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	<title>Projects, Dissertation, Thesis &#187; Management</title>
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		<title>Influencing Consumers&#8217; Preferences: The Effects of Mental Construal and Mode of Information Processing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product capability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product evaluations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This dissertation comprises a series of three essays that investigate the influence of consumers&#8217; mental construal and information processing on product evaluations. In the first essay, we examine shifts in consumers&#8217; preferences for products before and after a direct product use experience. This essay investigates how consumers balance their desire for product capability and product [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asymmetry and the Problem of Aggregation in the Euro Area</title>
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		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/aggregation-euro-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euro countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macroeconomic policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oecd countries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This paper highlights the implications for EU macroeconomic policy at a relatively disaggregated level when key economic relationships are nonlinear or asymmetric. Using data for the EU and OECD countries we show that there are considerable non-linearities and asymmetries in the Phillips and Okun curves. High unemployment has a relatively limited effect in pulling inflation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forecast design at GE Healthcare Europe: design of the process for the unit production forecast</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/forecast-design-ge-healthcare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/forecast-design-ge-healthcare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forecasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forecasting process]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Predicting customer demand is the key factor to achieve excellence in supplychain performance (Rick Hoole &#38; Shrunti Mandana, 2005). When businesses become more and more competitive, excellence in the supply chain turns into a prerequisite for survival. Making predictions of the future is seldom easy and is dependent on gained experience from historical events – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human characteristics in a brand</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/human-characteristics-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/human-characteristics-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Case Study Approach]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When someone meets you for the first time, you are being evaluated by you looks and judged within seconds. After a few minutes of conversation, an even stronger impression has been made, whether you like it or not. A good first impression, like having a strong hand shake or presenting yourself in a good way, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of accounting information on management</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/impact-of-accounting-information-on-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/impact-of-accounting-information-on-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costing system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making models]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management accounting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=11872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wexiödisk AB is a producer of dishwashing machines for professional use. Its headquarter is located in Växjö and its products are present on the European, as well as the Japanese and Australian market. Currently the company is Scandinavian’s leading supplier in its business field. Since 2004, Wexiödisk belongs to an Italian group, called the Ali [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human capital is the key to the IT productivity paradox</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/human-capital-it-productivity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/human-capital-it-productivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Management Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity growth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=18566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unlike previous analysis, we consider (i) possible externalities in the use of IT and (ii) IT and human capital interactions. Examining, hypothetically, the statistical consequences of erroneously disregarding (i) and (ii) we shed light on the small or negative growth effects found in early studies of the effects of IT on productivity growth, as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money market volatility</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/money-market-volatility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/money-market-volatility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money market rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open market operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This paper analyses different operational central bank policies and their impact on the behaviour of the money market interest rate. The model combines profit maximising behaviour by commercial banks with the central bank supplying the liquidity that keeps the market rate on target. It seems that frequent liquidity supplying operations represent an efficient tool to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Indebtedness and the Banking Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/private-indebtedness-banking-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/private-indebtedness-banking-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=19280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Finland the private sector borrowing started to rise rapidly in conjunction with the liberalization of capital movements and deregulation of the domestic financial sector during the second half of the 1980s. The financial deregulation coincided with and amplified an economic boom marked by favourable income expectations, loose fiscal policy associated with improved terms of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: A STUDY OF COMPLEMENTARITIES AND CONVERGENCE</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/international-corporate-governance-complementarities-convergence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/international-corporate-governance-complementarities-convergence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control structures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governance structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investor protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ownership structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulatory environments]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This thesis contributes to contemporary research in international corporate governance by investigating two related questions: (1) Is there a convergence in corporate governance towards the US model as suggested by theories of functional convergence and (2) How do differing regulatory environments influence the choice of corporate governance instruments? In Part I, I examine if firms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project: Collateralized Debt Obligations &#8211; Informal Transaction Transparency</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/debt-obligations-transaction-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/debt-obligations-transaction-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subprime loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subprime mortgages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=8473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The relative low interest rate in the first part of the new millennium spurred on demand for mortgage financing and by extension also fueled the housing market, primarily in the United States. Subprime loans were incorporated into and repackaged into various ABS. As the house prices declined and the subprime mortgages