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Clipper Group Analyst Paper on SVC
Jul 2011
The typical data center is in the midst of radical change, consolidating under-utilized server sprawl onto fewer, more efficient multi-core platforms. Read this white paper to see how Solid State...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Understanding Data Centers & Cloud Computing
Feb 2010
With today's need for flexibility, competitive edge, and faster time to market, IT organizations must find new solutions that are more efficient and more cost-effective than their past or current...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
10 Ways to Increase Power System Availability in Data Centers
Sep 2009
This paper explains how organizations can significantly mitigate their exposure to power-related down-time by adopting proven changes to their business processes and electrical power system...
Provided by Eaton
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White Papers
Is your data center ready for cloud computing?
Mar 2011
As you evaluate your datacenter and the future of your IT infrastructure, you may be looking at cloud computing as an option for your IT. Listen to this IBM podcast to: • Learn how to evaluate...
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
Data Center of the Future: Bitlocker
Nov 2008
Hear about BitLocker™, and important component in WS08 that adds whole disk encryption and secure startup.
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Sustainable Operations Management
Mar 2006
Operations management researchers and practitioners face new challenges in integrating issues of sustainability with their traditional areas of interest. During the past 20 years, there has been...
Provided by Production and Operations Management Society
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White Papers
The Correct Shared Services Model Increases Business Process Efficiencies
Mar 2006
To compete in an ever-changing, increasingly aggressive market companies must increase their flexibility and responsiveness by automating processes and streamlining administrative functions....
Provided by KeyMark
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White Papers
Overcoming Eight Common Power Management Challenges
Sep 2011
Using outdated, standalone software from multiple vendors to monitor and manage uninterruptible power systems (UPSs), power distribution units (PDUs) and other crucial power quality devices can...
Provided by Eaton
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White Papers
Selecting an Industry-Standard Metric for Data Center Efficiency
Jan 2008
The development of standards for the measurement and specification of data center efficiency is an essential step in the global effort to reduce the environmental impact of data centers. This...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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White Papers
Securing Your Mobile Workforce
Nov 2010
This three-part report describes how all businesses can benefit from SaaS services, in particular the variety of services that make up hosted services from Symantec. It also provides advice, best...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
IT Essentials for Data Center Trends and Innovations
Aug 2011
Once upon a time, the words "data center" described a pretty common facility, regardless of industry or enterprise. Today, however, the words "data center" can describe an overheated small closet...
Provided by TechRepublic
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White Papers
Increase The Efficiency Of Power Distribution In Your High-Density Data Center
Sep 2011
As power density in modern data centers has increased, IT pros are increasingly focused on ensuring efficiency in their power distribution infrastructure. This paper explores a variety of...
Provided by Eaton
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White Papers
Electrical Efficiency Measurement for Data Centers
Nov 2007
Data center electrical efficiency is rarely planned or managed. The unfortunate result is that most data centers waste substantial amounts of electricity. Today it is both possible and prudent to...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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White Papers
Learning from Business Process Management Leaders
Jun 2009
Read about the benefits, prerequisites, and impact of successful business process management (BPM) initiatives, with a closer look at the United States. This report on a new IDG Research Services...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
High Fidelity Denial of Service (DoS) Experimentation
Jan 2009
Experimentation with security attacks introduces additional requirements compared to traditional networking and distributed system experiments. High capacity attack flows can push systems beyond...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Top 10 Reasons to Migrate to Windows Server 2008
Jan 2008
The top reasons to migrate to Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS include reducing cost and complexity in data centers, streamlining maintenance, and maximizing availability.
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Creating 360 Feedback Questions: Guidelines
Aug 2009
Once you have a leadership competency model for your organization, you can create a 360 feedback survey to support the development of your organization's leaders. This paper provides guidelines...
