...with the relative price of goods and a lot to do with who the shoppers are. 3. Perfect Markets and the ‘World of Truth’: What does truth mean in economic terms and how does it lead to perfect market efficiency? We see where efficiency is good, where it may fall short, and why it’s not always fair. 4. Crosstown Traffic: Introducing 'externalities' and how they help deal with some of the major blights on our society: pollution, congestion, and fights with neighbours. 5. The Inside Story: George Akerlof's revolutionary 1970 paper reveals how inside information dramatically affects markets and why this means it’s virtually impossible to buy a decent second hand car. 6. Rational Insanity: A paradox: economists study rational behaviour, but the more rational the behaviour of stock market investors, the more erratic the behaviour of the stock market becomes. We learn how a market full of unexploited opportunities offers big rewards to any investor willing to research them and how a ‘rational’ investment in Grolsch beer keeps the market nearly-random. 7. The Men Who Knew the Value of Nothing: A brief look at game theory reveals how auctioning radio spectrum air space is like playing poker. 8. Why Poor Countries Are Poor Self...
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...* C SR Corporate social responsibility – A compensate for the greater immorality Corporate Social Responsibility? Or do you mean Corporate Legal Liability?” The bold headline in the newspapers Say “ONGC Spent 405.53 Cr on Corporate social responsibility”, “RIL Spent 303 Cr on CSR” But no newspaper ever said that deaths of tens of thousands of the Olive Ridley turtles that nest on these sandy beaches were killed by Oil and Natural Gas Cooperation of India (ONGC) and Reliance Industries (RIL). Oil and Natural Gas Cooperation of India (ONGC) and Reliance Industries (RIL) had carried out the off shore drilling in the coast of Orissa. This has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of the Olive Ridley turtles that nest on these sandy beaches. With the number of these turtles already plummeting, they are well on their way towards extinction. Corporates are sugar painting their obscene atrocities by the name of CSR activities. CSR Quote of KFC “KFC would create more employment and improve infrastructure”. “KFC is as committed to the environment as we are to our food and to our customers” But who knows that the chicken they serve is full of chemicals, and the birds are given hormones, antibiotics and arsenic chemicals to fatten them quickly. It would cause a high rate of obesity, heart disease and cancer due to the sodium and cholesterol contained in fast food. The Municipal Food Inspector found out that some of KFC's chicken contained three times more monosodium glutamate...
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...Ganelle Curry Professor Meredyth Puller English 102-12 February 27, 2013 Literary Research Paper This literary research paper is based on the book Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works by Kurt Vonnegut. Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works consists of 25 short stories most of which had previously appeared in magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly, Ladies Home Journal, Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, Collier’s Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, The New York Times, Esquire, Venture, and Cosmopolitan. The title story appeared in Playboy magazine the same year the collection was released. Eleven of the stories were reprinted from Vonnegut’s 1961 short story collection Canary in a Cat House (Vonnegut). This paper will focus on four futuristic science fiction stories from the collection. These stories, “Welcome to the Monkey House”, “Harrison Bergeron”, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”, and “Unready to Wear” all share a dystopian science fiction theme. Science and technology are supposed to make the world a better place, but instead, Vonnegut concludes they only create a new set of problems (Farrell, “Science and Technology in the Works of Kurt Vonnegut”). Television is often a target of satire in much of his fiction from the 1950’s. He describes it as desensitizing and numbing while deceiving the masses (Werlock). Vonnegut uses satire and pessimism throughout these dystopian stories. Satire is a special form of literature...
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...Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK, and Clive Smallman Commerce Division, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the mainstream theories of corporate governance in an attempt to suggest that their underlying assumptions and ideologies are misplaced and ought to give way to an emerging pluralistic view of the governing process in order to understand any governance contribution to the dynamics of the business environment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper engages with the traditional literature and views on governance models from law, business and organisational studies perspectives. It then considers the environment and changes in the environment and how those challenge the relevance of the traditional approach, drawing upon the impacts on the fluidity of management and governance perspectives and practices in the global economy. Findings – The reflections and analysis confirm the view that the underlying assumptions of existing models and regulatory frameworks for governance are misplaced and it is suggested, with reason, that a pluralistic view and framework are better than the current dualistic approach to provide a better understanding of corporate governance in today’s dynamic business environments. Originality/value – The paper develops a new model and framework for governance practice and regulation and seeks to persuade policy makers and commentators that the global business environment needs...
