...Question: Why are slowly destroying our planet? In an essay of 200-250 words, suggest way to protect our environment. (20 marks) I. Introduction A. Introductory statement : Environment is something that makes up our surroundings and affects our ability to live on the earth. Nowadays, when you hear people talk about “the environment”, they are often referring to the overall condition of our planet or how healthy it is. Unfortunately, our environment has been polluted day by day. B. Thesis statement : There are several ways to protect our environment which are recycling, reducing and reusing (3R), saving water, and car-pooling. II. Body A. First topic sentence : First, environment can be saved by recycling, reusing, and reducing things. 1. For recycling, we can try to sort out rubbish. a. For example, we can recycle the aluminium cans, glass bottles and newspapers. i. We can practice to use ‘3R’ dustbins which are chocolate for glasses, blue for papers and oranges for tins and plastics. b. We can transfer solid wages such as potatoes peelings, leftover food, and tea bag to a compost heap at the backyard. i. We can also use it as a natural fertilizer for the plants especially watermelon waste. 2. In addition, we can reduce the usage of plastic bags. a. This is because plastic bags are non-biodegradable and high in chemical substances. i. The chemical substances can harm our environment and also our health. b. When we...
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...Technologies Inc. is a network orchestrator, connecting passengers with drivers. Uber manages a network of drivers and passengers through a phone app. It also provides options and varieties in the transportation service. Business Model: Step 1 (Request a cab): The first step in the business model of Uber is about creating a demand. People have a smartphone app, which lets them request a cab instantly or schedule it for some time later. Step 2 (Matching): As soon as the request is made, a notification about your details is sent to the nearest driver. Cab driver has the option to accept or reject the ride. In case he rejects, notification is sent to another driver in that area. Step 3 (Ride): Customer can track the cab when it is arriving and the ETA is also shown to the customer. The meter starts as soon as the customer sits in the cab, which can be tracked through the customer side app as well. Friendly drivers make sure that the ride is comfortable for the passenger. Step 4 (Payment & Rating): Once the ride is over, customer gets an option to rate the driver. Rating system is an important part of Uber’s business model as it lets a person know about the driver before booking a ride and helps him trust the driver. Revenue Streams: * Car rides on per km/mile basis * Surge pricing technology: Whenever the demand increases, per mile prices are automatically increased. The new price depends on the number of available drivers and the number of requests...
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...1a. Identify and explain the main economic factors that determine the price of a good or service. 1b. The supporting readings cover the rising price of cotton and the extent to which this raw material cost will be passed onto retailers by the UK fashion retailer NEXT. Using this example, or one from your own professional experience, examine within your answer the circumstances that will enable a company to pass on cost increases to customers and protect profit margins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1a) Identify and explain the main economic factors that determine the price of a good or service. Let us first understand the market equilibrium price of the product and then identify and analyze how factors such as change in demand and supply, elasticity, separating and pooling equilibrium, market structure determine the price of a good or service. In free market, equilibrium price is the price at which there is no surplus or shortage and therefore quantity demanded equals quantity supplied (Sloman 2008). At equilibrium, any change in quantity demanded or quantity supplied will move the market towards disequilibrium. Graph 1 Table 1 Market Equilibrium is at the combination P0Q0 where consumers demand and firms supply are equal. (Lowes 2010a) Market forces will push the market from disequilibrium towards stable position of equilibrium (Lowes 2010a). Graph...
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...In response to your request for potential employer provided benefits that should qualify for tax free status, I respectfully submit the following areas for exploration with a more detailed explanation subsequently: 1) Income provided to employees whose work results in a patent 2) Commuter costs 3) Gym Membership 4) Modification of existing dependent care assistance qualifications “Patent” related Income While not a primary focus of tax collections, it is in the interest of government to encourage innovation in order to improve and enhance the competitive standing of the country. Numerous “economic” related considerations are currently given to corporations when research and development activities are concerned as businesses can already deduct the expenses incurred in the development of a patent on an amortized or immediate basis. Given that a significant portion of patent development is based on employee time & effort, the government should expand the tax benefit of these activities to include the income that an employee receives for this work on their individual returns. This would apply not only to salaries but also any bonuses / additional considerations provided to the employee for the successful development of the patent. In order to qualify for this treatment, the income being excluded must mirror the expenses that the business is including for exclusion as part of their research and development credits on the business’s tax returns. For individuals that develop...
