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July to 9 September 2006. I am very grateful to ICSEAD for its generous Visiting Researcher scheme and ICSEAD colleagues for their comments on an earlier version of this paper that was presented at an ICSEAD public seminar and appeared as an ICSEAD Working Paper (No.2006-16). Further helpful comments from anonymous reviewers are much appreciated. The NUS Academic Research Fund (R-109-000-050-112) supports the research project underpinning this paper. I am grateful to all corporate and institutional
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Design Project Kudler Fine Foods is one of the biggest and fastest growing food companies in the Unites States. Because of this fast expansion there are expected and often increased goals that must be done in order to keep all parts of the company working as they should. One of these areas that must be kept up to date and secured at all times is its integrated network. Again because of the company’s recent growth there will be challenges that will happen especially with the network so a good integrative
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Krause Fund Research Spring 2012 Technology Recommendation: BUY Analysts Jeremy Gorsky jeremy-gorsky@uiowa.edu Jeremiah Hagen jeremiah-hagen@uiowa.edu Yang Jing yang-jing@uiowa.edu Linshan Li linshan-li@uiowa.edu Apple Inc. (NSDQ: AAPL) April 17, 2012 Current Price $609.60 Target Price $765-790 Apple Bytes Its Way To The Top The iPad has revolutionized the booming tablet industry and is dominating a 61% market share with a unit sales increase of 111% over the year ago quarter. A
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Phil McIntosh Literature Review: My Years with General Motors by Alfred Sloan Presented to: Dr. Francisco Coronel MBA 690 March 21, 2013 Introduction The book My years with General Motors by Alfred Sloan is a great read. I find that it is very important book to read for anyone interested in management, innovation, and overall how to run a succesful organization. Alfred Sloan was able to leave a lasting legacy at the leading automotive company General Motors (GM) by creating positive
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Analysts produce the reports, recommendations and price targets that professional investors utilize to inform their buy and sell decisions, which means that understanding analysts’ work can provide crucial insights on the determinants of value in the capital markets. Yet our knowledge of analysts is limited by insufficient attention to Knightian uncertainty. Analysts estimate the value of stocks by calculating their net present value or by folding the future back into the present. In so doing, they are
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