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CHAPTER II

This chapter will seek to conduct an absolute inquiry into what makes up security interest laws in the United States. In order to lay the foundation for comparisons in subsequent chapters, the three main elements of the study of the Saudi system will be reviewed here in the context of U.S laws with an emphasis on California state law. The features of the California legal system will include the assessment of foreclosure rules and patterns in California. This will include a detailed fact-based evaluation of CCP580 (b), CCP580 (d) and CCP726 (a). The different components will enable the study ...

Management

MANAGEMENT Executive Summary NIVEA is the initial label and most significant line of Beiersdorf, a derma care organization that was started in Germany. Beiersdorf’s common aim is to become the leading care label in the product categories and market. The agency plans to attain such goals by utilizing NIVEA as a star line strategically. NIVEA's communication purpose is to reinforce its brand as the leading derma care line and to update its brand image (Keller, 2008, p. 6). Lately, the organization has declared Blue agenda the label compass, which concentrates on reinforcing the NIVEA line. Nevertheless, the firm ...

According to Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco and Hanson (2014), family dynamics refer to the patterns of interactions or relations between family members. Kaakinen et al. (2014) revealed that each family system often has unique dynamics. Nonetheless, this aspect usually affects the manner in which the members of a particular family views medical care. Such a claim has been confirmed across different media. A good example is The Fighter. Produced in 2010 by David O. Russell, the movie follows the lives of two characters; a professional boxer called Micky Ward and his elder half-brother. It is right to inform that ...

A unit trust is a form of a collective investment scheme that allows investors to pool their money for the purpose of investing in the Malaysian stock market and other approved investment portfolios (Hassan, 2016). The unit consists of three parties, the fund manager, the trustee, and the unit holder (Hassan, 2016). A unit trust is governed by a trust deed that outlines the objectives of the fund, the investment style, and the relationship between the unit holders, the fund manager, and the trustees (Fabozzi and Markowitz, 2011). The fund manager is responsible of investing the funds of the ...

Abstract

The aim of this project is to conduct risk assessment and return analysis on the investment vehicles in my portfolio. The investment vehicles chosen are Ford Motor, Walt Disney Company, Citigroup Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Time Warner Inc, Johnson & Johnson, US Treasury Bills, and Johnson & Johnson bond. The portfolio includes securities drawn from three categories that are the money market fund, corporate bonds, and shares. In the first scenario, the project tested the impact of novice asset allocation on return and risk in the sense that the investor allocates assets to the portfolio at own discretion. In this scenario, ...

Prospect Theory and Disappointment Aversion

The Allais paradox is a problem designed by French economist Maurice Allais in 1953 to show common inconsistencies between the predictions of expected utility theory and actual observed choices of individuals. Many theories have been proposed to solve the Allais paradox, among which the Prospect Theory and the Theory of Disappointment Aversion, and both will be described in this essay.

Prospect Theory

Guthrie, C. (2003) describes how the two original proponents of the Prospect Theory, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, would meet every mid-day for a long time, and spend their time inventing interesting sets of gambles and observing our their ...

A NIELSEN REPORT

KT Drinks, a UK based spirits manufacturer, is planning to launch a premium golden rum in the UK market in the last quarter of 2016. To promote the product and before the launch, KT drinks wants to partner with a soft drink manufacturer for its campaign. A prospective partner is Roundhouse Ginger Beer. The benefits envisioned for a partnership campaign are as follows:

Campaign will receive joint funding from the soft drink manufacturer

A joint campaign would help differentiate this golden rum from competitor products and therefore catch attention of the consumer; they will be willing to try the product Rum and ginger beer is a well known and ...

National saving is regarded as an income of nation, which is not utilized on government purchases or on consumption (Mankiw, 2009). Private saving is a name given to savings that is left with household after paying for consumption and taxes. Public saving is considered as tax revenue amount that is available with government after making all payments for its spending. However, the three variables are associated with each other in a way that national saving is equal to public saving and private saving, which can be considered from following equation S = (Y-T-C) + (T-G) National Saving = Private Saving + Public Saving ...

