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- There's Profit Hidden in Those "Free Grocery" Promotions
- Last month, I said it was smart when Cincinnati-based Kroger placed broad terms on its bid to pick up some of the economic stimulus money that's showing up in shoppers' hands this week. While Sears/Kmart offered a 10 percent bonus only if you handed them your whole stimulus check, Kroger...
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Wal-Mart to Cash Tax Rebate Checks For Free
- By Nicole Maestri NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) on Tuesday unveiled its plans to entice U.S. shoppers to spend their tax rebates in its discount stores, offering to cash the checks for free and saying it has cut prices on...
- News items 2008-04-29
- The Economy: A Grinding Five-Year Restructuring
- I made that pronouncement in my previous posting and now I'm being challenged to explain what I mean. I relish the opportunity. Â This is more than a one- or two-quarter recession. This is the end of a nearly 30-year cycle that started when Ronald Reagan took office...
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Regional Differences in APD Restitution Can Initiate Wavebreak and Re-Entry in Cardiac Tissue: A Computational Study
- Regional differences in action potential duration (APD) restitution in the heart favor arrhythmias, but the mechanism is not well understood. The paper depicts that Regional differences in APD restitution are an arrhythmogenic substrate that can be concealed at normal heart rates. A premature stimulus produces regional differences in repolarisation, and...
- White papers 2005-09-20
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- The Effect of Background Noise on P300 to Suprathreshold Stimuli
- Both the amplitude and latency of P300 vary with changes in stimulus parameters. Stimuli at intensities or pitch separations near threshold evoke a smaller and later P300. P300 is also affected by extraneous stimulus parameters in tasks where stimulus frequency separation is large and stimuli are well above intensity thresholds....
- White papers 2001-12-07
- Modeling and Simulation of the Swelling Behavior of pH-stimulus-Responsive Hydrogels
- The modulation of the swelling ability of the hydrogel matrix by pH-stimulus enables the dynamic control of the swelling forces, thereby obtaining effective diffusivity and permeability of the solutes, or mechanical energy from the hydrogel. In this work, a chemo-electro-mechanical model describing hydrogel behavior, based on multi-field effects, is developed...
- White papers 2004-10-29
- Benefit From Bonus Depreciation In 2008: Save Even More With Cost Segregation
- While many are concerned about the downfalls of the country's economic slowdown, there is a silver lining. Congress has approved, as part of its national stimulus package, 'Bonus depreciation' for 2008. The benefits include the ability to take additional depreciation on qualifying property in 2008. The caveat is the very...
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Motivation
- Motivation refers to the stimulus that propels the behavior of an individual towards accomplishment of certain pre-defined goals. The performance of the individual is directly linked to the level of motivation that the individual has. It is imperative for the organization to enhance motivation level of the employees in order...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Why Kroger Will Get Your Tax Refund (and Sears Won't)
- Plenty of retailers have focused their ads on the expected wave of economic stimulus checks. Sears and Kroger have taken things a step further, giving shoppers an extra 10 percent cash if they trade their whole check for a Kroger, Sears, or Kmart gift card. Now Kroger, the biggest supermarketer...
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Motivation And Emotion
- Motivation is the psychological feature that arouses the behavior of an individual towards accomplishment of certain pre-defined goals. Emotion is physiological response to external stimulus. It is a subjective feeling. Motivation and emotion are internal processes that guide, activate, and sustain human behavior. The paper examines motivation and emotion and...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Bad, Rather Than Positive, Moods May Spur Creativity Under Certain Conditions
- From the executive summary: ‘A critical challenge for many managers today is fostering creativity among employees. While some studies have shown that it requires the right culture, leadership and, not surprisingly, a positive mood, a recent study suggests that under some conditions, negative moods may be a more likely stimulus.’...
- White papers 2004-09-15
- The First Word: Don't Count on the Boom to Continue
- Analysts and vendors assume that the market for business performance management will continue to grow for many years to come. After all, they argue, demand for software and services that streamline core processes are bound to rise until everyone has realized their benefits. That position makes sense, but the reality...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Debugging the Brand
- A brand is not a logo. Branding is not advertising. Contrary to what many people seem to believe, brands are not built through the expenditure of tens or even hundreds of millions of marketing dollars. Just look at the birth of Blackberry, Yahoo! and eBay for recent evidence that genuine...
- White papers 2003-04-15
- Colliers International US Real Estate Review
- Real estate owners, users and investors have had an interesting ride the past several years. A combination of a tech meltdown, a recession, a terrorist attack, the threat of further terrorist attacks, a jobless recovery, ôoffshoring" and huge monetary and fiscal stimulus have all made gauging the demand for real...
- White papers 2005-05-02
- Dividend Tax Break Not Stimulating
- With a $385 billion price tag, the corporate dividend tax cut represents the largest portion of Bush's economic stimulus proposal. If enacted, the plan would eliminate all individual taxation on both dividend payouts and capital gains from increased stock earnings. The plan purports to jumpstart the economy by reinvigorating investment...
- White papers 2003-01-29
- Why Can't the Automotive Fuel Cell Market Take Advantage of Skyrocketing Oil Prices?
- Despite record crude oil prices and reasonably good progress in fuel cell technology, the market for fuel cell-powered vehicles has not progressed beyond the stage of R&D and limited proof-of-concept trials. This article explores on why the stimulus of expensive oil has not had greater effect and what is needed...
- White papers 2004-10-05
- Industrial Market Weakening as Construction Booms
- This paper displays the statistical data of industrial market. It reveals that the economy is not expected to recover until the third quarter of 2002 at the earliest, assuming a fiscal stimulus package is passed before Christmas. The continuation of a steady level of new industrial developments means the economic...
- White papers 2001-11-12
- Copyright Update
- The Australian Copyright Council is a non-profit organization, founded in 1968. Copyright is the legal basis on which most creators earn their income. It provides reward and stimulus for creative activity, and encourages respect for the economic and cultural value of creative work. Without copyright, writers, composers and many other...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Change UP! - Attitude Is Everything
- Change UP! - Attitude is Everything is the second chapter in the Power of UP! series. It is the part of the first part called the Individual Upward Movement. Part Two is Team Advancement, and Part Three is Organizational Growth. The way to change your behavior is to change your...
- White papers 2006-04-08
- Payment Solutions for Modernizing Economies
- At a time when countries are searching for new sources of economic stimulus and competitiveness, a white paper from Visa and the Commonwealth Business Council sheds light on the economic development value of electronic payments. The paper examines the global shift from paper-based transactions towards electronic payments and identifies specific...
- White papers 2004-09-07
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