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...Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley NOKIA – It’s tough being #1 NOKIA – It’s tough being #1 HAAS SCHOOL OF B USINESS, UC B ERKELEY M ARKETING FOR HIGH TECH ENTREPRENEURS FALL 2001 ANDREW ISAACS Prepared by: Jill Alvidrez, Peimin Chi, Nipul Chokshi Sarang Dalal, Steve Sinha, Rahul Shah, Nancy Suh 1 Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley NOKIA – It’s tough being #1 2 Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley NOKIA – It’s tough being #1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 4 INDUSTRY OVERVIEW................................................................................................................ 5 VALUE CHAIN .................................................................................................................................. 5 PLAYERS .......................................................................................................................................... 5 INDUSTRY GROWTH RATES .............................................................................................................. 6 NOKIA MARKETING STRATEGY............................................................................................... 7 INDUSTRY TRENDS.................................................................................................................... 10 KEY D ECISIONS FACING NOKIA ....................
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...Internal And External Factors Controlling Ryanair Commerce Essay The following report analyses how internal and external factors control to the strategy that Ryanair Plc is following. This report undertakes a detailed study of Ryanair which include a brief outlining of the company’s products and services. Mission, vision and values of the airline will be also explained. It evaluate company’s current strategy and the management of that strategy. It also gives a brief evaluation of Ryanair’s financial structure as well as an environmental analysis of the European airline industry and how this affects Ryanair. Each section of the following report represent the key findings. Introduction to company section includes Ryanair’s background, mission and vision statements, Corporate Social Responsibility policy, company’s stakeholders. External environment section include SWOT analysis. This analysis explain Internal (Strengthens and Weaknesses) and External (Opportunities and Threats) factors. Furthermore, PEST analyse is described. In order to understand company’s profitability in relevance to the competitors, the Porter’s Five Forces framework is used. In Financial sector the turnover , profit margins, operating profit, current ratio, solvency ratio, gearing ratio and the comparability of these during 2006-2008 period is explained. Using the Ansoft’s growth matrix the main strategic direction that Ryanair follow was indentified. The methods of development such as low cost, no-...
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...ChangeThis Y Save to disk Hide/Show menus Guerrilla Marketing Over 90 field-tested tactics to get your business into the frontlines continued > We know this is a gorilla, not guerrilla. But it’s a better picture, isn’t it? by Jay Conrad Levinson Not using Adobe Acrobat? Please go to http://changethis.com/content/reader | iss. 4.04 | i | U | X |+| NEXT f ChangeThis 1. MAKE CUSTOMERS A BIRTHDAY CARD Guerrilla Ray Fisher of Keylock Mini Storage in Pinellas Park, Florida celebrates his tenantsʼ birthdays with a card he creates himself. He prints a poem on the card and gets four cards out of each piece of 8-1/2 x 11 card stock. He goes to Kinkos to have the cards printed and cut. Since sending the cards, Fisher has received a very positive response. One tenant even dropped by office just to say he really appreciated the card. Fisher started a file organized by month to pre-address the cards to make it easy to mail within a week of upcoming birthdays. Any service business can profit from this personal touch. 2. A STICKY SUCCESS STORY Guerrilla Mike Cohen informs us that no one ignores coupons from Captain Tonyʼs Pizza in Cleveland, Ohio. Thatʼs because they are printed on Post-It™ notes and placed each month on every door in their delivery area.The typical response rate is 30%. Cohen honors us by calling this promotional concept, Guerrilla Mail. He attributes the programʼs success to both the look and the feel of the coupon. It resembles...
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...a uNIVERSITY iNITIATIVE TO Integrate Safety and Sustainability in Course Development David NEWLANDS Senior Assistant Professor International School of Management ~ IESEG, Lille, France d.newlands@ieseg.fr David S. HARRISON Dean - School of Business Administration Chair in Global Business University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, South Carolina – USA 29801 davidh@usca.edu Michael JARA Assistant Chancellor for Facilities University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, South Carolina – USA 29801 mikej@usca.edu David S. HARRISON Dean - School of Business Administration Chair in Global Business University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, South Carolina – USA 29801 davidh@usca.edu Patsy Lewellyn Visiting Professor, School of Business Administration University of South Carolina Aiken PatsyL@usca.edu David NEWLANDS Senior Assistant Professor International School of Management ~ IESEG, Lille, France d.newlands@ieseg.fr Abstract As the new millennium evolves, many further and higher education establishments are bracing themselves against externally imposed challenges. Emerging fiscal constraints are reducing public funding for public institutions in various countries including the United States, United Kingdom and France. USCA for example saw state appropriations reduce from $11.1M in 2008 to $6.1M in 2011. Rising costs of energy in part due to under-capacity to store during off-peak seasons and infrastructure overhaul project investments...