Question 1: Olter’s Beta coefficient

Olter’s Beta can be determined using the Capital Asset Pricing Model. The required return on the average stock is the market return while the average return on Olter’s stock is Olter’s required rate of return. Beta = (Expected return – Risk-free rate)/ (Market return – Risk free rate) = (13-6)(13-6) = 1.0

Question 2: Effect of Beta coefficient on stock price

Beta is a measure of risk and gives the variability of a stock’s return (price changes) in relation to the variability of the overall market. Since it represents the stock’s risk, Beta influences the prices of stocks. Under the Capital Asset Pricing Model, Beta is ...

Key learning from society’s efforts to create meaningful environmental shifts

One major lesson from society’s efforts is the need to be able to adapt to black swans. Black swans, as Taleb calls them, are big events that are both unanticipated and highly consequential. Typically, nobody sees them coming, but when they arrive, they immensely shape our world. Events such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed the way the world views security issues and terrorism. Furthermore, the internet and Google have revolutionized the way we communicate and obtain information in ways never imagined before. The two have opened up new opportunities and jobs that nobody ever predicted. On the ...

Introduction

The article is health fitness informative and addresses based on research evidence the risks associated with long hours sitting behaviors. The article warns of the various diseases and mortality risk that are associated with spending most of wake time in sitting usually termed as sedentary behavior. Health professionals have been advancing for the importance of cardiovascular exercise against sedentary behavior. Researchers have strong evidence on the role of moderate to vigorous physical exercise in averting cardiovascular associated diseases, some cancers, obesity and type 2 diabetes. The need to understand this sedentary behavior and its associated risks to the individual’s ...

Question 1

Stock flipping refers to buying stocks during an initial public offer with the intention of reselling them immediately at a profit. It is a short term investment strategy that takes advantage of existence of liquid markets. Institutional investors engage more in stock flipping than individual investors since they have more shares availed to them at the offer price .

Investment banks encourage stock flipping for various reasons. If an IPO is allocated only to long term investors, there will be no trade in the secondary market. The stocks will be in the public but they will be illiquid since nobody is selling. ...

Exam relevant readings

Kindly find the relevant readings on SharePoint under Block 3 Client Advice and Relationship. Exam format Mixed multiple choice / short essay: 20 questions (equally weighted). To keep the time investment to a reasonable level while still being able to test the fundamentals, we decided to work with a mixture between essay and multiple-choice questions. Exam format Describe loss aversion. Loss aversion is a term in economics that describes a person’s desire to avoid a loss versus acquiring gains. The person prefers to avoid the chance of encountering a loss (no matter how remote) over receiving a gain, which could be ...

Learning is one of the areas of human psychology that remains, to this day, hotly contested by researchers. Some claim that learning is one type of process, while others claim that learning takes place through a different process. Two of the leading theories regarding learning are the theories of operant and classical conditioning. Both have been studied extensively throughout the years, and each has supporters and detractors. Choosing a method for learning and teaching behavior is different from learning complex ideas and engagement in a classroom, but principles of operant and classical conditioning can still be used in these situations to encourage ...

Currency Hedging

Introduction Currency risk is an intrinsic aspect in the foreign market. The enterprises that operate in this environment have a variety of derivative instruments that can be used in connection with these risks. Managing these risks requires enterprise wide coordination otherwise; these international exposures will affect the value of the currency. Therefore, global equity portfolio managers have resulted in a variety of methods to currency hedging to manage the uncertainties in the foreign market. This is so because currency hedging reduces the financial risk, which occurs in the foreign market. Therefore, the paper will evaluate the currency hedging and how ...

16.1 Combining Beliefs and Desires under Uncertainty Our understating of the world is mostly constrained by the lack of enough information and uncertainty of different outcomes. Despite this incompleteness and uncertainty we have to act and make conclusions. Decision theory is concerned with recognizing the qualities, vulnerabilities and different issues important in a given choice, its consistency, and the ensuing ideal choice, in an episodic environment [1]. In an episodic environment, the execution of an agent is subject to various discrete occurrences, with no connection between the executions of an agent in diverse situations. Episodic situations are less complex ...

