Dissertations / Theses: 'Return on investment'

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Waz, Magdalena Agata. "Return on Investment." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1407154357.

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Au, Yea-wan Anna. "Return to educational investment in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31954674.

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Myung, Young-soo, and Dong-wan Tcha. "Return on Investment Analysis for Facility Location." Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Operations Research Center, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5306.

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We consider how the optimal decision can be made if the optimality criterion of maximizing profit changes to that of maximizing return on investment for the general uncapacitated facility location problem. We show that the inherent structure of the proposed model can be exploited to make a significant computational reduction.

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Au, Yea-wan Anna, and 區綺雲. "Return to educational investment in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31954674.

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Bigham, Joshua D., and Thomas R. Goudreau. "Return on investment in the public sector." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1317.

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In an environment of scarce resources and rising federal deficits the people not only expect, but demand greater accountability for the spending of public funds. This demand has created a trend in the public sector, not only in the United States, but worldwide as well, towards the importation of private sector business practices to improve accountability-oriented analysis. One example is increased emphasis on return on investment (ROI) analysis in public sector organizations. Development and application of ROI analysis is challenging in the public sector since most government organizations do not generate profit necessary for calculation of ROI in the manner in which it is done in the private sector. This thesis develops the methodology necessary for use of ROI analysis in the public sector. ROI methodology is applied for test evaluation with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego. The test demonstrates that ROI can be applied successfully to assess the relative efficiency of value-added work and to improve the process of choosing between investment alternatives. Properly designed ROI analysis reveals how and for what goods and services money is spent and provides a means for comparing the value derived from investment and work performed.
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Bigham, Joshua D. "Return on investment in the public sector /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Dec%5FBigham.pdf.

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Tse, Pui-yin Fiona, and 謝佩妍. "Systematic review : the return on investment of EHR implementation and associated key factors leading to positive return-on-investment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193818.

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Background: Implementations of national electronic health record (EHR) were currently underway worldwide as a core objective of eHealth strategies. It was widely believed that implementation of EHR might lead to considerable financial savings. This paper aimed to conduct a systematic review to assess return-on-investment (ROI) of HER implementation and to identify areas with greatest potential to positive ROI for ongoing deliberation on continuous development of EHR. Methodology: An inclusive string was developed to search English paper published between January 2003 and June 2013. This paper only included studies meet the following criteria 1) Primary study; 2) Involve a computerized system with electronic health record; and 3) include some form of economic evaluation. Critical appraisal was undertaken and articles with higher quality were selected. Hard ROI and soft ROI defined for EHR implementation were adopted as outcome metrics to examine both tangible and intangible return of EHR implementation. Results: A total of 18 articles were examined for data extraction and synthesis. Most of the available evidences came from pre-post evaluation or cross-sectional analysis without uniform standards for reporting. Findings of 56% of the articles indicated that there is cost saving after EHR implementation while 17% of the articles indicated loss in totalrevenue. The remaining articles concluded that there is no association between cost reduction and EHR implementation. Among the defined hard ROI, most studies mentioned the positive effect in resource reduction. Some authors argued that the resource was reallocated to other initiatives and resulted in negligible cost saving. According to the selected literatures, evidences showed that EHR was able to achieve defined soft ROI, especially for improving caring process, but the overall outcome was subject to individual practice. Authors of 12 out of 18 articles have identified the factor leading to positive return and provided recommendation toward successful EHR implementation. Other than implying helpful EHR functions and promoting practice change, additional incentive on quality improvement and performance benchmarking should be considered. The organizations and EHR systems studied in the articles examined were vastly different; it would be desirable if a controlled study adopting EHR with uniform standards can be performed to evaluate the ROI of different clinical settings. Conclusions: The benefits of EHR are not guaranteed, it requires change of practice and substantial efforts. Healthcare industries have to equip themselves for implementing the new technology and to exploit the usage for better clinical outcome.
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Rios, Cesar G. "Return on investment analysis of information warfare systems." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Sep%5FRios.pdf.

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Perjos, Ulrika. "e-Services - where is the return on investment?" Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Business Administration and Economics, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-88.

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e-Services, or customer service, over the Internet is becoming increasingly popular and well traveled, but it is also rapidly changing along with new needs and demands as well as new technology. Many companies are about to experience the change from just using the web as a static service tool to be able to use the web as an interactive medium and an online extension of their business. Simplexica has developed, and implemented, their own e-service where their customers have access to their personal pages where they receive news and publications. The main purpose, though, is to make their technical expertise available for their trusted partners and customers in order for them to design their own technical system and to place orders online. Simplexica’s experience from the e-service implementation has proven to be a success in some markets, within some areas and with some customers, but the e-service is still struggling to get utilized to it’s full potential and showing an return on investment.

The purpose and objective of this thesis report is to analyze and generally describe the e-service portal and the e-service business process used by Simplexica today in order to find areas and functions within e-service which Simplexica can use and apply to improve their existing e-service business process. This thesis report also aims to analyze and evaluate the return on investment of the e-service.

More specifically the thesis work strives to answer:

 How could the e-service process in place at Simplexica today be described?

 How to best globally utilize the full concept of e-service at Simplexica?

 Where is the return on investment at Simplexica?

The theoretical framework includes e-services, customer relationship management, business process management and methods of identifying gains, which is combined with a hermeneutic scientific perspective, a deductive research approach and a qualitative method in order to identify and evaluate different ways of calculating a return on investment that would be useful to Simplexica.

