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...nts payable, and perhaps a more enter- prise-specific program, such as a case management system for a hospital or a course selection and assignment pro... ...twork research. 31 These users might naturally work on advances in bandwidth management or tools for researchers Battle of the Networks 27 to use for... ...e technological competence to deploy a new technology, but rather that their managements choose to focus on their largest and most profitable customers... ...was an umbrella for more ac- tivity, creativity, and economic value than the capitalistic ethos of the propri- etary networks, and the openness of the... ...cure interests— and we see a dominance of user-written software. 34 V enture capital money and the other artifacts of the firm-based industrial informa... ...om outsiders has gained notoriety, traditional means of raising and spending capital to improve a technology can shore it up and ensure its expo- sure...
... other hand, some comments describe cases where individual owners do make long-term provisions for their copyrights in their estates, and in these c... ...searches on prominent Internet search engines, searches of any collective management organizations’ databases, and searches of the Copyright Office’... ...was received. NSF is forwarding the proposed submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publica... ...Response Time: 3 hours. Total Annual Burden Hours: 300. Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0. Total Annual Costs (Operating/ Maintaining Sys... ... Department to meet Federal responsibilities for program administration, management and oversight. Ira L. Mills, Departmental Clearance Officer/Te...
...The Agent-Principal Conundrum XXII. Trading in Sovereign Promises XXIII. Portfolio Management Theory XXIV. Going Bankrupt in the World XXV. The Au... ...ly possible outcome is win-lose. The first "dirty secret" is that a firm's market capitalization often stands in inverse proportion to its value a... ... an objective, neutral, disinterested party). This is true especially when agents (management) are not also principals (owners). Owing to its comp... ...wners). Owing to its compensation structure, invariably tied to the firms' market capitalization, management strives to maximize the former by man... ...to its compensation structure, invariably tied to the firms' market capitalization, management strives to maximize the former by manipulating the la... ...r by manipulating the latter. Very often, the only way to affect the firm's market capitalization in the short-term is to sacrifice the firm's inte... ...f pyramid schemes - cannot cope with such stampedes. Some of the money is invested long-term, or lent. Few financial institutions keep more than 10... ...wyers, bankers, insurers, and so on - self- regulation was premised on the belief in long-term self- preservation. Rational economic players and moral... ...ing and organizing the resources required to satisfy those needs and at defining a long-term strategy of development and marketing. As the enterpri...
...e Credibility 44 SUMMARY 44 4 PRODUCT STRATEGIES IN SOCIAL MARKETING 46 PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 46 What is a Product? 46 Other Names for Products. 46... ...ol Banking innovation Birth defects Blood donations Blue laws Cancer research Capital punishment Carpooling Child abuse Child adoption Consu... ... Channels of distribution Storage Quantity breaking Delivery Inventory management Point-of-sale display Thus to reiterate: in order... ... cell (7). When adoption becomes widespread, producers of fashion apparel quickly capitalize on the popularization of such style trends (cell (8)) f... ...arily in terms of time. He points out that the consumer's "stock of informational capital becomes a dominant factor in the consumer's decision whet... ... course to the process. 46 4 PRODUCT STRATEGIES IN SOCIAL MARKETING PRODUCT MANAGEMENT Product management is the planning and control of act... ...centive to the sponsoring organization to create and maintain high standards. For long-term welfare of the firm, the producer of a branded item tol... ... consideration during the planning stages of a social promotion effort has obvious long-term importance. The Communication's Message Messages d... ... is an approach that seeks to provide an improved supply of labor by enhancing the long-term quality of the economically disadvantaged. lnstead of ...
...WARDSHIP... at NOAA Fisheries we play a supportive and advisory role in the management of living marine resources ... ...benefit as an APEC host loca- tion? A: In a variety of ways, both short- and long-term. More than 100,000 hotel nights have been booked in connec- tio... ...d state; and improvements in airport and city infrastructure. Q: What about long-term benefits? A: Local companies benefit through initiatives such a... ...ning in protocol, hospitality and customer service. And organizers hope that long-term residual benefits will include new global trade and commerce op... ...tegies, including new building technologies and smart grids • Disaster management and resilient communities • The impact of trade agreements on ... ...i‘ian Bank, Executive Vice President Bert “BJ” A. Kobayashi, Jr., BlackSand Capital, LLC, President & CEO Stanley M. Kuriyama, Alexander & Baldwin, ... ...ss. Whether it’s a business line of credit, term loan, online banking, cash management or merchant services, we’ll help find the solution that works...
