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  • Critical Analysis of Burr and Girardi's Intellectual Capital Model

    Critical Analysis of Burr and Girardi's Intellectual Capital Model

    Introduction There are many valuable assets for any organisation including visible and invisible. The focus of contemporary organisations are on knowledge creation capacity that that strengthens the ability of such organisations to realise opportunities in every point of leveraging. Realistically, organisations draw insights from theories to analyse and evaluate the performance from both individual and organisational frameworks. Internal assets including intellectual capacity is deemed to be the most important. The paper focuses on the critical

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    Essay Length: 1,352 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: Mike
  • Critical Analysis of Organisational Structure and Culture in Relation to Business Performance

    Critical Analysis of Organisational Structure and Culture in Relation to Business Performance

    Introduction From the analysis of the Phrase “Provided the underlying culture is strong, a bad patch will sooner or later end. Properly regarded, setbacks can be instructive. Enduring cultures regard them not as calamities but challenges, and absorb their lessons…..” We can hypothesise that �underlying culture �refers to organisational culture; �bad patch’ refers to a period where business performance is low or employees are moving away form the organisational culture resulting in low business performance;

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    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: David
  • You Are the Cfo of a U.S. Firm Whose Wholly Owned Subsidiary Within Mexico Manufactures Component Parts for Your U.S. Assembly Operation

    You Are the Cfo of a U.S. Firm Whose Wholly Owned Subsidiary Within Mexico Manufactures Component Parts for Your U.S. Assembly Operation

    Question:You are the CFO of a U.S. firm whose wholly owned subsidiary within Mexico manufactures component parts for your U.S. assembly operation. The subsidiary has be financed by bank borrowings contained by the United States. One of your analysts told you that the Mexican peso is expected to depreciate by 30 percent against the dollar on the foreign exchange markets over the subsequent year. What actions, if any, should you purloin? Answers: In effect, your

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    Essay Length: 897 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Audrey
  • Social Capital in Media

    Social Capital in Media

    Media Literacy and Me A year ago I would have said that the media had not engaged me in the democratic process in the slightest; in fact if anything it alienated me. I felt as if what I was being told was being manipulated in a way that was meant to grab my attention. My whole life I've felt as if I were sensitive to advertisements and the tricks used to grab attention and what

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    Essay Length: 1,532 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Sean
  • Working Capital Management Concepts Worksheet

    Working Capital Management Concepts Worksheet

    Working Capital Management Concepts Worksheet Amber Collins University of Phoenix May 31, 2007 Working Capital Management Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept in the Simulation Reference to Concept in Reading Describe the firm’s cash conversion cycle: Cash inflow “Most firms keep track of the average time it takes customers to pay their bills. From this they can forecast what proportion of a quarter's sales is likely to be converted into cash in that quarter

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    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: Edward
  • Why Is Capitalism So Prevalent in the Global Economy?

    Why Is Capitalism So Prevalent in the Global Economy?

    This essay is about why capitalism is so prevalent in the global economy. This essay explains what capitalism is, the driving force behind its expansion, and what factors helped capitalism go global. Why is Capitalism so Prevalent in the Global Economy? In today’s economy, capitalism is probably the most widely used system. To under why capitalism is so widespread in the global economy, we must first understand what capitalism is. From there we can begin

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    Essay Length: 659 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: July
  • Structural Engineering Mishaps and Disasters

    Structural Engineering Mishaps and Disasters

    Structural Engineering Mishaps and Disasters Hindenburg: An Unnecessary Disaster In the 1930s airships, better known today as “blimps”, were the main source of air travel. During this time, the airships were used for various different reasons such as: bombing enemy targets, patrolling coastal areas, escorting naval ships during the night or through unsafe bodies of water, or used to make luxury flights across the Atlantic. The Hindenburg was believed to be the biggest and most

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    Essay Length: 526 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 1, 2010 By: Mikki
  • International Capital Markets

    International Capital Markets

    International Capital Markets A capital market is a market in which corporations trade long-term security bonds. “Companies search the international markets for opportunities to raise debt capital at the lowest cost. Many corporations list their common stock the world over to increase liquidity for their stockholders.” (Block-Hirt, 2004) One of the most important developments since the 1970s has been the internationalization and globalization of capital markets. (University of Iowa) With the advent of globalization, capital