Provided by LeaderNation
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Webcasts
A Breakthrough in Service Delivery for Data Center Workloads
Sep 2009
Success in the new smarter planet demands reduced cost of ownership, more collaboration, higher profitability and increased reinvestment into your IT infrastructure. Transforming the data center...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Zen and the Art of the Balanced Scorecard
Jul 2009
Today the use of balanced scorecards for performance management has become a hallmark of a well-run company. A recent study by Cranfield University showed that more than 50 percent of large...
Provided by Oracle
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Downloads
Optimization Pack
Jan 2009
Virtualization success is all about balancing resource utilization and VM performance. VKernel's new Optimization Pack contains three powerful new applets (Wastefinder, Rightsizer, Inventory) that...
Provided by VKernel
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White Papers
Mastering Virtualized Environments
Sep 2009
Data centers are growing rapidly in size and complexity. At the same time, competitive and economic pressures are making cost control even more critical to the overall success of data center...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft System Center
Jan 2009
Microsoft System Center supports organizations as they deploy and use Windows Server 2008 R2. System Center optimizes the deployment and management of Windows Server 2008 R2 by, automating...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Unlock Your Hidden Data Center
Jan 2008
Kevin Smith, Enterprise Solutions Marketing Manager at Dell, explains why organizations need to consider energy use in their data center, reasons to "go green", as well as practical ways Dell...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
NetBenefit: Hosting Provider Uses Virtualization to Expand Services and Reduce Costs
Sep 2008
NetBenefit is a leading provider of managed hosting services in the United Kingdom. Faced with ever more expensive London data center costs, the company was looking for ways to expand the hosting...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
A Quick Primer on Data Center Tier Classifications
Oct 2009
Today, a number of companies are either consolidating their data centers or implementing new data center projects. Their decisions are often based on the appropriate "tier level" of the IT...
Provided by Switch and Data
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White Papers
Market-Leading Data-Modeling Tools: Research Report from the Burton Group
Nov 2009
The Burton Group provides an in-depth research report on Market-Leading Data-Modeling Tools. According to their research, basic data modeling tools have become commoditized - basic features are...
Provided by Sybase
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White Papers
Power Solutions Article: A Smart Path to Virtualization
Nov 2009
As server virtualization continues to transform the data center, enterprises have some critical decisions to make. How will they migrate to a fully virtualized environment? How should the IT...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Technical Report: Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V with PS Series Arrays
Nov 2009
Server virtualization is a common practice is today's data centers for server consolidation, power reduction, rapid provisioning, high availability, and data protection. All of these reasons lead...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Solutions Brief: Storage Consolidation and Data Protection for the Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO)
Nov 2009
Driving Enterprise-level efficiencies and capabilities beyond the corporate data center.
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Is an energy wasting data center draining your bottom line?
Nov 2009
New technology options and power distribution strategies can dramatically reduce the cost and carbon footprint of your data center. An unforgiving economic climate has left many organizations...
Provided by Eaton
-
White Papers
BPM Technology Taxonomy: A Guided Tour to the Application of BPM
Mar 2009
This paper provides a survey of the practices and technology related to business process management (BPM). Basic concepts are explained, the transformational effect on the enterprise is examined,...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
EMA Faster Better cheaper: IT Operations with Event Consolidation and Process Automation
Aug 2009
Get the latest insight as EMA shares research focused on the top 5 issues driving CIOs to invest in better data center management and one key to solving many of these top level issues.
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Guidance for calculation of efficiency (PUE) in real data centers
Dec 2009
Before data center infrastructure efficiency can be benchmarked using PUE or other metrics, there must be agreement on exactly what power consumptions constitute IT loads, what consumptions...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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White Papers
Comparison of Static and Rotary UPS
Dec 2009
Much confusion exists among data center professionals when deciding whether to deploy static or rotary Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) in their data centers. This paper defines both static...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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White Papers
Effective Asset Management in an Uncertain Economy
Dec 2009
As data center costs continue to rise, green is the word of the day. What it means is cost savings through consolidation and lower energy usage, as this white paper shows. See the role energy...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Hyperion Planning Datasheet
Jan 2010
Oracle Hyperion Planning is a centralized, Microsoft Excel- and Web-based planning, budgeting, and forecasting solution that integrates financial and operational planning processes. Oracle...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Executive Paper: Oracle Crystal Ball
Jan 2010
Increase revenue. Decrease costs. Reduce development time. Every day you strive to meet these goals. And each business decision you make either enables you to advance toward them - or impedes your...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Benchmarks and Best Practices in Accounting, Focus Area: Payroll
Nov 2005
Compare your organization to your peer groups and discover ways to improve your accounting performance. How do centralized accounting operations compare to decentralized ones? Learn the answer to...