There is no simple solution to the dilemma, but the author summarizes the findings and recommendations in a suggested action plan where changes within Simplexica’s current e-service concept and the financial benefits of the investment, are in focus by:

 removing the barriers for using the e-service where a key element is to create a common understanding, internally and externally, for their current e-service and e-process.

 measuring key indicators and to incorporate crucial customer data

 analyzing the return on investment and estimating the effect and value of intangible benefits

 establishing a model for determining a successful investment based on a variant of the 5-table

 extending, upgrading and changing the current e-service by using new technology as, for instance, M2M and e-mail channeling, and to introduce a total customer service strategy throughout Simplexica.

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Traver, Aaron S., and Douglas W. Harold. "Return on Investment of Network Design Exchange (NDEX)." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10007.

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This project will examine the differences between a new ship alteration design process termed NDEX and the current system being utilized. Costs associated with the implementation and use of NDEX will be contrasted to costs of the status quo design process and a computation of the return on investment (ROI) of NDEX will be computed.

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Humr, Scott A. "Understanding return on investment for data center consolidation." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37641.

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The federal government has mandated that agencies consolidate data centers in order to gain efficiencies and cost savings. It is a well-established fact that both public and private organizations have reported considerable cost savings from consolidating data centers; however, in the case of federal agencies, no established methodology for valuing the benefits has been delineated. Nevertheless, numerous federal policies mandate that investments in IT demonstrate a positive return on investment (ROI). The problem is that the Department of Defense does not have clear instructions on how to measure ROI in order to evaluate an opportunity to consolidate data centers. While calculating ROI for IT can be very challenging, most private and public firms have methods for demonstrating a return ratio and not only cost savings. Therefore, choosing metrics and methodologies for calculating ROI is an important step in the decision-making process. This complexity complicates estimating a data centers utility and the true value generation of merging data centers. This thesis will explore the challenges that the Marine Corps faces for calculating ROI for data center consolidation.

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Shyriaieva, N. V., and Bilal Hussain. "Investment project evaluation methods overview." Thesis, Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут", 2018. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/43316.

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Ahlvar, Mathias, and Fredrik Berg. "Investment companies as an investment – Could a person without experience from investments bee helped by the active ownership of investment companies?" Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-152601.

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In this essay we have been studying the development of investment companies that is traded at Mid Cap and Large Cap at the Stockholm stock market. We took out five investment companies at random from the mentioned markets above. We used these companies as benchmarking for the study. To measure the development we looked at the change in the stock price and the total yield over the given time period, we then compared these to three random portfolios of 8 stocks each and the index called Six-Return index. All the companies in the random portfolios have another type of owner structure and lack Investment Company as a big owner. Those companies have a more divided ownership. In the essay we also look at the yield with consideration to the risk that is taken in the given investment in forms of Sharpe ratio and standard deviation for each portfolio. To get some extra insight we have interviewed Investor AB and Investment AB Latour. Both companies are leading investment companies in Sweden. The time period for the essay is 10 years and is stretching from 2004-01-01 until 2014-01-01. The results from the paper are that investment companies in general had a higher yield then the index and portfolios that was used as comparison. The results for the investment companies are better in terms of change in stock price and in yield but also with the consideration of the risk. The explanation of the results lies in several variables where the active ownership of the investment companies is the major part of the explanation and net asset discount together with the high dividend is another part. With these result investment companies is supposedly a very good investment for t hose that can’t beat the market, which would mean a great deal of all investors.
I denna uppsats studeras utvecklingen hos investmentbolag som handlas via Stockholmsbörsen på Mid Cap och Large Cap. Fem investmentbolag slumpades fram ifrån dessa listor och har sedan använts som jämförelsebolag. För att mäta deras utveckling har vi studerat kursförändringen samt totalavkastningen och jämfört dessa med slumpmässiga portföljer samt SIX Return index. De slumpmässiga portföljerna består av bolag utan något investmentbolag som större huvudägare. Detta resulterar i att de flesta bolagen i slumpportföljerna har ett mer splittrat ägande. I uppsatsen undersöker vi även avkastningen med hänsyn till risk i form av Sharpekvoter och standardavvikelse för varje portfölj. För att få en extra insyn i investmentbolagen har vi intervjuat Investor AB samt Investment AB Latour som är två ledande investmentbolag i Sverige. Studien tittar på en tidsperiod om 10 år mellan 2004-01-01 och 2014- 01-01. Det resultat som framkommit under studien är att investmentbolagen generellt sett har avkastat bättre än sina finansiella jämförelseobjekt. Detta med avseende på kursförändring och totalavkastning men även med hänsyn till risk. Förklaringen till detta ligger i ett antal variabler där investmentbolagens aktiva ägande är den största orsaken och substansrabatten i kombination med hög utdelning är ytterligare en orsak. Detta innebär att en portfölj med investmentbolag är en väldigt bra sparform överlag men framförallt för den som vill spara i aktier men saknar förkunskaper.

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Jan, Paul Jenq-Haw. "Tailored hospital supply chain for greater return on investment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35536.

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Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-97).
The cost of healthcare has been increasing over the past several years. From 1997 to 2002, the average cost for hospital stays increased 24 percent. The increase in healthcare cost can be explained by malpractice law suits and also by the increase in the cost of medical supplies (26 percent increase from 2000 to 2002). Though the Automated Point of Use (APU) technology and the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) are helping hospitals reduce supply chain costs, this research seeks to understand whether the inventory policy exists with the APU-VMI model is optimal. To achieve an understanding of the behavior under the APU-VMI model, this research seeks to investigate the inventory cost as well as the average order quantity and the deviation of the order quantity, and the replenishment frequency for before and after the introduction of the APU-VMI model. Through this, this research seeks to recommend the optimal inventory policies that hospitals should couple with the APU-VMI model. This combination should enable hospitals to reduce supply costs, and increase the returns on the investment made in implementing the APU-VMI model.
by Paul Jenq-Haw Jan.
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Wagner, Palheta Viana Paulino. "FROISPI Framework return on investment of software process improvement." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2009. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/1982.

