Financial Institutions Center Innovation in Retail Banking by Frances X. Frei Patrick T. Harker Larry W. Hunter 97-48-B THE WHARTON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CENTER The Wharton Financial Institutions Center provides a multi-disciplinary research approach to the problems and opportunities facing the financial services industry in its search for competitive excellence. The Center ’s research focuses on the issues related to managing risk at the firm level as well as ways to improve productivity
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FINA 411 Portfolio Management Winter 2015 Section D Instructor Dr. Yuan Wang Office MB 12-317 Phone (514) 848-2424 ext. 2913 E-mail yuan.wang@concordia.ca Office Hours Tuesday 14:30-16:30 (or by appointment) Class Time: Tuesday 08:45-11:30 OBJECTIVE: This course focuses on modern investment theory and its application to the management of entire portfolios. It will consist of lectures‚ discussions of cases and articles‚ and video presentations. Topics include: a) construction of optimal
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Unilever’s portfolio Before the analyzed period the brand portfolio of Unilever was characterized by major vertical and horizontal integration processes. The production of low-cost consumer goods required significant control over raw materials. Moreover‚ the production of some goods (e.g. soap) served as a basis for a new business development (chemicals) and related diversification was the managerial decisions. At that time Unilever was also a huge packaging and shipping company. End of 1980s
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Fixed-Income Analysis Lectures 8 and 9: Active Bond Portfolio Strategies Joëlle Miffre 1 Active Bond Portfolio Strategies Market Timing: Trading on Interest Rate Predictions Riding the Yield Curve Timing Bets Based on Interest-Rates Level When Rates are Expected to Decrease When Rates are Expected to Increase: Roll-Over Strategies Bets on Specific Moves of the Yield Curve Barbell‚ Bullet‚ Ladder‚ Butterfly Other Semi-Hedged Strategies: Ladder Hedged against Slope Movement
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1. Introduction This essay will focus on the case analysis of the political economy in South Korea and how it has influenced the foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Korea after the global financial crisis (GFC) in 2007. It will give a brief introduction of what the political economy is. And then a case study will be provided about the political system‚ the legal system and the economic system in South Korea and the interconnectedness of these three systems and their influence on the environment
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_____________________________________________________________________ Course Study Guide 2011–12 Course Code: BUS1331 Course title: Value Chain Management Course Leader: Dr. Michael Babula‚ MBA‚ PhD ____________________________________________________________________________ Contents 1. 2. WELCOME ........................................................................................................................................ 3 INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE ......................
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Portfolios have long been used in some professions to showcase professional work and skill. In education‚ portfolios have also been used for assessment‚ including self-assessment (Lankes 1995; Pond et al. 1998). Both career portfolios and career passports reflect this dual focus—students assess themselves in the process of developing a product‚ and the resulting product showcases and documents their experiences and skills. A distinction is sometimes drawn between a portfolio as developmental and
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Employee Portfolio: Management Plan MGT/311 Three employees from the same company were given a series of self-assessment questionnaires. These three employees report to the same manager and often work together on special projects. The self-assessments gather information about each person and their personality‚ individual character and job satisfaction. The first employee is satisfied with the majority of his job description but he lacks enthusiasm and excitement. He has an overall general
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SAT Example Portfolio Targeting Dec 6th Test Edit Assigned Example(s) (Due Sat. 10/18) Social Changers Oskar Schindler (Due Sat. 10/25) John Rabe (Due Sat. 10/25) Nelson Mandela (Due Sat. 10/25) The Little Rock Nine (Due Sat. 10/25) Elizabeth Blackwell (Due Sat. 10/25) Scientists Rachel Carson (Due Sat. 11/1) Rosalind Franklin (Due Sat. 11/1) Alexander Fleming (Due Sat. 11/1) Alfred Wegener (Due Sat. 11/1) Artists Andy Warhol (Due Sat. 11/8) Marcel Duchamp
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Angela Cusumano November 28‚ 2010 Portfolio Review Committee University of Illinois at Chicago 601 South Morgan Street Chicago‚ Illinois 60607 Dear Portfolio Review Committee‚ My first semester here at UIC I was obligated to take English 160. I can honestly say I thought I would be easily passing this course. I was used to the 5 paragraph essay in high school and assumed that things would be the same in college. After writing my first project for English 160 I felt invincible until I
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