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Enablers of Exuberance Jennifer S. Taub Sept. 4, 2009 DISCUSSION DRAFT Enablers of Exuberance: Legal Acts and Omissions that Facilitated the Global Financial Crisis Jennifer S. Taub1 I. Introduction This paper explores certain legal acts and omissions that facilitated the over-leveraging and near collapse of the global financial system. These ―Legal Enablers‖ fostered the boom that enriched a class of financial intermediaries who followed a storied tradition of gambling away ―other people‘s money
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION A parallel mechanism is a closed-loop mechanism of which the end-effector is connected to the base by a multitude of independent kinematic chains. Generally it comprises two platforms which are connected by joints or legs acting in parallel. In recent years, parallel kinematic mechanisms have attracted a lot of attention from the academic and industrial communities due to their potential applications not only as robot manipulators but also as
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to 15 June 2014 at Kyocera Hockey Stadium at the Hague. 12 teams participating in the Hockey World Cup are – Argentina, Australia, Belgium, England, Germany, India, Malaysia, Netherlands (the hosts), New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea and Spain) 4) Who emerged as the winner in the Presidential Elections in the southern African country Malawi that were held on 20 May
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planning, and operation I Sunil Chopra, >eter Meind!.-3rd ed. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 0-13-208608-5 1. Marketing channels-Managemen t. 2. Delivery of goods-Management. i. Physical distribution of goods-Management. 4. Customer servicesvfanagement. 5. Industrial procurement. 6. Materials management. I. vfeindl, Peter II. Title. HF5415.13.C533 2007 658.7-dc22 2006004948 \VP/Executive Editor: Mark Pfaltzgraff ii:ditorial Director: Jeff Shelstad ;enior Project
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Vijay V. Vazirani College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Copyright c 2001 Approximation Algorithms Springer Berlin Heidelberg NewYork Barcelona Hong Kong London Milan Paris Singapore Tokyo To my parents Preface Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) Most natural optimization problems, including those arising in important application areas, are NP-hard. Therefore, under the widely believed
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UNLV Theses/Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones 8-1-2010 Evaluating point-of-sale buying decisions: Understanding why consumers purchase timeshares Lisa Y. Thomas University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations Part of the Marketing Commons, and the Real Estate Commons Repository Citation Thomas, Lisa Y., "Evaluating point-of-sale buying decisions: Understanding why consumers purchase timeshares" (2010)
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL MARKETING SUMMARY Marketing is an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. A company that engages in global marketing focuses resources on global market opportunities and threats. Successful global marketers such as Nestle, Coca-Cola, and Honda use familiar marketing mix elements – the four
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2010 Census Demographic Profile Summary File 2010 Census of Population and Housing Technical Documentation Issued August 2011 DPSF/10-4 (RV) U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. CENSUS BUREAU For additional information concerning the files, contact the Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office, Customer Services Center, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233, or phone 301-763-INFO (4636). For additional information concerning the
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