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As empresas de software brasileiras buscam conquistar cada vez mais o mercado nacional e internacional, os quais estão mais competitivos. A estratégia viável é investir no aumento da qualidade e produtividade. O foco desse trabalho é investigar fatores relevantes para mensurar o Return on Investment (ROI) em Melhoria de Processo de Software (MPS). Com o objetivo de propor um framework constituído por fases baseado nos conceitos da ROI Methodology, utilizando indicadores utilizados por David Rico em ROI of SPI e uma seleção de medições utilizadas para MPS. As fases são: Identificação do problema; Diagnóstico detalhado; Estimativa de ROI; Implementação e Encerramento. Para cada fase, baseados no paradigma GQM Goal-Question-Metric foram definidos indicadores de medição para monitorar o FROISPI. As quatro primeiras fases seguem o conceito clássico do PDCA, que para cada solução sugerida de melhoria, analisa seus resultados e se os mesmos forem considerados plenamente satisfatórios, seguirá para a fase de Encerramento, caso contrário o processo cíclico continua até a necessidade de melhoria ser satisfeita. Na fase de Encerramento serão apresentados à alta direção os resultados alcançados com a utilização do FROISPI. O experimento foi executado em três organizações de maturidade bem distintas, mas somente uma organização conseguiu concluir com êxito

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Hidalgo, González Guillermo, and António Queirós. "Railway Mobility Hubs: A feature-based investment return analysis." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18204.

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While there has been considerable research regarding the role of Mobility Hubs in cities and transport networks, significant investment is required to develop these facilities. It is the correlation between investment, new users’ attraction and revenue generation that is the key for a sustainable development of Mobility Hubs and this investment must, therefore, be correctly assessed and targeted. This study aims to develop a methodology to determine the viability of investing in Mobility Hub features, weighing the investment on different Hub features and services against expected potential benefits and revenue generation, addressing the question: Can investment in Mobility Hub features be justified and, if so, which features maximize its expected positive impact? Based on a review of literature and definition of possible Hub features as variables, secondary research data was compiled to enable the analysis of expected impacts of each variable/feature in terms of new user’s attraction and revenue generation, which was then used to develop individual Net Present Value analysis of each feature. The result of these analysis demonstrates and concludes that different Hub features have the potential to generate substantially different investment outcomes, and that each feature should be analyzed individually prior to investment decision. It was also concluded by this research that the proposed assessment methodology can be used for future research on other listed Hub features, albeit with the constraint that primary data will be required when secondary research data is not available.

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Kellum, Jennifer Louise. "Child-care: The return on investment for American business." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1657.

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Bieri, Annett. "Replication of Hedge Fund Investment Returns Risk and return comparison of recent Hedge Fund replication products /." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02601805002/$FILE/02601805002.pdf.

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Rauscher, Olivia, Verena Burger, and Christian Schober. "Social Return on Investment von Integrationsinitiativen am Beispiel der Sozialintegrativen Betriebe in Niederösterreich." Fachbereich Finanzwissenschaft und Infrastrukturpolitik am Department für Raumplanung der Technischen Universität Wien, 2016. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5347/1/Rauscher_etal_2016_OeS_Social%2DReturn%2Don%2DInvestment.pdf.

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Dadd, Deneise Anson Donna. "Learning and applying financial metrics to evaluate human capital investments : the case of return on investment." Thesis, Open University, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.701083.

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Return on investment (ROI) is one of several financial metrics increasingly advocated and used to evaluate expenditures on hum~n capital initiatives. This thesis explored empirically the discrepancy between growing interest in, and uptake of, ROI for human capital investments on the one hand; and evidence to date that implementation is problematic and actual usage limited, on the other. From within a constructivist/interpretivist paradigm, ten attempts to apply ROI were identified and reconstructed using the qualitative techniques of observations, interviews and document analyses. These attempts were drawn from three different contexts - corporate, health service and international development. Concepts from seminal theories on learning and skills acquisition, knowledge, practice, context and their relationship with each other, as well as the introduction of new technical approaches, were selected to provide a framework to guide the enquiries and interpretation of data. The study found the term ROI was used as a bridging metric and understood in three ways - metaphorically, as an aspiration of value; literally, as a metric; and procedurally, as a method for planning and evaluating human capital investments. The metaphorical use of ROI was widespread as a way of expressing a common goal when dealing with key stakeholders. However, the metric was rarely utilised to measure human capital investments because applying it was difficult and time consuming; particularly linking the investment and service system performance through people performance. Methodically, ROI seemed to-function as an aspirational map for planning and evaluating human capital investments. Learning and applying the method, even partially, was valued and tended to lead to changed behaviour and organisational culture. Significant variations between the three contexts were noted, and it is argued that the contingencies affecting the uptake and appropriateness of ROI in different settings would likely affect the appropriateness of other financial metrics for evaluating human capital investments.

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Sand, Adam, Emil Svahn, and Lange Kim Nilsson. "Investment Strategies : Can accumulated stock recommendations provide positive abnormal return?" Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Redovisning och finansiering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-11305.

