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CEO overconfidence and corporate investment

by Ulrike Malmendier, Geoffrey Tate - Journal of Finance , 2005
"... We explore behavioral explanations for sub-optimal corporate investment decisions. Focusing on the sensitivity of investment to cash flow, we argue that personal characteristics of chief executive officers, in particular overconfidence, can account for this widespread and persistent investment disto ..."
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We explore behavioral explanations for sub-optimal corporate investment decisions. Focusing on the sensitivity of investment to cash flow, we argue that personal characteristics of chief executive officers, in particular overconfidence, can account for this widespread and persistent investment

ICrafter: A Service Framework for Ubiquitous Computing Environments.” In Ubicomp

by Shankar R Ponnekanti , Brian Lee , Armando Fox , Pat Hanrahan , Terry Winograd , 2001
"... Abstract. In this paper, we propose ICrafter, a framework for services and their user interfaces in a class of ubiquitous computing environments. The chief objective of ICrafter is to let users flexibly interact with the services in their environment using a variety of modalities and input devices. ..."
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Abstract. In this paper, we propose ICrafter, a framework for services and their user interfaces in a class of ubiquitous computing environments. The chief objective of ICrafter is to let users flexibly interact with the services in their environment using a variety of modalities and input devices

Chief Scientist

by Dr. Murali Sastry
"... Reception following seminar The study of the synthesis, exotic properties, assembly/packaging and potential commercial application of nanomaterials is an extremely important topic of research that is expected to have far-reaching global impact. The focus of my talk will be on an emerging branch of n ..."
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Reception following seminar The study of the synthesis, exotic properties, assembly/packaging and potential commercial application of nanomaterials is an extremely important topic of research that is expected to have far-reaching global impact. The focus of my talk will be on an emerging branch

Chief Strategist

by Dr. Marek Kowalkiewicz, Hans Peukert, David Lincourt, Hans Peukert
"... E-mail exchanges are pervasive within defense organizations; rarely are they viewed as valueadded by decision makers. Rather, it is a communication necessity that is not integrated with other aspects of decision making. It is then imperative that e-mail users be provided with higher contextual infor ..."
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for further analysis and decision making. The prototype has been developed with a focus on email exchange in military scenarios. Our approach creates an innovative user experience that is tailored to the specific information needs of the user. Specifically, the field of information extraction provides

and Chief Editor

by Mr. Mario, De Koninck, Organisation Officer , 2003
"... Republic) consisting of nearly 1000 individual savings banks with more than 66,000 branches and nearly 777,000 employees. At the start of 2002, total assets reached almost EUR 4,160 billion, non-bank deposits were standing at over EUR 2,012 billion and non-bank loans at just under EUR 2,095 billion. ..."
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. Its members are retail banks that generally have a significant share in their national domestic banking markets and enjoy a common customer oriented savings banks tradition, acting in a socially responsible manner. Their market focus includes amongst others individuals, households, SMEs and local

Editors in chief

by Machito Mihara, Akimi Fujimoto, Keishiro Itagaki, Hiroki Inaizumi, Thawansak Phaosang, Rangsan Pitipunya , 2007
"... Sustainable agriculture is recognized as a farming system producing foods and fiber materials on a sustainable basis harmonizing agricultural production with the natural environment. Recently, organic fertilizer is more apt to be a focus, as it may contribute to the reduction of the use of chemical ..."
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Sustainable agriculture is recognized as a farming system producing foods and fiber materials on a sustainable basis harmonizing agricultural production with the natural environment. Recently, organic fertilizer is more apt to be a focus, as it may contribute to the reduction of the use of chemical

Chief of Staff

by unknown authors , 2008
"... and M.S. in Accounting. The proposal follows the University's strategic and academic plans to expand curricular offerings and become more comprehensive. It also follows our practice of staying true to our mission by offering unique degree programs that are more technological than the norm elsew ..."
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." The Accounting programs focus on lean accounting, a form of accounting that follows the value stream and, within its analysis, includes everything done to create value for the customer. Lean accounting is the business complement to lean manufacturing, a key component ofSPSU's Industrial Engineering

How Effective Are Capital Controls

by Sebastian Edwards - Journal of Economic Perspectives , 1999
"... A number of authors have recently argued that globalization has gone too far, and that free capital mobility has created a highly unstable international financial system. Krugman (1999, p. 74), for instance, has maintained: “[S]ooner or later we will have to turn the clock at least part of the way b ..."
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back: to limit capital flows for countries that are unsuitable for either currency unions or free floating. ” Discussions on the new international financial architecture have focused on two type of controls on cross-border capital movements: controls on capital outflows, perhaps similar to those

Unbiased look at dataset bias

by Antonio Torralba, Alexei A. Efros - in CVPR , 2011
"... Datasets are an integral part of contemporary object recognition research. They have been the chief reason for the considerable progress in the field, not just as source of large amounts of training data, but also as means of measuring and comparing performance of competing algorithms. At the same t ..."
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Datasets are an integral part of contemporary object recognition research. They have been the chief reason for the considerable progress in the field, not just as source of large amounts of training data, but also as means of measuring and comparing performance of competing algorithms. At the same

co-founder and Chief Scientist

by Tim Feldman, Garth Gibson, Tim Feldman Works On, Garth Gibson Is Professor Of
"... current work focuses on object storage. He also spends time randonneuring, Nordic skiing, and logging. ..."
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current work focuses on object storage. He also spends time randonneuring, Nordic skiing, and logging.
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