...Intel Research: Exploring the Future This report discusses the case study ‘Intel Research: Exploring the Future [1], published in 2005 by the Harvard Business School. The discussion is divided into three different sections: overview, analysis and conclusion. 1-Overview In 2013, Intel spent more than 10.6 billion in Research and Development (R&D), and became the third biggest spender in R&D. Intel invests in R&D to get on with Moore’s Law, an observation by company co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965 that computing power doubles every two years. As the company works to cram more transistors onto its circuits, development eats most of the company’s R&D spending. “It’s getting more expensive to do the development piece of it because wafers get more expensive over time as more steps get added to the process,” says Michael Mayberry, vice president and director of components research at Intel. “Complexity drives cost.” One recent example of the company’s R&D efforts includes the 14nm Intel Core M processor, which is half the size of the previous generation of chips with 20% longer battery life and 60% less energy expenditure [2]. In late 1999, Intel Research was formed to perform a new model of conducting information technology (IT) research. At that time Intel already had a process for research in new product development (Figure 1). In this research approach, the approximate feature capabilities of a new product can be predict by Moore’s Law. Then the technical...
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...Petroleum refers to the hydrocarbon compounds of crude oil and natural gas that are found in the underground rock formations Reservoirs are generally thousands of feet below the surface and are made up of the remains of small marine plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. Petroleum may also seep to the earth’s surface along fault lines and cracks Petroleum refers to both crude oil and natural gas Modern uses of petroleum and its byproducts include: Transportation fuels (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and compresses natural gas) Heating Fuels (Propane, heating oil and natural gas) Electric Generation fuels such as natural gas and fuel oil Manufactured products such as plastics and building materials. Crude oil refers to unrefined hydrocarbon mixtures produced from underground reservoirs that are liquid at atmospheric pressure and temperature Classified as either light or heavy depending on the density of the mixture Density is measured in API gravity Heavy crude oil has more of the longer, larger hydrocarbon molecules (greater density) Difficult to produce and transport to market; more expensive to process; weighs more but sells for less Natural Gas refers to hydrocarbon mixtures that are NOT liquid but gaseous at normal atmospheric pressure and temperature. Natural Gas is largely methane, which is a clear, odorless gas. It has the smallest natural hydrocarbon molecule (CH4). Natural Gas mare also contain some of the larger hydrocarbon molecules commonly...
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...A SUMMER TRAINING REPORT ON “STUDY OF CORPORATE BUDGET AND PROJECT APPRAISAL” SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (FINANCE) By Abhay Goyal 13DM006 Under the guidance of Dr. Girish Jain Mr. Anil Kumar Professor DGM (F&A) Accounting and Finance ONGC BIMTECH New Delhi 2013-15 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS CERTIFICATE FROM MENTOR v CERTIFICATRE FROM HR vi SUMMER PROJECT CERTIFICATE vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT viii LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ix LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION x EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY 3 1.1 Background 3 1.2 Overview of the Company 3 1.3 ONGC Group of Companies 4 1.4 Basic Information 5 1.5 Organization Structure (CRC) 5 1.6 Vision and Mission Statement 6 1.6.1 World Class 6 1.6.2 Integrated In Energy Business 6 1.6.3 Dominant Indian Leadership 6 1.7 Strategic Vision 6 1.8 Salient Features about ONGC 6 1.8.1 ONGC in Global Rankings 6 1.8.2 ONGC- Achievements in ensuring Energy Security of India 7 1.9 Corporate Social Responsibility 7 1.10 Future Outlook 8 1.11 ONGC Offices All Over India 8 1.12 Organization Structure of the Finance Function of ONGC 9 2. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS 11 2.1 Financial Performance of ONGC (2012-13) 11 2.1.1 Sales of ONGC 11 2.1.2 Net Profit of ONGC from the Year 2007-13 11 2.1.3 Debt-To-Equity Ratio 12 2.1.4 Dividend of ONGC from 2007-13 12 2.1.5 Earning Per...
