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Managed Print Services and Beyond: How You Can Cut Costs and Go Green While Increasing Employee Productivity
Oct 2009
Did you know that print costs typically consume 3% of total revenue for businesses today? For many organizations, this is nearly equivalent to the amount spent on research and development each...
Provided by Ricoh
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White Papers
A comparison of IBM® WebSphere® Application Server and JBoss by RedHat
Oct 2009
Succeeding in today's economy not only means utilizing technology to create intelligent, instrumented and interconnected solutions, but leveraging technology to optimize costs and do more with...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
What's Your Active Directory Environment Up To?
May 2011
Pretty sure you've got a day in the life of your Active Directory (AD) environment figured out? Think again - AD does a lot more than just log on and authenticating users. Wouldn't you like to...
Provided by Quest Software
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White Papers
Do More with Less: Merging Enterprise Applications with Desktop Tools
Jun 2009
Find out what Aberdeen Group has to say about tools for business users. This report examines key trends for enterprises seeking to improve end user productivity, including the integration of...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Get the facts about credit card security and PCI compliance
Jul 2009
There's no way around it. No matter what size your business is or what industry you work in, if you accept credit cards, you must adhere to the safeguards mandated by the Payment Card Industry...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Customer Video: Siemens
Aug 2009
Siemens is one of the largest technology companies with six major business divisions. They chose DB2 and SAP for scalability, performance, increased savings, and lower TCO.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The How and Why of PCI
Aug 2009
Companies that offer online credit card transactions must understand and follow Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards, particularly the Data Security Standard (DSS). This standard includes...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Decide to Survive: Four Imperatives that Make Better Decision Management Essential in Uncertain Times
Sep 2009
Entering a global recession, companies must respond to increasingly complex markets, changing threats, and fleeting opportunities. They must show compliance with a growing regulatory burden and...
Provided by FICO
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Tools & Templates
Green IT Impact Calculator
Sep 2009
Quantify the Impact of Green IT Virtualization Investments. Welcome to the Green IT Impact Calculator. This worksheet enables you to estimate the impact of virtualization investments to drive...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Too Much Savings?: 9 Ways To Expand Influence, Drive Savings, And Secure Your Procurement Position
Sep 2009
There are 2 ways to improve earnings: increase revenue or reduce costs. With the poor economy, most organizations are facing a decrease in revenue. That means that companies will do what is needed...
Provided by K2 Sourcing
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White Papers
Voorhees College
Jan 2009
Voorhees College was paying a high price and receiving minimal value before it replaced its traditional telephone system and Centrex system with UNIVERGE Sphericall IP solution from NEC Sphere...
Provided by NEC
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White Papers
eBook: Working smarter and optimizing costs with SOA
Jun 2009
In down economies, many organizations make short-term decisions like cutting costs and postponing projects. But the real opportunity lies in optimizing costs. This eBook describes how applying the...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment
Oct 2009
This document explains how BeyondTrust PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) by limiting and tracking authorization to execute commands and programs that...
Provided by BeyondTrust
-
White Papers
What Interest Rate Will You Pay On Your Loan?
Feb 2009
If you've decided to buy a home or refinance your mortgage, you may be puzzled by the different interest rates you've seen advertised for home loans. You're not alone: Many home buyers and...
