Swimming with Sharks: Technology Ventures, Defense Mechanisms and Corporate Relationships Riitta Katila Stanford University Jeff D. Rosenberger Nomis Solutions Kathleen M. Eisenhardt Stanford University This paper focuses on the tension that firms face between the need for resources from partners and the potentially damaging misappropriation of their own resources by corporate “sharks.” Taking an entrepreneurial lens, we study this tension at tie formation in corporate investment
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Sri Lanka | Diversified Holdings Initiation of coverage EQUITY RESEARCH 5 September 2013 CT Holdings PLC (CTHR) Cashing in on consumption growth CT Holdings (CTHR) is the fourth-largest Sri Lankan diversified company by market capitalization. The company holds controlling interests in Cargills (CSE ticker: CARG, CTHR’s 70%-owned food retail company), the country’s largest chain of supermarkets, as well as in several companies in the food processing, restaurant, real estate, entertainment
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voluntary and private sector organizations Public relations support for international branding and market entry The importance of internal communications during international mergers The integration of public relations and marketing communications Business-to-business communication The cases examined in this book demonstrate the breadth of contemporary public relations practice and the increasing importance of the public relations function in both public and private sector organizations worldwide. Danny
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book interesting and understandable (not to mention more fun to read) to the future HRM professional and manager alike. It is highly likely that anyone in business will have to take on an HRM role at some point in their careers. For example, should you decide to start your own business, many of the topics discussed will apply to your business. This is the goal of this book; it is useful enough for the HRM professional, but the information presented is also applicable to managers, supervisors, and
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CORPORATE E-LEARNING: EXPLORING A NEW FRONTIER Trace A. Urdan Cornelia C. Weggen turdan@wrhambrecht.com cweggen@wrhambrecht.com 415.551.8600 “In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer, in Vanguard Management, 1989 2 March 2000 Equity Research TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ........................................................................
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comments on earlier drafts from David Adelman, Rochelle Dreyfuss, Mark Lemley, Robert Merges, Joseph Miller, and Katherine Strandburg, and for feedback from participants at the Nonobviousness — The Shape of Things to Come, Lewis & Clark Law School Business Forum, and the Works in Progress — Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law. Erica Young
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globalization of our corporate responsibility initiatives; our plan to pursue initiatives in the areas of childhood nutrition, advertising directed at children, reduction of energy, water consumption, waste and emissions production, biodiversity, chemicals and animal welfare; our intention to evaluate and study how to build more environmentallyfriendly restaurants as well as making existing restaurants more environmentally-friendly; our plans to introduce new products, including new Kids Meals; our
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Techno-Fundamental Approach to build an Equity Portfolio and Study of Price Fluctuations with volume SIP project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the PGDM Program By Chetan Arora 2010065 Supervisors Mr. Kartikeye Vatsa Deputy Manager (Financial Analyst) Dr. Gajavelli V S Professor Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur 2010 - 2012 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am sincerely grateful to Punjab National Bank
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Engineering: An Introduction for High School Annapurna Ganesh Chell Roberts Dale Baker Darryl Morrell Janel White-Taylor Stephen Krause Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh Say Thanks to the Authors Click http://www.ck12.org/saythanks (No sign in required) www.ck12.org iii To access a customizable version of this book, as well as other interactive content, visit www.ck12.org CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market
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fundamentals of cost accounting fourth edition William N. Lanen Shannon W. anderson Michael W. Maher ® accounting The integrated solutions for Lanen/Anderson/Maher’s Fundamentals of Cost Accounting, 4e have been proven to help you achieve your course goals of improving student readiness, enhancing student engagement, and increasing their comprehension of content. Known for its clear and engaging style, the Lanen solution employs the use of real-world scenarios, LearnSmart, and instant
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