------------------------------------------------- FI 627: Corporate Finance: Applications and advanced topics ------------------------------------------------- Study questions for case studies: Spring 2013 Week 1: Sears‚ Roebuck & Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. 1. How do the retailing strategies of Sears and Wal-Mart differ? 2. Wal-Mart’s average return on equity for the 1997 fiscal year was 19.7% while Sears’ average return on equity over roughly the same period was
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LJP : (Summary) Week 1 * HUMANS POSSESS: health‚ happiness equality acceptance‚ success‚ wealth * WHAT IS LAW? * Authority‚ social cohesion‚ boundaries‚ rules and regulations‚ legislation‚ institutions‚ legal actors‚ language‚ narrative‚ history‚ discipline‚ discourse‚ processes * Procedural: way you are treated during a trial * Substantive: outcome Week 2 * POWER: * Central to human condition: downfall‚ accomplishments‚ past/present/future
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Class 13‚ Monday‚ March 5th Global Forces of Change and Industry Dynamics Case I Li & Fung: Beyond “Filling in the Mosaic‚” 1995 – 1998 In early 1998‚ William and Victor Fung had to review their business‚ the Li & Fung Group‚ to plan for the next three years. Examine strategic and organizational issues including company culture‚ international expansion‚ and venture capital projects. Discussion Questions: 1. How is Li & Fung able to maintain margins three times those
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1. From what I have observed from a day of all the arguments‚ I have found that logical rhetoric seems to be the most effective argumentation because it appeals to our reasons. We can persuade another person by providing provable facts‚ data‚ and numbers‚ which make it reasonable for them to agree with us. Therefore‚ the person on the other hand can decide based on the facts I have provided. 2. Most of the time‚ I have found myself utilizing all of those three argumentation .For professional purposes;
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There are mainly five key players in the supermarket industry- Tesco‚ Asda‚ Sainbury‚ Safeway and Morrisons (ChinaCCM). Thus‚ the supermarket industry in the UK could be described as an Oligopoly Market. Oligopolies lie between the definitions of perfect competition and pure monopoly. Firstly‚ there are several sellers but only a few big companies who have a large market share in the industry. In the UK‚ the five big supermarkets totally have 3/4th of the market share (123help me! com). Secondly
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1. Introduction to English lexicology 2. Origins and periodization of English 3. Lexical relationships 4. Word formation 5. Special vocabularies Bibliography: 1. Jackson‚ H. and Angela E.Z. – Words‚ meaning and vocabulary‚ 2000. 2. Bauer‚ Laurie – English Word formation‚ 1983. 3. Horia Hulban- Synthesis in English lexicology and Semantics‚ 2001. 4. Corneliu Nicolescu – Anglia si spiritul englez‚ 2010. 5. Vladimir Moss – Caderea Angliei ortodoxe‚ 2010. 6. E.L. Edward – History of
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INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETING 1. What are the principal differences between marketing domestically and marketing internationally or globally? Discuss the various factors that have led to the growth of international business? There is very limited growth in domestic markets‚ so in order to remain healthy‚ most companies must grow and this has been achieved by going international. This is because many product markets in the industrialized nations are saturated which limits
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Task B Case Study Read the following case study: You are a family and community worker employed by a community-based organisation that is located in a public housing estate. You have been working with the following family for a number of months. Julie has four children‚ aged 2-10 years old‚ and lives in a public housing estate in ‘Springvale’. You became involved with Julie’s family when she moved to the estate‚ having left Bill‚ the father of her children‚ due to experiencing domestic violence
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chapter 6: DSH has been associated with host of emotional and psychological problems‚ including suicidal thoughts‚ eating disorders‚ chronic feelings of hopelessness and despair‚ depression and anxiety‚ sexual abuse‚ physical abuse severe emotional abuse‚ perfectionism‚ and a pervasive sense of loneliness. Practice settings adolescent treatment: Boarding school Group homes Juvenile hall and juvenile detention centers boat camp psychiatric hospital Chapter 7: Baby boomers were born
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1. What should the nurse suspect when hourly assessment of urine output on a postcraniotomy patient exhibits a urine output from a catheter of 1‚500 mL for 2 consecutive hours? A) Cushing ’s syndrome B) Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) C) Adrenal crisis D) Diabetes insipidus 2. The PACU staff have brought a patient to the unit following a thyroidectomy. To promote comfort for this patient‚ how should the nurse position this patient? A) Side-lying (lateral) with
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