1) What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? Strategic evaluation 2) Ameritrade does not have a beta estimate as the firm has been publicly traded for only a short time period. What comparable firms do you recommend as the appropriate benchmarks for evaluating the risk of Ameritrade’s planned advertising and technology investments. Beta: 1) which firms to use as a benchmark and why 2) Calculate beta
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CASE “Citibank: Performance Evaluation” Harvard Business School 9-198-048 rev: October 14‚ 1999 The Performance Scorecard: a strategic management tool Frits Seegers‚ President of Citibank California‚ is convinced that “in a competitive marketplace where businesses compete for customers‚ customer satisfaction is seen as a key differentiator and increasingly has become a key element of business strategy”1. Fulfilling customers’ expectations is a critical issue for the long term business sustainability
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Have you ever been to South Africa? Do you know what the living standard in Africa is? Without a doubt‚ Africa has massive inequalities in wealth distribution‚ and the political situation is always unstable. Imagine you born in this country; you are poor‚ and you need to line up to store water for daily use. Many people are doing illegal things to stay alive. Also‚ the community forces you to do some bad things. Would you act immorally? The movie Tsotsi‚ directed by Gavin Hood‚ shows the life
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Women are known to be great fans of shoes. At last count‚ Philippine Politician Imelda Marcos had over 2‚500 pairs of shoes. Although Mrs. Marcos’ love for shoes is extreme‚ it is a very good example of how women love their shoes. Since most women have about one percent of the money Mrs. Marcos’ has‚ they must deal with enjoying their measly fifteen or twenty pair of shoes. One desire a woman of Imelda’s wealth and most other women share is quality. Some shoes are bought at big name stores like
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Countries Which Like Whiskey India India is the largest guzzler of whiskey in the world. One of the fastest-growing whiskey markets‚ it is estimated to be worth about $10 billion by 2013‚ according to a trade group study from last year. Gender which likes the most whiskey in India: Male Age Group:27-55 Position the hold in Society: Chef‚Businessmen‚Students Refrence: India’s Appetite for Whiskey Attracts Diageo 2012 Available at http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/indias-appetite-for-whiskey-attracts-diageo/
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To be honest‚ I think the class was organized just right even though it was a very fast course. It seemed like we covered a lot of ground in just few months. I feel like I got more out of this class than I have in some of the other classes I have spent entire semesters in. I also found it helpful that there was some variation in the assignments. From the assignments and researches‚ I achieved a great deal of understanding about critical thinking‚ writing a correct sentence and most of all realizing
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Hannah King Randy Martin English 101B 10/28/13 Gourmet of China Gourmet of China was one of the best Chinese food restaurants in Tucson‚ AZ. Many people were sad to see the restaurant close down after so many years of birthday parties‚ anniversaries‚ or just a meal with a friend. Many had grown to know the family that ran the restaurant‚ as well as watch their kids grow up into young adults. There are three main things that made Gourmet of China one of the best restaurants in town
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The Aftermath (A Seminar Reflection) Submitted to: Mr. Melquiades Ibarra Submitted by: Dabby Anne Degamo Bachelor of Science in Development Communication 4A There has always been this one thing that I am proud of as a Development Communication student▬it is the manifestation of how we are able to touch other people’s lives. Having been part of the working committee in the previous seminars held in the different places was not only a filler for course compliance but a learning that I
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I will first report the statistical information that SAMSHA provides and then I will go into the one published article that was provided as one of the studies. SAMHSA states that there is a rating scare of 0.0 to 4.0 and they have six criteria that they use for each of their EBP for their quality of research rating. The six criteria go as: reliability of measures‚ validity of measures‚ intervention fidelity‚ missing data and attrition‚ potential confounding variables‚ and appropriateness of analysis
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Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies designed to reduce disparities. Over the years‚ many developed nations have been trying to help those less developed countries to get out of poverty. This has happened through ways of giving them aid or money mostly. Along the way‚ countries have also developed goals like the 8 MDGs to be solved by 2015. But with many developing countries still suffering under poverty‚ has this aid been enough? Over time‚ new strategies have been developed in order to resolve
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