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    Essay Length: 499 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: June 1, 2010 By: Victor
  • Shattered Lives: Exploring the Effects of Class, Race and Educational Attainmnent on Family Structure

    Shattered Lives: Exploring the Effects of Class, Race and Educational Attainmnent on Family Structure

    Shattered Lives: Exploring the Effects of Class, Race and Educational Attainmnent on Family Structure The Foster Care System is a familiar phrase that is often shrouded in ambiguity. This family structure can be understood as a safe haven where children can lead normal lives despite their misfortunes. To others it is a residence that only magnifies their familial misfortunes. The Foster Care System is defined as 24-Hour substitute care for children outside their own homes.

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    Essay Length: 1,181 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: June 3, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Criticisms of Talcott Parsons Structural Function

    Criticisms of Talcott Parsons Structural Function

    Criticisms of Talcott Parsons Structural Function Criticisms of Talcott Parsons' Structural Functionalism Talcott Parsons' sociological theory of structural functionalism was a dominant perspective of analyzing society until the 1960s. It was particularly very influensive in English speaking countries, especially in the United States of America, since the end of the Second World War. However, its significance began to be questioned, in the 1950s, as a result of increasing criticisms labeled at its discovered inadequacies. Criticisms

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    Submitted: June 3, 2010 By: Artur
  • Should Juvenilles Be Tried as Adults for Capital offenses

    Should Juvenilles Be Tried as Adults for Capital offenses

    On May 9th, 2001 Lionel Tate, at the age of fourteen was sentenced to life in prison from a Florida judge. He was charged with the beating that resulted in death of a six-year-old neighbor girl, Tiffany Eunick (Where It All Began: 14-year-old Gets Life 1). Lionel claimed he was performing professional wrestling moves on Tiffany when she stopped breathing (Where It All Began: 14-year-old Gets Life 2). Lionel, along with many others, do not

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    Submitted: June 6, 2010 By: Max
  • Corporate Government - Simple Structure

    Corporate Government - Simple Structure

    Government - Corporate-based government structure o Head of government is essentially the president and board of directors of a corporation, with the president being the owner of the company and the board of directors as a �cabinet’ o One director for each aspect of governing (i.e. a Director of Economy, Director of Judicial System, Director of Legislature, etc.) o Each Director heads their own department that controls whatever aspect of government they are assigned o

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    Essay Length: 366 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: June 7, 2010 By: Anna
  • Describe the Benefits and Limitations of the Models Used to Analyse the Internal and External Environment of the Firm.

    Describe the Benefits and Limitations of the Models Used to Analyse the Internal and External Environment of the Firm.

    For a business to function it needs to have a competitive advantage, that is it needs to be more attractive than its competitors in some way to sway consumers. Porter (1985 pp2) succinctly suggests that… “If your product is not cheaper than anyone else’s or doesn’t serve me better or more conveniently than anyone else’s, why on earth should I use them?” A business entity needs to develop strategies to enable them to keen this

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    Submitted: June 7, 2010 By: Vika
  • Setting up a Pki Structure

    Setting up a Pki Structure

    There are several advantages to using a commercial PKI over in-house private CA. Although we equate the costs of commercial use in terms of services, there are several factors to weigh when considering in-house services. Weighing the cost of equipment, administration, and liability should be considered during your study of feasibility. For example, when implementing in-house PKI structure the cost of setting up a network infrastructure, must accommodate secure communication, storage, redundancy, backup, maintenance, and

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    Essay Length: 731 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 7, 2010 By: July
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment - Injustice of SocietyLooking out for the state of the publics satisfaction in the scheme of capital sentencing does not constitute serving justice. Todays system of capital punishment is frought with inequalities and injustices. The commonly offered arguments for the death penalty are filled with holes. It was a deterrent. It removed killers. It was the ultimate punishment. It is biblical. It satisfied the publics need for retribution. It relieved the anguish of

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    Submitted: June 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Market Status and Structure Before Ryanair’s Entry

    Market Status and Structure Before Ryanair’s Entry

    Market status and structure before Ryanair’s entry The current market is a stabilised market, with strong players like British Airways and Aer Lingus. Both airlines established routes in the lucrative Dublin - London markets and tap on profits from this route to finance their other less profitable operations. British Airways, in particular, has been hungry for profits after emerging from losses sustained in the early 1980s due to the high fuel prices and the

