...Case Study Amazon’s New Store: Utility Computing Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Case Study Amazon’s New Store: Utility Computing Introduction Back in the year 1995, Amazon was opened as a bookstore, one that has grown over the years and morphed into a large reputable internet based company. One of the largest virtual superstores today in the world, Amazon offers up to thirty six categories of products. Jewelry, furniture, clothing and groceries are just but a few of the products that Amazon has to offer. Today, Amazon boasts of being the top online retailer in the whole world (Andrei and Jain, 2009). In an effort to modernize its data centers and software and also be able to add new features in the existing product pages, it developed a number of important services that have proved significant in its growth over the years. Question 1 World over, Amazon is known for the provision of cloud computing also known as utility computing or demand computing. In essence, it refers to allowing the firm to offload peak demand for computing power to large scale data processing centers that are remote. In a nutshell, the Amazon Company offers computing capacity on a per usage basis. Amazon is at an advantageous point in terms of business in the sense that it can generate more income from a number of other businesses (Buyya, Yeo, Venugopal, Broberg and Brandic, 2009). This can be achieved through provision of its extra and additional capacity to those in need. Amazon uses only a...
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...Case Study Amazon’s New Store: Utility Computing Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Case Study Amazon’s New Store: Utility Computing Introduction Back in the year 1995, Amazon was opened as a bookstore, one that has grown over the years and morphed into a large reputable internet based company. One of the largest virtual superstores today in the world, Amazon offers up to thirty six categories of products. Jewelry, furniture, clothing and groceries are just but a few of the products that Amazon has to offer. Today, Amazon boasts of being the top online retailer in the whole world (Andrei and Jain, 2009). In an effort to modernize its data centers and software and also be able to add new features in the existing product pages, it developed a number of important services that have proved significant in its growth over the years. Question 1 World over, Amazon is known for the provision of cloud computing also known as utility computing or demand computing. In essence, it refers to allowing the firm to offload peak demand for computing power to large scale data processing centers that are remote. In a nutshell, the Amazon Company offers computing capacity on a per usage basis. Amazon is at an advantageous point in terms of business in the sense that it can generate more income from a number of other businesses (Buyya, Yeo, Venugopal, Broberg and Brandic, 2009). This can be achieved through provision of its extra and additional capacity to those in need. Amazon...
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...Home Page » Business and Management Career Choice: Biomedical Engineering Technician Versus Financial Services Entrepreneur In: Business and Management Career Choice: Biomedical Engineering Technician Versus Financial Services Entrepreneur CONTENTS PAGE Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Biomedical Engineering Technician……………………………………………………………………… 3 Education Requirements………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Salary Ranging up to $140,000 Annually…………………………………………………………… 4 Fast-Growing Job Field…………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Moving into Management…………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Financial Services Entrepreneur…………………………………………………………………………… 4 Starting a Business…………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Potential Income Growth…………………………………………………………………………………. .5 Self-Management……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 Conclusions and Recommendations……………………………………………………………………… 5 Works Cited………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN VERSUS FINANCIAL SERVICES ENTREPRENEUR INTRODUCTION Biomedical engineering is considered the fastest growing job field today, while the financial services industry has also remained strong due to the everlasting need for financial security. These are two drastically different career paths, and both have great potential in terms of career success. With the cost of schooling the way it is, many are wondering if it is even worth...
