THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Saying

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

- Winston Churchill

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Learning management system

A learning management system (commonly abbreviated as LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content.

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From Asian to global financial crisis by Andrew Sheng

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Crisis

“The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.”

- H.G. Wells

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Financial Crisis

The term financial crisis is applied broadly to a variety of situations in which some financial institutions or assets suddenly lose a large part of their value. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many financial crises were associated with banking panics, and many recessions coincided with these panics. Other situations that are often called financial crises include stock market crashes and the bursting of other financial bubbles, currency crises, and sovereign defaults.

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LATEST ARRIVALS

From Asian to global financial crisis by Andrew Sheng

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Success

"Success is a journey, not a destination."

- Ben Sweetland

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Capital asset pricing model

In finance, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is used to determine a theoretically appropriate required rate of return of an asset, if that asset is to be added to an already well-diversified portfolio, given that asset's non-diversifiable risk. The model takes into account the asset's sensitivity to non-diversifiable risk (also known as systematic risk or market risk), often represented by the quantity beta (β) in the financial industry, as well as the expected return of the market and the expected return of a theoretical risk-free asset.

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Applied software measurement: global analysis of productivity and quality by Capers Jones

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Winning

"Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

- Vince Lombardi

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Diversity (business)

The "business case for diversity", theorizes that in a global marketplace, a company that employs a diverse workforce (both men and women, people of many generations, people from ethnically and racially diverse backgrounds etc.) is better able to understand the demographics of the marketplace it serves and is thus better equipped to thrive in that marketplace than a company that has a more limited range of employee demographics.

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Applied software measurement: global analysis of productivity and quality by Capers Jones

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Achievement

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."

- Vincent Van Gogh

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Marketing strategy
Marketing strategy is a process that can allow an organization to concentrate its limited resources on the greatest opportunities to increase sales and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. A marketing strategy should be centered around the key concept that customer satisfaction is the main goal.

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Applied software measurement: global analysis of productivity and quality by Capers Jones

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Creativity

"Trying to force creativity is never good."

- Sarah McLachlan

TOPIC OF THE DAY

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616)[a] was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Applied software measurement: global analysis of productivity and quality by Capers Jones

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Nature

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."

- John Muir

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Earth Day

Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in held on April 22, 1970 and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. Earth Day is celebrated in spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Many communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues. While the first Earth Day was focused entirely on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes—the original national coordinator in 1970—took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.

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Applied software measurement: global analysis of productivity and quality by Capers Jones

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Life

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

- Robert Frost

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), well-known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.

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Applied software measurement: global analysis of productivity and quality by Capers Jones

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Software

Great thoughts always come from the heart.

- Marquis De Vauvenargues

TOPIC OF THE DAY

N. Chandrababu Naidu

Nara Chandrababu Naidu (Telugu: నారా చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు) (born April 20, 1950) was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004.[1] He is also the founder of Heritage Foods. As of August 2009, he is leader of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh state assembly, and the president of Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

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Applied software measurement: global analysis of productivity and quality by Capers Jones

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Will

"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen."

- John F. Kennedy

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Aryabhata (satellite)

Aryabhata was India's first satellite, named after the great Indian astronomer of the same name. It was launched by the Soviet Union on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar using a Cosmos-3M launch vehicle. Aryabhata was built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to conduct experiments related to astronomy. The 96.3 minute orbit had an apogee of 619 km and a perigee of 563 km, at an inclination of 50.7 degrees. Aryabhata was built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to conduct experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomics, and solar physics. The spacecraft was a 26-sided polygon 1.4 m in diameter.

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Applied software measurement: global analysis of productivity and quality by Capers Jones

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Software

“It's time to reappreciate the original software: paper.”

- Dale Dauten

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Software measurement

Software plays an important role in our life. We want products which affect our lives has quality attributes. We need quality software. In order to determine quality of software we must have some metrics to measure quality. The key point here is quality of the same product may be change. Software is not an exception. So if we determine quality attributes of the software we can also have more precise, predictable and repeatable control over the software development process and product.

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Applied software measurement: global analysis of productivity and quality by Capers Jones

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Life

"Never complain and never explain."

- Benjamin Disraeli

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Guru Nanak Dev

Guru Nanak Dev (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539) is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. Sikhs believe that all subsequent Gurus possessed Guru Nanak's divinity and religious authority.

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Unified financial analysis by Willi Brammertz

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Love

"Love is a game that two can play and both win."

- Eva Gabor

TOPIC OF THE DAY

B. R. Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 — 6 December 1956), also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, Buddhist activist, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into a poor Mahar, then Untouchable, family, Ambedkar spent his whole life fighting against social discrimination, the system of Chaturvarna — the categorization of Hindu society into four varnas — and the Hindu caste system. He is also credited with providing a spark for the conversion of hundreds of thousands of Dalits with his Ambedkar(ite) Buddhism. Ambedkar has been honoured with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.