Provided by APQC
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White Papers
Proactive Operations: The Dynamic Data Center
Dec 2009
To deliver the right services at the right time, IT must deliver them at agreed-upon service levels and in a cost-effective manner, all while maintaining compliance with internal policies and...
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
UK's Leading Entertainment and Communications Company Chooses BMC BladeLogic
Apr 2009
Virgin Media needed to bring its data center management costs under control and still meet the reliability and time-to-market requirements of the business. The company selected BMC BladeLogic IT...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
Fast Growing Company, Mayflex, Chooses IBM Cognos Express to Deliver Essential Business Intelligence and Planning Capability - Success Story
Jan 2012
Read about how Mayflex used IBM Cognos Express to replace a complex spreadsheet system, improve time-consuming budgeting and forecasting processes, compare actuals against budgets at various...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The' Market For Higher Education: Does It Really Exist?
Mar 2009
Higher education, like any other commodity or service, has been viewed in a variety of economic frameworks. Little of this paper, however, appears to have made any effort to define carefully the...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Imposing Economic Constraints In Nonparametric Regression: Survey, Implementation And Extension
Mar 2009
Economic conditions such as convexity, homogeneity, homotheticity, and monotonicity are all important assumptions or consequences of assumptions of economic functions to be estimated. Recent...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Do Immigrants Take The Jobs Of Native Workers?
Apr 2009
In this paper, the authors focus on the short-run adjustments taking place at the workplace level when immigrants are employed. Specifically, they analyze whether individual native workers are...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Works Councils And Separations: Voice, Monopoly, And Insurance Effects
Apr 2009
Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, the authors find that the existence of a works council is associated with a lower separation rate to employment, in particular for men...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Choosing The Field Of Study In Post-secondary Education: Do Expected Earnings Matter?
Apr 2009
This paper examines the determinants of the choice of the major when the length of studies is uncertain, by using a framework in which students entering post-secondary education are assumed to...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Wages And Seniority When Coworkers Matter: Estimating A Joint Production Economy Using Norwegian Administrative Data
Apr 2009
The authors develop an equilibrium model of wages and estimate it using administrative data from Norway. Coworkers interact through a task-assignment model, and wages are determined through...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
On The Cost-Vs-Quality Tradeoff In Make-Or-Buy Decisions
Mar 2010
The make-or-buy decision is analyzed in a simple two-task principal-agent model. There is a cost-saving/quality tradeoff in effort provision. The principal faces a dichotomous choice between weak...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
A Flexible Hazard Rate Model For Grouped Duration Data
Nov 2009
This paper proposes a discrete-time hazard regression approach based on the interrelation between hazard rate models and excess over threshold models, which are frequently encountered in extreme...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Why Is Chinese Regional Output Diverging?
