16.1.2009. The Terms of Reference are listed as under: 1. Assessment of the performance of CRAs in India in terms of parameters like default and transition data 2. How much information asymmetry is bridged by CRAs 3. How far CRAs assessment helps financial regulation 4. Accountability, corporate governance issues of CRAs 5. Disclosures of methodologies of rating 6. Rating of complex products like structured obligation 7. Uniformity or otherwise in definition and rating nomenclature of CRAs in India
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Army-Baylor University Graduate Program In Health Care Administration A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for HCA 5325 Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations 12 December 2003 Executive Summary Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a well-established, international health care industry leader that provides patient services on two continents. Ranked number one in both sales and profit rankings, HCA continues to provide quality health care as it expands into new
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6. Define strategic groups and describe their influence on the firm. 7. Describe what firms need to know about their competitors and different methods (including ethical standards) used to collect intelligence about them. CHAPTER OUTLINE Opening Case Environmental Pressures on Wal-Mart THE GENERAL, INDUSTRY, AND COMPETITOR ENVIRONMENTS EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Scanning Monitoring Forecasting Assessing SEGMENTS OF THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT The Demographic Segment
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The Innovator in Healthcare Workforce Solutions ANNUAL REPORT I N N O V AT I O N I N H E A L T H C A R E W O R K F O R C E S O L U T I O N S Dear AMN Healthcare Shareholders, 2011 was a year of continued market recovery, solid execution, and evolution. Our clients’ desire for more workforce solutions and innovative service offerings, coupled with AMN’s leading position in this space, has more clearly differentiated our value proposition and put us at the forefront of growth and thought leadership
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competitive environment. Considering this new environment together with the increased need for system assessment, this study aims to create a framework to assess effectiveness of WISs of organizations, which will also enable them to create a baseline for future investment decisions. 2. Research questions: The
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commitment’. The hypothesis was designed that whether there exists a relationship between the variables or not. The results suggested that there exist a relationship between organizational culture and employees’ commitment. The study emphasizes the future prospects in the research field which can be beneficial for the organizations’ culture. The findings , conclusion and recommendations suggest areas for further research. * * * Contents Abstract…………….………………………………………….……………….i
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China’s export-led growth strategy had been alienating major trade partners—especially Europe and the United States. By 2005, China’s trade surplus had reached $134 billion, of which $114 billion was with the United States alone. Foreign-invested firms accounted for more than half of this amount. 2 In the U.S., organized labor and various pundits and politicians increasingly blamed China for the loss of as many as 3.5 million manufacturing jobs.3 U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) became a leading
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companies--those with sustained profitability and above-normal financial returns--are characterized by certain well-defined external conditions. These conditions include having (1) high barriers to entry (e.g., the difficulty of other firms entering the market, so few, if any, competitors exist), (2) nonsubstitutable products (e.g., others cannot duplicate the firm’s product, and no alternatives exist), (3) a large market share (e.g., the firm can capitalize of economies of scale and efficiencies by dominating
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OBJECTIVES • • • • • • Understand and select information required to forecast HRP Identify members of the HR planning team Understand the four steps in the HRP process Apply techniques to forecast HR demand and supply Describe various methods for assessing labour planning (quantitative and qualitative) Discuss key challenges in forecasting HR demand and supply 26 Part 2 | Forecasting Demand and Supply ■ PROFILE The Great Pyramid of Giza The Great Pyramid of Giza has fascinated the world for centuries
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31/7/07 4:01 PM Page 39 International Trade Finance The purpose of this chapter is to explain how international trade—exports and imports—is financed. The contents are of direct practical relevance to both domestic firms that merely import and export and to multinational firms that trade with related and unrelated entities. The chapter begins by explaining the types of trade relationships that exist. Next we explain the trade dilemma: exporters want to be paid before they export and importers
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