REAL OPTIONS: STATE OF THE PRACTICE by Alex Triantis‚ University of Maryland‚ and Adam Borison‚ Applied Decision Analysis/ PricewaterhouseCoopers1 n an economic environment characterized by rapid change‚ great uncertainty‚ and the need for flexibility‚ it has become increasingly important for corporate managers to use investment evaluation tools and processes that properly account for both uncertainty and the company’s ability to react to new information. Real options has emerged as an approach
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In the extract‚ The Birlings are celebrating the engagement of Sheila and Gerald. Even though everything seems fine‚ there are a few signs that not everything is perfect; Mr Birling is a bit too anxious impress Gerald‚ Eric seems rather nervous and Sheila is half-joking‚ half-serious to Gerald about last summer. Even though Mr and Mrs Birling are happy about the engagement‚ Priestley gives us hints that The Crofts disapprove of the marriage as they weren’t at The Birlings’ dinner and Gerald’s mother
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Valley Forge: Would you have quit? At Valley Forge‚ the colonies were going to fight the British. The British had a strong Navy and the other the colonies were not strong because they did not have supplies some of did not even have food. In the winter of 1777-1778. At Valley Forge‚ the colonies’ soldiers were fighting the British. There were not enough supplies and the living conditions were bad. There was a lot of sickness and disease. The war was getting hard. What would you do if you were at Valley
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places where some houses or living quarters are just way too expensive for the low average to low income families. In this paper I will be talking to you about the problem‚ what causes this problem‚ and what the solution to it would or could be. Capps said (2015)‚ “From Portland‚ Oregon‚ to Portland‚ Maine. From Jacksonville to Juneau. No matter where you look‚ there isn’t enough affordable housing.” (P.1) According to Johnson (2015)‚ “More than 500‚000 people - a quarter of them children - were homeless
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what the husband was going to do. Diversity can cause society to be in a war and lead people to their death. In the story‚ “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?”‚ Sergei misunderstood the situation and thought Yoni was going to steal his goldfish‚ so Sergei killed Yoni (Keret 102-103). When Sergei wished for Yoni to come back alive‚ it showed how Sergei regrets his decision due to a misunderstanding. In other words when society has misunderstandings‚ they tend to do irrational things. When society
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Political Frame Notes From Bolman and Deal: All direct quotes: Chapter Nine Pages 185-186 The political frame does not blame politics on such individual characteristics as selfishness‚ myopia‚ or incompetence. Instead‚ it asserts that interdependence‚ divergent interests‚ scarcity‚ and power relations inevitably spawn political activity. Page 186: Political Assumptions 1. Organizations are coalitions of diverse individuals and interest groups. 2. There are enduring differences
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In the “What‚ of this Goldfish‚ would you wish?”‚ one of the protagonists named Yoni‚ is a cynical person who wants to get money from everyone. In the story‚ Yonatan is a mercenary who has a “genius idea” and will try to benefit economically as much as he can from people’s emotions. Instead of helping people‚ he uses their rawness and melancholy stories to benefit from it. The narrator in the story‚ stated that out of this idea instead of helping people‚ “Even better‚ maybe he’d cash out…” (Keret
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Noli Me Tangere (Reaction Paper) Uninterested to heavy drama stories‚ I find this novel totally boring. Although I’m terribly afraid to sound disrespectful to the man I owe my freedom‚ I have to speak my mind. The triumphs of antagonists and sufferings of the protagonists are recurring in the story which makes me question its real intention. Is it really to inspire or to expire? I was about to lose interest in the subject when I stumbled upon the following texts in www.wikipedia.org: “...Rizal proposed
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Military Ethics Would you disobey an unjust or illegal command given to you by a superior? If deontological ethics is applied then it could be questionable. “Deontological ethics is and ethical theory that places special emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions” (Britannica 2016). An action is considered morally good because of characteristics from the action itself‚ not because the end result of the action is good. One could be given a command that is unjust or
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In “Diversity Challenges-What Would You Do?” (Learning Communications‚ 2009)‚ an organization interviewed prospective employee Felix. While Felix immediately hit it off with the human resources associate‚ it soon became apparent that he was not accustomed to the level of diversity in the organization. His overt shock and multicultural leadership in addition to his nonverbal response to various other diversity characteristics present in the workforce indicated that Felix had an issue with working
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