... Valuation 213
ESSENTIALS
of Intellectual Property
Alexander Poltorak
and
Paul Lerner
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
patents directed to pharmaceutical products, in which case the term may
be extended ... statistics cited in this
book.
Our editors, Susan McDermott, Jennifer Gaines, and others at John
Wiley & Sons, deserve much thanks for seeing this work through.
Kim Gill, Kathy Ingham, and Valeria ... Lerner’s education includes a BS in Aeronautical
Engineering from Purdue University, an MBA from Loyola University,
a JD from DePaul University, and postgraduate legal studies at John
Marshall College...
... Introduction
T.A. BROWN
Faculty of Life Sciences
University of Manchester
Manchester
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Part II The Applications ... mixture to be incubated at a series of temperatures that are
varied in a preprogrammed manner. The basic steps in a PCR experiment are as follows
(Figure 1.2):
Part I The Basic Principles of Gene ... years have passed since the dawn-
ing of the age of gene cloning, but we are still riding the rollercoaster and there is no
end to the excitement in sight.
Part I The Basic Principles of Gene Cloning...
... the issue of conflict diamonds
since 1999. He served as a member of the UN Security Council Expert Panel on
Sierra Leone in 2000. He is the author of several books, including Patronage orPart-
nership: ... degree in economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Inter-
national Studies.
Mark B. Taylor is the Programme Director of PICCR at the Fafo Institute. Since
1997, he has worked primarily ... off-shore fund
vehicles, including but not limited to hedge funds.
• Minimal due diligence by company formation agents, attorneys, and financial
institutions in the process of incorporating and licensing...
... service doesn’t just happen.
Training is an integral part.
In Lessons from the Nordstrom Way by Robert Spector (pub-
lished by Wiley) , the author takes us on a spectacular journey,
coast to coast ...
certain
challenges that are not common in other commercial
operations. Geographical rivalry can sometimes increase
service levels; no one wants to be beaten. A conference
organiser
challenged a southern ... then will they be positioned suitably to
offer exceptional service. Just because a company has incorpor-
ated certain philosophies, success is far from guaranteed. The
service culture is an on-going...
... earlier.
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... ‘end-to-end principle’.
To understand this principle, consider the function: ‘recovery from information loss’. This
means something different for file transfer and Internet radio. The end-to-end principle
says ... an incentive to avoid congested areas, and no taxi may be available in
parts of the city. The driving pattern is also affected since, when driving between traffic
lights, the driver has the incentive ... most recipes, and hence increasing the value of cheese
increases the value of bread. Similarly, if more types of cheese that go well with bread
become available, this again increases the economic...
... parochialism and provincialism.
• Improved product, service, and process development.
• Greater use of knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
• Organizational design changes.
• Profitability increases.
• ... electronic notes distributed with
all project management software products. For the PM 101 crowd, we include a
brief discussion of critical path scheduling in this chapter.
The Critical Path Method ... standards, can we expect to achieve our objectives?
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Tuman, John, Jr. “Success Modeling: A Technique for Building a Winning Project Team,”
1986 Proceedings,...
... and Cons 81
Strategies for a Bullish Scenario 82
Profit/Loss Comparisons 86
Delta 89
Probability Analysis 91
The Correct and Incorrect Ways to
Use Probability 95
Summary 96
Chapter 8 Market Timing ... strike prices at 2.5-point increments
below 30 (e.g., 2.5, 7.5, 12.5, 17.5, 22.5, 27.5). If a stock or
stock index reaches a price above 200, the options often
trade only in increments of 10 points ... there, how to profit by disparities in the implied volatilities
of different options. His strategies include guidelines for deter-
mining when to buy undervalued options and when to sell over-
valued...
... on.
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Portions of this chapter were adapted from Chapter 40 of Bragg, Cost Accounting, John
Wiley & Sons, 2001.
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Inventory Control Systems
3-1 Introduction
Inventory ... traditional system allocates to products. A typical overhead allocation pool
under the traditional system may easily include 75% of all costs incurred, whereas
this figure can be dropped to less than ... gate.
Accuracy: Include off-site inventory counts in the closing procedure. A com-
mon problem is not including in the month-end inventory the inventory counts
for off-site storage locations, resulting...