“The Return of Martin Guerre” by Natalie Zemon Davis provides the read with an interesting case of a present‚ Arnaud du Tihl‚ stealing Martin Guerre identity and almost getting away with it. The story create two campus of thought on Bertrande’s motive. One side being defended by Davis‚ and arguing she masterminded the whole plan. While Robert Finlay arguing she was innocent. Davis argument is the most believable with too many questions and too many assumption‚ and to neatly package together that
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Ch 4: Return on Invested Capital 1. Drivers of Return on Invested Capital ROIC = (1-Tax Rate)*((Price per Unit-Cost per Unit)/Invested Capital per Unit) A company with a competitive advantage will have a higher ROIC because it either can charge a premium price or can produce at a more efficient cost. The structure-conduct-performance (SCP) framework is the strategy model that underlies our thinking about what drives competitive advantage and ROIC. The structure of an industry influences the
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than another person. This fact is still true today about much of America’s history‚ and the eye of the beholder when reading different accounts of history. Natalie Zemon Davis retells the history of Martin Guerre and his imposture in her book The Return of Martin Guerre. One historian named Robert Finlay questions Davis’ account of the Martin Guerre story where he explains Davis’ weaknesses in his article‚ “The Refashioning of Martin Guerre.” To clear up Finlay’s misunderstandings‚ Davis writes
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POINT OF SALE SYSTEM FOR GOFER DRUGSTORE CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS INTRODUCTION Technology became the fastest rising sector in the society. It is already a course in college because more and more people are becoming aware of its great help to human functions. Systems applications are being developed to minimize effort during transactions for personal use and at most to business purposes. Living in a complicated and rushed time‚ people go out and work to earn a living‚ too
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CHAPTER 05 RISK AND RETURN: PAST AND PROLOGUE 1. The 1% VaR will be less than –30%. As percentile or probability of a return declines so does the magnitude of that return. Thus‚ a 1 percentile probability will produce a smaller VaR than a 5 percentile probability. 2. The geometric return represents a compounding growth number and will artificially inflate the annual performance of the portfolio. 3. No. Since all items are presented in nominal figures‚ the input should also use nominal
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Integrated Case 8-23 Merrill Finch Inc. Risk and Return Assume that you recently graduated with a major in finance. You just landed a job as a financial planner with Merrill Finch Inc.‚ a large financial services corporation. Your first assignment is to invest $100‚000 for a client. Because the funds are to be invested in a business at the end of 1 year‚ you have been instructed to plan for a 1-year holding period. Further‚ your boss has restricted you to the investment alternatives
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Japanese: The Law of Inverse Returns Scott Barlow December 6‚ 1996 Shoji Azuma Japan 355 - 1 The law of inverse returns states that the better the foreign learner’s Japanese is‚ the worse the reaction of the Japanese native population will be to the learner’s use of Japanese. In this paper‚ I argue that the better the learner’s Japanese is‚ the better the treatment to the learner of Japanese from native Japanese. I will argue this point by making three statements and then provide opinions and reactions
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(To be filled up by the BIR ) DLN: Republika ng Pilipinas Kawanihan Kagawaran ng Rentas Internas Pananalapi Donor’s Tax Return 2 Amended Return? Yes No 3 No. of Sheets Attached 4 BIR Form No. 1800 July‚ 1999 (ENCS) ATC Fill in all applicable spaces. Mark all appropriate boxes with an “X”. 1 Date of Donation (MM/DD/YYYY) D N 0 1 0 Part I Background Information 6 RDO 7 Telephone 5 TIN Code Number (Donor) 8 Donor’s Name(For Individual)Last Name‚First Name‚Middle Name/(For Non-Individual)Registered
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corresponding asset. A contra-liability account has a debit balance and offsets the credit balance of the corresponding liability. Provisions for bad and doubtful debts: Allowance of uncollectible accounts receivable Provisions for sales returns: estimate sales return Managers will consider past experience‚ credit quality of the buyer‚ the age of the receivable and the economy for these accounts d. Two approaches for estimating uncollectible accounts: Percentage of sales: It is based on prior
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