...Nakamura lacquer Company (To be used for class room discussions by Prof Rajiv Taneja) Case study 1 The Nakamura lacquer Company of Kyoto, Japan was one of the many hundreds of small handicraft shops making lacquerware for the daily table use of the Japanese people when the Americans army began to buy lacqueware as souvenirs. Young Mr. Nakamura, who had just taken over the old family business in 2000, saw therein an opportunity, but soon found that traditional handicraft methods were both too slow and too expensive to supply this new demand. He developed ways of introducing simple methods of machine coating, machine polishing, and machine inspection into what had been purely a handicraft, carried out with simplest tools. When the American army’s souvenir-hunting disappeared in 2005 but by then. Nakamura had built a substantial business, employing several thousand men and producing 5, 00,000 sets of lacquer tableware each year for the Japanese mass consumer market. The Nakamura “Chrysanthemum” brand had become Japan’s best known and best selling brand of good quality, for middle class. Outside Japan, however Nakamura did practically no business, except for selling occasionally to American tourists through his established Japanese outlets such as big departmental store This was the situation when, in early in 2011 –US showed interest in Japanese lacquerware indicating signs of growth in demand-Mr.Nakamura received in rapid sequence two visitors from US ,both were very highly recommended...
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...For the exclusive use of D. LEE 9-204-037 JANUARY 6, 2004 MIHIR A. DESAI MARK F. VEBLEN Exchange Rate Policy at the Monetary Authority of Singapore Dr. Khor Hoe Ee, Assistant Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), reviewed the year-end economic data for 2001. He had just met with a number of his colleagues and now paged through the statistics they had discussed. Dr. Khor wondered whether the monetary system that has served Singapore so well since the late 1970s—and had filled the void left by the collapse of the Bretton Woods currency system—was still the best model for Singapore to follow. Singapore’s managed float, sometimes referred to by journalists as a “dirty float,” stood in contrast to the systems used by some of its neighbors: Hong Kong had remained strongly committed to its peg against the U.S. dollar, and Australia had just recently shifted to a completely floating regime. A key item on the agenda for the Monetary Policy Committee meeting at the end of January was to review and set monetary policy in response to the changing economic environment. As head of the MAS’s Economics Department, Dr. Khor knew that he was responsible for recommending a policy response that would be consistent with Singapore’s strategy for sustainable economic growth with price stability as well as supporting Singapore’s role as a major global financial center. A great deal had happened in the domain of monetary policy in the last five years, much...
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...Financial Resource Management and Healthcare Reimbursement Name Institution Financial Resource Management and Healthcare Reimbursement Part A Fee for service (indemnity) plans The indemnity plans or fee for service plans allows the owner to seek services from any health care provider. The members of this particular plan do not to limit themselves to either physicians or hospitals under a single network. Under the indemnity plan, the medical bill incurred by the users is sent directly to the health insurance company where a portion of the expenses is paid (LaTour, Maki and Oachs, 2013). For example, the insurance company may pay 80% of the total medical bill where the remaining 20% is paid by the member. Individuals under this plan pay a deductible sum, and once the member has reached the deductible phase, only a small portion is remitted under to the insurance company. The fee for the plan varies from one physician to another an aspect driven by government regulations. Managed care plans Managed care plans refer to a type of health insurance where members have contracts with specific health care providers and medical facilities at a reduced cost. Under this plan, the healthcare provider makes up a planned network of the portion the plan will incur as medical expenses according to the agreed contracts (Cleverley, Cleverley & Song, 2010). As a result of government regulation, managed care plans affect the health care delivery because of financial incentives directed...
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...Financial Resource Management and Healthcare Reimbursement Part A Fee for service (indemnity) plans The indemnity plans or fee for service plans allows the owner to seek services from any health care provider. The members of this particular plan do not to limit themselves to either physicians or hospitals under a single network. Under the indemnity plan, the medical bill incurred by the users is sent directly to the health insurance company where a portion of the expenses is paid (LaTour, Maki and Oachs, 2013). For example, the insurance company may pay 80% of the total medical bill where the remaining 20% is paid by the member. Individuals under this plan pay a deductible sum, and once the member has reached the deductible phase, only a small portion is remitted under to the insurance company. The fee for the plan varies from one physician to another an aspect driven by government regulations. Managed care plans Managed care plans refer to a type of health insurance where members have contracts with specific health care providers and medical facilities at a reduced cost. Under this plan, the healthcare provider makes up a planned network of the portion the plan will incur as medical expenses according to the agreed contracts (Cleverley, Cleverley & Song, 2010). As a result of government regulation, managed care plans affect the health care delivery because of financial incentives directed to providers. Government sponsored health plans Under this health insurance...
