operating realities and competitive demands facing industry participants as they pursue competitive excellence. Copies of the working papers summarized here are available from the Center. If you would like to learn more about the Center or become a member of our research community, please let us know of your interest. Anthony M. Santomero Director The Working Paper Series is made possible by a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Commercial Bank Risk Management: An Analysis of
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model is consistent with a set of stylized facts that we document, including variation in prices, markups and market shares across firms. We calibrate the model using a new dataset data on prices, costs and shipments of leading solar companies, as well as solar sales in four leading markets. The calibrated model is applied to evaluate the impact of a decline in the price of polysilicon, a key raw material used in the manufacture of solar panels, on the equilibrium price of solar panels. © 2013 Elsevier
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very scalable. On the other hand, it might lead to financial loss due to security risks, possible data access problems, data privacy policies, etc. Therefore, cloud computing evaluation based on financial metrics is proposed in this article. This paper consists of four major sections. The first section is a literature review of cloud computing and its types. The next section describes some common financial metrics such as CBA, ROI and TCO and describes how they might be applied to evaluate cloud
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Mgmnt & Ldrshp Paper Pg 1 Management & Leadership Paper Renee Edwards August 29, 2011 MGT/330 Shannon Thomas Mgmnt & Ldrshp Paper Pg 2 Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company. The product line for the Boeing Company is vast. The company product line and services include “commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training”
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& Assurance Residuals: Taxation Management Decision-Making & Control Financial Management Internal Audit, Risk Management and Governance COMPULSORY SKILLS BUSINESS ETHICS Mode through which competence will be achieved (i.e. practical experience/ simulation Competency to be achieved BE(C) Acts ethically and in accordance with the rules of professional conduct Tasks to be performed BE(C)1 Displays honesty and integrity BE(C)2 BE(C)3 BE(C)4 BE(C)5 BE(C)6 BE(C)7 BE(C)8 Carries out work with a desire
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the British Association of Toy Retailers named the Lego Group Company’s iconic brick the “Toy of the Century.” It was clear that the brand name would forever be connected to their signature brick. A Changing Market The 1990s saw a huge change in Lego’s primary target consumer patterns. With growing technological trends came new psychological trends, the most important of which was called the “kids getting older younger” phenomenon (Hatch and Schultz, 2008). Computer and video games were
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modulated using multiple numbers of sub-carriers that are orthogonal to each other because of which the problems associated with other modulation schemes such as Inter Symbol Interference (ISI) and Inter Carrier Interference (ICI) is reduced. This paper deals with the analysis of OFDM System utilizing different modulation techniques over Rayleigh, Rician and Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) fading environments with the use of pilot aided arrangement and finally the results are conveyed. The aim
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Agency Nurse Orientation: A Case for Change EBT1-Task 3 Western Governors University A1) Procedure Nationwide there are currently 16,000 certified nursing homes caring for 1.4 million residents (Zhao & Haley, 2011). Due to high nurse turnover rates and persistent staffing shortages, many nursing homes utilize nurse staffing agencies to meet staffing needs. Holliswood Care Center (HCC), a 300 bed nursing home, with five residential floors, located in Hollis, New York
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The importance of information sharing in a supply chain for the supplier‘s performance Bachelor thesis: Organization studies, 2nd semester, academic year 2011-2012 Thesis Circle: Time will tell…. A processes perspective on inter-organizational collaboration Name: PC Jansen ANR: 770926 E-mail: P.C.Jansen@uvt.nl The importance of information sharing in a supply chain for the supplier‘s performance Abstract This literature review investigates the effect of information
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