Uncertainty in the Movie Industry: Does Star Power Reduce the Terror of the Box O±ce?¤ Arthur De Vany Department of Economics Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences University of California Irvine‚ CA 92697 USA W. David Walls School of Economics and Finance The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Abstract Everyone knows that the movie business is risky. But how risky is it? Do strategies exist that reduce risk? We investigate these questions using a sample of over
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Violence in Video Games and Our Youth Over the years violent video games have become a major topic throughout America. An issue that has been debated over the years is the violence in video games and its negative impact on our youth. A few major points I will cover are the increased aggressive behavior‚ youth ’s desensitization‚ and parental supervision. All these are a contributor to the effects our children have faced or will face in the future. Violent video games are extremely popular with
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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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What are the characteristics of a good leader. There are some important characteristics that are found in good leaders. These qualities can be developed from time to time or may be naturally part of their personality. A good leader can be found everywhere in our routine life‚ such as in manager in a company‚ teacher at school or university and parents at home. A good leader should have a trustful character‚ influential speech‚ and confidence. The first is that the leader should be trustworthy
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ON FMCG INDUSTRY SUBMITTED BY:- MANISHA YADAV MBA‚ I SEM INDEX Overview of the sector / introduction Industry profile /Classification (Growth trends) Key operating internal & external environment issues – SWOT analysis Research design Hypothesis Bibliography FMCG INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION: The
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involve introducing a new product‚ delivering the product message‚ etc. The most important aspect of the creative advertising process is the idea and the creative concept. Advertisers use different ways of thinking via several types of creative strategies to promote publicity‚ public relations‚ personal selling and sales promotion. One such creative advertisement campaign is the Vodafone’s ZooZoo ads which caught the fancy of the consumers and helped the company develop its own entity in a splendid
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genre-electronic video games-reinvigorated the debate. Two features of video games fuel renewed interest by researchers‚ public policy makers‚ and the general public. First‚ the active role required by video games is a double-edged sword. It helps educational video games be excellent teaching tools for motivational and learning process reasons. But‚ it also may make violent video games even more hazardous than violent television or cinema. Second‚ the arrival of a new generation of ultraviolent video games
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expansion of the petroleum industry‚ led to an early foothold for the ―Environmental Movement.‖ In 1919 the American Petroleum Institute (API) was established by the petroleum and allied industries‚ recognizing that a lack of standardization had resulted in industry shortages and unnecessary accidents. The development of the environmental‚ health and safety performance of the petroleum industry was the ensuing of API‘s four-fold mission. Environmental management systems in industry : Voluntary codes of
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Environment impact on the Tobacco industry Product Services Place Distribution Price Promotion Political/Legal There are a lot of tobacco product warning labels Entire smoking laws and promotion campaign are not required within China Singapore and Australian tighten rules on the packaging of tobacco products‚ because smoking is not good for healthy Free distribution in mail or by other means is allowed in Bangladesh‚ Korea‚ India‚ Indonesia‚ Maldives‚ Myanmar‚ Sri Lanka‚ and
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2，Level 6 K. Christolear February 20 2013 Say No to Violent Video Games Do you know Call of Duty? It has swept the world. There are so many people playing this game which has been issued to its ninth part. In the world‚ more and more people are attracted to video games which are about shooting or other violent actions like Call of Duty. On the one hand‚ this kind of video games is so popular bacause the game makers make these games very attractive; on the other hand‚ nowdays‚ they have catered
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