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Cost Control In An Era Of Fast Escalating Expenses
Mar 2008
Growing profits today is no longer just a "nice thing to do". It is now critical today in an era of escalating expenses e.g. benefits, insurance, energy, cost-of-goods-sold, labor costs, etc. It...
Provided by Planned Growth Business Development Solutions
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White Papers
Transforming Business Processes In The Chemical Industry: Unlocking Business Value To Achieve High Performance
Dec 2009
The outsourcing of activities in the chemical industry is not new. Third parties have long been contracted to deliver activities such as maintenance, warehousing, distribution and site security in...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Why Project Plans Are A Must Have
Jan 2010
Many project sponsors and executives want to get started immediately on a project and not take the time to establish the foundation for success. This paper will focus on the value of the Project...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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White Papers
Improved Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) Through Metric Assessment
Feb 2010
This paper discusses the importance of establishing a sound schedule basis and ensuring valid risk inputs so as to generate an accurate and realistic schedule risk model. A technique for ensuring...
Provided by Acumen PM
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White Papers
How To Sell Executives On Project Management
Jan 2010
Selling executive management on the need for project management in an organization is one of the most important steps in the implementation of organizational project management practices. The ASP...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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White Papers
How To Build An Effective PMO Strategy
Jan 2010
There are almost as many varieties of Project Management Offices (PMOs) as there are companies. The common thread for all successful PMO's is the PMO Strategy, which will define your needs, goals,...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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White Papers
35 Critical Skills Of Successful Project Directors
Jan 2010
Large scale project and program management entails serious responsibility, trust and accountability. A Project Director role will add tremendous value to your organization by managing the three...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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White Papers
Counting On Analytical Talent
Mar 2010
Companies are increasingly turning to analytics to gain a competitive edge. As they do, they must resolve unique demands on their information technology, their structure, their processes, and...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Bluewater Power Leads The Way For Small And Mid-sized Utilities
Jan 2010
A progressive utility company providing electrical distribution and related services to over 34,000 customers in Southwestern, Ontario, headquartered in Sarnia, Bluewater Power Distribution...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Executive Learning Solutions For Organizations In The Financial Services Industry
Jan 2010
Wharton's design process is focused and expedited by a reality-based grasp of how the industry works. Programs customized for your organization that tie your specific business needs to the...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Case Studies
Kaval Wireless Finds A Solution For Future Growth
Jan 2010
As a venture capitalist, it pays to be flexible when considering how to maximize your investment in a high-tech company. Since the technological corrections, many of the venture capital firms that...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Managing Risk: Asset Allocation Within Pension Plans
Oct 2007
How do firms decide whether to invest in riskier or safer assets? Recent research analyzes the conflicting incentives for managing cash flow risk in defined benefit pension plans. Corporate...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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Case Studies
Helping The Fortune 500 Tackle The Competition Through Individual Assessments
Jan 2010
Fortune 500 companies face considerable competition and are always striving to maintain their prestigious distinction as America's largest and most influential companies. One such company saw...
Provided by Management Concepts
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Case Studies
Case Study Of An Inactive Mine: Assessing Risk Of An Inactive Mine Aids EHS And Fiscal Planning
Jan 2010
In initiating the process of managing an inactive mine, Deloitte shouldered multiple responsibilities with environmental, health and safety risks. A mine not in use equals a sleeping dragon as it,...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Unleashing Organizational Capability In An Award-Winning Utility Company
Jan 2010
This award-winning utility company had been trying to improve their project management practices for three-years with little success. That's when they contacted Management Concepts for help...
Provided by Management Concepts
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Case Studies
Professional Project Manager Certification
Jan 2010
Project managers at this agency simply must deliver. They manage projects ranging from short, urgent, schedule-driven initiatives to large, long complex programs. All projects are vital to...
Provided by Management Concepts
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Case Studies
Professional Project Manager Mentoring Program
Jan 2010
The implementation of a formal Professional PM Mentoring Program for a major financial institution was one component of the organization's intent to "Achieve Project Management excellence." The...
