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	Cycle - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		A cycle and a Hamiltonian cycle in graph theory.
		A cycle is an element of a homology class.
		Citric acid cycle, the Born Haber cycle or the Calvin cycle.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Cycle (321 words)

	One over Virtuous Cycle
		In short, our economy is still enjoying a virtuous cycle, in which, in the context of subdued inflation and generally supportive credit conditions, rising equity values are providing impetus for spending and, in turn, the expansion of output, employment, and productivity-enhancing capital investment.
		In short, our economy is seeing the end of a virtuous cycle, in which, in the context of subdued inflation and generally supportive credit conditions, rising equity values had provided impetus for spending and, in turn, the expansion of output, employment, and productivity-enhancing capital investment.
		The essential cause of the emergence, and persistence, of this reciprocal of the virtuous cycle is arguably the increase in the rate of inflation which obviously puts negative pressue on recent price stability.
	www.urbansurvival.com /1over.htm (1234 words)

	The Innovation Road Map Travelogue
		A virtuous cycle is a condition in which a favorable circumstance or result gives rise to another that subsequently supports the first - in other words, a positive feedback system.
		The difference in an enterprise between a vicious and virtuous cycle is determined by the initial conditions, the innovation success rate and the percentage of resources reinvested in the creation of more innovation.
		An innovation commons is a space (physical or virtual) that enables innovation through the mutual and interdependent creativity of its members.
	www.theinnovationroadmap.com /Travelogue/blogger.html (2069 words)

	Breaking The Vicious Cycle of Poverty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		It is in this light that Ghanaians are being called upon to embrace a new concept known as the “virtuous cycle of wealth creation” as a stepping stone for their economic development.
		The “virtuous cycle of wealth creation” draws its validation from the biblical maxim “wealth obtained by fraud dwindles but one who gathers by labor increases it”.
		The main thrust of this concept is that with a little bit of sacrifice and hard work on the part of the leadership and citizens of a nation, a low income economy can translate her self into a high savings economy over time.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=58295 (998 words)

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		In many parts of economics there 6 is an assumption that 3 a complex system of 4 determinants will tend 7 to lead to 7 a state of equilibrium.
		These 3 cycles will continue in 1 the direction of their 5 momentum until an 4 exogenous factor intervenes and 9 stops the cycle.
		The 7 Problem of Conflicted 2 Virtue - In 6 this link the 3 author is using 2 virtue in the sense 0 of a positive outcome 7 (balance of payments surplus) 3 that conflicts with long 9 term regional growth and 3 stability.
	www.cleog.com /virtuous_cycle_.htm (884 words)

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		In many parts of economics there 7 is an assumption 0 that a complex system 7 of determinants will 9 tend to lead 5 to a state of 0 equilibrium.
		When this 7 tendency is absent we 6 use terms like virtuous 9 circle and vicious circle 9 (or virtuous cycle and 8 vicious cycle) to describe 1 these unstable pattern of 1 events.
		The Problem 8 of Conflicted Virtue 1 - In this link 6 the author is 1 using virtue in the 5 sense of a 9 positive outcome (balance of 7 payments surplus) that 1 conflicts with long term 8 regional growth and stability.
	www.cleog.com /vicious_cycle_.htm (835 words)

	Truck and Barter: Bill Gates' "Virtuous Cycle"
		This "virtuous cycle" language is not unique to Gates, of course; but it occurs again and again in Gates' speeches, regardless of topic.
		If you raised wealth and you improve health, particularly if you educate women, then this virtuous cycle kicks in and a society not only becomes self-sustaining, but it can move up to a fully developed status.
		Lynne Kiesling I've always liked the metaphor and the image that the phrase "virtuous cycle" draws, and I think we see lots of instances of it in the dynamics of human action.
	truckandbarter.com /mt/archives/000210.html (885 words)

	ipedia.com: Virtuous circle and vicious circle Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		When this tendency is absent we use terms like virtuous circle and...
		Rational Choice with Passion:Virtue in a Model of Rational Addiction - In this link the author uses Aristotelian virtue as a mediator between passion and reason in the construction of utility/consumption functions in an esoteric part of consumer behaviour theory related to decision making in addictive situations.
		The Problem of Conflicted Virtue - In this link the author is using virtue in the sense of a positive outcome (balance of payments surplus) that conflicts with long term regional growth and stability.
	www.ipedia.com /virtuous_circle_and_vicious_circle.html (821 words)

