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Banks to face more stress tests
in Sox First, on June 9, 2009
...e stress tests need to be repeated. Basically, the report was saying more or less that the economic assumptions for the stress tests had been too rosy as unemployment rises higher than originally fore...
Ratings agency crackdowns
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
...information to base their ratings on, they will have to explain their models, methodologies and key assumptions on which they base their ratings, they will have to publish an annual transparency repor...
Are economists to blame for the financial crisis?
in Sox First, on April 23, 2009
...lly to incentives, and that market prices incorporate information about the world, are not terrible assumptions," Kay writes. "But they are not universal truths either. Much of what creates ...
What is up with Enterprise 2.0, anyway?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 13, 2009
...u need to build ROI cases, no matter how complicated the effort, because not knowing and allowing assumptions to govern your decision making doesn't just mean that some technology of questionabl...
Blind over-optimistic analysts
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
...oblems. Unemployment, for example, drives expectations of future loan losses. And yet macroeconomic assumptions for the test only go out to 2010. Trouble is the banks have got used to a low unemployme...
Dubai bailout
in Sox First, on February 23, 2009
...s issued a report on Arabian Gulf Corporates that included a warning that it may have to review assumptions about government support of companies in Dubai. As reported here , Moody's said Dub...
Home Depot's new pricing strategy and the supply chain restructuring
in Supplychainer, on December 15, 2008
...chain system in place and with any change in the marketing side, supply chain design and underlying assumptions should change.
This has been exactly what Home Depot has done; below you can find some...
Outline of The Google Software Stack
in Googlestack, on December 11, 2008
...t is handled by replicating data to many machines to increase the data avaialability, as one of the assumptions made during the development of the GFS is that machines fail, and they do so often. This...
Women make good leaders but people prefer men
in Sox First, on August 29, 2008
...nt across both the men and women surveyed. And that suggests there is some deep seated gender-based assumptions embedded within many people's ideas of what makes a good leader. Until that changes...
FASB has drug makers squealing
in Sox First, on August 15, 2008
... saying the estimates would be ""highly subjective, subject to huge swings as underlying assumptions change, and unlikely to provide financial statement users with meaningful or reliable in...
Community Tagging An Important Factor For Search Ranking
in The Search Engine Weblog, on May 17, 2008
...y members who took the pictures and uploaded them to Flickr. The authors tell us that the following assumptions were at the core of those rules:
(1) A cluster would contain photos taken from many dif...
Subprime crisis drives litigation
in Sox First, on April 10, 2008
...sy. For that matter, filing the lawsuits is pretty easy too. But resolving the problems surrounding assumptions involving projected prepayment rates, projected delinquencies and defaults, projected lo...
The bootstrapper in free culture
in BootStrapMe, on April 9, 2008
...nger/songwriter Brad Turcotte has essentially proved the mainstream music industry wrong in its assumptions about the destructive effect free music on the Internet might have on profits. Turcotte p...
微软致信 Yahoo 董事会，三周必须签订收购协议
in M2 十字街口, on April 6, 2008
有关于 微软出价 446 亿美元欲收购 Yahoo 的事情，已经进行两个多月了，根据 网谈的消息 ，微软刚刚致信 Yahoo 董事会，三周必须签订收购协议，其含义就像是一份最后通牒。而业界分析也普遍认为，就 Yahoo 目前的状况而言，被微软收购能算是最好的结果了。以下是 微软公开致信的全文 ：
Tackling Groupthink: red flags and solutions
in Sox First, on March 11, 2008
Late last year, I looked at the concept of Groupthink , the term coined by Yale psychologist Irving Janis that describes the situation when people act like sheep and just follow the crowd. No-one raises any questions, and no-one steps out of line. As I said in that blog entry, Groupthink resulte...
Intuition and Utility
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2008
...e he is always right, but because the ensuing controversy almost always manages to pull some hidden assumptions and disagreements over the status quo out into the light.
I read this recent hit on h...
More bootstrapping tips for the New Year
in BootStrapMe, on January 2, 2008
...'ll gain valuable information about what customers really want and be able to adjust your assumptions accordingly.
• Focus on cash . Whether it's from your intended primary product or servi...
More funny money on Wall Street
in Sox First, on November 14, 2007
...quot;Level 3" are based on "unobservable" inputs reflecting companies' "own assumptions" about the way assets would be priced. Translated into English, that means they do ...
