How can firms have high value second -
year associates if they do not provide on the job learning for first - years?
Not exact matches
When Alexandre Pestov, a strategic consultant and research
associate at York University's Schulich School of Business, compared buying a two - bedroom Toronto condominium to renting it over the past 25
years, he found that the renter ended up $ 600,000 richer than the owner
if he invested the spare cash in low - risk bonds.
And
if you think about the time line
associated with these, there's multiple
years of permitting process, there's a decision to make the investment, and then there's multiple
years of building, constructing, and then being ready to export.
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer
if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer
if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks
associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs
associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings
if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-
year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks
associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks
associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal
year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
If these proposals are implemented, there may be stiff penalties
associated with companies that don't comply, such as a one -
year moratorium from the ability to raise funding via exemption 506, so pay attention and tread carefully.
I don't have historical data from when I first published my book but
if you search Amazon
Associates today and sort by books you'll find a lot of titles published in the last several
years.
All options and restricted shares awarded under our equity plans are also subject to a double - trigger accelerated vesting condition under the terms of our equity award letters, which provides for an acceleration of the vesting schedule
if the
associate is terminated without cause or resigns for good reason (as defined by the applicable equity plan) within the one -
year period following a change in control (as defined by the applicable equity plan).
The fund's overall Morningstar Rating measures risk - adjusted returns and is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures
associated with its 3 -, 5 - and 10 -
year (
if applicable) rating metrics.
If you back out currency impacts, year - over-year drug revenue growth drops to 15.1 % in the quarter, and if you remove the sales associated with Actelion's drugs, then J&J's biopharma sales growth falls to a much tamer 4.3
If you back out currency impacts,
year - over-
year drug revenue growth drops to 15.1 % in the quarter, and
if you remove the sales associated with Actelion's drugs, then J&J's biopharma sales growth falls to a much tamer 4.3
if you remove the sales
associated with Actelion's drugs, then J&J's biopharma sales growth falls to a much tamer 4.3 %.
These risks and uncertainties include: fluctuations in U.S. and international economies and currencies, our ability to preserve, grow and leverage our brands, potential negative effects of material breaches of our information technology systems
if any were to occur, costs
associated with, and the successful execution of, the company's initiatives and plans, the acceptance of the company's products by our customers, the impact of competition, coffee, dairy and other raw material prices and availability, the effect of legal proceedings, and other risks detailed in the company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the «Risk Factors» section of Starbucks Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal
year ended September 28, 2014.
The run - up in credit growth and the
associated boom in house prices in recent
years presented two implications for the economy: they tended to boost growth in the short term, but carried the risk of a damaging correction
if they continued too long.
Even
if we do observe economic weakness, it's not likely in my view that the Fed will have much leeway to cut rates, due to persistent inflation pressures (which have historically been
associated with profligate government spending of precisely the sort that has been revived in the past few
years).
So, assuming that Comey didn't lose any substantial portion of the $ 11 million he had in 2013 — though he did reportedly take a $ 500,000 loss on the sale of his Connecticut home last
year — his payout from Bridgewater
Associates and his advance on «A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership» alone would put his net worth at around $ 15.5 million with the potential to increase that even more
if his book stays atop the best - seller list for long.
The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted - average of the performance figures
associated with its 3 -, 5 - and 10 -
year (
if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.
There is likely to be a level of anxiety
associated with relinquishing control of a vehicle to the vehicle, a barrier that will need to be broken down over the next few
years if autonomous cars are to become as popular as some expect.
You are dishonest to yourself
if you do not acknowledge that this is possible: You where by your own acount in a stressfull state and you had been raised in a christian family,
associated with a fundamentalist church, attended bible college, proffesing christianity for
years and looking for answers in your church and faith.
If you look at the resurrection there are only close associates as supposed «eye witnesses,» unless you count the highly supicious 500 people that Paul, at least I think it was Paul, talks about several years, if not decades late
If you look at the resurrection there are only close
associates as supposed «eye witnesses,» unless you count the highly supicious 500 people that Paul, at least I think it was Paul, talks about several
years,
if not decades late
if not decades later.
«I sure would have been a disaster
if I hadn't had my first two
years as an
associate.
It is not necessary for us to make a detailed examination of the various sorts of ritual
associated with these meals; it will suffice
if we see that the Jew worshiped God not only in the synagogue and in the Temple, but also in his home, where families or groups of friends met regularly for a holy supper, often held in connection with great festivals of the Jewish religious
year, in which bread and wine, eaten and drunk, were believed to have a peculiar significance in establishing anew a sense of the covenant which God had made with his chosen people.
I wonder
if the» problem» of biblical illiteracy would fade somewhat
if all believers at the gathering together of the church were able to exercise their spiritual gifts instead of being a captive silent audience to the same person, week after week,
year after
year, lecturing on the bible until the bible becomes
associated with dry boring sermonising.
But
if we don't find it I predict that in fifty
years the irrelevance of the church will have grown to the point where most people will have turned away from the church except for the ritual acts
associated with the «hatching, matching, and dispatching» events of an individual's life.
In the coming
years, as today's young men and women take up their responsibilities and seek to make sense of the world, it will not be adequate
if Catholics who are worried - as we all ought to be - about the sexual mayhem that has been created in recent
years simply denounce the evils of extreme feminism or even of the ghastly contraceptive, anti-life culture with which it has been
associated.
They control the majority of the World's wealth and arguably are one of the most powerful blocks in the world, hardly a quality one would
associate with a «minority» Perhaps the millions of non Christians who lost land or culture (not to mention millions of lives) as a result of Christian nations colonizing the World justifiably would call this headline atrocious as it simply is historically untrue
if one looks at the World over the past 300 or so
years and it ignores the reality of suffering brought forth by a particular religion that seeks to change all people to any one particular religion.
