Week Commencing 22/09/2014 (Covers material from Chapters 21 & 22) Question 1 “Chapter 6D provides for effective regulation of profit forecasts and future predictions which are contained in a company’s prospectus.” Do you agree with this statement? Are there any circumstances where a company may be held liable for “blue sky” predictions which are contained in a disclosure document? Question 2 ATT Ltd‚ a biopharmaceutical company‚ has lodged a prospectus with ASIC intending to raise $100
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project and predict future employee needs. It can also be done by studying the level of demand for services‚ changes in environmental factors‚ technological advances and economic conditions. 2. Use of Multiple Scenarios – this involves making predictions when one or two factors in a situation are altered dramatically. 3. The Delphi Technique – this is a valuable approach used to obtain opinions and views of outside experts and to develop consensus among these experts at the most appropriate course
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The Signal and the Noise Introduction Summary "The Signal and the Noise" is a non-fiction book written by Nate Silver that talks about predictions based on probability; particularly focusing on the outcomes of real-world predictions and why they did or did not fail. Published in 2012‚ this book is a commentary on the world of probability made by an ex-statistician. Silver begins this work by effectively emphasizing the relevance of his points by supporting his argument with data applicable
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University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Marketing Papers 9-1-1991 Prediction of Consumer Behavior by Experts and Novices J. Scott Armstrong University of Pennsylvania‚ armstrong@wharton.upenn.edu Postprint version. Published in Journal of Consumer Research‚ Volume 18‚ Issue 2‚ September 1991‚ pages 251-256. Publisher URL: http://www.jstor.org/browse/00935301?config=jstor This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/marketing_papers/46 For more information
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What is Happiness? People travel through life with what seems like a single goal: to be happy. This may seem like a selfish way to live‚ however this lone objective is the motivation behind nearly all actions. Even seemingly selfless deeds make people feel better about themselves. That warm feeling experienced while doing charitable acts can be described as happiness. But what is authentic happiness? There is an endless possibility of answers to this question‚ and man seems to be always searching
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The Nature of Geography What Do Geographers Do? Volcanologist A volcanologist is a geographer who specialises in working with volcanoes. Their responsibilities range from observing volcanic eruptions‚ to monitoring volcanoes‚ to analysing samples of rock from volcanoes and even predicting when the next eruption of a dormant volcano may occur. In a typical day of a volcanologist‚ one analyse data collected by others and manipulate it with the use of a computer. On the other hand‚ a volcanologist
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My Science Project Can water float on water? My Prediction I predict that water can’t float on top of water. Simply because it sounds impossible‚ but it will be interesting to find out if however it is possible. The Experiment First‚ I found two 1litre bottles and marked one with ‘+ salt’ and the other with ‘fresh’. I then went on to add red food colouring to the fresh bottle and yellow to the + salt bottle. The reason for doing so was to establish which ones were which and see if they
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than less accessible; an attitude is expressed privately or publicly such as when answering a questionnaire; an individual identifies strongly or weakly with a group for which the attitude is formative.” ( Hogg and Vaughan ‚ 2011‚ p.155) Better prediction depends on accounting for the interaction between attitudes‚ beliefs and behavioral intentions. In this equation‚ we need to establish the level of a person’s belief (how strong or how valuable). For example‚ a young and heterosexually active man’s
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is concerned with future event- its order‚ intensity and duration‚ he can predict the future. If he is concerned with the course of future variables- like demand‚ price or profit‚ he can project the future. Thus prediction and projection-both have reference to future; in fact‚ one supplements the other. Suppose‚ it is predicted that there will be inflation (event). To establish the nature of this event‚ one needs to consider the
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PHI 101C HW6 10/18/2012 Qiansongzi Chen 1. How might the constructive nature of your perceptions play a role in what you experience while you’re walking at night through a graveyard said to be visited by spirits of the dead? Constructive perception is in part something that our minds manufacture. Thus what we perceive is determined‚ not only by what our eyes and ears and other senses detect‚ but also by what we know‚ what we expect‚ what we believe‚ and what our physiological state is. Just
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