------------------------------------------------- FI 627: Corporate Finance: Applications and advanced topics ------------------------------------------------- Study questions for case studies: Spring 2013 Week 1: Sears‚ Roebuck & Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. 1. How do the retailing strategies of Sears and Wal-Mart differ? 2. Wal-Mart’s average return on equity for the 1997 fiscal year was 19.7% while Sears’ average return on equity over roughly the same period was
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coordinate to exercise their common goal. However‚ this is generally not the case‚ as Mancur Olson‚ the author of The Logic of Collective Action‚ argues. Olson (2004: 2) states that "it is not in fact true that the idea that groups will act in their self-interest follows logically from the premise of rational and self-interested behavior." Collective action groups‚ without some sort of coercion or special device to make individual participants act in the interest of the group‚ will not succeed
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Project Report On Disciplinary Measures And Procedures Bachelor of Business Administration (Human Resource) Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for award of Bachelor of Business Administration of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth‚ Pune. Submitted by SHARAYU KUMTEKAR PRN: 07111002474 Of INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS STUDIES AND RESEARCH‚ Navi Mumbai Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth Gultekdi‚ Pune 411037 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I have taken efforts in this project. However‚ it would not have been possible
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Affirmative Action in South Africa does more harm than good. * Page * Discussion * History Affirmative Action was introduced to counter the effects of apartheid. However‚ the first democratic elections took place 14 years ago and yet affirmative action policies have strengthened. The policies‚ although implemented for an admirable purpose‚ have done the economy and moral of the country’s citizens more harm than good. All the Yes points 1. -------------------------------------------------
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Topic: Whether or not schools should have the right to discipline students who bully others off of school property. Thesis: Disciplinary actions are enforced in school for purposes that ensure the students’ safety and maintain balance for all school compliances. Schools do not have the right to discipline the student that bullies another student‚ if the event occurs off the school property. Those that work in the school system‚ are the mentors to the student for knowledge and future success‚
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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION KRISTAL COBB LAW & ETHICS FOR MANAGERS This report will discuss the different processed for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and the advantages and disadvantages of each type. Types of ADR Negotiation This form of ADR is give and take. The parties involved engage in discussions in order to come to terms with each other (Bagley & Savage‚ 2010). Negotiations can either take place to ensure future relations are positive – this is referred to transactional
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Affirmative action ultimately fails in its attempt to address the social imbalance caused by past discrimination because it only treats the symptoms rather than the cause. Do you agree? A growing number of equality programs‚ also known as affirmative action‚ which include quotas‚ minority scholarships and job opportunities based on diversity‚ have been proposed by governments throughout the world‚ as measures to diminish the inherited discrimination towards different groups of our society. But what
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Affirmative Action Hello Class. Let me start off by saying that I support the Republican Party’s ideas and values and I am a proud supporter of George W. bush. Do I have your attention now? good. Founded in 1974‚ the American Association for Affirmative Action‚ otherwise known as AAAA is a non profit organization that helps minorities achieve equal opportunity in the work force (www.AffirmativeAction.org). The problem with American today is that we are seen as different people because of our
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summarize and analyze the method of alternative dispute resolutions. An outline of the various forms is provided as well as a discussion of the methods used in two dispute cases relating to a borrower and an employee. In this paper I will also discuss alternative dispute resolution methods to be used in solving disputes in the current learning team environment. “ To avoid or reduce these problems‚ businesses are increasingly turning to methods of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and other
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION As much as we desire diversity‚ it will not occur if left to chance. We educate ourselves when we learn to interact with people of different colors and nationalities. During the last election‚ the majority of Americans voted for an African American President. Why then do we continue to use affirmative action to fight inequality? It is not so easy to wipe away centuries of inferiority‚ shame‚ and scars‚ by simply anointing one minority to the highest position in the land. It
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