Executive Summary

The probability function is also in the favor of the company, and found that the chance of earning high is effective and powerful as far as the effectiveness of the company are concerned. The company should go forward with the same aspect in order to grow its market substantially and effectively in different regions.

Introduction

Decision making is an important activity for an organization, and it is equally beneficial for the long term sustainability of an entity in a particular industry (Allayannis and Brown, 2005). The value of decision making can be analyzed with the fact that the whole effectiveness of ...

Activity 1

The organizational structure can have profound effects on the employees ranging from employee morale, performance and internal communications. Communication among employees and departments, which is vital for the success of any company, depends on the rigidity of the organizational structure (Watson, 407). A company with a stiff structure may have trouble concerning access to information necessary for completing certain tasks. Having a flexible structure ensures that employees from different departments can communicate with each other enabling exchange of information (Watson, 409). A rigid organizational structure is likely to stifle the creativity of employees. It is because of bureaucracy that may result ...

Team 2

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Our company is Prestige Worldwide Investing. Our task is to determine which property is the best investment for the three different risk investors which is the risk averse, risk neutral, and risk seeking. Richard Nixon is a risk-seeking investor. Like most VC (venture capitalist), Richard pursues the project, which is high risky and high payback. Bill Clinton is risk-neutral investor, and he is only concerned about high return regardless of the risk. Ronald Reagan is a risk-averse investor looking for safe investments. For example, risk-averse investors will prefer the one with low relative risk when faced with two ...

As a teacher, I get an opportunity to observe human nature at very close quarters. It is interesting to take notes about children as they grow, pass from one class to another, and the factors that influence their decisions when they get to the brink of adulthood. Reading Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life by Annette Lareau made me realize that there is some truth in these observations that I have been making over the years in my capacity as a teacher. Children do get influenced by their family life, the financial strength and position of their family and the ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

INTRODUCTION Monetary policy implemented by the central banks aims at influencing directly the financial markets to create a stable monetary environment in the economies. The economies fluctuate over time with peaks and troughs. The globalization has created a large world economy which includes the connected country economies, and any crisis emerging in a country spreads to the other countries’ economies quickly. The crisis creates vulnerable economies, and the economy managements of the countries have to intervene to recover from the crisis. The global crises have severe results for economies and individuals, and they also can create disequilibrium in the monetary values ...

There are broadly five leadership lessons to be learnt from Batman . The first lesson is that “organizations need to be built around ideas, not people”. The main take away from this is that people behind great companies are usually “larger-than-life”. Such people use all their passion and energy to drive forward these companies. On the flip side, such organizations get completely associated with them. So, the fortune of the company becomes dependent upon that company. Based on Likert’s Systems of Leadership, Batman’s style would be Participative, and at the same time the work team members have the ...

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Research Objectives 6

Background of Research 6 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 7 2.1 Emerging markets 7 2.2 Marketing in Emerging markets – Opportunities and Challenges 7 2.3 Marketing practices in Emerging markets 9 2.4 Advanced Marketing practices 10 2.5 Cross Cultural Management – Practical Examples 11 2.6 Cross Cultural Issues 12 2.7 marketing culturally sensitive products 12 2.8 Theoretical Models – Comparing First world and Emerging markets nation’s culture 15

Hofstede’s Dimensions of Culture 15

GLOBE FRAMEWORK 18 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 21 3.1 Research Design 21 3.2 Data Collection Methods 21 3.3 Sampling procedure: 21 ...

Introduction

Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee’s film, is a phenomenon in American culture and has drawn discourses on the subject of culture like no other. The movie explores the love and lives of two homosexual sheep herders from Wyoming Texas in the period between 1963 and 1983. The two ranch hands spend their 1963 summer looking after sheep in a Texas mountainside and eventually fall in love (Gyllenhaal, 2006). After the summer ends, the two men proceed to marry and have separate families without contact with each other. However, the affection they had once felt for each other brings them back together. ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Reg No Designation Abstract The essay begins with a brief introduction about the outline of the contents. This essay critically discusses the abortion issue from a Philosophical point of view. There are several arguments both favoring and against abortion. The essay can be considered a good reference point for an argument or a debate on the abortion issue. Finally the essay concludes summarizing the vital points supporting in favor and against abortion. Recommendations are also offered to minimize the growing number of abortion cases as a result of the changing social life style among the current generation.

