The proper name of the area in both Dutch and English is "Holland". "Holland" is a part of the Netherlands. "Holland" is informally used in English and other languages‚ including sometimes the Dutch language itself‚ to mean the whole of the modern country of the Netherlands.[1] (This example of pars pro toto or synecdoche is similar to the tendency to refer to the United Kingdom as "England".).[4][5] The people of Holland are referred to as "Hollanders" in both Dutch and English. Today this refers
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Profitability ratios: measure the company’s use of its assets and control of its expenses to generate an acceptable rate of return Gross Margin: % of sales that company retains as gross profit‚ varies industry to industry‚ software companies have higher margin than manufacturing OR Operating Margin: (Operating income a.k.a. EBIT a.k.a. operating profit): measures operating efficiency Profit Margin: (a.k.a. Net Margin or Net Profit Margin) : how much of every dollar a company keeps from
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Wells Fargo 2 Wells Fargo‚ once the rival of one of the country’s largest financial institutions‚ Wachovia‚ acquired Wachovia after federal officials pressed Wachovia for a quick sale before it collapsed in October 2008. Wells Fargo has an extensive history dating back to the mid 1800s. Since its’ inception‚ Wells Fargo earned and lived out the reputation of dealing rapidly and responsibly with people’s money and goods‚ while offering both bank and express delivery. Today it is ranked
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develop robust‚ well-diversified asset allocations are the BlackLitterman model and resampled mean-variance optimization. The first approach focuses on building capital market expectations that behave better within an optimizer while the second approach is an attempt to build a better optimizer. In addition to providing practitioner friendly overviews of the two approaches‚ this article contributes to the literature by comparing / contrasting empirical examples of both approaches as well as the first
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ANUSHKA RAMPERSAUD (10/0835/0704) FARZANA HAMID (10/0835/1056) DEVIKA RAJKISSOON (09/0835/0575) SADESH RAMDEEN (10/0835/0507) BRIJESHWAR ARJUN (10/0835/1062) CHEASHIVA SAMAROO (10/0835/0997) APPLE INC. IN 2008 CASE ANALYSIS Apple computer was introduced in 1976 by founders‚ Steven Jobs and Steven Wozniak. Apple Inc. was the producer of many products but the one which put the company back in the game was the ipod‚ which was introduced in October 2001. Despite
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Introduction The value chain‚ or known as value chain analysis‚ is a concept from business management that was first described and popularized by Michael Porter. (Porter) Most of business strategy is to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Cost advantage and differentiation advantage are the two basic types of competitive advantage. Cost advantage can be obtained when the firm is able to deliver the same benefits as competitors‚ but at a lower cost‚ while differentiation advantage is
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4. Analysis and Findings The results of incentives systems confirm that in particular monetary incentives within organizations increase the work performance. In particular‚ the bonus payments to employees will reflect the short-term success of an organization without a sustainable effect of the incorporation of performance and employee satisfaction on the long-term basis. Regarding Wells Fargo‚ the management created an environment with incentives which have not align with those of the employees
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Within the BAYADA value chain‚ there are nine external customer services‚ called specialty practices‚ which could be considered our primary activities driving the value chain. These value-adding activities include nursing‚ assistive care‚ hospice‚ therapeutic and rehabilitative and are offered to clients in all stages of life‚ from children to adults and seniors. Every person in the world deserves a safe home and a life full of dignity‚ comfort‚ and independence‚ especially when faced with health
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Michael Porter published the Value Chain Analysis in 1985 as a response to criticism that his Five Forces framework lacked an implementation methodology that bridged the gap between internal capabilities and opportunities in the competitive landscape. This framework focused on industry attractiveness as a determinant of the profit potential of all companies within that particular industry. However‚ significant differences in performance exist between companies operating within the same industry that
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Narrative Design of Fargo The movie Fargo is a film directed and produced by brothers Ethan Coen and Joel Coen in 1996. The brothers have a unique style and are good at picking actors/actress to play in the film. This film made viewers feel that they were actually in Minnesota. The Characters are very calm and easy going with low tone voices. Fargo is a true story that the brothers want you to believe but it is not really a true story. When analyzing this film there are many things to take into
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