Mining Advertiser-specific User Behavior Using Adfactors Nikolay Archak New York University‚ Leonard N. Stern School of Business 44 West 4th Street‚ Suite 8-185 New York‚ NY‚ 10012 Vahab S. Mirrokni Google Research 76 9th Ave New York‚ NY 10011 S. Muthukrishnan Google Research 76 9th Ave New York‚ NY 10011 mirrokni@google.com muthu@google.com narchak@stern.nyu.edu ABSTRACT Consider an online ad campaign run by an advertiser. The ad serving companies that handle such campaigns
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Sharpe’s position had been 99 percent of equity funds invested in the S&P 500 and either one per cent in Reynolds over one percent in Hasbro. Estimate the resulting portfolio position. How does each stock affect the variability of the equity investment? How does this relate to your answer in question 1 above? Weight: .99 in S&P 500 Alternative: .01 in Reynolds or Hasbro Average Returns: S&P 500 = 0.57% Reynolds= 1.87% Hasbro = 1.18 % Portfolio Return: Weight * Return +
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Financial Decision Analysis~Marriott Corporation Case Study Executive Summary – Q5 – Hurdle Rate Analysis Hurdle rates‚ the weighted cost of capital that projected cash flows must exceed for initiatives to be considered‚ vary within Marriott Corporations due to their unique industry risk levels and capital structures. They use this number to determine which projects to accept‚ to adjust the rate at which the firm grows and as a measure for compensation within each business area‚ and as incentive
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What is Investment Banking “A specific division of banking related to the creation of capital for other companies. Investment banks underwrite new debt and equity securities for all types of corporations. Investment banks also provide guidance to issuers regarding the issue and placement of stock.” An investment bank is a financial institution that helps companies take new bond or stock issues to market‚ usually acting as the intermediary between the issuer and investors. In addition to the services
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imperative areas necessitating management analysis. In the present study‚ two private sector steel companies operating in India has been selected. For analysis‚ accounting ratios and statistical tools i.e.‚ A.M.‚ C.V.‚ multiple correlation and regression has been used. Keeping this in view‚ a study of managing liquidity of the selected private sector steel companies is undertaken in the present work. Keywords: Secondary data‚ multiple regression analysis‚ financial management‚ Indian steel‚ performance
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I. Six major investment banks: The principal purpose of an investment bank (and of investment banking in general) is the underwriting of new securities issued by an investment bank’s clients. An investment bank may also provide other services‚ such as professional advice‚ working with mergers & acquisitions‚ and private wealth management. Traditional "investment banking" refers to financial advisory work. For example‚ a big corporation might ask for the bank’s help if it wants to borrow money
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Ch.1. Real estate space and asset markets. Space market ( the market for the usage of (or right to use) real property (land and built space); also referred to as the real estate usage market or rental market. Demand side: individuals‚ households and firms that want to use space for either consumption of production purposes. Supply side: real estate owners who rent space to tenants. 1. Segmentation of space markets. Both the demand and supply side are location and type specific
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Personal Communications Evaluation and Analysis Ryan Schmidt Comm 400 June 24‚ 2013 Kristina Barnes Personal Communications Evaluation and Analysis Personal communication is a very important part of everyday life. Everything that we do as individuals has to do with the way that we communicate with one another. Effective communication is very vital and also tells a lot about a person. Communication within an organization is extremely important because it defines how a company or an organization
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Research and Analysis Project (RAP) Due to ACCA’s flexible entry routes‚ many students enrolling are non-graduates. I joined ACCA straight from A levels and never went to university. The partnership between ACCA and Oxford Brookes University is a chance for such students to get a Bachelors degree. I recently completed my Research and Analysis Project (RAP). I chose Topic 8‚ ‘The business and financial performance of an organisation of your choice.’ An article in Student Accountant referred to
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Project Evaluation and Control Fred Kelly‚ Matthew Smith‚ Apolinar Rios Project Planning and Implementation CMGT/410 Charles Selin March 30‚ 2015 An organization is best able to complete any task or project by the implementation of a project scope. A project scope is used to define the resources and steps or goals that need to be taken in order to complete the project as expected. If an organization is to install new hardware and ensure that it is fully functional and operational‚ they will need
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