Study Guide for Patton’s MIS 301 Exam #1 – spring 2010 Textbook – Experiencing MIS by David Kroenke: Please read ALL of each chapter‚ including the Dee information‚ the guides‚ and a limited set of case studies (listed below). A few of the guides will NOT be on the test; these are listed below by each relevant chapter under “Not on the exam.” Chapter 1 – “IS in the Life of Business Professionals” Not on the exam: Ethics of Misdirected Information Use (8-9) Duller Than Dirt (16-17) Terms:
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How companies can position their products for competitive advantage in the marketplace? Discuss. HOW TO GAIN A COMPETITIVE EDGE Examine your business and its key operations‚ policies and relationships with customers to determine what you should work on to compete more effectively. What You Should Know Before Getting Started Gaining a Competitive Advantage Marketing Position Company Resources and Opportunities Evaluation of Opportunities Defining the Process Choosing a Competitive Edge What
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Comparison of Optimized Backpropagation Algorithms W. Schiffmann‚ M. Joost‚ R. Werner University of Koblenz Institute of Physics Rheinau 3–4 W-5400 Koblenz e-mail: evol@infko.uni-koblenz.de Presented at ESANN 93‚ Br¨ ssel u Abstract Backpropagation is one of the most famous training algorithms for multilayer perceptrons. Unfortunately it can be very slow for practical applications. Over the last years many improvement strategies have been developed to speed up backpropagation. It’s
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BONDS Be Sure to Include the Following in Your Analysis: 1. How do regular (nominal) Treasury bonds work? How does inflation impact the coupons and principal of a regular T-Bond? How are TIPS different from regular Treasury bonds? When do TIPS outperform/underperform regular Treasuries? 2. What effect do you think an increase in real interest rates has on the price of TIPS? And an increase in realized inflation? An increase in expected inflation? An increase in inflation risk? Are these effects
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geographical‚ environmental‚ social and economic factors all interact in a complex manner to shape dietary consumption patterns While trends may differ between countries or regions‚ it seems clear that functional food category will significantly outperform other segments of the food and beverage market during the next few years. Starting our discussion from the East we can say that The Japanese functional foods market is probably the most developed and unique when compared to other areas of the
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Exxon Mobil By analyzing Exxon Mobil’s financial statements we obtained financial ratios which led me to the conclusion that Exxon Mobil is mildly profitable‚ however they have some areas that might require attention. We can support this conclusion by analyzing what the implications of certain ratios are‚ and how they apply to Exxon Mobil. To make things brief will pick out a prominent ratio from four different categories (liquidity/short term debt ratios‚ turnover ratios‚ long-term debt ratios
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The 4 goals of the Progressive Era were; protecting social welfare‚ promoting moral improvement‚ creating economic reform. The purpose of all these goals were to correct injustices in American life‚ and restore economic opportunities‚ and return control of the government to the people. To me the most important goal is promoting moral improvement‚ because if anyone has a good morals you can improve people. You can improve people’s morals also to get more encouragement for the greater good of people
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Did you know that 32% of the Confederate army died at Gettysburg? Gettysburg was know as the turning point in the Civil war between the Union and the Confederate armies. How was Gettysburg the turning point in the Civil War? Gettysburg was the turning point in the Civil War because the Confederate army was greatly outnumbered‚ the confederate army lost 32% of the army at Gettysburg‚ and there was a National Soldiers Cemetery built at Gettysburg. The first reason why Gettysburg was the turning point
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I. ANIMAL NUTRITION Good quality animal nutrition is essential‚ as it affects animal health and consequently food safety RESULT ON POOR ANIMAL NUTRTION: Poor feeding practices can lead to diseases such as nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism‚ a condition involving the muscles and bones of dogs that is associated with an all-meat diet. Large‚ rapidly growing puppies that consume too many calories and too much calcium can develop hypertrophic osteodystrophy‚ a disease resulting in lameness
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FORMAT OF A MARKETING PLAN I. Executive Summary II. Business Review III. Environmental Analysis IV. Market Segments V. Marketing Objectives VI. Continuously Satisfying Customer Strategy VII. Sales Force Performance Strategy VIII. Better Than Others Strategy IX. Marketing Execution and Controls X. Financial XI. Appendices Executive Summary 2 to3 pages overview of the entire marketing plan. Usually limited to the specific objectives to be achieved‚ the key changes versus the preceding
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