Should these sector performance metrics change?
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Stevenage's first-half performance forced a change of formation from Newcastle at the break, as they brought on Nile Ranger for Leon Best and switched to a 4-2-3-1 set-up.
When a money manager fails to perform up to the benchmark he has established for himself, the manager might (1) simply acknowledge his poor performance or (2) change the benchmark to one that will make his performance appear better.
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For example, experienced gamers search more thoroughly than non-gamers, leading to better change detection performance.
The change in performance probably helps explain his willingness to speak forthrightly on the Columbia stage.
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Still, we of course flipped the switch to enable them, and didn't notice any drastic change in performance.
More likely is that Chicago's move up and down the league table was mainly noise, not a real change in performance.
Dr. VINT: They do for those three weeks, and when the athlete takes it off, the change in performance is pretty spectacular.
"We too recognize that there is still a major step change in performance that is needed to meet our recycling, composting and landfill diversion targets, " he added.
He said the chief constable commissioned a review, the findings of which were put in place in April this year and since then the force had seen a "significant change in performance".
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His performance is unlikely to change all that much, at least until he joins the rest of the cast in New Hampshire, where Act Three begins in February and the characters start getting killed off.
And he feels that change requires "rigorous performance measurement", the establishment of "concrete targets".
Secondly, when administrators try to chase performance, that is, to change from lower-performing funds to higher, it backfires.
Two years ago, Indonesia's soccer federation was swept by a leadership change following poor international performance and regular allegations of mismanagement.
If investors focused on the economic cost of losses relative to the benefit of gains, they would likely change their perspective on performance evaluation.
Laffer et al. also report on the change in the economic performance of the 11 states that adopted a state income tax in the last 50 years.
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With regard to recommendations that certain IGs be Presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed, I do not believe such a change would affect the performance of IGs that are not Presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed.
Councillors sitting on joint fire and rescue boards, it added, had not provided a strong lead in scrutinising performance or in helping to drive change, engagement with local communities was "patchy".
But the rankings show little change in Britain's performance over the past decade, according to Mr Hood.
We saw that in Mississippi where both candidates turned in a very good performance, and it didn't change the race.
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In Los Angeles, the fire department recently disclosed that a 2010 change in how it measured response performance led to a drop in how often it met the standards, to about 60% from 80%.
There was certainly a quick rebound in performance that is the norm with any managerial change, and Di Matteo did take the team on to the FA Cup and Champions League double against improbably long odds.
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What is the business value of social change and the social value of business performance?
Context is a function of the business environment, organizational history and recent business performance, informing the relative importance and urgency of change.
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But hedge fund and private equity rich guys have successfully deflected away repeated attempts to change the way they are taxed on performance fees.
"But Apple will need to ensure a change in material does not compromise the performance of the device, " he added, noting the infamous " antenna-gate" issue with the iPhone 4.
Executives at publicly listed companies should be aware that if they fail to align pay policies with performance, regulators might be inclined to intervene to change the rules of the game.
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