CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1. Background of the Organisation. University of Dar es Salaam Business School (UDBS) is located at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) main campus, about 13 km from the City Centre. UDBS came into existence in 2008 as a result of the transformation of the then Faculty of Commerce and Management (FCM) which was established in 1979. Measured by the strength of its staff in teaching, research and consultancy; plus the breadth and quality of undergraduate and postgraduate
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policy have been replaced by three objectives in the 2000-2006 budgetary perspective, which have themselves been converted into three principles for the 2007-2013 period but it did not leqd to any revolutionary change. The CAP has been reformed in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1999, and 2003, but the principle of protecting agriculture from market forces remained intact. Scholars, especially economists, often criticise this inertia claiming that real reforms are necessary to avoid huge economic costs and to
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Source data sites provided Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 History of the Company 3 Industry Overview 4 Summary 4 Competitive Landscape 5 Financial Data Verizon Communications Inc. and Subsidiaries 5 Financial Analysis of Key ratios 6 Asset Productivity Ratios 6 Financial Strength Ratios (Liquidity) 6 Profitability Ratios 7 Challenges and Accomplishments 2011 - 2012 8 Conclusion 9 VZ Ownership Summary 9 Appendix 1 Asset Productivity Ratios 9 Inventory turnover
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Glock Perfection Scott Turner King University Glock Perfection Background In the early 1980’s, in the small town of Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, Gaston Glock set out on a business venture in to the firearms market. Gaston Glock had never produced a firearm before, (Grant, 2012) instead his background was in plastic and steel products and commercial appliances. He did, however, have a decade’s worth of experience in the production of knives, entrenching tools, and grenades for the Austrian Army
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International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 19 [Special Issue - October 2011] Perceived Relationship between Corporate Capital Structure and Firm Value in Nigeria Semiu Babatunde ADEYEMI Department of Accounting University of Lagos Lagos, Nigeria Collins Sankay OBOH Department of Accounting University of Lagos Lagos, Nigeria Abstract This study examined the empirical effects of corporate capital structure (financial leverage) on the market value of a selection of firms
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Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers Joseph D. Piotroski The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business 1101 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: (773) 834-4199 Fax: (773) 702-0458 E-mail: joseph.piotroski@gsb.uchicago.edu April 2000 I would like to thank Mark Bradshaw, Peter Joos, Steve Monahan and an anonymous referee for their helpful comments, suggestions and support. Analyst forecast data was generously provided
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sulfide-linked di-, tri-, and tetrairon centers with various oxidative states 1. An excess of 120 distinct types of enzymes and proteins are known to contain Fe-S clusters2. Iron-sulfur proteins are known for the role of the oxidation-reduction reactions of mitochondrial electron transportation. They are also discovered in a series of metalloproteins procedures, for example, ferredoxins 3, Coenzyme Qcytochrome c reductase 4, succinate-coenzyme Q reductase 5 and nitrogenase 6. The iron-sulfur
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and criminological roots could be traced back to neo-classicism and social positivism as epitomised by Cesare Beccaria and Adolphe Quetelet during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries respectively (ibid). Unsurprisingly, it was seen as a reaction to the
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GMA plus a structured interview (mean validity of .63). A further advantage of the latter 2 combinations is that they can be used for both entry level selection and selection of experienced employees. The practical utility implications of these summary findings are substantial. The implications of these research findings for the development of theories of job performance are discussed. From the point of view of practical value, the most important property of a personnel assessment method is
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