	TheDeal.com - Virtuous cycle
		In the area of capital, the virtuous cycle often begins for the individual scientist with government grants that enable a technology to be developed to the point where commercial applications become evident.
		These three elements of the virtuous cycle — research, capital and entrepreneurs — are critical to develop the entrepreneurial environment.
		It is also a bulwark of the new environment, and its strong presence will help offset any significant shortcomings in the virtuous cycle.
	www.thedeal.com /NASApp/cs/CS?pagename=TheDeal/SpReport&c=TDDArticle&cid=1063379014760 (684 words)

	Vicious Cycles
		But in the vicious cycle, this anxiety leads to a heightened level of activity that is without clear focus or sense of purpose.
		But in congregations where virtuous cycles are at work, there is a sense of shared ownership of the core goals.
		They may need, however, to help their staffs and congregations discover virtuous cycles and the grace that is both their starting and their ending point.
	www.religion-online.org /showarticle.asp?title=3111 (1273 words)

	Amazon.com: The Cycle of Leadership : How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		He calls this environment the Virtuous Teaching Cycle, and its main feature is that the leaders who teach learn from their students and become the students themselves.
		He contrasts this to the vicious cycle of command/comply, a knowledge-destruction cycle where competition and mistrust within organizations lead to a dumbing down of its members, bureaucracy, miscommunication, poor overall performance, and loss of market share.
		Tichy includes this brief statement because it is directly relevant to his own objectives in The Cycle of Leadership but also because, unless and until an organizations has all three pillars (not one, not two but all three), it cannot survive major challenges which await them, many of which have yet to be revealed.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0066620562?v=glance (2413 words)

	European Venture Capital Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Merrill Lynch's Kevin Albert summed it up when he said the virtuous cycle of the '90s has become the vicious cycle of the new millennium.
		In its virtuous state of yore, the cycle generated a growing economy, rising earnings and equity prices, liquid banking markets, a decent high yield market, an active mergers and acquisitions market and access to equity capital through IPOs.
		LPs are reaching their allocation limits, the rapid pace at which they committed money in the mid-'90s is catching up with them and the lack of results from their GP counterparts, meshed with the flat stock market, is all causing them to reassess their positions.
	www.evcj.com /evcj/ZZZGQD33XNC.html (1253 words)

	Global Economic Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The negative response from the public is escalating, and the premier emphasized in his speech that sustainable development would remain a top priority.
		We have maintained that China must have a virtuous cycle of reform and growth.
		Such a virtuous cycle requires a strong capital inflow (FDI and capital markets) and the sale of state assets to help unemployed workers.
	www.morganstanley.com /GEFdata/digests/20010306-tue.html (2959 words)

	Challenges Ahead for Brazil in 2003
		Should the administration succeed in fostering a "virtuous cycle," it would then have yet additional room to maneuver and reinforce reform momentum.
		In turn, this set of developments would strengthen growth prospects, ease debt-servicing pressures, and foster a "virtuous" cycle that reinforces these trends.
		Engineering such a virtuous cycle demands strong actions by the government to mitigate Brazil's fiscal and external vulnerabilities.
	www.standardandpoors.com /europe/francais/Fr_news/Brazil_16-01-03.html (1819 words)

