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Community video production and the creation of a low-watt TV station is examined as a vehicle for youth to explore citizenship, democratic production, and community engagement. Using critical…

This paper expands on the work of Brock, Lakonishok, and LeBaron (1992) that studies whether a simple trading rule derived from technical analysis can outperform a ?buy-and-hold? investment strategy…

The purpose of this paper is to extend previous research on the relationship between corporate social responsibility disclosure and financial performance. Increase level of CSR disclosure can improve…

In theory, a call option and its underlying index should move in the same direction, while a put option and its underlying index should move in opposite directions. This property is referred to as…

This paper evaluates the effect of hedging on the values of 42 U.S. oil and gas producing firms from 2002 to 2006. We use a unique hand-collected data set on all linear and nonlinear hedging…

This paper aims to evaluate the fine-grained assumption implied in the formula specified by the Bank for International Settlements Basel Committee on Banking?s internal-ratings based (IRB) approach…

Mean-variance optimization, in theory a very powerful and intuitive tool, has failed to provide meaningful solutions in practical settings, and indeed, in theoretical settings in much past research.…

Price-Earnings (PE) ratio is widely used as the key indicator for many value investment strategies. Existing studies use market beta as the risk-adjustment measure to modify PE strategies. In this…

Inspired by the award winning paper, Are Extreme Returns on Hedge Fund Portfolios Problematic for Investors (Brulhart and Klein, 2006) we analyzed the nature of extreme returns in the Canadian hedge…

Using data from several sources, a new investment model, the Constant Growth of Expected Returns model (the CGER model) is tested as an investment strategy for individual investors. We utilize the…

NAPA is the largest aftermarket auto part chain store in North America. It is one of the largest divisions of Genuine Parts Company, a NYSE listed company established in 1928. The first NAPA chain…

This essay presents a business plan for establishing a coffee shop chain in China. Currently, most of the coffee houses in China follow a differentiation strategy. This is to turn the regular fresh…

This paper presents a strategic analysis of China?s advertising industry for the WPP Group. The paper researches the business environment for WPP?s business in China, determines its competitive…

The objective of this paper is to look at the benefits of the adoption of computer-based patient records and to formulate recommendations that assist in overcoming identified barriers to…

This report reviews the implementation of Basel II, an international standard for banking regulations, in the Chinese banking system. In this report, I review the Basel Accords, including Basel I and…

This paper analyzes the Chinese garment export sector. The Chinese garment industry has been an economic pillar ever since the open-door policy and economic reforms of the country took effect in 1979…

The Vancouver Whitecaps are an up-and-coming soccer franchise that is currently a part of the United Soccer League (USL). After summarizing what crowdsourcing is, the Vancouver Whitecaps are deemed a…

This project focuses on explaining why the aggressive lending in the sub-prime market is a rational behavior of the sub-prime lenders in a qualitative and quantitative way. Through comparing the…

Quantum computers have the potential to increase the solution speed for many computational problems. This paper is a first step into possible applications for quantum computing in the context of…