barriers to entry in an industry are economies of scale‚ legal barriers such as patents & licenses and other strategic or pricing barriers. Economies of scale occur only in large firms who are able to reach a minimum efficiency scale point and operate at that point for a long period. This high TC results in a low ATC and high efficiency. Once a huge firm innovates‚ it protects that very idea or product through patents disallowing other firms to copy their product. Government licensing could also
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The Return of Martin Guerre History 3230: Early Modern Europe The Return of Martin Guerre is a reconstruction of the famous case of Martin Guerre’s return to the small town of Artigat in Southern France after being absent for eight years. However‚ "Martin" is actually an impostor named Arnaud du Tilh‚ or Pansette. He is accepted by his wife‚ family‚ and friends for over three years. After the so-called Martin Guerre has a dispute over family finances and the sale of some land that the family owns
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International Journal of Business and Management October‚ 2008 Mutual Fund vs. Life Insurance: Behavioral Analysis of Retail Investors Dr. Bhagaban Das Senior Reader‚ P.G. Department of Business Management Fakir Mohan University‚ Vyasa Vihar-756019‚ Balasore‚ Orissa‚ India Tel: 91-94371-31429 E-mail: bhagaban_fm@yahoo.co.in Ms. Sangeeta Mohanty Associate Professor‚ Academy of Business Administration Industrial Estate (S1/25)‚ Angaragadia‚ Balasore – 756001‚ Orissa‚ India E-mail: sangeeta_mohanty@rediffmail
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English 1302 October 11‚ 2012 Departure‚ Initiation‚ and Return in Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Garden of Forking Paths” At first glance‚ Jorge Luis Borges’ short story‚ “The Garden of Forking Paths‚” tells the tale of a Chinese agent for the Germans against the English during the first World War. In this short story‚ Yu Tsun (the spy) learns that a fellow agent has been eliminated. This means that he will undoubtedly be the next to be arrested and killed. This will probably happen before
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trilogy‚ but that is for another review. For those who haven’t seen it yet‚ which probably is a small amount of people by now‚ there will be spoilers coming up. The Force Awakens takes place around 30 years after the events of The Return of the Jedi. By this point our favorite heroes‚ a.k.a. Luke Skywalker‚ Princess Leia‚ Han Solo‚ etc.‚ have all but become a legend in galactic history. Stories about them
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1.1 INTRODUCTION Every investment is characterised by return and risk. The concept of risk is intuitively understood by investors. In general‚ it refers to the possibility of incurring a loss in a financial transaction. But risk involves much more than that. The word ‘risk’ has a definite financial meaning. The possibility of variation of the actual return from the expected return is termed risk. Corporate securities and government securities constitute important
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The film The Return of Martin Guerre is based on a true story about a young man‚ Martin Guerre‚ during the mid-16th century. It takes place in a small peasant town‚ Artigat‚ located in southwestern France. Martin is married off at a young age but is unhappy with his life. He decides to abandon his family and join the army. After several years gone‚ he finally returns to the village. The village is ecstatic of his return‚ especially his wife Bertrande. However after a disagreement with his uncle over
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Law of Diminishing Returns The Law of Diminishing Returns says that when some inputs are fixed in capacity in the short run‚ increasing the variable input working with the fixed inputs would first lead to increasing additional output per additional unit of variable input‚ but eventually decreasing additional output per additional unit of variable input after the optimal capacity of the fixed input has been exceeded. Let’s look at a simple short-run production process where there is a fixed input
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[pic] [pic] Ethan Cromartie Risk & Return Analysis BUS 505 Corporate Finance Certificate of Authorship: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that nay assistance received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any source from which data‚ words‚ or ideas either quoted directly or paraphrased has been used. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course Ethan
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OPERATING RETURN ON ASSETS (OROA) Year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Public Bank Berhad | 1.96% | 2.01% | 1.84% | 2.09% | 2.08% | RHB Bank Berhad | 1.89% | 2.09% | 1.93% | 1.98% | 1.70% | Operating return on assets (OROA) ratio is measure of the return earn by a firm operations divided by total assets. The operating return on assets indicates how much will return earned by a firm operation for every RM1 of the total assets. Public Bank Berhad generated RM0.0196 of operating profit for
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