Ahmed Souktani In partial fulfillment of INT 4300 - Internship School of Business Administration Bond Portfolio Management: Measures of profitability & risks Hicham Reghay Dr. Ahmed Baijou Fall Term 2011 * Executive summary: The scope of my internship was to be familiarized with the bond market and their measure of risk and performance and to know what are the tools used in the company to manage bond portfolios risks (Duration‚ convexity‚ sensitivity). However‚ these tools assume a
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Multiple Choice Questions CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 116. In the 21st century‚ managers are learning to succeed in a world of __________. A. Information and technology utilization. B. Quality and speed. C. Customer service. D. B and C. E. A‚ B‚ and C. E GT Fa 117. Contemporary managers are learning to do many things because of the impact of the 21st century environment. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that contemporary managers are
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The relationship between job performance and job satisfaction has been very controversial for about the past fifty years with numerous studies and analysis on this correlation by industrial and organizational psychologists. Researchers have put in all their efforts to prove that there is a strong compatibility between performance and satisfaction with the notion that a happy worker is an effective worker. It may sound very convincing but however‚ trying to understand the nature between these two
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Case Introduction Electro Industries are a large diversified manufacturer of computer systems‚ industrial electronics‚ electronic components and consumer electronics and a supplier of a broad range of services. Problems confronting Electro • Electro has incurred its first loss for the company in 15 years‚ despite sales growth of 20%. The net loss in 1974 was $5.7 million on sales of $875 million • Operational expenses and administrative expenses soared. • Stock price is low from 1968 till
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Woolworth levels of operation and mechanisation Level of operations refers to the scale of food production and the amount of sophistication of the technology used. The various levels of operation and mechanisation include household‚ small business‚ large company and multinational. Woolworths is a large company. A large company is characterised by a range of stores across Australia‚ large scale food production and selling‚ stores including industrial equipment‚ high turnover and a large number
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Federated Industries (1984) Thomas Connors will bid for Southern Valley Authority to sell capacitor. The market of it is already matured and price has been eroded (Margin of the price that won the last bid is only $0.02). 85% of customer in the market is price oriented‚ SVA as well. The product is hard to differentiate. The goals Connors was given from the manager are... 1. higher margin 2. recover share from 36% -> 50% 3. price stability How much should he bid? (It’s an option as well to withdrow
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Global Cosmetics Manufacturing Industry Over the past five years‚ the Global Cosmetics Manufacturing industry has experienced steady growth. According to IBISWorld industry analyst Nikoleta Panteva‚ "The past five years have been no exception‚ despite declining per capita disposable income in key markets." Industry Analysis & Industry Trends: The global cosmetics industry is broken down into six main categories; skincare being the largest one out of them all‚ accounting for 31 percent of
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Madi Pethick Professor Key English 1302 11 August 2014 Chew on this: America’s Massive Problem. America: land of the free and the home of the brave‚ and recently‚ the home to a growing waistline. As for any other country‚ America is prone to an assortment of problems like immigration‚ debt‚ or foreign affairs‚ but one issue that is rather hard to overlook‚ quite literally‚ is the obesity epidemic. The extra pounds have become a common sight in America’s society‚ “men are now on average seventeen
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Business structure and processes INDUSTRY ANALYSIS FOR HOTEL INDUSTRY‚ INDIA Shruti Garg 2012H149223P Department of Management 16th November’ 2012 Submitted to Dr. Jyoti TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1.1 Background of Hotel Industry 1.2 Structure of Hotel Industry 1.3 Mid Market Segment 1.4 Budget Segment 1.5 Heritage Hotels 1.6 Others 2. 5 Major Players in Market 3. Profiles of some Major Players 3.1. Indian Hotels Company 3.2.ITC/Sheraton Group 3.3 The Leela Group 3.4 The EIH Ltd
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Car Industry Porters 5 Force Porter (1980) illustrates in this analytical tool 5 variables that determine the attractiveness of an industry for organisations in terms of profitability in their immediate environment. Using the forces in this model we can analyse how attractive the global car industry is to enter‚ the 5 forces are as follows. The threat of potential new entrants High barriers to entry is one of the determinants of whether a firm can enter into the industry or not‚ the
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