9-207-056 JANUARY 28‚ 2007 MALCOLM BAKER Multifactor Models There are two parts to this exercise. The first is to evaluate the performance of four mutual funds. And‚ the second is to estimate the cost of capital for two firms. Benchmarking Both parts of the exercise are about choosing an appropriate benchmark‚ either for evaluating past investment returns or assessing a new project. Ideally‚ a benchmark should reflect the opportunity cost‚ or the best alternative investment. If an investment manager’s
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European Journal of Operational Research 154 (2004) 345–362 www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw Returns to scale in different DEA models Rajiv D. Banker a‚ William W. Cooper b‚ Lawrence M. Seiford c‚ Robert M. Thrall d‚ Joe Zhu e‚* c School of Management‚ The University of Texas at Dallas‚ Richardson‚ TX 75083-0658‚ USA Graduate School of Business‚ The University of Texas at Austin‚ Austin‚ TX 78712-1174‚ USA Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering‚ University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor‚ MI
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Earning management is good or not? Introdcution This essay is to examine whether earning management is it good or bad. Though there is so many debate about whether it should be accepted to be good rather than bad‚ however‚ this essay will explain the both side of earnings management. Earnings management reduces the quality of financial reporting‚ it can interfere with the resource allocation in the economy and can bring adverse consequences to the financial market. This essay analyses both‚ causes
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com/locate/lrp From Strategy to Business Models and onto Tactics Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart Strategy scholars have used the notion of the Business Model to refer to the ‘logic of the firm’ e how it operates and creates value for its stakeholders. On the surface‚ this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual framework to separate and relate the concepts of strategy and business model: a business model‚ we argue‚ is a reflection of the firm’s
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The Ford Model T is a vehicle that was produced by Henry Ford’s Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1927. The Model T set 1908 as the historic year that the automobile became popular. It is generally regarded as the first affordable auto‚ the car that opened travel to the common middle-class American; some of this was because of Ford’s innovations‚ including assembly line production instead of individual hand crafting. The first production Model T was produced on August 12‚ 1908 and left the factory
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Logic model Brief history of evaluation and the logic Model Scriven (1991) would argue that evaluation has been around for many years‚ and is only now recognised as a discipline. He would go further and say it is like a knowledge which has been around for a decade before we were discussing its use‚ nature and logic. It is essentially different from science in its methods and thought. He would argue it is only recently we have appreciated its value as a discipline we still have a long way to go.
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C. Takaful Operating Models • The Mudaraba Model The mudaraba is a kind of partnership in which one party that affords supplies funds while the other offers its expertise and management. It is based on classic profit sharing principles‚ for example a partnership in which two parties involved‚ one is fund provider which is called the participant‚ while the other person or party is called the operator who provides expertise and management of the fund. Both share the profits of the joint venture
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Available online at www.ilshs.pl International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 8 (2013) 77-85 ISSN 2300-2697 Service marketing triangle and GAP model in hospital industry Rajesh K. Yadav1‚*‚ Nishant Dabhade2‚** 1 Associate Prof. & Head‚ Department of Management‚ RKDF College of Engineering‚ Bhopal (M.P.)‚ India 2 Assistant Professor‚ Department of Management‚ RKDF College of Engineering‚ Bhopal (M.P.)‚ India *‚**E-mail address: drrajeshkyadav@yahoo.com ‚ nishant
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2005 EASA Vol 25(1) 11–18 Use of the Collegial Leadership Model of Emancipation to transform traditional management practices in secondary schools P. Singh De partm ent of P ostgra duate S tudies & Edu cational R esearch ‚ Nelso n M ande la Me tropolitan U niversity‚ P O Bo x 77 000 ‚ Port Elizabeth‚ 6031 South Africa prakash.singh@nm mu.ac.za The Collegial Leadership Mo del of Emanc ipation (COLME) is used to address the concerns of transforming traditional management practices (T M Ps ) in seco
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Although adapted and updated‚ much of the information in this lecture is derived from C. David Mortensen‚ Communication: The Study of Human Communication (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.‚ 1972)‚ Chapter 2‚ “Communication Models.” A. What is a Model? 1. Mortensen: “In the broadest sense‚ a model is a systematic representation of an object or event in idealized and abstract form. Models are somewhat arbitrary by their nature. The act of abstracting eliminates certain details to focus on essential
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