Provided by LendingTree
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White Papers
Looking for a fast payback? 10 Minutes with Free Tool Can Save Thousands
Nov 2009
Spend 10 minutes with free JDE ROI Tool and see how you can save thousands with a JD Edwards technology refresh. The tool lets you: identify strategic drivers conduct a brief benefits analysis...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Spend 3 minutes with free EBS ROI Tool - and Save Thousands
Nov 2009
This free, interactive tool can quantify the benefits of an upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on IBM hardware. Quickly show your CFO how an upgrade can: Lower cost of ownership Deliver...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Requirements Engineering for the Automotive Industry
Jun 2009
Due to the poor economic climate, the issues facing the automotive industry permeate the daily lives of industry professionals and consumers alike. Headlines in daily newspapers warn of increasing...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
BMC Software: Integrating and Automating Composite Applications
Nov 2008
Batch Application Integration allows you to process critical transactions, such as payment authorizations, in real-time, and cue fulfillment (such as packaging and shipping) or other lower...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
Nucleus Research ROI Case Study: IBM Cognos TM1 and Envision Credit Union
Dec 2008
Learn how Envision Credit Union was able to improve productivity, reduce labor costs, and increase the amount of cash available for overnight investments with IBM Cognos TMI.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Asian companies seek information on market changes and competitive moves
Jan 2010
The economic downturn may be loosening its grip on Asia/Pacific economies. But with recovery comes fierce competition, as companies around the world rush to emerging markets to supplement delayed...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Three Steps To Sustainable And Scalable Change
Apr 2009
Creating sustainable and scalable improvements to a company's cost structure involves three key actions: choosing the right business model, determining how decisions will be made, and mobilizing...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
2010 Industry Outlook State Government: A Look Ahead
Dec 2009
It's no surprise that the acuity of a continuing revenue shortfall is the biggest issue facing state governments in 2010. Although the U.S. economy in general has begun its slow, arduous recovery...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
2010 Perspective On Efficiency & Cost Management
Jan 2010
The paradigm of productivity has changed, and that's one of the reasons unemployment has remained high, and the recovery will be prolonged for most companies. As recovery starts in full force,...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Virtualization-based Techniques for Enabling Multi-tenant Management Tools
Aug 2007
As service providers strive to improve the quality and efficiency of their IT (information technology) management services, the need to adopt a standard set of tools and processes becomes...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Enterprise Applications: The Cost of Keeping Current…Or Not
Mar 2010
The cost of keeping current is represented as both time and money. Much of the "money" side of the equation is typically sunk cost in terms of the cost of the software and services combined with...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
2005 Fuel Cell Industry Survey: A Survey of 2004 Financial Results of Public Fuel Cell Companies
Mar 2006
Published annually, this survey provides the industry and the public with a perspective on the financial performance and activities of publicly traded companies in the fuel cell sector. The PwC...
Provided by Leading Edge British Columbia
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Downloads
Balanced Scorecard Behaviors
Jun 2006
Dr. Robert Kaplan and Dr. David Norton developed the balanced scorecard as an approach to strategic management in the early 1990s. This method is not only about measurement, but also about the...
Provided by Business, The Ultimate Resource
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White Papers
Averting A Recession: Does A Tax Rebate work?
Mar 2008
The study demonstrated that the rebates caused an economically significant increase in household expenditure. The average household spent 20-40 percent of its rebate on nondurable goods during the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Driving E-Mobility: Economic Stimulus And Other Support Spur Development Of Alternative Vehicles
May 2010
This paper is an analysis by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) Global Manufacturing Industry group summarizing the government economic stimulus efforts and incentives around the world. The data and...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Beyond "Nice To Know": Getting Serious About Analytics To Drive Outcomes
Nov 2009
The ability to use quantitative data to shape decisions and outcomes has become a key source of competitive advantage over the past decade or so. With information technology practically...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Social Action Charter Is Money In The Bank
Jan 2007
Consumer confidence in banks and finance institutions, fairly low at the best of times, seems to have sunk even lower following several recent high-profile crises in the U.S. and the U.K. that are...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
More Risk Than Reward
Apr 2009
Financial market reform is a top-of-mind issue these days, as can be expected after a historic collapse in the global economy. It is particularly top of mind for average Americans whose retirement...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Recommended Play And Correlated Equilibria: An Experimental Study
Aug 2006
This paper reports a laboratory experiment wherein subjects play a hawk-dove game. The authors try to implement a correlated equilibrium with payoffs outside the convex hull of Nash equilibrium...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Euro Appreciation and Chinese Fear of Floating: Pressures from the NDF Market
Dec 2009
This paper examines financial market data to assess the likelihood of renminbi appreciation and its implications for Chinese financial markets, given the continuing strength of the Euro against...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