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...For the exclusive use of S. Jin 9-809-063 REV: FEBRUARY 4, 2011 NOAM WASSERMAN Apple's Core In 1983, Steve Jobs was featured on the cover of Time magazine when the personal computer was named “Machine of the Year.” His co-founder, Steve Wozniak, was quoted as saying, “Steve didn’t do one circuit, design, or piece of code.”1 The two had launched Apple Computer seven years before. The Two Steves Steve Wozniak grew up in suburban Santa Clara, California. At an early age, under his father’s influence, he developed a strong view of ethics and an interest in technology. Extreme honesty, extreme ethics, really. That’s the biggest thing he taught me . . . I never lie even to this day. . . . The other thing my dad taught me was a lot about electronics. I so clearly remember him telling me that engineering was the highest level of importance you could reach in the world, that someone who could make electrical devices that do something good for people takes society to a new level.2 The dream of building a personal computer was sparked for Wozniak when his father showed him an article about the original ENIAC computer. The article speculated about computer technology reaching “a point where anyone could buy a computer and put it in your house and learn how to use it yourself. I thought that would be just the best thing, and that was The Dream . . . the single force that drove me for years afterwards.”3 A zest for laughter also infused Wozniak’s life. He believed that “[i]n...
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...Understanding the female judoka’s coach-athlete relationship: a British perspective. Katrina McDonald and Maki Tsukada Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University The purpose of this study is to examine the coach-athlete relationship, to gain a greater understanding into the relationship between female judo athletes and their coach. To explore what is felt as important, the dynamics in the relationship and does the athlete’s opinion differ from that of the coach. A greater understanding to the relationship between an athlete and coach needs to be appraised so that any proposed theories can be examined in the practical/applied domain and whether the proposed theories behind the complex interactions are offering a great enough insight to the reality. Introduction The researchers for this project are both coaches who currently work in their National set ups for England and Japan. The initial idea for the investigation came from Maki Tsukada’s two year observation of the British system, and also a reflection on the London 2012 Olympics and the coach-athlete interaction. Coaches came under scrutiny from the results of the Olympics, which made it pertinent to examine the relationship between the coach and athlete, to try and ensure that it does not disintegrate. The wider impact of the study will mean that coaches will have a greater understanding of how to build and work at their relationship with their athletes and understand what the important dynamics are within...
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...ANYONG INVERTED PYRAMID 1 2 3 4 5 6 (10-12 spaces) 8 9 10 11 12 Saliksik-papel na iniharap sa Kolehiyo ng mga Agham at Sining Kagawaran ng mga Wika at Pangmasang Komunikasyon Cavite State University - Indang 1 2 3 4 5 6 (10-12 spaces) 8 9 10 11 12 Bilang isa sa mga tugon sa mga pangangailangan sa kursong FILI 2: Pagbasa at Pagsulat Tungo sa Pananaliksik 1 2 3 4 (8-10 spaces) 6 7 8 9 10 PANGALAN NG MANANALIKSIK PANGALAN NG MANANALIKSIK Marso 2015 PASASALAMAT Isang taos pusong pasasalamat kina Ronaldo Bertubin, Romualdo Avellanosa, James Harvey Estrada, Chris Nocon, Zernan Mataya, Darwin Taylo (mga gumagawa), Baruth, Bench, CJ, Emman, Mike, Mel, Maki at Eula (mga manonood) sa kanilang pagpapaunlak sa pakikipanayam; Kay Dr. Divina T. Tormon – Pasumbal, tagapayo ng mananaliksik na walang sawang gumabay para higit na mapaganda ang pag-aaral na ito sa kabila ng kanyang napakaraming gawain. Maraming Salamat din po sa ibinigay nyong mahabang pag-unawa; Kay Dr. Anna Ruby P. Gapasin, Dr. Ronald M. Henson at Dr. Edna T. Bernabe, mga panel na nagbigay ng mga ideya sa pagsasaayos ng pag-aaral na ito; Kay Prop. Marianne C. Ortiz, na naging tagapayo sa pagsasaling-wika ng mga materyales na nakasulat sa wikang ingles upang higit na maging maayos ang pag-aaral na ito; Kay Marianita Cinco, kamag-aral at kalihim ng Kagawaran ng Komunikasyong Pang-brodkast sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas. Sa kanyang...
