Methodological Issues in Management Research Lee Sechrest, PhD Professor Department of Psychology University of Arizona Room 312 Tuscon, AZ 85721 White paper prepared for the Department of Veterans Affairs Management Research in VA Workshop, sponsored by the HSR&D Management Decision and Research Center November 19-20, 2001 Methodological Issues in Management Research Managers want to make good decisions. Any decisions will, by definition, be made on the basis of some presumed
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EXCEL MODELING AND ESTIMATION IN CORPORATE FINANCE Third Edition CRAIG W. HOLDEN Max Barney Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor Kelley School of Business Indiana University Copyright © 2008 by Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 To Kathryn, Diana, and Jimmy. Contents iii CONTENTS Preface ..................................................................................... vii Third Edition Changes .............................................
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Assessment 1 (50%) – Individual work Task: Develop a project plan for an approved project of choice, implementing the material that you have covered and focusing on Scope, Time, Cost and Risk. The selected project preferably should be a real project example that you have been involved with previously or currently working on. The following is a list of areas that should be covered within the assignment, the Project Plan: ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ Brief description of what the project is;
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Kenya ERV - Exchange rate volatility FOREX – Foreign Exchange FX – Foreign Exchange IFE – International Fisher Effect IFX - Income from foreign currencies as a percentage of total income IRP – Interest Rate Parity MST – Market Segmentation Theory NA - Net Assets NFXNA - Net Foreign Currency Exposure Relative to Net Assets NFX - Net Foreign Currency Exposure NSE – Nairobi Securities Exchange OS - Ownership Status or Nature of Ownership PPP – Purchasing Power Parity CHAPTER ONE:
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Morgan Stanley; Aileen Stockburger, Johnson & Johnson; Dino Mauricio, General Electric; Christian Roch, BNP Paribas; Ken Meyers, Siemens Corporation; and Charles Kantor, Lehman Brothers. Moderated by Jeff Greene, Ernst & Young. The Case for Real Options Made Simple 39 Raul Guerrero, Asymmetric Strategy Valuing the Debt Tax Shield 50 Ian Cooper, London Business School, and Kjell G. Nyborg, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Measuring Free Cash Flows for
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Chapter 3: The Regulation of financial accounting Why examine theories of regulation? Better placed to understand why some accounting prescriptions become part of legislation while others do not. Accounting standard – setting is a very political process While some proposed requirements may be technically sound and logical, they may not be mandated due to political ‘power’ or influence of some affected parties What is regulation? The Oxford Dictionary defines regulation in terms of a “prescribed
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Answers to Review Questions 1. The real rate of interest is the rate that creates an equilibrium between the supply of savings and demand for investment funds. The nominal rate of interest is the actual rate of interest charged by the supplier and paid by the demander. The nominal rate of interest differs from the real rate of interest due to two factors: (1) a premium due to inflationary expectations (IP) and (2) a premium due to issuer and issue characteristic risks (RP). The nominal rate of interest
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due to decision-making authorities being reserved for upper management (Hitt & Brynjolfsson, 1997). The two case studies presented excellent examples of how organizational structure influences the use of IT. The use of social action theory to frame the research was insightful. Social action theory suggests that organization’s structures are based on traditions, policies, and habits, but may change if any of these factors are changed, replaced, or not acted upon (Giddens, 1984). This author will
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attract and motivate some of the most talented employees in the world because of their ability to leverage the power of organizational behavior (Piper, 2004, p. 26). Even though Google is an Internet powerhouse, I think their real power is from being able to apply theories and practices of organizational behavior. Some of the ways in which Google has become a motivating workplace is through their employee incentive programs and benefits. Some of the programs/benefits they have are things such
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control over the quantity supplied. C) the number of buyers is very large. D) due to fierce competition, no firm has significant control over prices. 4) Use the following two statements to answer this question: I. Economic theories are developed to explain observed phenomena by deducing from a set of basic rules and assumptions. II. Economic theories use value judgments to determine which people ought to pay more taxes. 4) _______ A) I is true, and II is false. C) I is false, and II is true. B) Both I
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