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...| | | | | | | | An Analytical Study on the branding image of Bangladesh in the International Market Introduction Bangladesh is in South Asia sometimes converging with Southeast Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal to the south, mostly surrounded by India and bordering Myanmar in the southeast. Bangladesh is a country bestowed with the gifts of nature. It has nurtured some of the most ancient civilizations of this continent. The young country came into existence after a blood-spattered liberation war in 1971. But the pace of growth and development has been impeded by many factors. Bangladesh, as a Least Developing Country (LDC), faces a reputation challenge which is popularly known as its image problem. Bangladesh has gained the image of a country with too many people, too much poverty, too little resources, too frequent disasters and too little ability to change for better. Recently poor law and order, Rana Plaza Collapse, bad investment climate, political chaos and Islamic terrorism have killed its image more. To remove all the negative aspects and image surrounding Bangladesh and to make it as a beautiful and prospective country it is highly recommended to branding Bangladesh. But where do we stand? What is Nation Branding? Before digging deep into the issue, let’s look at what is nation branding. Nation branding aims to measure build and manage the reputation of countries (closely related to place branding). Some approaches applied, such as an increasing...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON “RATIO ANALYSIS” AT INDIAN RAYON (A UNIT OF ADITYA BIRLA NUVO LTD) VERAVAL (GUJARAT) SUBMITTED TO TILAK MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF 2 YEARS FULL TIME COURSE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) Submitted By: KAAT RAFIK O. (Batch 2008-10) Guided By: Prof.R.GANESHAN MAHARASHTRA COSMOPOLITAN EDUCATION SOCIETY‘S PAI INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE CAMP- PUNE-411001 1 CERTIFICATE This is certify that KAAT RAFIK OSMAN BHAI student of PAI international centre for management excellence, Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education society, Pune has completed his field work report on the topic of RATIO ANALYSIS AT INDIAN RAYON (A UNIT OF ADITYABIRLA NUVO LTD) VERAVAL(GUJARAT) and has submitted the field work report in partial fulfillment of MBA of the college for the academic year 20082010. He has worked under our guidance and direction. The said report is based on bonafide information. Project guide name Prof. R Ganesan Designation Director 2 PAI INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society DECLARATION I hereby declare that project titled ―RATIO ANALYSIS‖ is an original piece of research work carried out by me under the guidance and supervision of prof. R Ganesan. The information has been collected from genuine &authentic sources. The work has been submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of MBA to our college. Place: Signature: ...
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...Equity Research ABOUT BIRLA SUN LIFE FINANCIAL SERVICES Aditya Birla Group through Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG), has a strong presence across various financial services verticals that include life insurance, fund management, distribution & wealth management, security based lending, insurance broking, private equity and retail broking. The seven companies representing ABFSG are Birla Sun Life Insurance Company, Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company, Aditya Birla Money, Aditya Birla Finance, Birla Insurance Advisory & Broking Services, Aditya Birla Capital Advisors and Apollo Sindhoori Capital Investment. In FY 2010-11, the consolidated revenues of ABFSG from these businesses crossed Rs. 5023 crores, registering a growth rate of 38%. Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organisation providing a diverse range of protection and wealth accumulation products and services to individuals and corporate customers. Chartered in 1865, Sun Life Financial and its partners today have operations in key markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda. As of December 31, 2011, the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total assets under management of $421 billion. Birla Sun Life offers extensive and thoughtfully devised financial services to its large base of customers across the globe to help them manage their finance in the most effective...
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...leading to the software maker simply weren't designed to handle the 35,000 commuters who report for work there each day. The gridlock that greeted Gregoire was just the latest reminder that Microsoft needs to tackle its commuter crisis—and quick. So Microsoft (MSFT) has embarked on a program aimed at getting more employees to work from home and other off-site locales, joining the growing ranks of companies to catch the virtual-workplace wave. About 14% of the U.S. workforce gets its job done at a home office more than two days per week, says Charlie Grantham, executive producer of consulting firm Work Design Collaborative. That's up from 11% in 2004, and is set to grow to 17% by 2009 (see BW Online, 03/12/07, "Telecommuting Now and Forever"). Pros and Cons Benefits of letting employees work from outside the office include keeping cars off the road, helping a company to bolster its green bona fides. But the practice can also foster employee retention, boost worker productivity, and slash real estate costs. At IBM (IBM), about 42% of the company's 330,000 employees work on the road,...
