...information isolated with departments. Information needs to be cross-functional and readily accessible. Multiple information sources need to be merged into police analytical systems. Lack of information sharing can prevent effective data-analysis and hinder investigations. Keywords: CompStat, Predictive Policing, Information Systems, ISIT, networking, infrastructure, data analysis, crime prevention, criminal justice Compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrol of the streets. To effectively compare and contrast the application of Information Technology (IT) in optimizing police departments’ performance related to crime reduction versus random street patrols, it is important to understand what information technology police have available. ‘Predictive Policing’ refers to “any policing strategy or tactic that develops and uses information and advanced analysis to inform forward-thinking crime prevention” (Morgan, Predictive Policing Symposium: The Future of Prediction in Criminal Justice, 2009). Predictive policing focuses on: (1) integrating information and operations, (2) seeing the big picture, (3) cutting-edge analysis and technology, (4) linkage to performance and (5) the...
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...Digital gaming is hot, and financial rewards, for the company that can conquer this market, are vast. Currently, Zynga is considered by many to have “, won the gaming race…with its roughly 230 million monthly players,” and is poised for an “, initial public offering valuation that could reach 20 billion.” Meanwhile, the cash continues to pour in, but investors worry about the source of those funds which is limited to a minute percentage of players, purported to be less”, than 10 percent.” of those actually playing. An analysis of this industry’s components using Porter’s Six Forces sheds light on the likelihood of Zynga’s continued success following what is “, sure to be a blockbuster initial public offering.” Threat of Entry: Threat of entry in this industry is huge, largely due the low cost to developers and the huge interest from venture capital firms. Tech startups have but to look and the funding availability is nearly limitless as “Firms such as Union Square Ventures, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and XG Ventures are devoting an increasing amount of time and money to financing wireless apps.” And it’s not just start-ups looking to get in on the action “, Yahoo wants to be the company that brings apps to the wider world,” with the revenues being realized; there is increasing interest from the well established companies to get involved with the research and development of social gaming apps. At present the “,torrid growth has attracted money…,Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield &Byers…...
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...ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE EN3220 Written Analysis Onsite Course GRADED ASSIGNMENTS Table of Contents Graded Assignments 4 Unit 1 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 4 Unit 1 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 6 Unit 1 Journal 2: Civic Narrative 9 Unit 1 Journal 2: Civic Narrative Handout 11 Unit 1 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 12 Unit 2 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 13 Unit 2 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 15 Unit 2 Journal 2: Civic Narrative 19 Unit 2 Journal 2: Civic Narrative Handout 20 Unit 2 Journal 3: Article Response 22 Unit 2 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 23 Unit 2 Assignment 2: Declaration of Independence and Public Safety 25 Unit 3 Journal 1: Car Commercials 26 Unit 3 Journal 2: Personal Narrative 27 Unit 3 Journal 2: Personal Narrative Handout 28 Unit 3 Journal 3: Civic Narrative 31 Unit 3 Journal 3: Civic Narrative Handout 32 Unit 3 Journal 4: Taste vs. Judgment 34 Unit 3 Presentation 1: What Would You Do? 35 Unit 3 Assignment 1: Habits That Hinder Thinking 36 Unit 4 Journal 1: Invention Exercise 37 Unit 4 Journal 1: SWOT Analysis Template 38 Unit 4 Journal 2: Personal Narrative 39 Unit 4 Journal 2: Personal Narrative Handout 41 Unit 4 Journal 3: Civic Narrative 43 Unit 4 Journal 3: Civic Narrative Handout 44 Unit 4 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 46 Unit 4 Assignment 2: Invention White Paper 47 Unit 5 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 48 Unit 5 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 49 Unit...