The Fragility Of Sensitivity Analysis: An Encompassing Perspective
Nov 2008
Robustness and fragility in Leamer's sense are defined with respect to a particular coefficient over a class of models. This paper shows that inclusion of the data generation process in that class...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
An Empirical Analysis Of Specialist Trading Behavior At The New York Stock Exchange
Sep 2006
The author establishes stylized empirical facts about the trading behavior of New York Stock Exchange specialists. Specifically, the author looks at the effect of future price movements, the...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
Assessing Structural VARs
Aug 2006
This paper analyzes the quality of VAR-based procedures for estimating the response of the economy to a shock. The authors focus on two key issues. First, do VAR-based confidence intervals...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
Mother, Can I trust The Government? Sustained Financial Deepening - A Political Institutions View
Sep 2010
Only a minority of countries have succeeded in establishing a developed financial system, despite widespread financial liberalization. Confronted with this finding, the "political institutions...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Data Dissemination Standards And The Statistical Quality Of The IMF?s World Economic Outlook Forecasts
Sep 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of IMF member countries participation in the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives (DSI) on the statistical quality of WEO forecasts. Results show that WEO forecasts for...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Effects Of The Global Crisis On Islamic And Conventional Banks: A Comparative Study
Sep 2010
This paper examines the performance of Islamic banks (IBs) and conventional banks (CBs) during the recent global crisis by looking at the impact of the crisis on profitability, credit and asset...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Government Bond Market Integration Within European Union
Sep 2007
This paper examines the extent of linkages among Euro and non-Euro government bond markets in the pre- and post-Euro introduction period. Multivariate cointegration analyses indicate absence of...
Provided by University of South Florida
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White Papers
Balancing Costs, Efficiency, and Patient Care: Analytics in an Era of Healthcare Reform
Jul 2011
Hospitals and healthcare systems need budgeting, planning, and forecasting solutions that rely on smart analytics to centralize planning assumptions, integrate fragmented data, streamline budget...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Does Technology Affect Network Structure? - A Quantitative Analysis Of Collaborative Research Projects In Two Specific EU Programmes
Nov 2006
The promotion of collaborative R&D through Framework Programmes is a top priority of European RTD policy. However, despite the considerable sums involved, surprisingly little is known about the...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
A Note On Fairness, Power, Property, And Behind The Veil
Nov 2006
An Axiomatization for Power and for Equity differ only in the addition of a Behind the Veil Axiom. In 1953 Lloyd Shapley proposed as a solution to an n-person game a combinatorial averaging of the...
Provided by Yale University
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White Papers
An Empirical Comparison Of Convertible Bond Valuation Models
Sep 2007
This paper empirically compares three convertible bond valuation models. The authors use an innovative approach where all model parameters are estimated by the Marquardt algorithm using a...
Provided by Simon Fraser University
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White Papers
A Framework Within Which To Reconcile Stated Intent And Actual Practice In China's 2005 Currency Regime Change
Dec 2006
After years of criticism for its undervalued currency and countless debates about whether a flexible or fixed rate regime would be preferable, China announced not only a revaluation of its...
Provided by California State University
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White Papers
How Much Of A Haircut? Options-Based Structural Modeling Of Defaulted Bond Recovery Rates
Oct 2006
The present paper characterizes the problem of estimating recoveries on defaulted debt in a real options optimal stopping framework that takes account of put-call parity conditions embedded within...
Provided by Drexel University
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White Papers
Systematic Liquidity In Corporate Bonds
Oct 2007
This paper studies systematic liquidity in the corporate bond market. The authors document a strong commonality in individual bond liquidity movements after controlling for bond specific liquidity...
Provided by Rice University
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White Papers
A Dissimilarity Index Of Multidimensional Inequality Of Opportunity
Nov 2010
A recent literature on inequality of opportunity offers quantitative tools for comparisons and measurement based on stochastic dominance criteria and traditional inequality indices. In this paper...
Provided by University of Oxford
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White Papers
Rent-Seeking Contests With Independent Private Values
Jun 2010
The authors consider symmetric rent-seeking contests with independent private valuations of the contest prize. For a two-parameter specification with continuous types, they fully characterize the...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Discrimination Between Deterministic Trend And Stochastic Trend Processes
Nov 2007
Most of economic and financial time series have a nonstationary behavior. There are different types of nonstationary processes, such as those with stochastic trend and those with deterministic...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Indirect Estimation Of Markov Switching Models With Endogenous Switching
May 2010
Markov Switching models have been successfully applied to many economic problems. The most popular version of these models implies that the change in the state is driven by a Markov Chain and that...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
What's Your Active Directory Environment Up To?
