...The NeWer EntrantS Poland, Hungary & Romania The NeWer EntrantS Poland, Hungary & Romania As globalization of the market place continues, many companies that conduct within their nation’s boundaries will find it difficult to survive. Currently worldwide competition is influencing virtually every business in Canada, United States and other industrialized nations. One way to cope with this is to expand beyond a country’s own frontiers. Poland, Hungary and Romania are three countries that are very competitive in the skilled manual labour. This makes them a very attractive location for large corporations to outsource low, medium and sometimes even high levels of production. Multi-national firms can take advantage of cheap labour, high level of technical competence, and excellent infrastructure in these three nations. The Central Eastern European countries are part of the expanding Europe and the countries that fall within this area have opened up many opportunities for multi-national Firms. Many of these countries have recently joined the European Union and NATO have made formidable alliance and agreements that boost their investment opportunity value. History: Poland is a large country with a long and distinguished history. (Europe Global Studies, pg. 48) Poland's history as a state begins near the middle of the 10th century. By the mid-16th century, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ruled a vast tract of land in central and Eastern Europe. During the 18th century...
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...Tesla Motors: SWOT Analysis Tesla Motors designs, develops, manufactures and sells high performance fully electric vehicles, advanced electric vehicle, powertrain components and stationary energy storage systems. Political, economic, socio-cultural and technological factors have influenced Tesla in complex ways since Tesla is a big player in the EV industry – one of the non-traditional automobile industry segments. The political factors have mostly favored Tesla since the government gives subsidies, tax rebates for EV manufacture. The general economic growth in the US economy have favored Tesla but decreasing oil prices and increasing labor prices have acted as threats to Tesla. The go green concepts have favored Tesla but unfamiliarity around the EV technology have posed threats to Tesla. However, limitations by way of battery technologies and charging of batteries have posed threats to Tesla even though technological developments are taking place in the EV industry around battery and charging technologies The overall threats of micro forces is medium based on porter’s 5 forces analysis. The threat for the substitutions is high and threat from rivals is medium due to few rivals who can match the quality of Tesla cars. There seem to be least threats from suppliers since they are not specialized in EV industry and buyers due to direct sales. More details are provided in exhibit 2 as given below The company has established a good value chain by its own network of sales...
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...as there are more tools made available to the college. For example if the college has installed Microsoft Office and they use Word they have various tools that they can use to produce a piece of work such as WordArt, Fonts, Text size, and many more tools are made available to the college. They may be open to specialist tools such as Mail Merge which will allow the staff at the college to address all of the people individually without retyping all of the required details every time. This tool will make the staff at the college type up letters to many people more efficiently. Can solve system errors The newly installed software that has been installed on the computer which previously had the older version which may of had problems. The newer upgraded version of...
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...Older religions seem to be more concerned with man's place in the world and how and why the world and its weather and other phenomena (life, disease, pain, pleasure, etc.)work and operate. Newer religions, however, seem to be more concerned with the inner man or person and the improvement or betterment of his soul or spirit. They tend to take a person through a journey meant to show them the wonder of life and God. Both, however, are meant to explain to man why things are the way they are, what it means for him, and what he needs to do to be at peace with God. Newer religions don't tend to have the same level of tradition or ingrained dogma that older religions have developed over centuries of time. Newer religions also tend to be viewed as "cults" or otherwise invalidated by members of older religions. All religions - keep in mind we're talking "religions" here and not spirituality - believe in some form of creative force behind the universe that is deserving of worship. The shape that force takes and the manner in which it is worshipped changes from religion to religion. That is the only similarity between all major world religions. Beyond this, there is always some religion that differs from the others. Newer religions are named "cults" by the officials, exactly as it would be a thousand years ago. New religions are simply challenging the current dominant religion/government/power and in case they start attracting thousands and gain power, as they will be a threat...
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...employees is having problem to use new computer especially the older employees. The manager, Paula offer to send everyone to the local high school to take computer class that would teach them how to use the computer and the software. But, the employees did not seem more excited about the idea. Besides that, the older employees have conflict with the newer employees. The entire problem must be solved quickly because Rainyday will face too many complaints from customers and will facing others problem more. 1. What do you see as the major problems at Rainyday Insurance Adjusters Company? The major problem of that company is conflict among the employees, errors has increased and productivity has gone down, and increasingly voluntary turnover and to plan the suitable training program. Since installation off the computers, Rainyday has facing conflict among the senior employees and newer employees. Some of the older or senior employees don’t know the clue how to use the new computer and when the newer employees want to teach them, they don’t want and show off. Instead, when the newer...
