Closing the High-Tech Gender Gap This year’s Lemelson-MIT Prize winner discusses grassroots ways for boosting the number of women in technology and business. I have a confession to make: I’ve been living under a rock. I’ve actually been busy under here — running a bioengineering lab at MIT‚ starting companies‚ teaching‚ consulting‚ being a mom. But I’ve been so focused on keeping all the balls in the air that‚ until recently‚ I hadn’t noticed that women typically aren’t the ones starting
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Gap analysis is a technique of asset-liability management that can be used to assess interest rate risk or liquidity risk. Implementations for those two applications differ in minor ways‚ so people distinguish between interest rate gaps and liquidity gaps. This article discusses both. Gap analysis was widely adopted by financial institutions during the 1980s. When used to manage interest rate risk‚ it was used in tandem with duration analysis. Both techniques have their own strengths and weaknesses
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AUDIT EXPECTATIONS GAP Definition i) Liggio (1974a) defines it as the difference between the levels of expected performance as envisioned by the independent accountant and by the user of financial statements. The Cohen Commission (1978) on auditors’ responsibility extended this definition by considering whether a gap may exist between what the public expects or needs and what auditors can and should reasonably expect to accomplish. ii) According to Guy and Sullivan (1988)‚ there is a
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Gap Inc. is a large retail company owning several brands such as Gap‚ (including Gap Kids‚ Gap Baby‚ Gap Body) Banana Republic‚ Old Navy Piperlime and Athleta. The company is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco‚ and was founded in 1969 by Donald and Doris Fisher. They strive to sell quality clothing‚ mostly the basics‚ for good prices. They are a leading company in the apparel retail market with 3‚085 stores. Through the five brands that Gap Inc. owns‚ they are
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Taking a gap year a sword with two blades. It strikes me that the students should take a gap year. I think that students should have the time to refresh their mind before joining university. However a sizeable number of people may oppose me. For instance‚ some people say that if the students took a gap year he / she can find a job‚ therefore they would earn money and they will not think about the university anymore. Moreover‚ the gap year makes the students lose their motivation and their
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Gap Inc. Case Analysis and Recommendations Micah Keith GBA 490 June 10‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Recommendations & Justification………………………………………………………………...2 Appendix Dominant Economic Characteristics………………………………………………………3 Market Size and Growth Rate Number of Rivals Scope of Competitive Rivalry Product Innovation Demand-Supply Conditions Consumer Characteristics Pace of Technological Change Economies of Scale
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Rafael Yee World Geography 11/12/2012 Rafael Yee World Geography 11/12/2012 Elimination of Darien´s Gap Who will it truly benefit? Intro Darien´s Gap is an undeveloped‚ thick forest dividing Panama from Colombia. It is very short‚ about 160km‚ but because of the thickness of the forest and swamps it is very difficult to pass through it to go to Colombia. There is a wide debate that has been going through a long time ago deciding whether to open it or not. There are many reasons and
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Alice Faye Wattleton‚ commonly known as Faye Wattleton‚ is an impeccable figure that has made marvelous strides for herself and for women around the county. She was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri on July 8‚ 1943 to a family who never could have imagined the accomplishments she would make in life. Wattleton came from a Christian background‚ for her mother was a minister of the Church of God. This specific feature of her upbringing would become particular interesting later in life as she tackled controversial
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delivered his "closing the gap" report in parliament on the state of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health and wellbeing. We think it would be useful for us all to take a break from the statistics and consider some fundamental questions. Numbers and targets are important when it comes to addressing need but we often forget that sound policy comes from sound principles and motivations. In terms of national policy we began this journey to "close the gap" as a result of the national
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SYNOPSIS Gap‚ Inc. was originally founded by Doris and Donald Fisher. The company has evolved from a single store located in San Francisco‚ California into a predominate retail chain that includes the Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ Old Navy‚ Forth & Towne‚ and Piperlime.com. The company sells a huge variety of clothing from casual to chic for men‚ women‚ and children. The 21st century has brought hard times to this extremely successful company‚ especially Gap adult stores and the company is losing
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