Dec 2008
In a recent paper Pedroni and Yao (2006) present strong evidence suggesting that Chinese regional output is diverging, a result that strongly contradicts the goal of China's government of a...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
A Note On The Pooling Of Individual PANIC Unit Root Tests
Feb 2007
One of the most cited studies in recent years within the field of non-stationary panel data analysis is that of Bai and Ng (2004, A PANIC Attack on Unit Roots and Cointegration. Econometrica 72,),...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Trilateral Trade And Asset Allocation - Extending The Grossman-Hart-Moore Model
Dec 2007
This paper extends the Grossman-Hart-Moore model to suite a specific trilateral trade transaction. In this transaction a downstream producer produces the final good using inputs from two different...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Simple Tests For Cointegration In Dependent Panels With Structural Breaks
Jan 2007
This paper develops two very simple tests for the null hypothesis of no cointegration in panel data. The tests are general enough to allow for heteroskedastic and serially correlated errors, unit...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Testing Stationarity In Small And Medium-Sized Samples When Disturbances Are Serially Correlated Forthcoming
Nov 2009
In this paper, the authors study the size distortions of the KPSS test for stationarity when serial correlation is present and samples are small and medium-sized. It is argued that two distinct...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Resisting Economic Integration When Industry Location Is Uncertain
Nov 2006
This paper analyzes the political determination of transportation costs in a new economic geography model. In a benchmark case with certainty about where agglomeration takes place, a majority of...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Finite-Sample Stability Of The KPSS Test
Dec 2006
In the current paper, the finite-sample stability of various implementations of the KPSS test is studied. The implementations considered differ in how the so-called long-run variance is estimated...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
The Term Structure Of Interest Rates In A DSGE Model
Jul 2006
The paper evaluates the implications of the Smets and Wouters (2004) DSGE model for the US yield curve. Bond prices are modelled in a way that is consistent with the macro model and the resulting...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
The Production Function Approach To The Belgian Output Gap, Estimation Of A Multivariate Structural Time Series Model
Sep 2006
A multivariate structural time series model is applied to the factor inputs of a production function (or components thereof) to estimate the Belgian output gap. The usefulness of capacity...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
A New Keynesian Model With Unemployment
Oct 2006
The authors develop a utility based model of fluctuations, with nominal rigidities, and unemployment. In doing so, they combine two strands of research: the New Keynesian model with its focus on...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Simulation, Estimation And Welfare Implications Of Monetary Policies In A 3-Country NOEM Model
Oct 2006
In this paper, the authors derive a microfounded macro New Keynesian model for open economies, be them large or small. They consider habit formation in consumption, sectoral linkages, domestic and...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Nominal Wage Rigidies In A New Keynesian Model With Frictional Unemployment
Oct 2006
In this paper, the authors propose a search and matching model with nominal stickiness à la Calvo in the wage bargaining. They analyze the properties of the model, first, in the context of a...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Failure Prediction Models: Performance, Disagreements, And Internal Rating Systems
Dec 2007
The authors address a number of comparative issues relating to the performance of failure prediction models for small, private firms. They use two models provided by vendors, a model developed by...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Estimation Of Monetary Policy Preferences In A Forward-Looking Model: A Bayesian Approach
Mar 2008
In this paper, the authors adopt a Bayesian approach towards the estimation of the monetary policy preference parameters in a general equilibrium framework. They start from the model presented by...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Housing Market Spillovers: Evidence From An Estimated DSGE Model
Oct 2008
The authors study sources and consequences of fluctuations in the housing market. The upward trend in real housing prices of the last 40 years can be explained by slow technological progress in...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Forecast With Judgment And Models
Dec 2008
In this paper, the author proposes a model-consistent and parsimonious method of combining judgmental and model-based forecasts. The author suggests modeling the judgmental forecasts as optimal...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Estimating Monetary Policy Reaction Functions: A Discrete Choice Approach
Feb 2011
The author proposes a discrete choice method for estimating monetary policy reaction functions based on research by Hu and Phillips (2004). This method distinguishes between determining the...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Forecasting With Spatial Panel Data
Jun 2009
This paper compares various forecasts using panel data with spatial error correlation. The true data generating process is assumed to be a simple error component regression model with spatial...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Neighborhood Dynamics And The Housing Price Effects Of Spatially Targeted Economic Development Policy
Jul 2009
Neighborhoods are the result of a complicated interplay between residential choice, housing supply and the influences of the larger metropolitan system on its constituent parts. The authors model...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Nonparametric Identification And Estimation Of Nonadditive Hedonic Models
Jul 2009
This paper studies the identification and estimation of preferences and technologies in equilibrium hedonic models. In it, the authors identify nonparametric structural relationships with...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Another Look At The Identification At Infinity Of Sample Selection Models
Jul 2009
It is often believed that without instrument, endogenous sample selection models are identified only if a covariate with a large support is available (see Chamberlain, 1986, and Lewbel, 2007). The...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Performance Measures And Incentives: Loading Negative Coskewness To Outperform the CAPM
Mar 2008
This paper examines the incentives in fund management due to the adoption of specific performance measures. A mean-variance measure such as Jensen's alpha incentivizes fund managers to load...
