TABLE OF CONTENT a) Introduction b) Corporate diversification c) Reasons for Diversification d) Types of diversification strategies e) GOAL of diversification f) RISK of diversification g) Corporate diversification
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Management Information Systems, 13E Laudon & Laudon Lecture Files by Barbara J. Ellestad Chapter 5 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies As information becomes a valuable resource of a digital firm, the infrastructure used to care for it takes on added importance. We’ll examine all of the components that comprise today’s and tomorrow’s IT infrastructure and how best to manage it. 5.1 IT Infrastructure When you mention the phrase “information technology infrastructure,” most people
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Chapter 1 The Government and Not-For-Profit Environment Questions for Review and Discussion 1. The critical distinction between for-profit businesses and not-for-profits including governments is that businesses have profit as their main motive whereas the others have service. A primary purpose of financial reporting is to report on an entity’s accomplishments — how well it achieved its objectives. Accordingly, the financial statements of businesses measure profitability, their key objective
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interest and concern over corruption have resulted in a large amount of scholarly research on the subject. The concept of economic rent is important in corruption. In Pakistan, the corruption is deep rooted and has many dimensions. There are several causes and remedies for the public policy makers to root out corruption in Pakistan. Key Words: Corruption, Economic rent, Developmental obstacle. Social evil, Remedies Introduction Corruption is a universal curse around the world and exists in all
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social science 337 Enrich Your Vocabulary In reading this chapter and doing the exercises, you will learn the following important terms: comparative advantage competition consumer demand economics economic system Federal Reserve System free enterprise system gross domestic product industrial products limited resources market opportunity cost profit scarcity services supply technology Vocabulary You can use the “Developing Your Vocabulary” worksheet in the Chapter 15 file of the Preparing for
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139 Part 2 Costs and Decision Making Chapter 5 Cost Behavior and Relevant Costs Chapter 6 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Variable Costing Chapter 7 Short-Term Tactical Decision Making Chapter 8 Long-Term (Capital Investment) Decisions 140 Chapter 5 Cost Behavior and Relevant Costs Chapter 5 U 141 Cost Behavior and Relevant Costs nderstanding the behavior of costs is of vital importance to managers. Understanding how costs behave, whether
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CHAPTER II MARKETING STUDY INTRODUCTION Market is the most important part of any feasibility study; therefore, the researchers must have a valuable knowledge about the market. The researchers must know the factors that affect the market, demand and supply and service price. With these things in mind, the researchers came up with the idea of something to offer to the customers that guaranty a good service. The researchers must also consider offering a service that is new to the market in order
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A STUDY ON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OF ISLAMI BANK BANGLADESH LIMITED PREFACE Bank is a part and parcel of the modern economy of any country. Like any other countries in the world banks play the most crucial role not in the economic but also the social, political environment in Bangladesh. Even it is wise to say that the financial sector of Bangladesh is solely dominated by the banking sector, because the non bank financial sector of Bangladesh
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RETHINKING THE EAST ASIAN MIRACLE JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ AND SHAHID YUSUF Editors RETHINKING THE EAST ASIA MIRACLE JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ AND SHAHID YUSUF Editors A copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press i Oxford University Press Oxford • New York • Athens • Auckland • Bangkok • Bogotá • Buenos Aires • Calcutta • Cape Town • Chennai • Dar es Salaam • Delhi • Florence • Hong Kong • Istanbul • Karachi • Kuala Lumpur • Madrid • Melbourne • Mexico City • Mumbai • Nairobi
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Since the 1960s to date, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have been given due recognitions especially in the developed nations for playing very important roles towards fostering accelerated economic growth, development and stability within several economies (Yitzhaki, 2006). They make-up the largest proportion of businesses all over the world and play tremendous roles in employment generation, provision of goods and services, creating
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