...es; specificities of the South of Thailand (where Thaksin University is located); modernization of the sector, and university budgeting and financial management. Upon being proclaimed autonomous in 2008 the Thaksin University Council appointed a Vice President for Finance and Budgeting – the author – to introduce corporate systems. Experience therefore informs this five-ye...
...ning of Autonomy in Thai Universities 37 The Transitional Path 44 Relative Funding Models 46 National Weightings 49 E. Budget Management in Univerities 50 Governance and Centrality of Finances 50 Model for Budgetary Autonomy 52 Learning from the Corporate Sector 53 Performance-Based Budgeting 61 Budgeting Transiti...
...k in a team, to compromise, to give credit where due, and to strive towards long-term goals, the narcissist - skilled and gifted as he may be - find... ...ed in fulfilling one's assignments. They hate the methodical, step-by-step, long-term, approach. Possessed of magical thinking, they'd rather wait f... ...ely? This would be a deeply flawed – and even dangerous – "advice". Various management gurus purport to teach us how to harness this force of nature... ...arcissism conforms to masculine social mores and to the prevailing ethos of capitalism. Ambition, achievements, hierarchy, ruthlessness, drive – are... ...ons meet these requirements: teaching, the clergy, show business, corporate management, the medical professions, the military, law enforcement agen... ... Abuse? Violence in the family often follows other forms of more subtle and long-term abuse: verbal, emotional, psychological sexual, or financial. ... ...charge of Sovereign Debt Financing 1985 to 1986 Represented Canadian Venture Capital Funds in Israel. 1986 to 1987 General Manager of IPE Ltd. in Lond... ...ons. 1988 to 1990 Co-founder and Director of "Mikbats-Tesuah", a portfolio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-scale portfo... ...ultant to many of Israel's Blue-Chip firms, mainly on issues related to the capital markets in Israel, Canada, the UK and the USA. Consultant to for...
...The effects on victims and survivors of traumatic experiences, long-term and repeated abuse, and torture. Includes in-depth profile of the Narcissistic Abuser and hundreds of links to literature and resources....
...nvestors have enjoyed high yield returns on their money, many times by using the capital provided by the small investor, such as you and I. In exch... ...vided by the small investor, such as you and I. In exchange for the use of that capital, they paid the small investor interest rates that were a fr... ...es and Tax Deeds starting part-time from home, even with little or no operating capital. After reading almost everything currently available on the... ...ily basis knows that doing so without a plan can cause you to lose sight of your long-term goals. I suggest that you take time to write down a set ... ...reement? Learn from their mistakes. You want your investor relationships to be long-term and run smoothly. Lay the proper foundation and odds are... ...ve adopted statutes to cover special issues involving development, construction, management and taxation of condominium projects. Construction Loan ... ..._______ shall have full, exclusive and complete authority and discretion in the management and control of the business of the Joint Venture for the ... ...he capital of the partnership or on any subsequent contributions of capital. 7. MANAGEMENT DUTIES AND RESTRICTIONS. The partners shall have equal r...
...ted Paper part of their investment portfolios. Banks and other institutional investors enjoy high yield returns on their money, many times using the capital provided by the small investor, such as you and I. In exchange for the use of that capital, they pay interest rates that ar...
......................... 20 FIGURE 21: PRESENCE OF WEB-BASED LSP OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PLATFORM IN THE APEC REGION. AS REPORTED BY GOVERNMENT INSTITUT... ...nomies have been guided by the principle of open regionalism for creating long-term growth, with numerous initiatives implemented to support trade a... ...of the following factors: number of people employed, annual income and/or capital investment (Figure 1). Figure 1: SME Classification Requirements f... ...rnment institution respondents. Economy Workforce Size Annual Income Capital Investment Notes Australia Less than 20 USD 81 - 650K Enterp... ...he internal restraints of SME logistics service providers, we discovered “capital deficiency” and “lack of financing resources” were rated as the to... ...straints to Growth 21 Figure 21: Presence of Web-based LSP Operations Management Platform in the APEC Region. As reported by government institut... ... 65% 54% 58% 58% 54% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Shipping Management Warehouse Management Distribution Management Order Process ...
