The Financialization of the U.S. Corporation: What Has Been Lost‚ and How It Can Be Regained William Lazonick* I. INTRODUCTION: WHAT HAPPENED TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY? Many of us know what a prosperous economy looks like. People who want to work have no problem finding jobs. People who want to build careers can accumulate the necessary work experience over time. People who want to start their own businesses can tap into sources of committed finance enabling them to get their firms up and running
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for this “internal stickiness”. The ability to transfer best practices internally is critical for companies to get a competitive advantage. The author analyzes “internal stickiness” of knowledge and tests the resulting model using canonical correlation analysis of data. The conventional view blames motivational factors as barriers whereas this study blames the lack of transfer on knowledge related factors: the recipients’ lack of absorptive capacity‚ casual uncertainty‚ and a difficult relationship
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Introduction The purpose of this lab is to determine: the coefficient of friction between a rubber stopper and a wooden ramp the coefficient of static friction between a wooden block and a wooden ramp the coefficient of kinetic friction between a wooden block and a wooden ramp The design of this experiment was done by placing a rubber stopper / wooden block onto a wooden ramp and tilting the ramp at a certain degree to cause the stopper / block to move. The measurements of the vertical distance
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happy worker is a good worker. Although this sounds like a very appealing idea‚ the results of empirical literature are too mixed to support the hypothesis that job satisfaction leads to better performance or even that there is a reliable positive correlation between these two variables. On the other hand some researchers argue that the results are equally inconclusive with respect to the hypothesis that there is no such relationship. As a result of this ambiguity‚ this relationship continues to stimulate
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importance and significance of it. For me‚ going back to a more personal experience; I was fortunate to pinch in and contribute in alleviating hunger level amongst some Orange Walkenons less unfortunate homes. Through this experience I can now see the correlation of hunger and poverty in Belize. So what is hunger and poverty? To par with all definitions given; hunger‚ is being in a state of discomfort or weakness due to lack of food. Usually‚ there is a strong desire for a need of food
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Full Moon Phenomenon A black cat crosses the road and it is bad luck‚ you aren’t supposed to open an umbrella inside of the house or a building‚ or break a mirror. These are all superstitions are that people believe in‚ it starts as early as age eighteen months when children start to exhibit a form of magical thinking when they begin to create imaginary worlds while playing. One superstition I grew up thinking was true and until recently I still did was that crazy things happen when a full
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MATH533: Applied Managerial Statistics PROJECT PART C: Regression and Correlation Analysis Using MINITAB perform the regression and correlation analysis for the data on SALES (Y) and CALLS (X)‚ by answering the following questions: 1. Generate a scatterplot for SALES vs. CALLS‚ including the graph of the "best fit" line. Interpret. After interpreting the scatter plot‚ it is evident that the slope of the ‘best fit’ line is positive‚ which indicates that sales amount varies directly
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Chapter 1 The Pros and Cons of Globalization for Developing Countries A Review of the Theoretical Issues and the Empirical Debate David Bigman* Introduction Despite the highly favorable views that most researchers in the academic community and in the international development organizations hold on the globalization process and its impact on developing countries‚ and notwithstanding the strong support of the empirical evidence of the benefits that many developing countries have derived
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Biology Laboratory Research Paper I. The Scientific Method Scientists see the world from a different perspective. Scientists observe the environment and the surroundings and ask questions. Once questions are formulated the next step for a scientist is to try and come up with answers. This method of inquiry and analysis is called the scientific method. As previously mentioned the scientific method starts by asking questions and then trying to find answers. "Scientists use the scientific method
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stressful life events. The tests was given to a selection of sailors‚ and were made to assess any life experiences from the last 6 months‚ which was then measured against their health records for the following 6 months. The results gave a positive correlation‚ showing that impacting life events increased the chance of sailors getting a stress-related illness. Although this test verified a link between large events and stress‚ it failed to address the transactional models second appraisal‚ of how people
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