Bootstrapper's Halloween tips
in BootStrapMe, on October 31, 2007
...may need no plan at all until you figure out how to deliver the service in question. Don't make assumptions about what a business plan must contain or what shape it must take. Do what is necessary...
PCAOB slates audits of small firms
in Sox First, on October 26, 2007
...ecialist's objectivity . Firms also failed to understand the specialist's methods and assumptions. With a looming auditor shortage, these fundamental errors are a warning as the reach o...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 26
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 23, 2007
...ompanies displaying weak accounting. If a company still does not expense options, or if its pension assumptions are fanciful, watch out. When managements take the low road in aspects that are visible,...
I Don't Hate Hispanic Heritage Month, But...
in Latina Viva, on October 2, 2007
...not least, Hispanic somehow romanticizes Spanish Imperialism in the Americas.
Of course, all four assumptions are wrong. As Liza points out, Brazilians speak Portuguese, Haitians speak French, Trini...
"Vintage" Canadian Wine Harvest
in Celebrate Wine, on October 1, 2007
... question. The grapes aren't picked until mid-to-late December, so it's a bit early to make assumptions....
Bridge over Servica Oriented Architecture Waters
in The CIO Weblog, on September 13, 2007
I just noticed that this blog didn't have an SOA category-serious problem in today's enterprise IT environment. So I added one and will be christening it with this post (also changed "ASP" to "SaaS" based on feedback... gotta stay trendy, I suppose).
This rece...
Why Smartphone and PDA Makers Are Scared of Putting Anything Online
in The Smart PDA, on July 6, 2007
...
Take a look at Just Another Mobile Phone Blog and you'll see why: assumptions can be derived from the most subtle of clues. Such is the case of the supposed existence of an 8GB Nokia N95 de...
How Behavioral Anomalies Affect Your Strategy
in Businesspundit, on July 2, 2007
...es in Strategic Models." The paper explores the idea that if our strategic models are based on assumptions of rational behavior, and behavioral economics has shown that rationality cannot always ...
Exchange Rates: Beware of Assumptions
in Small Business Unplugged, on June 14, 2007
...U.S, dollar. Today it is just $1.04 or $1.05.
Big difference. Failing to re-examine changes in the assumptions behind your business can result in bankruptcy:
A high Canadian dollar and new passport...
Can simulation benefit supply chain organizations?
in Supplychainer, on June 5, 2007
...as become how to respond, and that requires human judgment. So, where optimization can be used when assumptions are known and stable, simulation that supports human judgment is required when there is ...
Gavin Smith Table Talks to Final Tables
in Internet Poker, on May 28, 2007
...nt and he tells me that he won a $30 satellite. Based on that piece of information, I can make some assumptions. He's probably not especially experienced. Most active players don't bother with...
Bead Conference in Istanbul, Turkey
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 17, 2007
...ent, ardour and availability.
However, IBBC presenter, Dr Juliette Leeb-du Toit argues that these assumptions (as well as notions about the format of the ucu) may be largely flawed!
Find out more ...
JADA PINKETT SMITH TALKS ABOUT CRUISE/HOLMES
in The Celebrities Weblog, on May 10, 2007
...Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' relationship and marriage has been the subject of rumors and silly assumptions right from the get go.
Talk about the couple has ranged from the most innocent speculat...
Texting Creates a Twist in Mobile Shopping
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 27, 2007
...ney and not the destination. I guess the success of this business model is an explicit refute to my assumptions.
Via MarketingVox
...
Declining Outsourcing Hotspot: Poland
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on April 10, 2007
...ing only started when India and China were discovered. If you are one of these people who made such assumptions, you are dead wrong.
Outsourcing could be traced way back when European companie...
Mission impossible: predicting the future
in Sox First, on April 10, 2007
...the old world were convinced all swans were white. One single observation or event invalidates all assumptions. And yet, the application of the science of unpredictability to real world problems is h...
Starting a business? How to Find Out How Marketable Your Company, Product Or Service Actually Is
in Small Business Unplugged, on April 2, 2007
... your research worthwhile. If you listen carefully you can expect that:
answers will confirm your assumptions.
you will find out something new that you had not considered before.
customers will ...