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...173 Seth, Momaya, Gupta AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION OF CUSTOMER LOYALTY AND RETENTION IN CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION Anita Seth Kiran Momaya H.M. Gupta Cellular mobile industry has undergone rapid changes as a result of liberalization and globalization. In such a ever changing scenario, expansion and maintaining the loyal customer base seems to be a great challenge for the mobile service providers. As a result of increased competition, customer loyalty and retention have become important goals for mobile service operators. Reacting to the pressures, most of the cellular mobile service providers are trying to attract subscribers by not only reducing their tariff rates but also giving attention to the quality of services delivered. In this context the present paper focuses on the customer loyalty and retention in cellular mobile communication. Literature review was carried out covering the theoretical and empirical work on the subject and exploring the relations with service quality. Exploratory interviews were conducted in order to gain practical insights of the subject. Based on the literature review and findings from the interviews, this paper presents a rich research agenda for further research. 1.0 INTRODUCTION T he forces of liberalization and globalization of telecommunication market have pressurized the companies to maintain their market share by focusing on retaining their current customers. They are being increasingly confronted with challenges to attract...
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...Lobschat, L., Zinnbauer, M. A., Pallas, F., & Joachimsthaler, E. (2013). Why Social Currency Becomes a Key Driver of a Firm's Brand Equity – Insights from the Automotive Industry. Long Range Planning, 46(PLS applications in strategic management: Partial Least Squares modeling in strategy research), 125-148. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2012.11.004 Introduction In the past decade, managers have endeavored to build brands by creating a strong identity and conveying this identity through consistently managing relevant touch points with customers (e.g., Aaker and Joachimsthaler, 2000; Keller and Lehmann, 2003). To this end, managers are striving to better understand consumer behavior and positively influence consumers' brand perceptions through marketing initiatives (e.g., Keller, 1993). However, the direction of influence on a brand's perception and image has become increasingly bilateral. Today, consumers are no longer simply “receivers” of company- and brand-related information. Instead, they operate as “senders” of this information, e.g., by giving brand recommendations, by expressing criticism, or by sharing information with others (Hennig-Thurau et al., 2010). For this reason, managers no longer have exclusive control over information circulating about a company or brand. Consumers therefore play an important role in forming a company's or brand's perception and value in the marketplace (Keller, 2007). Exchange of information about companies and brands between consumers is not...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ONGC leads the way when it comes to achieving carbon neutrality within the energy sector. In an effort to do so, it has become the first PSU to achieve emission reduction certificates from the United Nations. Achievements of this sort, coupled with growth, make ONGC the undisputed leader in its business The Company has set many milestones and the government has decided to bestow the “Maharatna” status with increased empowerments and distinctly higher status as a premier Public Sector Undertaking. The company has recorded the highest Net Profit of Rs. 189,240 million. ONGC recorded highest ever production of 62.05 million ton of oil and equivalent gas (MMTOE). For the reporting year 2010-11. This represents a growth of 12% in both turnover and net worth and 13% in net profit over FY-2010. The company continued to pursue its growth strategy despite the fact that global economy was in shambles and the oil industry had been at crossroads since later half of 2008. The growth vehicle of ONGC, “ONGC VIDESH LTD.” With 40 projects in 15 countries sourced 8.87 MTOE of oil and gas in FY 2010: the highest ever. Beyond core activities of E&P, the company’s efforts towards new gas sources are also laudable. CBM production from the pilot Parbatpur, Jharia project has started in January 2010. Environmental clearance from UCG pilot project at Vatsan, Gujarat has also been obtained. The company has also taken lead in the exploration of shale...
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...Research Paper: Healthcare Services and The Affordable Care Act (ACA). Table of Contents: Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………...3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….3 Background of the Affordable Care Act …………………………………………………4 The Affordable Care Act………………………………………………………………….. 5 Methodology………………………………………………………………………………...8 Collection of Data…………………………………………………………………………..9 Primary………………………………………………………………………………10 Secondary…………………………………………………………………………..11 The Environmental Working Group………………………………………………………12 Primary Survey…………………………………………………………………….13 Questions and Answers…………………………………………………………...14 Findings from the collection of information and data…………………………………..15 Conclusion and recommendations……………………………………………………….17 Appendix A: SWOT Analysis……………………………………………………………..19 Appendix B: EWG’s Business Strategy …………………………………………………26 Appendix C: EWG’s Business Analyses………………………………………………...32 Appendix D: References…………………………………………………………………..37 Abstract Healthcare has been a topic of debate since a long period of time. The recent changes in the government legislation have specified some employer-based requirements for the healthcare provision to employees. Many organizations have also been impacted by the legislative amendments. The following section will cover the introductory knowledge of the Affordable Care Act along with its objectives. Furthermore, we will discuss the impact of this act has on the American society...
