This 8 page paper considers the reasons why dividend signalling is more influential on the market and more demanded by the market in market based systems rather than bank based systems. The writer considers the way signalling may be seen as a mechanism that overcomes the problems of asymmetry of information in a more broadly based share ownership society. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

Layer manufacturing is the use of computer controlled and latest Materials and forming processes in building the physical model layer by layer based on a digital model. The 10 page model looks at three different systems that make use of layer manufacturing; the Thermojet Printer by 3D systems, The Perfactory Concept Modeler from Envisiontech and the ProMetal Rapid Tooling System. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 12 page paper looks at different issues concerning the digital divide, written in the style of 6 blog entries. Subjects considered include looking at what it meant by the digital divide, how the digital divide manifests, how the digital divide may simply be a part of larger social inequalities, the policies that have been used to try and minimize the digital divide, how it may undermine democracy and the global digital divide. The bibliography cites 17 sources.

This 7 page report discusses the Illinois-based Tellabs Inc., designer and maker of advanced telecommunication equipment that include cross-connect systems, digital echo cancellers, digital transcoders and multiplexers. The company’s original mission in 1975 was to design and manufacture specialty telecommunications equipment for fledgling competitors to AT&T and independent telephone companies. Since then it has become a 5,000 employee company operating in 65 countries and is likely to reach $2 billion in sales by the end of this year. Since 1995, Tellabs’ sales goal has been “$2B by 2K.” Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 12 page discussion of the technological changes which have occurred in the recording studio since the popular music explosion of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Emphasizes the impetus behind these changes is attributable not only to the entertainment industry but also to factors as diverse as computer, military, and medical applications. Notes specific changes in Signal Inputs, Signal Conditioning, Sound Recording Equipment, Mixers, and Signal Outputs. Bibliography lists 7 sources.