large ones on aggregate terms, while commercial and savings banks perform better on their respective traditional markets. Finally, I find increasing discrepancies between riskneutral and actual default probabilities since June 2007 and discuss their possible sources. Keywords: Credit risk, Probability of default, Asset Pricing, Mean-Variance allocation, Stochastic Discount Factor, Value at Risk. JEL: G21, G12, G11, C32, D81, G28. This paper is the sole responsibility of its author. The views represented
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error rate (BER) requirement. Index Terms—Hybrid ARQ, partial retransmission, LDPC codes, OFDM, LTE, joint detection. I. I NTRODUCTION VER the past decade, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems have been attraction for the research community due to its potential ability to achieve system capacity and channel diversity. LTE (4G) [1] and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) [2] systems have adopted orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technology
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MARKETING COURSE Articles Books & Chapters Cases Course Modules Online Courses Simulations 2012 MATERIALS Harvard Business Publishing serves the finest learning institutions worldwide with a comprehensive catalog of case studies, journal articles, books, and eLearning programs, including online courses and simulations. In addition to material from Harvard Business School and Harvard Business Review, we also offer course material from these renowned institutions and
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GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE Briefing 2012-13 Edition Introduction to the competition You are about to start a unique experience. You are now part of a management team for a company that operates in the global market. Your team is going to manage a company in a competitive market and you will develop key skills in the following areas: • • • • Strategic Management Decision Making Teamwork Leadership Briefing Global Management Challenge (to go to next or previous slide use your
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expansion of the PMBOK Guide's risk management knowledge area to include a wider perspective of incomplete knowledge. The PMBOK Guide deals with uncertainty through the traditional use of probability theory, however the underpinning assumptions of probability theory do not always apply in practice. Furthermore, probability-based risk management theory does not explain important aspects of observed project management practice. This paper discusses an expanded framework of incomplete knowledge, including:
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The obstacle of water quality management is large scale and plenty of factors, including population growth and density, land use in each pattern and practice of urbanization, agriculture, aquaculture and industry comprehensive all activity in water supply system (UNICEF WHO, 2008). The unpredictability in the water quality management is physical characteristics and phenomena change of nature. These are impact from geological attribute for example drainage pattern, land slope and soil property, hydrodynamic
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Principles of Marketing Simulation NewShoes Willbann T. Terpening, Gonzaga University James G. Helgeson, Gonzaga University Michael L. Ursic, Gonzaga University Charlottesville, Virginia, USA COPYRIGHT NOTICE This manual and the simulation described in it are copyrighted with all rights reserved by Interpretive Software, Inc. Under the copyright laws, neither this manual nor the simulation may be copied, in whole or in part, without written consent of the authors, except in the normal
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Product Lifecycle: Business analysis that attempts to identify a set of common stages in the life of commercial products Portfolio Analysis: Process of comparing the contents of the portfolio to see which products or services are the most promising and deserve further investment, and which should be discontinued BCG: * Model for managing product lines. * It displays the various products on a graph based on market growth rate vs. market share relative to its main competitor. *
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near shore plant only when inventory is below a target. The constant base allocation allows the offshore facility to focus on cost efficiency while the nearshore’s quick response capability is utilized only dynamically to guarantee high service. The research goals are to i) determine the allocation of random demand into base and surge capacity, ii) estimate corresponding working capital requirements, and iii) identify and value the key drivers of dual sourcing. Given that even this simple TBS policy
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Cycle s a nd Life Historie s Chapter Credits This Sim UText chapter was dev eloped by a team including: Lead Author: Simon Bird Authors: W. John Roach, Ellie Steinberg, Eli Meir Reviewer: Susan Maruca Graphics: Brad Beesley, Jennifer Wallner Simulations: Susan Maruca Programming: Derek Stal, Steve Allison-Bunnell, Jen Jacaruso Outside Reviewer: James Danoff-Burg (Columbia University) Thanks to all the students and instructors who helped test prototy pes of this chapter. For m ore inform ation,
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