This Promotion is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are at least 18
years old as of the date of entry, except officers, directors, members, and employees of the Sponsor, the judging organization (
if applicable), or any other party
associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and the immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, as such individuals.
If you are an investor you see their past
year or so has been pretty clean and on par with what you would want in a company you invest in, but you got back a little further back and you see all the chaos and issues that were
associated with it not so long ago.
There are long term health benefits
associated with breastfeeding and even
if it extends for like three
years.
But
if you don't want to limit the lifespan of your photos too much, hint at seasons through the hues of your backdrop, seasonal flowers or foliage, or styling with food
associated with a time of
year.
It has also been found that 10 % of healthy, term, exclusively breastfed babies undergoing the Baby - Friendly protocol experience hypoglycemia to levels that are
associated with 50 % declines in the ability to pass the literacy and math proficiency test at 10
years of age, even
if aggressively corrected.
If others can confirm that deformational plagiocephaly is
associated with increased rates of behavioral and learning problems during the school - age
years, then the question to be asked is: «Is plagiocephaly an early sign of subtle brain dysfunction or does early brain molding lead to subtle brain dysfunction?»
«Many experts have suggested that the levels of sex hormones are responsible for these findings, but we hypothesized that the lack of ovulation may play a role, so we wanted to see
if having a longer time of breastfeeding or fewer total
years when a woman is ovulating could be
associated with the risk of MS,» Langer - Gould said.
«Restricting calories can slow your basal metabolism, and
if by - products of metabolism accelerate aging processes, calorie restriction sustained over several
years may help to decrease risk for chronic disease and prolong life,» says lead author Leanne M. Redman,
associate professor of Clinical Sciences at Pennington Biomedical Research in Baton Rouge, LA.
Mayor deBlasio, so widely seen as incompetent and ineffectual that even some of his strongest «progressive» allies in the Legislature are wary of being
associated with him, especially
if they hail from the suburbs, where identification with the mayor could prove fatal in next
year's elections.
«
If Cuomo fails in his effort to get rid of de Blasio, you can be sure de Blasio will reciprocate by trying to get rid of Cuomo, and a re-elected de Blasio will have plenty of juice to do that,» said one of the state's best - known Democrats, who has been
associated with Cuomo for many
years.
Even his letter to Ireland,
years later, seemed to
associate the events with the advance of secularism, as
if the priests were subject to dark forces beyond their control.
«I think it's pretty clear that's one of the most,
if not the most, high profile issues
associated with the budget this
year,» said Valesky, D - Oneida, a member of the Independent Democratic Caucus.
They did very badly in those places this time, but I suspect the high level of Cons support with this demographic may be an unusual phenomenon
associated with Brexit and (the pre-June 8 version of) Corbyn, and could fall away big time
if the Tory govt continues to become increasingly unpopular over the coming
years.
There is, of course, an ethical quandary
associated with late - life parenthood:
If the average life span for women is around 75, should a 60 -
year - old have a newborn who could be motherless by the time she's 15?
Although the accelerator is expected to halt proton - antiproton collisions then, operators will probably keep the facility on standby for two more
years, able to revive it in six to nine months
if needed, says Stephen Holmes, Fermilab's
associate director for accelerators.
Fertility rates tend to decrease with increasing life span even
if the number of fertile
years per person increases, which counters the trend toward population increase
associated with increased life span.
Taking on Memory For
years people have
associated Alzheimer's withamyloid - beta, or A-beta, proteins, but in a shocking study, researchers have found thatyoung brains are creating just as much,
if not more of the protein than oldbrains.
As sub-Saharan African countries struggle to cope with the current burden of diabetes, new estimates suggest that costs
associated with the disease could more than double and may reach up to US$ 59.3 billion per
year by 2030
if type 2 diabetes cases continue to increase.
Even
if students earn their
associate's degrees, they may not head to a 4 -
year school.
If you look at expenses
associated with breast diagnosis in the following
year after initial screening, DBT is more cost effective in terms of health system or population level screening.»
«
If we go back 10
years and ask what is the most important parameter [to developing a therapeutic particle], people would immediately think of the particle's size and then its surface chemistry,» says University of California, Santa Barbara, chemical engineering professor Samir Mitragotri, who develops microscopic particles of different shapes and tests their ability to deliver drugs, but was not
associated with DeSimone's study.
Ellen Blommaert investigated the way youngsters between 16 and 25
years engaged in sexual relations, how (
if at all) they avoided health risks
associated with sex, and how they interpreted the relationship between sex, love and money.
After all the work of planning, funding and getting approval for a vaccine trial in humans, «you're talking at least about three
years in a best - case scenario,
if you have a very promising product,» said Matthew Laurens, an
associate professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Maryland who was not
associated with the study.
My last question is
if you could speak to the survival rates due to stem cell transplants in the last ten
years, given the
associated risk factors with transplants such as GVHD.
«We could then look at how exposure to particulates changed from
year to
year and to see
if they were
associated with higher death rates.
At the end of the funding period (annually), unspent funds in the account may be carried forward to the next fiscal period upon discussion and approval of the following
year's budget proposal with the
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs, with the exception of funds designated to sponsor major events, which must be returned to the sponsors
if unspent.
In an unrelated study of more than 1,000 first -
year medical students, Shalini Reddy, MD,
associate professor of medicine and director of student professional development programs at the Pritzker School of Medicine, and colleagues found that only a quarter of students said they would choose a primary care specialty
if they had to select a field now.