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...Assessment Task 1: Define Project and Develop Plan Project Brief Project Title MAX LIONEL REALTY – TEST IMPLEMENTATION Project purpose Business Objectives for the project are: - Define the needed functions of clients, tenants and potential tenants of MLR’s commitments - Implement a test MLR obligations and commitment to best-of breed client services - Make recommendations and develop a project plan for a legal and ethical obligations - Report to all stakeholders in an annual meeting Background and strategic context In order to build customer goodwill and satisfy the legal and ethical obligations, MLR has decided to implement a program to: - inform agents of legal and ethical obligations and any standards or codes of conduct followed by the organization - promote high standards in professional conduct - inform clients, tenants and potential tenants of MLR’s commitments - achieve employee and clients buy-in for initiative Priority This project is prioritized to agents, clients and tenants Related projects This project is related to other projects including Construction project, house-keeping project Project client/owner The project clients are agents highly trained and competent in selling and managing real estate, clients who are not sure of MLR obligations and tenants who sometimes feel discriminated against on basis of lifestyle, cultural background and so on. Project sponsor This project is directly sponsored by MLR Project...
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...Executive summery: The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is an index on the Australian Stock Exchange that acts as the market indicator for Australia's share market. Its recent movement suggests a large increase in stock prices of 30% over a short period of time. This has many potential affects on the economy including and increase consumer confidence, the wealth effect increased investment and hence an increase in the level of output. This will have a multiplied affect on the economy by increasing exogenous expenditure and the MPC. This could potentially have an expansionary effect on the economy bringing about full employment and potential inflation. This expansionary gap may prove to be problematic to policy-makers as inflationary pressures rise making it necessary to adopt contractionary macroeconomic policy. However, some may question policy change due to a change in stock prices, as it is such a small segment of the economy. Stock prices refer to the market value of a share or asset. A rise in stock prices will have an indirect affect on the economy through investor and consumer confidence, the wealth effect and the ‘market value Approach’ creating an output gap. This output gap could potentially affect inflation and employment. Although Macroeconomic policy is not used to target asset prices, it may become necessary due to inflationary pressures. Stoke prices are commonly stated by economist to be ‘macroeconomic...
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...NHN immediately.” Aizawa’s eyes widen and he turns off the TV immediately. “Matsuda, get packing,” Aizawa said. “Mogi, go get Amane, bring her with us.” “Roger,” Mogi said. “Miss Amane, please stay where you are. Me and Maki and Iwamatsu will come get you, okay?” The headquarters is packed up quicker than one would think. The cars are kickstarted and zooming to two different places. “Misa-Misa, please stay calm and keep quiet,” Mogi said. “All we ask of you is that you keep calm and quiet. Can you do that?” “Of course!” Misa said. “Why are we leaving?” “Miss Amane, if you could please buckle your seatbelt. We’ll answer your questions to the best of our ability while we start driving, okay?” Misora covers. “Okay…,” Misa said. She hesitantly buckles the seatbelt. “So, why are we leaving?” “Some people think it best that we not try to find Kira,” Penber said calmly (the irony is the fact that he isn’t). “And they’re running us out of the prefecture after Takada put out our names on NHN.” Because Light is Kira and Takada came to rescue him, Naomi thought. But I can’t tell her that. “Why did she put our names on NHN?” “Because she wanted anyone who was in Kira’s way out of their way. Right now, we have to focus on not getting caught.” Mogi said. “Maki, the quickest way south is to go to Yamanashi,” Penber said. “It’s a little less than a two hour drive, but if we gun it…” “Yeah. Call the others and tell them to go north--Fukushima is their best bet. If they can’t, they...
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...Smiti Shakya Speaker Reflection: 1 Adam R. Maki is one of the Financial Advisor of the America’s leading financial planning company known as Ameriprise. He went to get a degree in golf management in Arizona state university. Sooner, he found out with that degree he won’t be able to make enough money to support his family. This made him land to financial and sales advising. This gave him an opportunity to help people with money as well as provide food for his family. He has worked and grew Ameriprise for the 10 years. He gave us advice that whenever you apply for a job or an internship to make a selective choice in terms of the company because he was given a phonebook and rest was all up to him during the time he started to work for Ameriprise. He told us to find a company who is going to train and develop you professionally. However, Ameriprise now gives full training and support system for the beginners. At first, you are given small tasks like communicating with clients and after 6 months you would be promoted to next position. I found it interesting about team based approachable environment in their office. As in a lot of corporate company you would be seeing cubes for each employer whereas Ameriprise has an open space without any walls between each worker. He also talked about the company doesn’t spend much time in advertising because their way to get people know the company is through satisfying their clients. Their satisfied clients are the one who spreads...
