Discussion questions chapter 6 1)How have geographical features influence the political social and cultural development of india? The Himalayan mountains in the north of India act as a natural buffer from China. This is important‚ because China to the North has been a powerful country in history. The natural break has caused both nations to be separate and free from war. The Ganges river is one of the longest in the world and has been used to cultivate crops. The Ganges is the 7th longest
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Cha’n teachings encouraged this notion and emphasized the disregard of the physical body and any superfluous rituals attached to it. When we look past the ideological formulations however‚ Sharf makes it clear that it is in the rituals that we see the importance of the body to Cha’n Buddhists. It is in the Buddhist hagiographic literature that we see the
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portfolio manager. If security markets are completely efficient‚ portfolio managers will not be able to earn above-market returns. In this case‚ the portfolio manager has several responsibilities. First‚ the portfolio manager should seek optimal diversification while minimizing transaction costs. Second‚ the portfolio manager should help clients understand and quantify their risk tolerances and return needs. Finally‚ the portfolio manager should monitor both the clients’ needs and circumstances and
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in the largest area in Lebanon of producing vegetables‚ the family business home land‚ and having Beirut declared the best capital of the night life will give the business of the family a great opportunities in terms of product development and diversification to meeting the changing of markets demand‚ The Kassatly family will not have to consume the full cash savings because the bank is giving facilities to investors as an encouragement for investing localy‚
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Reasons for GCMMF’s diversification Action plan (competencies to be developed; organizational issues to be addressed to) To be developed at the end of the discussion Should GCMMF get into processed foods business? Reasons for getting into Reasons for not getting into Strengths of GCMMF Weaknesses of GCMMF Link the strengths and weaknesses to the pros and cons GCMMF faces three major difficulties: (i)constraints
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tax while the corporate tax of banks and non-bank financial institutions is 42.50%. Since the proposed Fund is named in favor of Sponsor’s name‚ it will boost up Sponsor’s corporate image through out of Fund’s life. Product innovation/ diversification. Diversification of mode of earnings by diversified investment. Enhancement of market share by the sponsor through branding of Mutual Fund. Attractive returns on investment Asset value of the Sponsor may reasonably appreciate Competitive advantage over
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edition‚ Pat Bond. Horngren‚ Sundem‚ Stratton‚ Burgstahler and Schatzberg (2008) ’Introduction to Cost Behaviour and Cost-Volume Relationships ’‚ in Introduction to Management Accounting‚ 14th edition‚ Pearson Prentice Hall. Investopedia (2009) Diversification‚ [Online]‚ Available: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/diversification.asp. Lucey‚ T. (2002) ’Probability and Decision Making ’‚ in Quantitative Techniques‚ 6th edition‚ TJ International‚ Padstow‚ Cornwall. Lucey‚ T. (2002) ’Simulation ’
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Chapter3 • Identify and describe the three major parts of the external environment. • Explain why it is important to study and understand the external environment. • Describe and discuss the four activities of the external environmental analysis process. • Identify and describe the six segments of the general environment. • Describe the expected changes that will occur with the ethnic mix of the United States work force and their potential effect on the strategic posture of the firm. • Identify
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general market risks affect almost every stock. So it is important to diversify between different asset classes and industries as well. The key is to find a medium between risk and return. The objective of this paper is to discuss importance of diversification of investment portfolio within industries and project the theory on the example of two portfolios. The first portfolio tends to be undiversified and consists of shares of companies from banking sector. The undiversified portfolio is as follows:
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1) Identify the corporate strategy of News Corporation in terms of whether it has been a related linked‚ related constrained or unrelated diversification or a combination of these. Give examples from case. * Newscorp adopted a combination of Related Constrained and Related Linked Diversification * Reasons justifying Related Constrained Diversification - Vertical integration by acquiring Twentieth Century Fox and also 6 TV stations of Metromedia Broadcasting Group and used the same distribution
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