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Abstract Purpose The purpose of this thesis is; “To find out whether a strategy based on accumulated stock recommendations are able to outperform mutual funds and/or index funds with similar holdings over time”. Background During the past 30 years the interest for the financial market has been ever increasing. With the increased interest for the financial market, also an increased interest for the different investment alternatives have developed, thus also the amount of various financial products. Further there has been a discussion whether the different investment products actually add value to the investors. Method To be able to reach our purpose we have constructed a portfolio containing stocks based on recommendations. We have also come up with a method in order to decide the weights of the individual stocks in our portfolio. Further, we have used existing theories in order to estimate the return and the standard deviation. We have also benchmarked our portfolio against popular funds on the market. Conclusion We have seen that our portfolio during the six years running have performed better than the existing funds and also resulted in a lower standard deviation i.e. risk. Thus the results are applicable on our specific data, more research is needed in order to make any statements of statistical significance.

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Nguyen, Quang Ngoc Banking &amp Finance Australian School of Business UNSW. "Foreign investment, return volatility, and economic growth in emerging markets." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Banking & Finance, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/44589.

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THIS DISSERTATION EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN TNVESTMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS ALTHOUGH THE EFFECT OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY EXAMINED IN VARIOUS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL LITERATURES OUR APPROACH IS UNIQUE IN TWO WAYS, FIRSTLY, WE LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT FROM A FIRM???LEVEL PERSPECTIVE AND THUS ARE ABLE TO SEE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES WHICH FOREIGN INVESTMENT BRINGS UPON INDIVIDUAL FIRMS SECONDLY, WE DEPART FROM EXISTING LITERATURE. VOIHICH LOOKS AT THE RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN OWNERSHIP, BY STUDYING THE IMPLICATIONS OF ACTUAL FOREIGN OWNERSHIP WE ALSO REEXAMINE THE GROWTH-FDLLINK IN THE CONTEXT OF FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION. THE FIRST ISSUE (IN CHAPTER 2) CONCERNS WRT'H THE EFFECT OF LARGE FOREIGN OWNERSHIP (LFO) ON FIRM-LEVEL STOCK RETURN VOLATILITY IN 32 EMERGING MARKETS 'ONE FIND A NEGATIVE RELATION BETWEEN LFO AND VOLATILITY WE SHOW THAT THE NEGATIVE RELATION BETWEEN LFO AND STOCK RETURN VOLATILITY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONJECTURE ON THE STABIUZJNG ROLE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FOIL IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES THE NEXT TOPIC WHICH IS STUDIED IN CHAPTER 3, PROPOSES ANOTHER REASON FOR THE NEGATIVE RELATION BETWEEN LFO AND STOCK RETURN VOLATILITY THE CHAPTER FINDS THAT THE NEGATIVE RELATION BELWEEN LARGE FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AND STOCK RETURN VOLATILITY EXISTS IN GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTS BUT DISAPPEARS IN BAD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE HMRONMENTS.THE FINAL TOPIC ANALYZES THE RELATION BETWEEN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND REAL GROWTH RATE OF PER CAPITA GDP (CHAPTER 4), IN GENERAL. WE FIND THAT THE RATIO OF FDLINFLOWS TO TOTAL GOP ITSELF IS NOT RELATED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THE SAM?LE OF EMERGING MARKETS, EVEN THOUGH WE CONSIDER DIFFERENT MODEL SPECIFICATIONS 'ONE FIND, HOWEVER, FORS INTERACTION WITH TRADE OR FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOST COUNTRY IS POSITIVELY RELATED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOME MODELS THE RESULTS CONFIRM THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY OF THE HOST COUNTRY FOR THE SUCCESS OF FDI, PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR RECENT STUDIES ON THIS AREA.

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Michael, Georgiadis, Vassileios Drakopoulos, Thomas Markopoulos, and Georgiadis Michael. "Return on investment analysis for the Almond Board of California." Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9927.

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The purpose of this project is to complete the first phase of a broader research project concerning the exploration of the relationship between consumer attitudes and usage for almonds. It aims to provide the scientific methodology for assessing the effect promotional expenditures have on influencing consumer attitudes as well as relating that to the final impact on the demand for almonds. This project was conducted with the sponsorship of the Almond Board of California (ABC), an organization supervised by the United States Department of Agriculture, responsible for promoting the consumption and increasing the market share of the California produced almonds in the domestic and international markets. The primary objective of the project is to develop a methodology that links research, public relations and advertising expenditures made by the ABC, to Attitude, Awareness and Usage (AAU) measurements and eventually to almond shipping and pricing data. The ABC is required by legislation, to conduct a return on investment (ROI) analysis every five years. In conducting this analysis, the organization is interested in developing a management tool that can indicate ROI, but can also be used to identify the portfolio of investments that will maximize AAU (attitudes, awareness, usage). This would allow the ABC to assess the relative impact of its investments portfolio (promotional expenditures) and use this information to make the necessary adjustments in order to improve its effectiveness.

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Henderson-Carter, Rya S. "A Business Case for Return on Investment| Understanding Organizational Change." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3644831.

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Since 2010, 2,000 U. S. leaders spent $150 billion on return on investment (ROI) training, yet questions still exist on how to measure the benefits of organizational change. The purpose of this embedded single-case study was to explore how business leaders could use ROI to characterize the benefit of intervention strategies for organizational change. Stakeholder theory and Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory formed the conceptual framework for this study. A purposive sample of 20 civilian personnel managers located at a medical facility for veterans in central Texas participated in semistructured interviews. The 5 primary themes that emerged using thematic analysis were (a) training, (b) leadership, (c) communication, (d) recognition, and (e) consistency. Implications for positive social change include the possibility of organizational leaders applying these findings to develop better intervention strategies. Such interventions could improve processes for stakeholders and create an open dialogue with business leaders within the government sector.

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Key, Kevin J. "Return on investment: ensuring Special Forces can fight another day." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10629.