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...number of solutions to this problem. These solutions range from mandatory education in personal finance to required simplification of financial products and greatly increased regulation. This paper examines evidence on the effectiveness of personal finance education on both financial literacy and financial behavior. If the problem can be solved through education, it is likely to reduce the perceived need to limit choice in the marketplace for retail financial products. If education is shown to be ineffective, the future of financial product innovation and financial engineering may be greatly limited. Supporting the effectiveness of education in promoting self-beneficial financial behavior is a well-known paper by Bernheim, Garrett and Maki (2001) which linked required high school education in personal finance to higher levels of saving, decades later, in middle age. On the other hand, five national surveys of high school seniors conducted since 2000 by the Jump$tart Coalition (Mandell 2001,...
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...Anime Addiction * * * Anime had widely spread in the whole world, its positive and negative effects are continuously being debated. 1.What is the history of Anime? 2.What are the reasons Anime Addiction? 3.What are the common positive effects of anime Addiction? 4.What are the common negative effects of anime Addiction? Intoduction A.Background information B.Importance of the paper C.Statement of the problem D.Definition of terms Anime addicton A.Reason of anime addiction 1.manga 2.video games 3.movies 4. anime series B. positive effect of anime addiction 1.culture 2.fashion 3.language 4.social interaction C.Negative effects of anime addiction 1.health 2.immoral activities 3.money disposal Conclusion. The rapid rise of anime has seen much controversy in this generation. We are bombarded with the popularity of anime where many people especially teenagers around the world were involved. anime Addiction is actually a very serious problem for it involves many people where only themselves can solve it. The history of anime began at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques that were being explored in the West. The first generation of animators in the late 1910s included Ōten Shimokawa, Jun’ichi Kōuchi and Seitaro Kitayama, referred to as the “fathers” of anime.[1] During World War II, propaganda films such as Momotarō no Umiwashi (1943) and Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei (1945) were made...
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...Summit 14. MSC: NEWS MSC FADE UP FOR 2 SECONDS, THEN FADE UNDE 15. GABI NG PINOY PARA SA SCHOLAR, HAPPILY ATTENDED BY THE 16. STUDENTS taking up FILI 1-0-1 SIXTH ICCS, A BLAST, JAM-PACKED WITH LECTURERS REPORTER: PAMELA RUTH ARCIAGA TRT: 01:30 1. MSC: NEWS MSC FADE UP FOR 2 SECONDS, THEN FADE UNDER 2. ELA: THE SIXTH I-C-C-S CONVENTION HAPPENED LAST AUGUST 13, 3. 20-11, SATURDAY AT THE HENRY LEE IRWIN THEATER IN THE ATENEO 4. DE MANILA UNIVERSITY. 5. MSC: NEWS MSC FADE UP FOR 2 SECONDS, THEN FADE UNDER 6. ELA: LAST WEEK’S GREEN CAMPUS REPORT GAVE DETAILS THAT 7. HOWIE SEVERINO, LUCHI-CRUZ VALDEZ, RUBEN ALABASTO AND 8. ANTHONY TABERNA WOULD BE THE SPEAKERS FOR THIS CONVENTION. 9. IN THE FINAL LINE-UP, WE HAVE SEEN MAKI PULIDO, NONOY ESPINA, ED 10. LINGAO, ISAGANI YAMBOT, MARIA RESSA AND ANTHONY TABERNA. 11. MSC: NEWS MSC FADE UP FOR 2 SECONDS, THEN FADE UNDER 12. ELA: STUDENTS...
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...Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2012; 44: 344–349 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Factors associated with catheter-associated urinary tract infections and the effects of other concomitant nosocomial infections in intensive care units EKREM TEMIZ1, NIHAL PISKIN2, HANDE AYDEMIR2, NEFISE OZTOPRAK2, DENIZ AKDUMAN2, GUVEN CELEBI2 & FURUZAN KOKTURK3 From the 1Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bitlis Government Hospital, Bitlis, 2Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, and 3Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak,Turkey Abstract Background: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most common nosocomial infections in inten- sive care units (ICUs). The objectives of this study were to describe the incidence, aetiology, and risk factors of CAUTIs in ICUs and to determine whether concomitant nosocomial infections alter risk factors. Methods: Between April and Octo- ber 2008, all adult catheterized patients admitted to the ICUs of Zonguldak Karaelmas University Hospital were screened daily, and clinical and microbiological data were collected for each patient. Results: Two hundred and four patients were included and 85 developed a nosocomial infection. Among these patients, 22 developed a CAUTI alone, 38 developed a CAUTI with an additional nosocomial infection, either concomitantly or prior to the onset of the CAUTI, and 25 devel- oped nosocomial...
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