Introduction

The essay is about ...

Risk is what put an individual in a position to make a decision that will dictate whether they are risk neutral, risk averse or risk takers. A risk is an uncertainty that has a probability of loss attached to a given outcome. There are a number of reasons that make an individual to be risk averse. Firstly, an individual will take risks if the returns of his move will be high. The returns are a form of motivation to the employees. If the CEO promises them a generous remuneration package, the employees will be motivated to take risks in order to prove they deserve to be ...

Introduction

There has been an analysis in both psychological and neuropsychological literature for research. There has been a noted difference in cognitive skills in the different gender as reported by these studies, the world over. In particular, and with respect to cognitive development, higher verbal abilities have been reported in females more than males. Further, higher spatial abilities have been reported skewed in favor of men as having higher mathematical abilities. A general belief even amongst academic is that women or females are possessed of better verbal abilities as compared to men. More so, the female population has been reported by ...

Introduction

Investors prefer safer to riskier stocks since it provides a perceived security and there alternative to a risky investment or stock is the incentive in form of higher returns. In depth, the market prices are to be set such that investors expect riskier stocks to deliver higher returns although the higher returns are not to be viewed as dependable since if the risky stocks are to be counted on to deliver higher returns than the safer investments or stocks then they are to be considered not risky like demonstrated (LAOPODIS 2012). This expected high returns are valuated so as to attract ...

Introduction

The lean approach is developed in Toyota production plants which aims at eliminating wastes in the production according to the needs of the final consumer. This way production can be less costly by using less resources. This Japanese way of production attracts many institutions and they would like to employ this approach to their business. Furthermore, even the public institutions are interested in the Lean Approach.

A manager follows lean approach which brings the followings basically into organizations:

- Determining the value desired by the beneficiaries of a public service, - Identifying the value line for each public good and service, - Guaranteing a continuous flow of public goods and services, ...

Assessing Emaar Company Strategic Readiness For The Future (2033) - Historical Background of the Environment The United Arab Emirates construction industry has caught the attention of the world of late. With construction projects that break world records, the construction industry in the country is at its prime. Yet, even in the midst of all this, the construction industry has not plateaued. Other construction projects are earmarked, especially in the capital, Dubai. The city boasts of some of the tallest and most marvelous buildings in the world. Other construction marvels in the city also surpass previous records. Dubai, ...

Part 1

ProShares UltraShort Silver Asset Market value at the beginning of 2011: $200,000,000 Total Financial obligations: $10,000,000 No. of stocks outstanding: 17,393,910 NAV by the end of 2011: $10.94 Income and capital gain distribution per share/unit: $0.23 i. Net asset value (NAV) of the fund in the beginning of the year NAV = (Market value of assets liabilities) / Shares outstanding =$200,000,000/17,393,910= $11.50 ii. What was the rate of return to an investor in the fund? Rate of Return = (NAV1 NAV0 ...

Introduction

China is one of the most developed countries in the Far East. It’s fast and dynamic technology has led to development in the country. As a result of the emergence of many industries and competition prevailing in china, many factors need to be put into consideration when establishing a business in China. In addition, cultural values form the foundation of a great success in any business venture. Maintaining a good relationship with the Chinese people is crucial for the success of a business. However, the ethical values of organizations are greatly influenced by the top management cadre.

China Corporate Culture: Factors and Elements

Chinese usually dislike foreign dependency simply ...

Ignore everybody

This idea has always appealed to me. In fact, it defines my principles and informs some of my strengths. Originality dictates that one tries out new things. One does not have to do what others have already done. In business, people are advised to be risk averse or if anything risk neutral. This goes against my principle. I believe in trying out new things. In that regard, I appreciate the concept of ignoring others. People tend to be averse to risk and would want to try only tried and tested methods. However, this usually limits their potential and leads ...

