9-207-056 JANUARY 28‚ 2007 MALCOLM BAKER Multifactor Models There are two parts to this exercise. The first is to evaluate the performance of four mutual funds. And‚ the second is to estimate the cost of capital for two firms. Benchmarking Both parts of the exercise are about choosing an appropriate benchmark‚ either for evaluating past investment returns or assessing a new project. Ideally‚ a benchmark should reflect the opportunity cost‚ or the best alternative investment. If an investment manager’s
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442–454‚ 2012 DIVIDEND POLICY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF LISTED FIRMS IN NIGERIA Uwalomwa UWUIGBE1 Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria Jimoh JAFARU Auchi Polytechnic‚ Edo State‚ Nigeria Anijesushola AJAYI Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT This study basically investigates the relationship between the financial performance and dividend payout among listed firms’ in Nigeria. It also looks at the relationship between ownership structure‚ size of firms and the dividend payouts.
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Vol IX‚ (June & December 1979) pp.63-95. Ordinal Ranking of Multiple Objectives - A Conceptual Framework‚ The Management and Labour 7 Studies - The Journal of Xaviour Institute‚ Jamshedpur‚ Vol.6 No.2‚ (December 1980) pp.85-96. A Goal Programmed Model for Capital Budgeting Decisions‚ presented in operations Research Society 8 in India Conference held at Indian Institute of Management‚ Bangalore‚ in December 1978 and published in Arth Vijnan - The Journal of Institute of Economics and Politices‚
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attempt to argue the benefits and limitations of the Work Life Balance. To begin with‚ there will an introduction of the Work Life Balance relating to the definition‚ trend and the reasons why it is required and used by employees and organizations. Then‚ there will be some applications in which the WLB mainly involves and some examples of how the other companies apply WLB into practice to achieve the goals. The third part will discuss the benefits and limitations of the initiatives of Work Life Balance
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com/locate/lrp From Strategy to Business Models and onto Tactics Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart Strategy scholars have used the notion of the Business Model to refer to the ‘logic of the firm’ e how it operates and creates value for its stakeholders. On the surface‚ this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual framework to separate and relate the concepts of strategy and business model: a business model‚ we argue‚ is a reflection of the firm’s
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LEYTE NORMAL UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDIES DEPARTMENT Tacloban City TEACHING MODELS (The 4 Families of Education) SOCIAL SCIENCE 503 STRATEGIES AND METHODS IN TEACHING SOCIAL SCIENCE Submitted by: MA. ANGELICA C. OBREGON 14-02551 M.A.T Soc. Sci. Submitted to: Dr. MARIFE N. DAGA Instructor September 13‚ 2014 A.Y. 2014 – 2015 STRATEGIES FAMILY OF EDUCATION LIMITATIONS SOLUTIONS/INTERVENTIONS 1. Reporting Information Processing Family Little to No intervention
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Prison Models There are three models of prisons that have been prominent in American since the early 1940’s: custodial‚ rehabilitative‚ and reintegration. Each model is designed differently based on its overriding goal‚ and this affects the physical design‚ policies‚ and programs that are implemented within each of the models. Custodial Model Archaic Purpose: Control‚ focus is on maintaining security and order. Goal: Punishment‚ this is the best way to provide deterrence against
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Critical Thinking Coursework Assessment Can the PESTLE model assist a technology industry to expand into a new market effectively? Introduction The purpose of this essay is to discuss how PESTLE assists a technology industry to expand into a new market effectively. The main argument of this essay would be PESTLE model will be able to assists a technology industry to expand into a new market effectively because of this model will analyse external environment in six fields and detect
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INTRODUCTION From time immemorial‚ man has been fascinated with behavioral deviations from the normative particularly in the context of crime‚ or more generally‚ morality. In fact‚ classical playwrights and novelists such as Shakespeare and Dostoevsky owe their literary success to their incredible ability to glare into socially and morally deviant minds and weave stories around them. We see a similar trend today. Much of primetime television is filled with shows that have experienced psychoanalysts
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impact in the “decision making” community that it had in other fields. His rejection of the assumption of perfect rationality‚ made in mainstream economics‚ led him to develop the concept of bounded rationality. Simon‟s approach also emphasized the limitations of the cognitive system‚ the change of processes due to expertise‚ and the direct empirical study of cognitive processes involved in decision making. In this article‚ we argue that his subsequent research program in problem solving and expertise
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