...Policies and strategies to improve nutritional status[7] Ministry of Health and Population strategies Health strategies In order to improve the health status of the Egyptian population, MOHP has developed several strategies, including the following: * Preventive care system: the specific areas of intervention are immunization, quarantine measures, safe water supply, food hygiene, public cleanliness, environmental hygiene and infestation control. * Primary health care: through which medical services are provided to the general population and to vulnerable groups (pregnant and lactating mothers and children under five years of age). * Curative care services: where sick people find medical treatment. Nutrition strategies Before 1992, ad hoc programmes addressed the problem of malnutrition. Following the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN), held in Rome in December 1992 and sponsored by FAO and WHO, nutrition programmes in Egypt have been enhanced. Egypt presented a country paper at the conference and took part in post-ICN condensed nutrition activities. A ministerial decree of 1994 formulated a high-level inter-ministerial committee representing the ministries of agriculture, health, planning, information, supply, education and academia. The outcome was the development of the Egyptian National Strategy for Nutrition, which has nine main policy areas. Each policy area includes a problem statement, a goal, measurable objectives, actions, authorities responsible for...
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...PLEKHANOV RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL COURSE WORK « Business Valuation on the basis of Damodaran model » Corporate Finance Student: Pavel Terefera Supervisor: Irina Sokolnikova Moscow 2015 Contents Introduction _____________________________________________ 3 Chapter 1. Valuation______________________________________ 4 1.1 Valuation in portfolio management_________________________ 7 1.2 Valuation in acquisition__________________________________ 10 1.3 Valuation in corporate finance_____________________________ 10 Chapter 2. Approaches to Valuation___________________________ 11 2.1 Profitable Approach_____________________________________ 12 2.1.2 Income capitalization approach __________________________ 12 2.1.3Method of discounted cash flows__________________________ 14 2.1.4 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation on example of JSC NLMK____ 20 2.2 Relative Valuation Approach______________________________ 23 Conclusion _______________________________________________ 28 Bibliography ______________________________________________ 29 Introduction. Knowing the value of an asset may not be a guarantee for success for investor, but it does help us make more informed judgments. A postulate of sound investing is that an investor does not pay more for an asset than its worth. In conditions of market economy when all transactions are made "on fear and risk" their participants, both seller...
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...GENERAL OVERVIEW - BULGARIA Current Status of Biomass Energy There exists a large potential to utilize biomass as an energy source in Bulgaria. Bulgaria has a total land area of approximately 110,000 km2, of which some 6,200,000 ha, or approximately 60 percent of the overall land area, consists of arable and agriculture lands, and 3,903,000 ha, or approximately 30 percent, is forest cover. While information regarding the use and potential of biomass has been limited, there have been recent developments through pilot projects and preliminary evaluations that do begin to highlight Bulgaria’s full potential. Next to the country’s hydro resources, biomass accounts for a sizable share of Bulgaria’s final energy consumption, approximately 3.7 percent or 409,000 toe of the calculated 10,918,000 toe total consumption (Sofia Energy Center data report). Due to the lack of reliable nationwide assessments and data, it is estimated that in practice this number is much larger. The majority of the biomass energy consumption exists mainly in the rural areas, where fuelwood, followed by the residential consumption of wood briquettes produced from forestry wastes and sawmill byproducts amount to approximately 2 million m3 per year. In addition, wastes generated from agricultural and farming activities are produced in large quantities and exploitation of these wastes can prove to be significant source for energy generation. As the land of Bulgaria is rich and fertile, farming activities...
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...and Economics 2010/2011 (Spring Semester) Prof. Miguel Ferreira Dr. João Filipe CIMSPA 1st QUESTION [GROUP 45] Hélia Lopes, 9056 | Jean Rafael, 10402 | Marta Costa, 9475 Marta Soares, 8624 | Miguel Melo, 8878 EXECUTIVE SUMARY: The present report will study the feasibility of an investment opportunity by Cimspa consisting on the expansion of its production process to Angola. In the following analysis we used forecasts previously obtained. Additional relevant information on market data, taxes and law was taken from accurate records of OANDA, IMF, Deloitte and a publication of the Angolan Labor Policy, but all references are properly stated forward. 1DATA TREATMENT AND REMARKS: ° All data was converted to Euro’s as the final results should come in that unit. For this purpose we used exchange rates from September 30th available on OANDA website2, obtaining an USD/EURO Exchange rate of 0,7247 and an AKZ/EURO Exchange rate of 0,008. Furthermore, from now on all the values presented in this report will be expressed in Euro’s, according with the above FOREX rates; unless indicated otherwise. ° We Accessed the PIB's growth rate and inflation forecasts by the IMF Angola Report No. 11/513. For inflation the values were deduced from the consumer price index (end of period) because later on when we refer to any period we will be referring to the term of the same period, for example when discounting the Free Cash Flow (FCF) for each given period with the appropriate annual...
