analyzed and presented in class by teams. You should read and get yourself familiar with the case before the class‚ READINGS – You will be assigned 2 articles to discuss in class. PROJECT – Identify an emerging technology as a team and develop a forecast using Technology Forecasting Tools. Examples of such projects will be provided.Your team is required to present the progress and results of your project during the scheduled times in class. Progress presentations should not exceed 20 minutes and the
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Macroeconomic Forecast Pfizer‚ Inc. March 14‚ 2005 Abstract This paper is a Macroeconomic Forecast Outline of Pfizer‚ Inc. This outline will identify main economic indicators for Pfizer as a business entity and as a representative of pharmaceutical industry. This paper will identify sources of various data collected based on economical activity and relationships between different economical indicators. Main Economic Indicators The purpose of economic indicators is to provide for researchers
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into 5 distinct phases (as shown as Figure 1) from the year 1998 till date. Interestingly the Indian Mobile market in North India has followed almost all the phases of the Product Life Cycle as shown in Figure 1 below. Figure 1 The total subscriber base as at June 2013 stood at 671.13 million. Figure 2 below shows the major GSM operator wise number of subscribers as at June 2013. Figure 2 In our project we have attempted to forecast the demand of mobile subscriptions in North India in the
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2. Prospective Analysis Explanation of Forecast Assumptions Myer decided to change their business strategy due to the poor performance in the prior years (appendix A). First‚ they are planning to focus on customer satisfaction by investing more than $600 million for capital and the implementation costs of the new strategy (Myer Holdings Limited 2015). Second‚ they are expanding the range of their brands and focusing on the big and well-known names such as Calvin Klein and Nine West to achieve the
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1. What is Monetary Policy? Overview Monetary policy is the process by which the monetary authority of a country controls the supply of money‚ often targeting a rate of interest for the purpose of promoting economic growth and stability. The official goals usually include relatively stable prices and low unemployment. Monetary theory provides insight into how to craft optimal monetary policy. It is referred to as either being expansionary or contractionary‚ where an expansionary policy increases
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Fiscal policy in Malaysia 1. Background In the 1970s‚ the Malaysian government played a key role in the economy. The government ventured beyond its traditional functions and took on a more direct and active role in the country’s overall social and economic development process. This period saw the government’s direct participation in the private sector through the establishment of large commercial enterprises. Government participation in the economy expanded further in 1980-82 as it pursued
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Sales Forecast Memo The objective of this memo is to discuss the predictions of automobile sales in the US for the month of March 2012. The prediction is to take into account the historic data (provided) and current marketing environment. At first‚ two approaches of the analytical (quantitative) method were used – moving average and exponential smoothing. The objective of doing so was to get an idea of the prediction based on historic data only. Once that was done‚ the marketing environment
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Technology In the ever-changing financial markets‚ people should diversify their investments to earn the maximum profit. Distributing different portion of money into selected currencies is one of the approaches to make money. For the past many years‚ scholars have developed a number of methods to predict exchange rates. As a speculator‚ I am going to use three measures including Asset Market Approach‚ Relative PPP‚ and International Fisher Effect for currency forecasting. From the fundamental
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Training and Movements of Personnel Training- according to the Labor Code of the Philippines‚ is the systematic development of the attitude‚ knowledge‚ behavior patterns for the adequate performance of a given job or task. Identifying Training Needs Common types of Training 1. 2. On-the-Job Training and Job Rotation 3. Vestibule Training 4. Apprenticeship Training 5. Classroom Training 6. Programming Instruction 7. Management Development Program Human Asset
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Economic Commission for Africa Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa Economic Commission for Africa ECA/DPMD/PSM/TP/03/1 Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa: Lessons Learned Development Policy Management Division (DPMD) Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia December 2003 For this and other publications‚ please visit the ECA website at the following address: http://www.uneca.org or contact: Publications Economic Commission for Africa P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia Tel.: 251-1-44
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