... power.12And for the most part, the initiators of totalitarian rulepursued their aims in the name of some grand moral imperative – the Aryan domination ofthe sub-human races ofthe world or the Wnalestablishment ... see in the case of Mandela).On the other hand, the separation between personal and institutionalmoral capital can work the other way. There are occasions (as we shall seein our study of Lincoln) ... themselves, at the very least in the eyes of their supporters,as legitimate interests, arguing not just the contingent existence of theirdesires but the rightness and justness of their claims...
... Management, Journalof Business Research, Organization Science, Journalof Business and Industrial Marketing, Journalof Business-to-Business Marketing, and Journalof Marketing Channels, and others. ... suppliers and the price at which they sell the product to their customers. The majority ofthe famous department stores in the United States and European countries purchase all kinds of products ... the labor costs ofthe sales staff, and various types of promotion costs. In addition to sales commissions, the discount store requests brand suppliers to pay logistics costs and to share the...
... survey ofthe early wave ofthe literature):on the basis of a set offinancial ratios, reflecting the different dimensions of a CAMELrating system,4 the statistically best subset of variables ... among others, be of a public choice nature and include the importance of the particular financial institution to the local economy and its potential systemic impacton the rest ofthefinancial ... investigate the role of these connections incausing and resolving financial institutions’ distress. Furthermore, the general causes of the East Asian financial crisis have been the subject of intense...
... regardless of device type, much like the Internet. The financial institutions are between a rock and a hard place. They would like to extend their services to the wireless world, but they lack the resources ... request to the application server (middleware). The application server will then know the device type by it’s identifier. The information will be sent to the backend system ofthefinancial institute, ... presentation in the proof of concept stage. The Wireless Application Server is not an Internet server nor an extension to the Internet: The explosion ofthe wireless application industry in the last...
... reliability of servicesCASE STUDYMANAGING CAPITAL THROUGH SPACE SAVINGSAt the heart ofthe EDF is ADC’s Glide Cable Management system. These cable management troughs bolt onto the side of standard ... because each panel has RJ45 connectors on the front and rear ofthe panel. Added benefits included the ability to quickly connect Ethernet switches to the network, improved designation labeling ... CentersLowering theCostof OwnershipCHALLENGEA wireless service provider sought to minimize both capital and operating expenses by redesigning its data centers. Major network elements chosen for the...
... Settlements (the “PromiselReport”), the Bank of England, the Group of Thirty, the Of ce ofthe U.S. Comptroller ofthe Currency, the Com-modity Futures Trading Commission, and, most recently, the U.S. ... majority of both the Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve System and the Directors ofthe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as well as the secretary ofthe Treasury agreed. Thus, the moral ... Director ofResearch at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Research Associate at the NationalBureau of Economic Research, and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Finance and Economics at the Graduate...
... sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... Algebraically, it isCost Cost 211, (1.1)where Cost 2 is thecost at time period 2 Cost 1 is thecost at time period 1.If, for example, Cost 2 is $5 and Cost 1 is $4, then thecost increase is ... (excluding thecostof nuclear refueling) for the 2006–2035 time frame.Regardless ofthe top line budget number, there will be a steady decline in the real purchasing power ofthe Navy as ship costs...
... include thecostof the accrual of certain future benefits and costs. Using a range of accrual rates for these cost elements of between 20 and 40 percent, a very crude estimate of their costs ... agencies. We also analyze the fairly crude estimates ofthecost of a military person-year that result from the application of these data. We then present the official DoD costs of military person-years ... used the pay in the last month before retirement as the benchmark, and the current formula, called High-3, takes the average ofthe highest paid three years of ser-vice as the benchmark; there...
... because of rounding.10 Why Has theCostof Fixed-Wing Aircraft Risen? rateYear Year Cost Cost= ()21211 , (2.1)where Costt2 is thecost at Year2, andCostt1 is thecost ... approach fits the natural logarithm ofcost (the dependent variable) as a function ofthe fiscal year (the independent variable). e annual rate is the exponential ofthe coefficient for the fiscal ... development cost growth and determine the magnitude ofcost growth and show cost growth trends for the past three decades.iv Why Has theCostof Fixed-Wing Aircraft Risen?retary of Defense, the Joint...
... Challenges ofthe 21st Centurymix of students in terms of fields of study or professional specialties. Reforms targeting training institutions were another area of focus, whether the programs ... improve the human capital or skills of a country’s population, or to facilitate the employ-ment of human capital in diverse sectors ofthe economy. Table 1.1 provides the categories of reforms ... interest in human capital and economic initiatives.12 Facing Human Capital Challenges ofthe 21st CenturyWe used the interview notes to provide an overview ofthe areas of human capital deficits...
... increase in non -financial firms’ costofcapital reduces their investment and, ultimately, the level of GDP. Using a constant elasticity of substitution production function, the elasticity of output ... which the failure of one bank can cause the contagious failure of other institutions. We assume that a bank fails if its capital ratio approaches the Basel II minimum of 4%; for purposes of illustration ... assets at the start ofthe crisis Source: Bank of England (2010). Finally, the numbers take no account ofthe fact that additional capital is required to maintain a sufficient amount of lending...