Provided by University of York
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White Papers
Corruption And The Shadow Economy: A Structural Equation Model Approach
May 2009
The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy is not clear. Theoretically, they either substitute or complement each other - exhibiting either a negative or positive relationship....
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Tests Of Equal Forecast Accuracy For Overlapping Models
Sep 2011
This paper examines the asymptotic and finite-sample properties of tests of equal forecast accuracy when the models being compared are overlapping in the sense of Vuong (1989). Two models are...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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White Papers
Information And Liquidity: A Discussion
Jan 2009
The author extends and discusses the model of asset liquidity by Lester, Postlewaite, and Wright (2007, 2008). The author considers a model with decentralized trades in which claims on a real and...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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White Papers
A Multi-Sectoral Approach To The U.S. Great Depression
Dec 2009
The authors document sectoral differences in changes in output, hours worked, prices, and nominal wages in the United States during the Great Depression. They explore whether contractionary...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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White Papers
The Role Of Independence In The Green-lin Diamond-Dybvig Model
Nov 2006
Green and Lin study a version of the Diamond-Dybvig model with a finite number of agents, independence (independent determination of each agent's type), and sequential service. For special...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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White Papers
Moral Hazard In The Diamond-Dybvig Model Of Banking
Dec 2006
The authors modify the Diamond-Dybvig model studied in Green and Lin to incorporate a self-interested banker who has a private record-keeping technology. A public record-keeping device does not...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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White Papers
Health Inequality Over The Life-cycle
Aug 2009
The authors investigate the evolution of health inequality over the life-course. Health is modeled as a latent variable that is determined by three factors: endowments, and permanent and...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Evaluating Nonexperimental Estimators For Multiple Treatments: Evidence From Experimental Data
Sep 2009
This paper assesses the effectiveness of unconfoundedness-based estimators of mean effects for multiple or multivalued treatments in eliminating bias arising from nonrandom treatment assignment....
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Arbitrage Opportunities: A Blessing Or A Curse?
Dec 2006
This paper argues that arbitrage is limited if rational agents face uncertainty about completing their arbitrage portfolios. This "Execution risk" arises in the authors' model because of slippages...
Provided by University of Warwick
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White Papers
10 Ways to Increase Power System Availability in Data Centers
Sep 2009
This paper explains how organizations can significantly mitigate their exposure to power-related down-time by adopting proven changes to their business processes and electrical power system...
Provided by Eaton
-
White Papers
IT Essentials for Data Center Trends and Innovations
Aug 2011
Once upon a time, the words "data center" described a pretty common facility, regardless of industry or enterprise. Today, however, the words "data center" can describe an overheated small closet...
Provided by TechRepublic
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White Papers
Business continuity and resiliency services from IBM - Helping business stay in business
Apr 2010
With supply chain interdependencies, increasing regulatory requirements and geographically dispersed businesses encompassing everything from traditional storefronts to online operations,...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Overcoming Eight Common Power Management Challenges
Sep 2011
Using outdated, standalone software from multiple vendors to monitor and manage uninterruptible power systems (UPSs), power distribution units (PDUs) and other crucial power quality devices can...
Provided by Eaton
-
White Papers
Learning from Business Process Management Leaders
Jun 2009
Read about the benefits, prerequisites, and impact of successful business process management (BPM) initiatives, with a closer look at the United States. This report on a new IDG Research Services...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
High Fidelity Denial of Service (DoS) Experimentation
Jan 2009
Experimentation with security attacks introduces additional requirements compared to traditional networking and distributed system experiments. High capacity attack flows can push systems beyond...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
-
White Papers
Top 10 Reasons to Migrate to Windows Server 2008
Jan 2008
The top reasons to migrate to Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS include reducing cost and complexity in data centers, streamlining maintenance, and maximizing availability.