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...http://managementfunda.com | http://hrgyaan.com |http://financenmoney.in http://managementfunda.com | http://hrgyaan.com |http://financenmoney.in http://managementfunda.com | http://hrgyaan.com |http://financenmoney.in http://managementfunda.com | http://hrgyaan.com |http://financenmoney.in http://managementfunda.com | http://hrgyaan.com |http://financenmoney.in Table of contents Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Topic Executive Summary Background of the organization Objectives and Limitations of the study Industry Snapshot Market Share of Ice-Cream Brands Introduction on Ice Cream Industry Current market scenario Future of Ice Cream Market in India SWOT Analysis of Amul Ice Cream Monitoring & Enhancing sales Research Methodology Findings Conclusion Recommendations Other Findings Marketing Strategy Other Recommendations Annexure Page 7 9 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 21 29 32 50 52 53 55 56 58 http://managementfunda.com | http://hrgyaan.com |http://financenmoney.in http://managementfunda.com | http://hrgyaan.com |http://financenmoney.in Executive Summary The first phase of the project aimed at enhancing sales of Ice-creams and promotion for Amul. In order to execute the same, initial activities included visiting the outlets, recording the existing volume of sales & analyzing the emerging patterns in ice-cream consumption. This helped in arriving at important conclusions regarding which flavors were popular, problems faced by the retailers, points of...
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...501 Word Analogy Questions 501 Word Analogy Questions ® N E W YO R K Copyright © 2002 LearningExpress, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: 501 word analogy questions / LearningExpress.—1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 1-57685-422-1 1. English language—Synonyms and antonyms—Problems, exercises, etc. 2. Vocabulary—Problems, exercises, etc. I. LearningExpress (Organization) PE1591 .A24 2002 428.1'076—dc21 2002006843 Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 First Edition ISBN 1-57685-422-1 For more information or to place an order, contact LearningExpress at: 55 Broadway 8th Floor New York, NY 10006 Or visit us at: www.learnatest.com The LearningExpress Skill Builder in Focus Writing Team is comprised of experts in test preparation, as well as educators and teachers who specialize in language arts and math. LearningExpress Skill Builder in Focus Writing Team Brigit Dermott Freelance Writer English Tutor, New York Cares New York, New York Sandy Gade Project Editor LearningExpress New York, New York Kerry McLean Project Editor Math Tutor Shirley, New York William Recco Middle School Math Teacher, Grade 8 Shoreham/Wading River School District Math Tutor St. James, New York Colleen Schultz Middle School Math Teacher, Grade 8 Vestal Central School District ...
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...Strategic Management Paper on: Dell International Services Philippines, Inc. Submitted to: Professor Eliseo Aurellado Submitted by: Ryan S. Villarica MBA - Standard Date: June 28, 2014 Table of Contents Executive Summary4 I. Introduction6 II. Research Methodology7 III. Mission and Vision Analysis8 Current Vision and Mission8 Review of the Current Vision9 Review of the Current Mission10 Proposed Vision and Mission Statements11 Review of the Proposed Vision and Mission Statements12 Communicating the Proposed Vision and Mission Statements14 IV. External Analysis15 Economic Forces15 Political Forces………………………......................................................................................... 18 Social, Cultural, Demographic and Ecological Forces 19 Technological Forces 21 Industry and Competitive Forces 22 Five Forces of Competition Model 24 Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM)28 External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix 33 V. Internal Analysis39 Functional Audit39 Culture39 Management41 Operations43 Information Systems44 Human Resources45 Marketing and Hiring46 Financial Performance47 Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix52 VI. Strategy Formulation58 SWOT Analysis58 Strategic Position and Evaluation (SPACE) Matrix 60 Internal-External (IE) Matrix63 Grand Strategy Matrix64 Summary of Matrices and Analysis65 VII. Quality Strategy Planning Matrix 66 VIII. Proposed Strategies69 Strategic...
