Download or read book Managing Diversified Portfolios written by Daniel O. Klier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a long tradition of research on the relation between diversification and performance of public corporations in the strategy and finance fields. As for private equity portfolios, research on this matter is rather scarce. From a theoretical as well as from a practical perspective, however, it is interesting to know more about the relation between private equity portfolio diversification and performance, how private equity firms manage their portfolios, and what public companies can learn from private equity firms. These are the research questions which are addressed in Daniel Klier’s research. In order to answer these questions, the author uses a two-tier research design. As a first step, he compares the diversification-performance link of public corporations and private equity firms. With respect to the private equity sample and the ope- tionalization of the relevant variables, the study is highly innovative in terms of generating the PE sample from databases like Preqin and Dealogic, constructing a diversification measure from transaction data, and developing comparable perfo- ance measures for private equity firms as well as traditional multi-business firms. As the second step, which is exploratory in nature, the author explores m- agement models of PE firms. The sample of 20 US and Europe-based private equity firms is unique and of high quality, because the author succeeded in getting in-depth interviews with top decision makers of PE firms. The exploratory study extracts three clusters of management models that PE firms are using, and their relation to performance.

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Download or read book Managing Your Tax Season written by Edward Mendlowitz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is tax season at your firm a head-long scramble to the finish line? Do you want to start your next tax season with a system that reflects thoughtful planning and training? Get fresh insight into tax preparation—and very likely result in significant improvements to your current system. You will learn to analyze your existing tax season system and target problems so that work will be more efficient, errors will decrease, and personnel, including you, will feel less stressed. Most importantly, a well-run tax season will make your clients happier and more loyal. Every firm has a tax season system, whether documented or not. Tax season management expert Edward Mendlowitz shares specific ideas for improving each aspect of your system, including how to Staff creatively with seasonal staff, interns, and by outsourcing Maximize the effectivness of the tax organizers you send to clients Communicate effectively with clients about the value of your service Use pre-year-end planning to develop tax and financial planning opportunities Empower your preparers to do more return work Make reviews run smoothly Conduct a post-tax season assessment of your process Bill for the real value of your return preparation—and even increase your fees Numerous sample checklists, letters, charts, and Excel tax comparison worksheets will help you implement this guidance in your next tax season. Having a world-class tax department is possible for every firm, and this resource will help you make that goal a reality. Topics Discussed: Improving tax season system Tax return preparation processes Managing seasonality issues Staffing solutions Getting the most out of technology Year-end planning for tax clients Staff tax training program Assignment scheduling Client appointments Preparation and review Billing Determining fees E-filing Extensions Tax auditsClient satisfaction, retention and referrals

Download or read book Managing the Finances of a Family written by R. Msimanga and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing the Finances of a Family is a book that aims to help its readers to achieve financial sustainability. Many books focus on how people can get rich but, in this book, the author acknowledges that no one can get rich if the person is striving for survival. Therefore, the book focuses on how families and family members can achieve financial sustainability. The contents of the book are aimed at the lower middle class and the working class. The reader should remember that the book is more relevant to the lower middle class and the working class as the book is contextualised to address how they can manage their finances, but the book can be useful to other classes of society.

Download or read book Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems written by Ken Thompson and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2006 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of salinity in reclaimed water is growing as more utilities choose to use reclaimed water for irrigation and other purposes. This project is the first comprehensive look at this problem on a national level. The project conducted literature reviews on the sources of salinity to municipal wastewater and on constraints to using reclaimed water, conducted two surveys of utilities that reclaim water, and summarized regulations regarding reclaimed water. Salt balances were developed for sewersheds in five case study utilities integrating extensive field sampling, a household survey, and a newly developed model, Water Quality (WQ) Analyst. Finally, the net annualized cost of potential salinity mitigation practices was determined using an economics model. CD included with full Appendices.

Download or read book Managing NFS and NIS written by Mike Eisler and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern computer system that's not part of a network is even more of an anomaly today than it was when we published the first edition of this book in 1991. But however widespread networks have become, managing a network and getting it to perform well can still be a problem.Managing NFS and NIS, in a new edition based on Solaris 8, is a guide to two tools that are absolutely essential to distributed computing environments: the Network Filesystem (NFS) and the Network Information System (formerly called the "yellow pages" or YP).The Network Filesystem, developed by Sun Microsystems, is fundamental to most Unix networks. It lets systems ranging from PCs and Unix workstations to large mainframes access each other's files transparently, and is the standard method for sharing files between different computer systems.As popular as NFS is, it's a "black box" for most users and administrators. Updated for NFS Version 3, Managing NFS and NIS offers detailed access to what's inside, including: How to plan, set up, and debug an NFS network Using the NFS automounter Diskless workstations PC/NFS A new transport protocol for NFS (TCP/IP) New security options (IPSec and Kerberos V5) Diagnostic tools and utilities NFS client and server tuning NFS isn't really complete without its companion, NIS, a distributed database service for managing the most important administrative files, such as the passwd file and the hosts file. NIS centralizes administration of commonly replicated files, allowing a single change to the database rather than requiring changes on every system on the network.If you are managing a network of Unix systems, or are thinking of setting up a Unix network, you can't afford to overlook this book.

Download or read book Managing Your Indicators System A Key for Managers and Planners written by Diofante Acevedo Gamboa and published by Diofante Acevedo Gamboa . This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizations implement an indicators system to manage several types of resources and reduce dysfunctions through better decision-making. However, many have lost sight of how to manage indicators and information systems in a way that strengthens the capacity to react at strategic and operational levels. From the planning perspective, managers agree what needs to be done in the short, medium and long term and these are expressed in a plan encompassing the organization´s aspirations over various time horizons. A measurement plan is often missing, however, especially in the form of a document that specifies each indicator and governs each user´s behavior when using performance indicators, as well as the metrics that allow us to learns whether the measurement project is having the desired impact on the organizational environment over time. “Managing Your Indicators System: A Key for Managers and Planners” intends to fill a void in how to manage your organization´s indicators system, thus having a positive effect on the performance of managers and planners.

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