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...findings, but instead and cultural im pact of the artifacts they create. the "thick description" methods used by prefer to apply the results of design-driven ethnographic research directly to the development of new product concepts. This paper proposes that ethnographic representation methods , including innovative visual representations, offer untapped potential for design research reporting, not just field of historical design. Te in term s of facilitating com munications during the mpts by designers to make sense of the broader the potential of ethnographic design process, but also as a record of ongoing atte representation methods for design. Keywords: Ethnography in design, Ethnographic writing, Ethnographic representation st projects by design students show 1. Introduction Ethnography is often viewed as a specialized area within reveal and preserve cultural knowledge, using methods such the larger activity of cultural anthropology, seeking to as interviewing or cultural submersion to discover important values. Since design is also a profession that a ddresses cultural m eaning in the creation of sym bolically significant new products and services, it has been natural fo r the field of design research to turn to ethnography for inspiration. However, designers and design educators, like m yself, have tended to embrace ethnographic fieldwork methods rather than the interpretive m ethods of ethnogr aphic w riting. D esigners seldom...
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...------------------------------ Bui Trung Kien FACTORS AFFECTING THE FLUCTUATION OF LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) Ho Chi Minh City - 2012 UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business ------------------------------ Bui Trung Kien FACTORS AFFECTING THE FLUCTUATION OF LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ID: 60340102 MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) SUPERVISOR: Dr. CAO HAO THI Ho Chi Minh City - 2012 i ACKNOWLEDGMETS Firstly, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my supervisor Dr. Cao Hao Thi for his professional guidance, valuable advice, continuous encouragement, and motivated support that made this thesis possible. I would like to extend deep senses of gratitude to Prof. Nguyen Dinh Tho and lecturers who have taught and transferred me valuable knowledge and experience during the period of Master of Business course at International School of Business. Special thanks, to all of my dear friends in MBUS 2010 class, who gave me useful material, response and experience to conducting this study. I would like to express my grateful thanks to my friends and all the construction company in Vietnam who participated in filling the questionnaires and provided the valuable information for this study. Personally, I wish to express my deep gratitude to my parents, my wife, sister and brother for their spiritual support and encouragement during...
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...However, home owners can get confused very easily as they see close variation in price based on different descriptive characteristics. Home owners hesitate to get professional advice from real estate agents due to service price. On the other hand, our Multi Regression Model can help real estate agents provide fast predictions and advice to home owners at a minimum service price. Our solution would give real estate agents a competitive advantage in the real estate market. Problem statement: How to determine a reasonable asking price on n number of houses with its descriptive characteristics. Solution: Multi Regression Model is one way to assist real estate agents use data to provide an estimate. Introduction The objective of this project is to provide the detailed data analysis and resolution to the problem statement mentioned above. As a group of students of statistics in the Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University, we have determined collectively and followed statistical calculations to find a solution to the problem statement. We have determined that the regression model analysis produces the best possible solution for formulating an equation to predict the best asking price for a house using real estate data. We...