...other one must first love oneself. And, in the absence of a Self that is impossible. And, in the long-term, he is incapable of living because life i... ...cult for patients with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) to work in a team or to maintain long-term professional achievements. The narcissist'... ...se rapid alterations between absolute overvaluation (idealization) and complete devaluation make long-term interpersonal relationships with the narc... ...atient AND his environment are ONE and the same. Disease is a perturbation in the operation and management of the complex ecosystem known as patient... ...ological and institutional health of social units, such as the family, or the workplace. Social capital can often be measured in cognitive (hence, ... ... Vice President in charge of Sovereign Debt Financing 1985 to 1986 Represented Canadian Venture Capital Funds in Israel. 1986 to 1987 General Mana... ...nd leasing transactions. 1988 to 1990 Co-founder and Director of "Mikbats-Tesuah", a portfolio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities inclu... ...suah", a portfolio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-scale portfolio management, underwriting, forex trading and general... ...esent Freelance consultant to many of Israel's Blue-Chip firms, mainly on issues related to the capital markets in Israel, Canada, the UK and the U...
...s the child actively or passively is qualitatively different and is bound to yield long-term effects such as dissociation or severe personality dis... ...ett expounded on this theme in "The Fall of Public Man: On the Social Psychology of Capitalism" [Vintage Books, 1978]. One of the chapters in Devere... ...nt in charge of Sovereign Debt Financing 1985 to 1986 Represented Canadian Venture Capital Funds in Israel. 1986 to 1987 General Manager of IPE Lt... ...ransactions. 1988 to 1990 Co-founder and Director of "Mikbats-Tesuah", a portfolio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-sc... ...folio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-scale portfolio management, underwriting, forex trading and general financial ad... ...nce consultant to many of Israel's Blue-Chip firms, mainly on issues related to the capital markets in Israel, Canada, the UK and the USA. Consultan...
...), Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), Danareksa Research Institute, Trimegah Securities, Capital Market Supervisory Agency and Financial Institution (B... ...l de Valores/CCV (Securities Clearing Guarantee Agency), Brookings Institute, Caravel Management LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., IMF Asia and Pac... ...ployment (except for Indonesia); depreciation in of the local currency; a decrease in capital market composite index; decline in exports and imports;... ...mies v offshore funds, high household debt, and high housing prices. Large short term capital inflows as well as narrow and shallow financial market... ...lity ever more difficult. However, lessons learned from experiences of causes, and management of financial crises, a number of policy actions can ... ...foster the emergence of a healthy, strong, and efficient markets; 2) applying better management of the development of financial markets to ensure ... ...l rise if they are confident that the fiscal consolidation process is consistent with long-term growth. - Policymakers to ensure fair competition co... ... promotes pension funds as it believes they will play an important role in mobilizing long-term funds. Table 3.11: Pension Fund Description 2005... ...ars and more than $1 trillion over the second 10 years. - Thanks to the the ACA, the long-term fiscal imbalance is projected to be less than 2 per...
... Ethic XII. Industrial Action and Competition Laws XIII. Employees and Management Ownership of Firms XIV. Making Your Workers Your Partners XV... ...sal to use disguised unemployment for the construction of social overhead capital projects arises from inadequate consideration of the problem of pr... ..., do not raise wages and prices. In Sweden, for instance, both labour and management organizations are responsible to maintain price stability. The ... ...vance procedures. Possibilities include conciliation (a third party bring management and labour together to try and solve the problems on their own)... ...tor of the business sector, a catalyst of skill acquisition for the under-capitalized private sector. Small business employers should have the prior... ...ent accorded to foreign investors: tax credits, tax holidays, deferral of capital gains taxes and so on. 5. Small to medium size businesses will b... ...instituting compulsory apprenticeship. But the young become the kernel of long-term unemployment. This is because a tug of war, a basic conflict of ... ...ticeship. But the young unemployed form the tough and immutable kernel of long-term unemployment. This is because a tug of war, a basic conflict of ... ...on-conformity. It is common in the States to choose entrepreneurship as a long-term career path. In Europe it is considered professional suicide. In...