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
Creating 360 Feedback Questions: Guidelines
Aug 2009
Once you have a leadership competency model for your organization, you can create a 360 feedback survey to support the development of your organization's leaders. This paper provides guidelines...
Provided by LeaderNation
-
Webcasts
A Breakthrough in Service Delivery for Data Center Workloads
Sep 2009
Success in the new smarter planet demands reduced cost of ownership, more collaboration, higher profitability and increased reinvestment into your IT infrastructure. Transforming the data center...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Zen and the Art of the Balanced Scorecard
Jul 2009
Today the use of balanced scorecards for performance management has become a hallmark of a well-run company. A recent study by Cranfield University showed that more than 50 percent of large...
Provided by Oracle
-
Downloads
Optimization Pack
Jan 2009
Virtualization success is all about balancing resource utilization and VM performance. VKernel's new Optimization Pack contains three powerful new applets (Wastefinder, Rightsizer, Inventory) that...
Provided by VKernel
-
White Papers
Mastering Virtualized Environments
Sep 2009
Data centers are growing rapidly in size and complexity. At the same time, competitive and economic pressures are making cost control even more critical to the overall success of data center...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft System Center
Jan 2009
Microsoft System Center supports organizations as they deploy and use Windows Server 2008 R2. System Center optimizes the deployment and management of Windows Server 2008 R2 by, automating...
Provided by Microsoft
-
White Papers
Unlock Your Hidden Data Center
Jan 2008
Kevin Smith, Enterprise Solutions Marketing Manager at Dell, explains why organizations need to consider energy use in their data center, reasons to "go green", as well as practical ways Dell...
Provided by Dell
-
Case Studies
NetBenefit: Hosting Provider Uses Virtualization to Expand Services and Reduce Costs
Sep 2008
NetBenefit is a leading provider of managed hosting services in the United Kingdom. Faced with ever more expensive London data center costs, the company was looking for ways to expand the hosting...
Provided by Dell
-
Downloads
Data Center of the Future: Bitlocker
Nov 2008
Hear about BitLocker™, and important component in WS08 that adds whole disk encryption and secure startup.
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
A Quick Primer on Data Center Tier Classifications
Oct 2009
Today, a number of companies are either consolidating their data centers or implementing new data center projects. Their decisions are often based on the appropriate "tier level" of the IT...
Provided by Switch and Data
-
White Papers
Market-Leading Data-Modeling Tools: Research Report from the Burton Group
Nov 2009
The Burton Group provides an in-depth research report on Market-Leading Data-Modeling Tools. According to their research, basic data modeling tools have become commoditized - basic features are...
Provided by Sybase
-
White Papers
Power Solutions Article: A Smart Path to Virtualization
Nov 2009
As server virtualization continues to transform the data center, enterprises have some critical decisions to make. How will they migrate to a fully virtualized environment? How should the IT...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
-
White Papers
Technical Report: Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V with PS Series Arrays
Nov 2009
Server virtualization is a common practice is today's data centers for server consolidation, power reduction, rapid provisioning, high availability, and data protection. All of these reasons lead...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
-
White Papers
Solutions Brief: Storage Consolidation and Data Protection for the Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO)
Nov 2009
Driving Enterprise-level efficiencies and capabilities beyond the corporate data center.
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
-
White Papers
Is an energy wasting data center draining your bottom line?
Nov 2009
New technology options and power distribution strategies can dramatically reduce the cost and carbon footprint of your data center. An unforgiving economic climate has left many organizations...