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...July 27 GMCR LONG-TERM GROWTH PROSPECTS Black Puma Research BLACKPUMAFUND@GMAIL.COM GMCR Long-term Growth Prospects MEMBER USE ONLY GMCR LONG-TERM GROWTH PROSPECTS COMPANY OVERVIEW Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (Nasdaq:GMCR), formerly Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., is a specialty coffee and coffeemaker businesses in the United States and Canada. The Company sells Keurig Single Cup Brewers and Arabica bean coffees, including Fair Trade Certified, certified organic, flavored, limited edition and blends offered in K-Cup and Vue packs (single serve packs) for use with its Keurig Single Cup Brewers. The Company also offers traditional whole bean and ground coffee in other package types including bags, fractional packages and cans. In addition, the Company produces and sells other specialty beverages in portion packs including hot apple cider, hot and iced teas, iced coffees, iced fruit brews, hot cocoa and other dairy-based beverages. The Company distributes its products in two channels: at-home (AH) and away-fromhome (AFH). Currently, GMCR has 13% penetration in at-home coffee brewer of the US market. Furthermore, it sells its products to retailers, including supermarkets, department stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, and convenience stores, restaurants, hospitality accounts, office coffee distributors, and partner brand owners, as well as to consumers through its Website. THE CONTINUATION OF GROWTH STORY KEURIG 2.0 RELEASE The new machine...
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...31 STEVE JOBS AND APPLE, INC. Todd A. Finkle, Gonzaga University Michael L. Mallin, The University of Toledo CASE DESCRIPTION The primary issues in this case involve business startup and management, and are appropriate for entrepreneurship and management courses. A secondary issue demonstrates how personal drive and motivation are critical components of successfully managing and growing a business, thereby making this case appropriate for discussion on the topic of strategic management. The case chronicles the life and passion of entrepreneur, Steve Jobs – illustrating the rise, fall, and current state of the Apple Computer Company. The case has a difficulty level 2 and is designed to be covered within one (75 minute) class period. The required preparation time is about 2 hours. It is appropriate for small business, entrepreneurship, or management classes. The purpose of this case is to illustrate to students how individual passion, determination, and innovation is a critical element in business start up success and also to stimulate critical thinking in terms of future direction for a company in a struggling economy. CASE SYNOPSIS The Apple Computer Company is arguably one of the most innovative technology companies to emerge in the last three decades. Apple, Inc. is responsible for bringing to market such products as the Macintosh computer and laptop, iPod and iTunes, and most recently, the iPhone. The success of the company can be traced primarily to a...
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...Law Enforcement Technology Needs Assessment Law Enforcement Technology Needs Assessment: Future Technologies to Address the Operational Needs of Law Enforcement In partnership with the Lockheed Martin Corporation By Christopher S. Koper, Bruce G. Taylor, and Bruce E. Kubu With contributions by Eugene Glover, John Anderson, Paul Snabel, Chuck Wexler, Rachael Bambery, Nathan Ballard, Anthony Bellero, David Prothero, Willie Marsh, Mike Schroeder, Mike Taylor, Greg Maultsby, Donnie Gilley and Dave Kier Police Executive Research Forum 1120 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 930 Washington, D.C. 20036 Jan 16, 2009 Report Outline Section Executive Summary Chapter 1: Overview / Introduction Chapter 2: Technology and Law Enforcement: An Overview of Applications, Impacts, and Needs Chapter 3: The PERF Technology Needs Assessment Survey Chapter 4: The PERF-Lockheed Martin Law Enforcement Future Technologies Workshop Chapter 5: Conclusions and Next Steps Pages 3-9 10-11 12-32 33-47 48-64 65-73 Appendix A: References Appendix B: The PERF Technology Needs Assessment Survey Appendix C: Survey Technology Term Definitions Appendix D: Responding Agencies (PERF Survey) Appendix E: Supplementary Survey Tables Appendix F: List of Workshop Attendees 74-79 80-91 92-98 99-102 103-124 125-127 2 Technology and Law Enforcement: Future Technologies to Address the Operational Needs of Law Enforcement EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background The effects of technology can be seen...
