The authors' contribute to the managerial risk-return literature by examining specific business decisions using measures of expected risk and return. ... This study used two return measures: the average interest rate charged and the risk-adjusted expected return. ... SUMMARY The researcher's results indicate the nature of the risk-return relation is contingent on the measures used. The authors believe that the results demonstrate the need to measure risk and return as decision makers see them. ... It also differed in other studies by using ex ante measures of risk and expected ...

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Martin Luther King, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ... Their characters have proven that they are true neighbors, and ultimately, both of them succeeded in the situations they were voluntarily dealt in, which truly vanquishes "the measure of a man."...

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What exactly is MIS and why do people use MIS? Does MIS relate to what you do? Or do you, in some way, use an MIS? These are just a few questions many people may wonder that will be answered in more detail in this essay. I feel its important to understand MIS and what MIS does especially since the ...

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Earthquake losses can be reduced in any country. Strategically, the best approach is to create a balanced long-term earthquake risk management program, through which losses (i.e. damage, causalities, loss of functions, and economic impacts) can be controlled within limits set by community profession...

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Counteractive action, this is the period of actualizing measures to protect data against adjustment, obliteration or bargain. Discovery, this is the period of executing measures to distinguish when a security rupture has been and the wellspring of such a break. Response, this is the period of executing measures to correct a security rupture by recouping lost data, returning changed information again to its unique structure, restoring system operations and staying away from future cases of intrusion (Matik). ...

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There are millions of parts to my personality, and it is hard to narrow such a complex structure down to an animated character. I would like to think of myself as unique and individual, and I am. However certain aspects remind others as well as myself of the Disney animated character Ariel, from The...

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Every winter, snowboarders migrate to their nearest mountain to launch from cliffs and to do insane moves that defy gravity. They enjoy spectacular views and show off their skills. However, off limit snowboarding has a high probability for the rider to become injured. What often happens is that unsu...

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Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Amazon.com is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company. It was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and later went online by 1995. With humble beginnings as an online bookstore, and then moving onto selling music, videos and producing their own consu...

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The team's decision to implement a supply inventory tracking database was comprised using the Decision-making Pie chart. We found this to be a more direct form of problem solving than the other methods. The chart allowed for us to visually see where the majority of our efforts should be focused. ...

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A large portion of sociological theories comes from statistics collected from the societies or the society that is being studied. This helps make conclusions about changes or patterns so we can get a better idea of how society functions the way it does, what we should change, and how to go about ch...

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Running Header: A Treatise Concerning Ethical Decision-Making A Treatise Concerning Ethical Decision-Making Abstract An understanding of ethical decision-making requires an examination of morality. Although ethical decisions have been pondered for centuries, a separate discipline for ethical decision-making, bioethics has only been recognized since 1970. These decisions include, informed consent, abortion, research on human subjects, right to health care, and many more areas. In the 1980's a ten-step model of ethical decision-making was created and is still the basic standar...

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INTRODUCTION: In every aspect of our lives, there are risks. There are risks when we wake up in the morning, get in the shower, get dressed, and get in our cars to go to school or work. We do not live in a perfectly safe society and no matter how hard we try to avoid risk, we can never completely ...

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Conclusion Citibank must decide to launch the credit card in Asia Pacific (probably with the exemption of Korea since this country doesn't permit banks to issue cards with revolving credit, also Korea has strict foreign exchange control measures, experience has shown financial losses and labor problems) as our break even analyses shows. ...

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Exhibit 1 Risk Exposure Calculator for Westchester Scale of 1 to 5 1 - Low 5 - High Growth Pressures for performance 5 Rate of Expansion 5 Inexperience of employees 4 Total 14 Culture Rewards for risk taking 2 Executive resistance to bad news 2 Level of internal competition 1 Total 5 Information Management Transaction complexity and velocity 2 Gaps in diagnostic performance measures 1 Degree of decentralized decision making 3 Total 6 ...

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In this essay I am going to discuss the importance of safeguarding children in an Emergency Department (ED). I will discuss what safeguarding is and the need for it within an ED. I will also discuss the government's policies on safeguarding and how they affect our actions. I will also discuss risk assessment and its influence upon government policy and direction. Before the introduction of risk assessment methods in child protection in the 1980's the assessment and prediction of children at risk from abuse was a capricious business: care workers had no theory, or methodology and no ...

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