Provided by Eaton
-
White Papers
BPM Technology Taxonomy: A Guided Tour to the Application of BPM
Mar 2009
This paper provides a survey of the practices and technology related to business process management (BPM). Basic concepts are explained, the transformational effect on the enterprise is examined,...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
EMA Faster Better cheaper: IT Operations with Event Consolidation and Process Automation
Aug 2009
Get the latest insight as EMA shares research focused on the top 5 issues driving CIOs to invest in better data center management and one key to solving many of these top level issues.
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
White Papers
Guidance for calculation of efficiency (PUE) in real data centers
Dec 2009
Before data center infrastructure efficiency can be benchmarked using PUE or other metrics, there must be agreement on exactly what power consumptions constitute IT loads, what consumptions...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
-
White Papers
Comparison of Static and Rotary UPS
Dec 2009
Much confusion exists among data center professionals when deciding whether to deploy static or rotary Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) in their data centers. This paper defines both static...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
-
White Papers
Effective Asset Management in an Uncertain Economy
Dec 2009
As data center costs continue to rise, green is the word of the day. What it means is cost savings through consolidation and lower energy usage, as this white paper shows. See the role energy...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Hyperion Planning Datasheet
Jan 2010
Oracle Hyperion Planning is a centralized, Microsoft Excel- and Web-based planning, budgeting, and forecasting solution that integrates financial and operational planning processes. Oracle...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Executive Paper: Oracle Crystal Ball
Jan 2010
Increase revenue. Decrease costs. Reduce development time. Every day you strive to meet these goals. And each business decision you make either enables you to advance toward them - or impedes your...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Benchmarks and Best Practices in Accounting, Focus Area: Payroll
Nov 2005
Compare your organization to your peer groups and discover ways to improve your accounting performance. How do centralized accounting operations compare to decentralized ones? Learn the answer to...
Provided by APQC
-
White Papers
Understanding Data Centers & Cloud Computing
Feb 2010
With today's need for flexibility, competitive edge, and faster time to market, IT organizations must find new solutions that are more efficient and more cost-effective than their past or current...
Provided by Global Knowledge
-
White Papers
Proactive Operations: The Dynamic Data Center
Dec 2009
To deliver the right services at the right time, IT must deliver them at agreed-upon service levels and in a cost-effective manner, all while maintaining compliance with internal policies and...
Provided by BMC Software
-
Case Studies
UK's Leading Entertainment and Communications Company Chooses BMC BladeLogic
Apr 2009
Virgin Media needed to bring its data center management costs under control and still meet the reliability and time-to-market requirements of the business. The company selected BMC BladeLogic IT...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
IBM Tivoli - Managed Service Delivery in Could and Virtualized Environments
Mar 2010
Learn how to manage cloud computing for service delivery, achieve results with data center management software, manage virtual server sprawl, and prepare for virtualization and cloud computing....
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Manufacturing Mastery: Achieving High Performance In Manufacturing
Sep 2009
Manufacturing masters can achieve up to 13 percent higher throughput, 15 percent better equipment effectiveness and up to 30 percent higher uptime than non-masters. To achieve these levels of...
Provided by Accenture
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Choice Modeling Analytics - Benefits Of New Methods
Jul 2006
Over the past two decades, the marketing research industry has witnessed rapid growth in the use of choice models. Experimental designs select combinations of attributes and levels for each...
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Choice Model Calibration
Dec 2008
In the early 1990s, applications of the joint revealed preference and stated preference (RPSP) model was investigated by Ben-Akiva and Morikawa (1990) and Adamowicz, Louviere, and Williams (1994),...
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Wanted: New Business Models For Profitable Rural Expansion
Nov 2009
An important part of mobile network operators' agendas for profitable growth and innovation is expansion into the rural areas of developing countries, especially India. However, mobile network...
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Are Emerging-Market Multinationals Creating The Global Operating Models Of The Future?
May 2009
For Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), the rise of the multi-polar world creates an additional layer of complexity that makes global operating model configurations and organizational capabilities...
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Marketing Mix Modeling
Nov 2006
Business magazines and websites are abuzz with news about the value of marketing mix modeling as a way to help companies maximize Returns On their Marketing Investments (ROMI). Despite the...
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