DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Uppsala University Thesis Work Economics D Author: Jonathan Mårtensson Tutor: Lennart Berg Term and Year: Autumn 2005 Portfolio optimisation - improved risk-adjusted return? Abstract In this thesis‚ portfolio optimisation is used to evaluate if a specific sample of portfolios have a higher risk level or lower expected return‚ compared to what may be obtained through optimisation. It also compares the return of optimised portfolios with the return of the original portfolios
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http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20Ethics/BECG093.htm However‚ the company came in for severe criticism from activists and environmental experts who charged it with depleting groundwater resources in the areas in which its bottling plants were located‚ thereby affecting the livelihood of poor farmers‚ dumping toxic and hazardous waste materials near its bottling facilities‚ and discharging waste water into the agricultural lands of farmers. Moreover‚ its allegedly unethical
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Educationa l Interventio n fo r Parent s an d Healthcar e Provider s Lead s to Reduce d Antibioti c Us e in Acut e Otiti s Medi a LARS SMA Ê BREKKE 1 ‚ DAG BERILD 2 ‚ ANTO N GI Æ VE R 3 ‚ TORN I MYRBAK K 4 ‚ AIRI N FUSKEV A Ê G 5 ‚ JOHANN A U. ERICSO N 4 ‚ TRON D FL Æ GSTA D 4 ‚ 6 ‚ Ø RJA N OLSVI K 4 an d SIGN E H. RINGERT Z 2 ‚ 4 From the 1 Regiona l Dru g Informatio n Centr e ‚ Tromsø Uni
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ISYS100 – Final Research Paper Weighting: 33% Due Date: Tuesday 31st January 2012 (Due between: 8.30am – 1pm) SIBT Front Office (Ryde or City Campus) Questions: Your job is to complete one of the following research questions: (Please remember that you are to only answer one question) 1) Discuss the importance of improving the Digital Divide between all countries of different socio-economic climates. 2) ISYS100 was designed to help students see how Information Technology has made our
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Contents A: Introduction Page 2 B: Strengths and Weaknesses Page 2 C: Training Diary Page 4 D: Justification of Programme Page 5 E: Programme Modifications Page 6 F: Evaluation Page 7 G: Appendices Page 8 H: Bibliography Page 9 Introduction The Biathlon is generally any sporting event made up of two disciplines. In our case this term‚ the two different sports are swimming and running. The swim is conducted first in a length of 300 metres
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Background of the study Training is an event of planning a learning process in order to improve the person’s knowledge‚ ability and skills. According to Raymond (2010) “Planned effort by a company to facilitate to employees’ learning of job competencies. These competencies include knowledge‚ skills or behaviors that are critical for successful job performance”. This means that any organizations or institutions which want to improve job performance must provide trainings to their employees. Globalizations
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ZONAR TRAINING MANUAL TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Introduction................................................................................................................3 Equipment Description...............................................................................................3 Inspection Zones ....................................................................................................4-5 Reading Tags.................................................................
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com/finance.htm Methods of Evaluation: Training Techniques Mahmoud M. AL-Ajlouni Assistant Professor‚ Deptt. of Business Administration Irbid National University‚ Irbid Jordan E-mail: ajlouni_mahmoud@hotmail.com Salah M.H Athamneh Assistant Professor‚ Deptt. Humanities Jordan University of Science and technology Irbid‚ Jordan Abdulnaser A. Jaradat Assistant Professor‚ Deptt. of Marketing Irbid National University‚ Irbid‚ Jordan Abstract The Evaluation of any training programme has certain aims to fulfill
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Assignment 1: Training and Development in Small Businesses Today’s business world is very competitive. This can be attributed to more organizations entering the market and the current economic climate. This has many companies thinking of ways to increase productivity and gain a competitive advantage. In order to successfully continue to operate and grow‚ organizations often have to change strategies and better develop employees. This applies to any size organization. However‚ small businesses
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up the new business‚ so management wants to ensure they provide effective support for them in terms of training and development. They believe that the best option is to divide training into two parts: pre-departure training and on-the-job training in the new country. Since the organization has never sent employees abroad before‚ they are not sure about what should be included in these training programmes. The only mandatory area that must be included is an introductory language section (including
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