May 2011
Pretty sure you've got a day in the life of your Active Directory (AD) environment figured out? Think again - AD does a lot more than just log on and authenticating users. Wouldn't you like to...
Provided by Quest Software
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White Papers
A Quantitative Analysis Of The Evolution Of The U.S. Wage Distribution: 1970-2000
May 2009
In this paper, the authors construct a parsimonious overlapping-generations model of human capital accumulation and study its quantitative implications for the evolution of the U.S. wage...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
ITG MANAGEMENT BRIEF: Cost/Benefit case for IBM INFORMIX: Compared to Microsoft SQL server for midsize organizations
Apr 2011
This paper from the International Technology Group (ITG) explains why Informix is one of the world's most widely used relational databases. The paper finds that Informix costs of ownership are...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Copula-based Orderings Of Multivariate Dependence
Mar 2010
In this paper the author investigates the problem of defining a multivariate dependence ordering. First, the author provides a characterization of the concordance dependence ordering between...
Provided by Universite Catholique de Louvain
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White Papers
Z-estimators And Auxiliary Information Under Weak Dependence
Nov 2010
In this paper the authors introduce a weighted Z-estimator for moment condition models in the presence of auxiliary information on the unknown distribution of the data under the assumption of weak...
Provided by Centre For North South Economic Research
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White Papers
Multiple Experiments For The Causal Link between The Quantity And Quality Of Children
Jul 2009
A longstanding question in the economics of the family is the relationship between family size and subsequent human capital formation and welfare. If there is a causal "Quantity-quality...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
What Goods Do Countries Trade? A Quantitative Exploration Of Ricardos Ideas
Aug 2010
The Ricardian model predicts that countries should produce and export relatively more in industries in which they are relatively more productive. Though one of the most celebrated insights in the...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Quantitative Effects Of Fiscal Foresight
Sep 2010
Changes in fiscal policy typically entail two kinds of lags: the legislative lag - between when legislation is proposed and when it is signed into law - and the implementation lag - from when a...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Is Quantity Theory Still Alive?
Sep 2010
This paper investigates whether the quantity theory of money is still alive. The authors argue that it is, but that the slippage is not negligible. For countries with low inflation, the...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Globalization, Technology, And The Skill Premium: A Quantitative Analysis
Oct 2010
The authors construct a model of international trade and Multinational Production (MP) to examine the impact of globalization on the skill premium in skill-abundant and skill-scarce countries. The...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
The Euro As A Reserve Currency: A Challenge To The Pre-Eminence Of The US Dollar?
Oct 2006
Well developed financial markets are a necessary condition for a currency to play a role as a reserve currency. The introduction of the euro greatly improved the functioning of euro financial...
Provided by Bank for International Settlements
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White Papers
The Effectiveness Of University Technology Transfer: Lessons Learned From Quantitative And Qualitative Research In The U.S. And The U.K.
Apr 2006
In recent years, there have been numerous studies of the effectiveness of university technology transfer. Such technology transfer mechanisms include licensing agreements between the university...
Provided by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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White Papers
Financial Development, Bank Ownership, And Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality?
Nov 2007
This induced different bank ownership patterns across different towns, allowing credible identification of the effects of bank ownership on financial development, lending rates, and the quality of...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Loss Aversion And The January Size Effect: Evidence From Three Chinese Culture-oriented Stock Markets
Jun 2008
The remarkable economic growth in the Pacific-Basin Chinese region has made the area's stock markets attractive to investors around the world. Researchers have also shown tremendous interest in...
Provided by National Cheng Kung University
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White Papers
Art Of Marketing Village Crafts; Challenges In Applying Quantitative Marketing To Resist Recession
Nov 2010
Marketing in the coming years will be about information, facts and accountability. To sustain current market falls, artisanal industries must line up to master on present-day strategies to explore...
Provided by World Business Institute
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White Papers
Nominal Versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race
Mar 2010
The main arguments in favor and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. The authors model and calibrate these...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Trade Between U.S. And Canada: Before And After NAFTA
Feb 2010
This is the second of a series of papers, that the authors are working on, with basically the same topic. The North American Free Trade Agreement. The first paper concentrates on Mexico, this one...
