The most recent study conducted on the attainment rates between monolingual and bilingual children was Erika Hoff’s observations in childhood concentration‚ which was published in her book “Childhood Bilingualism”. Hoff explained that when a bilingual child learns multiple languages‚ it changes how that child uses their cognitive resources. Furthermore‚ bilingual children often switch their mental dialogue from their native language to their second known language. It is this switching ability according
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Case 2B: The Small/Large Anomaly Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Maastricht‚ 15 September 2009 Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Maastricht‚ 15 September 2009 Table of Content Introduction 3 Summary Statistics 4 Spread Portfolio 5 Evaluate the CAPM 6 Conclusion 7 References 8 Introduction The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is an equilibrium model that underlies all modern financial theory. It predicts
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Single-Sex Schools vs. Coed Schools By: Karina Galvis and Julia Lopez Background Inform ation ▪ Single-sex education has been growing in popularity since the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act was passed‚ allowing local educational agencies to use “Innovative Programs” funds to support same-gender schools and classrooms “consistent with existing law.” The U.S. Department of Education loosened its Title IX regulation in 2006 to diminish prohibitions on single-sex education. ▪ http://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/02/coed
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31-1: • Intelligence: a socially constructed concept that differs from culture to culture. • One overall ability or many? • Can it be measured or located by neuroscientists? • Reify: to treat it as though it were a real object‚ not an abstract concept. • Most psychologists now define Intelligence: the ability to learn from experience‚ solve problems‚ and adapt to new situations. 31-2: • Factor analysis has been used to show that mental abilities tend to form clusters; people show similar levels
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY‚ VOL. 48‚ NO. 7‚ JULY 2002 1849 Performance of Blind and Group-Blind Multiuser Detectors Anders Høst-Madsen‚ Member‚ IEEE‚ and Xiaodong Wang‚ Member‚ IEEE Abstract—In blind (or group-blind) linear multiuser detection‚ the detector is estimated from the received signals‚ with the prior knowledge of only the signature waveform of the desired user (or the signature waveforms of some but not all users). The performance of a number of such estimated linear
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Using Leadership to Improve Ethical Performance An organization needs effective leaders in order to motivate employees to meet or exceed its objectives. However‚ effective leaders are not always so easy to come by. Few individuals possess the ability to motivate or inspire others. Therefore‚ it is imperative that organizations seek out those gifted individuals who have the skills to influence others to meet company goals. Helen Frye is an example of such a leader. Helen Frye is currently a
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largest bank in the U.S. after just seven years) have been created since then‚ based on service-profit chain (SPC) relationships. Others‚ such as Rackspace Hosting (engaged in Web site design and management)‚ Westpac (one of Australia’s leading banks)‚ CEMEX (one of the world’s largest cement companies‚ based in Mexico)‚ Harrah’s Entertainment (a leader in branded casino entertainment‚ based in Reno‚ Nevada)‚ and Baptist Health Care (a not-for-profit health care organization centered in northwest Florida
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is important to an investor’s wealth accumulation. Two distinct strategies are compared in this report: one that selects low-cost market-tracking index funds exclusively and a second that selects from actively managed funds that attempt to outperform the markets. Overwhelming evidence is found in support of an all index fund strategy. The research is unique in that the actual performance of index funds and actively managed funds are used throughout the study. Each portfolio was formed using
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1. Introduction Title of the article is ‘Strategy as Simple Rules’ and it was written by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Donald N.Sull. The aim is to show how the strategy of simple rule is used in complex business. Yahoo is the company that had successfully used simple rule strategy to be the internet’s top portal. Company can choose among three distinct approaches to strategy and it requires different skill sets and works best under different circumstances. There are five types of simple rules: how-to-rules
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Sustainable Competitive Advantage ”A company can outperform its rivals only if it establishes a difference that it can reserve”. - Michael Porter The unique skills and assets a company has to outperform its rivals are the sources of competitive advantage. The competitive advantage results from implementing a value creating strategy that is not implemented simultaneously by its competitors. The strategy attains sustainability if the competitors are unable to erode the strategic advantage the
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