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...adjustable silicone wrist strap that the Shine can be slipped into Device Compatibility IOS, Android and Windows phone mobile devices (see http://fitbit.com/devices). Desktop support comes in the form of a web-based app Mobile devices only, no desktop support. UP24 needs iPhone 4S or newer, iPod Touch 5th Gen or newer, iPad 3rd Gen or newer, iPad Mini or newer, Android 4.3+. UP requires iPhone 3GS or newer, iPad or iPod Touch (iOS 4.1 and greater), Android 4.0+. iPhone 4S/5/5C/5S/6/6 Plus iPod® Touch 5th Gen and above iPad® 3/4/Air/Mini (all running iOS 6.13 and above) Samsung Galaxy S4/Note 3 Google Nexus 4/5 (or other BLE ready Android devices running software 4.3 and above) BLE ready Windows Phone running software 8.1 and above. The Misfit Shine works with the Misfit App for IOS, Android and Windows. iPhone: iPhone 4s and newer Android: Bluetooth® Smart Ready devices running Android 4.3 or higher Windows Phone: Bluetooth® Smart Ready smartphones running WP 8.1 or higher Syncing Method Fitbit Flex and Fitbit One sync wirelessly via Bluetooth. UP24 syncs wirelessly via Bluetooth, while UP syncs via a USB cable. Uses Bluetooth LE to link to your newer iOS devices. Uses Bluetooth LE to link to your newer iOS devices. Battery Life Fitbit Flex lasts for up to 5 days. Fitbit One lasts for 5-7 days. Both take about 2-3 hours to charge. UP24 lasts for up to 7 days on a single charge, and UP lasts up to 10 days on a single charge. Both take about 80 minutes to charge This fitness tracker...
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...2015 Technology Bubble Every year, millions of Americans are upgrading their devices to a better, newer or latest device. Most people want to have and use the most current device, be it a phone, television set, camera, watch or car. The latest device has more capacity, speed or has a clearer image, or a sleeker car than the older one. It does not matter how much the newer item costs because once the older device is turned in, one gets the newer one for a few dollars per month. A mere clap of the hand will turn the lights on, a verbal order to ‘siri’, will have your Iphone calling, texting and even surfing the internet. One does not need a remote to turn on the television, all is needed is to have a smart television and add voice commands to it. Car keys are becoming extinct; one just needs to push a button, a remote control or even use a smart phone to turn the car on or off. Newer and better things are appealing to everyone, but they all come with a cost. Technology and digital culture in the twenty first century has gone viral. There is increase in insecurity, technology dependency and increase in obesity in the society. U.S officials have accused Chinese state –backed hackers of stealing online records. On June 4, it was revealed that hackers accessed the personal data of at least four million current and former U.S government employees. (Beech). Hackers have established newer strategies to cope with the new technologies. Once they have individual information, they can access...
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...support herself during this time period. Faulkner explains how this problem was solved when Colonel Sartorius created an elaborate anecdote which stated that Miss Emily’s father had lent a large sum of currency to the town and their ideal way to repay the debt was by revoking her taxes (Faulkner 1). Colonel Sartoris pitied Emily for the predicament she was in and enacted a situation that would help her. However, the newer generation did not believe that Miss Emily deserved help and wanted her to start paying taxes again. To do this, they confronted Miss Emily in her home, only after numerous written attempts, and as Menakhem Perry, a professor of poetics and comparative literature, reports, the newer generation’s, “picking on Emily’s taxes is, so to speak, the outcome of a conflict between the representative of a declining aristocracy of the past and the new world”(Perry 318). The only reason the newer aldermen want Miss Emily to pay taxes is because they are a product of societal change. While Colonel Sartoris’s generation would do anything to help a lady in need, the newer generation attempts to make a woman with no job and no one to support her, pay taxes. This unreasonable request takes place in the very...
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...Student Name Course Name Date Ministry of Music-Strategy Strategic options have to be analyzed by businesses before they are entered into to ensure that the best option is chosen. This essay analyzes the issues, strategic choices and recommendations for the Ministry of Music. The primary issue that the Ministry of Music faces is that the business choices made were not turning out to be profitable. This was because the choices had not evolved for the newer consumer segments. Consumer segments change over the years (Sriram et al, 2010). The second issue is that of a changing ownership. The newer owner choices are more radical than that of the owner that conceived the Ministry of Music. In the context of these issues, the options that are available for the Ministry of Music are 1) to accept changes that are imposed on it by the newer ownership. It can try and retain its name and brand image as when it was established and continue diversifying to find a newer profitable venture (Kock, et al, 2001) and 2) The Ministry of Music could move onto to international markets such as presented in the case study and hope that the revenue from the international market might support the domestic market (Zimmerer, et al, 2002). In the context of these two options, it would be best for the Ministry of Music to actually accept the changes that are imposed on it by its new ownership/leadership. This will help it to improve its domestic segment. While option 2 might sound feasible, it does...