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...Components of the Doctoral Study ss Walden University Section 1: Foundation of the Study Introduction The structure of the modern society has greatly changed. For instance, in 1968, 52 % of children were raised in families in which the father was the sole bread winner; the mother was not in the workforce, while the parents were married. The 1968 statistics is different to today’s society where only 20 % of the children live in households with the father as the as the full time worker while the mother tender the family chore (The Council of Economic Advisers, 2014). Today, children are raised by single parents who double as employees of the labor market. The challenges of integrating family and work life are part of the daily reality of single parents. The challenges are experienced across all the socioeconomic levels. Single parents on pay jobs have family responsibilities; however, their jobs are designed as if they lacked them. For a long time, work and family life have been interdependent. However, the increase in the employment of mothers , and increased family working hours, and the trend toward long working hours have made the independence more problematic and visible (Ballyn, Drago & Kochan, 2001). Background to the Problem Creating a balance between a full-time working schedule and parenting is a challenge that most single parents have to contend with in the course of their daily lives (Favero & Heath, 2012). It is important to note that most of...
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...Transdisciplinary Environmental Research Sustainable Enterprising Master’s Thesis (20p) CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY: A CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE TERESA NORD Academic Advisor: Hans Rämö Stockholm University School of Business Master’s Thesis (20p), Fall 2006, Stockholm University ABSTRACT Attention to business ethics in varying environmental, economic and cultural contexts has become increasingly important as enterprises expand globally. This thesis attempts to determine the impact of culture and local context on CSR performance by evaluating and comparing CSR performance across hotel groups in culturally and geographically diverse regions. Data on indicators for waste production, water consumption, energy use, equal employment opportunity, employee training and employee organization were collected...
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...E-10 46 D-132 46 D-134 46 D-139 46 D-141 47 D-37 Concerns • • • • The Mary River Property Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation Nunavut Iron Ore Acquisition Inc Arcelormittal The Mary River Property • Located 3000 kilometers directly north of Toronto. • High grade iron ore deposit first discovered in the 1960s by Murray Watts and Ron Sheardown. • First exploratory work “indicated a resource of about 120 million tonnes grading approx. 68 percent iron. Problems of The Mary River Property • Is in Arctic Circle • There was permafrost on the ground, which may cause surface to become unstable • Was no infrastructure to speak of • Average temperature in winter was 28 C • Due to latitude and location, used to remain dark for many continuous months Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation • Incorporated in 1963 as Baffinland Iron Mines Limited. • McCloskey and McCreary acquired a significant share of Mary River Property in 2003 and then created Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation in 2004. • Both became chairman and ceo of Baffinland respectively. • Raised $14 million via a reverse takeover and conducted a preliminary study on Mary River • After exploration it was found that Mary River had significant and high quality iron ore deposits • Initially planned on building a 230 kilometers rail line from Mary River to Steensby Port. • Due to global financial crisis, they failed to move the project and thus their share price reduced ArcelorMittal • Formed in 2006, after takeover of...
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...Labour governments in the United Kingdom have concentrated on housing at times of closely fought elections demonstrating how important politics has been to public housing investment. In the UK both Conservative and Labour parties attempt to draw as many voters as possible towards them at election time through highlighting this priority. However, despite this political attention to providing housing particularly in third world countries, several problems still face many countries such as providing infrastructures, education, and health care services and Jordan is one of these countries. One of the most important difficulties in Jordan is housing, which manifests itself in a shortage of housing as a result of insufficient finance where the expenditure ratio on housing in development plans decreased from 25.7% in 1970 to 9.1% in 1992 (General Committee of Planning, 1997). In addition, the General Council of Planning report highlights that there are also finance difficulties faced by the housing sector (General Council of Planning, 2002). This research deals with the housing problem in Jordan in general, and discusses in particular the estimation of supply and demand functions. It surveys the attempts, which Jordan has made to solve the housing problem and their results, and consequently makes a survey of the procedures adopted by Jordan to attract international investment in a potential solution of the problem. It then considers what Jordan did to attract international investment for...