Provided by Management Concepts
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Case Studies
Finance In Focus When Two Large Banks Merged, Getting Finance In Sync Was A Top Priority. Here's How They Did It
May 2010
The merger of two large banks with different methods of business practice results in countless challenges. This case history discusses how Deloitte helped the integration of two banks and the...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Experiential Learning Project Management Simulation
Jan 2010
The Trane Company is a business of American Standard Companies, a Fortune 500 company, and a leader in the air conditioning, plumbing, and vehicle braking systems markets. A study of the company's...
Provided by Management Concepts
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White Papers
What Competence Is Required Of A Project Manager?
Jan 2010
This paper throws light on the competence required of a project manager. It is a difficult task to decide which candidate will be competent to become a project manager, as it is one of the most...
Provided by 3p International
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White Papers
Patch Plus Asset Inventory - You Can't Manage What You Can't See Or Don't Know About
Jan 2010
This paper aims to throw light on asset management of inventory of applications that is unmanaged in this rapidly changing mobile work environment. Shavlik's agentless and agent-based asset...
Provided by Shavlik Technologies
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White Papers
A Note On The Economics And Statistics Of Predictability: A Long Run Risks Perspective
Nov 2007
Asset return and cash flow predictability is of considerable interest in financial economics. The debate regarding return and cash flow predictability has been at center stage in finance for...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
BP's Slippery Slope: The Dangerous Disconnect Between Rhetoric And Reality At A Time Of Crisis
Jun 2010
BP's flawed handling of the environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico is creating an identity crisis for the company. The gap between its stated commitment to environmental responsibility and its...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Learning, Long-Run Risks And Asset Price Jumps
Jan 2008
The authors develop a long-run risks based general equilibrium model in which asset prices exhibit large infrequent moves (i.e. jumps), similar to those observed in the data. Investors in this...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Dynamic Trading And Asset Prices: Keynes vs. Hayek
Oct 2009
This paper presents an investigation on the dynamics of prices, information and expectations in a competitive, noisy, dynamic asset pricing equilibrium model. This paper shows that the prices are...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Determinants Of Export Growth In Transition Economy Firms: Institutions, Aspirations, Incentives, And Inertia
Sep 2008
Exports are an important source of revenue, especially in transitional economies. To better understand export growth, the paper examines the influence of institutional development, managerial...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Institutional Spending Rules And Asset Allocation
Jan 2009
Spending rules often guide institutions in determining the annual expenditures from their endowments. A typical rule is five percent of some measure of the value of the endowment. That many...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
The Social Construction Of The Responsible Corporate Citizen: Sustainability Reports Of The Global Automotive Firms
May 2009
The constitutive meanings of responsible corporate environmental citizenship are to be found in global discourses. The author uses Gubrium and Holstein's framework on interpretive practice to...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
"Fiscal Policy And Asset Markets: A Semiparametric Analysis"
Aug 2007
Using a flexible semiparametric varying coefficient model specification, this paper examines the role of fiscal policy on the U.S. asset markets (stocks, corporate and treasury bonds). This paper...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Does Securitization Reduce Credit Risk Taking? Empirical Evidence From US Bank Holding Companies
Jan 2010
This paper investigates the impact of securitization on the credit-risk taking behavior of banks. Using US bank holding company data from 2001 to 2007 it is found that banks with a greater balance...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Bank Productivity Changes In Two Asian Giants
Jan 2010
China and India have experienced rapid economic growth over the last two decades, and finance is central to growth. Banking is the dominant form of finance in both countries, so an interesting...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Regulatory Reform And Productivity Change In Indian Banking
Oct 2009
This paper examines the impact of regulatory reform on TFP growth and its sources and on the relationship between ownership and cost efficiency for Indian banks in 1992-2004. The methodology...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Practical Issues With State Space Models with Mixed Stationary And Non-Stationary Dynamics
Nov 2009
State-space models, and the state-space representation of data, are an important tool for econometric modeling and computation. However, when applied to observed (rather than detrended) data, many...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
The Fractional Merton Model: A New Approach To Credit Risk Pricing (Revised)
Oct 2008
Merton model is known to underestimate credit spreads. In this paper the authors develop the theoretical framework of the fractional Merton model, which allows to embed long memory properties of...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
The Fractional Merton Model: A New Approach To Credit Risk Pricing
Mar 2008
In this paper the authors develop the theoretical framework of the fractional Merton model, which allows to embed long memory properties of spreads in a straightforward manner in a credit risk...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Theory Testing In Economics And The Error Statistical Perspective
Apr 2008
The main thesis of this paper is that the error statistical perspective can provide a coherent framework wherein the 'third way' can foster its twin goals of developing an adequate methodology and...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Philosophy Of Econometrics
Dec 2007
The current state of applied econometrics, viewed as the empirical understructure of economics, calls for much greater attention to be paid to the philosophical foundations of empirical modeling....
