllabus‚ subject to change) BUFN 755 Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity Stephen Wallenstein 4458 Van Munching Hall 301-405-7177 (office) 919-452-2112 (cell) HYPERLINK mailtoswallens@rhsmith.umd.edu swallens@rhsmith.umd.edu The class will meet Tuesdays from 625 pm to 1000 pm at the Reagan building from January 24 to March 6‚ 2012.Course Description This course examines the finance‚ economics and law strategies that underlie private
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Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Preface 1 The corporate firm in a spatial context PIET PELLENBARG AND EGBERT WEVER ix xiii xv 1 2 Networks of firms in Flanders‚ Belgium: characteristics and territorial impacts DOMINIQUE VANNESTE AND PETER CABUS 23 61 3 Global production and trade systems: the Volvo case INGE IVARSSON AND CLAES G. ALVSTAM 4 The organization of the production process: the case of Smartville H. PETER DÖRRENBÄCHER AND CHRISTIAN SCHULZ 83
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The Evolution of Country and Firm Specific Advantages and Disadvantages in the Process of Chinese Firm Internationalization Svetla Marinova* University of Birmingham‚ UK John Child University of Birmingham‚ UK Marin Marinov University of Gloucestershire‚ UK *Corresponding Author 1 The Evolution of Country and Firm Specific Advantages and Disadvantages in the Process of Chinese Firm Internationalization Introduction For a long time China has been attracting a huge volume of inward FDI
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Violent Video Games Violent Video Games and Aggressive Behavior in Children In recent years‚ technological advances have introduced many new forms of entertainment‚ one of the most popular being video games. Since their introduction‚ professionals and parents have become concerned with the addictive power that video games can have on people‚ particularly children and adolescents. Today‚ concern has shifted from the addictive effects of video game playing to the possible effects that they
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Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Early life 1 1.2 The founding of Apple Inc. 1 1.3 The founding of NeXT inc. 2 1.4 The acquisition of Pixar 3 1.5 Return to Apple Inc. 3 1.6 The successes of Apple Inc. 4 2.0 Steve Jobs’ entrepreneurial profile 5 2.1 Preference for moderate risk 5 2.2 Value of achievement over money 5 2.3 Future orientation 5 2.4 Confidence in his ability to succeed 5 2.5 High level of energy 6 2.6 Skilled at organizing 6 2.7 Flexibility 6
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The Big Idea: How to Start an Entrepreneurial Revolution by Daniel J. Isenberg In the latest Ease of Doing Business ranking from the World Bank‚ one country made a spectacular leap—from 143rd on the list to 67th. It was Rwanda‚ whose population and institutions had been decimated by genocide in the 1990s. On the World Bank list‚ Rwanda catapulted out of the neighborhood of Haiti‚ Liberia‚ and the West Bank and Gaza‚ and sailed past Italy‚ the Czech Republic‚ Turkey‚ and Poland. On one subindex
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The legal issue is whether or not George is liable for Adam’s injury due to the attractive nuisance doctrine. The attractive nuisance doctrine states that possessors of property can be responsible for injury to children if 1) The defendant was the possessor of and knew there was an artificial condition around which children were likely to trespass; 2) The defendant knew or should have known the condition posed an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily harm;
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This essay will discuss the current situation of entrepreneurial enterprises in South Africa‚ in regards to its development and benefits to society. Additionally it will explore what factors might have influenced entrepreneurships resulting in the current situation and highlight their importance to society. South Africa is currently confronted with several economic‚ political and social issues‚ making it hard for new entrepreneurs to enter the market as well as for existing entrepreneurs to stay
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an innovated online business that sells for a fraction of the cost of other brick and mortar stores. Dave Gilboa says he went back to school in order to create an organization that had a positive impact in the world. (Warby Parker: New Venture/Entrepreneurial Strategy)‚ this is one reason why for every pair of glasses sold they donate one to VisionSpring‚ a nonprofit organization. The founders of Warby Parker were able to solidify deals with manufactures directly‚ eliminating the need for a middle
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»The effects of corruption on firm performance« Ljubljana‚ 27.5.2014 ABSTRACT In this seminar project we are going to present some of the basics of the effects that corruption has on firm performance. At the beginning of the paper we are going to describe the spread of corruption across companies‚ its consequences and why it is good to avoid it in general. Examples supporting those facts will be provided. We are going to mention some concrete effects on firms‚ most of which are negative
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