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...Practice Test #1 Sentence Correction 1. To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets. 2. Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes to monitor changes in the populations of more than 250 bird species, including 180 songbirds. 3. Less than 35 years after the release of African honeybees outside Sao Paulo, Brazil, their descendants, popularly known as killer bees, had migrated as far north as southern Texas. 4. Excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power, Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, predicted in the mid-1890's that electricity generated at Niagara would one day power the streetcars of London and the streetlights of Paris. 5. The airline company, following through on recent warnings that it might start reducing service, announced that it was eliminating jet service to nine cities, closing some unneeded operations, and grounding twenty-two planes. 6. The list of animals that exhibit a preference for using either the right or the left hand (i.e., claw, paw, or foot) has been expanded to include the lower vertebrates. 7. Obtaining an investment-grade rating will keep the county's future borrowing costs low, protect its already-tattered...
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...application must be successful and effectiveness high. As some oil would come ashore, discussion remains on what effectiveness is required to significantly reduce the shoreline impact. A major issue is the actual effectiveness during spills so that these values can be used in estimates for the future. The second motivation for using dispersants is to reduce the impact on birds and mammals on the water surface. The benefits of using dispersants to reduce impacts on wildlife still remain unknown. The third motivation for using dispersants is to promote the biodegradation of oil in the water column. The effect of dispersants on biodegradation is still a matter of dispute. Some papers state that dispersants inhibit biodegradation others indicate that dispersants have little effect on biodegradation. The most recent papers, however, confirm that inhibition is a matter of the surfactant in the dispersant itself and the factors of environmental conditions. It is clear, on the basis of current literature that the surfactants in some of the current dispersant formulations can inhibit biodegradation. No...
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...The Corporate Governance Role of the Media Alexander Dyck* Harvard Business School And Luigi Zingales University of Chicago May 2002 Abstract Do media play any role in corporate governance? In this paper we argue that media pressure corporate managers and directors to behave in ways that are “socially acceptable”. Sometimes this coincides with shareholders’ value maximization, others not. We provide both anecdotal and systematic evidence that media affect companies’ policy toward the environment and the amount of corporate resources that are diverted to the sole advantage of controlling shareholders. Our results have important consequences for the focus of the corporate governance debate and for the feasibility of reforms aimed at improving corporate governance around the world. * We thank Mehmet Beceren for assistance in preparing the data and Rakhesh Khurana, Jay Lorsch,, Forest Reinhardt, Richard Vietor, Andy Zelleke and seminar participants at Harvard Business School for helpful comments on an earlier draft. Alexander Dyck gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Division of Research of Harvard Business School and Luigi Zingales from the George Stigler Center at the University of Chicago. In April 1992 the Wall Street Journal published a strange ad. It was a full-page picture of a silhouette of the Board of Directors of Sears Roebuck with the title: the “non-performing assets of Sears”. The ad, paid by shareholder activist Robert Monks, exposed all the directors...
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...MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS INTRODUCTION Why merge? Why sell? A division of a company might no longer fit into larger corp’s plans, so corp sells division Infighting between owners of corp. Sell and split proceeds Incompetent management or ownership Need money Business is declining (e.g. a buggywhip company) Industry-specific conditions Economies of scale BASIC DEFINITIONS: MERGER: Owners of separate, roughly equal sized firms pool their interests in a single firm. Surviving firm takes on the assets and liabilities of the selling firm. PURCHASE: Purchasing firm pays for all the assets or all the stock of the selling firm. Distinction between a purchase and a merger depends on the final position of the shareholders of the constituent firms. TAKEOVER: A stock purchase offer in which the acquiring firm buys a controlling block of stock in the target. This enables purchasers to elect the board of directors. Both hostile and friendly takeovers exist. FREEZE-OUTS (also SQUEEZE-OUTS or CASH-OUTS): Transactions that eliminate minority SH interests. HORIZONTAL MERGERS: Mergers between competitors. This may create monopolies. Government responds by enacting Sherman Act and Clayton Act VERTICAL MERGERS: Mergers between companies which operate at different phases of production (e.g. GM merger with Fisher Auto Body.) Vertical mergers prevents a company from being held up by a supplier or consumer of goods. LEVERAGED BUYOUTS (LBOs): A private...
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