Portfolio management Portfolio management is the professional management of various securities (shares‚ bonds and other securities) and assets (e.g.‚ real estate) in order to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors. Investors may be institutions (insurance companies‚ pension funds‚ corporations‚ charities‚ educational establishments etc.) or private investors (both directly via investment contracts and more commonly via collective investment schemes e.g. mutual funds or exchange-traded
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3.1. Research Objective: To review literature on Social entrepreneurship The aim in this section is to review and discuss the concept of social entrepreneurship (SE). First‚ some of the historical antecedents of SE such as communities‚ cooperatives and philanthropists will be introduced. Then‚ definitions of SE extant literature will be presented. Two significant streams in the definition of SE are derived‚ one is social innovation (SI) and the other one is social enterprise organisation (SEO).
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publications‚ conferences and academic literature. There are two sides of the use of technology in hotels: “back of house” systems (property management systems‚ revenue management systems‚ internal control instruments etc.) and technology that is used directly and mainly by the consumers. The following review aims to put the current technological state‚ future trends and most pressing issues of the hotel and hospitality industry into perspective. II Literature review The newest trends in the hospitality
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and that social processes are best to be studied when change is introduced to observe the effects of these. Furthermore‚ It makes use of a cyclical approach in order for an initial holistic understanding of a social setting. The action research literature has strongly challenged the character of positivism. It is believed that this type of research is derived from a different ontological basis; it tends to a humanistic social practice rather than a traditional natural science. Lewin started with
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Survey finds internal audit risk assessments inconsistent Year: August‚ 2007 The report suggests that internal auditing needs to identify areas of high and moderate risk that are part of the internal audit plan but have been deferred or cancelled because of the organization’s focus on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. It recommends that chief audit executives (CAEs) revisit the budgets‚ skills‚ and capabilities needed to achieve a comprehensive‚ balanced‚ and risk-based approach to auditing‚ as well
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Types of Discipline Problems 2.1.1: Vandalism According to article ‘What is vandalism’‚ written by Dye1‚ she defined vandalism as a crime that generally involves the destruction‚ disfigurement of public or private property. A person does not have to destroy a property to be charged with vandalism. This crime can include acts that simply demise a piece of property. For example‚ a person may rip the seats of a school bus. The bus is still operable‚ but its value
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Business review demonstrates that there are a few investigations of components or factors that impact the business performance of telecommunication companies in the region. However‚ there is no effort at a comprehensive study of the telecommunication organisation in Malaysia. Thus‚ this study endeavours to discuss and dedicates to critical assessment and evaluation of business performance of Digi Telecommunications. The review of related literature is fundamental in order to provide a comprehension
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The purpose of this literature review is to evaluate the influence episiotomy’s have on postpartum pain. In the first study by Leeman et al. (2009)‚ the purpose was to evaluate the pain associated with genital trauma‚ labor care‚ and different incidences during birth from a group of healthy women who had few instances of episiotomies and delivered vaginally. The sample size consisted of 565 midwifery patients that were at least eighteen years of age. These women signed consent forms allowing their
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The Importance of Mission and Vision Abstract Mission and Vision statements tell others who we are and where we want to go as an organization. Through the literature review‚ this paper aims to examine the importance of an organizational mission and vision statement. This paper outlines the details to show how business experts and practitioners have suggested that creating and communicating mission and vision statements are a critical part to the success of an organization. In addition‚ it also
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Review of Related Literature and Studies According to George Epstein “Computer is an electronic device that performs calculation and processes information. It handles vast amount of facts and figures and solves complex problems at incredibility high speeds. A computer can processes many kinds of information‚ from book titles and customers account numbers to chemical formulas and words from ancient Greek texts. It handles all such data in the form of numbers. Retired General Melchor P. Rosales
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