PREDICTING FINANCIAL DISTRESS OF COMPANIES: REVISITING THE Z-SCORE AND ZETA® MODELS Edward I. Altman* July 2000 *Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University. This paper is adapted and updated from E. Altman, “Financial Ratios, Discriminant Analysis and the Prediction of Corporate Bankruptcy,” Journal of Finance, September 1968; and E. Altman, R. Haldeman and P. Narayanan, “Zeta Analysis: A New Model to Identify Bankruptcy Risk of Corporations,” Journal
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1 Gold Standard System (1880-1914): 7 1.2 Interim instability (1914-1944): 7 1.3 Bretton woods system (1946-1971). 8 Figure1.World Trade (1929-33).............................................................................................9 1.4 Par Value system: 9 2. Classification of Exchange Rate Regimes: 10 2.1 De facto Classification (1998-2009) 11 Diagram1. De Facto Classification of Foreign Exchange Regimes (Nov 1998 – Jan 2009).......12 2.2 Revised De Facto Classification System
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An Analysis of Small Business Patents by Industry and Firm Size by Anthony Breitzman, Ph.D. and Diana Hicks, Ph.D. Haddonfield, NJ 08033 for Under contract no. SBAHQ-07-Q-0010 Release Date: November 2008 This report was developed under a contract with the Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, and contains information and analysis that was reviewed and edited by officials of the Office of Advocacy. However, the final conclusions of the report do not necessarily reflect the
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Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) 5X Short (revised) and the Abridged Job Descriptive Index/Abridged Job in General (AJDI/AJIG) psychometric assessments, nurses job satisfaction levels were compared to the leadership classification of their immediate supervisors. The data collected from the sample indicated that nurses working for transformational leaders had the highest level of satisfaction. Nurses working for laissez-faire managers had the lowest level of satisfaction. Additionally, it
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Integrating ERP, CRM, Supply Chain Management, and Smart Materials Dimitris N. Chorafas AUERBACH Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chorafas, Dimitris N. Integrating ERP, CRM, supply chain management, and smart materials / Dimitris N. Chorafas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8493-1076-8 (alk. paper) 1. Business logistics. 2. Customer relations. I. Title. HD38.5 .C44 2001 658.5—dc21 2001022227 This book contains information obtained from authentic and
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IMPROVING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN HOTEL INDUSTRY BY DATA MINING TECHNIQUES MIRELA DANUBIANU, VALENTIN CRISTIAN HAPENCIUC Mirela DANUBIANU, Lecturer Ph. D. Eng, Ec. “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava Valentin Cristian HAPENCIUC, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Ec. “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava Keywords CRM, data mining hotel industry 1. Introduction It’s a fact that a successful company not only put customers first, but put customers at the center of the organization
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allow organizations and people to carry out everyday activities in a much more efficient way. However, due to the increased dependence on information systems, it has become imperative that methodologies and practices are developed to safeguard the data that is stored and used by information systems, as well as the protection of the hardware that runs the information system. Therefore, a proper understanding of risk management and all that it entails is of the utmost importance for every IT professional
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The fast food restaurant is not providing salary and benefits as per the legislation. The minimum pay rate as per minimum hourly rate for the employee classification should be $10.37 but Wesley is getting only $10 without any allowances. Under the Pastoral Award 2010, ordinary hours are 152 hours worked over a four-week period, regardless of whether they fall on a weekend. Ordinary hours for casuals are the same as for full-time employees. Whilst an employer must comply with the minimum rates of
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quicker access to patient files, and increased physician oversight of care. However, with the benefit of convenience of using EHRs, comes the responsibility of protecting electronic protected health information (ePHI) and safeguarding sensitive patient data. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) focuses on protecting ePHI with guidelines to ensure organizations have implemented “reasonable and appropriate” security measures to adhere to HIPAA rules and maintain patient confidentiality
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the profile for smooth approval, direction, monitoring and review of lending operation. Bank’s may fall into engulfing crisis or may wind up with consumption of capital if they do not practice proper Appraisal and approval process and loan classification and provisioning system on their advance. Appraisal and approval process of a bank loan application involve a series of activities. These activities reveal a true element of banking intermediation ranging from establishing relationship with a
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