MICHAEL E. PORTER The State of Connecticut: Strategy for Economic Development Introduction Connecticut had long been one of the most prosperous U.S. states. With a per capita income of $39,300 in 19991 compared with the U.S. average of $28,542,2 it had the highest standard of living of any state. However, Connecticut had been hit especially hard by the recession of the early 1990s, the worst since the 1930s. During the recession, Connecticut lost one out of every 10 jobs.3 Although the recession
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Biographical notes: Bengt Klefsjö is a Professor of Quality Technology and Management at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. He has published over 100 papers in Reliability Theory and Applications and in Quality Technology and Management in International Journals and Conference Proceedings. Furthermore, he is a co-author of more than 20 published books on Mathematics, Statistics, and Quality Management. One of these, ‘Quality from customer needs to customer satisfaction’ is in its second edition
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2013/2014 Course Manual Business Innovation Block Period 5 Code: EBC2068 © Maastricht University 2014 ------------------------------------------------- COORDINATOR Dr. Wilko Letterie Department of Organization & Strategy Secretaries’ office (pigeon holes), room A2.16 Email: w.letterie@maastrichtuniversity.nl -------------------------------------------------
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Research Paper No. 2006/54 Central Banks as Agents of Economic Development Gerald Epstein* May 2006 Abstract In the last two decades, there has been a global sea change in the theory and practice of central banking. The currently dominant ‘best practice’ approach to central banking consists of the following: (1) central bank independence (2) a focus on inflation fighting (including adopting formal ‘inflation targeting’) and (3) the use of indirect methods of monetary policy (that is, short-term
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Labelling Theory and Symbolic Interaction „No very sharp line can be drawn between social pshycology and individual pshycology” George Herman Mead Introduction In recent years, renewed and increased attention has been given to the need to organize a variety of theories into an interdisciplinary or integrated theory that captures tile contributions that can be made from the many explanatory approaches that have emerged over the last one hundred years. This move towards integrated or
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Journal of International Accounting, Auditing & Taxation 10 (2001) 139 –156 A study of the relationship between corporate governance structures and the extent of voluntary disclosure Simon S.M. Ho*, Kar Shun Wong School of Accountancy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Abstract The primary objective of this study is to test a theoretical framework relating four major corporate governance attributes with the extent of voluntary disclosure provided by listed firms
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Corporate Finance MBA−10 California College for Health Sciences MBA Program McGraw-Hill/Irwin abc McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN: 0−390−55204−6 Text: Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Cases Corporate Finance, Seventh Edition Ross−Westerfield−Jaffe Harvard Business School Finance Cases This book was printed on recycled paper. Finance http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright ©2005 by The McGraw−Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except
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comstock less than a year, the gain (if any) from the Dayton Hudson board. pany, for its merchandising strategy, will be taxed at ordinary income tax for its objective to be premier in rates; if you hold it for one year, the every facet of its business, and for its rate will go to 90% of ordinary income detailed attention to issues of managerates, if for two years to 80%, if for Corporate governance and ment and governance. Its former chaircorporate management are two sides of three years to
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NIRMALYA B BISWAS ABSTRACT Dividend decision is a vital financial decision any company must make a side from financing decision and investment decision. Ordinary shareholders who are the owners of the company by contributing the capital to run the business are entitled to get returns from the profit made by the company after all obligations or other interest had been met; the policy adopted by the company on how dividend should be paid, how much should be paid and the proportion of profit to be retained
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