The Risk It Framework

Research Inc. Consumer Emotional Intelligence: Conceptualization, Measurement, and the Prediction of Consumer Decision Making Author(s): Blair Kidwell, David M. Hardesty, Terry L. Childers Source: The Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 35, No. 1 (June 2008), pp. 154-166 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/524417 . Accessed: 14/04/2011 10:03 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions…

The Importance of BI Governance Governance is a crucial component of any business intelligence (BI) strategy. Yet, few companies have developed and implemented the proper controls to ensure the continuous and ongoing success of their enterprise BI initiatives. Why is BI governance so important? Consider the level of investment many companies make in business intelligence and related applications today. Huge budgets and significant staff resources are often dedicated to the selection

The Objective-C Programming Language Tools & Languages: Objective-C 2010-07-13 Apple Inc. . 2010 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Apple Inc., with the following exceptions: Any person is hereby authorized to store documentation on a single computer for…

Financial globalization and foreign capital flows have come to occupy great attention in Latin America in the mid— I 990s. In political terms. the increased importance of foreign capital has held out both promises and threats fop Latin American democracy. On the one hand, forelen investment and financial liberalization have held out the possibility of financing new growth and replacing the now exhausted sources of state financing for industry. Similarly, these new inflows of capital have…

DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000797 The Legacy of Fossil Fuels** Nicola Armaroli*[a] and Vincenzo Balzani*[b] 768  2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6, 768 – 784 Abstract: Currently, over 80 % of the energy used by mankind comes from fossil fuels. Harnessing coal, oil and gas, the energy resources contained in the store of our spaceship, Earth, has prompted a dramatic expansion in energy use and a substantial improvement in the quality of life…

towards the flood risk assessment in coastal regions, involving the definition of risk concepts and types of processes, as well as their causes. Those causes constitute the attributes in order to obtain the susceptibilities, hazards (H), potential damages (Dp) and risks (R = H x Dp) assessments. Several physical, biotic and anthropogenic attributes which control flooding events are classified through the logical tree method into a geographic information system. The modulated…

Sociedade foram aprovadas para publicação pelo Conselho de Administração em reunião realizada em 15 de fevereiro de 2012. 2011-2000 80 (Convenience Translation into English from the Original Previously Issued in Portuguese) Natura Cosméticos S.A. Individual and Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2011 and Independent Auditors’ Report on Financial Statements Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes RELATÓRIO DE…

IBGC. Palavras-chave: Gerenciamento de Riscos; Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa; Brasil Telecom. Abstract Corporate risk management became an important academic subject during the last years. The goal of this research was to evaluate the level of adherence of Brasil Telecom's corporate risk management model to the recommendations proposed by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa - IBGC). For that, a theoretical…

Palavras chaves: Tributação; Comércio eletrônico; Impostos. Abstract The recent advances in electronic commerce in terms of value added in the economy have called into question the traditional system of tax administration and triggered ample discussion about their impact on the taxation area. The objective of the paper is to discuss these implications and to analyze the main recent proposals in the international debate on how to deal with the new reality. Key words: Taxation; Electronic…

High-Frequency Event-Study Analysis of Operation Twist and Its Implications for QE2 ABSTRACT This paper undertakes a modern event-study analysis of Operation Twist and uses its estimated effects to assess what should be expected for the recent policy of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve, dubbed “QE2.” The paper first shows that Operation Twist and QE2 are similar in magnitude. It then identifies six significant, discrete announcements in the course of Operation Twist that…