M.Sc. Economics and Finance Dissertation INTEREST RATE SENSITIVITY OF STOCK RETURNS Acknowledgements I would like to thank my supervisor Dr. Illias Tsiakas for his continued support and Encouragement. I would like to thank my father‚ mother and my sister for their tremendous support and understanding not only through the period of this thesis but for the period of the entire masters programme. In addition I would like to thank some of my friends who supported and encouraged me. Special thanks
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IS3280 Data Management Assignment 3 Data Modeling and ER Diagrams Review ER notation sets at http://adbc.kennesaw.edu Database Design ER Notations Use how_to_draw_er_in_ppt.pptx or Gliffy to draw the models. If you use Gliffy save your drawing as an image [jpg file] and insert it into a Word document (in fact just adding your images to this document would be a good idea). Submit your word document if you used Gliffy or your powerpoint document via the D2L DropBox. 1. (2 pts) Examine the
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individual named Alex Sander‚ who is 32 years old and a MBA graduate from MIT‚ is a new product manager in the toiletries division for Landon Care Products Inc. Alex is hard working yet narcissist and strives to be flawlessness in his job not understanding that everybody’s ability towards work is different. Alex may be an exceedingly gifted individual‚ a quick learner‚ has entrepreneurial talent with wide market and product knowledge‚ may be self-confident‚ and self-driven. On the other hand‚ Alex is adolescent
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Case Study 2 - A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products 1. What behaviours by Alex are having the greatest impact on the 360° data provided by her co-workers? Which of these behaviours are positive and which are negative? This case study provides valuable insight into the way emotions and soft skills or its absence can affect motivation and leadership capabilities. Alex Sander is the newest and youngest product manager at Landon. He had been very
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Analysis of the Case: A Day in the Life of Alex Sander Problem Definition In my opinion the problem is how to manage Alex Sander’s professional skills and channel them into becoming a positive leader. Problem Justification According to the evidence found in the case‚ Alex Sander is a very hard working and goal-oriented person. However he is lacking the ability of working together with other people as a team. Sam Glass‚ his boss has to face a crucial situation‚ and has to make a decision
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In "Smart Wi-Fi‚" Alex Hills argues that as more people start to use wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) networks‚ improvements to the wireless technology are needed to ensure reliable and secure services. An increase in popularity of Wi-Fi has come at the cost of creating difficult problems for designers of the technology. However‚ Hills notes that there has been "substantial progress" towards solving many of these problems. Hills covers some of the developments in wireless local area network (LAN) technology
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The author‚ Alex Williams‚ had written the article and explained the many possible reasons why you can’t find a MySpace page without finding at least one of what the author calls a “self portrait”. These portraits are referred to in the article as “a new genre of photography”
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In Alex Knapp’s essay‚ “Five Leadership Lessons from James T. Kirk‚” he acknowledges the five main themes of leadership by incorporating fictional character‚ Captain Kirk‚ from Star Trek. The first component of leadership is never stop learning. Knapp indicates that being a leader does not necessarily signify to stop learning and that an individual can never obtain too much knowledge. An additional point‚ have advisors with different worldviews‚ demonstrates how a group of individuals having different
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‘Portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) are essential tools for portfolio managers and other stock market investors’ In order to be successful‚ an investor must understand and be comfortable with taking risks. Creating wealth is the object of making investments‚ and risk is the energy that in the long run drives investment returns. PORTFOLIO THEORY Modern portfolio theory has one‚ and really only one‚ central theme: “In constructing their portfolios investors need to look at
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Haley is about a man who changed the history of America. Malcolm (Little) X preached what he believed about racism‚ discrimination‚ and segregation. He went through many changes in his fight for equality. The three transformations that really changed the way Malcolm thought and preached where his transformation in prison‚ his transformation into the Islamic religion (following Elijah Muhammad)‚ and the biggest transformation of all‚ his pilgrimage to
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