BUSINESS REPORT

Executive Summary Corvette sells luxury sports cars and has just signed a contract to sell some of the cars to various customers around the globe. The selling prices for the cars are fixed and are set at the local currencies of the countries where the cars are being sold. However, there is uncertainty in the exchange rates in different countries. The Bank of America has provided them with estimates of the mean and standard deviation. HSBC has offered to pay a sum of $2,150,000 in return for the revenue in local currencies and the management of Corvette is ...

Abstract

International financial decisions are never easy to make. This is majorly because of the various that bring a lot of uncertain elements in the decision making process. In most case, the issue of contention in international finance is majorly uncertainties in future exchange differences. This is explained in the case study that follows. In this example, the company is torn between accepting a sure amount of money from a bank, and awaiting the outcome of a risky and unsure income. This paper seeks to unravel the element of uncertainty in this decision. This will be done by an analysis of the risks ...

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Paragraph 1 (Introduction)

Thesis: Inequality in pay and violation of human rights against women are among the most prevalent practices in employment. Paragraph 2: unequal pay remain far too common - The Women who are working part time at the present earn about 38.4% less than what men doing the same amount of work earn. - For full-time workers, the gap is 17.2 per cent. - Women working more than 60 hours per week earn only 78.3% of what men in the same time category earn.

Paragraph 3: Protection against the gender-based discrimination touches all employment aspects

- In practice, the scenario is quite the opposite ...

Introduction

We live in a world of uncertainty today. Trust, honesty, goodwill, etc. are all qualities, which have ceased to be relevant to us any longer in their traditional definitions. The coming of the Internet has definitely helped the finance industry by speeding up communication, but at the same time, this speeding up has made us susceptible to many gimmicks and devices. We are lured by advertisements and end up spending fortunes in purchasing things, which we do not require or will not be productive in our cultures. This social nature of individuals is has been well expressed by P.T. Barnum ...

Warfare in Toyland

Elliot Handler and Harold Matson started off as a garage workshop and became world leaders in manufacturing, design and marketing of toys. The combined their names to start Mattel. In the beginning they offered doll hoses picture frames and furniture only, but with the changing time Mattel introduced a three dimensional doll. This doll was named as Barbie and the idea of introducing such a doll was very unique and was a hit. The company’s financials ascended at a very high pace. The management was very happy with the results and was pretty much satisfied as there were no rivals in the industry. ...

Starbucks is a coffeehouse chain that is headquartered in Seattle, United states f America. It is the biggest coffeehouse in the world with a global presence of 19,972 coffeehouses in sixty countries. Though it is synonymous with coffee, Starbucks also deals with salads, sweet pastries, hot and cold sandwiches, hot and cold drinks, snacks, coffee beans, mugs and tumblers. This paper will analyze the Starbucks Company for its strengths, the weaknesses it suffers from, the opportunities it can utilize of and the threats it has to overcome The paper will also define the internal and external factors that the company ...

INTRODUCTION

The article entitled “The Difference Between Men and Women, Revisited: It’s About Competition” is a discussion written by Prof. Hal Varian on his views about the difference between men and women with reference to the paper written by two economists, namely Muriel Nierderle (of Stanford University) and Lise Vesterlund (of University of Pittsburgh) entitled “Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?.” Prof. Varian recognized the attempt of the two economists to explore, through an experiment, the gender differences of which the findings, according to him, “have certainly raised a host of interesting and important questions.” In ...

Abstract

A call option can be defined as a contract which gives its holder the purchase rights a financial security or commodity at the exercise price. On the other hand, put options could be defined as contracts which gives its holder the purchase rights a financial security or commodity at the exercise price. Usually call options and put options must be exercised within a given duration or period as agreed in the contract. Call options and put options are normally used to hedge risk by one party which is risk averse while the other party uses call options to make a profit by assuming the ...

An introductory code of target marketing is market segmentation. In application of this code, the exploit of demographic profiles has become a admired form of segmenting markets and discovering markets. Age, sex, and household income are specific cases of demographic variables that have been shown to be forecasters of attitudes and behaviour. Furthermore, generational cohort, described as a group of people united by a span of birth years characteristically 17-23 years in period, has been exploited as a widespread approach for sectioning markets based upon age. The generational cohort segments have been revealed to be exceptional with their form, character, views, and core values.

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