The determinants of non-performing loans: an econometric case study of Guyana[1] Tarron Khemraj Assistant Professor of Economics New College of Florida Sukrishnalall Pasha Lecturer University of Guyana ABSTRACT The study attempts to ascertain the determinants of non-performing loans in the Guyanese banking sector using a panel dataset and a fixed effect model similar to Jimenez and Saurina (2005). Consistent with international evidence we find that the real effective exchange
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Abstract Kmart a long standing discount retailer and Sears have merged to make up Sears Holdings Corporation. As the two struggling retailers combine forces‚ it will allow for both companies‚ now working as one to reemerge bigger and better than ever. Now they are in the process of restructuring their management structure‚ to hopefully be able to locate where their areas of weakness are. K-mart‚ one of the leaders in department stores‚ has been around for over 100 years. Although the company
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Artifact-Centric Business Process Models: Brief Survey of Research Results and Challenges Richard Hull IBM T.J. Watson Research Center‚ Yorktown Heights‚ NY‚ USA Abstract. A data-centric approach to business process and workflow modeling has been emerging over the past several years. This short paper presents a structured framework for a class of data-centric business process models‚ which are based on “business artifacts”. The paper provides a brief survey of research results on artifact-centric
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BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE PLAN EVALUATION GB560 Designing‚ Improving and Implementing Processes Session # 1105D Unit 6 Assignment Alicia Fields Kaplan University August 30‚ 2011 The importance of understanding Business Process Change Business processes comprise a set of sequential sub-processes or tasks‚ with alternative paths depending on certain conditions as applicable‚ performed to achieve a given objective or produce given outputs. Each process has one or more needed inputs. The inputs
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technology (IT) in the world of business process improvement can take many forms. From an automation standpoint‚ no one knows more about the subject than the IT professionals within an organization. From the business unit perspective‚ no one knows more than the department professionals. The article selected for this analysis is titled "Whose is Process Improvement Anyway?" by Meridith Levinson. It describes two separate organizations that utilize IT in their business process improvement strategies. It
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Business Process Outsourcing in the Insurance Industry In the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis‚ insurance companies around the world have taken action to ensure their survival. To assist insurance companies determine ways to improve efficiencies‚ Accenture has developed a guide to business process outsourcing (BPO) for the insurance sector. BPO can play an important role in realizing a company’s growth strategy. Specifically‚ highly routine work involving large-volume processing
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MPM 701 Business Process Management (BPM) Written Assignment Report Overview & Structure Executive Summary This preliminary business report analyse and evaluate why Cullen Creative Cooking Pty Ltd (CCC) is experiencing declined profitability and lower customer responsiveness. The report finds that the current business processes has problems that need to be redesigned and redressed. It offers the business owner several reasons for adopting a BPM approach‚ such as improving corporate performance
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htm BPMJ 18‚2 Maturity models in business process management ¨ Maximilian Roglinger 328 FIM Research Center Finance and Information Management‚ University of Augsburg‚ Augsburg‚ Germany‚ and ¨ ¨ Jens Poppelbuß and Jorg Becker ¨ European Research Center for Information Systems‚ University of Munster‚ ¨ Munster‚ Germany Abstract Purpose – Maturity models are a prospering approach to improving a company’s processes and business process management (BPM) capabilities. In fact
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1 Introduction Business Link‚ describes Business Plan as a “roadmap for future development” and has an essential role for every enterprises. The document narrates “a business‚ its objectives‚ its strategies‚ the market it is in and its financial forecasts” and it serves several functions to business unit from securing external funding to measuring success within the business (2008). As a statement of intent‚ business plan displays “where you are now and where you want to go” (Cracknell‚ 2006)
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Communication Styles and the Business Communication Process According to Stuart‚ Sarow‚ and Stuart (2007) “Interpersonal communication is the exchange of information between two or more senders or receivers in a casual context” (p. 12). I will discuss the content of a conversation between a young lady named Odetta and her boss Robert. Odetta is the group coordinator at a major hotel near the Los Angeles airport‚ and it is time for her review. The discussion will include the style of communication
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