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The Valuation of Internet Companies : A Study of Current Market Capitalization
(2000)The author analyzes the valuation of Internet companies, assuming the four companies analyzed can be related to the industry as a whole. The methods used in valuing the Internet companies include the following: Tobin's q ... -
Value Investing During an Impending Recession: A Case Study of Pegasystems
(2008)The purpose of this paper is to use fundamental analysis to analyze a stock, Pegasystems. I will use value investing principles to determine whether PEGA is a good investment or not. First, I will discuss the basics of ... -
The Value of Financial Ratios in the Retail Industry in Evaluating Financial Strength
(2019)This study looks at two categories of retailers to find differences in averages in financial ratios. The first group of retailers has adopted a successful online model that allows consumers to purchase products directly ... -
The Value of Financial Ratios in the Retail Industry in Evaluating Financial Strength
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2019)This study looks at two categories of retailers to find differences in averages in financial ratios. The first group of retailers has adopted a successful online model that allows consumers to purchase products through ... -
Valuing a Unique and Irreplaceable Ecosystem: A Study of California's Salton Sea
(2003)The Salton Basin, located in Southern California near the Mexico border, is home to the Salton Sea, California's largest lake. Neighboring the Sea are the Imperial, Coachella, and Mexicali Valleys, fertile agricultural ... -
Valuing a Video Game: Does Score Determine Value?
(2009)Video game development is both expensive and risky; it can take years to complete a game and future cash flows are unpredictable. To predict the future cash flow of the video game accurately would lessen the risk of the ... -
Vietnam's Road to Recovery
(1994)The objective of this paper is to give a detailed report of Vietnam's economic renovation and the current conditions, including a special section on foreign investment. The discussion proceeds as follows: In section I, ... -
Wage-Push Inflation: Its Meaning and Control
(1969)It is the opinion of the present writer that if the tools of monetary and fiscal policy are refined to reduce time-lags, and if the attitudes of those administering policy change, the situation would be much improved. ... -
The Walmart Effect on the Labor Market
(2006)The author reviews the literature on how the local economy and businesses areeffected when Walmart builds a store in small towns in the United States. While a store may hire 325 employees unon its initial store opening, ... -
WAR : How the Application of Innovative Statistics Have Changed Baseball's Free Agency
(2014)This project investigates the extent to which baseball teams can improve the allocation of their resources in the market for free-agent players. More specifically, attempts are made to show that, with the application of ... -
Warning: Utilization of a Thrift Institution May Be Hazardous To Your Wealth
(1990)The state of thrift institutions in the United States is a tricky affair to analyze. It is no secret that thrift failure has been a great fear of the banking community. Our government has known for years that the thrift ... -
Ways to Hedge Exchange Rate Risk for Kalamazoo College
(2011)This paper will discuss the various ways in which Kalamazoo College can properly hedge it exchange rate risk. The college has a large part of its study abroad funds that are improperly managed. The College could use the ... -
Web-Based Weight Management Programs as a Solution to Growing Obesity in America
(2012)Today, roughly two-thirds of the United States population is overweight or obese. This can lead to serious health concerns in addition to taking a significant toll on our country's economy .Using journal sources, first-hand ... -
Welcome to China: Business Ethics in China
(2007)My Senior Individualized Project (SIP) is founded in Business Ethics, specifically in relation to China. As an intern for Dr. Ian Faimie, Dean of Community Life at Curtin University in Perth Australia, I was part of an ... -
What are the Regional and Personal, Economic and Moral, Effects of US Immigration Policy and Procedures at the US-Mexico Border? A Study on the (economic and moral) Impact of Recent U.S. Immigration Policy
(2020-11-23)The border that divides the United States and Mexico has had a long and complicated history. U.S. Immigration law is even more complex and confusing as to how it works. As a country that prides itself on being a country ... -
What Teens Want and How to get Their Business: Market Segmentation and the Teenager
(2005)Teenagers are the fastest growing group of consumers in the world. Every year teenagers spend more than $55 billion dollars. This paper examines the different market segments that have evolved with the growing adolescent ... -
What Women Want: How Does Nike Target Female Athletes?
(2002)I chose to do an Experiential Senior Individualized Project in the summer and fall of my senior year. The topic of this paper is how female athletes are targeted through sport marketing. How women are depicted in ... -
"What's It Worth?" A Full Business Valuation of a Publicly Traded Company
(2014)This project provides an analysis on the process of valuing a company, specifically reviewing the different techniques and methods used by financial analysts when valuing an asset. This review begins with an academic ... -
When Standards Differ: The Effects of Free Trade on Environmental Regulation
(1994)This analysis focuses upon the differing environmental standards between countries and the likelihood, direction, and implications of any harmonization of these standards. There are certainly numerous issues concerning ... -
White-Collar Crime (Un)Defined: A Literature and Case Study Approach
(2011)Due to the commercial nature of white-collar crimes and because of the extraordinary costs of these offenses to both businesses and consumers, white-collar crime is an area of the law that many members of the business ...