Provided by Northcentral University
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White Papers
The European Stock Market Impulse To The US Financial Crisis
Jun 2009
This paper examines how the European stock market reacts to the U.S. financial crisis and the Fed's policy, changing FFR. Johansen and Juselius cointegration analysis suggests that markets are...
Provided by Islamic Azad University
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White Papers
Performance Of Exchange-Traded Sector Index Funds In The October 9, 2007-March 9, 2009 Bear Market
Aug 2009
In this paper, the authors compare the performance of 38 Ishares sector index funds in the October 9, 2007-March 9, 2009 bear market. The Sharpe and Treynor portfolio performance measures indicate...
Provided by Rider University
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White Papers
The Business Rule approach to Payment Transformation: Lower Costs and Manage differentiated Service Levels with greater Flexibility
Dec 2010
Over time, legacy payment systems have become highly fragmented into silos that are costly to operate and maintain. As competitive and regulatory pressure intensifies globally, financial...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
IBM BPM Blueprint Brochure; Simple, Collaborative Process Documentation and Discovery
Dec 2010
Every company needs to understand and document its processes. Whether for a process improvement project, to create visibility, or train new employees, process documentation is an essential part of...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Bruce Cooil On Managerial Statistics
Jan 2010
Professor Cooil has developed reliability estimators for qualitative data that are used widely in business and management, communication, applied psychology, psychometrics, health care and in the...
Provided by Vanderbilt University (Owen)
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White Papers
Get Ready For The Private-Equity Shakeout: Will This Be The Next Shock To The Global Economy?
Dec 2008
Private-equity firms have enjoyed extraordinary growth and returns over the last five years, but the collapse of the world's debt markets and the deepening economic crisis have brought this boom...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Bandwidth Bandits
Nov 2010
This paper will discuss how the Internet bandwidth is a finite and expensive resource that needs protection from spammers, criminals, hackers, time-wasters and employee misuse. Not only is it...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
DMI Informix - ebook - Discover Hassle-free data management with IBM Informix
Nov 2010
Today, unprecedented data volumes and shrinking budgets are stretching IT departments to their limits. Now, leading businesses are discovering that success can be derived from the right...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Choice For FDI And Post-FDI Productivity
Jul 2007
The authors highlight the difference between the service sector and the manufacturing sector in regard to the determinants for a firm to start FDI and the productivity growth it achieves. This...
Provided by Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
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White Papers
Fed Bailout
Oct 2008
The current turmoil in the U.S. financial markets is on everyone's minds - including those at the Kellogg School of Management. McDonald explained how the crisis developed, illustrating his...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Kellogg School Experts On U.S. Bailout: Will It work?
Oct 2008
Eberly indicated the scope of the problem with statistics that included recent plummeting automobile sales - automakers reported a September decline of 27 percent, on top of already flagging...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
ITG MANAGEMENT BRIEF: Cost/Benefit case for IBM INFORMIX: Compared to Microsoft SQL server for midsize organizations
Apr 2011
This paper from the International Technology Group (ITG) explains why Informix is one of the world's most widely used relational databases. The paper finds that Informix costs of ownership are...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Managed Print Services and Beyond: How You Can Cut Costs and Go Green While Increasing Employee Productivity
Oct 2009
Did you know that print costs typically consume 3% of total revenue for businesses today? For many organizations, this is nearly equivalent to the amount spent on research and development each...
Provided by Ricoh
-
White Papers
Do More with Less: Merging Enterprise Applications with Desktop Tools
Jun 2009
Find out what Aberdeen Group has to say about tools for business users. This report examines key trends for enterprises seeking to improve end user productivity, including the integration of...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Get the facts about credit card security and PCI compliance
Jul 2009
There's no way around it. No matter what size your business is or what industry you work in, if you accept credit cards, you must adhere to the safeguards mandated by the Payment Card Industry...
Provided by IBM
-
Case Studies
Customer Video: Siemens
Aug 2009
Siemens is one of the largest technology companies with six major business divisions. They chose DB2 and SAP for scalability, performance, increased savings, and lower TCO.
