Business and Finance

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KfW Entwicklungsbank and IFC launch world's largest fund to …

Refinancing assured for the microfinance sector Major contribution toward safeguarding and creating jobs in developing and transition countries In the…

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KfW Unveils USD II/2009: Key Details and Insights

The USD II/2009 with a settlement on February 10th 2009 matures on March 15th 2011. With a coupon of 1.875% and a reoffer price of 99.886% it yields 1.931%…

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Take a Penny, Leave a Penny — Pay the Tax?

They sit next to cash registers in stores across America, little cardboard boxes or styrofoam cups or old plastic ashtrays.”Take a penny, leave a penny,” they…

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Charging for Fast Food Extras Could Save You Money

However, according to John Stanton, Ph.D., chair of food marketing at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, the “frills” that come with fast food or…

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Understanding Patents: Key to Success in the Knowledge Economy

We live in a knowledge economy, and patents are the legal tender. They define a company’s or individual’s stake and they are the mechanism by which ideas can…

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Greening the Office: Insights from Leeds’ COSLAC Research

Matt Davis, a researcher from Leeds’ Centre for Organisational Strategy, Learning and Change (COSLAC), says: “Despite an abundance of literature advising us on…

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Boosting the Economy Through Effective Innovation Strategies

But not only is U.S. innovation policy disorganized, it is woefully underfunded. In 2006, the federal government spent a total of $2.7 billion, or 0.02 percent…

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KfW Launches 10-Year Euro Benchmark Bond for 2009

The benchmark bond I/2009 matures on 21 January 2019, pays a coupon of 3.875% p.a. and carries a re-offer price of 99.471 (with a 3.94% yield). This…

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We’re going on holiday – but where? – New model shows process of choosing holiday destinations

In the study, published in the magazine Tourism Management, Juan Luis Nicolau and Francisco Más analysed data from 2,491 people gathered by the CIS, and…

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Integrating Risk Management Into Corporate Strategy

In the “MIT Roundtable on Corporate Risk Management” that appears in the Fall 2008 issue of Morgan Stanley’s Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, a…

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Building Trust for Effective Change Management Insights

John Ylander has studied the effects of various change processes within a large international group. Through in-depth interviews and workshops with staff,…

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Enhancing Share Yield Predictions with Key Metrics Insights

It is by no means a simple matter to say anything with confidence about how the value of a share will develop over time. There is a varied menu of key figures…

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Global Project Finance Reform: Insights from Recent Study

Recent research by the Economic and Social Research Council finds that Project Finance (PF), one of the most commonly used methods of funding major…

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Smart Downsizing: 9 Tips and 5 Common Pitfalls to Avoid

“Research shows that downsizing very seldom works,” says Dr. Clint Chadwick, an associate professor business strategy at The University of Alabama in…

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Knowledge Angels: Transforming Data into Economic Innovation

Knowledge, data, information, and innovation have become the major commodities of modern economies, explains Emmanuel Muller an economic scientist at the…

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Key Management Strategies from “Bullish on Uncertainty”

A. Alexandra Michel’s new book, “Bullish on Uncertainty: How Organizational Cultures Transform Participants,” explores the case of two major U.S. investment…

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