publications, analysts’ reports, investors' services and newsletters. 12-4 No. Past results often aid the prediction of future returns and their risks. 12-5 Equity investors are most concerned with information about profitability and future security prices. In contrast, creditors mainly want to know about short-term liquidity and long-term solvency. 12-6 Yes, to a certain extent. When revenues increase faster than net income, it means that costs are increasing faster than revenues. However
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sales activity for a product or service 52 Task (4.1) Develop a sales plan for a product or service 52 Task (4.2) Investigate opportunities for selling internationally 56 (4.3) Investigate opportunities for using exhibitions or trade fairs. 58 Recommendation 61 Conclusion 62 References 63 Introduction Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is an integrated business management process developed in the 1980s by Richard (Dick) Ling previously a consultant at Oliver Wight Company through which the
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TLFeBOOK Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant H A R VA R D B U S I N E S S S C H O O L P R E S S BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne Copyright 2005 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval
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4. 4.1 Big Data Introduction In 2004, Wal-Mart claimed to have the largest data warehouse with 500 terabytes storage (equivalent to 50 printed collections of the US Library of Congress). In 2009, eBay storage amounted to eight petabytes (think of 104 years of HD-TV video). Two years later, the Yahoo warehouse totalled 170 petabytes1 (8.5 times of all hard disk drives created in 1995)2. Since the rise of digitisation, enterprises from various verticals have amassed burgeoning amounts of digital
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Technology Ventures From Idea to Enterprise is p r bite ohi d. se The pre na limi ry p s age are p are rep d fo r s ent tud s of D ho r. T ma Any s. yer sB oth e e r us se The pre na limi ry p s age are p are rep d fo r s ent tud s of D ho r. T ma Any s. yer sB oth e e r us is p r bite ohi d. Technology Ventures From Idea to Enterprise d. Thomas H. Byers Stanford University
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of integrity and conduct that need to be maintained and performed by the UN peacekeepers as required by the United Nations Organization. The world’s largest “club” embodies the aspirations of all the people of the world for maintaining peace and security of all its member states. It also at a glance demonstrates the main role or aims that have been made the responsibility of UN peacekeepers in relieving a conflict-torn country, although it relies on their dignity and restraint. Despite the many motivations
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Fundamentals of Network Security John E. Canavan Artech House Boston • London http://www.artechhouse.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Canavan, John E. Fundamentals of network security / John E. Canavan. p. cm.—(Artech House telecommunications library) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58053-176-8 (alk. paper) 1. Computer security. 2. Computer networks—Security measures. I. Title. II. Series. QA76.9.A25 C364 2000 005.8—dc21 00-050810 CIP British Library Cataloguing
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AM FL Y TE Team-Fly® 29 Leadership Secrets from Jack Welch Abridged from Get Better or Get Beaten, SECOND EDITION Robert Slater McGraw-Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or
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Financial Highlights (In millions, except for per share amounts) Year-end 2011 2010 % B/(W) change Company sales Franchise and license fees and income Total revenues Operating Profit Net Income – Yum! Brands, Inc. Diluted Earnings Per Common Share before Special Items Special Items Earnings Per Common Share (a) (a) $ 10,893 1,733 $ 12,626 $ $ $ $ $ 1,815 1,319 2.87 (0.13) 2.74 2,170 $ 9,783 1,560 11 11 11 3 14 14 NM 15 10 $ 11,343 $ $ $ $ $ 1,769 1,158 2.53 (0.15) 2.38 1,968
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Chapter 5 Organizational Development and Change Chapter Overview The organizational development (OD) tradition is a practitioner-driven intervention-oriented approach to effecting organizational change via individual change, with view to increasing effectiveness. It is implemented within a problem-solving model, places a heavy accent on survey-based problem diagnosis and subordinates people to a vision of the future. Commitment-based strategies of effecting change assume that the impetus for
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