1. A generous university benefactor has agreed to donate a large amount of money for student scholarships. The money can be provided in one lump-sum of $10mln‚ or in parts‚ where $5.5mln can be provided in year 1‚ and another $5.5mln can be provided in year 2. a) Assuming the opportunity interest rate is 6%‚ what is the present value of the second alternative? According to Douglas‚ "a dollar received in the present period is worth more than a dollar received in a future period" (2010‚ ch. 1
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Topic 1 1. The word risk derives from the early Italian Risicare. To dare. In this sense‚ risk is a choice rather than a fate. 2. Theroy of probability is the mathematical heart of the concept of risk. 3. Understanding of risk enables us to make decisions in a rational mode. 4. Over time‚ the controversy between qualification based on observations of the past and subjective degrees of belief has taken on a deeper significance. The mathematically driven apparatus of modern risk management
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writing why not? When I am writing about topics that I am not very familiar with I can become discouraged or afraid of criticism from my instructor. From reading chapter 1 I learned that most writers feel the same way when they are first starting on writing. Did you have any of the misconceptions about writing discussed in chapter 1? I thought writers enjoyed writing but the truth is most are afraid when initially starting on a writing assignment. Although good writers have fears‚ they continue writing
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approach asks the questions like‚ “What type of power does the leader have in regards to the followers?” This approach looks at the amount and type of influence the leader has on the people around him or her. The situational approach looks at the situation leader must deal with. This approach examines the mission of the unit‚ the type of organization the leader is a part of‚ and the nature of the work environment. The Integrative Approach involves multiple types of approaches. Participative Approach
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Part 1 Goering‚ Zarcus‚ and Schmit are partners and share income and loss in a 3:2:5 ratio. The partnership’s capital balances are as follows: Goering‚ $84‚000; Zarcus‚ $69‚000; and Schmit‚ $147‚000. Zarcus decides to withdraw from the partnership‚ and the partners agree to not have the assets revalued upon Zarcus’s retirement. Prepare journal entries to record Zarcus’s February 1 withdrawal from the partnership under each of the following separate assumptions: Zarcus (a) Sells her interest to Getz
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accounting profit before tax of Happy Star Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2012 amounted to $10‚000 after including the following information. The financial year of the company was from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012. Equipment: The Company purchased the equipment for the amount of $100‚000 on 1 January 2011. Ending balance of equipment based on accounting as at 31 December 2011 was $100‚000. Ending balance as at 31 December 2012 was $100‚000. A deferred tax liability in relation
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Blood Banking OR Immunohaematology OR Blood Transfusion Instructor course Dr. Abbas Alsaeed CLS 441 Contents (CLS 441) 1. Introduction of Immunohaematology 2. ABO Blood Group System 3. The Rh Blood Group System 4. Other Blood Group System 5. Antihuman Globulin (Coombs’) Test 6. Detection and Identification of Antibodies 7. Cross Matching (Compatibility Testing) 8. Transfusion Reactions and Complications 9. Screening for Diseases Transmitted through Blood 10
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Industrial/ Organizational Psychology Paper By: Keanan Aho 03/26/2012 PSY 435 Christopher Reid Industrial/ Organizational Psychology Paper Industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology has been around for a long time. It has been studied since the beginning of the study of psychology. When I/O psychology was first studied the industrial side of it is what was focused on. The industrial side consisted of the management and human resources side‚ and the organization side‚ which consisted
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Samantha Riley Axia College of University of Phoenix Barriers to Effective Communication Communication enables human beings to interact in a meaningful way. It is hence a vital component of coming up with the meanings of situations so as to derive the intended conclusions. According to Schwartz (2001)‚ communication can be said to be the process that involves the sending and receipt of messages of information among individuals. The communication process consists of
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Problem Introduction Julia Robertson‚ a senior at Tech‚ is investigating different way to finance her final year at school. She is considering opening a food booth outside the stadium at the home football games. We are asked to formulate and solve the linear program in excel‚ write the sensitivity ranges for the objective function coefficients and the constraint quantity values then determine if Julia were to borrow some money from a friend before the first game to purchase more ingredients‚ could
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