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Unified financial analysis by Willi Brammertz

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Finance

"Before you can really start setting financial goals, you need to determine where you stand financially."

- David Bach

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Financial Analysis

Financial Analysis refers to the assessment of a business to deal with the planning, budgeting, monitoring, forecasting, and improving of all financial details within an organization.

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Unified financial analysis by Willi Brammertz

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Future

"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

- Thomas Jefferson

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519), was an Italian polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance man, a man whose unquenchable curiosity was equaled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent and "his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, the man himself mysterious and remote". Marco Rosci points out, however, that while there is much speculation about Leonardo, his vision of the world is essentially logical rather than mysterious, and that the empirical methods he employed were unusual for his time.

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Business Ethics: A Case Study Approach by Stephen K. Henn

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Work

"All things are difficult before they are easy."

- Thomas Fuller

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Business ethics

Business ethics is the behavior that a business adheres to in its daily dealings with the world. The ethics of a particular business can be diverse. They apply not only to how the business interacts with the world at large, but also to their one-on-one dealings with a single customer.

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Business Ethics: A Case Study Approach by Stephen K. Henn

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Rights

"People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights."

- Indira Gandhi

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Intellectual property rights

NIPO is dedicated to mobilizing the use of intellectual property for economic and social development by creating an IP culture and enhancing knowledge & competencies in tune with the global environment.NIPO works for advancing an intellectual property agenda that promotes business practices, commercial infrastructure and law fostering economic growth through efficient development, use and exchange of IP rights at the point where technology development, intellectual property rights, and jobs creation all intersect.

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Intellectual property rights: basic concepts by M.M.S.Karki

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Peace

"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace."

- Buddha

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Ravi Shankar

Already an established musician and composer in his homeland during the 1940s, Shankar gained international attention in the 1950s with his collaborations with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and, in the 1960s and 1970s, with his featured performances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, the 1969 Woodstock Festival, and the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. His friendship with guitarist, songwriter, and producer George Harrison of the Beatles, which began in 1966, resulted in the introduction of traditional Indian instrumentation on several Beatles recordings. Harrison repaid the favor by lending his guitar playing and production to Shankar's albums Shankar Family & Friends and Festival of India. These recordings and his close association with the Beatles raised the Western youth culture's interest in Indian music. Shankar is also credited with influencing the jazz recordings of John and Alice Coltrane and the minimalist compositions of Phillip Glass, with whom Shankar collaborated on Passages. He has also composed music for flautist Jean Pierre Rampal, Japanese musician Hosan Yamamoto, and jazz musicians Bud Schank, John Handy, and Buddy Rich.

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Dynamics of markets: the new financial economics by Joseph L. McCauley

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Past

"When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective."

- George C. Marshall

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Dilip Vengsarkar

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar (born 6 April 1956 in Rajapur, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer and cricket administrator. He was one of the most stylish batsmen of his time,[citation needed] known as one of the foremost exponents of the drive. He was also known by the nickname 'Colonel'.

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Dynamics of markets: the new financial economics by Joseph L. McCauley

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Finance

"It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits. "

Charles A. Jaffe

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Financial economics

Financial economics is a branch of economics that is applied to the financial markets, such as the forex and stock markets. It studies the relationship among financial variables, such as prices, inflation and interest rates. Financial economics focuses on the impact of economic variables, such as GDP (gross domestic product) and CPI (consumer price index), on the financial markets. It involves building models based on the two key concepts of uncertainty and the time value of money. This branch of economy differs from others due to the emphasis on the study of "monetary activities."


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Dynamics of markets: the new financial economics by Joseph L. McCauley

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Business

"A culture of discipline is not a principle of business; it is a principle of greatness."

Jim Collins

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Business Strategy

A full statement of a selected business strategy is a business plan defining:

* the company vision
* the strategy and tactics that will enable the company to reach those
objectives
* the resources required, and how they are going to be obtained;
* what the main milestones and steps are along the way;
* who is responsible for causing each step to occur;
* what are the company's business risks and external factors that need to be kept under review for indications that a change in strategy or plan may be required.


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Climate change: what's your business strategy by Andrew J. Hoffman and John G. Woody

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Wisdom

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it."

- Thomas Jefferson

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Negotiation Skills

"What's your best price?"

"That's too expensive."

"Your competitor is selling the same thing for…."

Most salespeople and business owners hear statements like this every day. That means it is important to learn how to negotiate more effectively.

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The essentials of negotiation by Harvard Business School Press