This study examines the relationship between the extent of initial public offering (IPO) underpricing and market sentiment surrounding technology issues listing on the Australian Stock Exchange(AsX) during 1999 and 2000. We consider hype surrounding these issues as reflected in the media and as reflected in the market 's sentiment towards recent offerings by similar firms We also consider the relationship between technology firms' need for follow-on offerings due to

Elasticity . . . … is a measure of how much buyers and sellers respond to changes in market conditions … allows us to analyze supply and demand with greater precision

Do the equilibrium price and quantity maximize the total welfare of buyers and sellers? Market equilibrium reflects the way markets allocate scarce resources. Whether the market allocation is desirable is determined by welfare economics

Integral Equation Methods Reminder about galerkin and Collocation Example of convergence issues in 1D First and second kind integral equations Develop some intuition about the difficulties Convergence for second kind equations Consistency and stability issues

Integral Equation Methods Reminder about Galerkin and collocation Example of convergence issues in 1D First and second kind integral equations Develop some intuition about the difficulties Convergence for second kind equations Consistency and stability issues Nystrom Method

Outline Laplace Problems Exterior Radiation Condition Green's function Ansatz or Indirect Approach Single and Double Layer Potentials First and Second Kind Equations Greens Theorem Approach First and Second Kind Equations

1 Outline for this Module Slide 1 Overview of Integral Equation Methods Important for many exterior problems (Fluids, Electromagnetics, Acoustics) Quadrature and Cubature for computing integrals One and Two dimensional basics Dealing with Singularities 1st and 2nd Kind Integral Equations

Laplace Problems Exterior Radiation Condition Green’s function Ansatz or Indirect Approach Single and Double Layer Potentials First and Second Kind Equations Greens Theorem Approach First and Second Kind Equations

Online Journalism Education: Reaching and teaching globalised media ProfAlan Knight Central Queensland University This paper considers how digital convergence of text, audio and image on the net might impact on the content, structure and delivery of

In the deliberations of scholars, policy analysts, and policy makers, power and influence. Yet the historical record shows that television has not changed the economics of attention not merely a fluke or just ironic. It points to a major impediment to the development of information societies. State-owned-and-controlled media can be an important policy lever for overcoming this opposition