An Analysis of the Financial Crisis of 2008: Causes and Solutions By Austin Murphy* ________________________________________________________________________ *by Austin Murphy‚ Professor of Finance‚ Oakland University‚ SBA‚ Rochester‚ MI 48309-4493 (248-370-2125; jamurphy@oakland.edu). Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1295344 Abstract This research evaluates the fundamental causes of the current financial crisis. Close financial analysis indicates that theoretical
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Business Blogging Toolset: 100 Resources for Entrepreneur-Writers In the past few years‚ blogs have become a big part of business on the internet. Everything from anthropomorphized cats to celebrity gossip can bring millions of visitors and a steady stream of revenue. It can be hard to figure of where to start with your own money-making blog‚ but we’ve tried to make it a little easier by condensing the essential resources you’ll need to start blogging profitably into this list. Check out these sources
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Business report – out and abut plc Introduction Out and about plc have appointed a new chief executive Lisa Coates who has proposed a new marketing plan to enable the business to achieve a rapid improvement in profitability. A marketing plan is a report outlining a firms marketing objectives‚ strategies and tactics including costing‚ timings and forecast results. It is part of a businesses overall corporate plan and should take into account the businesses corporate objectives‚ its internal
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Case Study Week 3 - Victoria Chemicals PLC 1. What changes‚ if any‚ should the plant manager (Morris) ask the financial controller (Greystock) to make to his analysis? Morris should ask the Financial Controller to the make the following changes to his analysis: • Include the cost of the rolling stock. These would become an essential asset of the Merseyside Works. The investment to occur in 2010 and then depreciated over the following 10 years. These would become an asset of the Merseyside works
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Acleda bank PLC 1. Introduction After civil war in 1979 and general election in 1993‚ Cambodia has become a peaceful country. Since that Cambodia attracts both local and international investors in many industries. Especially‚ in bank services is extremely boom. Related to the financial services‚ there are many finance organizations and institutes have been invented. Now‚ our group would like to focus on one private bank which is the largest commercial bank in Cambodia according
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B Problem Statement Barbara Printup must determine the packaging for Metabical that will best capture the accurately forecasted demand of the target market. With many substitutes for weight loss in a variety of packages and price points‚ it will be important to create a package that can be priced in a way to both drive sales and continued use of the 12-week drug. Printup must also develop a pricing model to align with the packaging and the price expectations of the target market. Since this is
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the United States‚ we have become familiar the reputations of certain goods based on their country of origin. Some examples include Swiss-made watches‚ German automobiles‚ Tulips from Holland‚ Argentine beef. Michael Porter uses his "Porter ’s Diamond" theory to explain why some countries have a comparative advantage in relation to others in specific industries. Porter theorizes that four broad attributes (factor endowments‚ demand conditions‚ relating and supporting industries‚ and firm strategy
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Case Study Analysis: Abstract This analysis examines freight cost and cleaning fluid supplies at two locations; Cincinnati and Oakland‚ to determine the optimal distribution network to supply the cleaning fluid to Great North American at minimal cost to Solutions Plus. Based on projected cost a bid recommendation is made and decision factors related to the analysis are discussed. Keywords: Solutions Plus‚ Cost minimization‚ Breakeven‚ Bid‚ Shipping Cost Background Solutions Plus is an
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Fluid Phase Equilibria 337 (2013) 89–99 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Fluid Phase Equilibria journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/fluid Asphaltene deposition prediction using adaptive neuro-fuzzy models based on laboratory measurements Karim Salahshoor a ‚ Sepide Zakeri a ‚ Sedigheh Mahdavi b‚∗ ‚ Riyaz Kharrat a ‚ Mahmoud Khalifeh b a b Petroleum University of Technology‚ Tehran‚ Iran Petroleum Research Center‚ Petroleum University of Technology‚ Tehran
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Group Paper Analysis‚ Team 4 4/22/2010 Victoria Chemicals (B) Group Case Study Introduction Victoria Chemicals’ Intermediate Chemicals Group (ICG) is evaluating two mutually exclusive proposals on their capital expenditures. The Liverpool and Rotterdam plants have compiled separate proposals. Each proposal had the potential to increase the polypropylene output by 7 percent for their plant respectively. Victoria Chemicals could not view a 14 percent increase companywide being feasible‚
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