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...Advances in Metal Forming Research at the Center for Precision Forming - Industry/University Cooperation – T. Altan, P. Sartkulvanich, N. Kardes The Center for Precision Forming (CPF), The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Abstract The demand for application for lightweight materials such as Ultra/Advanced High Strength Steels (U/AHSS), aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys and boron steels in automotive industry is increasing to reduce vehicle weight and increase crash performance. The use of these relatively new materials requires advanced and reliable techniques to a) obtain data on material properties and flow stress, b) predicting springback and fracture in bending and flanging, c) selecting lubricants and die materials/coatings for stamping and forging and d) designing tools for blanking and shearing. In addition, designing the process and tooling for a) hot stamping of boron steels, b) warm forming of Al and Mg alloys, and c) optimizing the use of servo-drive presses require advanced Finite Element based simulation methods. CPF is conducting R&D in most of these topics and also in many hot and cold forging related topics. This paper gives an overview of this research and discusses how the research results are applied in cooperation with industry. Keywords: Metal Forming, Sheet metal, Forging, FEM 1 INTRODUCTION The Center for Precision Forming (CPF) has been established with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a number of companies (www.cpforming...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Introduction Have you ever stopped to think about where your electricity comes from? Nowadays, it is no longer only a question of ‘how much electricity do I want to use? However, this type of question which is ‘what kind of electricity do I want to use?’ is also count. In the case of Malaysia, most of the electricity is generated by burning coal and gas in power stations. These types of activities eventually will give such a negative impact towards the environment such as the critical global warming and climate change. Hence, a green ‘power’ or electricity that is environmentally friendly is needed in order to prevent the Earth from continually dying. So what is green electricity? As stated by Green Electricity Marketplace website, ‘green electricity’' is well defined as electricity that is produced from sources which is eco-friendly and do not cause any negative impacts towards the environment. It is undeniable that every type of electricity generation will have some impact upon the environment, but some sources are much environmentally friendly than others. The greenest energy sources are those which utilise the natural energy flows of the Earth and they are usually known as renewable energy sources as they will never run out. There are various studies were conducted to examined or analysed the green electricity. These kinds of studies, however, almost invariably focus on the conservative variables such as sources, cost and impact...
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...12/18/2015 12/18/2015 Project International Business IBMS-1 Final Report Project International Business IBMS-1 Final Report Ahnaíssa Christiaans Esmay Zoontjes Jost Pannhausen Thomas Kodden Ahnaíssa Christiaans Esmay Zoontjes Jost Pannhausen Thomas Kodden || Project International Business IBMS-1 || Final Report Ahnaíssa Christiaans Esmay Zoontjes Jost Pannhausen Thomas Kodden Magdalena Sztych - de Vries Saxion University of Applied Sciences Enschede, The Netherlands 18 December 2015 Preface This assignment is written by four first year students of the IBMS course at Saxion Enschede. This final assignment will cover the overall recommendations and evaluation for the export plan of Albert Heijn supermarket stores to Austria. For this assessment we have overviewed the internal analysis and external analysis, the external analysis being the macro environment and meso environment. There was also the SWOT analysis with the confrontation-matrix. This all has been used to conclude the entry strategy and introduction plan. Ahnaíssa Christiaans, Esmay Zoontjes, Jost Pannhausen & Thomas Kodden December, 2015 Table of Contents Preface 1 ...
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...Strategy Group I. Samsung Overview II. Introduction to the Global Strategy Group (GSG) III. GSG & You IV. Korea & Seoul I. Samsung Overview I. Samsung Overview (Revenue & Global Presence) Fast growth and vast global footprint Samsung Group Revenue ※ Billion US Dollars Global Operations 318 369,000 employees worldwide 510 offices and facilities in 79 countries 141 87 226 Electronics 80 Samsung 22 1997 2005 2012 4 I. Samsung Overview (Leading Products) 5 I. Samsung Overview (Leading Products) 6 I. Samsung Overview (Brand Value) Samsung ranked 9th among global companies in 2012 7 I. Samsung Overview (Total 29 Affiliates Companies) The Samsung Group consists of many different business units Electronics Industry Electronics Engineering & Heavy Industry C&T Corporation Engineering Financial Services Life Insurance Fire & Marine Insurance Samsung Card Securities Asset Management Venture Investment Chemical Cheil Industries Inc. Petrochemical Fine Chemicals BP Chemicals Total Other Companies Cheil Worldwide Everland Inc. The Shilla Hotels & Resorts Economics Research Institute S1 Corporation Medical Center BioLogics SDS Heavy Industries Electro-Mechanics Techwin SDI Display Corning Precision Glass Bioeps 7 Affiliates 3 Affiliates 6 Affiliates 5 Affiliates 8 Affiliates 8 I. Samsung Overview (SEC Biz. Division) HME : Health Medical Equipments 9 I. Samsung Overview...
