Kaplan University Academic Support Center Newsletter October 2014 The Kaplan University Technology Center Volume 2‚ Issue 10 Contents Workshop Schedule Disability Services Center Contacts 2–10 11 12–16 Where is the ASC? On the KU Campus homepage‚ click “Academic Support Center” in “Quick Links.” The Kaplan University Technology Center provides tutoring support to students enrolled in information technology (IT) courses or students who need help with course software
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The Matching Principle: Insights into Earning’s Usefulness to Investors.$ Harm Sch¨tt u Haas School of Business University of California at Berkeley Abstract This paper argues that matching expenses to revenues increases earnings’ usefulness to investors by providing an accounting rate of return (ARR) closer to current economic profitability. To test this‚ I estimate a proxy for a firm’s internal rate of return (IRR) in order to approximate the distortion between ARR and IRR. Results show that
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FINC 5001 Capital Markets and Corporate Finance Tutorial Questions and Solutions Topic 1 – Preliminary concepts Discussion Question 2 The text refers to three types of financial decision – the investment decision‚ the financing decision and the dividend decision. Describe each in detail‚ and explain how these decisions relate to the corporate objective. Categorise each of the following decisions in terms of whether it is an investment‚ financing or dividend decision and explain why it is in that
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Chapter 1: 21st-Century Supply Chains Study Questions 1. Compare the concept of a modern supply chain with more traditional distribution channels. Be specific regarding similarities and differences. Back then‚ the traditional distribution channels typically had an order time of 15-30 days. If something went wrong‚ it would unfortunately increase delivery time. The main goal of the traditional model was to ensure availability of products. 2. What specific role does logistics play in supply
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Chapter 2 Early Civilizations in Mesopotamia Cumulative effects of agriculture + wave of technological changes around 4000 B.C.E. = generated civilizations as a new organizational form The process of agricultural economies = civilizations began in the Middle East. The Sumerians Sumer 1st river valley civilizations Major floods occurred Northeastern section along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that lead to the Persian Gulf Rainfall is scant Generated large food surpluses = population
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Eating Christmas in the Kalahari Eating Christmas in the Kalahari is an interesting story of how ethnographer‚ Richard Borshay Lee‚ exploring the culture of the local !Kung Bushmen natives in the Kalahari Desert‚ experiences a cultural misinterpretation which caused him so much grief and concern‚ it almost led to him backing out of his lengthy three year study. Lee nearing the end of his study‚ decided to supply the meat for the Christmas feast as a parting gift. Bushmen take this meal extremely
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1. Your textbook describes Weber’s famous secularization thesis in "The Protestant Ethic" (589-591). What does Weber think about the relationship between religion and political structures? America is presented as an exception to this thesis; why do you think the US does not show the same religious trends as those found in most other industrialized countries? 2. How does Gmelch define the term magic in the article “Baseball Magic” and why does he think people use it? 3. What parts of baseball are
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Posted Jul 24‚ 2013 9:27 AM Information about the final exam has been posted. Further clarification with regard to some of the longer questions is given below. Please pay attention. There are three long-answer questions 2 requiring 1/2 page and 1 requiring 2 page answers. These questions are on particular themes which require you to draw from more than one article from Conformity and conflict including the Haviland text. There is a question on women and politics and there are many areas in the
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xxxxxxxxxxxxx Adverbials: before‚ while‚ when 5/21/08 LING 580 Methodology: During 1 ½ hours of elicitation‚ my partner and I together elicited adverbials. We elicited for a variety of adverbs‚ including conditionals such as ‘before’ and ‘after’‚ forms for time adverbs such as ‘the first time’‚ ‘the last time’‚ and also single words for times of day‚ week‚ month and year. Results: The words we elicited are below: Table 1: Time adverbials |Time adverbs |
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Exam 1 study guide PEOPLE * EB Tylor- the father of modern anthropology‚ supported evolutionism/uni-lineal evolution * Franz Boaz- the father of American anthropology‚ supported empiricism * Margaret Mead- Boaz’s student‚ wrote about the sexual revolution * Borshay Lee- studied the !Kung San from Africa * Zora Neal Hurston- one of Boaz’s students‚ an African-American folklorist * Bronislaw Malinowski- the father of fieldwork‚ said anthropologists need to learn the language
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