ABSTRACT The study is a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of ICT on the banking industry (a case study of FIRST CAPITAL PLUS). Three categories of variables that relate to the adoption and implementation of information technology devices were used for the study. These include the nature and degree of adoption of innovative technologies‚ degree of utilization of the identified technologies‚ and the impact of the adoption of ICT devices on banks operation. These developments in technology have
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Diversity: Impacts on the Four Functions of Management Often when we hear the word diversity the first thing that comes to mind is ethnic diversity. There are actually many kinds of diversity; racial‚ ethnic‚ cultural‚ and religious diversity are those most readily apparent. But let us not forget the diversity of skills‚ talents‚ experiences‚ age‚ and gender. There is even geographic diversity; the list goes on and on. All these types of diversity impact our daily lives and the organizations we
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What’s your real cost of capital? By James J. McNulty‚ Tony D. Yeh‚ William s. Schulze‚ and Michael H. Lubatkin Harvard Business Review‚ October 2002 Issue of the article: valuing investment projects Number of pages: 12 Daniel Miravet Campos Part 1. Executive summary This article is fundamentally based on the exposition of a new method to calculate the cost of capital for a company (MCPM)‚ to meet the inefficiencies of the current one (CAPM). In valuing any investment project or
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Q1: How was Dell’s working capital policy a competitive advantage? Dell had a policy of working with low inventory and it used to make inventory purchases based on the sale orders received. This led to following advantages: No obsolete goods. Defects in raw material manufacturers were easily weeded out. New technological up gradations can be easily set into the system before the competition turns over the existing inventory. Thus Dell had a first mover’s advantage in being abreast with latest
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Hardware Assets * Management challenges By shifting to more up-to-date computer hardware‚ Organization were able to provide more computing power for their operations. To select the right computers‚ management needed to understand : 1.How much computer processing capacity its business processes required? 2.How to evaluate the price and performance of various types of computers? 3.To known the financial and business rationale for hardware technology investments. Management also had to plan for future
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740/66‚415 = 10.15% Net Profit Margin(2012) = 100 x 6‚178/65‚492 = 9.43% Net Profit Margin(2011) = 100 x 6‚443/66‚504 = 9.690% Net profit margin is an indicator ``of profitability‚ computed as net income divided by
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built a museum. The new World Trade Center has now been rebuilt. “ Before 9/11‚ emergency management focused on natural disaster mitigation and recovery. So training was based on experience and mentorship. However‚ the 9/11incident fundamentally changed the culture of emergency management. The paradigm shift now requires a unified response‚ which in turn required an academic approach to disaster management. September 11th was the catalyst for redefining the whole process of thinking in the industry
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RISEBA bachelor THESIS 2012 Professional Higher Education Bachelor ’s programme “European BUSINESS studies” bachelor Thesis Measurement of trade show performance and its profitability within “Biosan‚ Ltd” Company. Izstažu darbības un tā rentabilitātes novērtējums‚ uzņēmuma “Biosan‚ Ltd” ietvaros. Author | | studentOlga Oleha | Thesis Supervisor | | Dr.oec‚ assistant professor Anatolijs Petrovs | Programme Director | | Mg.oec.Iveta Ludviga | RIGA‚ 2012 TABLE
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INTRODUCTION Venture capital‚ a financial innovation of the twentieth century‚ is a long-term liquid investment‚ which can be in the form of equity‚ quasi-equity and sometimes debt in new and high-risk ventures. Venture capital became better known after the famous legend of Apple Computers‚ which started out in the US in 1977 with the capital firm‚ Arthur Rock & Co. Apple Computers then made it to the Fortune 500 and Arthur Rock & Co. attained height in Venture capital industry. However the success
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understand and appreciate high involvement management‚ one must first understand what it is. Once you understand high involvement management it is easy to see the many advantages to this type of leadership and work practices. High involvement management is by definition “carefully selecting and retaining associates and giving them significant decision-making power‚ information‚ and incentive compensation” (Hitt‚ 2011‚ p. 592). High involvement management may seem to be as if one is giving up control
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