specific strategies are: (1) keep wholesale prices as they were before, (2) keep retail prices as they were before, or (3) select wholesale and retail prices that optimize profits for the manufacturer. Within these strategies we identify and summarize cases when the resulting prices are lower than the pre-Internet prices, and when they are higher, relating them to the respective channel costs and to the relative convenience to the consumer of the Internet channel. We find that Strategy 3 – the specific
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Small (1991). In this paper we use two simple descriptions of the long run link between real interest rates and inflation, and subsequently test their empirical performance, using similar techniques as employed in P-star modeling. In an empirical study, based on cointegration analysis, we show that the gap between the real and natural rate of interest does not determine inflation, as it is often postulated, but its growth rate. We find that this relationship describes reasonably well the long run
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to the series[pic]. ➢ The series [pic] is convergent if and only if (iff) the sequence (Sn)n(1 is convergent (( S=[pic](R). In this case the limit S is named the sum of series[pic]. ➢ The series [pic] is divergent iff the sequence (Sn)n(1 is divergent (the limit [pic] is +(, -( or doesn’t exists). Exercises Study the nature (convergent or divergent) and if the case, compute the sum of the following series: a)[pic]; b) [pic](geometric series); c) [pic]. Properties 1) If in a series the
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Executive Summary Over the last few years, the capital market of Bangladesh has witnessed a haughty growth which is not in line of development in the real sector of the economy. Although, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Bangladesh has tried to correct the irregular behavior observed in the market, very often it is argued that lack of proper and firm decisions from the regulator’s side has contributed to make the market more unstable rather than to reduce it. The paper attempts
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Can HRM Practices Improve Job Satisfaction of Ready Made Garment (RMG) Workers in Bangladesh? An Alternative Solution to Recent Unrest Background of the study Ready Made Garment (RMG) is one of the successful manufacturing sectors with greater contribution to the national economy of Bangladesh. The industry started its journey in late 1970s and enjoyed a rapid rise from 30 enterprises in 1980 increased to more than 5000 in 2014. Average growth rate of this sector was over 20% per over the last
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Toy’s “R” Us Goes To Japan Section I: Relevant Facts Toys “R” Us first told the public about their decision to enter the Japanese toy market in 1989. A lot of critics worried that Toys “R” Us would not be successful in this new and foreign market. They raised several issues that they believed proved the Japanese market was not ready for the marketing and retailing strategy that Toys “R” Us offered. They stated that the Japanese culture and beliefs were too different from that of
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Preventive Maintenance and Replacement Scheduling: Models and Algorithms By Kamran S. Moghaddam B.S., University of Tehran, 2001 M.S., Tehran Polytechnic, 2003 A Dissertation Proposal Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Louisville in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Candidacy Department of Industrial Engineering University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky, USA November 2008 ©Copyright 2008 by Kamran S. Moghaddam
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Now a days, everyone likes to have more comfort in life. As progress relentlessly towards this it has been realized that this is the time to pay increasing attention to the subject of human comfort and entertainment. That’s why there is a huge growing demand of fashionable goods in this world and lots of companies are paying their attention in this regard. Walton Technologies Corporation is one of the sister concerns of R.B. Group of companies Ltd. is now one of the leading
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Questions to be Graded 1. What is the r value listed for the relationship between variables 4 and 9? r = -0.32 2. Describe the correlation r = −0.32** using words. Is this a statistically significant correlation? Provide a rationale for your answer. This represents a moderate negative relationship. It is statistically significant at the 1% level of significance as indicated in the table. (** p < 0.01) 3. Calculate the percentage of variance explained for r = 0.53. Is this correlation clinically
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