management perspective. It views the firm as a whole, and examines how policies in each functional area are integrated into an overall competitive strategy. We designed this course to develop the “general management point of view” among participants. This point of view is the best vantage point for making decisions that affect long run business performance. The key strategic business decisions of concern in this course involve determining and shaping organizational purpose to evolving opportunities,
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Combating Web Spam with TrustRank Zolt´ n Gy¨ ngyi a o Stanford University Computer Science Department Stanford, CA 94305 zoltan@cs.stanford.edu Hector Garcia-Molina Stanford University Computer Science Department Stanford, CA 94305 hector@cs.stanford.edu Jan Pedersen Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 jpederse@yahoo-inc.com Abstract Web spam pages use various techniques to achieve higher-than-deserved rankings in a search engine’s results. While human experts can identify
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INT401I/202/0/2013 Tutorial Letter 202/0/2013 Information and Technology Management IV INT401I Year module School of Computing This tutorial letter contains the model answers to assignment 1 & 2, and the Oct/Nov 2013 examination and Jan/Feb 2014 supplementary examination preparation notes. Bar code CONTENTS 1 TUTORIAL MATTER THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED TO DATE .................................. 3 Plagiarism .................................................................................
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INTERNSHIP REPORT ON HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION OF BRAC BANK LIMITED Prepared for: Farhana Nur Malik Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University Prepared by: Shaba Mumtahena 05304010 Date of submission: September 23, 2010 BRAC University Letter Of Transmittal September 23, 2010 Farhana Nur Malik Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University Mohakhali, Dhaka. Subject: Submission of Internship Report. Dear Madam, This is my pleasure to present my internship report
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MIS Summary chapter 5 ‘’IT infrastructure and emerging technologies’’ -IT infrastructure: shared technology resources that provide the platform for firm’s specific information system applications. (Including investments) Service platform (Figure 5.1, page 196) 1. Computing platforms that connect employees customers and suppliers in an digital environment. 2. Telecommunication services (provide data, voice and video connectivity) 3. Data management services that store and manage corporate
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different languages in which people express themselves. All these factors affect the understanding of humorous material and its ability to travel from one culture to the other. Although humour has been studied from philosophical and psychological point of view in the first place, linguistics is not an exception. The patterns of humour and its mechanisms have been studied by Hazlitt (1903), Raskin (1994), Attardo (1994), Alexander (1997), Chiaro (2010) and Berger (2010). The problems of translation
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1a. Describe THOUGHTFULLY why it is important to understand the roles and functions of investment theory and social responsibility in a global economy. Ans.) The concept of social responsibility was not just conceptually valid, but could also be framed as a valid statistical construct. Social responsibility had been positively associated with financial outcomes. Typical socially responsible investors tilt their portfolios toward stocks of companies with high scores on social responsibility characteristics
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Course Syllabus COUN 601 Marriage & Family Counseling I Course Description A consideration of the dynamics of marriage and family relationships is given. The emphasis is on under-standing the structure and function of marriage, the various aspects of the marital relationship, family systems, and ways the counselor may approach marriage and family counseling as a creative, preventative, and healing ministry. Rationale This course is designed to cover the numerous and varied marriage
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Art and Forgery: Why People Get Involved CREA232: Art History from the 15th Century Artists and art dealers have been forging works of art since the time of Rome. The reasons for the choice to forge works of art and the provenance of works of art can vary, but ultimately they lead back to one of two reasons: financial gain and/or to trick the art world. Crimes of forgery affect the entire art market. The entire art trade with the exception of the buyer all earns money when they handle a
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Marketing Management By Philip, Kevin Lane Keller, Abraham Koshy, Mithileshwar Jha logo copy.tif SUMMARY by Chapter 1 Understanding Marketing Management Marketing is an essential art and science that is engaged in a vast number of activities by both persons and organizations. It has become an increasingly vital ingredient in the success of a business. Good marketing is the result of careful planning and execution. There are two sides to marketing – the formulated side and the creative
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