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...December 19, 2001 Blacksburg, Virginia Keywords: Business Combinations, Mergers, Acquisitions, Pooling, Purchase Accounting Copyright 2001, Pongprot Chatraphorn Accounting for Business Combinations: A Test for Long-Term Market Memory Pongprot Chatraphorn ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to examine whether accounting methods for business combinations (purchase and pooling-of-interests accounting) have a different effect on firms’ market value of equity in the combination year and thereafter. In particular, after the accounting method is no longer disclosed in the financial statements, does it have an impact on market value of equity of the combined firms because the accounting figures are different? A five-year period subsequent to a particular business combination is used because public companies are not required to disclose the details of the combination for more than three years after the effective date of the combination. This research, thus, tests whether market participants still take into consideration the accounting method of past business combinations when this information is no longer disclosed in the financial statements. In addition to the testing of the impact of the accounting methods, the value-relevance of goodwill amortization is investigated. The sample consisted of 100 U.S. business combination transactions during the period 1985–1995 (77 pooling firms and 23...
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...managing the supply chain: Concepts, strategies, and cases (3rd edition). United-States: McGraw-Hill. Excel sheet: Student Name: Shaheen Sardar Department: Industrial and Management Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea. Home Work 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Supply Chain Management Problem 1: Consider the supply chain for a domestic automobile. a. What are the components of the supply chain for the automobile? b. What are the different firms involved in the supply chain? c. What are the objectives of these firms? d. Provide examples of conflicting objectives in this supply chain. e. What are the risks that rare or unexpected events pose to this supply chain? Answer: a. The supply chain for a car typically includes the following components:: 1. Suppliers for raw materials 2. Suppliers for parts and subsystems 3. Automobile manufacturer (Ford, in the example). Within a company, there are also different departments, which constitute the internal supply chain: i. Purchasing and material handling ii. Manufacturing iii. Marketing, etc. 4. Transportation providers 5. Automobile dealers b. Many firms are involved in the supply chain. 6. Raw material suppliers. For instance, suppliers for steel, rubber, plastics, etc. 7. Parts suppliers. For instance, suppliers for engines, steering wheels, seats, and electronic components...
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...VISUAL ANALYTICS PROJECT (OPIM 5501) Project Report on FUTURE OF CARS Team 3 Project 2 Members: Ankit Agrawal Mownika Chalichama Phanindra Musunuri Long Phan 1. INTRODUCTION AND DATA Future of Cars visualization project shows the story to predict the future generation of cars. Ten years from now, in 2025, cars will be different, the drivers will be different, the market will be different, and the producers will certainly be different. The team believe that these changes will affect billions of people – from soccer moms to automotive executives, from taxi drivers to investment bankers. The data tells us that consumers are demanding greener, safer, more convenient and affordable cars. Most of these new consumers will come from emerging markets like China and India. Consequently, new trends will force car producers to modernize their supply chain, become more competitive and make lighter cars. Moreover, technology will play a huge part in changing the overall automotive landscape. Self-driving cars, car-cab services (Uber, Lyft, etc.), car pooling and the Internet of Cars all seemed like science-fiction will not remain not so long ago. Now many of them have become reality. There were a lot of data available online since countless research is being carried on cars. Major data source was data.gov for example, the website had an entire section on transportation data. Unsurprisingly, cleaning the data took a lot of time. Most of the data came from many different...
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...Designing and Managing the Supply Chain David Simchi-Levi Philip Kaminsky Edith Simchi-Levi Solutions for Discussion Questions1 Kerem B¨lb¨l u u 1 We would like to thank Shiming Deng for his valuable contributions to the preparation of this manual. Chapter 1 Introduction to Supply Chain Management Discussion Questions Question 1 Pick any car model manufactured by a domestic auto maker. For example, consider the 2002 Ford Thunderbird. a. The supply chain for a car typically includes the following components: 1. Suppliers for raw materials 2. Suppliers for parts and subsystems 3. Automobile manufacturer (Ford, in this example). Within a company, there are also different departments, which constitute the internal supply chain: i. Purchasing and material handing ii. Manufacturing iii. Marketing, etc. 4. Transportation providers 5. Automobile dealers b. Many Þrms are involved in the supply chain. 1. Raw material suppliers. For instance, suppliers for steel, rubber, plastics, etc. 2. Parts suppliers. For instance, suppliers for engines, steering wheels, seats, and electronic components, etc. 3. Automobile manufacturer. For instance, Ford. 4. Transportation providers. For instance, shippers, trucking companies, railroads, etc. 5. Automobile dealers. For example, Hayward Ford. c. All companies involved in the supply chain want to maximize their respective proÞts by increasing revenue and decreasing cost. However, companies may employ different ...
