EIA/ARI World Shale Gas and Shale Oil Resource Assessment SHALE GAS AND SHALE OIL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY INTRODUCTION This report sets forth Advanced Resources’ methodology for assessing the in-place and recoverable shale gas and shale oil resources for the EIA/ARI “World Shale Gas and Shale Oil Resource Assessment.” The methodology relies on geological information and reservoir properties assembled from the technical literature and data from publically available company
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Personnel Review HR outsourcing: threat or opportunity? Jeroen Delmotte Luc Sels Article information: To cite this document: Jeroen Delmotte Luc Sels, (2008),"HR outsourcing: threat or opportunity?", Personnel Review, Vol. 37 Iss 5 pp. 543 - 563 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00483480810891673 Downloaded on: 27 September 2014, At: 02:58 (PT) References: this document contains references to 65 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The
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essays. The first essay analyses the FDI inflows that the transition economies of Eastern Europe have attracted and tries to find determinants of these inflows. The following two essays compare the effect of FDI between developing and developed economies. The second essay studies the relationship between corruption in the host country and the volume of FDI inflows. The third essay explores the effect of FDI inflows on host country economic growth. The fourth and final essay analyses the relationship between
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CHAPTER 1 | Economics: Foundations and Models Chapter Summary and Learning Objectives 1.1 Three Key Economic Ideas (pages 4–8) Explain these three key economic ideas: People are rational; people respond to economic incentives; and optimal decisions are made at the margin. Economics is the study of the choices consumers, business managers, and government officials make to attain their goals, given their scarce resources. We must make choices because of scarcity, which means that although
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Mergers and acquisitions 1 Mergers and acquisitions The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business entity. In the most simplest way, Merger can be defined as how a "Marriage" is whereas an Acquisition is referred to
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optimum utilization of the resources of the Organization to accomplish its goals Functions of Management ➢ Planning ➢ Organizing ➢ Leading ➢ Controlling ➢ Coordination Characteristics of the term Productivity ➢ A ratio of Output to Input ➢ It can be improved by o Increasing output with same inputs o Decreasing inputs, but maintaining the same output Characteristics of the term Effectiveness: ➢ Accomplishing of Objectives of the Organization
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organizations, and society as a whole. Here are the main points of the chapter: • Most of modern economics is based on positive analysis, which answers the question “What is?” or “What will be?” Economists contribute to policy debates by conducting positive analyses about the consequences of alternative actions. • Normative analysis answers the question “What ought to be?” • The choices made by individuals, firms, and governments answer three questions: What products do we produce? How do we produce the products
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Chapter 1: Introduction – Defining the Role of Statistics in Business • Statistical Analysis: helps extract information from data and provides an indication of the quality of that information • Data mining: combines statistical methods with computer science & optimization in order to help businesses make the best use of the information contained in large data sets • Probability: helps you understand risky and random events and provides a way of evaluating the likelihood of various potential
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organizational units. Each objective should also be associated with a timeline. Objectives are commonly stated in terms such as growth in assets, growth in sales, profitability, market share, degree and nature of diversification, degree and nature of vertical integration, earnings per share, and social responsibility. Benefits of Clear Objectives: * Provide direction by revealing expectations * Allow synergy * Aid in evaluation by serving as standards * Establish priorities * Reduce
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© Orangetree Business Solutions Private Limited, 2012 No part of this book should be referenced or copied without the prior permission of the company. A FEW WORDS TO THE STUDENTS Analytics is becoming a popular tool for managerial decision making. It‘s still not so widespread in countries like India, but in the west it has become a standard practice. Previously studying analytics involved an in depth knowledge of statistics and programming languages. But widespread availability of statistical
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