... a map of the operating environment for the coming decades Demographics The first factor that will affect the next decades is the sheer number of people on the planet: where they are, their education ... Berlin suggested that the way people prefer to think about abstract problems could be classed as the way of the Fox and/or the way of the Hedgehog: The Fox knows many things but the Hedgehog knows ... constrained as they tackle paying off their debt In the meantime, the newly industrialising economies enjoy many advantages: their savings are high, their labour cheap and skilful, their access...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 16:53
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Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 02:13
The imPact of high and groWing government debt on economic groWth an emPirical inveStigation for the euro area docx
... (2007).14 We instrument the debt variable for each country through either its time lags (up to the 5th lag) or through the average of the debt levels of the other countries in the sample Both instruments ... Note: The variable gov_debt is instrumented for each country through either its time lags (up to the 5th lag; L(1/5).gov debt) or through the average of the debt levels of the other countries in the ... period of the analysis, as well as for economic and monetary regime changes, such as the creation of the monetary union and the introduction of the euro A list of the variables used in the various...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 20:20
Xây dựng hệ thống thông tin quản lý công văn tại Trung tâm Hệ thống Thông tin Viễn thông - Chính phủ FPT Information System Telecom and Government FIS TEG
... dạng hình phải giống tài liệu gốc - Nên nhóm trường hình theo trật tự có ý nghĩa, theo trât tự tự nhiên, theo tần số sử dụng, theo chức theo tầm quan trọng - Không nhập thông tin mà hệ thống thông ... định hay nghị quyết, thông tư … theo tiêu chí khác như: trình lãnh đạo/ đơn vị nào, mã văn bản…Quản lý chi tiết theo hai sổ: văn đến văn đi, cho phép in chi tiết văn theo mẫu sẵn có • Quản lý việc ... vụ………………………………………………… 84 Hình 20 Báo cáo công văn đến theo tháng…………………………………… 85 Hình 21 Báo cáo công văn theo tháng…………………………………… 86 Hình 22 Báo cáo công văn xử lý theo tháng……………………………….87 Hình 23 Báo cáo...
Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2012, 11:21
Corporate and Marketing Strategies in the High-Tech Industry
... 2.5) The simplest communication networks are the “one-to-many” broadcast networks like television Their value is proportional to N, the size of the audience: the more the audience, the greater the ... of the engine to be installed on the Airbus A320 and A321, and then the A340, constantly improving the cost/quality ratio through an aggressive management of the experience curve In the end, the ... marketers The concept of the technology life cycle characterizes the development of technology in a way that is similar to the evolution of organisms Various forms emerge at the beginning; then the...
Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 07:20
Personal identity and self-knowledge
... utterance of the word ‘I’ standardly refers to the person who is uttering it Thus, the semantic rule governing the use of the word ‘I’ precludes the possibility of someone mistakenly using the word ... self-reference, that is, with the comprehending use of the word ‘I’ THE FIRST PERSON Although children pick up the use of the first-person pronoun, ‘I’, quite early in the course of their linguistic development, ... neither of them in fact did it, because P1 did it and neither of them is identical with P1 Some philosophers introduce the term ‘quasi-memory’ to describe what is going on in such a case.15 The...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20
Civics and Government
... prices for the phones As the price drops, demand increases The Marketplace In the United States, prices are determined by the “market,” or the principle of supply and demand Supply is the amount ... ( the Fed”) takes measures to keep the economy in balance by controlling the supply of money in the country One way it does this is by setting the reserve ratio Every bank that is a member of the ... available within the economy The Federal Reserve Board can also affect the nation’s economy by altering the discount rate, which is the interest rate that the Fed charges banks to borrow money To make...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2013, 17:20
Tài liệu The Liquidation of Government Debt ppt
... estimates of the actual price level in the US and UK, and Wiles (1952) for post-World War II United Kingdom 23 The term “synthetic” is used in the sense that a hypothetical investor holds the total ... government debt at the beginning of the period, which is defined as either the beginning of the calendar year or the fiscal year, depending on how the debt data is reported by the particular country ... detailed in the data appendix The weights in this hypothetical portfolio are given by the actual shares of each component of debt in the total domestic debt of the government 20 actual shares...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 03:20
Tài liệu Solving the Financial and Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe doc
... of the reference entity surviving in each of the periods is 95% So the probability of default over the life of the contract is only 19%, shown on the left-hand side, and the value of the contract ... possession of the collateral of the dealer bank in the event of insolvency, they are loath to this due to the legal complexity and the risk that the sale of assets would not cover the shortfall ... recommended at the OECD early on in this crisis.1 In some cases the costs outweigh the benefits The list that seems to have the most coherence, if a fracturing of the euro is to be avoided, is the following:...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 21:20
Tài liệu Actions Against Abuse of the Global Financial System: Report from G7 Finance Ministers to the Heads of State and Government docx
... improve ways to strengthen safeguards on the use of their funds as well as governance and anti- corruption measures in their programs 15 Money laundering activities have the potential to bring ... operating in the G-7 in order to facilitate an active exchange of information among the anti- money laundering authorities Moving forward from the Birmingham and Cologne Summits, we value the opportunity ... powers and practices, and customer identification and record keeping The three initiatives together address the three key areas: inadequate anti- money laundering standards, harmful tax practices,...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 21:20
