an insulator. Semiconductors are employed in the manufacture of various kinds of electronic devices‚ including diodes‚ transistors‚ and integrated circuits. Such devices have found wide application because of their compactness‚ reliability‚ power efficiency‚ and low cost. INSULATOR: insulator‚ any of various substances that block or retard the flow of electrical or thermal currents. Although an electrical insulator is ordinarily thought of as a nonconducting material‚ it is in fact better described
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Lecture Notes on Monte Carlo Methods Fall Semester‚ 2005 Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences‚ NYU Jonathan Goodman‚ goodman@cims.nyu.edu Chapter 2: Simple Sampling of Gaussians. created August 26‚ 2005 Generating univariate or multivariate Gaussian random variables is simple and fast. There should be no reason ever to use approximate methods based‚ for example‚ on the Central limit theorem. 1 Box Muller It would be nice to get a standard normal from a standard uniform by
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Record: 1 Title: What Is Strategy? Authors: Porter‚ Michael E.1 Source: Harvard Business Review; Nov/Dec96‚ Vol. 74 Issue 6‚ p61-78‚ 18p‚ 1 Black and White Photograph‚ 3 Diagrams‚ 1 Graph Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *STRATEGIC planning *ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness *MARKET positioning *COMPETITION *BUSINESS planning *INDUSTRIAL management *ORGANIZATIONAL
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Lecture Notes on MONEY‚ BANKING‚ AND FINANCIAL MARKETS Peter N. Ireland Department of Economics Boston College irelandp@bc.edu http://www2.bc.edu/~irelandp/ec261.html Chapter 3: What Is Money? 1. Meaning of Money 2. Functions of Money Medium of Exchange Unit of Account Store of Value 3. Measuring Money Theoretical Measures Empirical Measures Federal Reserve’s Monetary Aggregates This chapter begins by defining money in basic terms. It then discusses the various functions of money in the
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Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? MULTIPLE CHOICE Importance of Interpersonal Skills 1. Over the past two decades‚ business schools have added required courses on people skills to many of their curricula. Why have they done this? a. Managers no longer need technical skills in subjects such as economics and accounting to succeed. b. There is an increased emphasis in controlling employee behavior in the workplace. c. Managers
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What is Technology? Technology by definition‚ involves the creation‚ alteration‚ usage of tools‚ machines‚ and techniques in order to solve and improve preexisting problems. Technology has been instrumental in helping humans control and adapt to their natural environments. Moreover‚ it has also helped develop more advanced economies. Recent technological advancement such as the internet‚ mobile phones and automated machines‚ has lessened barriers to communication. However‚ there have also been
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of living over centuries. Jane Jacobs (1961‚ p.189) talks about how with continuous rehabilitation of old buildings‚ there is a continuous mixture of the styles of architecture from different movements taking place. This becomes a dynamic process as what was once a new mixture eventually becomes old. With the help of gentrification of urban areas‚ these spaces are given life again. Gentrification is the process by which buying and refurbishing old houses in deteriorating urban neighbourhoods by the
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choice‚ the extent to which competition creates efficiency. There are many ways in which a firm or leisure industry can be considered to be efficient. First of all they may be productively efficient. This is where they would be operating at their lowest average cost‚ meaning they are benefiting from all economies of scales and experience no diseconomies of scale. They particularly must avoid any waste of factors of production. Allocative efficiency exists when the firm is operating where Price is
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and __________ are indispensable to success in the 21st-century economy. A. Knowledge ( large inventories. B. Knowledge ( speed. C. Cost control ( bureaucratic designs. D. A and C. E. A‚ B‚ and C. B GT Ap What Is Competitive Advantage? 119. An organization establishes a __________ when it has a core competency that sets it apart from its competitors and gives it an advantage over them in the marketplace. A. Core advantage. B. Market advantage
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What is "Politics" Author(s): Giovanni Sartori Source: Political Theory‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 1 (Feb.‚ 1973)‚ pp. 5-26 Published by: Sage Publications‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/191073 Accessed: 13/10/2009 12:35 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you have obtained prior permission‚
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