...over from a deep recession, returning to their pre-crisis levels but not to their long-term trend 5 . The global recovery in trade was led mainly by... ...global recovery in trade was led mainly by rapidly growing demand, especially for capital goods, from developing economies. According to the WTO, th... ...pments as early as possible in the supply chain. Develop and adopt advanced risk management methodology, such as a systematic cargo profiling techn... ...ogy, such as a systematic cargo profiling techniques, and/or a computerized risk management system to identify high-risk shipments and minimize phy...
...d days, you could farm even if you had no money. Today, a farmer must have capital before he can farm. We used to do the work ourselves, now they hire... ...ed the rice. But today, people use a tractor to do the work, and one needs capital. And hiring it is costly, too. That really is the case. We can't do... ...ntations, one can grow rice, tomato, beans and chilli peppers, but nothing long-term, large plants like mango trees or fruit trees. One can only grow ... ...iam. It is the river on whose banks Siamese royal houses have built their capital cities. All the old dynasties of South-East Asia have emerged on pl... ... is gradually bringing a profound structural change in the villagers' food management. Before its arrival, meat, fish and fresh vegetables would be fe... ...sh is only available in few shops today. In the villages, traditional food management has been preserved longer, and many housewives still visit the m...
...hey wish to solve. Inventors and entrepreneurs can risk their time and their capital and, if they produce a solution that finds favor in the marketplac... ...nguish because the inventor has no way to recover her investment of time and capital, and the danger that the inventor will turn to secrecy instead, h... ...nsistent quality produced by manufac- turers with an interest in building up long-term reputation. So there we have the idealized vision of intellectu... ...nly thus could we guarantee the kind of investment of time, in- genuity, and capital necessary to produce new drugs and gene therapies. 11 To the ques... ...ot restrict itself solely to proprietary formats protected by digital rights management. It also allows uncontrolled MP3 files despite the fact that th... ...sier to understand—at least for those of you for whom talk of digital rights management, anticircumvention provisions, and network effects is not seco... ...y be listened to by a particular person in a particular room. Digital rights management technology makes it a lot easier to do these things. Suddenly ... ...r the same reason: it cannot scale up to meet its own successes. T o see the long-term difficulty, imagine a commune entirely owned by its original wor...
... oferings. Investing in American solar projects is a smart move for Asian capital, says Schreck, Hoku Solar’s president. The best path for Asian in... ... evaluate the performance of equipment and overcome the challenge of high capital costs. With an inexhaustible supply of ocean water, the ultimate ... ...’re RevoluSun, Hawaii’s Award-Winning solar energy company. HAWAII VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION’S CLEANTECH Entrepreneur of the Year PACIFIC BUSINESS N... ...tained to manage the operations of the hotel pursuant to the terms of the management agreement, which management agreement may be terminated or revok... ...novative industries, supports sustainable economic growth and promotes long-term prosperity and cooperation. Education + Research = Photo by Robb... ... biofuel and hydrogen production, among other initiatives, are part of our long-term plan to reduce our islands’ dependency on oil. Creating a SUSTAIN...
...scenes, he keeps shouting: "Be careful, I am spontaneous". The Director and fat-cat capitalistic producers want him to be spontaneous, they want him... ...d ends badly. Finally, the "Truman Show" encapsulates the most virulent attack on capitalism in a long time. Greedy, thoughtless money machines in... ...thers. Disparities of money create markets, labour, property, planning, wealth and capital. Mental inequalities lead to innovation and theory. Know... ...ponsibility for or share in their generation and has no possibility to effect their long-term preservation. Money, on the other hand, is generated o... ...e. Inevitably, things go awry. The design of the robots is unwise: they retain the long-term memories of their masters, which renders them suscepti... ...ionalized as should be land use; drought-related indigenous agricultural and water management knowledge and crop varieties should be preserved; flo... ...nsactions. 1988 to 1990 Co-founder and Director of "Mikbats-Tesuah", a portfolio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-sca... ...folio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-scale portfolio management, underwriting, forex trading and general financial ad...