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Evaluating Value-At-Risk Models With Desk-Level Data
Jul 2007
This paper presents new evidence on disaggregated profit and loss (P/L) and Value-at-Risk (VaR) forecasts obtained from a large international commercial bank. The dataset includes daily P/L...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Takeoff And Growth Across Technology Generations
May 2008
An apparent contradiction exists on growth across technology generations: while common wisdom among industry experts in technology markets is that new product growth accelerates across technology...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
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White Papers
Growing With Global Mindset: Raytheon Implements Thunderbird Tool
Jun 2009
Raytheon has matured into a defense industry giant in the years since 1922, when two former college roommates and a scientist launched the enterprise in Cambridge, Mass. The company generated more...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Webcasts
Business Process Management: A Step In The Right Direction?
Jan 2011
This webcast shows the end-to-end BPM approach treats processes as assets that directly contribute to their client's enterprise value and performance. We combine deep domain knowledge with process...
Provided by Capgemini
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Webcasts
Lending Origination Solution From Capgemini And Pegasystems
Jan 2011
In this webcast the presenter presents about their new straight through processing solution for loan origination with Pegasystems and how the solution enable lenders to achieve efficiency gains,...
Provided by Capgemini
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Webcasts
Sharing A Measure Of Success
Feb 2010
In this webcast, the presenters describe the entrepreneurial process as a series of pivots. One of the presenters explains it's not just a jump, but an evolving growth of stages that leads to an...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Customer Focus Builds Global Growth
Nov 2010
In this webcast, the presenter discusses the company's growth-centered business model, its global presence, and the strides it takes to sustain a successful customer experience. The presenter also...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Effective Models For Sustainable Growth
Apr 2011
In this webcast, the presenter shares her organization's commitment to creating programs to support sustainable development. The presenter articulates the importance of developing innovative...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Maintenance And Investment: Complements Or Substitutes? A Reappraisal
Apr 2009
A benchmark AK optimal growth model with maintenance expenditures and endogenous utilization of capital is considered within an explicit vintage capital framework. Scrapping is endogenous, and the...
Provided by Universite Catholique de Louvain
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White Papers
Enterprise Software And Service Innovation: Standardization Versus Customization
Dec 2010
This paper analyzes the relationship between service innovation and different types of enterprise software systems, i.e. standardized enterprise software designed to fit one certain business...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
ERP Implementation In China: Brief Summary And Case Study
Jun 2007
This paper is a summary of or study on several ERP implementation projects in China from 2002. These projects cover several industries including manufacturing, port and electricity. The authors...
Provided by Chinese University of Hong Kong
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White Papers
Service Innovation In The Context Of Business Web: Enterprise Web Resource Planning As A Strategic Tool For Increasing Service Value
May 2010
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) successfully integrates all departmental resources in different industries, and further combines Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management...
Provided by National Central University
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White Papers
Security For Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Jul 2007
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is the technology that provides the unified business function to the organization by integrating the core processes. ERP now is experiencing the transformation...
Provided by Taylor & Francis Group
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White Papers
Critical Success Factors In ERP Implementation: A Review
May 2008
ERP systems have become vital strategic tools in today's competitive business environment. This ongoing research study presents a review of recent research work in ERP systems. It attempts to...
Provided by Brunel University
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White Papers
Enterprise Systems And Labor Productivity: Disentangling Combination Effects
Jul 2009
This study analyzes the relationship between the three main enterprise systems (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM)) and labor...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
The ERP Capabilities For Enhancing The Logistic System Integration
Aug 2008
The increase of companies' competitiveness as a consequence of globalization and the expansion of the business relations in the web environment require an approach, in a new dimension, on logistic...
