Case Study Chapter 1: The role of capital market intermediaries in the dot-com crash of 2000 1. What is the intended role of each of the institutions and intermediaries discussed in the case for the effective functioning of capital markets? i. Venture Capitalist: provides capital for the company in the early stage of development and ensures company to have a good management team and sustainable business. VC demand high return on investment and sells stock usually to public through IPO
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“Crash” (2004 Movie) Through interconnecting several characters’ stories the plot the movie “Crash” unveils the lack of connection and resulting xenophobia between people of Los Angeles coming from various racial and ethnic backgrounds. Even though in most other movies where the topic is racism has a sides of the offender and the abused‚ while every character of “Crash” does not have clear distinction in which side they are. All characters shows their good and bad side‚ both suffering from prejudice
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Implicit Bias is an initial personal judgment imposed upon another person based on the internal biases imbedded in ones subconscious mind. This can be a problem in society because people often make improper judgments of another person based on an impression that may not be correct. This can impact society in a number of negative ways‚ but specifically it can lead to prejudice‚ marking ones social status‚ and judgments about an individuals intelligence based on a first impression. The IAT that
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Jessica Raposo October 9‚ 2012 Human Roots and Societies China: A Gender Bias Country Son preference has existed among most Chinese parents for centuries. Across thousands of years of Chinese history‚ Confucianism has served as an officially supported patriarchal belief that has deemed women inferior to men and has limited the role of women to their households. Women were understood to belong to their families before marriage and thus were required to be obedient to their fathers or elder
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Advertising BIAS Marketing and advertising companies are constantly playing on gender roles and stereotypes. Both men and women are portrayed in certain ways to help make products seem more attractive to the same or opposite sex. Men are pictured as lazy‚ dumb slobs while women are pictured as gentle‚ beautiful‚ sexual‚ and submissive. In children’s ads‚ boys are shown as rough and interested in action games while girls are more quiet and interested in dolls. Though these stereotypes are not always
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I chose to review the movie Crash directed by Paul Haggis which featured many different crimes specifically dealing with racial issues throughout the movie. After closely examining the movie I will explain the elements of "motivation" and "opportunity" as well as touch on the impact of bystanders‚ aftermath of crime‚ victim precipitation and correlation of gender and crime. This movie features several small stories which intertwine during a short period of time in a city involving a collection
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Prejudice Crash‚ a film directed by Paul Haggis in 2005‚ is a film that follows characters whose lives intertwine over the course of just a few hours. These characters all have different cultures‚ ethnicities and backgrounds‚ but are each in front of the identical issues of racial discrimination and stereotyping because of their differences. Making the impression that "films are primarily concerned with the issues of everyday people" a highly accurate statement in regards to the movie Crash. Thoroughly
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Cameron Barr HUM/111 Detecting Media Bias May 19‚ 2013 For this assignment‚ I used Yahoo as my search engine to come across an article that tells about the IRS current tea party scandal and how Barrack Obama is not involved in it. The article was not clear‚ in my opinion‚ because it failed to give me a complete view or enough information on what exactly is going on. I had to look elsewhere to figure out what exactly this scandal is. However‚ the article was accurate because some of the fact
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reinstated capital punishment‚ 5‚569 total death sentences have been given out by courts‚ 112 to women. Of these 112‚ only one has been executed‚ compared with 301 men. Leigh Beinen‚ a Northwestern University law professor who studies the gender bias in capital cases nationwide‚ thinks the reason so few women face execution has to do with the symbolism that’s central to the death penalty. She said‚ "Capital punishment is about portraying people as devils‚ but women are usually seen as less threatening
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Media Bias While the media and its bias have had an effect on elections for decades‚ in the more recent elections its influence has increased exponentially. With the development of new technologies‚ the media has expanded and its presence has become very major. The media nowadays plays a key role in our everyday lives. It has become so important to us that it has started to affect us‚ the human race‚ negatively‚ especially during the most recent election‚ the election of 2016. Before diving deeper
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