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From Cash To Accrual Budgeting And Accounting In The Public Sector: The Dutch Experience

November 29, 2007 12:00am PST

Traditionally, governments used to deploy input-based budgeting systems and cash-based accounting systems. However, these systems do not provide the information that is necessary for a government...

Provided by: Munich Personal Repec Archive

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Pension Liability Valuation And Asset Allocation In The Presence Of Funding Risk

November 29, 2007 12:00am PST

The current practice of valuing pension liabilities using discount rates that do not reflect the risk inherent in the pension promise has no foundation in financial economics. The authors propose...

Provided by: Tilburg University

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The Economic Value Of Predicting Correlation For Asset Allocation

November 29, 2007 12:00am PST

While there is an extensive literature on modeling the time-varying correlation between risky assets, the economic value of predicting correlation has not yet been explored. This is particularly...

Provided by: University of Cologne

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Business Planning - Plan Your Exit Strategy Before You Start

November 29, 2007 12:00am PST

Starting a business is fun. It's a world of learning and discovery as you try to build something brand new from scratch and make it on your own two feet. Many people are so caught up in building...

Provided by: Bytestart

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Is A Roth IRA Right For You?

November 29, 2007 12:00am PST

When it comes to retirement savings, the Roth IRA offers unique retirement-savings benefits. First introduced in 1998, it provides no tax deduction for contributions, but your investments can grow...

Provided by: Charles Schwab

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IT Asset Management: A Cornerstone for Accelerating ITIL Success

November 29, 2007 12:00am PST

ITAM is crucial to the service life cycle that is now described as part of ITIL Version 3 Service Asset and Configuration Management. When an IT organization knows what infrastructure they have...

Provided by: CA

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SUPERNOVA 2.0.0.30 (Windows)

November 29, 2007 12:00am PST

It is your job as a starship pilot to destroy octahedral crystals that are causing the supernova of the sun. As you travel to your destinations, you will receive resistance from those in the...

Provided by: Custom Dataware

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Vista SP1 release candidate coming next week

November 28, 2007 11:58pm PST

Sources close to Microsoft say that Microsoft is looking to release the first Release Candidate (RC) of Vista SP1 in the first week of December.

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Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009

November 28, 2007 8:28am PST

CIO Jury: "It could be a long wait"…

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Guide To Goal Setting - Transforming resolutions into results comes with being realistic

November 28, 2007 12:00am PST

If you want action, you need an action plan. Goal setting is the best way to transform lofty resolutions into bottom-line results. Research shows that when entrepreneurs set measurable goals for...

Provided by: Entrepreneur Media

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T-Minus: Countdown Clock 5 (Windows)

November 28, 2007 12:00am PST

T-Minus is a target date planning tool with many features. There is a running countdown that also appears as an icon when T-Minus is minimized. Format it to countdown in years, days, hours,...

Provided by: Marco Software

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What Do Dividends Really Say? Reconciling Old Theory And Recent Evidence

November 27, 2007 12:00am PST

Unlike an important series of recent papers, the authors find that dividends carry an important message about future earnings. As in previous research, they find that dividend changes are better...

Provided by: University of Zurich

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Managing Virtual Project Teams: Getting the Team Off on the Right Foot

November 27, 2007 12:00am PST

Getting the team off to a good start can be a challenge. By involving the entire team in the planning phase and delegating decision-making authority, team members gain a sense of ownership that...

Provided by: ameelo.com

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Planning 2.0 - Towards User-Generated Creativity

November 27, 2007 12:00am PST

At the heart of the argument is the emergence of "The Consumer Incorporated". User-generated content changed the very bases of economics. "Radical trust" and "Authenticity" have become the new...

Provided by: iMedia Communications

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4 Tips On How To Achieve Goals

November 27, 2007 12:00am PST

Most people who have difficulty with goal setting fail as they have not clearly defined them. Nor have they ever really considered them as believable or achievable. Achievers will tell you where...

Provided by: Articlesisland.com

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Pre-Testing Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Plans: The Network Simulation Solution

November 27, 2007 12:00am PST

Effective IT Disaster Recovery (DR) and business continuity planning is essential for every business. All businesses depend on their IT services for moment-to-moment operations. So they must all...

Provided by: Shunra Software

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Building planning and control using Ms-Project 1 (Windows)

November 27, 2007 12:00am PST

This e-book is designed to engineers, architect and technician involved with civil construction. It presents main resources of MS-Project 2003 applied to civil works planning and management. It...

Provided by: Rosaldo J. E. Nocra

Discussion Threads

Major upgrade planned for Windows Live Messenger

November 26, 2007 9:57pm PST

Major upgrade planned for Windows Live Messenger article root Major upgrade planned for Windows Live Messenger Any comments on your IM of choice? Meh Pidgin is a much better client IMO - John...

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Major upgrade planned for Windows Live Messenger

November 26, 2007 9:55pm PST

A major upgrade to Windows Live Messenger is in the works. Version 9.0 of the increasingly popular instant messaging application is scheduled for public release end-next year or early 2009, and...

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Asset Allocation With Value-Growth Tilts And Predictability

November 26, 2007 12:00am PST

In a study of optimal asset allocation, the author tests the significance to investor welfare of adding additional assets to the portfolio choice set and conditioning on predictor variables....

Provided by: University of British Columbia