Mini Case (Page 45) Assume that you recently graduated and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle DellaTorre‚ a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile. DellaTorre is a highly ranked tennis player who would like to start a company to produce and market apparel she designs. She also expects to invest substantial amounts of money through Balik and Kiefer. DellaTorre
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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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Corporate Misconduct T Ware Sr. ITT Tech Online BU222 – Business Law and Regulation Dr. Carrie A. O’Hare November 30‚ 2011 Corporate Misconduct What is and what is not ethical can be defined different ways by different people. What may be unethical to one person may not be so unethical to someone else. These values can depend of how someone was raised‚ the type of environment that they were accustomed to‚ and even how they carry themselves day to day. Ethics is simply defined as a set of
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Wage Gap: The Other 23 Cents Imagine you and your co-worker – same position‚ same hours‚ same qualifications‚ same gender‚ and overall very similar – get your paychecks back and they got paid 1‚000 dollars while you get paid 770‚ 690‚ or even 550 dollars for the equal amount of work. That doesn’t seem fair now does it? Most of you probably would say no. So‚ let’s change it a little bit‚ same scenario‚ but this time you are either a minority sex or race compared to your white coworker‚ is that fair
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The Gender Achievement Gap Rena Godfrey Capella University ED5540 Strategies for Eliminating the Achievement Gap Quarter & Year: Fall 2013 Email: godfreyrena@gmail.com Instructor: Marge Zuba‚ Ed.D. Gender Achievement Gap One of the most interesting and actively debated areas in educational research concerns the gender-based achievement gaps in math and science. Despite research efforts and statistical data backing up the notion that girls are falling
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Corporate Governance Issue [Writer’s Name] [Institute’s Name] [Date] Corporate Governance Issue Introduction The Purpose of the Case study is to assess the case of Enron mainly at the Corporate Governance problems. This Report will point out that why Independence of the Company’s Director is vital to clear operation of the organization; why successful Boards are compulsory for the companies to avoid the disasters like the Enron; and there must be the Working committee including the Non-Executive
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performers‚ but to realign those building blocks to support decision making that’s more consistent with the overall strategy and performance objectives of the company. That is exactly what happened during the late 1980s and early 1990s at Caterpillar Inc.‚ a $30 billion global manufacturer of large construction and earth-moving equipment‚ engines‚ and power systems. “Cat‚” as people call it‚ is a company that had enjoyed a long-standing record of profitability and market leadership until 1982‚ when
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What is Corporate Communication? * A department with many functions * A set of communication products * A process to communicate key messages Corporate communications are a powerful management tool if approached with strategic integrity‚ alignment and focus. An organisation performing with coherence and its energy focused on a specified goal is far more effective than one that allows confused and inconsistent messages to disseminate from management. Communications is the only vehicle
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Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino‚ California‚ that designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software and personal computers. Apple is the world’s second-largest information technology company by revenue after Samsung Electronics‚ and the world’s third-largest mobile phone maker. As of May 2013‚ Apple maintains 408 retail stores in fourteen countries as well as the online Apple Store and iTunes Store. Organization strategy June
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Brands (Interbrand‚ 2010)‚ Apple has succeeded in strategic leadership and innovation‚ which has drawn attention from the world recently. This essay focuses on some key issues of Apple’s innovation. It begins with analyzing the key features of Apple Inc by Porter’s five forces and Kay’s distinctive capabilities. Then‚ the evaluations of the CEO Steve Jobs as the strategic leader and explanations of Apple’s strategic innovation are involved. The final section is our recommendations to Apple. Features
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