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...Health care reform in the United States has a long history. Reforms have often been proposed but have rarely been accomplished. In 2010, landmark reform was passed through two federal statutes enacted in 2010: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed March 23, 2010, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 , which amended the PPACA and became law on March 30, 2010. Future reforms and ideas continue to be proposed, with notable arguments including a single-payer system and a reduction in fee-for-service medical care. The PPACA includes a new agency, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which is intended to research reform ideas through pilot projects. ------------------------------------------------- History of national reform efforts Here is a summary of reform achievements at the national level in the United States. * 1965 President Lyndon Johnson enacted legislation that introduced Medicare, covering both hospital and general medical insurance for senior citizens paid for by a Federal employment tax over the working life of the retiree, and Medicaid permitted the Federal government to partially fund a program for the poor, with the program managed and co-financed by the individual states. * 1985 The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to give some employees the ability to continue health insurance coverage after...
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...Lar03342_ch07_210-251.indd Page 210 2/3/10 4:37:12 PM user-f498 /Users/user-f498/Desktop/03:02_evening/MHBR165:Larson:208 C H A P T E R S E V E N Managing Risk Estimate 5 Project networks 6 Schedule resources & costs 8 l iona rnat Inte ojects pr 15 Define project 4 Reducing duration 9 Introduction 1 Organization 3 Managing risk 7 Monitoring progress 13 Project closure 14 16 Oversig ht 17 Agile P M Strategy 2 Leadership 10 Teams 11 Outsourcing 12 18 Career paths Managing Risk Risk Management Process Step 1: Risk Identification Step 2: Risk Assessment Step 3: Risk Response Development Opportunity Management Contingency Planning Contingency Funding and Time Buffers Step 4: Risk Response Control Change Control Management Summary Appendix 7.1: PERT and PERT Simulation 210 Lar03342_ch07_210-251.indd Page 211 1/30/10 4:54:39 PM user-f501 /Users/user-f501/Desktop/Tempwork/JANUARY 2010/30-01-10/MHBR165:Lars You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is. Will Rogers Every project manager understands risks are inherent in projects. No amount of planning can overcome risk, or the inability to control chance events. In the context of projects, risk is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on project objectives. A risk has a cause and, if it occurs, a consequence. For example, a cause may be a flu virus or change in scope requirements...
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...Title: Organisational Behaviour Assignment Topic: Motivation is one of the most frequently researched topics on organisational behaviour according to Robbins, Judge Millett & Waters-Marsh (2008). Motivation among other things is about an individual’s persistence of effort towards attaining a goal. 1. How would you motivate employees in your workgroup to ensure: a) They focus on attaining the goals of the workgroup? and; b) Continue to maintain a consistent quality in their efforts to achieve those goals? 2. With reference to at least two models of motivation: a) How effective is motivation with your immediate workgroup? b) What are the implications of not applying motivation strategies or applying the wrong strategies with your workgroup? In your assignment, you are required to draw on a minimum of three of the required articles for this subject and to reference your discussion to those articles. In other words, you need to demonstrate that you have read at least three articles thoroughly and been able to apply them to people related issues in your organisation. Where appropriate you should draw on recognised principles and practices identified in those readings in relation to the issue under discussion. Word Count: (from the start of the Introduction section to the end of the Conclusion section): 2192 words EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Research has shown that motivation of employees in the workplace has always been a major...
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...Arabia David T. Llewellyn Loughborough University, UK Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA In association with: International Association of Islamic Economics Islamic Development Bank The Islamic Foundation © Dr Munawar Iqbal and Professor David T. Llewellyn 2002 (on behalf of the Steering Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Islamic Economics and Banking held at Loughborough University, UK, August 13–15, 2000) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited Glensanda House Montpellier Parade Cheltenham Glos GL50 1UA UK Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. 136 West Street Suite 202 Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Islamic Banking and Finance: New Perspectives on Profit-Sharing and Risk / edited by Munawar Iqbal, David T. Llewellyn p. cm. “Some of the papers were presented at the Fourth International Conference on Islamic Economics and Banking, held at Loughborough University, UK, 13–15 August 2000” —Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Banks and Banking—Islamic countries—Congresses. 2. Finance—Islamic countries—Congresses. I. Iqbal, Munawar....
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