1. What is capital-market efficiency? What are its implications for investment performance in general? What are the implications for fund managers‚ if the market exhibits characteristics of strong‚ semi-strong‚ or weak efficiency? Capital-market efficiency evolved from the PhD in the 1960s dissertation by Eugene Fama. The Efficient Market Hypothesis‚ states that at any given time and in a liquid market‚ the prices of securities fully reflect all the available information. EMH exists to varying degrees
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Bottled Water Case: Industrial Evolution 1. Describe the bottled water industry as presented in the case a. Size in sales: In 2001‚ bottled water was among the world’s most attractive beverage categories‚ with global sales exceeding 32 billion gallons and annual growth averaging nearly 9 percent between 1996 and 2001. b. Projected growth: U.S. per capita consumption had grown to nearly 20 gallons a year by 2001 and was expected to grow to 26 gallons a year by 2005 c. Number of Competitors:
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1. aWhat are the assumptions implicit in Bill French’s determination of his company’s break-even point? * He has assumed that there is just one breakeven point for the firm (by taking the average of the 3 products). * He has also assumed that the sales mix will remain constant. Total revenue and total expenses behave in a linear manner over the relevant range. * Since the capacity is being expanded to increase production of Product C‚ it could be assumed that this increase should be allocated
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CHERY A CASE STUDY OF MARKET SEGMENTATION‚ TARGETING AND MARKET POSITIONING Introduction Built in 1997 Chery is one of the famous Chinese car manufacturers aiming at building ‘independent Chinese brand’ and is now on its way to be international. It has the capability of producing 650 thousand automobiles‚ 650 thousand engines and 400 thousand sets of gear-boxes annually. There are four sub-brands (Chery‚ Riich‚ Rely and Karry) under Chery and three types of cars (passenger cars‚ business cars
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Background: The case ‘Elizabeth Visits GPC’s French Subsidiary’ is about Elizabeth Moreno who is a key specialist within GPC. She is travelling from the subsidiary in the Philippines to visit another located in France. The text is about the cultural differences between different countries and people and shows how companies deal with it. GPC has subsidiaries around the world. Despite all technological advances‚ face-to-face meetings and on site consolations are used widely. France in particular
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buying product‚ marketing mix is very necessary. Now I think we are all clear about what marketing is. So let consider the real issue: KRISTAL WATER. Let take a look at their background & their launch for the product. Firtstly‚ about the background: Kristal is a bottled water‚ it’s manufactured by a US company (HFDP). It is advertised as the purest water in the world and its target is have a healthy lifestyle. And here is their launch: Kristal was launched last year in California. Its slogan is
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School‚ University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne‚ Newcastle upon Tyne‚ NEI 7RU‚ wCentre for Urban and Regional Development Studies‚ University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne‚ Newcastle upon Tyne‚ NEI 7RU‚ Email: c.j.ivory@ncl.ac.uk The article considers knowledge management issues from the client’s perspective. In the example presented‚ a sludge treatment centre procured by Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL)‚ the task faced by the client was to manage knowledge in a context where the core technology being procured
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(UASB) and aerobic (EAFB) treatment system for effluent from primary treatment of sugarcane mill wastewater for its application for drip irrigation‚ and P99% organics and solids removal were reported at HRT of 2d. This treated wastewater hold better water quality for drip
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Global Water Treatment Products Market 2014-2018 Water treatment products are various products that assist in removing the impurities in water. Various types of water such as seawater‚ ground water‚ municipal drinking water‚ and wastewater can be treated using water treatment products. The wide variety of applications for water treatment products is one of the major reasons for the increase in the demand for these products. Water treatment technologies are used to remove or destroy pesticide active
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Water Quality Study December 17‚ 2008 A Study of Water Quality in Big Haynes Creek Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology 1174 Bulldog Circle Conyers‚ GA 30012 December 17‚ 2008 1 Water Quality Study December 17‚ 2008 Table of Contents Introduction p. 3 Literature Review p. 3 Methodology p. 9 Data Interpretation p. 11 Discussion and Conclusions p. 17 References p. 21 Appendix A: Detailed Procedures p. 25 Appendix B: Experimental
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