resetting at increasingly higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market power and merger simulation in retail banking</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/market-power-merger-simulation-retail-banking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/market-power-merger-simulation-retail-banking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail banking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=18978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper tests market power in the banking industry. Price-cost margins predicted by different oligopoly models are calculated using discrete-choice demand estimates of own-price and cross-price elasticities. These predicted price-cost margins are then compared with price-cost margins computed using observed interest rates and estimates of marginal costs. This paper is among the first to apply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stock exchange alliances, access fees and competition</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/stock-exchange-alliances/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/stock-exchange-alliances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alliance formation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign stock exchanges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[london stock exchange]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=19144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper investigates the market consequences of alliance formation among stock exchanges. These alliances enable brokers to match investors internationally at their local market, thereby eliminating the need for brokers to maintain memberships in foreign stock exchanges. We sort out the conditions under which alliance formation increases profits for stock exchanges and brokers, and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early intervention and prompt corrective action in Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/intervention-corrective-action-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/intervention-corrective-action-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial stability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=18935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The present crisis has revealed that, as expected, much of the safety net for handling failures in the banking system is deficient, particularly for cross-border banks, and the present problems had to be handled by a range of ad hoc measures. The principal new measure that needs to be undertaken in most countries is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Strategies of ICICI Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/marketing-strategies-icici-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/marketing-strategies-icici-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[icici bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=14982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The objective of this project is comprehensive and comparative study of the marketing strategies of ICICI Bank. Its objective of extracting Incremental business through existing client, it’s a policy of ICICI Bank Ltd. to time and again review back the existing clients database, for generating business as well as to take a feedback towards its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Cultures Really Matter: Human Resource Management Strategies Project Report</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/cultures-human-resource-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/cultures-human-resource-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hrm strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human resource management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=14288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this research study is to explore the relationship between cultures and Human Resource Management Strategies in Multinational Corporations. In order to achieve this purpose, a multiple-methods research design is adopted. The study consists of two steps. The first step is a pilot study which aims to give a general picture and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Labor Supply and the Family</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/womens-labor-supply/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/womens-labor-supply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor force participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal employment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=2086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The past century has seen a tremendous rise in female labor force participation. My dissertation addresses aspects of how the American family has shaped and has been shaped by rising levels of female labor supply. The first chapter provides an introduction and discussion. The second chapter describes the impact of maternal employment on children&#8217;s health. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business surveys and inflation forecasting in China</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/inflation-forecasting-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/inflation-forecasting-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation forecasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation in china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transition economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=18717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We use business survey data collected by the People’s Bank of China for inflation forecasting. Some survey indicators lead to enhanced forecasting performance relative to the univariate benchmark model, especially for a period of moderate inflation. However, the estimated models do not do a good job of tracking the recent pickup in Chinese inflation, due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Term Structure of Interest Rates: Estimation and Interpretation</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/term-structure-interest-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/term-structure-interest-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exchange rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forward interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[term structure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This document reports the currently used term structure estimation method at the Bank of Finland and discusses interpretation of the results it generates. We start by introducing two widely used term structure estimation methods: the Cubic Spline Function method and the Nelson-Siegel approach. We compare their results, paying special attention to the smoothness of forward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Substituting a Substitute Currency – The Case of Estonia</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/substitute-currency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/substitute-currency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[currency substitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign currency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This study evaluates substitution of foreign currency balances in Estonia, a transition economy neighbouring countries participating in EMU. The focus is on substitution between dollar and euro balances in the three basic functions of money &#8211; unit of account, store of value and means of payment. While traditional models for currency substitution concentrate on substitution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monopoly rights can reduce income big time</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/monopoly-rights-reduce-income/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/monopoly-rights-reduce-income/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monopoly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[per capita income]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We ask which part of the observed cross-country differences in the level of per capita income can be accounted for by monopoly rights in the labour market. We answer this question in a calibrated growth model with two final goods sectors. The novel feature being that monopoly rights in the capital-producing sector shield insiders from [...]]]></description>
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