Provided by Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti
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White Papers
Effective Implementation Of E-CRM Strategy
Aug 2010
In the era of digital economy customer satisfaction and loyalty are key factors for the establishment of good relations with customers and partners in the supply chain. For customers to be...
Provided by Institute of Economic Sciences
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White Papers
Operating Performance For Chinese Manufacturers After ERP Implementation
Jan 2011
Since economic reform in China was initiated by Premier Deng Xiaoping in 1978, the country's economy has grown significantly at an annual rate of 9.0 percent or more for nearly three decades...
Provided by American Accounting Association
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White Papers
ERP And E-business
Jan 2009
The Internet has revolutionized twenty-first century business. Organizations today can communicate with customers, suppliers, and sellers at e-speed with the click of a mouse. Yet, with all of the...
Provided by Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
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White Papers
Information Provision For Strategic Planning In Bulgarian SMEs
Oct 2010
The information provision of strategic planning in Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) are a subject that provokes the research interest due to the increased importance of strategic planning...
Provided by University of National and World Economy
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White Papers
Advantages And Risks Related To Using Information And Communication Technologies In The Modern Companies
Aug 2008
The information technologies presently used in companies are followed by a significant social and economic development, but they also imply, inevitably, the occurrence of several risks that need...
Provided by Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza
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White Papers
Business Intelligence Software Implementation In The Romanian Companies
May 2011
The paper focuses on a modern prospective IT&C section which embeds tools for the simulation and assistance of managerial decision. The author studies aspects of this field by using the IT&C...
Provided by University of Petrosani
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White Papers
Advanced Resource Planning As Decision Support Module To ERP
Oct 2008
In this paper, the authors show that the planning and decision-support capabilities of the MPC (Manufacturing Planning and Control) system, which forms the core of any ERP (Enterprise Resource...
Provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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White Papers
Enterprise Systems And Innovations
Dec 2009
This paper analyzes the relationship between the three main enterprise systems (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM)) and...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Implications Of Resource Planning, Innovation And Learning For Work Processes And Performance Management
Feb 2011
This paper focuses on the implementation issues associated with the innovation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to achieve innovative large-scale change in organisations. If innovation and...
Provided by Romanian-American University
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White Papers
Enterprise Resource Planning Deployment Guide
Feb 2009
The deployment of an Enterprise Resource Planning system (briefly ERP) is a global project, of strategic importance for the companies. It is equally a project for the reorganization of the...
Provided by Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
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White Papers
Increase Of Competitivity Of Production Management By Utilization Of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System
Apr 2009
In the present, the Romanian companies are faced with a phenomenon consisting in increasingly taking decisions based on uncertainty and risk as a result of the permanent process of transforming...
Provided by University of Petrosani
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White Papers
Modeling The Determinants Of Exports And Imports: Assessment Of The Macedonian Competitive Performances
Nov 2009
So far Macedonia has undergone an unsuccessful attempt to transition, distinguished by low growth rates, high unemployment, extensive poverty, balance of payments unfavorable position,...
Provided by University St. Kliment Ohridski
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White Papers
Economics Of Sustainable Development. Competitiveness And Economic Growth
Nov 2010
Economic growth is one of the most important issues of humanity. Both in national economies and world economy, recession and prosperity periods are regularly succeeding with different amplitudes....
Provided by Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
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White Papers
Childhood Mortality and Economic Growth
Jan 2008
This paper investigates the extent to which the decline in childhood mortality over the last three decades can be attributed to economic growth. In doing this, it exploits the considerable...
Provided by University of Bristol
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Case Studies
Redlands Chamber Of Commerce: ESRI Business Analyst Online Helps Attract New Business To Redlands
Mar 2010
Redlands, California, known as the "Jewel of the Inland Empire," is situated almost halfway between Los Angeles and Palm Springs. Its diverse workforce and population makes this small town unique...
Provided by ESRI
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Case Studies
Forest City Enterprises, Inc.: Successfully Matches Retailers With The Best Properties
May 2011
Forest City Enterprises, Inc., an $11.8 billion real estate company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, operates under three strategic business units: commercial, residential, and land development....
Provided by ESRI
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Case Studies
Vivint Improves Customer Service And Delivers Substantial Operational Savings With Automated Scheduling And Mobility Solution
Mar 2011
Now in its 11th year of operation, Vivint is one of the largest full-service national security companies, providing world-class customer support and services to more than 450,000 customers...