	Articles - Cycle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		A cycle (Latin "cyclus," from Greek "kuklos" meaning circle) is anything round, in the physical sense (e.g.
		The indiction cycle was a cycle of 15 years used to date medieval documents.
		Biogeochemical cycles such as the Ozone-oxygen cycle (see list there).
	www.wholez.com /articles/Cycle (305 words)

	PROFITguide.com \| Sales Marketing \| 7 steps of the virtuous cycle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		However, you have some nagging doubts about their skills in finding and approaching prospects, gaining appointments, understanding needs, delivering powerful benefit statements, handling objections and closing the sale.
		Step 2) Prospecting: This is a key element of the sales cycle because no matter how strong the other skills, your business won't grow and might start to decline if your salesforce is not constantly seeking out new customers for your product or service.
		The classic trap here, as all successful salespeople know, is that when we get busy we tend to ignore the prospecting function and let our sales funnel dry up.
	www.profitguide.com /sales/article.jsp?content=20041013_153334_3416 (463 words)

	Calculated Risk: Housing and Trade: Virtuous Cycle about to Become Vicious? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		If these analysts are correct, and foreign CB intervention is lowering treasury yields, then this has also lowerered mortgage interest rates...
		The result: a Virtuous Cycle with higher housing prices, more consumption and lower interest rates.
		As a result of the rapidly increasing housing prices, we are now seeing significant speculation, excessive leverage and poor credit quality of new homebuyers; all the signs of an overheated market.
	calculatedrisk.blogspot.com /2005/03/housing-and-trade-virtuous-cycle-about.html (568 words)

	Innovation Weblog - An end to the virtuous cycle of innovation? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In a May 31 post in his "How to Save the World Weblog," Dave Pollard explores what happened to the virtuous cycle of innovation that seemed to be fueling the economy.
		He describes "four structural, systemic and cultural factors, which were temporarily overcome during the exuberant 1990s, turned the virtuous circle back into a vicious cycle and led to the abandonment of innovation as a driver of the economy."
		Sign up today for Innovation in the News, a once-a-week e-newsletter that includes a summary of the latest posts added to this Weblog.
	www.innovationtools.com /Weblog/innovationblog-detail.asp?ArticleID=170 (111 words)

	Nursing Homes: 5 steps to preventive maintenance: is your preventive maintenance a vicious circle, getting you into ...
		The virtuous cycle starts when you clarify preventive maintenance priorities and pull all the right information together in one easy-to-access place.
		Sound preventive maintenance is one way that leaders can start to take control and provide a better living and working environment in their facilities at lower cost.
		Turn a vicious circle into a virtuous cycle, and the investment will pay for itself over and over again.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3830/is_1_52/ai_96951756 (1301 words)

	GreenBiz News \| Business Impacts on Millennium Development Goals: A Virtuous Cycle or a Coin Toss?
		While BP may be creating benefits for SMEs in Azerbaijan, the report does not place them in the context of the social and environmental problems created by the pipeline.
		Or, put differently: "Economic and social development at the bottom of the economic pyramid are the two sides of the same coin," says Prof.
		Put differently: the cycle is clearly powerful, but it is not necessarily virtuous.
	www.greenbiz.com /news/reviews_third.cfm?NewsID=28805 (974 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / Editorials : VIRTUOUS CYCLE IN TELECOM TARIFFS
		WITH THE TELECOM Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) reducing one of the levies on calls made to and from mobile phones, phone rates should come down from February 2005.
		As volumes have grown, technology has brought about substantial reductions in the cost of providing the service, which when passed on to consumers have evoked even greater participation from them.
		In such a virtuous cycle lies the potential to bring connectivity to the vast tracts of rural India.
	www.hindu.com /2005/01/13/stories/2005011303621000.htm (607 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The study points to the “virtuous cycle” as the goal.
		Although this cyclical concept may be easy to understand, the study’s findings suggest that many roadblocks stand in the way of welfare recipients entering the cycle.
		Welfare recipients who are able to leave welfare and maintain employment have the best chance of entering the cycle and experiencing real wage growth over the long term.
	www.povertylaw.org /advocacy/iwn/act_article_for_print.cfm?attributes.id=945 (868 words)

