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- the movement in a particular direction of the values of a variable in a statistical study over a period of time
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- How to Do Your Own Trendspotting
- Porter Novelli trendspotter Marian Salzman spots trends for a living. In a recent interview, she shared some of her secrets for identifying the latest craze (UPDATE: Salzman sent her white paper to Catching Flack: Porter Novelli’s 10 Trends) There are basically three stages involving trends related to...
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- McKinsey's Three Most Important Business Tech Trends
- The uber consultants at McKinsey’s Technology Initiative have published their first Perspectives volume, seven pieces on the major trends the firm sees emerging. I’ll highlight the first piece here more later on the rest. It’s called Eight business technology trends to watch free registration required, but these...
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Executive Compensation: Recent Trends, Changes, And Highlights
- This article is a review of a random sampling of large-company proxy statements filed with the SEC during February-March 2003. It analyzes recent trends about short-term incentives, long-term incentives, and ownership guidelines. It reviewed the proxies of companies with name recognition and extracted plans, plan features or policies which are...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- The Top Five Emerging Trends in Learning Technology
- Users have wielded their unique power to significantly impact today's top five learning technology trends. This new white paper explores those trends, looking at factors such as Web 2.0, changes in the mix of blended learning and content development tools support the mobile learning. In addition, we discuss next steps...
- White papers 2008-07-08
- 7 Trends In Project Management And Business Analysis To Watch For In 2009
- Integrating Agile methods into project management and business analysis is a trend that will continue in 2009. Currently, the industry has a wide, varied, and inconsistent use of Agile techniques. This trend is likely to continue as organizations adopt Agile techniques and the industry adopts commonly accepted practices. Agile itself...
- White papers 2009-02-18
- U.S. Economic Outlook: Bottom In Sight Or Double-Dip Recession?
- A quick survey of key economic indicators for the U.S. Economy may indicate that some of the downward drivers may be paring back more than expected, which could either indicate a reversal may be in the offing or we are on the brink of a double dip recession. Given in...
- White papers 2009-06-21
- Bell South Q3 2006 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator InstructionsYour first question comes from the line of Scott Goldman - Bear Stearns. Scott Goldman - Bear Stearns On the margin side you guys have obviously done a great job increasing ARPUs as well as maintaining cost controls. Aside from seasonal pressures we...
- Earnings calls 2006-10-24
- Aetna Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionThank you. We'll hear first from Charles Boorady with Citi. Charles Boorady - Citigroup Thanks. Good morning. My first question relates to current medical trends. I'm wondering if you can comment on the components recent medical trends, and why the slowdown that we've been hearing about from hospitals,...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-29
- Health Net, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operator instructions]. And our first question from Charles Boorady at Citi. Charles Boorady Thanks, good morning. My question is around health care cost trends that you’re reporting at much higher levels than what we’re seeing for the industry overall. Can you give us more supporting...
- Earnings calls 2008-11-04
- ConAgra Foods, Inc. F2Q09 (Qtr End 11/23/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from David Driscoll - Citi Investments. David Driscoll - Citi Investments Gary, big picture, can you really tell us that the situation is really starting to turn around? This November Nielsen data was quite encouraging, with...
- Earnings calls 2008-12-17
- AFC Enterprises, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Michael Gallo - C.L. King & Associates, Inc. Michael Gallo - C.L. King & Associates, Inc. Your commentary around comps for 2009 was conservatively down 1% to down 3%. I was wondering if you could elaborate at...
- Earnings calls 2009-03-12
- Old Dominion Freight Line Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. We'll go first to Tom Wadewitz with J.P. Morgan. Thomas Wadewitz - J.P.Morgan Yes, good morning. David Congdon Hi. Thomas Wadewitz - J.P.Morgan So what's -- what's your sense of I guess, the trend and kind of, I don't know if you mentioned this, I...
- Earnings calls 2009-04-23
- Economic Development In A Rubik's Cube World: How To Turn Global Trends Into Local Prosperity
- The world is currently changing at an increasingly rapid pace, driven by six "Megatrends": deepening globalization, large scale population trends, accelerating technological progress, the "Omni Consumer," the corporate social responsibility imperative and growing political uncertainty. These trends are forcing companies to innovate and refine their fundamental business models. Investment promotion...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- 6 Trends Transforming Living Online
- With the highly immersive experience of the virtual environment and the ease of internet access, the online and real worlds will indeed merge almost completely. If you look at the rapid changes taking place in the online world, it's interesting to study where life online is going for consumers. This...
- White papers 2008-02-19
- Globetrotters: The New Trends Emerging In IR Roadshows
- This article looks at the new trends emerging in IR roadshows. Investment community meetings have become an increasingly critical determinant of any company's success. But several trends have converged to make them both a harder row to hoe and a greater opportunity for those firms able to turn adversity into...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Portfolio Management: Part II—Managing Direction Changes
- Portfolios can be "managed" from many different directions. This article explores another method of managing the portfolio, to protect us from market direction changes. The market generally moves in waves or trends, and the selection of strategies reflects the general trend of the market. The article asserts that if one...
- White papers 2003-12-30
- Go Forth & Multiply
- From the executive summary: ‘Management trends are indeed getting more numerous and fleeting. In addition to being shorter-lived and more numerous, many of today's management trends revolve around three overriding themes: reengineering business processes, managing knowledge and learning, and facing the changing dynamic between management and employees.' The paper examines...
- White papers 2002-05-01
- Introduction to Swing Charting
- With the strong trends exhibited by stocks, swing trading has become increasingly popular amongst traders. In fact, the swing chart is the most common technique used to identify trends. Here we look at how to draw swing charts, and, more importantly, how to use them to profit. Swing charts offer...
- White papers 2004-08-04
- Breaking Out: A Sea Change in Real Estate Capital Markets
- In 2004, real estate is considered an accepted and growing investment class, poised to benefit from a number of trends for the rest of the decade. Together, these trends define the "sea change" that is re-shaping the real estate capital and product markets. This white paper explores the implications of...
- White papers 2004-05-10
- Meet the Flow Freshmen: New Flowmeters Highlight Important Industry Trends
- The flowmeter market is ever changing, and this year's group of freshman products showcases several important trends in the industry: increased attention to mass flow, improvements in sensor technology, designs for specific applications, improved performance, and more communication protocols. Most mass flow measurement is done by Coriolis, thermal, and multivariable...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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