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...Budżet Kluczowe kwoty w milionach euro | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013* | 2014 | Dochody | 60,477 | 68,821 | 76,848 | 76,059 | 80,401 | Nakłady inwestycyjne | 3,263 | 3,692 | 5,240 | 6,711 | 6,100 | Cash flow | 8,149 | 8,110 | 9,167 | 9,964 | 9,423 | Deprecjacja i amortyzacja | 3,682 | 3,646 | 3,541 | 3,741 | 4,170 | Kapitał | 23,930 | 27,103 | 30,606 | 35,800 | 37,438 | Suma bilansu | 110,164 | 123,429 | 131,835 | 138,377 | 155,709 | Aktywa trwałe | 67,013 | 74,425 | 81,305 | 86,193 | 97,969 | Rezerwy i zobowiązania długoterminowe | 46,100 | 49,113 | 52,834 | 51,620 | 58,155 | Zysk przed opodatkowaniem | 4,853 | 7,383 | 7,803 | 7,893 | 8,707 | Podatki dochodowe | 1,610 | 2,476 | 2,692 | 2,564 | 2,890 | Zysk/strata za rok | 3,243 | 4,907 | 5,111 | 5,329 | 5,817 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kluczowe kwoty w procentach | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013* | 2014 | Nakłady inwestycyjne jako procent przychodów | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 7,6 | Cash Flow jako procent wydatków inwestycyjnych w segmenty samochodowe | 249.7 | 219.7 | 174.9 | 148.5 | 154,5 | Dochody ze sprzedaży przed opodatkowaniem | 8.0 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.8 | Wskaźnik kapitału własnego | 21.7 | 22 | 23.2 | 25.7 | 24.0 | Segment samochodowy | 40.9 | 41.1 | 41.0 | 42.2 | 39.1 | Segment usług finansowych | 7.1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 8.8 | Kapitał własny jako procenta aktywów trwałych | 35.7 | 36.4 | 37.6 | 41.3 | 38.2 | Rezerwy i zobowiązania długoterminowe jako procent...
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...THE MARKET WIZARDS CONVERSATIONS WITH AMERICA'S TOP TRADERS JACK D. SCHWAGER HarperBusiness You've got to learn how to fall, before you learn to fly. —Paul Simon One man's ceiling is another man's floor. —Paul Simon If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from men who had never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding and do as they have done. —Joseph Marshall Wade (as quoted in a Treasury of Wall Street Wisdom edited by Harry D. Schultz and Samson Coslow) 2 Contents Preface...................................................................................................................................................4 Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................5 Prologue ................................................................................................................................................6 My Own Story ......................................................................................................................................7 Part I-Futures and Currencies ...........................................................................................................9 Taking the Mystery Out of Futures.................................
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...Buffalo Bills | Promotional Plan for Buffalo Bills | CAP 305, Section 2, 2011 Fall Semester | | Trevor Ames | 11/9/2011 | Table of Contents Executive Summary: 3 Introduction 3 Organizational Information / State of the Team 3 Competition / Climate 4 Product / Target Market 4 Objectives 5 Promotional Component Brief 5 Conclusion 5 The Organization: 6 Organizational History/Background 6 Organizational Goals 8 Current Programs, Activities, Accomplishments 8 Organizational Chart 9 Situational Analysis: 11 Current Customers 11 Competition 12 Climate 12 SWOT Analysis 12 Promotional Targeting and Objectives: 12 Product 12 Target Market Profile 12 Objectives 12 Objective One 12 Objective Two 12 Objective Three 12 Promotions: 12 Overall Concept 12 First Promotion 12 Second Promotion 12 Third Promotion 12 Works Cited 12 Executive Summary: Introduction The point of this promotional plan is to create awareness about the Buffalo Bills. The team has been so bad for so long and the fans as well as the team is getting restless about it. This year the team has had a lot of success and are contenders in their division for the first time in many years. The team needs to foster this positive energy and gain support for the team. In order for this to happen the team needs to have a good promotional strategy that will gain awareness for the team to have a larger fan base. Organizational Information / State of the Team The...
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...behind the wheel. Is the same thing true when it comes to making investment decisions? You will probably not be surprised when we say that human beings sometimes make errors in judgment. How these errors, and other aspects of human behaviour, affect investors and asset prices falls under the general heading of “behavioural finance.” In the first part of this chapter, our goal is to acquaint you with some common types of mistakes investors make and their financial implications. As you will see, researchers have identified a wide variety of potentially damaging behaviours. In the second part of the chapter, we describe a trading strategy known as “technical analysis.” Some investors use technical analysis as a tool to try to exploit patterns in prices. These patterns are thought to exist (by advocates of technical analysis) because of predictable behaviour by investors. Chapter 9 Behavioural Finance and the Psychology of Investing 273 9.1 Introduction to Behavioural Finance Sooner or later, you are going to make an investment decision that winds up costing you a lot of money. Why is this going to happen? You already know the answer. Sometimes you make sound decisions, but you just get unlucky when something happens that you could not have reasonably anticipated. At other times (and painful to admit) you just make a bad decision, one that could have (and should have) been...
