Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting This page intentionally left blank Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting An International Perspective Douglas J. Cumming Associate Professor and Ontario Research Chair, York University – Schulich School of Business, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sofia A. Johan Senior Research Fellow, Tilburg Law and Economic Centre (TILEC), Tilburg, The Netherlands AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK • OXFORD PARIS • SAN DIEGO •
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Professor Edward Desmarais BUS 470 Business Policy and Strategy Spring 2004 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE ANALYSIS Presented by: The Stategizers Lawrence Bluemmel, Irene Johnson, Dennis Mackey, Dorothea Morgan, Elaine Pereira, Jeff Piecuch, Heather Pontifex, Nicole Soucy TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Executive Summary 3 A. Mission 3
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innovation Business model Performance a b s t r a c t As manufacturing businesses operate in an ever more competitive, global economy where products are easily commoditized, innovating by adding services to the core product offering has become a popular strategy. Contrary to the economic benefits expected, recent findings pinpoint implementation hurdles that lead to a potential performance decline, the so-called ‘servitization paradox’. In this paper, we analyze this paradox by disentangling the value creation
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Niels Laasholdt Steen Sloth Gitte Størup Marianne Poulsen BUSINESS ECONOMICS – AN INTRODUCTORY CASEBOOK FOR THE COMMERCIAL UPPER-SECONDARY COURSE (HHX) 1 BUSINESS ECONOMICS – an introductory casebook for the commercial upper-secondary course (HHX) © 2005 the authors and Systime A/S Copying from this book is only permitted subject to agreement between Copy-Dan and the Danish Ministry of Education. External editing: Knud Erik Bang Cover: Valentin Design Typeface: Adobe Garamond Pro 11/14
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Student Handbook 2012 WELCOME TO WAIKATO Welcome to the University of Waikato. I hope you make the most of your time here and the opportunities that will present themselves during the course of your study. You have come to an excellent university that is ranked top in 10 subjects under the Government’s Performance Based Research Fund. We are also internationally connected; we have research connections and student exchanges with some of the world’s top universities. I urge you to consider
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CONSUMER SWITCHING BEHAVIOUR ABSTRACT Due to the increased competition and high costs of acquisition in the cellular industry, it has become increasingly important for companies to focus on retaining clients. This paper outlines the current industry conditions and studies the causes of consumer switching behaviour, as outlined by Susan Keaveney (1995) in her study of the service industry, and identifies additional factors specific to the cellular industry. The
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over time. The main purpose of segmenting a market is to allow a market or sales program to focus on the prospects that are most likely to purchase the products or services on offer. If it is done properly it ensures that the best return for the marketing expense is outlaid. There are definite differences and these depend on whether you are selling to individual consumers or to business customers. Acknowledgement We are very thankful to everyone who supported us, for we have completed our project
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involved research work pertaining to the customer analysis. In this report I have explained what I undertook based on research and my personal experience. I have also tried to understand business relations with the market developers, business strategies, and ethics and work compliance in an industry as an additional part of my study. HEMANT PAL SINGH JKBS083193 MBA II SEM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my proud privilege to express a deep sense of
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Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Ontario Tobacco Research Unit November 2012 Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Suggested Citation: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report. Toronto: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Special Report, November 2012. Ontario Tobacco Research Unit ii Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Acknowledgements Many people were involved in the preparation of this report. Key authors are Robert
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