foreign direct investmentplays a crucial role in the economy of developing countries like bangladesh through accelerating gross domestic product (gdp), export and domestic investment followed by overall economic growth. the present scenario of fdi in bangladesh in not still satisfactory enough but given the availability of abundant resources, skilled and cheap labor forces, a stable political a...

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, no. 136, Winter 2006 © Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) • DOI: 10.1002/he.239 Planning for the ongoing support and maintenance that accompany implementation of new enterprise resource planning systems may be more essential to realizing benefit from a technology investment than choosing the product wi...

This paper overviews recent research results on the use of system dynamics modeling for understanding long term investment in power system infrastructure. These computer models are intended for use by both policy makers and researchers. The main effort is focused on the simulation models that simulate both short-term behavior, such as, electricity prices and congestion in the near term, and lon...

This paper is concerned with analyzing the stocks in Standard & Poors 500 Index that potentially yield high returns. To achieve this goal, historical stock prices and their corresponding simple moving averages are used together to capture trend directions. When time series of crosses over its average line from below (or above), it indicates an up down) signal a buy sell) initiated. A trading st...

Although the term workaholism is widely used, little consensus exists about its meaning, and there is a great need for further theoretical and methodological advancement. We attempt to address this need by introducing the concept of Heavy Work Investment (HWI), and viewing workaholism as only one of its subtypes. Furthermore, we propose a model consisting of four main components: HWI, its possi...

BEA is studying proposals to change the treatment of insurance services in the national accounts. There are 5 proposed changes: investment income will be added as a supplement to the premiums paid by policyholders; investment income is to include interest, dividends and capital gains; a measure of expected investment income will be incorporated; a measure of expected claims will be incorporated...