... out how to get Apple back on track fast All ofthe creatives had used Apple computers for years They were not only well aware ofthe brand—they lived it and loved it everyday They really didn‟t ... gun barrels during the protest ofthe Viet Nam war At the top of each image was the rainbow colored Apple logo and the words “Think Different.” Nothing else The creator ofthe work was a brilliant ... air To the crazy ones Here’s to thethe misfits The rebels The troublemakers Here’s to the ones who see the world differently They’re the ones who invent and imagine and create They’re the ones...
... than they take in should now see the reason When they begin to study our "debt-money" system, they soon realize that these politicians are not the agents ofthe people but are the agents ofthe ... be, by law, the ONLY controller ofthe value of money Since the Federal Congress was the only legislative body subject to all the citizens at the ballot box, it was, to their minds, the only safe ... controlled by bankers and therefore is operated for the financial gain ofthe bankers over the people rather than for the good ofthe people The word "Federal" was used only to deceive the people More...
... patients), the proportion of MET calls which reflects deficiencies in care may be even higher The present study introduced the novel element of real- time characterization of events by the team at the ... naturally from the chart review that MET personnel perform to the providing of patient care This methodology does not replace the need for other forms of adverse event detection (such as incident reporting ... incidentreporting systems but without requiring substantial investments of additional resources Moreover, the direct involvement of clinicians in the detection of patient safety and quality -of- care...
... must include essential information such as the port of entry, the names ofthe importer and exporter, a detailed description ofthe goods, the quantity ofthe goods, the value ofthe goods, the ... prices or the cost of imported products, thus affecting the efficiency ofthe import business When the exchange rate increases, the cost of one unit of imported goods increases accordingly and therefore ... develop their products in the local market At the early stage, the company had the start-up capital of 610 million VND and the labor force of only 12 people Up to present, the capital ofthe company...
... discusses these challenges in the context ofthe twenty-first century “new” economy from the perspectives ofthe working CFO rather than the textbook CFO Why the new economy? And what’s wrong with the ... 1:1, with the higher the better The greater the margin of current assets over current debt, the better the position ofthe company For example, $4 million of assets compared to $2 million of liabilities ... 107 or 108 ofthe 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission ofthe Publisher, or authorization through payment ofthe appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright...
... fertility ofthe land, the healthy temperature ofthe air and the mildness ofthe climate, the plenty of hunting, fishing and fowling, the facility of trade with the Indians and the vast convenience of ... COLONIZATION OFTHE CUMBERLAND XVIII KING'S MOUNTAIN XIX THE STATE OF FRANKLIN XX THE LURE OF SPAIN THE HAVEN OF STATEHOOD THE CONQUEST OFTHE OLD SOUTHWEST Chapter I The Migration ofthe Peoples ... Fort in the midst of their towns at their own Request." The fort thereupon begun must have stood near the mouth ofthe South Fork ofthe Catawba River, as Dobbs says it was in the "midst" of their...
... however; these properties are not themselves the success factors Rosenzweig calls the tendency to observe the results first and then rationalize the company’s strategies the Halo Effect.14 Thereal ... to other Asian companies The History and Business Areas of Sony and Samsung Electronics Sony The King of AV In 1946, the year after Japan’s defeat in World War II, Sony was incorporated as the ... bring out a new gadget like the Walkman as a luxury item, then gradually lower the price and widen the market over time Now, since the rise of cheap Asian manufacturing in the 1980s, companies need...
... cost of credit for the median firm as the ratio ofthereal value of interest payments to thereal value ofthe stock of bank debt As observed in the figure, this real implict interest rate increased ... because ofthe rate of growth ofthe price of tradable goods, which enters in the definition ofthe gross interest rate which governs the size ofthe wedge between the producer and user cost of intermediate ... t (8) using the value of final goods, the sum of all value added and the total income in the economy respectively The last term in equation (8) is the income ofthe intermediary in the current...
... on the New York Times as the nation’s “newspaper of record” and the voice of New York City, which is the central front in the war at home A Web site about the book—www.realpriceofwar.com— includes ... to the present percent rate.13 The phone tax is a “regressive” tax, taking a larger share of income from the poor than from the rich, since the poor pay a higher percentage of their total income ... month per household Of this, 95 percent is for the Department of Defense, with percent for the nuclear weapons responsibilities ofthe Department of Energy The Pentagon,” then, is the main claim...
... DoCoMo, however, lacked the technology to realize the idea, and since they didn’t have the musical software in the first place, the absence ofthe technology meant of course that the ringtone idea ... both the management of companies and the realization of projects In other words, there is a better chance of something being realized if you involve other people and think together with them, rather ... benefit most at the end ofthe day is the original creator ofthe platform And these people will, quite naturally, be the big winners ofthe 21st century How much of a “place” can you offer to people?...
