They tested which combination of valuations could yield the best performance and the emphasis to place on each statistic.
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All this emphasis on performance, however, has one slight drawback: there is little evidence that funds which perform well for a few years will continue to do so, and plenty of evidence that usually they will not.
During the recession, companies started to shift gears and increased the emphasis on financial performance targets.
An emphasis on benchmarking performance and comparing states (which the report suggests should be the primary drivers of reform) with other states and countries.
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Mr Liu says the long-term plan is to change the university entrance procedures to place more emphasis on students' performance at school rather than simply on the national entrance exam.
Although there is currently a twice-a-year official performance review process at Twitter, the emphasis is increasingly on giving continuous feedback up, down, and across.
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The Index measures solar players according to their financial performance and operational efficiency, with an emphasis on revenue growth, working capital, EBIT percentage and debt-to-equity, among other measures.
Along with performance-related pay has come a greater emphasis on meritocratic rather than seniority-based promotion.
It will also look at the future of football in Africa, with emphasis on the continent's performance at the tournament.
And, more significantly, the emphasis was on mastery rather than performance assessment.
In my opinion the most important reason for the dismal performance of Indians in world sports is the low emphasis for sporting activities in India.
This meant there was an "over-emphasis" on short-term financial performance, reinforced by a bonus and pay culture that rewarded money-making over serving the interests of customers and clients.
The emphasis, of course, is on performance here with nary a rotary nor fader in sight (we imagine you'd be using your other controller for that, right?).
Specifically, Scott noted that officials have allowed more physical play, there has been a heavier emphasis on training and accountability and officials whose performance was deemed unsatisfactory have been replaced.
In an interview with the AP on Wednesday, Scott defended Rush and noted he carried out many of the items the Pac-12 hired him to do: allow more physical play, put a heavier emphasis on training and accountability, and replace officials whose performance was deemed unsatisfactory.
Beyond: Two Souls is more than just a showpiece, of course, with Quantic Dream employing actress Ellen Page to motion performance-capture the game's main character, and the same emphasis on storytelling the studio's practiced previously.
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