Advantage of the Four-Factor Model over Current Evaluation Techniques A fund’s investment performance is measured by its risk-adjusted return (alpha) which is the return of the fund minus the return of the fund’s benchmark. A fund’s perfect benchmark is a portfolio that (1) is fully diversified and (2) has precisely the same exposures to sources of risk (risk factors) in stock market returns as the fund. Forty years of capital markets’ research indicates that there are four risk factors in returns; a
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Organic Pet Food Marketing Plan September 14‚ 2007 NAICS Industry Code: Dog and Cat Manufacturing 311111 Abstract: This marketing plan provides a plan for entering the organic pet food product as an existing producer of non-organic pet foods based current market conditions and trends following several high profile food safety recalls and alerts‚ particularly the Melamine-related deaths from pet food imported from China. The pet food industry has experienced enormous
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Organic foods are they really better for us? Prepared by: Katarzyna Kalinowska Prepared for: Chef Ruane Mr. Langford Date due: 25/10/2011 Word count: 2083 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 02 Main restrictions in organic food production 03 NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF ORGANIC FOODS VIA CONVENTIONAL FOODS Fruits‚ vegetables and grains 04 Milk and dairy produce 06 Meats 06 INFLUENCE OF FOODS COMPONENTS ON CONSUMER’S HEALTH Fats and sugars
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Bargaining Power of SUPPLIERS: Moderate/ - There are plenty of hardware component manufacturers for cellphones but BlackBerry’s operating system is complicated therefore it limits the number of software developers that will work with them. - This problem was most recently seen when BlackBerry struggled to get native applications for the launch of the Z10. - The Bargaining Power of Suppliers for Blackberry has increased‚ due to Blackberry’s eroding market share. Firms who dominate the mobile
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Effects of Organic Food on Drosophila Melanogaster A new study has shown that fruit flies that lived on organic foods tended to be healthier than those that lived on conventional foods. The two things that researchers based their conclusions for health on were fertility and longevity. These two things are two important aspects to a fly’s life. On both of these tests‚ the flies that were fed organic food performed better than the flies that were fed conventional food. They survived for a longer
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Porters 5 forces Virgin Australia Threat of new entrants – The airline industry has been around for over 100 years and due to large capital requirements and overhead (high cost of planes)‚ the industry would not be greatly affected by new entrants and therefore the threat of new entrants is high. With low operating margins and high initial investment‚ a high market share is needed to ensure full flights (maximizing profits on each flight). This would be difficult for a new entrant. Industry
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Evelyn Rosales BIO-220‚ Environmental Science March 30‚ 2014 Ms. Marcia Foil Organic Food: Good for You‚ Good for the Environment Organic food has quickly gained popularity over the years. What started as a trendy method that celebrities adopted has expanded mainstream and can be found in any thriving metropolis as well as many smaller towns and cities. Organic food refers to any type of produce or meat product that has not be treated with additional chemical preservatives when it is grown
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and willingness to pay for organic products in Spain1 Gil J.M.‚ Gracia A. Unidad de Economia Agraria Servicio de Investigación Agroalimentaria Diputación General de Aragón Apdo 727‚ 50080 Zaragoza‚ SPAIN Sánchez M. Departamento de Gestión de Empresas Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales Universidad Pública de Navarra Campus de Arrosadía‚ s/n 31006 Pamplona‚ SPAIN Abstract In recent years‚ consumers concerns on environmental and health issues related to food products have increased
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More specifically it is defined as “ a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissiveness‚ clingy behavior‚ and fear of separation” (Bornstein. 2012). A five factor model can be used by doctors diagnosing a patient with DPD. Thirty traits can be used when testing the five factor model‚ which is why experts rated each based on its prevalence to DPD so doctors can better understand the patient’s illness. When rated by experts‚ a prototypic case of DPD includes high anxiousness
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT – ASSIGNMENT 03 Apply Michael Porter’s model to any industry of your choice - Retail‚ Telecom‚ Infrastructure‚ FMCG‚ Insurance‚ Banking etc… Confectionery is related to the food items that are rich in sugar and often referred to as a confection. Confectionery refers to the art of creating sugar based dessert forms‚ or subtleties (subtlety or sotelty)‚ often with pastillage. From the Old French confection‚ origin of Latin confectio(n-)‚ from conficere‚ to "put together"
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