...CPMR Research Report 5 Changing Local Government A Review of the Local Government Modernisation Programme Richard Boyle, Peter C. Humphreys, Orla O’Donnell, Joanna O’Riordan, Virpi Timonen CPMR 1 CPMR Research Report 5 Changing Local Government A Review of the Local Government Modernisation Programme Richard Boyle Peter C. Humphreys Orla O’Donnell Joanna O’Riordan Virpi Timonen 2 First published in 2003 by the Institute of Public Administration 57-61 Lansdowne Road Dublin 4 Ireland in association with The Committee for Public Management Research www.ipa.ie © 2003 with the Institute of Public Administration. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1 902448 98 7 ISSN 1393-9424 Cover design by Butler Claffey, Dún Laoghaire Typeset by the Institute of Public Administration Printed by Future Print, Dublin 3 CONTENTS Executive Summary 7 Part 1: Chapter 1: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE STUDY Introduction Focus of report Study background and terms of reference Study approach and methodology Report structure 18 18 18 19 ...
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...MBA Program Course: Financial Analysis and Decision Making MBA730 Instructor: Marlena L. Akhbari Wright State University Finance and Financial Services McGraw-Hill/Irwin =>? McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN: 0−390−42334−3 Text: Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation, 4/e Bruner This book was printed on recycled paper. MBA Program http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright ©2003 by The McGraw−Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This McGraw−Hill Primis text may include materials submitted to McGraw−Hill for publication by the instructor of this course. The instructor is solely responsible for the editorial content of such materials. 111 MBAP ISBN: 0−390−42334−3 MBA Program Contents Bruner • Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation, 4/e II. Financial Analysis and Forecasting 1 1 6 16 16 39 52 52 60 66 66 84 100 100 6. The Financial Detective, 1996 11. ServerVault: ‘‘Reliable, Secure, and Wicked Fast’’ III. Estimating the Cost of Capital 12. ‘‘Best Practices’’ in Estimating the Cost of Capital: Survey and Synthesis 15. Teletech Corporation, 1996 IV. Capital Budgeting and Resource Allocation 19. Diamond...
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...MBA Program Course: Financial Analysis and Decision Making MBA730 Instructor: Marlena L. Akhbari Wright State University Finance and Financial Services McGraw-Hill/Irwin =>? McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN: 0−390−42334−3 Text: Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation, 4/e Bruner This book was printed on recycled paper. MBA Program http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright ©2003 by The McGraw−Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This McGraw−Hill Primis text may include materials submitted to McGraw−Hill for publication by the instructor of this course. The instructor is solely responsible for the editorial content of such materials. 111 MBAP ISBN: 0−390−42334−3 MBA Program Contents Bruner • Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation, 4/e II. Financial Analysis and Forecasting 1 1 6 16 16 39 52 52 60 66 66 84 100 100 6. The Financial Detective, 1996 11. ServerVault: ‘‘Reliable, Secure, and Wicked Fast’’ III. Estimating the Cost of Capital 12. ‘‘Best Practices’’ in Estimating the Cost of Capital: Survey and Synthesis 15. Teletech Corporation, 1996 IV. Capital Budgeting and Resource Allocation 19. Diamond...
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