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    Essay Length: 1,304 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: June 8, 2010 By: Victor
  • Examining the Market Structure of Barbershops

    Examining the Market Structure of Barbershops

    E x t e n d e d e s s a y I n h l e c o n o m I c s T o p I c : Examining the Market Structure of Barbershops in West Amman I n t r o d u c t I o n For a male living in Amman, getting a decent haircut is quite an undertaking. I myself have witnessed this first hand, having

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    Essay Length: 455 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: June 8, 2010 By: Janna
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    All around the world people have been shot, hung, electrocuted, stoned, clubbed, stabbed, beaten, whipped, and burned to death. Some people feel that the torture and death of an individual who has committed a crime is justice. The simple fact of the matter is that when we impose the death penalty, it lowers us to the same level as the accused person. Capital punishment should be banned from the United States because it is too

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    Essay Length: 1,074 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: Victor
  • Black Thursday - Capital Spending Risks Mba540

    Black Thursday - Capital Spending Risks Mba540

    UOP MBA540 - Increasing Shareholder Wealth Black Thursday - Capital Spending Risks October is a month of ghouls, goblins, and financial risks. Many of the worst stock market crashes were sustained during this month, with October 24, 1929 being designated Black Thursday. In 1929, most Americans kept savings in banks rather then speculating on the stock market. Businesses looking to increase capital and already wealthy patrons were the main investors of the era. “If you

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    Submitted: June 11, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment First of all I am sort of torn between being for capital punishment and being against it. I believe if we commit a crime, then we should definitely be punished, but is putting a person to death a justifiable act? In my opinion, killing another human being is inhuman, and if we react this way then we are no better than the actual criminal. I know that taxpayers have to pay to take

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    Submitted: June 12, 2010 By: Edward
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Has capital punishment outlived its usefulness? Capital punishment is one of the hottest debates of the century and is likely to continue this way as long as the death penalty is an option as punishment for those who commit heinous crimes. Using the death penalty as a deterrent is one of the key issues in this debate however, the broader issue for the United States is whether or not society will be better off with

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    Essay Length: 348 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: June 12, 2010 By: Yan
  • Capital Markets Project - an Outlook of the Future

    Capital Markets Project - an Outlook of the Future

    Economic Growth The gross domestic product (GDP) is a basic measure of a country's overall economic performance. It is the market value of all final goods and services made within the borders of a country in a year. It is often positively correlated with the standard of living. The GDP growth rate is the most important indicator of economic health. "Gross" means that GDP measures production regardless of the various uses to which that production

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    Submitted: February 8, 2011 By: Muhammad
  • Transforming a Firms Competitive Landscape by Understanding and Using Sustainable Business Practices

    Transforming a Firms Competitive Landscape by Understanding and Using Sustainable Business Practices

    Transforming a firms competitive landscape by understanding and using sustainable business practices By Ziska Fields Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide information to South Africa firms and its leaders regarding the need for and use of sustainable business practices. The paper is based on a review of relevant literature. Various strategic options are highlighted as well as important legislation regarding sustainability. The Equator principles serve as an action plan to enable firms

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    Submitted: April 20, 2011 By: Ziska
  • What Are Capital Expenditure (cap-Ex)?

    What Are Capital Expenditure (cap-Ex)?

    Q.1. What are Capital Expenditure (CAP-EX)? Ans. Capital Expenditures are amounts spent to acquire or upgrade productive assets (such as buildings, machinery and equipment, vehicles) to increase the capacity or efficiency of a firm for more than one accounting period. A capital expenditure is always incurred with a view point of getting future benefits. These expenditures are termed as assets and always appear on asset side of balance sheet. Q.2. What is contribution margin? Ans.

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    Submitted: April 22, 2011 By: nitin1nitin
  • Cost of Capital

    Cost of Capital

    The cost of capital is a term used in the field of financial investment to refer to the cost of a company's funds (both debt and equity), or, from an investor's point of view "the shareholder's required return on a portfolio of all the company's existing securities". It is used to evaluate new projects of a company as it is the minimum return that investors expect for providing capital to the company, thus setting a

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    Submitted: April 24, 2011 By: phuongloan13690

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