...Prince of Wales became King on January 20, 1936. Ernest Simpson - who was having a long-term affair of his own - moved out of the Simpson household... ...and, having fathered Lot, also died in Ur Kasdim (Ur of the Chaldeans). Ur was the capital of S(h)umer but the Kasdim - Khaldeans - did not make it... ...n Georgia (Dashnak or Dashnaktsutyun, "Union"). Mass demonstrations in the Turkish capital (in 1890 and 1895) and armed uprisings followed (in 1894... ...iance on guerrilleros and militiamen. He then reconquered Caracas, Venezuela's capital, at the head of a small army and declared himself a dict... ...ransactions. 1988 to 1990 Co-founder and Director of "Mikbats-Tesuah", a portfolio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-sc... ...folio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-scale portfolio management, underwriting, forex trading and general financial ad...
...tarted selling cookies again after my non-compete clause expired, I could capitalize on my high visi bility and long association with a product I ha... ...alth products. After leaving Nature's Gateway, Portola set up a ven ture capital firm to locate struggling companies, buy them, turn them around, t... ... million dollars per year. They built it up to over $80 million. Portola capitalized on a name that personified quality. And since I had few respon... ...uctive patterns that used to hurt my loved ones, and being a responsible long-term marriage partner and parent. You Always Get as Many Second Chan... ...ve patterns that used to hurt my loved ones, and of being a respon sible long-term marriage partner and parent. 8 , Reached for the Sky But , ... ...ersonal mentor-by your side whenever you need help with the challenges of management in today's fast-paced, often perplexing business environment. T... ...en Blanchard Co-author of The One Minute Manager and The Power of Ethical Management Wally's smiling countenance, known as "the face that launched ...
...ys our Governments can raise 20 Stimulus Capital 4. Will Outsourcing become more Localized ... ...smaller Businesses rebuild our Economy 33 11. Reinventing Capitalism 34 ... ... and see what types of economies, we could have in the future. 1. Command- Capitalist A command economy was based on the old communist system w... ..., and in some cases were nationalized. In many cases, the existing pre-crisis management structure remains in place with only 10% of Executives leav... ... rather than invest in their own Country. The German example of bad economic Management, should be considered a warning to States that face high un... ... end of the traditional American Corporate Executive? There is no doubt that Management structures and techniques have to change. The once mighty C...
...alent. Serbia, Montenegro and Russia fought a war against Turkey in an effort to capitalize on a Serb peasants' revolt in Bosnia in 1875. The lat... ...ols and hospitals, parallel networks of services staffed by the Serb-dispossessed, capitalizing on a sweeping wave of volunteerism. Albania recogni... ... it as an ally of NATO on the ground and the real government of a future Kosovo. It capitalized ingeniously on Rugova's mysterious disappearance and... ...ve also attempted to delineate some practical implications to the macro- and micro-management of group psychopathology. In my work I have drawn upo... ...e basis and of techniques of such a manipulation could be useful in the successful management of conflict situations. Sam: Institutionalized relig... ...ansactions. 1988 to 1990 Co-founder and Director of "Mikbats-Tesuah", a portfolio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-sca...
... is what we are still doing today: it’s called adversarial competition: modern capitalism. An important reason for continued tool-use by our early ... ...yptian mercenaries because there were none to be had. That is the fate of all long-term advantage and dominance which Empires suffer from. It weake... ...uld sell to other tribes. They were not interested in profit. They were not capitalists. If humans had only traveled through wetlands and never s... ...idea of using a period for an ‘i’… the cap or tip of the bone broken off. The Capital letter. One bone longer than another. Holding bones in your... ...r. This has nothing to do with balance, fairness or justice. It is simply a management technique. The concepts of including equality, fairness a... ...iving organisms and tools. Since we benefit from tools in the short run, the long-term consequences of tool-use are not even an issue for us. Rath... ... to look down at owners. It is easy for workers to feel ethically superior to management. They do not have to take the risks of their company faili... ...d clean of collusion, graft and corrupt practices only because the owners and management do it for them. They can remain conveniently free of all t... ...ess people do not have. With expensive gifts these people do not have. With long-term relationships these homeless people do not have. And all th...