Lessons From the DotCom Bubble
in Businesspundit, on March 23, 2007
... a theory. I think people will buy my product. Let me try to sell it. I was wrong. Let me change my assumptions. And so on, until you figure it out.
Scaling before you have proven the theory doesn...
Startup Margin of Safety: When Value Investing Meets Entrepreneurship
in Businesspundit, on March 18, 2007
...nsic value, I don't buy it. I may be off by 10%, or more. I try to find stocks that, even if my assumptions and calculations are off by 20%, the stock is still undervalued. That's my margin of...
The Blindfolded Entrepreneur: Should You Start a Company Without Functional Industry Knowledge?
in Businesspundit, on March 5, 2007
...#39;t been around long enough to know that it was impossible." His co-workers had let design assumptions slide by without questions, even as tools, industries, and business models had changed.
...
Should America Worry Over Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 28, 2007
... Apparently, the issue on outsourcing is not yet dead contrary to popular assumptions that it is already a non-existent issue.
daniel Drezner wrote this article called The Outsourcing Bogeyma...
The Economist Forecasts Trouble For German Car Industry
in carzz.org, on February 26, 2007
...es.
The article, "The big-car problem," is an insightful piece based on reasonably sound assumptions. The folks in St. James are not altogether right, though.
Read on ....
What are your reasons to learn how to write a business plan? Or Beware of the B.S. Factor
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 19, 2007
.... I say should because a business plan is only as good as the due diligence exercised examining the assumptions you have made in your plan. An assumption is something you 'accept as true' but ...
25% of CRM Projects will be postponed or cancelled - Gartner
in The CIO Weblog, on February 13, 2007
...s. So it is important, Goldman believes, that companies implementing SAP CRM revisit their planning assumptions to account for the potentially higher costs.
Some delayed projects are inevitable, de...
Hedge Funds Examine Airline Merger
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 3, 2007
... they "look forward to analyzing carefully and discussing with Delta the proposed plan and the assumptions upon which it is based however..... it expects Delta to consider alternatives to its pro...
The 2007 State of the Union Address
in IfEnergy, on January 25, 2007
...n person. I respect you and the arguments you've made. We went into this largely united, in our assumptions and in our convictions. And whatever you voted for, you did not vote for failure. Our co...
O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2007
in Wangtam, on January 24, 2007
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
-- Arthur C. Clarke,"Profiles of The Future"
今年的 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference （O'Reilly 新兴技术会议）将于三月 26 - 29 日在加州的圣迭戈举行，已经确认的 Speakers 阵容不错，包括 MIT 疯人院里出来的 Seth Raphael，Dabble DB 的...
Guy Kawasaki's top five principles of business start-up
in BootStrapMe, on January 22, 2007
...cept to reaching a break even point should all be followed along the start-up path
---"Assumptions"-An important point here is that some of the assumptions you made when starting your busine...
Nanotech transhumanist debate heats up
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 20, 2007
...; approaches to emerging technologies in which he questioned whether some of the highly optimistic assumptions that run through transhumanist thinking are ultimately justified.
Dvorsky responded in ...
Recording Industry Can't Get Enough
in Digital Music - The Future, on January 9, 2007
... companies and music publishers were able to agree on royalty rates during that 25-year period, the assumptions on which those decisions were based have changed beyond recognition. ... "Mechanica...
Recording Industry Can't Get Enough
in P2P File Sharing, on January 9, 2007
... companies and music publishers were able to agree on royalty rates during that 25-year period, the assumptions on which those decisions were based have changed beyond recognition. ... "Mechanica...
Part 1: Does Every Business Need a Plan?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on January 8, 2007
...ness. What the process of writing a business plan did for me was expose the weakness in many of the assumptions I made about my business. With that knowledge I could make adjustments and take appropri...
Small Business Administration Loan
in Biz Plan Hacks, on January 2, 2007
... of your time because it requires the most thought and time as it involves preparing and justifying assumptions about the income and expenses of the business as if the loan funds have already been rec...
Lesson #11 You may not need a business plan
in BootStrapMe, on December 31, 2006
... company energybyte.com was most useful as a point of departure to show how mistaken many of his assumptions had been when starting the company.
And Pennsylvania bake shop entrepreneur Jed Rapopo...
Anti-Social Media
in Businesspundit, on November 29, 2006
...work is done in context .