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The purpose of this research is to identify possible cultural and policy changes within the Special Forces Regiment that can elongate the operational lifespan of a Special Forces operator through improved physical conditioning and recovery. Since inception, Special Forces Soldiers have conducted operations differently from any other Soldiers or Service Members. These differences are not only in the types of operations or missions themselves, but in frequency, duration, austerity, and level of resources. As Special Forces Soldiers have continued to succeed at the challenges set before them, many have prematurely worn their bodies down and become less than fully physically capable to continue in their highly demanding field of work. In the situations where these exceptional Soldiers are removed from an operational role, their units lose the vast amount of experience that the individual Soldier had, and need to use additional resources training a replacement. This thesis argues that improving the Special Forces Regiment's focus on physical readiness through some slight cultural and policy changes can significantly decrease the inevitable losses of Special Forces Soldiers to operational units, and allow the individual Green Beret to remain at a healthy state throughout his career and beyond.

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Sivarajan, Swaminathan. "Risk tolerance, return expectations and other factors impacting investment decisions." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2019. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/risk-tolerance-return-expectations-and-other-factors-impacting-investment-decisions(90fd4076-2d8f-4dc6-8ff3-a1ecd8c0d188).html.

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Do investment portfolios meet the needs and preferences of investors? Can the portfolio selection process be improved? Traditionally, investor preferences have been identified using risk tolerance questionnaires. These questionnaires have recently attracted a fair deal of criticism. However, there has been little focus as to whether the questionnaires are useful in predicting investors' risk-taking behaviour. In this thesis, an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was employed to find answers to the primary research question: what factors determine risk-taking behaviour in investment decisions? This thesis looked at the risk-taking behaviour of investors in Canada (N=192) and the risk-taking advice provided by financial advisers in Canada (N=155), collectively risk-taking decisions. The results suggested that return expectations and demographic variables were important predictors of risk-taking decisions, whereas risk tolerance questionnaires were not. Further investigation suggested that investment literacy impacted risk-taking decisions while investment experience impacted both return expectations and risk-taking decisions. In a novel contribution by this thesis, additional perspective was provided by qualitative analysis using semi-structured interviews with investors and advisers. From the results of the qualitative analysis, the author suggests that discovery and self-discovery, a consistent approach and a focus on process versus outcome are key attributes valued by both investors and advisers. The thesis concluded with implications and recommendations for stakeholders, including a greater focus on return expectations, more training in discovery for advisers, simulating investment experience for prospective investors and including investment literacy in school curricula.

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Hogstrom, Larson J. "Return on investment and library complexity analysis for DNA sequencing." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104556.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computation for Design and Optimization Program, 2016.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 49).
Understanding the profiles of information acquisition during DNA sequencing experiments is critical to the design and implementation of large-scale studies in medical and population genetics. One known technical challenge and cost driver in next-generation sequencing data is the occurrence of non-independent observations that are created from sequencing artifacts and duplication events from polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The current study demonstrates improved return on investment (ROI) modeling strategies to better anticipate the impact of non-independent observations in multiple forms of next-generation sequencing data. Here, a physical modeling approach based on Pó1ya urn was evaluated using both multi-point estimation and duplicate set occupancy vectors. The results of this study can be used to reduce sequencing costs by improving aspects of experimental design including sample pooling strategies, top-up events, and termination of non-informative samples.
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Han, Jun 1959. "The risk and return characteristics of real estate investment trusts." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/13157.

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Feldman, Kiri. "Electronic prognostics and health management a return on investment analysis /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8323.

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Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Giel, Brittany Kathleen. "Return on investment analysis of building information modeling in construction." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0024953.

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Fajinmi, Funlola Francesca. "Multinational Corporations' Return on Investment Optimization in Nigeria's Business Environment." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2255.

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Trade between the United States and Africa decreased 32% from US$125 billion, in 2011, to US$85 billion, in 2013; however, MNCs from other regions have continued to increase investments in Africa. Multinational corporations (MNCs) generate most of their return on investment (ROI) from the Western world. Globalization, increasing middle classes in emerging markets, and decreasing population in the Western world have lead to unsustainable ROI. Nigeria, the most populous and largest economy in Africa and the 27th largest economy in the world, offers new opportunities with an annual growth rate forecast of 6% to 8%. Utilizing the diamond theory of competitive advantage of nations, this single case study was an exploration of the strategies that managers of MNCs have used to optimize Nigeria's higher ROI. Interview questions on new entry challenges, operational obstacles, and strategies to mitigate the challenges contributed to answering the overarching research question related to the strategies that managers of MNCs have used successfully to take advantage of Nigeria's high ROI. The participants were 5 executives at the Nigerian operation of a global technology conglomerate with presence in 166 countries. Data collection included a series of semistructured face-to-face interviews. Data analysis using modified van Kaam method resulted in 5 themes: business environment, effective entry strategies, challenges in Nigeria, mitigating challenges in Nigeria, and volatility of Nigerian market and mitigation strategies. Findings may contribute to ROI optimization and influence social change by providing more jobs, thereby increasing standard of living in Nigeria.

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Henderson-Carter, Rya S. "A Business Case for Return on Investment: Understanding Organizational Change." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1168.

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Since 2010, 2,000 U. S. leaders spent {dollar}150 billion on return on investment (ROI) training, yet questions still exist on how to measure the benefits of organizational change. The purpose of this embedded single-case study was to explore how business leaders could use ROI to characterize the benefit of intervention strategies for organizational change. Stakeholder theory and Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory formed the conceptual framework for this study. A purposive sample of 20 civilian personnel managers located at a medical facility for veterans in central Texas participated in semistructured interviews. The 5 primary themes that emerged using thematic analysis were (a) training, (b) leadership, (c) communication, (d) recognition, and (e) consistency. Implications for positive social change include the possibility of organizational leaders applying these findings to develop better intervention strategies. Such interventions could improve processes for stakeholders and create an open dialogue with business leaders within the government sector.