...a 62 5. Exotic Currency Derivatives Trap Small Exporters in India 72-73 6. Capital Controls Gain Credence 88-89 7. Basel III 92 8. Securities Transact... ...The Relationships between Bailout Banks and Hedge Funds 50-51 3. Trends in Capital Flows to India 61 4. Key Indicators of Openness of the Indian Econo... ...rvision BIS Bank for International Settlements BoP Balance of Payments CAR Capital Adequacy Ratio CDOs Credit Default Obligations CDS Credit Default S... ...te 7 Fixing Global Finance LBO Leveraged Buyout L/C Letter of Credit LTCM Long-Term Capital Management (US based hedge fund) M&As Mergers and Acquisi... ...l Finance LBO Leveraged Buyout L/C Letter of Credit LTCM Long-Term Capital Management (US based hedge fund) M&As Mergers and Acquisitions MFIs Micro F... ...en a new life to the IMF. The crisis has enhanced the IMF’s role in crisis management and given it a key role in managing the global financial system.... ...arkets and stimulate real economy. Several policy measures (both short and long-term) have been announced by IFIs and regional developmental banks at ... ...e second quarter of 2008 and the third quarter of 2009. However, medium to long-term trade insurance commitments remained stable during the crisis. 2... ...h workers’ benefits and abrogate collective agreements between workers and management. Even the proponents of private equity admit that buyout deals l...
...y in the Economic Sciences XV. The Agent-Principal Conundrum XVI. The Green-Eyed Capitalist XVII. The Case of the Compressed Image XVIII. The F... ...r XXII. Market Impeders and Market Inefficiencies XXIII. Financial Crises, Global Capital Flows and the International Financial Architecture XX... ...h, mathematical modeling, transparent decision making, free trade, and professional management - help better allocate these increased resources to y... ...ored by John Campbell, Andrew Lo, and Craig MacKinlay: "An approach to investment management based on the belief that historical price series, tra... ...rms as well as background information about the company's products, business plan, management, industry, the economy, and the marketplace. Econom... ...lures, deregulation, globalization, technology, dwindling and more cautious venture capital, avaricious managers and investors out to increase share... ...management theory explicitly states that the investment horizon is irrelevant. Both long-term and short-term magpies choose the same bundle of asset... ...Resources for the Future think tank - describes one such predicament: "Suppose a long-term discount rate of 7 percent (after inflation) is used, ... ...people intuitively and unconsciously apply cost-benefit analyses to decisions with long-term outcomes. Moreover, contrary to current economic think...
Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.
... STICK OUT YOUR BALANCE SHEET AND COUGH: Best practices for long-term business health Copyright © 2009 by Gary W. Patterson. All righ... ...t proftable customers are. m True m False 2. Occasionally my business capitalized expenses that created an asset with what now may be a questi... ...tment can deliver the fnancial statements and reports required by the SEC, management must have the right information to run the business successfu... ...customized services to the client and accessing and presenting the data for management. 54 Gary W. Patterson, The FiscalDoctor Often, the short-term... ...itiate the process to obtain needed information and help clear red tape for management and their teams. Whatever level of access to this information... ...e lifeblood of his or her business. 2. Question Today the Ongoing Value of Capitalized Items Would you feel better about the issue of capitalization... ...l total cost of these wrongdoings. Companies of all sizes have legitimately capitalized some item in the past that should be regularly questioned. A...
...t. Everything seemed to have gone wrong: the dot.coms dot bombed, venture capital dried up, competing standards fractured an already fragile marketp... ...n copyright protection measures (euphemistically known as "digital rights management"). This further alienated the few potential readers left. The o... ...ia behemoths. It is treated as a medium for cross promotion, supply chain management, and customer relations management. It offers only some minor s... ...r overhead by outsourcing the functions of distribution and relationships management. The existence of central "relationship ledgers" yields synergie... ...n, marketing, distribution and maintenance. 3. The Money Where is the capital needed to finance content likely to come from? Again, there are t... ...t) reach a critical mass - the business sector is alerted. In the name of capitalist ideology (another religion, really) it demands "privatization" o... ...Jamaica provides a beautiful and warm climate, literally, for us to build long-term partnerships and to invite our publishing and content clients to ... ...only "license" them. As a result, libraries aren't assured that they have long-term access rights to these journals, they have diminished rights to ... ...were one. More serious, feasible solutions are emerging to the problem of long-term preservation of digital content. More journals and special initi...