Provided by ClickSoftware
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White Papers
Globalisation, Industrial Diversification And Productivity Growth In Large European R&D Companies
Feb 2011
This paper aims to assess the impact of both geographic and industrial diversification of economic activities on the productivity performance of large European R&D MultiNational Enterprises...
Provided by European Union
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White Papers
Does Export And Productivity Growth Linkage Exist? Evidence From The Indian Manufacturing Industry
Nov 2009
This paper examines the relationship between export market participation and total factor productivity growth at the firm level, using a representative sample of Indian manufacturing firms for the...
Provided by Indian Statistical Institute
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Case Studies
Anglian Water Create A Platform For Business Growth With ClickSoftware
Mar 2009
Anglian Water, part of the AWG Group, is located in the east of England and serves the needs of around six million industrial, commercial and domestic customers. Anglian Water is facing some tough...
Provided by ClickSoftware
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White Papers
The Effect Of Transfers On Investment And Economic Growth: Do Remittances And Grants Behave Similarly?
Apr 2009
This paper tries to answer two questions. First, to what extent are remittances (as private transfers) differentiable from grants (as public transfers) in their effects on capital formation and...
Provided by Canadian Economics Association
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White Papers
US-German Differences In Productivity Growth
Jan 2009
This paper shows that US productivity growth post 1991 was driven largely by ICT capital-skill complementarities. In the mid - 1990s these complementarities were strongest in goods-producing...
Provided by University of Munich
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White Papers
The Impact Of Trade Liberalization And The Fiscal Equalization Transfer Policy On Provincial Income Disparities In Canada: An Application Of GMM Estimation
Jul 2008
The paper uses the Solow growth model and the panel data method to examine the effect of trade liberalization and the federal equalization transfers on income convergence among Canadian provinces...
Provided by University of Lethbridge
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White Papers
FDI And Economic Growth: The Role Of Gradual Financial Deregulation
May 2009
The authors argue that financial liberalization and FDI as a measure of openness complement each other. The intuition is that domestic financial reform will lower the cost for international...
Provided by University of British Columbia
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White Papers
Trend Inflation, Nominal Rigidities, And Endogenous Growth Preliminary And Incomplete
Feb 2009
The authors study the implications of trend inflation for an economy's long-run growth rate. To do so, they extend a New Keynesian model to allow for endogenous growth. The defining characteristic...
Provided by Bank of Canada
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White Papers
Finance, Growth, And Inequality: Channels And Outcomes
Nov 2010
Identifying the specific channels through which financial development impacts inequality via growth is important both for research and policy prescriptions. Only if the specific channels are...
Provided by Indian School of Business
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Case Studies
Syngenta Staying Focused On Growth
Aug 2007
In the face of tough market conditions characterized by agricultural reforms, new entrants and tougher regulations, Syngenta's European Leadership Team embarked on a targeted growth strategy,...
Provided by Capgemini
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White Papers
Improved Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) Through Metric Assessment
Feb 2010
This paper discusses the importance of establishing a sound schedule basis and ensuring valid risk inputs so as to generate an accurate and realistic schedule risk model. A technique for ensuring...
Provided by Acumen PM
-
White Papers
How To Sell Executives On Project Management
Jan 2010
Selling executive management on the need for project management in an organization is one of the most important steps in the implementation of organizational project management practices. The ASP...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
-
White Papers
How To Build An Effective PMO Strategy
Jan 2010
There are almost as many varieties of Project Management Offices (PMOs) as there are companies. The common thread for all successful PMO's is the PMO Strategy, which will define your needs, goals,...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
-
White Papers
35 Critical Skills Of Successful Project Directors
Jan 2010
Large scale project and program management entails serious responsibility, trust and accountability. A Project Director role will add tremendous value to your organization by managing the three...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
-
White Papers
Counting On Analytical Talent
Mar 2010
Companies are increasingly turning to analytics to gain a competitive edge. As they do, they must resolve unique demands on their information technology, their structure, their processes, and...
