Chapter 22 Maritime Explorations: 15th-18th Centuries What were the motives and means of maritime explorations? Search for resources and land suitable for cash crops Search for commodities: spices‚ silk‚ gold‚ ivory‚ slaves etc. Search for converts to Christianity Navigational technology and knowledge of the wind (monsoon) Maritime and land-based empires (Trading post empires) Was European expansion in the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean worlds different? Territorial empires in the
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Personal Responsibility and College Success The absence of personal responsibility is one of the main causes of academic failure (Hwang‚ 1995). According to Scheldon and Schatchman (2007)‚ one may use Schlenker’s Triangular Model of Responsibility to identify three possible excuses people make to avoid accepting responsibility: prescription‚ identity‚ and events. Devising a plan for success in college is an excellent way to ensure that all of one’s academic goals will be achieved. To be successful
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patterns from 1750 to the present has remained nearly nonexistent‚ while the backbone of Latin America basic economy in the 1700’s was its part in the Atlantic Slave Trade and Triangular Trade. Latin America’s trade and economy grew very slowly. Between 1700 and 1800 was the highest import of African slaves. The Triangular/Atlantic slave trade was where African slaves were exported to Latin America‚ where the raw materials and crops produced would be exported‚ through Spain‚ to the world‚ and finished
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and practiced in all cultures. During this time while Europeans obtained most slaves through coastal trade with African states‚ some slaves were captured through raids and kidnapping. The slaves were one element of a three-part economic cycle the Triangular Trade and its Middle Passage which ultimately involved four continents‚ four centuries and millions of people. Let’s take Olaudah Equaino for instance being a slave was not easy for him at all being raided and taken from your family at the tender
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Director Financial Markets Education London‚ February 2007 Table of contents SECTION 1 SECTION 2 SECTION 3 SECTION 4 SECTION 5 SECTION 6 SECTION 7 SECTION 8 Why Hedge Funds? Hedge Fund Strategies Equity Long/Short Equity Market Neutral Risk Arbitrage Global Macro LTCM: Case Study Appendix: Pick Your Fund 3 28 31 50 60 74 89 100 1 Financial Markets Education Financial Markets Education provides instruction on all aspects of banking and finance for UBS employees and for our top clients
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Int J Syst Assur Eng Manag DOI 10.1007/s13198-014-0283-9 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Strategic business unit ranking based on innovation performance: a case study of a steel manufacturing company Behrooz Noori Received: 15 January 2014 / Revised: 27 June 2014 Ó The Society for Reliability Engineering‚ Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM)‚ India and The Division of Operation and Maintenance‚ Lulea University of Technology‚ Sweden 2014 Abstract Corporations may be composed of multiple strategic business
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“Do Current Corporate Governance Practices Help Protect Investors’ Interests in Canada?” In the year 1720‚ the British parliament passed the Bubble Act. The act was passed to improve corporate governance and provide investor the protection from the companies making extravagant rumours to inflate stock prices. Over the years‚ many laws have been framed worldwide for protecting the shareholders from manipulations by management. The year 2002 witnessed very big corporate scandals such
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1.) Before we started working on our spreads we had some initial thoughts about which stocks might best fit the different strategies and their purposes. Our bets and assumptions were based on the company’s current situation and some external factors that we thought might influence the stock prices for an up- or down-move. The following are the stocks we used for the different spreads: Starbucks - Bear spread Nike - Bull spread Pfizer - Butterfly‚ Straddle & Strangle For Starbucks
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Kevin‚ Q. & Wang‚ Z.‚ 2003. Asset Pricing with Conditioning Information: A Net Test. The Journal of Finance ‚ 58(1)‚ pp.161-96. Kuhlemeyer‚ G.A.‚ 2004. Fundamentals of Financial Management 12 Edition. USA: Pearson Education Ltd. Ross‚ S.‚ 1976. The Arbitrage Pricing Tehory of Captial Asset Pricing. Journal of Economic Theory‚ Dec‚ pp.89-101. Sharpe‚ W.F.‚ 1964. Capital Asset Pricces: A Theory of Market Equilibrium under Conditions of Risk. Journal of Finance‚ 19‚ pp.425-42. Titman‚ S. & Wessls‚ R.‚ 1988
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2011 FRM® Examination AIM Statements 2011 Financial Risk Manager (FRM®) Examination AIM Statements Topic Outline‚ Readings‚ Test Weightings The Study Guide sets forth primary topics and subtopics under the five risk-related disciplines covered in the FRM exam. The topics were selected by the FRM Committee as topics that risk managers who work in practice today have to master. The topics are reviewed yearly to ensure the FRM exam is kept timely and relevant. Readings Questions for the FRM
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