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Jacobs, Patricia A., Tun-Jen Chang, and Donald Paul Gaver. "Assessing the possible return on investment resulting from upgrading a subsystem." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/24122.

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PALMEIRA, CRISTINA GOMES. "MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS IN TRAINING RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN THE BRAZILIAN ORGANIZATIONS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2003. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=4359@1.

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O ROI de treinamento, última etapa da escala de avaliação de treinamentos, que compreende também as fases de avaliação de reação, aprendizagem, comportamento e resultados, é o objeto de estudo desta pesquisa que buscou investigar os sistemas existentes para mensurá-lo nas Organizações Brasileiras, bem como a relevância deste tema. Foi feita uma ampla revisão da literatura sobre os métodos existentes para calcular o ROI de treinamento, recorrendo principalmente a autores dos Estados Unidos. O referencial teórico e a realização de um pré-teste em 2002 contribuíram como base para a formulação do questionário que avaliou as condições e percepções para o cálculo do ROI de treinamento em amostra composta por 75 empresas brasileiras de diversos estados. A análise qualitativa combinada à análise quantitativa com uso do software estatístico SPSS (teste t, redução de fatores, formação de clusters, MANOVA) chegou a conclusão de que poucas empresas brasileiras aplicam métodos de mensuração do ROI de treinamento, mas a percepção da relevância do tema é alta. Identificou-se nas respostas do questionário um possível exemplo de aplicação no Call Center da Vésper, descrito ao final da pesquisa, a partir de entrevista realizada.
Training ROI, last stage in the training evaluation methodology, that also includes reaction, learning, behavior and results, is the object of study of this research that investigated the existing systems to measure it in the Brazilian organizations, as well as the importance of the theme. A broad revision of the literature about the existing methods to calculate Training ROI was made and resorted mainly to authors in the United States. The theoretical reference and the realization of a pretest in 2002, contributed as basis to formulate a questionnaire that evaluated the conditions and perceptions for the calculation of Training ROI in a sample of 75 Brazilian companies from various states. The qualitative analysis together with the quantitative analysis using statistical software SPSS (t test, factor reduction, clusters formation, MANOVA), concluded that few Brazilian companies apply measurement systems in Training ROI, but the perception of its importance is high. A possible example of application was identified in the Call Center of Vésper, described at the end of the research, with the interview made.

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Banke-Thomas, A. O. "Social return on investment for emergency obstetric care training in Kenya." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2018. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3019150/.

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Background: Globally, there has been increasing interest to demonstrate value-for-money of interventions using various approaches including social return on investment, which is a form of social cost-benefit analysis. This study pioneered its application in maternal and newborn health. Specifically, the methodology was used to assess the social impact and value-for-money of an emergency obstetric care training intervention for health care providers in Kenya. Methods: Qualitative methods and literature review were used to identify key stakeholders who were direct beneficiaries of the training; and map, evidence and financially value its outcomes. These qualitative findings were triangulated with quantitative evidence from existing literature and programmatic data, which helped to establish impact. Quantitative methods were also used to account for the financial investment (input) used to implement the intervention and output produced. Both qualitative and quantitative findings were incorporated into the impact map, to estimate the social return on investment ratio. Sensitivity analyses were done to test assumptions and the pay-back period estimated. Stakeholders who were not deemed direct beneficiaries were engaged to establish strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the intervention. Results: Multiple numbers of key stakeholders of the training were engaged via 28 focus group discussions, 18 interviews, and three paired interviews. Trained health care providers, women who received care from them and their newborns are training primary beneficiaries. From the thematic analysis, key emerging themes were that training led to positive outcomes including improved knowledge, skills and attitude with patients. However, there were concomitant negative outcomes including increased workload because of new patient expectation and frustration from inability to practise what was learnt. Women had positive opinions concerning the quality of care that they received. They expected positive outcomes including avoiding maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. However, women affirmed that negative outcomes could occur, attributable to health care providers, themselves or simply due to chance. These outcomes experienced by both health care providers and women who received care from them have been mostly reported in the literature and evidenced from programme data. However, ‘increased workload’ is reported as increased care provision in the literature and ‘increased frustration due to inability to practise what had been learnt following training’ had not been directly linked to training previously. Based on programmatic data, total implementation costs was £1,079,383 for the 2,965 HCPs that were trained across 93 courses. The cost per trained HCP per day was £72.80. The total social impact for one year was valued at £13,747,173.78, with women benefitting the most from the intervention (73%). For beneficiaries, estimation of attribution, duration, and financial value of these outcomes by the beneficiaries was difficult and variable. Though beneficiaries provided insight for subsequent literature search for values. SROI ratio was calculated as £11.02: £1 and net SROI was £10.02: £1. The payback period for the investment was about one month. Based on the multiple one-way sensitivity analyses, the intervention guaranteed VfM in all scenarios except when all the trainers were paid consultancy fees and the least amount of outcomes occurred. Implications for policy and research: SROI provides critical additional insight when used to assess value-for-money of EmOC training. However, there are methodological improvements required. In implementing and researching EmOC training, consideration needs to be given to both intended positive and unintended negative outcomes of the intervention. Evidently, to achieve the best results from training, other factors such as optimal human resource distribution and availability of equipment need to be addressed. Use of volunteer trainers, particularly those who work locally, to deliver the training is a critical driver in achieving value-for-money for investments made.