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...INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES BY AMY MYERS JAFFE WALLACE S. WILSON FELLOW IN ENERGY STUDIES JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RONALD SOLIGO, PH.D. PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, RICE UNIVERSITY RICE SCHOLAR, JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ENERGY STUDY SPONSORED BY JAPAN PETROLEUM ENERGY CENTER AND THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY NOVEMBER 2007 International Oil Companies THIS PAPER WAS WRITTEN BY A RESEARCHER (OR RESEARCHERS) WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE JOINT BAKER INSTITUTE/JAPAN PETROLEUM ENERGY CENTER POLICY REPORT, THE CHANGING ROLE OF NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES IN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY MARKETS. WHEREVER FEASIBLE, THIS PAPER WAS REVIEWED BY OUTSIDE EXPERTS BEFORE RELEASE. HOWEVER, THE RESEARCH AND THE VIEWS EXPRESSED WITHIN THIS PAPER ARE THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHER(S) AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY NOR THOSE OF THE JAPAN PETROLEUM ENERGY CENTER. © 2007 BY THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY OF RICE UNIVERSITY THIS MATERIAL MAY BE QUOTED OR REPRODUCED WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION, PROVIDED APPROPRIATE CREDIT IS GIVEN TO THE AUTHOR AND THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY. 2 International Oil Companies ABOUT THE POLICY REPORT THE CHANGING ROLE OF NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES IN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY MARKETS Of world proven oil reserves of 1,148 billion barrels, approximately...
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...Research Proposal on “To study the impact of oil price shocks on the macroeconomic performance of China” Table of Contents Dissertation Title 3 Introduction 3 Rationale of Study: Error! Bookmark not defined. Outline of the Research Project: Error! Bookmark not defined. Research Questions Error! Bookmark not defined. Research Aim and Objectives Error! Bookmark not defined. Significance of the study………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..11 Research Methodology………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….15 Research philoshophy…………………………………………………………………………16 Research Design…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18 Data Collection…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..22 Data Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….28 literature review……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………36 References ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………42 Dissertation Title “To study the impact of oil price shocks on the macroeconomic performance of China” 1. Introduction Higher oil prices might affect the global economy through a variety of channels, including transfer of wealth from oil consumers to oil producers, a rise in the cost of production of goods and services, and impact on inflation, consumer confidence, and financial markets. In a pioneer work, Hamilton (1983) indicated that higher oil prices were responsible for almost all U.S recessions after World War II. Later other researchers extended Hamilton’s...
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...Mike Williams The Petroleum Industry and World’s Oil Suppliers [Draft] February 21, 2014 History of Petroleum The world petroleum means literally rock oil. It was thought to be a completely different oil than that which comes from vegetable sources such as the olive, but modern research has traced its origin to the lipids (oil) of planktonic (free floating) plants and animals which live in brackish water such as blue-green algaes and foraminifera. The brackishness is essential because aerobic bacteria does not live in brackish water. Aerobic bacteria would decompose all of the organic matter. In brackish water the organic matter of the planktonic plants and animals sinks to the bottom and is incorporated in clay sediments which ultimately become sedimentary rocks. This is the origin of the oil shales (www.sjsu.edu). Today, petroleum or crude oil, is the most traded commodity in the world. It is the most important commodity because of its common use in everyday life. The cars we drive today heavily depend on crude oil refined products such as gasoline and motor oil. The plastic products we use daily are created using by-products of crude oil. Crude oil is essential to our daily life, therefore making it a very highly demanded commodity. Unfortunately, because of the world’s dependency on oil, an increase in oil prices has huge effects on everything. Food prices dramatically increase when there is a shift in oil prices. Transportation costs for transporting food increases...
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...evidence from Bangladesh, in Proceedings of the Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Hawaii, October 2006. Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact Manager Repository Services: morgan@uow.edu.au. Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure in Developing Countries: Evidence from Bangladesh Abstract This is an exploratory study designed to investigate the extent and nature of social and environmental reporting in corporate annual reports. Specifically, we examine the relationship between social and environmental disclosure and several corporate attributes in a developing country, Bangladesh. In order to do this, we have developed and utilized a disclosure index to measure the extent of disclosure made by companies in corporate annual reports. This study reports significant differences in levels of social and environmental disclosure, as measured by the mean values of the social and environmental disclosure index in Bangladesh. This study reports that a very few companies in Bangladesh are making efforts to provide social and environmental information on a voluntary basis, which are mostly qualitative in nature. Companies in Bangladesh appeared to have the lowest levels of social and...
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