Academy of Management Journal 2012, Vol. 55, No. 1, 213–233. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amj.2009.0530 OFFSETTING ILLEGITIMACY? HOW PRESSURES FROM SECURITIES ANALYSTS INFLUENCE INCUMBENTS IN THE FACE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES MARY J. BENNER University of Minnesota RAM RANGANATHAN University of Pennsylvania We study how analysts’ recommendations affect firms’ strategies during radical technological shifts. We find, from our study of firms in three industries undergoing technological change, that analysts’
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Hirokatsu, "An Integrated Analysis of PreHispanic Mortuary Practices: A Middle Sicán Case Study" (2004). Publications. Paper 8. http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/anthro_pubs/8 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Anthropology at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in Publications by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact jnabe@lib.siu.edu. C u r r e n t A n t h r o p o l o g y Volume 45, Number 3, June 2004
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Derivatives Trading and Its Impact on the Volatility of NSE, India GEL : G10, G14, G20, G19 ABSTRACT This article examines the impact of introduction of financial derivatives trading on the volatility of Indian stock market (an emerging stock market). It examines the theme that the introduction of derivatives in the stock market in India would reduce the volatility (risk) in the stock market. NSE Nifty 50 index has been used as a proxy of stock market return. ARCH/GARCH technique has been
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Course Title: Thesis Paper A Research Paper on “How brand elements influence the consumers’ purchase intention of a brand: A study on Horlicks and GlaxoSmithKline” Prof. Dr. Md. Masudur Rahman Professor Department of Marketing University of Dhaka Prof. Dr. Md. Masudur Rahman Professor Department of Marketing University of Dhaka Prepared For: Anisur Rahman ChowdhuryRoll-117, Section A18th batchDepartment of MarketingUniversity of Dhaka |
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balance development between urban and rural area of Bangladesh. Long-term maximizing profit through customer satisfaction is the main objective of the marketing. To achieve those objectives, it is urgent to eliminate or meet the need of the customer. More over to satisfy the customer, it is essential to have updated information regarding a customer. Due to the debit cards service, it has been possible to know the updated information regarding a customer through the maintaining customer data base.
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Volume–VII, Number–02, July-December, 2012 Effects of Interest Rate and Exchange Rate on Volatility of Market Index at Dhaka Stock Exchange DEWAN MUKTADIR-AL-MUKIT * ABSTRACT The paper investigates the effects of the exchange rates and interest rates on stock market performance by using monthly time series data for the economy of Bangladesh, over the period of 1997 to 2010. This study uses econometric techniques of measuring the long and short term relationship between variables using the concept
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 OVERVIEW This paper intent to analyze the performance of Islamic equity unit trust funds’ in CIMB Wealth Advisors Berhad by comparing with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Composite Index (KLCI) as benchmark. This chapter will discuss the background of the study, historical development of unit trust industry in Malaysia, understanding unit trust, problem statement, research objectives and the significance of the study. 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A plenty of investments
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with the paradigm shift in the regulation of the auditing profession brought forth by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, suggests that auditorsí decisions would be more conservative in the period after December 2001. Based on analyses of 226 financially stressed companies that entered bankruptcy during the period from 2000 to 2003, we find that auditors are more likely to issue going-concern modified audit opinions in the period after December 2001. Since the post-December 2001 period coincides with recovery from
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THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LV, NO. 6 • DEC. 2000 Hostility in Takeovers: In the Eyes of the Beholder? G. WILLIAM SCHWERT* ABSTRACT This paper examines whether hostile takeovers can be distinguished from friendly takeovers, empirically, based on accounting and stock performance data. Much has been made of this distinction in both the popular and the academic literature, where gains from hostile takeovers result from replacing incumbent managers and gains from friendly takeovers result from
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A RESEARCH PAPER On HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE IN DEPZ Prepared for: Ms. Rubina Easmin Research paper Supervisor Assistant lecturer Faculty of business administration Prepared by: Md Abu Yusuf chy ID-120204047 MBA (1) Human Resource Management Date of Submission: 30/08/2013 Faculty of Business Administration BGC Trust University Bangladesh EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To meet the requirement of the course outline as well as to comprehend the application of the
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