Quarterly earnings forecasting decisions Quarterly Earnings Forecasting Decisions by Family Firms and the Market Reaction to Them Abstract We study the disclosure incentives for family firms by examining the characteristics of their quarterly earnings forecasts and analysts’ and investors’ responses to them. Forecasts offered before the fiscal quarter-end (guidance) by S&P 500 family firms are […]
Introduction My dissertation explores the power of engagement exerted on the viewer by the boxed constructions of Joseph Cornell. These boxes have fascinated me for many years, giving me an irresistible urge to satisfy my curiosity. I feel compelled to respond to the invitation to look into each boxed frame, and I am lured into […]
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Get startedThis essay will attempt to critically analyse the works of Roger Hiorns. It will look into the reasons behind his nomination for this year’s Turner Prize, the links between the artist’s previous works and the works he is making now. It will also look into the methods, techniques and materials he uses, and also his […]
The world having a turn down in food production per capita and the growing global demand for food make it essential to produce solution for maximum consumption of available resources and improve crops to triumph over this problem. In many arid and semi arid regions, good soils are scarce with their overall productivity declining because […]
Introduction: Kidney is a part of group of organs that constitute the urinary tract system which consists of two kidneys, two ureters, bladder and urethra. The kidneys do the major function of the urinary system. The other parts of the system are mainly passageways and storage areas. The kidneys are reddish, bean-shaped structure and located […]
INTRODUCTION: Many businesses, economic and social questions are not amenable to a simple YES or No answer. Every business needs some clarification or discussion. Solutions can be presented and every criterion can be either accepted or rejected. To consider the arguments and indeed the facts presented, the completeness of current information and the requirements for […]
CASE STUDY TELENOR 1. General information about the Telenor Group The Telenor Group is the leading telecommunications company in Norway and one of the leading mobile operators in the world in terms of subscription. The company is also the biggest provider of television services in the Nordic region, while at the same time being present […]
INTRODUCTION Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are a group of drugs, mostly synthetic in origin, that are structurally derived from β-phenethylamine (Figure 1). Amphetamine (AMP, “Speed”) was initially synthesized in Berlin in 1887 as 1-methyl-2-phenethylamine. It was the first of several chemicals, including methamphetamine (MET, “Ice”) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “Ecstasy”), which have similar structures and biological properties, […]
2 Polyphenols Polyphenols are a group of compounds belonging to the phytochemicals (plant secondary metabolites) which are important for normal growth development of the plant, defence against infection and injury (Chakravartula and Guttarla 2007), the prevention of UV damage and the formation of plant colour (Crozier et al. 2009). Polyphenols can reach high concentrations in […]
IMAGE BASED STEGANOGRAPHYUSING LSB INSERTION TECHNIQUE ABSTRACT Steganography is a technique used to hide the message in vessel data by embedding it. The Vessel Data which is visible is known as external information and the data which is embedded is called as internal information.The extrenal information is not much useful to the data owner. The […]
1 Introduction As more and more data become available through the Internet, the average user is often confronted with a situation where he is trying hard to find what he is looking for, under the pile of available and often misleading information. This phenomenon is described as the information overload problem and became the reason […]
Chapter 1 Introduction and Background 1.1 Related Work and Project Concept In the late 1980s Nadrian C. Seeman at New York University, founded the .eld of Structural DNA Nanotechnology [ACS01]. Since then many other labs have started exploring the possibilities of using DNA as structural material. Various di.erent DNA machines have been constructed [NNT02]. Examples […]
2.1 Introduction As expressed in the Egan report (1998), the UK construction industry is a significant contributor to the domestic economy in the UK that it is simply too important to be overlooked. The construction process and its success are influenced by various factors and choosing the most effective investment to improve the construction process […]
INTRODUCTION Construction industry is regarded as one of the most hazardous industries in UK and world wide. People attached with this industry do get injured or they may die. According to the report of Health and safety Executive 2,800 workers have expired during last 25 years in UK and many more are suffering from long […]
Aspects of Thai Buddhist culture CHAPTER V Thai Culture At the outset of this study I had intended to have two sections in the final chapter, one section detailing the Buddhist roots of all things Thai and the other showing Hindu / Indic influence. This idea has been abandoned by the author due to the […]