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...market have highlighted the fact that there are risks involved with investing money and that finding the right investment strategy is a crucial step in investing. Investors today have more investment options than were available to the average investor just a few decades ago. While having multiple options is usually a good thing, too many options can cause confusion and system overload and lead many people to avoid making decisions about their investment strategies. Most strategies used to invest in the share market fall into three general categories including technical analysis, fundamental analysis, or a buy-and-hold strategy. The fundamental analysis approach is primarily concerned with value; it examines factors that determine a company's expected future earnings and dividends as well as the continued dependability of those earnings and dividends (McDonald 2007, 100). The investor who uses technical analysis attempts to predict the future price of a stock or the future direction of the market based on past price and trading volume changes (Subramaniam 2010, 46). The buy-and-hold approach is the benchmark against which any other approaches to market investing should be measured. This strategy provides the...
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...that can lead to market beating portfolio or not. * All the testing has been done using the Bloomberg terminal. LIMITATIONS * There are many lead, hybrid and lag indicators available in the market however not every single one can be tested. * The testing only targets the NSE that is typically Indian market, hence the results may be non-inferential for international markets. * The matrix used in fundamental factor back testing only tests out few combinations and only takes into consideration a few fundamental indicators. Hence it is limited by the scope of the study that is to just determine that can there be successful portfolio built using simple indicators or not. AN INTRODUCTION ON TECHNICAL ANALYSIS In finance, technical analysis is a security...
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...101 Option Trading Secrets Also by Kenneth R. Trester The Complete Option Player The Option Player’s Advanced Guidebook Secrets to Stock Option Success 101 Option Trading Secrets K E N N E T H R. TRESTER Institute for Options Research, Inc. Lake Tahoe, Nevada Copyright © Kenneth R. Trester 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. From a Declaration of Principles jointly adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers. We advise all readers that it should not be assumed that present or future recommendations will be profitable or equal the performance of previous recommendations. The reader should recognize that risk is involved in any option or security investment, and they should not assume that any formula, method, chart, theory or philosophy will result in profitable results or equal past performances. This...
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...Sample Final Exam Name:___________________________________________ 1. Which of the following are advantages of owning bonds? I. diversification properties II. higher long-term returns than equity holdings III. current income IV. relatively low risk A. I and II only B. I, III and IV only C. I, II and III only D. I, II, III and IV 2. The bond market is considered bearish when A. market interest rates are low or falling. B. market interest rates are high or rising. C. the risk-free rate of return exceeds the required rate of return. D. more bonds are called than issued over a given period of time. 3. The Franklin Company issued a 6% bond three years ago at par value. The market interest rate on comparable bonds today is 5%. The Franklin Company bond currently pays ____ a year in interest and the bond sells at a _____. A. $60; discount B. $60; premium C. $50; discount D. $50; premium 4. At the time you purchase a bond, you know the exact holding period return you will earn if A. the bond is called at any time prior to maturity. B. you resell the bond in exactly one year from the date of purchase. C. the market rate of interest declines within the next year. D. you hold the bond to maturity. 5. Which one of the following combination of features causes bond prices to be the most volatile? A. low coupon, short maturity B. high coupon, short maturity C. low coupon, long maturity D. high coupon, long maturity 6. Which of the following...
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...Tony Loton STOP ORDERS A practical guide to using stop orders for traders and investors Hh Stop Orders A practical guide to using stop orders for traders and investors by Tony Loton HARRIMAN HOUSE LTD 3A Penns Road Petersfield Hampshire GU32 2EW GREAT BRITAIN Tel: +44 (0)1730 233870 Fax: +44 (0)1730 233880 Email: enquiries@harriman-house.com Website: www.harriman-house.com First edition published in Great Britain in 2009 by Harriman House. Copyright © Harriman House Ltd The right of Tony Loton to be identified as the author has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. 978-1-906659-28-8 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book can be obtained from the British Library. All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publisher. This book may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published without the prior written consent of the Publisher. Printed in the UK by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person or corporate body acting or refraining to act as a result of reading material in this book can be accepted by the Publisher, by the Author, or by the employer...
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