super-regionals and quasi-money center institutions as well as several firms outside the U.S. The information obtained covered both the philosophy and practice of financial risk management. This paper outlines the results of this investigation. It reports the state of risk management techniques in the
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Video Game Industry Copyright © 2004-05, RocSearch Ltd. Table of Contents 1. Market Size .................................................................................... 3 2. Market Statistics ............................................................................ 4 3. Competition ................................................................................... 6 4. Market Trends ............................................................................... 7 5. Driving Forces
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Challenges Facing Maritime Education and Research in a Changing Environment: Implications for ITMMA Author(s): T. Notteboom and Van Laeken, F. This chapter has been included in the book: Ports are more than piers, Antwerp: De Lloyd This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that, in a modified form, has been accepted for publication or has already been published. For the convenience of the visitors of this site, an early version of the manuscript is provided
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Energy Economics 40 (2013) 32–39 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Energy Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/eneco A model of competition in the solar panel industry Unni Pillai a,⁎, Jamison McLaughlin b a b College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany, SUNY, 257-Fuller Road, Albany, NY-12203, USA Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t We develop a model of competition in the
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growth since 2000 has been almost twice as large as that of the next three biggest emerging economies (India, Brazil and Russia) combined. Some even refer to China as the mother of emerging markets and transition economies. China joined the World Trade Organization towards the end of 2001. It has also been experiencing a long period of steady economic growth and was chosen to host the 2008 Olympic Games. Although there is still a huge gap between China and developed countries in the development
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Unit 5: Business Accounting Unit code: M/502/5415 QCF Level 3: BTEC National Credit value: 10 Guided learning hours: 60 Aim and purpose The aim of this unit is to enable learners to understand the purpose of accounting, and the associated processes and its role in the managing of a business. Learners will develop the skills and knowledge needed to understand financial information. Unit introduction Understanding how a business operates and what makes it successful
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Abstract This study aims to investigate whether using futures contracts will reduce the Jordanian imported petroleum price risk and decrease the Jordanian petroleum purchases invoice. To achieve the objectives of this study, ten years-hedge simulation conducted on the real imported quantities to generate assumed comparable cases for the unhedged and hedged costs of the Jordanian monthly purchases. The study sample consisted of Jordanian monthly imported quantities of crude oil during
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Facing Apple Interest Rate Risk Apple Inc. faces many risks as both an investor and issuer. According to Apple’s most recent annual report (filed 10/26/11 for the period ending on 09/24/11), they are susceptible to global instabilities such as economic conditions, policies, laws, regulations, and natural disasters. Two significant risks posed by international trade and investment are
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In the run-up to complete deregulation, there are instances of increase in the domestic price of POL products that are proportionately more than the rise in their international prices. In the most recent instance (of 13th September, 2012), the diesel price was raised by Rs.5 per litre at one go, even without any rise in international prices. These steps are being taken to eliminate the government subsidy on these products in a step-by-step manner. Deregulation of the POL sector is bound to eliminate
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ESSENTIALS of Financial Risk Management Karen A. Horcher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ESSENTIALS of Financial Risk Management Essentials Series The Essentials Series was created for busy business advisory and corporate professionals. The books in this series were designed so that these busy professionals can quickly acquire knowledge and skills in core business areas. Each book provides need-to-have fundamentals for those professionals who must: Get up to speed quickly, because they
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