Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 28: 935–955 (2007) Published online 22 March 2007 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/smj.615 Received 5 July 2005; Final revision received 23 October 2006 WHAT IS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT‚ REALLY? INDUCTIVE DERIVATION OF A CONSENSUS DEFINITION OF THE FIELD RAJIV NAG‚1 * DONALD C. HAMBRICK2 and MING-JER CHEN3 1 Sam Walton College of Business‚ University of Arkansas‚ Fayetteville‚ Arkansas‚ U.S.A. 2 Smeal College of Business
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Using Microsoft Excel 2010 Advanced Skills Using Microsoft Excel Advanced Skills Excel contains numerous tools that are intended to meet a wide range of requirements. Some of the more specialised tools are useful to only certain types of people while others have value for more general excel users. These exercises will cover some of the advanced features that may be useful for most excel users. These features will include cell naming‚ cell notes‚ conditional formatting‚ data validation
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Introduction to Investments Finance 340 Excel Assignment #3: Bond Portfolio Immunization Objectives: - Bond portfolio immunization. - Excel ‘Data Table’. The in-class hand-on example is based on Handout exercise 6. Problem: You will be paying $13‚159.32 for a Hawaii trip in 7 years. The market interest rate is 4%‚ so the present value of the obligation is $10‚000. 1) Construct a portfolio of two Bonds (Bond1: Coupon payments 3% paid annually‚ face value $1000 and maturity 5 years
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style to minimize losses • Meta-goals Speed over accuracy Accuracy over speed • Ad cue Effects Affect and emotion Product facts • Choice of compromise brand Lower probability Higher as compromise brand is less extreme and thus less risky • Importance of “fi t” in brand extensions Less important More important‚ as “fi t” reduces risk TABLE 10–2 Differences in Regulatory Focus 374 Part Three Internal Infl uences extroversion‚ and as a consequence‚ engage in very different behaviors designed
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Unit Title: Unit sector reference: Level: Credit value: Guided learning hours: Unit expiry date: Unit accreditation number: Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care HSC 024 2 3 26 31/05/2015 A/601/8574 Unit purpose and aim This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. This unit introduces the important area of safeguarding individuals from abuse. It identifies different types of abuse and the signs and symptoms that might indicate abuse is occurring
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Week 6 Excel PF008 A14 Introduction to Spreadsheets A spreadsheet is an electronic file that contains a grid of columns and rows used to organize related data and perform calculations. Excel is a spreadsheet program used to create and modify electronic spreadsheets. An electronic spreadsheet makes data-entry changes easy‚ and if the formulas are correctly constructed‚ the results recalculate automatically and accurately. A worksheet is a single spreadsheet that typically contains descriptive
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providing onsite and telephone support to customers with Microsoft Excel questions. On this particular day‚ you are presented with the following three situations: Situation 1: A business professional wants to use Excel to organize data for the monthly expense report. He has never used Excel and is inquiring about the functions that would support him with this task. Situation 2: A husband is having difficulties with his Excel spreadsheet. He has been trying to track his monthly grocery spending
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SBUS10050 Excel Exam The Excel Practical Exam: You will be asked to complete a financial forecast for a small company. You will each receive a unique excel file. The file contains a set of instructions on the ‘Instructions’ sheet‚ a set of data on the ‘Excel test data’ sheet and a sheet containing the set of definitions of financial terms (also given at the end of this document). You are required to follow the instructions to complete a financial forecast‚ create a graph and answer a descriptive
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Personal Budget Exercise – MS Excel (These instructions are also attached here as a Word document) Creating a spreadsheet to track personal expenses is an excellent use of Microsoft Excel. For this exercise‚ you will create a spreadsheet to enter a personal budget and track actual expenses for the year. You may choose to use real data or create a fictitious budget using a monthly income amount of $2‚500. Here are suggested budget categories if you are not using a real budget. At a minimum‚ you
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FIN 320 EXCEL SHEET Problems Please solve the problems below using an excel sheet and the excel functions. 1) (15 pts) A firm is considering a project with an initial investment of $170‚000 and required return of 12%. The following cash flows are expected over the 8year life span of the project: Year Cash flows 1 35‚300 2 46‚200 3 50‚000 4 22‚620 5 15‚100 6 5‚200 7 11‚740 8 89‚300 a) Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) of the project. Should the
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