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Uncertainty In Executive Compensation And Capital Investment: A Panel Study
White Papers This paper tests whether uncertainty in the CEO’s compensation affects the firm’s investment decisions. Our new approach model measures the CEO’s earnings uncertainty using panel (cross-sectional time-series) compensation data.
[September 20, 2003, 1:42]
Uncertainty In Social Security's Long-Term Finances: A Stochastic Analysis
White Papers Consideration of proposals to reform Social Security must take into account the uncertainty in any forecast of Social Security's finances - especially over the 75-year time frame used by the program's trustees.
[June 29, 2005, 3:00]
Managing Projects Under Uncertainty - Implications For Project Management Styles
White Papers Its central theme is that a project should be driven by the dominant type of uncertainty you are confronted with. It covers several types of uncertainty on projects, including complexity, schedule variability, foreseen risks, unforeseen risks, and...
[May 2, 2005, 3:00]
Tech Shares Dive Amid Presidential Uncertainty
News It [the election] seems to be a bit of debacle at the moment and markets don't like uncertainty," said Sharon Coombs, European equity strategist with HSBC. High-tech shares in the UK lost ground in morning trading Thursday, reacting to an overnight...
[November 9, 2000, 14:27]
Decision Making Under Uncertainty: A (Second) Wakeup Call For The Financial Planning Profession
White Papers During the past decade, the financial planning profession has made great progress in dealing with uncertainty by adopting stochastic methods of analysis, especially simulation techniques. It's time for a new challenge: provide better advice by...
[October 20, 2005, 3:00]
A Probabilistic Approach To Address Uncertainty Of RFID
White Papers Although RFID has many benefits over other identification technologies, there are certain situations that can lead to uncertainty about the true location of the tagged object. The probabilistic model allows quantifying and reducing the uncertainty...
[January 5, 2006, 0:01]
Politician Slams Broadband Uncertainty
News However, from a national strategic perspective it is essential that we provide the access and remove the uncertainty. A senior Conservative MP has criticised BT's policy of suspending ADSL rollout until it sees evidence of sufficient demand for...
[January 18, 2002, 16:47]
Management Of R&D Projects Under Uncertainty: A Multidimensional Approach To Managerial Flexibility
White Papers The model is concerned with the resolution of uncertainty over the product development life cycle and deals with technical, market, and cost factors all together. This paper describes the practical application of a flexibility-based management...
[April 21, 2006, 1:01]
Mac Appointment Ends Uncertainty At Microsoft
News The appointment of Ho ends some uncertainty about who would run the Microsoft Mac unit. Microsoft appointed a new chief Macintosh maven on Wednesday when it named Roz Ho general manager of its Macintosh Business Unit, which produces software for...
[December 19, 2002, 15:30]
A Novel Mechanism In MPLS Network Under Adversarial Uncertainty
White Papers But the nodes in the paths may be possibly attacked by the adversarial uncertainty. Aiming at this problem in MPLS Network, this paper proposes a novel mechanism in MPLS network under adversarial uncertainty, making use of the theory of artificial...
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
Using The Treasury Nominal And Inflation-Indexed Spread To Estimate Expected Long-Run Changes In The CPI-U Under Inflation Uncertainty, Risk Aversion, And The Probability Of Deflation
White Papers Three sources of bias are investigated in this paper: risk aversion, inflation uncertainty, and failure to account for the explicit option on the redemption value of the Treasury's inflation-indexed security when there is a probability of deflation.
[June 29, 2005, 3:00]
Budgeting Amid Fiscal Uncertainty: Ensuring Budget Stability By Focusing On The Long Term
White Papers This paper explores the dynamics surrounding fiscal uncertainty in the states and how states work to avoid it. The fiscal dilemma states currently face is strikingly similar to their experiences in the early 1980s and 1990s.
[July 12, 2005, 6:00]
Mir, Uncertainty And Doubt To Be Streamed On Web
News Millions of computer users are expected to log on to the Internet to watch the fate of the Mir space station this Friday, as latest reports suggest that areas of South America could be hit by falling debris.
[March 21, 2001, 11:26]
Survey Finds Increasing Uncertainty Over Offshoring
News Offshoring is viewed with increasing ambivalence in the IT industry, according to the exclusive 2007 Skills Survey from ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com. One-third of respondents to the survey agree or strongly agree with the statement "I feel that...
[August 22, 2007, 10:04]
Assessment And Visualisation Of Uncertainty In Remote Sensing Land Cover Classifications
White Papers Geo-information occupies a key position in the cartographic discipline and constitutes the core of many decision-making strategies. The availability of geo-information is undoubtedly improving increasingly, and the dimensions of the accompanying...
[January 14, 2004, 0:17]
Facebook's Statistical Uncertainty
Blog A lesson in picking and choosing statistics here: in the middle of last week, Nielsen stats showed Facebook usage was down 5 percent in the UK from December to January (although MySpace and Bebo were also down).
[February 25, 2008, 8:43]
IForce Centers Take The Uncertainty Out Of Software Purchasing
White Papers Sun's government iForce Solution Center provides a test bed to ensure successful development and deployment of solutions for government and commercial customers. At Sun's iForce Solution Centers, existing and potential customers can find the...
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
The Risk Of Uncertainty: Implications For The Future
White Papers The behavior of individuals and groups can have far reaching implications. This webcast will introduce the concept of behavioral risk and provide a model to think through the connotations of future events.
[April 28, 2007, 1:00]
The Risk Of Uncertainty: Coming To Grips With Innovation And People
White Papers The presenters of this webcast offer their perspective on innovation and product life cycles. The attendee will learn how companies can embrace change, while protecting their profit margins and capturing future markets.
[April 28, 2007, 1:00]
Risk Management In Times Of Uncertainty-Level 100
White Papers Corporate accountability is rising as organizations are required to comply with a growing roster of regulatory standards. Senior executives are hard-pressed to quickly identify what to address to achieve compliance and then monitoring compliance...
[October 30, 2004, 0:00]