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
The How and Why of PCI
Aug 2009
Companies that offer online credit card transactions must understand and follow Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards, particularly the Data Security Standard (DSS). This standard includes...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
-
White Papers
Decide to Survive: Four Imperatives that Make Better Decision Management Essential in Uncertain Times
Sep 2009
Entering a global recession, companies must respond to increasingly complex markets, changing threats, and fleeting opportunities. They must show compliance with a growing regulatory burden and...
Provided by FICO
-
Tools & Templates
Green IT Impact Calculator
Sep 2009
Quantify the Impact of Green IT Virtualization Investments. Welcome to the Green IT Impact Calculator. This worksheet enables you to estimate the impact of virtualization investments to drive...
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
Too Much Savings?: 9 Ways To Expand Influence, Drive Savings, And Secure Your Procurement Position
Sep 2009
There are 2 ways to improve earnings: increase revenue or reduce costs. With the poor economy, most organizations are facing a decrease in revenue. That means that companies will do what is needed...
Provided by K2 Sourcing
-
White Papers
Voorhees College
Jan 2009
Voorhees College was paying a high price and receiving minimal value before it replaced its traditional telephone system and Centrex system with UNIVERGE Sphericall IP solution from NEC Sphere...
Provided by NEC
-
White Papers
eBook: Working smarter and optimizing costs with SOA
Jun 2009
In down economies, many organizations make short-term decisions like cutting costs and postponing projects. But the real opportunity lies in optimizing costs. This eBook describes how applying the...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
A comparison of IBM® WebSphere® Application Server and JBoss by RedHat
Oct 2009
Succeeding in today's economy not only means utilizing technology to create intelligent, instrumented and interconnected solutions, but leveraging technology to optimize costs and do more with...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment
Oct 2009
This document explains how BeyondTrust PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) by limiting and tracking authorization to execute commands and programs that...
Provided by BeyondTrust
-
White Papers
What Interest Rate Will You Pay On Your Loan?
Feb 2009
If you've decided to buy a home or refinance your mortgage, you may be puzzled by the different interest rates you've seen advertised for home loans. You're not alone: Many home buyers and...
Provided by LendingTree
-
White Papers
Looking for a fast payback? 10 Minutes with Free Tool Can Save Thousands
Nov 2009
Spend 10 minutes with free JDE ROI Tool and see how you can save thousands with a JD Edwards technology refresh. The tool lets you: identify strategic drivers conduct a brief benefits analysis...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Spend 3 minutes with free EBS ROI Tool - and Save Thousands
Nov 2009
This free, interactive tool can quantify the benefits of an upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on IBM hardware. Quickly show your CFO how an upgrade can: Lower cost of ownership Deliver...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Requirements Engineering for the Automotive Industry
Jun 2009
Due to the poor economic climate, the issues facing the automotive industry permeate the daily lives of industry professionals and consumers alike. Headlines in daily newspapers warn of increasing...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
BMC Software: Integrating and Automating Composite Applications
Nov 2008
Batch Application Integration allows you to process critical transactions, such as payment authorizations, in real-time, and cue fulfillment (such as packaging and shipping) or other lower...
Provided by BMC Software
-
White Papers
Nucleus Research ROI Case Study: IBM Cognos TM1 and Envision Credit Union
Dec 2008
Learn how Envision Credit Union was able to improve productivity, reduce labor costs, and increase the amount of cash available for overnight investments with IBM Cognos TMI.