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...BLUE SKY MAN Industry Segmentation In the airline industry, market segmentation can be based on providing flights to domestic or international destinations and product segmentation would include the different types of fares they are offered, such as economy, business and also first class. dustry will be low as there are high barriers to entry. Due to high cost of planes, entering airline industry requires high capital investment to commence operations. The airline industry is extremely capital intensive, due to the cost of buying and leasing aircrafts, safety and security measures, customer service and creating a brand people can trust. In order to achieve economic of scales, many airlines creates alliance with each other therefore creating efficiency in joint purchase of aircraft, cost of maintenance and parts thus save hundreds of millions of dollars such as the Jetstar/AirAsia alliance. This creates further barriers whereby new entrants will not be able to compete in term of cost and price. (1) Power of suppliers to the industry - Medium to High The airline supply business is mainly dominated by Boeing and Airbus therefore they have high supplier power. For this reason, there is not a lot of competition among suppliers. Also, it is also unlikely that of a supplier integrating vertically. Airlines are also unable to materially affect fuel prices from suppliers as the oil market dictates the fuel costs. They also aim to use their combined scale to help...
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...Designing and Managing the Supply Chain David Simchi-Levi Philip Kaminsky Edith Simchi-Levi Solutions for Discussion Questions1 Kerem B¨lb¨l u u 1 We would like to thank Shiming Deng for his valuable contributions to the preparation of this manual. Chapter 1 Introduction to Supply Chain Management Discussion Questions Question 1 Pick any car model manufactured by a domestic auto maker. For example, consider the 2002 Ford Thunderbird. a. The supply chain for a car typically includes the following components: 1. Suppliers for raw materials 2. Suppliers for parts and subsystems 3. Automobile manufacturer (Ford, in this example). Within a company, there are also different departments, which constitute the internal supply chain: i. Purchasing and material handing ii. Manufacturing iii. Marketing, etc. 4. Transportation providers 5. Automobile dealers b. Many Þrms are involved in the supply chain. 1. Raw material suppliers. For instance, suppliers for steel, rubber, plastics, etc. 2. Parts suppliers. For instance, suppliers for engines, steering wheels, seats, and electronic components, etc. 3. Automobile manufacturer. For instance, Ford. 4. Transportation providers. For instance, shippers, trucking companies, railroads, etc. 5. Automobile dealers. For example, Hayward Ford. c. All companies involved in the supply chain want to maximize their respective proÞts by increasing revenue and decreasing cost. However, companies may employ different 2 strategies in order...
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...expect the prices of consumer products to be so high. One would certainly think that there would be some relief at the gas pumps. Gasoline prices have soared to an all time and record breaking high this year. People have gone to alternative forms of transportations. Many people are hoping for some kind of break in the prices of gasoline. Memphis may be the only city getting some sort of relief at the pumps. Since gas price have almost double since the last year, many people have found new ways to offset the cost of the high prices. Considering new cars with better miles per gallon (MPG) has been an outlet for people. Riding motorcycles of scooters also save on gasoline use. Some people have even resorted to car pooling and ride bicycles. No one can truly say what is best for people, but there are some alternatives out there. Demand One was asked to describe what has occurred to change the demand for the product or service and its market and equilibrium prices. Assuming that the demand remains the same for the product much has changed. The product of gasoline has remained the same far as people having the need for it. People still drive their vehicles everywhere they go. This has not changed the demand for gasoline. The market for gasoline has also gone up. Wherever gasoline is sold cheapest people will flock to buy. The equilibrium of the prices for gasoline is not there. Gasoline prices vary from neighborhood to neighborhood. Some prices are lower and some are...
