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we must also address questions of estimating (“How big is this?”) and scheduling (“When will this be done?” and “How much can I have by then?”). This book is organized in seven parts and twenty-three chapters. Each chapter ends with a summary of key points and with a set of discussion questions. Since estimating and planning are meant to be whole team activities, one of the ways I hoped this book would be read is by teams who could meet perhaps weekly to discuss what they’ve read and could discuss

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reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned address. Kogan Page Ltd 120 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN www.kogan-page.co.uk © Kogan Page and contributors 2002 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7494 3375 2 Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby Printed and bound in Great Britain by Thanet Press Ltd, Margate Contents Forewords Sir Edward George Governor, Bank of England

A Netnographic Exploration Listening to Oniine Consumer Conversations RAMA K. JAYANTI Cleveland State University r.jayanti@csuohio.edu Consumer conversations on a health-related electronic bulletin board are analyzed to investigate two key processes instrumental to creativity: analogical reasoning and reflective reframing. A netnographic analysis of these two creative strategies revealed two consistent themes of physician partnership and personal outcomes. To study the implications of these

The Meaning of Liff The Deeper Meaning of Liff What’s the name of the tallest mountain in the world? Mauna Kea, the highest point on the island of Hawaii. The inactive volcano is a modest 13,799 feet above sea level, but when measured from the seabed to its summit, it is 33,465 feet high—about three-quarters of a mile taller than Mount Everest. As far as mountains are concerned, the current convention is that “highest” means measured from sea level to summit; “tallest” means measured from the

the sense that capital requirement can be effective in combating moral hazard, we find, in contrast, that capital requirements are Pareto inefficient. With deposit insurance, freely determined deposit rates undermine prudent bank behavior. To induce a bank to choose to make prudent investments, the bank must have sufficient franchise value at risk. Free deposit rates combined with competitive markets serve to reduce franchise value to the point where banks gamble. Deposit rate controls create franchise

*" 46 U.S.C.A. S13 (A) TIlE FUNCTIONS OF lANGUACE "All foreign-built vessels admitted to American registry, owned on February 1, 1920, by persons citizens ofthe United States, and all foreign­ built vessels owned by the United States on June 5, 1920, when sold and owned by persons citizens of the United States, may engage in the coast­ wise trade so long as they continue in such ownership, subject to the rules and regulations of such trade." L. S. STEBBING, A MODERN INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC

A History of French Literature From Chanson de geste to Cinema DAVID COWARD HH A History of French Literature For Olive A History of French Literature From Chanson de geste to Cinema DAVID COWARD © 2002, 2004 by David Coward 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of David Coward to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright

iii. Current trends and challenges 6 e. Overview of the two players 7 3. Deal classification 8 a. The Vicuron deal: a strategic merger aimed at providing Pfizer with a sustainable growth 8 b. Expected synergies 10 c. Further reflexions 12 4. Event study: key findings of the analysis 12 5. Premium analysis 14 6. Deal process analysis 14 7. CEO role in the deal process 16 a. Biography 16 b. McKinnel’s role in the deal process. 16 c. McKinnel’s press portrayal 17 d. Conclusion

the latter to a large extent sustains the former and helps avoid the pitfall of particularism. Since the Mexico City Declaration in 1982, the World Commission on Culture and Development and the Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development (Stockholm, 1998), culture has come to be regarded as “the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, materiel, intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or social group. It includes not only the arts and letters, but also modes