Credit Rating Agencies Credit rating agencies play a crucial role in the financial system‚ and played an important one in the events that led to its near-collapse in 2008. The business is dominated by three firms – Moody’s‚ Standard and Poor’s and Fitch Ratings -- whose job is to provide an objective analysis of the risk posed to investors by bonds‚ companies and countries. During the housing boom‚ the system broke down‚ as several billion dollars worth assets‚ later shown to be worthless‚ received
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Likert Scales …are the meaning of life: Dane Bertram Note: A glossary is included near the end of this handout defining many of the terms used throughout this report. CPSC 681 – Topic Report Dane Bertram Likert Scale \lickurt\‚ n. Definition: A psychometric response scale primarily used in questionnaires to obtain participant’s preferences or degree of agreement with a statement or set of statements. Likert scales are a non‐comparative scaling technique and a
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because his finances are scarce. It is important to let your patient know that the dentist‚ under the guidance from the Oregon Board of Dentistry‚ cannot diagnose the problem‚ or perform any treatment without a radiograph. Definitions ANSI film rating: desigrates film speed (sensitivity) by using letters A-F (A-slowest‚ F-fastest) Characteristic curve: Film contrast is usually expressed in the slope of the line in the diagnostically useful part of the characteristic curve. Cassette: A container
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differences between the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale. Intelligence: According to the Oxford Dictionary in psychology terms intelligence is the general mental ability involved in calculating‚ reasoning‚ perceiving relationships and analogies. It is also the ability to learning quickly‚ storing and retrieving information‚ using language fluently and adjusting to new situations. Stanford -Binet Intelligence Scale In 1857-1911 Alfred Binet invented the method
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Economies of scale The long run – increases in scale A firm’s efficiency is affected by its size. Large firms are often more efficient than small ones because they can gain from economies of scale‚ but firms can become too large and suffer from diseconomies of scale. As a firm expands its scale of operations‚ it is said to move into its long run. The benefits arising from expansion depend upon the effect of expansion on productive efficiency‚ which can be assessed by looking at changes in average
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Returns to Scale Returns to scale is a concept that tries to explain the behaviour of the output in relation to the change in the total scale of operations of the firm. A change of scale of operations means a change in the total size of the firm‚ i.e. a change in both labour and capital of the firm. For determining the returns to scale‚ we need to calculate the Output Elasticity where: Output Elasticity = % change in Output/% change in all inputs The different types of returns to scales are:
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Economies of scale are the main drivers of corporate gigantism in the 20th century. Economies of scale simply refers to the cost benefit achieved with an increasing output / product unit. Economies of scale exist due to the inverse relationship between quantity produced and per-unit fixed costs ; the higher the quantity produced‚ the lower the cost per unit. Economies of scale can be seen in an orange juice production. The more orders ‚ or the more fruits‚ the growers harvest‚ the more savings
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Social mindfulness: Skill and will to navigate the social world. Authors: Van Doesum‚ Niels J.‚ Department of Social and Organizational Psychology‚ VU University Amsterdam‚ Amsterdam‚ Netherlands‚ n.j.van.doesum@vu.nl Van Lange‚ Dion A. W.‚ Vossius Gymnasium‚ Amsterdam‚ Netherlands Van Lange‚ Paul A. M.‚ Department of Social and Organizational Psychology‚ VU University Amsterdam‚ Amsterdam‚ Netherlands‚ p.a.m.van.lange@vu.nl Address: Van Doesum‚ Niels J.‚ Department of Social and Organizational Psychology
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Introduction Entrepreneurs play a key role in any economy. These are the people who have the skills and initiative necessary to take good new ideas to market and make the right decisions to make the idea profitable. The reward for the risks taken is the potential economic profits the entrepreneur could earn. There is a large literature devoted to the study of entrepreneurshipi n economics and related disciplines. The origin of the studies of entre-preneurship is the mature market economy. Jo-seph
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Chrysler also known as Americas ‘Big Three’ automobile companies are located in this city. The concept of External Scale Economies can help us explain why these three major companies are located in this area. Scales economies are important for a country because they represent a growth in its economy. Companies are able to produce more products or services at a lower cost of input. “External scale economies are based on the size of an entire industry within a specific geographic area.”1 These companies bulk
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