	S&TV - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Michael Cleare, Executive Director of Science and Technology Ventures, discusses the importance of technology transfer for universities and the commercialization process.
		The activity is a "virtuous cycle," he says, with benefits that extend to society as a whole; generates tax dollars for the government, and technology transfer revenue returned for a wide variety of improvements at the university.
		Among other research and education-related activities at Columbia, these proceeds have been used to create new interdisciplinary centers, such as the Genomic Center and Biomedical Engineering.
	www.stv.columbia.edu /news/index.asp?itemId=93 (92 words)

	The Virtuous Cycle of Compliance and IT
		The Virtuous Cycle of Compliance and IT New York, NY, USA
		Between Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA, HIPAA, USA PATRIOT Act, and various state regulations, Celent estimates that insurers are devoting an average of 20 percent of their new project IT budgets (or US$1.4 billion industry-wide) to compliance-mandated projects.
		In a new report, The Virtuous Cycle of Compliance and IT?, Celent examines the key compliance, IT, and business issues facing insurers and how they overlap.
	www.celent.com /PressReleases/20041104/ComplianceIT.htm (387 words)

	TheStreet.com: Cisco's Conundrum: A Broken Virtuous Cycle
		When the Fed raised short-term interest rates too high in 1999 and 2000, it took away the incentive to take risk at the margin.
		The inverted yield curve that persisted throughout virtually all of the year 2000 signaled that there was no incentive to invest for the long term.
		Don Luskin is president and CEO of MetaMarkets.com and a portfolio manager of OpenFund, an aggressive growth fund investing in the New Economy.
	www.thestreet.com /comment/openbook/1421548.html (768 words)

	How to Save the World
		At the time, the elegant inner cycle of entrepreneurship -> innovative ideas -> value creation -> cash flows -> incentives, primed by high leves of RandD investment, was still fueling many sectors of the economy.
		I believe four structural, systemic and cultural factors, which were temporarily overcome during the exuberant 1990s, turned the virtuous circle back into a vicious cycle and led to the abandonment of innovation as a driver of the economy:
		Eventually the pendulum will shift back, driven by a new set of basic human needs, and the virtuous cycle will shift back into gear.
	blogs.salon.com /0002007/categories/workblog/2003/05/31.html (594 words)

	business.iafrica.com \| business news Higher savings 'good for growth'
		Higher savings promote higher growth, but equally higher growth promotes higher savings creating a virtuous cycle, Aylit Romm of the University of the Witwatersrand said on Wednesday.
		Thus we have a virtuous cycle as growth enhances saving, which in turn further enhances growth," Romm said.
		The empirical evidence to date has shown that there is a relationship between saving rates and growth.
	business.iafrica.com /news/269590.htm (735 words)

	MaxedOutMama: Greenspan: A Virtuous Cycle And A Deluded Nation
		Greenspan: A Virtuous Cycle And A Deluded Nation
		Much of that favorable performance is attributable to the remarkable confluence of innovations that spawned new computer, telecommunication, and networking technologies, which, especially in the United States, have elevated the growth of productivity, suppressed unit labor costs, and helped to contain inflationary pressures.
		The result has been a virtuous cycle of low prices and solid growth.
	maxedoutmama.blogspot.com /2005/11/greenspan-virtuous-cycle-and-deluded.html (487 words)

	NGN Ventures - The End of the Virtuous Cycle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Venture capital investment in networking over the past several years was predicated on the continuation of a "virtuous cycle."
		What looked virtuous on the way up has become outright vicious on the way down.
		Within a couple of years, however, we expect the more revolutionary cost reductions of breakthrough optical components, Gigabit Ethernet, MPLS and all-optical switches to lead to profound changes in the public network.
	www.bcr.com /ngnv/letter3_2001.php (888 words)

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