Provided by Accenture
-
Case Studies
Bluewater Power Leads The Way For Small And Mid-sized Utilities
Jan 2010
A progressive utility company providing electrical distribution and related services to over 34,000 customers in Southwestern, Ontario, headquartered in Sarnia, Bluewater Power Distribution...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Executive Learning Solutions For Organizations In The Financial Services Industry
Jan 2010
Wharton's design process is focused and expedited by a reality-based grasp of how the industry works. Programs customized for your organization that tie your specific business needs to the...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
Case Studies
Kaval Wireless Finds A Solution For Future Growth
Jan 2010
As a venture capitalist, it pays to be flexible when considering how to maximize your investment in a high-tech company. Since the technological corrections, many of the venture capital firms that...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Managing Risk: Asset Allocation Within Pension Plans
Oct 2007
How do firms decide whether to invest in riskier or safer assets? Recent research analyzes the conflicting incentives for managing cash flow risk in defined benefit pension plans. Corporate...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
-
Case Studies
Helping The Fortune 500 Tackle The Competition Through Individual Assessments
Jan 2010
Fortune 500 companies face considerable competition and are always striving to maintain their prestigious distinction as America's largest and most influential companies. One such company saw...
Provided by Management Concepts
-
Case Studies
Case Study Of An Inactive Mine: Assessing Risk Of An Inactive Mine Aids EHS And Fiscal Planning
Jan 2010
In initiating the process of managing an inactive mine, Deloitte shouldered multiple responsibilities with environmental, health and safety risks. A mine not in use equals a sleeping dragon as it,...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
Unleashing Organizational Capability In An Award-Winning Utility Company
Jan 2010
This award-winning utility company had been trying to improve their project management practices for three-years with little success. That's when they contacted Management Concepts for help...
Provided by Management Concepts
-
Case Studies
Professional Project Manager Certification
Jan 2010
Project managers at this agency simply must deliver. They manage projects ranging from short, urgent, schedule-driven initiatives to large, long complex programs. All projects are vital to...
Provided by Management Concepts
-
Case Studies
Professional Project Manager Mentoring Program
Jan 2010
The implementation of a formal Professional PM Mentoring Program for a major financial institution was one component of the organization's intent to "Achieve Project Management excellence." The...
Provided by Management Concepts
-
Case Studies
Finance In Focus When Two Large Banks Merged, Getting Finance In Sync Was A Top Priority. Here's How They Did It
May 2010
The merger of two large banks with different methods of business practice results in countless challenges. This case history discusses how Deloitte helped the integration of two banks and the...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
Experiential Learning Project Management Simulation
Jan 2010
The Trane Company is a business of American Standard Companies, a Fortune 500 company, and a leader in the air conditioning, plumbing, and vehicle braking systems markets. A study of the company's...
Provided by Management Concepts
-
White Papers
What Competence Is Required Of A Project Manager?
Jan 2010
This paper throws light on the competence required of a project manager. It is a difficult task to decide which candidate will be competent to become a project manager, as it is one of the most...
Provided by 3p International
-
White Papers
Patch Plus Asset Inventory - You Can't Manage What You Can't See Or Don't Know About
Jan 2010
This paper aims to throw light on asset management of inventory of applications that is unmanaged in this rapidly changing mobile work environment. Shavlik's agentless and agent-based asset...