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Asian companies seek information on market changes and competitive moves
Jan 2010
The economic downturn may be loosening its grip on Asia/Pacific economies. But with recovery comes fierce competition, as companies around the world rush to emerging markets to supplement delayed...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Three Steps To Sustainable And Scalable Change
Apr 2009
Creating sustainable and scalable improvements to a company's cost structure involves three key actions: choosing the right business model, determining how decisions will be made, and mobilizing...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
2010 Industry Outlook State Government: A Look Ahead
Dec 2009
It's no surprise that the acuity of a continuing revenue shortfall is the biggest issue facing state governments in 2010. Although the U.S. economy in general has begun its slow, arduous recovery...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
2010 Perspective On Efficiency & Cost Management
Jan 2010
The paradigm of productivity has changed, and that's one of the reasons unemployment has remained high, and the recovery will be prolonged for most companies. As recovery starts in full force,...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Virtualization-based Techniques for Enabling Multi-tenant Management Tools
Aug 2007
As service providers strive to improve the quality and efficiency of their IT (information technology) management services, the need to adopt a standard set of tools and processes becomes...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Enterprise Applications: The Cost of Keeping Current…Or Not
Mar 2010
The cost of keeping current is represented as both time and money. Much of the "money" side of the equation is typically sunk cost in terms of the cost of the software and services combined with...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
2005 Fuel Cell Industry Survey: A Survey of 2004 Financial Results of Public Fuel Cell Companies
Mar 2006
Published annually, this survey provides the industry and the public with a perspective on the financial performance and activities of publicly traded companies in the fuel cell sector. The PwC...
Provided by Leading Edge British Columbia
-
Downloads
Balanced Scorecard Behaviors
Jun 2006
Dr. Robert Kaplan and Dr. David Norton developed the balanced scorecard as an approach to strategic management in the early 1990s. This method is not only about measurement, but also about the...
Provided by Business, The Ultimate Resource
-
White Papers
Averting A Recession: Does A Tax Rebate work?
Mar 2008
The study demonstrated that the rebates caused an economically significant increase in household expenditure. The average household spent 20-40 percent of its rebate on nondurable goods during the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
White Papers
Driving E-Mobility: Economic Stimulus And Other Support Spur Development Of Alternative Vehicles
May 2010
This paper is an analysis by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) Global Manufacturing Industry group summarizing the government economic stimulus efforts and incentives around the world. The data and...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Beyond "Nice To Know": Getting Serious About Analytics To Drive Outcomes
Nov 2009
The ability to use quantitative data to shape decisions and outcomes has become a key source of competitive advantage over the past decade or so. With information technology practically...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Social Action Charter Is Money In The Bank
Jan 2007
Consumer confidence in banks and finance institutions, fairly low at the best of times, seems to have sunk even lower following several recent high-profile crises in the U.S. and the U.K. that are...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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More Risk Than Reward
Apr 2009
Financial market reform is a top-of-mind issue these days, as can be expected after a historic collapse in the global economy. It is particularly top of mind for average Americans whose retirement...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Recommended Play And Correlated Equilibria: An Experimental Study
Aug 2006
This paper reports a laboratory experiment wherein subjects play a hawk-dove game. The authors try to implement a correlated equilibrium with payoffs outside the convex hull of Nash equilibrium...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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Euro Appreciation and Chinese Fear of Floating: Pressures from the NDF Market
Dec 2009
This paper examines financial market data to assess the likelihood of renminbi appreciation and its implications for Chinese financial markets, given the continuing strength of the Euro against...
Provided by Fordham University
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The Fragility Of Sensitivity Analysis: An Encompassing Perspective
Nov 2008
Robustness and fragility in Leamer's sense are defined with respect to a particular coefficient over a class of models. This paper shows that inclusion of the data generation process in that class...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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An Empirical Analysis Of Specialist Trading Behavior At The New York Stock Exchange
Sep 2006
The author establishes stylized empirical facts about the trading behavior of New York Stock Exchange specialists. Specifically, the author looks at the effect of future price movements, the...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Assessing Structural VARs
Aug 2006
This paper analyzes the quality of VAR-based procedures for estimating the response of the economy to a shock. The authors focus on two key issues. First, do VAR-based confidence intervals...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Mother, Can I trust The Government? Sustained Financial Deepening - A Political Institutions View
Sep 2010
Only a minority of countries have succeeded in establishing a developed financial system, despite widespread financial liberalization. Confronted with this finding, the "political institutions...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Data Dissemination Standards And The Statistical Quality Of The IMF?s World Economic Outlook Forecasts
Sep 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of IMF member countries participation in the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives (DSI) on the statistical quality of WEO forecasts. Results show that WEO forecasts for...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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The Effects Of The Global Crisis On Islamic And Conventional Banks: A Comparative Study
Sep 2010
This paper examines the performance of Islamic banks (IBs) and conventional banks (CBs) during the recent global crisis by looking at the impact of the crisis on profitability, credit and asset...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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