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Complimentary Resource – Change Is Constant: PMBOK Guide 5th Edition

Strategy Driven

Anyone contemplating pursuit of their PMP or CAPM certification within the next 12 months needs to know that both the PMP and CAPM examinations will change from dependence on the PMBOK Guide® Fourth Edition to focus on the PMBOK Guide® Fifth Edition on July 31, 2013.

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What Private Equity Investors Think They Do for the Companies They Buy

Harvard Business Review

In a survey of 79 PE firms managing more than $750 billion in capital, we provide granular information on PE managers’ practices and how firms’ strategies relate to the characteristics of their founders. Furthermore, few PE investors explicitly use the capital asset price model (CAPM) to determine a cost of capital.