july 20‚ 2011 • no. 13 The Elephant That Became a Tiger 20 Years of Economic Reform in India by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar Executive Summary A foreign exchange crisis in 1991 induced India to abandon decades of inward-looking socialism and adopt economic reforms that have converted the once-lumbering elephant into the latest Asian tiger. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate has averaged over 8 percent in the last decade‚ and per capita income has shot up from
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and Caswell. FURPS+ is now widely used in the software industry. The + was later added to the model after various campaigns at HP to extend the acronym to emphasize various attributes. ISO 9126 ISO 9126 is the software product evaluation standard from the International Organization for Standardization. This international standard defines six characteristics that describe‚ with minimal overlap‚ software quality. Business Benefit Specifying software quality for a product that has still to be developed
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What do you understand by library management software? Computerisation in Libraries The library is one of the oldest types of institutions in our society. It is in the midst of rapid change in recent times. The changes mirror those going on in other institutions and also in the society as a whole. Most modern libraries move beyond their traditional role as custodians of books and integrate new methods of storage and transmission of information. Modern libraries must link the users with the
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provide a professional service has been voted as the greatest ethical challenge for Financial Planners. The results come from the latest monthly survey conducted by Financial Planet‚ a site developed by the Financial Planning Standards Board to bring together Financial Planners around the world. Second place was placing the client’s interest first and third was disclosing and managing conflicts of interest. Other ethical challenges included providing a service with integrity and providing an objective
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Describe the key strategic challenges facing Apple Computer Apple Computer is currently facing many strategic challenges‚ the first challenge is competition from new and existing companies. Apple’s iTunes‚ an online music store‚ faces competition from companies that seek to begin offering online music and video downloading services whether legally or illegally‚ and from existing companies that plan to modify its current strategies to become better aligned with the strategy of Apple. Many of Apple’s
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Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering The article was written in 1987. Twenty five years in computer time is virtually equivalent to eternity. Even so‚ the article holds up rather well. Most of the problems Brooks describes with software complexity remain today. Brooks was perhaps a bit overly pessimistic; he considered the state of software engineering at the time to be in crisis. Using Brooks’ analysis‚ modern‚ even more complex software should be at a developmental standstill
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Challenges facing the nursing profession in the 21st century. Looking ahead at some of the challenges facing the nursing profession seem pretty daunting. Nursing shortages‚ a rapidly aging population (to also include an aging nursing population)‚ short staffed hospitals are the norm these days. These are just a few examples of some of the problems facing nurses today and into the next century. With a population growing and hospital care struggling to keep up as it is‚ we have a catastrophe
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to be successful in the the next ten years of my life at Michigan State and beyond‚ planning will be essential to my success entering into a medical profession. These upcoming years are full of various obstacles‚ changes in life and an immense amount of money coming out of my pocket. Consequently‚ this daunting task of completing the goals I have today simply cannot be done without planning for life’s path: education‚ occupation‚ family and obstacles. The next three years here at Michigan State will
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System Test Plan !!!! DRAFT DRAFT !!!! April 26‚ 1999 Accepted by: Name Date Department Name Department Date Name Department Date Name Department Date |1. Amendment History 3 | |2. Objectives 4
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Give an account of the development of emotional expression from birth to age 20. What influences such expression at each developmental stage? 1500 words As human beings as we age and mature so do our emotions and expressions‚ how a baby reacts to a range of emotions compared to a 20 year old will be completely different. The Oxford dictionary of psychology defines emotions as; “Any short term evaluative‚ affective‚ intentional‚ psychological state‚ including happiness‚ sadness‚ disgust‚ and other
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