L.S.E. Dept. of Finance FM423-Michaelmas Term 2010 Questions for the HMC case study 1. What is the size of HMC’s portfolio? How is the portfolio managed and what are the management costs? What is the role of the Policy Portfolio? 2. Why is HMC focusing on real returns? 3. HMC’s estimates of expected returns‚ standard deviations and correlations differ from the twenty-year historical estimates. Why might this be? Comment on the difference between the two sets of estimates‚ focusing especially
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A Raisin in the Sun Discussion questions English 3-4 Honors Ms. Thackeray Plot/Conflict – Using the handout‚ map the dramatic structure of the central conflict. Use cd from the play. Explain the existing conflicts between the Younger family members‚ Mama and Walter‚ Walter & Ruth‚ and Walter and Beneatha. How are these conflicts associated with the American Dream? What is the central conflict around which the play revolves? How does this central conflict relate to the notion of the American
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CASE STUDY QUESTIONS B-101 (Principle & Practice of Management) Caselet-1 1) Critically analyze Mr. Vincent’s reasoning? 2) If you where the professor and you knew what were going through Vincent’s mind‚ what would you say to Vincent? Caselet-2 3) Diagnose the problem and enumerate the reasons for the failure of D’Cuhna ? 4) What could D’Cuhna have done to avoid the situation in which he found himself? B-102 (Human Resource Management) Caselet -1 1) Should benching be a matter of concern
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Discussion Questions Wk 5 ACC/561 Week Five Discussion Questions What is a flexible budget? What types of organizations may use flexible budgets? Why are flexible budgets useful? Flexible budgets work well as a performance evaluation tool in conjunction with a static budget and are basically a comprehensive accounting of the static budget ’s cost variance. Flexible budget expenditures can be stymied by offering employee performance incentives directly relating to staying on the static budget
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Chapter 12 Discussion Questions 1-5 Dan Yohe 1. Approximatley how far ahead would one need to plan for the following types of facilities? A. Restaurant-At least one to three nights in advance. You could go to the farmers market to get fresh vegetables but you may only be able to get staples/necessities once or twice a week. B. Hospital-I would say at least a week if not a month to be enough to take care of all the patients they might get. C. Oil refinery-An oil refinery I would
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These are Discussion questions for Business Economics 150 ward count for each question 1. For many years (actually centuries)‚ the dominant Christian church of the world forbade anyone to print a copy of the Bible in any language other than Latin. After the invention of the printing press‚ several people printed the Bible in languages other than Latin (including German and English) without permission. Some of those people were convicted and executed. Is this a warning to those who fear that others
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Read the case Debating The Merits of Globalizations and in your groups‚ let’s discuss the case study questions below: 1. Do you think globalization and MNE activity are creating problems for the world? What kinds of problems can you identify? What are the unintended consequences of international business? If all commercial decisions had an obvious and indisputable social benefit and a benign environmental impact‚ business leadership would be a great deal easier – and a lot less interesting. Niall
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Human Development Panel Discussion PSY/280 Professor Jeff Dunlap‚ Ph.D. Question 1: Summarize three theories related to human growth and development and identify at least one influential theorist for each. 1. Erik Erickson Erik Erikson proposed eight developmental stages as an elaboration of Freud ’s psychosexual stages. Erikson believed that an individual
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KITE RUNNER Discussion Questions 1. The novel begins with Amir’s memory of peering down an alley‚ looking for Hassan who is kite running for him. As Amir peers into the alley‚ he witnesses a tragedy. The novel ends with Amir kite running for Hassan’s son‚ Sohrab‚ as he begins a new life with Amir in America. Why do you think the author chooses to frame the novel with these scenes? Refer to the following passage: "Afghans like to say: Life goes on‚ unmindful of beginning‚ end...crisis or catharsis
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Chilean Minors Discussion BCOM275 October 31‚ 2012 Chilean Minors Discussion Communications must be designed with an audience in mind‚ especially during a crisis situation. A great example would be when 30 Chilean workers were trapped underground when the mine they worked in collapsed. Some of the audience(s) to keep in mind would be the employee families‚ other company employees‚ the media‚ and the government; city‚ state‚ national. Additionally investors in a publicly traded company
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