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...CASE STUDY 2 1) Do you think Amazon Fire Home Hub as described in Nidhi’s proposal is the right strategy for Amazon to pursue and why? After carefully analyzing Nidhi’s proposal we came to conclusion that Nidhi’s proposal have certain limitations: 1. According to Nidhi’s proposal, Amazon will allow the users to choose from a list of ISPs and DTH providers. But as we know in existing model, DTH provider use their own set top box (hardware). So it is very less likely that they will allow their services to be used using Amazon fire hub.(What will they do with their hardware in case they decide to go with Amazon fire hub) 2. Major players who have the capability to provide both DTH and Internet services have potential to provide a product like Amazon fire hub by investing in R&D. So it is very less likely that there will be any alliance with them either in short term or long term. 3. In fact, concept of providing a list seems to be unfeasible. For example: say I am company A providing DTH services to customer X using Amazon fire hub. Now customer X wants to move to company B who also provide DTH service. Now in this case company A is losing its customer to company B. Same thing can happen to company B as well. So in this model as there is more flexibility for the customer to move, higher is the risk for company to lose its customer. This is something which is undesirable by any company. Business Plan for Amazon Fire Home Hub 1 COMPANY SUMMARY Amazon.com which is the largest...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON “RATIO ANALYSIS” AT INDIAN RAYON (A UNIT OF ADITYA BIRLA NUVO LTD) VERAVAL (GUJARAT) SUBMITTED TO TILAK MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF 2 YEARS FULL TIME COURSE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) Submitted By: KAAT RAFIK O. (Batch 2008-10) Guided By: Prof.R.GANESHAN MAHARASHTRA COSMOPOLITAN EDUCATION SOCIETY‘S PAI INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE CAMP- PUNE-411001 1 CERTIFICATE This is certify that KAAT RAFIK OSMAN BHAI student of PAI international centre for management excellence, Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education society, Pune has completed his field work report on the topic of RATIO ANALYSIS AT INDIAN RAYON (A UNIT OF ADITYABIRLA NUVO LTD) VERAVAL(GUJARAT) and has submitted the field work report in partial fulfillment of MBA of the college for the academic year 20082010. He has worked under our guidance and direction. The said report is based on bonafide information. Project guide name Prof. R Ganesan Designation Director 2 PAI INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society DECLARATION I hereby declare that project titled ―RATIO ANALYSIS‖ is an original piece of research work carried out by me under the guidance and supervision of prof. R Ganesan. The information has been collected from genuine &authentic sources. The work has been submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of MBA to our college. Place: Signature: ...
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...IMPACT OF SOLAR PANEL IN LIVELIHOOD IN SOME SELECTED (MD. IBRAHIM KHOLILULLAH, DEPT OF AG.FINANCE, BAU MOB: 01718996557) AREAS OF BOGRA DISTRICT Introduction Solar panel refers to a panel designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for generating electricity. Electricity is the prime mover for the advancement of all economic and industrial activities. About 59% of total population live in rural and isolated areas and most of them have no electricity access. This scenario is more acute in the rural and isolated areas in Bangladesh where only about 25% have electricity access ( Energy Bangla, January, 2014 ). Bangladesh is a semi-tropical region lying in northeastern part of South Asia gets abundant sunlight year round. The average bright sunshine duration in Bangladesh in the dry season is about 7.6 hours a day, and in the monsoon season is about 4.7 hours, Solar energy can be harnessed. So, solar panel technology is advised. A total of 3,00,000 solar panels had been installed in more than 40,000 villages of 456 upazilas of all districts of Bangladesh. Daily on average 44 MW electricity is being produced by these solar panels.( Momotaz and Karim,2012).Now a days solar panel is applied in different aspects such as solar based recharging station ,solar cooking etc. It presents an attractive alternative to conventional electricity such as no monthly bills, no fuel cost, little repair and maintenance costs, easy to install any where etc. The solar panel technology is very...
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...Mutual fund firms are continuously following the race in their endeavour to differentiate their products from competitors by responding to sudden changes in the economy. When compared to developed countries where Mutual fund has penetrated deeply into the financial system of people, the product could not get much popularity in India. Even though Mutual Funds provides investors an option of diversified investment with varying degree of risks, in practice it has failed to become a primary investment choice for Indian customers. The study focuses its attention towards the possibilities of measuring the satisfaction level and expectations of the Mutual fund products. It examines the changing behavioural patterns of the customers with respect to time and correlates the pattern with the economic conditions of the economy (National & Global). The report also attempts to suggest recommendations to improve the current perception level and customer patronage so that the customer gains the confidence/understanding, thus actively involves in Mutual fund investments. The study makes use of a few important attributes which has been discussed in the later part of the report and also...