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Howard, William Ford. "An investment strategy based on return on capital and earnings yield." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97332.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Portfolio managers and investors have developed numerous stock-picking strategies for managing stock market portfolios, many of which have been researched extensively in international markets. For example, research has shown that value stocks have higher returns than growth stocks in markets around the world (Fama & French 1998). A very popular value investing strategy is the ‘magic formula’ developed and published by Joel Greenblatt, in 2006, in his book The little book that beats the market. This strategy is based on constructing portfolios where return on capital and earnings yield are used as selection criteria. Greenblatt (2010) provided results that showed that the magic formula strategy was able to persistently outperform the United States stock market from 1988 to 2009. This study provides a back-test of the magic formula on stocks listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange for the period 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2013. The return was benchmarked against the FTSE/JSE J203 All Share Total Return Index and several other popular value investing strategies over the same period. It was found that, even after adjusting for risk, the magic formula was able to consistently outperform the market index. While the magic formula was able to outperform the market index, it was not the top performing value investing strategy evaluated in this study. The magic formula was outperformed by the combination of size and book-to-market, book-to-market alone, dividend yield, and earnings yield value investing strategies. While the magic formula, and the above mentioned value investing strategies, were able to outperform the market index in terms of overall geometric mean returns, there is not enough evidence to conclude that these value investing strategies outperformed the market index by a statistically significant margin.

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Salomon, Tania. "The Risk-Return Characteristics and Diversification Benefits of Fine Wine Investment." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1668.

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This thesis evaluates the risk-return characteristics and diversification benefits of fine wine investment. It compares the historical performance of wine to that of equity, fixed income, real estate, and commodities. I calculate the correlation, volatility, and expected returns of these assets to examine whether adding wine to a portfolio increases its risk-adjusted return. I do this through the Markowitz portfolio optimization technique. The findings suggest that wine has a low correlation with traditional assets, providing diversification benefits. My results also show that adding wine to a portfolio increases its risk-adjusted return only when there is an allocation constraint of 0 to 25% per asset. This does not hold, however, when there are no asset allocation constraints.

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Buxton-Tetteh, Naa Ayorkor. "Artificial Neural Networks in Stock Return Prediction: Testing Model Specification in a Global Context." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32567.

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This research investigates whether artificial neural networks which make use of firm specific fundamental and technical factors can accurately predict the returns of a sample of several large-cap stocks from various markets across the globe. This study also explores which hidden layer configuration leads to the best network predictive performance. Furthermore, this research identifies which firm-specific factors predominantly influence the predictions made by the artificial neural networks. Five artificial neural networks are designed, trained and tested on a sample of 161 stocks from the Russell 1000 and the S&P International 700 stock indices. The investigation period extends over a 166-month period from January 2001 to October 2014 with a 70:30 split for training and testing subsamples respectively. Eighteen firm-specific factors, based on prior research about the presence of style effects or anomalies on the cross-section of global equity returns, are used as the input variables of the artificial neural networks to forecast one-month forward returns of all the stocks in the sample. The five artificial neural networks investigated in this research differed in hidden layer size. Specifically, the number of hidden neurons examined were three, nine, 13, 18 and 30. All five networks train significantly well, with each network's training error indicating a good model fit. Each network also achieves the desirable information coefficient of 0.1 between its predicted returns and the actual returns in the training sample. It is interestingly discovered that network performance generally improves as the number of hidden neurons in the hidden layer increases until a specific point, after which network performance weakens. In the context of avoiding overfitting, the best-trained network in this research is that with 13 neurons in its hidden layer. This is the primary network used for the out-of sample testing analysis. This network achieves an average prediction error magnitude of approximately 7% and an information coefficient of 0.05 during out-of-sample testing. These results underperform their respective benchmarks moderately. However, further analyses of the network's performance suggest an overall poor out-of-sample predictive ability. This is illustrated by a significant bias and a considerably weak relationship between the network's predicted returns and the actual returns in the testing sample. Global sensitivity analysis reveals that growth style effects, particularly, the capital expenditure ratio, return on equity, sales growth, 12-month percentage change in non-current assets and six-month percentage change in asset turnover were the most persistent factors across all the ANN models. Other significant factors include the 12-month percentage change in monthly volume traded, three-month cumulative prior return and one-month prior return. An unconventional result of this analysis is the relative insignificance of the size and value style effects.

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Chiang, Yat-hung, and 蔣日雄. "Property investment in a portfolio context: analysis of risk and return of office property investment in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31236728.

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Wilson, Tyler. "Urban Renewal Investment: : A CASE STUDY OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-195842.

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Urban Renewal activity can be attributed to the reuse and intensification of tertiary areas. Past research suggests areas of regeneration can perform at par and/or better then prime property sectors. Policy initiatives lowering perceived risk, attracting investment is conditional to the unique characteristics of renewal areas. As a progressive area of research there still remains insufficient data to quantify related returns and associated risks. Financial institutions tend to favor prime property and neglect tertiary areas. Local, smaller developers can comprehend the holistic nature of renewal investment. A comparative analysis of past urban renewal investment behavior with actors of renewal investment in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, were evaluated leading to empirical possibilities of investment alternatives.

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Boesch, Benjamin. "The Returns on Modern Art as an Investment." St. Gallen, 2009. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02603629003/$FILE/02603629003.pdf.

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Trenbath, Kim L. "Assessing the return on investment for various types of break-in training." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2731.

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Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 212 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-212).

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林競全 and Jingquan Lin. "Sources of real estate investment returns in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31256806.