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...Green Living In San Francisco Garden of Eden Complex Problem Solving Location/Climate The chosen city for building this green architectural apartment complex will be located in San Francisco, CA. This location is chosen by it’s mild temperatures all year long not getting too cold nor too hot. San Francisco’s weather ranges from 46 to 75 degrees. According to Wikipedia San Francisco only exceeds 75 degrees slightly from May to October. San Francisco has plenty of beaches from the Pacific Ocean. During the summer is warm but breezy from the winds off the Pacific and during the winter it does not snow. It does rain frequently from November through March, which sustains life to the environment and to creatures around in the area. San Francisco provides a great environment ideal for green economic building. It gives the perfect palate for the canvas of green building. This environment climate is ideal for benefits towards the community and residence of the complex. Climate will play a role in how the building is constructed and steps taken for energy conservation. The use of natural resources will assist in many ways such the winds off the Pacific to help cool residences off in the evening and reducing the heat palate. There will be a windmill design on the property to use natural winds from the Pacific to power the complex reducing the energy usages especially during the summer. The fact San Francisco does not have extremely harsh winters leaves open possibilities for residences...
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...More How do we quantitatively evaluate a process? – Capacity – Time – Other? ARES: – Charging Ahead to Push Electric Cars – Latest Starbucks Buzzword: ‘Lean’ Japanese Techniques 1 Amazon in 1990’s: Delivering Books 2 Amazon’s Potential Solutions What do customers want? Inventory – Large selection – Fast delivery – Low Price Eliminate the uncertainty Print on demand/eBook Transfer/Share the uncertainty How do we deal with uncertainty ? Or why is it so difficult to deliver books to customers on time and at a low cost? Transfer the inventory to a distributor 3 Potential Solutions: Transfer the inventory to the distributor Example: In the early days of Amazon.com the company did not keep any inventory of books. 4 Potential Solutions: Transfer the inventory to the distributor Amazon’s Order – The supplier Ingram kept the books for Amazon. – Once Amazon received an order, it was transmitted to Ingram. – Ingram would ship the book directly to the consumer. Amazon’s Post Order Process 5 Ingram’s Order Ingram’s Book Inventory Ingram’s Post Order Process 6 1 Potential Solutions: Transfer the inventory to the distributor ARES Changing Ahead to Push Electric Cars What are the advantages for such an arrangement for Amazon and Ingram? – Risk pooling (less inventory is needed) What are the disadvantages of this arrangement for Amazon and Ingram? – Allocation priority 7 ...
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...BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 07 trang) ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2012 Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề Mã đề thi 248 Họ, tên thí sinh:....................................................................... Số báo danh:............................................................................ ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80) Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. facility | B. characterise | C. irrational | D. variety | Question 2: A. agreement | B. elephant | C. mineral | D. violent | Question 3: A. professor | B. typical | C. accountant | D. develop | Question 4: A. electrician | B. majority | C. appropriate | D. traditional | Question 5: A. decay | B. vanish | C. attack | D. depend | Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. Question 6: Most greetings cards are folding and have a picture on the front and a message inside. A B C D Question 7: Aloha is a Hawaiian word meaning ‘love’, that can be used to say hello or goodbye. A B C D Question 8: The Oxford English Dictionary is well known for including many different meanings of A B C words and to give real examples. D Question 9: It was disappointing that almost...
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...upply chain management has emerged as one of the major areas for companies to gain a competitive edge. Managing supply chains effectively is a complex and challenging task, due to the current business trends of expanding product variety, short product life cycle, increasing outsourcing, globalization of businesses, and continuous advances in information technology. The Internet has contributed to both the increasing needs and opportunities for improved supply chain management. With the Internet, companies in a supply chain can be connected in real time with information and knowledge shared continuously, new products and services can be designed to fit special market segments, and new supply chain structures can be developed to serve customers in a more direct manner. S When a company faces the pressure of excessive inventory, degraded customer service, escalating costs and declining profits, or a poor return on assets, its supply chain is out of control. On the other hand, when a company moves in to new markets or new technologies, it must have its supply chain prepared for the new business challenges and opportunities. Although there are many new supply chain concepts and fads designed to exploit the advantages of the Internet, successful companies understand that the right supply chain strategy is dependent on a number of factors: ▪ The strategy needs to be tailored to meet specific needs of the customers. ▪ A product with a stable demand and a reliable source of...
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