The problem was that, unless all users were working with the same set of assumptions and within the same context, or unless the work was one of those rare tasks that was ind...
Small Business Start Up Six-Step Business Plan
in Biz Plan Hacks, on November 29, 2006
...iled projections for cash flow and financial statements. However, this is a handy tool to test your assumptions and determine your break-even point and the validity of your plan. It produces a report ...
Sin num. 5: Making False Assumptions
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on November 29, 2006
...ucting a study which would determine if outsourcing would be beneficial for your company, false assumptions regarding the outsourcing deal would be minimized. The problem why many outsourcing deal...
Design Your Business Plan to Fit Your Business
in Biz Plan Hacks, on November 21, 2006
...
Financial plan : Include profit and loss, cash flow, balance sheet, break-even analysis, assumptions, business ratios, etc.
We don't recommend developing the plan in the same order ...
Research in ubiquitous computing with Lalya Gaye
in The Techwear Weblog, on November 17, 2006
...ess it could be perspectives on the usefulness and meaning of the technology? Art questions common assumptions of what technology is for and what it achieves. Ubicomp is meant to become a pervasive pr...
How Do I Set A Profitable Hourly Rate To Charge For My Services?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on October 31, 2006
Most service businesses charge an hourly rate. Coming up with the right selling price for your service business is essential if you want to be profitable. Figuring out how much to charge per hour is simple. All you have to do is answer a few questions:
How much money do you want in your pocke...
Are Drug Companies Evil When They Lose Money Too?
in Businesspundit, on October 3, 2006
... expensive to increase life expectancey. Arguments about health care always seem to include several assumptions that never get questioned. For instance: That people are not responsible for their own ...
Bt microbe fools biotech experts
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 2, 2006
... biotech circles. As Jo Handelsman, one of the report's authors said, "It was one of those assumptions built on assumptions-a scientific house of cards. What was proposed as a hypothesis in o...
Financial Planning is Crap, But There's a Pony In There
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 20, 2006
... planning is crap. You go to a financial planner whose motives you question, you make a lot of assumptions about how much money you'll make, how long you'll live, how many kids you'll...
Disaster and Contingency Planning
in Small Business Unplugged, on September 7, 2006
... Disaster and Emergency Plan?
What is a Contingency Plan?
I also discuss the danger of making assumptions and the value of having a Plan 'B'... I encourage you to be bold, muster up your...
Getting Better With GTD: The Decision Tickler
in Businesspundit, on August 4, 2006
...).
It works like this... when I make a major decision about something I write down the key points, assumptions, and reasoning behind the decision on a notecard. I use different colors for work...
CIO Stereotypes
in The CIO Weblog, on July 12, 2006
...IO survival strategy. This generally works well for many people because it leverages the simplistic assumptions senior executives usually make about systems to retain credibility with them and then us...
Tearing up the Jack Welch playbook
in Bizinformer, on July 11, 2006
...curity. In executive suites across the country, a dramatic rethinking is underway about fundamental assumptions that defined Welch and his era.
Jack Welch, needless to say is having none of it.
Rea...
You Can't Tell A Book by its Cover
in Bizinformer, on June 23, 2006
...re and emotional display added to our opinion of her, good or bad.
How often do our customers make assumptions about us because of our dress or mannerisms? A friend of mine, Veronica Euell, owns Eue...
Energy Development Impact Assessment
in IfEnergy, on June 11, 2006
...onsequences, such as induced cancers, which are estimated with model
calculations, under a range of assumptions
With the breach of 2 dams, user primarily for hydro electricity in the Chinese
province...
New Financial Derivatives Track Employee Options
in Businesspundit, on June 8, 2006
...s. It is difficult to pin down the exact value of an unexercised option because it requires certain assumptions that may or may not prove to be correct. The idea behind Zions' offering is to pin d...
Technology Negotiations - HBS WK
in The CIO Weblog, on June 1, 2006
...f their added complexity, technology deals are rife with miscommunication. Negotiators tend to make assumptions about a technology-how it will work, what its future demand will be-that color their mes...
An Unfulfilled Life: How High Intelligence Has Led To My Love/Hate Relationship With Work
in Businesspundit, on May 30, 2006
...to turn out in a way that my manager did not anticipate. It seemed that I never had the same set of assumptions about a problem as anyone else.
I did some excellent things and I flopped on some thin...