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Chiang, Yat-hung. "Property investment in a portfolio context : analysis of risk and return of office property investment in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19050239.

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Yurtoglu, Besim Burcin [Verfasser]. "Rates of Return on Corporate Investment: An International Comparison / Besim Burcin Yurtoglu." Hamburg : Diplom.de, 2000. http://d-nb.info/1184882908/34.

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Breedt-Maree, Leane. "Maximising the return on investment for training and development of middle managers." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64897.

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It is generally accepted that training and development is essential for any business, but few businesses can confirm if these programmes have produced a positive return. Businesses generally still make use of the traditional evaluation methods, even though there is clear evidence that the outcomes are not satisfactory. There is a body of literature on how to evaluate training and development but very little on how to maximise its return on investment (ROI). This study aims to determine the best practices on how to maximise the ROI for training and development of middle managers. The interest in the development of middle managers is important as it has been overlooked in the literature. Qualitative, exploratory research methods, were adopted to gain new insights to determine the factors that are optimal for pre, during and post training and development phases. A total of 22 semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with three different stakeholder groups: seven training providers who train middle managers, seven with middle managers who attended management training and development within the last two years, and a further eight with the managers responsible for training and or development of middle managers within their organisations. Each interview was analysed by means of thematic content analysis. The findings from this research add to the existing literature in the field of ROI on training and development for middle managers. The critical success factors for each of the phases were established, as was the detail of the ideal roles of the three key stakeholders. The need for assessment to be built in at every stage and the support and involvement of the line manager throughout the process are both key to increasing the ROI. A new finding determines the usefulness of conducting repetitive evaluations, instead of only one evaluation at the end of the programme. Training providers felt it necessary to engage in a more collaborative process with the other stakeholders which is a major new finding in the field. The managers on the other hand felt it more important for the training providers to improve the design of the training programmes which would ultimately have a positive impact on the ROI of training and development of middle managers.
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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Knight, Darren C. "Return on Investment Analysis for Implementing Barriers to Reverse Engineering and Imitation." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2633.

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Reverse engineering (extracting information about a product from the product itself) is a competitive strategy for many firms and is often costly to innovators. Recent research has proven metrics for estimating the reverse engineering time and barrier and has shown that products can strategically be made more difficult to reverse engineer, thus protecting the innovator. Reverse engineering, however, is only the first phase of attempting to duplicate a product. Imitating – the process of discovering how to physically reproduce the performance of the reverse engineered product in one or more of its performance areas – is the second and final phase. This thesis presents metrics for the time and barrier to imitating and shows how they can be joined with reverse engineering metrics to estimate a total time and total barrier to duplicate a product. As there is a cost associated with the design of barriers to reverse engineering and in imitating it is important that a return on investment analysis be performed to ensure a profitable endeavor. Details of such an analysis are presented here. To illustrate the methodology, two case studies are presented. The first is an analysis of KithcenAid's Stand Mixer. The second is an analysis of a cantilevered "L-beam" that has been structurally optimized under four conditions to achieve a specified mechanical performance. Additionally, anecdotal solutions to creating barriers to reverse engineering and imitating are discussed throughout.

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Judy, Tracy Jay. "Net-present-value return on marketing investment model for Arrowhead Credit Union." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1954.

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Bitwayiki, Constantine. "Exploring Information Technology Return on Investment Reports for Planning, Budgeting, and Implementation." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6821.

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The failure rate of new government information technology (IT) projects in developing countries is high, with 35% classified as total failures and approximately 50% as partial failures. The population for this study was 10 senior managers of a public sector organization in Uganda selected because of high IT project successes achieved through leveraging IT return on investment (ROI) reports. The purpose of this qualitative single-case study was to explore the strategies Ugandan senior public sector officials used to leverage IT ROI reports during planning, budgeting, and implementation of IT projects to reduce failure rates. The conceptual frameworks were the strategic IT alignment model and framework for success. Qualitative data were collected through face-to-face interviews and review of the organization performance reports. Member checking of interview and document review data were used to strengthen credibility of the findings. The following themes emerged: involve senior managers in IT ROI reporting; use previous IT performance reports during planning, budgeting, and implementation; empower project teams to undertake IT ROI performance assessment; ensure completeness of the IT ROI reports; ensure comprehensive monitoring and evaluation indicators for IT projects; ensure availability of periodic IT ROI reports; and implement a change management program. The findings may contribute to social change by providing key strategies senior public sector officials might leverage during planning, budgeting, and implementation of IT projects to reduce failures, lead to increased citizen access to e-government services, and promote transparent government.

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Lee, Anne Lim. "Return on Investment of the CFTP Framework With and Without Risk Assessment." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3306.

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In recent years, numerous high tech companies have developed and used technology roadmaps when making their investment decisions. Jay Paap has proposed the Customer Focused Technology Planning (CFTP) framework to draw future technology roadmaps. However, the CFTP framework does not include risk assessment as a critical factor in decision making. The problem addressed in this quantitative study was that high tech companies are either losing money or getting a much smaller than expected return on investment when making technology investment decisions. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between returns on investment before and after adding risk assessment to the CFTP framework. Paap's CFTP framework and process to improve technology investments thus served as the theoretical framework for this study. Data were obtained from cloud computing companies using the companies' market risk data and actual returns on investment data. The results and findings of paired sample two-tailed t tests for means and equal variances showed that return on investment was positively related to adding a traditional risk assessment model to Paap's CFTP framework. These findings regarding the addition of risk assessment to the technology investment framework may be used by investors to (a) make better and more expeditious decisions, and (b) obtain a high return on technology investment by selecting the highest return value and lowest risk value.

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