“Confucius doctrine said women weren’t equal to men, because women were unworthy or incapable of a literary education.” (Planetpapers.com) “the woman with no talent is the one who has merit”(Planerpapers.com)) Generally, the structure of the ancient Chinese society in China is mostly male dominated. Men always look down at women because the structure of the […]
Chapter.1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction and Background The hypermarket plays an important role in Asian countries, such as South Korea, China, Thailand, and Taiwan, the numbers of hypermarkets are rising because of the dense population. Nowadays, Taiwan has experienced rapid economic expansion and a notable increase in consuming capacity. With an increasing demand for better products […]
CADANGAN DEVISA, FINANCIAL DEEPENING DAN STABILISASI NILAI TUKAR RIIL RUPIAH AKIBAT GEJOLAK NILAI TUKAR PERDAGANGAN Abstract These papers analyze the influence of the international reserves and the financial deepening on the real exchange rate stabilization due to the terms of trade shock. The analysis covers 6 countries with quarterly data (Indonesia, United States, Japan, Hong […]
Introduction The purpose of this study was to investigate some Tunisian geography teachers’/researchers’ reading of research articles (RA) in English in their field, in particular their use of metadiscourse and the factors that might affect this use. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods addressed the purposes of this study. Two major reasons have motivated […]
Voorwoord Met het schrijven van dit rapport wil ik de haalbaarheid van 3D GPS voor de loonwerksector naar voren brengen. Het investeren in 3D GPS lijkt de toekomst te hebben, maar is het investeren wel verstandig en is het haalbaar om rendement te behalen uit deze investering? Ik schrijf dit rapport ter afsluiting van mijn […]
Overview of the study Evidence following the suggestions for age-appropriate restraints as well as stern seat locations for kids travelling in the motor vehicles has been fine established. Though, evidence for the age-based suggestions regarding air bags as well as kids is lacking. Even though the NHTSA course of action for kids as well as […]
Abstract: Unexpected fouling in condensers has always been one of the main operational concerns in thermal power plants. This paper describes an approach to predict fouling deposits in thermal power plant condensers by means of support vector machines (SVMs). The periodic fouling formation process and residual fouling phenomenon are analyzed. To improve the generalization performance […]
Іntroductіon Еvеr ѕіncе thе еnеrgy crіѕіѕ, whеn dіgіtаl controlѕ (thеn cаllеd ЕMCЅ for еnеrgy mаnаgеmеnt аnd control ѕyѕtеmѕ) wеrе uncеrеmonіouѕly uѕhеrеd іnto wіdеѕprеаd uѕе for HVАC control, thе іnduѕtry hаѕ trіеd to mаkе thеm look аnd аct lіkе thе pnеumаtіc controlѕ thеy hаvе ѕupеrѕеdеd. Only occаѕіonаlly аrе ѕomе of thе profoundly еxpаndеd opportunіtіеѕ аvаіlаblе wіth […]
1. Introduction 1.1. Continuous counter current chromatography Continuous industrial-scale adsorption processes are well known for their efficiency. Very often, the Height Equivalent of a Theoretical Plate (HETP) in a batch operation is roughly three times higher than one find for the continuous mode (Gembicki et al., 2002). The operation of continuous chromatographic counter current apparatus […]
Stock Trading using Computational Intelligence t Computational Intelligence has been widely used in recent years in many areas, such as speech recognition, image analysis, adaptive control and time series prediction. This research attempts to explore the usefulness of neural network and support vector machine in financial market. Two popular stock market indexes have been studied: […]
Context By the time the bloody chaos of the First World War finally came to an end on November 11, 1918, the American novelist Edith Wharton had already been living as an expatriate in Paris for five years. During that time, she had essentially ceased to write fiction and had turned her energies instead to […]
Introduction Jack Kerouac was responsible for spawning the literary movement that became known as the Beat Generation, a movement not only significant to literature, but one which incorporated music and visual art to chart a personal progression. Kerouac “was the leader of a literary movement and a way of life he thought was a passing […]
Opening a Window A Room with a View by E.D. Forster explores the struggle between the expectations of a conventional lady of the British upper class and pursuing the heart. Miss Lucy Honeychurch must choose between class concerns and personal desires. Honeychurch is a respectable young lady from a well-known family. She travels with Miss […]
Precision agriculture Precision farming or precision agriculture is an agricultural concept relying on the existence of in-field variability. It requires the use of new technologies, such as global positioning (GPS), sensors, satellites or aerial images, and information management tools (GIS) to assess and understand variations. Collected information may be used to more precisely evaluate optimum […]
Literature Review Introduction The research will begin with a review of the literature available on different modes of entry into a market and criteria for selecting a suitable mode into any market. Then Strategic Alliances and Joint ventures will be discussed in detail. This will be followed by an overview of the telecommunication industry and […]