Provided by Shavlik Technologies
-
White Papers
A Note On The Economics And Statistics Of Predictability: A Long Run Risks Perspective
Nov 2007
Asset return and cash flow predictability is of considerable interest in financial economics. The debate regarding return and cash flow predictability has been at center stage in finance for...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
BP's Slippery Slope: The Dangerous Disconnect Between Rhetoric And Reality At A Time Of Crisis
Jun 2010
BP's flawed handling of the environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico is creating an identity crisis for the company. The gap between its stated commitment to environmental responsibility and its...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Learning, Long-Run Risks And Asset Price Jumps
Jan 2008
The authors develop a long-run risks based general equilibrium model in which asset prices exhibit large infrequent moves (i.e. jumps), similar to those observed in the data. Investors in this...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Dynamic Trading And Asset Prices: Keynes vs. Hayek
Oct 2009
This paper presents an investigation on the dynamics of prices, information and expectations in a competitive, noisy, dynamic asset pricing equilibrium model. This paper shows that the prices are...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
Determinants Of Export Growth In Transition Economy Firms: Institutions, Aspirations, Incentives, And Inertia
Sep 2008
Exports are an important source of revenue, especially in transitional economies. To better understand export growth, the paper examines the influence of institutional development, managerial...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
-
White Papers
Institutional Spending Rules And Asset Allocation
Jan 2009
Spending rules often guide institutions in determining the annual expenditures from their endowments. A typical rule is five percent of some measure of the value of the endowment. That many...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
The Social Construction Of The Responsible Corporate Citizen: Sustainability Reports Of The Global Automotive Firms
May 2009
The constitutive meanings of responsible corporate environmental citizenship are to be found in global discourses. The author uses Gubrium and Holstein's framework on interpretive practice to...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
-
White Papers
"Fiscal Policy And Asset Markets: A Semiparametric Analysis"
Aug 2007
Using a flexible semiparametric varying coefficient model specification, this paper examines the role of fiscal policy on the U.S. asset markets (stocks, corporate and treasury bonds). This paper...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
Does Securitization Reduce Credit Risk Taking? Empirical Evidence From US Bank Holding Companies
Jan 2010
This paper investigates the impact of securitization on the credit-risk taking behavior of banks. Using US bank holding company data from 2001 to 2007 it is found that banks with a greater balance...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
Bank Productivity Changes In Two Asian Giants
Jan 2010
China and India have experienced rapid economic growth over the last two decades, and finance is central to growth. Banking is the dominant form of finance in both countries, so an interesting...
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Regulatory Reform And Productivity Change In Indian Banking
Oct 2009
This paper examines the impact of regulatory reform on TFP growth and its sources and on the relationship between ownership and cost efficiency for Indian banks in 1992-2004. The methodology...
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Practical Issues With State Space Models with Mixed Stationary And Non-Stationary Dynamics
Nov 2009
State-space models, and the state-space representation of data, are an important tool for econometric modeling and computation. However, when applied to observed (rather than detrended) data, many...
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The Fractional Merton Model: A New Approach To Credit Risk Pricing (Revised)
Oct 2008
Merton model is known to underestimate credit spreads. In this paper the authors develop the theoretical framework of the fractional Merton model, which allows to embed long memory properties of...
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The Fractional Merton Model: A New Approach To Credit Risk Pricing
Mar 2008
In this paper the authors develop the theoretical framework of the fractional Merton model, which allows to embed long memory properties of spreads in a straightforward manner in a credit risk...
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Theory Testing In Economics And The Error Statistical Perspective
Apr 2008
The main thesis of this paper is that the error statistical perspective can provide a coherent framework wherein the 'third way' can foster its twin goals of developing an adequate methodology and...
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Philosophy Of Econometrics
Dec 2007
The current state of applied econometrics, viewed as the empirical understructure of economics, calls for much greater attention to be paid to the philosophical foundations of empirical modeling....
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Evaluating Value-At-Risk Models With Desk-Level Data
Jul 2007
This paper presents new evidence on disaggregated profit and loss (P/L) and Value-at-Risk (VaR) forecasts obtained from a large international commercial bank. The dataset includes daily P/L...
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Takeoff And Growth Across Technology Generations
May 2008
An apparent contradiction exists on growth across technology generations: while common wisdom among industry experts in technology markets is that new product growth accelerates across technology...
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Growing With Global Mindset: Raytheon Implements Thunderbird Tool
Jun 2009
Raytheon has matured into a defense industry giant in the years since 1922, when two former college roommates and a scientist launched the enterprise in Cambridge, Mass. The company generated more...
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Can Derivatives Actually Reduce Financial Risk?
Sep 2009
Since the financial markets went haywire in 2008, corporate managers have been trying to understand better the effect of financial leverage on their enterprises and the overall economy. High...
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Time Varying Prospective Utility And Optimal Asset Allocation For Australasian Stocks And Bonds
May 2010
This paper presents evidence that the concept of the frequency of portfolio evaluation required to produce indifference between Stocks and Bonds is highly dependent upon the actual test sample...
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Private Equity Opportunity - ?Hard Assets? In Latin America
Jan 2010
In the year and a half since the start of the global financial crisis, many investors and professional capital managers came to the harsh realization that they had been operating without a valid...
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