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Business Plans and Overoptimism

In eight pages this paper considers the problem of overoptimism regarding financial success with little attention paid to the risk...

A Financial Analysis of Apple Computer, Inc.

In five pages this paper discusses company profitability through the maximizing of stock prices while minimizing risk and includes...

Present Economic Conditions, Junk Bonds, and Leveraged Buyouts

and equity, and when investors can effectively monitor and control the behavior of those firms. "Leveraged Buy-outs" and "Junk Bo...

At Risk Teens, Experiential Learning, and Spiritual Development

In sixteen pages this review considers how one woman's work with at risk teens in her community affected her spiritual developme...

Assessment of Hazardous Material

In thirteen pages hazardous material is assessed within the context of the observation 'In an increasingly complex industrial soci...

Germany and Healthcare Since 1981

In six pages this report considers Germany and relevant healthcare issues it has been grappling with since the early 1980s in term...

Julian Barnes' Article on Proctor and Gamble

it will face both opportunities and risks. The risks relate to the possibility of another company duplicating the technology, maki...

Public Health Outreach for Pregnant Women for an African American Population

15 pages and 19 sources. This paper considers the importance of public health outreach for women who are pregnant, especially wom...

Computer Hardware Change Management and its Implications

In six pages this paper examines how computer hardware changes have significant risk and reward implications for corporate managem...

David C. Berliner, Bruce J. Biddle, and James Bell's The Manufactured Crisis

tests." They also point out that the SAT test only verbal and math skills and is no longer enough of a base to determine the appr...

Security Risks of Data Warehousing

In eight pages a possible security risk posed by a company's external data warehouse is examined in terms of the business's altern...

Post Miscarriage and the Interaction Between Medical Staff and Patient

In sixteen pages this paper discusses nursing theory in a consideration of how patients who have experienced miscarriages or are a...

Overview of Prospect Theory

In seven pages this paper discusses prospect theory and what it represents in terms of action outcomes and risk factors. Eight sou...

Overview of Hyperlipidemia Condition

In nine pages this paper presents an overview of the condition known as hyperlipidemia in a consideration of its diagnosis, treatm...

CPM and PERT Management Tools of Project Planning

be introducing a new project, reengineering a department, installing a new network, establishing better communication in a multin...

Preoperative Fasting Management

some cases (Harrow et al, 2001, Strunin, 1993). This has even been extended to nil by mouth for up to twelve hours, despite the ev...

Information on Investment

- they expect that the value of these instruments will increase over time (Motleyfool.com (b), 2002). Therefore, the basic premise...

Cost Structure and the Airline Industry

In this way the more operating leverage an airline has, the greater its business risk will be. Despite the fact that many analyst...

Contracts, Obligations, and Risks

if a project is delayed due to weather or even a union strike of employees? These are all risks that contractors take into account...

Labor and Delivery Nursing and Civil Negligence Issues

2000). In other words, medical malpractice is a form of negligence that "denotes an injury to a patient caused by a health care pr...

Offshore Pension Plan Investment

The Dow nearly crossed into 3,000 territory long enough to close there on several occasions prior to the Gulf War in 1991 and fina...

A Business Projection Example

for the company to be able to undertake a specific project that will involve a three year contract for the setting up of a network...

Lands' End Acquisition by Sears

One group of 16 Lands End executives will be given bonuses that are equal to 70 to 100 percent of their salary if they stay on wit...

Women and Obesity

to join a health club or try to fit some other structured activity into her already-full schedule, at least not on a long-term bas...

Hormone Replacement Therapy's Risks and Rewards

hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, has its own risks associated with it (Hormone Replacement Therapy, 2002). Therefore, it is i...

Are Vaccinations Safe?

condition that they do not pursue lawsuits against the companies involved. Considering the sobering fact that a vaccination can ca...

Literature Review of Educating Students Who Are At Risk

that has focused on the teacher-student relationship has concluded that this kind of relationships provides a feeling of safety a...

Piper Alpha Oil Platform Catastrophe of 1988

some of the fire walls and soon the stored oil was burning. In addition, the automatic deluge system which was supposed to spray w...

Examination of Enron

for the scandal that ultimately occurred. "The contributions dwarfed what was at stake for Enron. In its energy trading in Calif...

7 Risk Management Questions

even this single company can define the risks that it faces until it defines parameters of operation. Q2. Objectives or criteria u...