...l be hard for me to love him." (p. 5) Agent-Principal Problem In the catechism of capitalism, shares represent the part- ownership of an economic e... ...lders meet once a year to vent and disperse. Boards of directors are appointed by management - as are auditors. Shareholders are not represented i... ...shares reify the expectation to find future buyers at a higher price and thus incur capital gains. In the Ponzi scheme known as the stock exchange, ... ...are allowed by shareholders to loot the company providing they generate consistent capital gains to their masters by provoking persistent interest ... ...its forms, has failed. The notion that we can safely and successfully hand over the management of our daily lives and the setting of priorities to a... ...wyers, bankers, insurers, and so on - self- regulation was premised on the belief in long-term self- preservation. Rational economic players and moral... ...ry. In the long run, the real inheritors and proprietors of the Middle East are its long-term inhabitants, the Arabs. A strong army is not a guarant... .... If a firm improves itself, re-engineers its production processes, introduces new management techniques, modernizes - in order to fight the compe... ...ponsibility for or share in their generation and has no possibility to effect their long-term preservation. Money, on the other hand, is generated o...
...ely? This would be a deeply flawed – and even dangerous – "advice". Various management gurus purport to teach us how to harness this force of nature... ...arcissism conforms to masculine social mores and to the prevailing ethos of capitalism. Ambition, achievements, hierarchy, ruthlessness, drive – are... ...ons meet these requirements: teaching, the clergy, show business, corporate management, the medical professions, the military, law enforcement agen... ...piring careers, in the long-run, all of them find it difficult to maintain long-term professional achievements and the respect and appreciation of ... ...ypt, Norway, Latin America, and Britain. At the end of the 1930's, liberal capitalism, communism, and fascism (and its mutations) were locked in mo... ...ogies. Hitler's mistake was to delusionally believe in the affinity between capitalism and Nazism - an affinity enhanced, to his mind, by Germany's ... ...ons. 1988 to 1990 Co-founder and Director of "Mikbats-Tesuah", a portfolio management firm based in Tel-Aviv. Activities included large-scale portfo...
...can be further advanced using Adaptive Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. Strategic Management is defined as a system of action programs which form sustainabl... ... team of the IAMSR institute has developed a support system for strategic management, called the Woodstrat, in two major Finnish forest industry cor... ...system is modular and is built around the actual business logic strategic management in the two corporations, i.e. the main modules cover the market ... ...ates. PROD MP PROF CP INV FIN SCA STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMS CAPITAL STRUCTURE FINANCING COUNTRIES, MARKETS, SEGMENTS SWOT-FACTO... ...ends on the desired or advisable level of detail, complexity and intended long-term analysis of the system. Shorter B-Times usually need more detail...
...not be urged of the death penalty or even punishment for life, or for very long-term sentences. In these cases there is neither inducement to reform n... ...NT AL PUNISHMENT AL PUNISHMENT AL PUNISHMENT AL PUNISHMENT THE QUESTION of capital punishment has been the subject of endless discussion and will prob... ...ment. Some states have abolished and then reinstated it; some have enjoyed capital punish- ment for long periods of time and finally prohibited the us... ... another emotion and passed another law. In the main, the controversy over capital punishment has 99 been one between emotional and unemotional peopl... ...always be the case. At present no penal institutions have the equipment or management to provide against such shortcomings. They never can have it whi...
...yes. These all relate to human interactions with the natural environment, which is most commonly considered under the rubric of natural resource management (NRM). The effect of speed of a disaster is, in public parlance, often illustrated by the metaphor of the ‘boiled frog’ – different human responses arise from whether a disaster is perceived to be of slow or rapi...
...sters 22 Chapter 2 –Components of Disasters and NRM 27 Economic Analysis – Five Forms of Capital 27 The Significance of Context 31 Ecosystems Functional Analysis 35 A Note on Statistics 39 Chapter ...