3 February 17‚ 2013 The article‚ “The Sharpe Ratio and the Information Ratio”‚ by Deborah Kidd is about the original risk-adjusted performance measure and they are Sharpe ratio and the Information Ratio. William Sharpe designed the first performance metric to insolate excess return per unit of total risk taken. The Sharpe ratio shows whether a portfolio ’s returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess risk. The Sharpe ratio measure dividends average portfolio excess return
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Microsoft VDI Technical Proposal CYQUENT Ref: DXB-ATG-12004-SOW 5/20/2012 Prepared for Al Tayer Group Prepared by Lakmal Perera * Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Section 1 – Solution Overview 4 2.1 Areas within Scope 4 2.2 Areas Out of Scope 4 2.3 Summarized Bill of Materials 5 2.3.1 Server and Software 5 3 CYQUENT Profile 6 3.1 Our Vision 6 3.2
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Is Microsoft a monopoly or not? In order to understand if Microsoft is a monopoly one must first know the definition of a monopoly. A monopoly is a firm that is the sole seller of a product that has little or no substitutes. This automatically should arouse many thoughts in the minds of “us” as consumers. For all these years have we been monopolized by a producer of a product just because there were limited sources in the same fields? Yes and no should be the floating answer. Microsoft for years
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Business Strategy Introduction • Founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison‚ Oracle is a relational database management company whose products are used in many Fortune Global 100 companies • It underwent a few name changes before finally settling on Oracle Corporation so as to mirror its successful flagship product‚ Oracle database • Oracle is publicly traded on the Nasdaq and has grown globally having offices in more than 145 countries with over 80‚000 employees worldwide • It provides a number of
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|Microsoft Zune | |Proposal | Background The market for portable music players has been an industry that continues to be innovative and in current years has been dominated by Apple products. Apple has been in the portable music industry since 2001 and the world has been forever changed due to their ever-popular iPod
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FINANCIAL RATIO ANALYSIS Based on the table 1‚ it shows that the financial ratio was divided into four parts which are liquidity‚ assets management‚ long-term debt paying ability and profitability. Liquidity ratios are particularly interesting to short-term creditors and it is focus on current assets and current liability. In addition‚ General Thumb of rule for the current ratio should be at least 2:1. For the Gemini Electronic the current ratio is consistent and it is increase in year 2006. But
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experience in IT industry as Oracle Database administrator‚ having exclusive experience in database administration‚ installation‚ configuration and upgrades with Oracle Software 11g/10g/9i/8ion Sun Solaris‚ Red Hat Linux‚ HP-UX‚ AIX‚ and Windows Platform. Installed oracle database server on SOLARIS‚ HP-UX‚ AIX‚ WINDOWS NT‚ LINUX and migration of oracle server from 8i‚9i to 10g and 10g to 11g applied oracle patches. Extensively used Database Administrative tools like Oracle Enterprise Manager‚ DBA Studio
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Financial ratio analysis A reading prepared by Pamela Peterson Drake OUTLINE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. Introduction Liquidity ratios Profitability ratios and activity ratios Financial leverage ratios Shareholder ratios Introduction As a manager‚ you may want to reward employees based on their performance. How do you know how well they have done? How can you determine what departments or divisions have performed well? As a lender‚ how do decide the borrower will be able to pay back as promised? As a
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1.0 Case Study : Microsoft in India 1. Why does Microsoft’s traditional strategy of one size fits all not work well in emerging markets such as India? There are four main marketing strategies. It can be categorized as Globalization strategy‚ transnational strategy‚ internationalization strategy and localization strategy. As shown in diagram 1.0. Emphasis on local responsiveness high low low
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“Technology creates opportunities for people and organizations to realize their full potential” is the thought driving Microsoft’s corporate citizenship program. With the enduring commitment to serve needs of communities worldwide Microsoft is playing the role of a responsible global citizen. Going far beyond its products and services it has collaborated with business partners‚ governments and non profit organizations around the globe to fulfil its commitment. It delivers new technology to people
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