Chapter 1. Introduction ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT Unit -1: Entrepreneurship concept- Entrepreneurship as a Career- Entrepreneur-Personality Characteristics of Successful. Entrepreneur- Knowledge and Skills required for an Entrepreneur. What Is Entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship can be defined by describing what entrepreneurs do. For example: "Entrepreneurs use personal initiative, and engage in calculated risk-taking, to create new business ventures by raising resources to apply
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1 – Introduction to Computer Concepts History of Computer * Often referred to the different generations of computing devices. * The circuitry is smaller and more advanced than previous generation. * First Generation - 1940-1956: Vacuum Tubes * Often enormous, very expensive, use a great deal of electricity and generate a lot of heat. * E.g., UNIVAC, ENIAC * Second Generation - 1956-1963: Transistors * Computers are smaller, faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient and more
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-Who's in charge of internal control --> management (SOX) -Management has to sign off to show internal control is working -Everything over $10,000 needs a signature (stamps) ACFE (association of certified fraud examiners --> results from misconduct of employees, managers, and executives) definition of occupational fraud - "use of one's occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing org's resources or assets." Fraud - A generic term
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Development requires planning and planning includes a lot of programs / projects. Plan requires projects and projects require a lot of planning. and implementation dates slipped; and adverse outcomes were not anticipated. These failures were attributed in part to poor project management, such as inadequate opportunities for potential beneficiaries to participate in
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Hospitality Business Models Confront the Future of Meetings Cornell Hospitality Industry Perspective No. 4, June 2010 by Howard Lock and James Macaulay www.chr.cornell.edu Advisory Board Ra’anan Ben-Zur, Chief Executive Officer, French Quarter Holdings, Inc. Scott Berman, U.S. Advisory Leader, Hospitality and Leisure Consulting Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers Raymond Bickson, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Taj Group of Hotels, Resorts, and Palaces Stephen C. Brandman
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RESEARCH ON THE TRENDS IN DRUG ABUSE AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE DRUG ABUSERS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES AN ANALYSIS OF INNOVATIVE MEASURES FOR THE TREATMENT OF DRUG ABUSERS PREFACE Crimes related to drug abuse and the illegal manufacturing and trafficking of drugs are serious problems for virtually every country. The abuse of drugs has an adverse impact, not only on the individual abuser, but also on the economy and society of a country as a whole. Drug use and the problems that
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Alibaba Group At Alibaba, strategy and organization go hand-in-hand. Every year we change 'the organizational structure in tandem with changes in strategy. Jack Ma, Chief Executive Officer of Alibaba Group, stared through the fog at the cable stays of the Hangzhou Bay Bridge whistling past on his drive to the offices of Taobao ("hunting for treasures"), Alibaba's online marketplace for Chinese retailers and consumers. The longest transoceanic bridge in the world had a long gestation period:
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Advanced Fully Phased-In Approach, which are non-GAAP financial measures. For further discussion, see “Regulatory capital” on pages 151—155. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.4 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in
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Presentations / Best Practice / Template Files / Trends & Innovation Online Reputation and Buzz Monitoring Buyer's Guide 2010 Online Reputation and Buzz Monitoring Buyer's Guide 2010 Published April 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Copyright
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