... ofthe three segments that make up the thorax or central region ofthe insect's body Each of these three segments carries a pair of legs In front ofthe thorax is the head on which the pair of ... bounding the mouth cavity below or behind The proboscis is made up ofthe pair of jawappendages in front ofthe labium, the maxillae, as they are called Behind the thorax is situated the abdomen, ... those ofthe female disappearing at the final moult Reviewing the main features ofthe life -story of a grasshopper or cockroach, we notice that there is no marked or sudden change of form The newly-...
... discusses these challenges in the context ofthe twenty-first century “new” economy from the perspectives ofthe working CFO rather than the textbook CFO Why the new economy? And what’s wrong with the ... 1:1, with the higher the better The greater the margin of current assets over current debt, the better the position ofthe company For example, $4 million of assets compared to $2 million of liabilities ... 107 or 108 ofthe 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission ofthe Publisher, or authorization through payment ofthe appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright...
... flexible guidelines ofthe hedge-fund business allowed it to drain much ofthe talent from the mutual-fund pool by the early years ofthe new millennium—another reason for investors with the financial ... “structured” vehicles, where they’d start paying off holders like a cascading waterfall, first to holders ofthe AAA slice at the top ofthe pool, and then trickling down to holders ofthe tranches rated ... full on the way Losses would infiltrate up from the bottom So the highest-rated pieces got the first chance at income but the lowest rate of return, while the lowest got the first losses and the...
... Euclid came along Even the famous theorem of Pythagoras -the square ofthe hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum ofthe square ofthe other two sides-was in use in the Tigris-Euphrates ... across the seas, at home the accumulation of wealth was open to the many rather than the few The newly rich were now the smart, the adventuresome, the innovators-most of them businessmen-instead of ... size ofthe first two, then to a square three times the size ofthe first two, then to five times, and so on Note that the sequence produces a series of rectangles with the proportions of the...
... dummy variables were included in the initial round ofthe estimation procedure In the process of estimating the consumption function, the F-test on the joint significance ofthe seasonal dummies ... (2008) There is evidence to reject the null of no cointegration if the F-statistic exceeds the upper bound critical value On the other hand, the null of no cointegration is not rejected if the F-statistic ... test The chosen value of N is the lowest value when the test is unable to reject the null hypothesis of no autocorrelation at 5% level of significance For a given level of significance, the critical...
... that don’t even sell software It is a new, more democratic way It is the end ofthe software technology model It is the end ofthe software business model It is the end of software as we know it,” ... small Although the other founders were initially leery about our move to the Rincon Center, they quickly grew to like the new larger space They drove golf balls down the length ofthe office and ... of invaluable press Most important, the audience and the press remembered thestoryof change we were disseminating At the time ofthe party, we had a small amount of revenue and were not profitable...
... MEASURING theReal Size ofthe WORLD ECONOMY The Framework, Methodology, and Results ofthe International Comparison Program—ICP MEASURING theReal Size ofthe WORLD ECONOMY The Framework, ... reflect the views ofThe World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy ofthe data included in this work The boundaries, ... (breakdown ofthe GDP) are required Use ofthe GDP as the main element ofthe conceptual framework ofthe ICP means that the prices to be collected must be consistent with the underlying values in the...
... workers - The rate of disease in throat and nose, bronchia and lung and is increasing by years of work - The rate of lung function disorder is increasing by year of work - The rate of disease in throat ... good: - The rate of 4&5 categories is 4.6%, category is 36.7%, 1&2 categories is 58.7% - The rate of throat and nose acute infection is high (73.20%); The rate of nose disease is 34%; The rate of ... have been conducted the theme: Thereal situation of environment, health, diseases in Thainguyen garment workers and effect of intervention ” aiming at: Describe the status of environment, health,...
... based on the total amount of loans from TARP bank as of all loans ofthe firm within the last years Finally, I use the number of loans from TARP bank as ofthe total number of loans of firm i ... financial constraint instead of precautionary savings at the firm level To the best of my knowledge, the paper is among the first to examine the effect of TARP beyond the financial system In related ... effect for investment banks on their clients by studying the collapse of Lehman Brothers Built on these theoretical and empirical foundations, I examine thereal effects of TARP on participant banks’...
... To this end, Theil’s U, 18 which is the quotient ofthe root mean squared error (RMSE) ofthe forecasting model and the RMSE ofthe naive model, will be calculated (see Theil 1961) The results ... periods of data to see how the hidden states and their probability mass behave To run the model with covariates e.g one for the economy could further give information ofthe background ofthe hidden ... state, the probability of migrating to another state is the same for both chains, since they use the same embedded transition probability matrix Furthermore the authors also conditioned their...