Personal Computers and Digital Signal Processing pdf
... possible quantization levels If the spacing between these levels is the same throughout the range R, then we have a uniform quantizer The spacing between quantization levels is called the quantization ... 3.20(a) shows the original and the quantized signals Figure 3.20 (a) The Original and Quantized Signal Note that the quantized signal only occupies three of the available quantization levels The frequency ... representations for the quantized output value, see Appendix E Figure 3.14 A Uniform 3-bit Quantizer Transfer Function Quantization error is the difference between the actual sampled value and the quantized...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 19:20
TALENT AGENTS, PERSONAL MANAGERS, AND THEIR CONFLICTS IN THE NEW HOLLYWOOD docx
... to their advantage: They retain managers in their early years to procure employment, and then they get the Labor Commissioner to rescind their contracts once they establish their reputations 112 ... function for their clients.24 Their job is to develop, guide, and enhance actors’ career paths.25 They not procure employment and they not negotiate their clients’ deals.26 As a matter of fact, they ... of the agent’s overall duties On the other hand, if counseling and directing the clients’ careers constitutes the significant part of the agent’s business then he or she is not subject to the...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 17:20
Personal recovery and mental illness pdf
... Kleinian and Jungian theories These core insights were then stretched into general theories, applicable across time and culture By the 1950s the limitations in the ability of these theories to be applied ... recovery They also serve as a bridge between the worlds of theory and practice The coherence of a good theory is seductive – it makes the world simpler by ignoring its complexity In reality, no theory ... keep the status quo, because changing the name may foster a belief that the person rather than the illness is to blame for their symptomse Another approach has been used in Japan, where the previous...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 17:20
Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement - A Review of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Surveys pot
... from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... located in the 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia The CFS is conducted by BTS and the Census Bureau of the U.S Department of Commerce The Census Bureau administers the survey...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 08:21
Taxation and Government Intervention ppt
... Ryerson Limited 7 - 24 Who Bears the Burden of a Tax? The person who physically pays the tax is not necessarily the person who bears the burden of the tax The burden of the tax depends on relative ... Ryerson Limited 7- The Costs of Taxation The costs of taxation include: The direct cost of the revenue paid to government The loss of consumer and producer surplus caused by the tax The administrative ... Taxation The ability-to-pay principle states that individuals who are most able to bear the burden of the tax should pay the tax best example of this is a progressive The tax, such as the Canadian...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 17:20
PAPER F4 CORPORATE AND BUSINESS LAW (ENGLISH) potx
... consider how far the facts of the previous and the latest case are similar If the differences appear significant the court may distinguish the earlier case on the facts and thereby avoid following ... from the County Court, the High Court, the Restrictive Practices Court, and the Employment Appeal Tribunal The Supreme Court for the United Kingdom hears appeals from the Court of Appeal and the ... case The practical importance of the County Courts is that they deal with the majority of the UK's civil litigation The County Court is involved in the following matters • • • • • • • Contract...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF CORPORATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATIONS pptx
... the perpetrator rather than that of the victims, the difficulty of perceiving evil in one’s own time, the euphemisms of technical language, the dehumanising impact of collective action, and the ... 41 The content of that right gives the content of the related duty: not to block us And the content of the right also identifies the duty-ower: all other agents The duty-ower can be read off the ... rights, where the value of the right resides in the activity that the right-holder has a right to perform The other is instrumental rights, rights whose rationale is to be found in the beneficial...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20
East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations ppt
... end to the other? It was to the Brewsters that the village was indebted for the ministry of the Rev John Phillip, who married the sister of the pious and learned Dr Ames, Professor of the University ... for the discovery of the perpetrators of the senseless mischief, and the Lords of the Treasury offered a further reward of the same amount for their apprehension; but all was in vain to stop the ... and barrels As to the baskets, the country is ransacked for them, and as soon as they are filled they take the train and away they go, to give a flavour to the potato dinner of the poor man, or...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 18:20
chapter 13 bankruptcy, keep your property and repay debts over time 10th (2010)
... off the Web, be aware that while some of these agencies are legitimate, others are not How can you tell the difference? The key will be whether the agency has been approved by the Office of the ... collector may be putting money in your pocket The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act places a number of restrictions on debt collector activity The remedies provided by the act include damages and ... filed another bankruptcy case within the previous two years and the court, in that proceeding, lifted the stay and allowed the lender to proceed with the foreclosure In other words, the law won’t...
Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 14:03