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...A REPORT ON “CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR REGARDING MUTUAL FUND, TYPES OF MUTUAL FUND AND INVESTMENT PROCESS” BY MANOJ KUMAR (Enroll No. : 08BS0001652) SUNDARAM FINANCE LTD. Contract/Project/Job Number________________ A Report On “Consumer Behaviour Regarding Mutual Fund, Types Of Mutual Fund And Investment Process” By Manoj Kumar (Enroll No.:08BS0001652) Sundaram Finance Ltd. Date of Submission : May 2009 AUTHORISATION This is to certify that the internship project report titled “Consumer Behavior Regarding Mutual Fund, Types of Mutual Fund and Investment Process” is a bonafide work of Manoj Kumar in original. This report has been prepared under constant supervision in partial fulfillment of the requirement of IBS for the award of MBA Degree for the period of three months (Feb 2009 to May 2009). This project report neither full nor parts has ever before been submitted for awarding of any degree by this B-School or any other B-School. Prof. Puja Aggarwal Mr. Satyapal Faculty IBS Noida Territory Manager- General Insurance Sundaram Finance Ltd. 605-606, Sixth Floor, Ashoka Estate, 24 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi Date : Date : CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM This is to certify that Mr. Manoj Kumar has successfully completed the Summer Internship Programme in Sundaram Finance Ltd. for the duration of 3 months (February 09 to May 09) under the supervision of ...
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...Submitted to Md. Shakhawat Hossain Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Business Administration and Management Submission date: 15/12/2011 Course code: MST326 Course title: Entrepreneurship development and Business Environment Submitted by GROUP: INNOVATION Level-3, Semester-II Session: 2008-2009 Faculty of Business Administration and Management Patuakhali Science and Technology University Dumki, Patuakhali-8602 Small Scale Industries of Bangladesh: A Case study of some small scale industries A report On ATTENDANCE SHEET Level: 3, Semester: II Course code: MST326 Course title: Entrepreneurship development and Business Environment Report title: Small Scale Industries of Bangladesh: A Case study of some small scale industries Roll. No. | Reg. No. | Name | Signature | 0803019 | 01881 | Dibakar Chandra Das(GL) | | 0803001 | 01862 | Farjana Khanom | | 0803003 | 01864 | Kazi Riasat Muntahi | | 0803011 | 01873 | Kamrun Nnahar Sila | | 0803018 | 01880 | Md.Nazmul Haque | | 0803021 | 01883 | Hasnain Ahamed Asif | | 0803023 | 01885 | Md. Ali Marjan | | 0803026 | 01893 | Md. Saidur Rahman Sajib | | 0803027 | 01894 | Atia Jahan Siddiqa | | 0803037 | 01906 | Tania akter | | 0803042 | 01912 | MD.Mahbub Alam | | | | | | Accepted by: …………………..………… EVALUATION SHEET Level: 3, Semester: II Course code: MST326 Course title: Entrepreneurship development...
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...S w BEST FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. Ian Dunn wrote this case under the supervision of Elizabeth M.A. Grasby solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation prohibits any form of reproduction, storage or transmission without its written permission. Reproduction of this material is not covered under authorization by any reproduction rights organization. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, contact Ivey Publishing, Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7; phone (519) 661-3208; fax (519) 661-3882; e-mail cases@ivey.uwo.ca. Copyright © 2009, Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation Version: (A) 2010-05-18 It was January 20, 2008, and Linda Best, founder and sole shareholder of Best Financial Services Inc. (Best Financial), had just finished her final client meeting of the day. The meeting was with one of her top clients, Gerald Young, who had informed her that he would no longer be using Best Financial since he was moving his assets to one of Best’s competitors. The loss forced Best to think about the future direction of her company. Without Young’s business, Best Financial would struggle to exceed the previous...
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...BA 304 Marketing Management Individual Assignment “Colonel comes to Japan” KFC case study Presented Colonel Comes to Japan This case study we going to talk about how and when KFC come to japan? KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is the biggest company that everyone know as a fast food restaurant that serve a quality fried chicken around the world but some people don’t know how KFC come to be famous in in the world including Japan. KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1952. KFC was one of the first fast-food chains to expand internationally, opening outlets in England, Mexico and Jamaica by the mid-1960s. Throughout the 1970s and 80s. The chain continued to expand overseas. A series of documentary programs examining the American business community with concentration on the attempt by American fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken to gain a foothold in the protected Japanese market. Focusing on the daily duties of Loy Weston, chair of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan, the program examines the cultural differences, which had to be overcome for the American poultry powerhouse to open and maintain over 300 restaurants in Japan in eleven years. Highlights include the following: footage of many life-size statues of "Colonel Harlan Sanders" -- the chicken chain's apocryphal antebellum progenitor - on the back of a flatbed truck being hauled to various franchise...
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