Finally, financial managers must monitor and control all aspects of the firms risk in order to maintain a balance of risk and return that is consistent with share-price maximization. ... Historically, risk management has involved identifying a firm's risk exposures and using insurance products or self-insurance to manage those exposures. The risk-management function has now grown to encompass the identification, measurement, and management of all types of risk exposures. ... The techniques for managing these risks are among the most sophisticated of all corporate finance practices. The ...

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There are many externalities involved in the Barrow Island Gas Project. ... The central threat posed to native animals is the risk of weed or disease. ... Describe the impact on the environment and the economics issues that are involved and need to be considered to solve this environmental issue. ... Bringing sand and other basic raw materials from the mainland increase the risk of the introduction of weed, disease and invertebrate species onto Barrow. ... Extinction risk is greatly increased in areas where introduced predators have established. ...

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Secondly, large corporations can often be more risk-averse, because of the nature of incentives within corporate bureaucracies. The risks involved are not only the success or failure of online initiatives, but also the impact on their existing businesses. ...

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When the sporting world recognized the effectiveness of transfusions is open to debate, and some papers discovered that there were some runners which profited from blood transfusions but no details were given specially with the identity of the athletes involved or the nature of the transfusions. ... But using performance enhancing drugs isn´t without risks, You need to take the time to learn about the benefits and risks using blood transfusion. ...

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By these facilities going against these laws they not only risk being fined for animal abuse or maltreatment but they risk losing their ability to own the animals, which indirectly would run down their companies. ... For example close examination of the corporations involved in handling livestock should be implemented and also spontaneous inspections to ensure that at all times these corporations are doing what they are meant to do, this will also ensure that all laws are being followed and no violations are occurring. ...

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The usage of a smartphone camera to take retinal images has been widely documented as posing very minimal risk to humans (no more than typical indirect ophthalmoscopy) in both dilated and undilated patients [1]. Previously, investigators attempting to solve the problem have developed an algorithm for the screening of DR using a smartphone, but their approach has also involved capturing retinal images using a very expensive ophthalmoscope instrument [1]. ...

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Sometimes the reason that accountants accepted a particular practice in the past was that the amount involved was immaterial to the company's overall financial picture. ... They could then disclose the aggressiveness of the company's practices compared to industry practices, ranges of acceptable practices, and risks. ... Corporate personnel hired from a company's outside auditing firm are often involved in manipulations because they know how to pressure their former colleagues into compliance. ...

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Department's top managers should also be involved in confirming and prioritizing the issues compiled to date, as well as in giving input on the actions that should be taken to address the key issues. ... Employees need to be invested in, informed, communicated with, consulted and morally involved in the business, or empowered. ... There are numerous web-based tools developed for climate surveys that makes it effortless to do customer and employee satisfaction surveys and include flexible administration tool as well as reporting facilities, allowing to get instant reports on employee satis...

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Rapid change also requires the utilization of modern tools, techniques and technologies, all of which Starbucks manager must be involved with in order to sustain competitiveness and profitability; this also helps in being informed of what the consumer wants as well as potential demands. ... Failing to innovate decreases margins and puts companies at risk, that is why as part of their corporate, "Starbucks Coffee Company encourages innovation, with the understanding that applying innovation also requires taking risks" as stated by Jim Nystrom, Vice President of E-Commerce for Starbu...

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The means adopted by the West for achieving this in the 1980s was to develop a new breed of policy-based loans, "structural adjustment lending" as it came to be known, which involved a high degree of conditionality. 2.Structural Adjustment is the generic term used to describe a package of measures which the IMF, the World Bank and individual Western aid donors persuaded many developing countries to adopt during the 1980s, in return for a new wave of loans. ... SAPs benefit a narrow stratum of private sector - those who involved in export production, trade brokering and portfolio finance. ... ...

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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, otherwise known as PRWORA or the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 is an act that was created to replace the Aid to Families with Dependent Children which eliminated the transitional at-risk child care programs that were developed in that program. ... The bill requires that each consumer involved within the grant program follows a certain plan of action including: "engage in State-defined work once the State determines such recipient is either ready t...

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The case studies focal point is about a youthful girl who is singled out because of her socio-economic background, as part of the scenario the parent and teacher are involved. ... The school counselor encourages that Mrs Maughan to have a conversation with the involved girls and Christina's parent. ... The learning outcomes of children from a "Working class" family home and children within a "Middle class" family home, both classes are different from each other, where middle class families focus on the child and more involved with their children as opposed to children from a working ...

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Humanitarian assistance risks becoming associated with an intervening armed force represented by private military and security guards. ... In this regard, it is worth noting that the new South African legislation aims at avoiding situations where unscrupulous humanitarian organizations may be involved in fueling a conflict under the guise of "rendering humanitarian assistance"4. ...

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In contrast, under Tiberius it seems that senators preferred not to take risks in speaking their minds and opposing the emperor, even though Tiberius favoured those who did, possibly due to his cryptic way of speaking, which comes across in Tacitus, which may have made Tiberius appear threatening. ...

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