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...make the company more efficient and to allow workers to process claims more quickly. Since installation the new computer, Rainyday have been having problems like errors have increased, productivity has gone down, high voluntary turnover and conflict among employees. The company also have problem to choosing the suitable training programme for the employees. The employees is having problem to use new computer especially the older employees. The manager, Paula offer to send everyone to the local high school to take computer class that would teach them how to use the computer and the software. But, the employees did not seem more excited about the idea. Besides that, the older employees have conflict with the newer employees. The entire problem must be solved quickly because Rainyday will face too many complaints from customers and will facing others problem more. 1. What do you see as the major problems at Rainyday Insurance Adjusters Company? Some of the major problems at Rainyday insurance are conflicts among the employees, increased errors since the upgrading of the office computer system, employees productivity has gone down, and increasingly voluntary turnover. Beside that Rainyday Insurance also had a problem in deciding a suitable training program for its employees. In this situation, conflict happens when senior processors have resented the new hires. The growing angers towards new employees maybe due to their dissatisfaction...
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...Product Purchases and the Economy Lydia Martinez ECO/372 November 10th, 2015 Catherine Levitt Product Purchased and the Economy Economic Indicators “A piece of economic data, usually of macroeconomic scale, it is used by investors to interpret current or future investment possibilities and judge the overall health of an economy” divided in two types, leading and lagging. Leading indicators are those that predict future trends, they are not accurate though, while lagging indicators reflect the historical performances and changes before the economy starts to follow a trend. Inventory Levels is considered a one of the leading economic indicators, meaning that changes in a variable such as business inventories can lead to changes in the future condition of the economy. High inventory levels can reflect two different things: either that demand for inventory is expected to increase or that there is a current lack of demand (Smith, 2015). On the other hand, there is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) a lagging economic indicator that is used to measure the price levels of consumer goods, and reflects inflation. Smith (2015) says “A high rate of inflation may erode the value of the dollar more quickly than the average consumer’s income can compensate. This, thereby, decreases consumer purchasing power, and the average standard of living declines. Moreover, inflation can affect other factors, such as job growth, and can lead to decreases in the employment rate and...
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...Running head: Xerox CASE STUDY Xerox Case Study January 29, 2012 Introduction In 1960 Haloid Xerox founded Haloid Company. After a few name changes and a few years it changed its name to the Xerox Corporation in 1961("Who we are," 2011). Xerox currently operates in 161 countries with over 136,000 employees. Xerox is currently running into a tuff scenario with a large portion of its staff preparing for retirement and the replacement staff all being a bit wet under the years. So Xerox has been considering many different methods of communication to be able to pass the knowledge between the elder members of the workforce and the newer members of the workfoce. Communities of Practice Communities of Practice (CoP) around Xerox may be driven by technology, however without the mentors and mentees of the company; they do not have the opportunity to survive (Nikols, 2003). The members of the CoP are the people who are feeding and utilizing the information provided. These will assist in the generation gap between the multiple generations because this creates an opportunity for Baby Boomers to learn from Gen X’ers and allows Gen X’ers to learn from the Baby Boomers. Since CoP’s are technology driven, the information that is provided by all levels of members is saved in an accessible manner that provides for future review and consideration when needed. There will come a time that the information that the Baby Boomers has provided will be needed and the Baby Boomers will not...
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...New Media Literacy Technology as Political Objects Question: How are our technologies and devices political objects? What does it mean to think of our technologies and devices as political? Personal Opinion: When newer generation devices release in North America, older devices of that brand tend to be in use for many years. This is how our devices become political objects. Even though they become obsolete they aren't thrown away. While it's true they're dumped into other countries in the form of slow violence, most are recycled into techno trash that are later re-used for assembling and manufacturing parts. Printers for example have newer models every year. But old or newer models doesn't really matter. Why? The cartridges that all printers rely on have remained the same to support all their models. However there has been an increase in its price because of high demand. Despite old or new modelled devices, they're politically in use because of profit. Many third world countries aren't as highly developed as Canada or United States and so it takes time and money for them to adapt to the technology and devices we're accustomed to. But by the time they're accustomed to this new technology we're already into the future. Electronic companies keep themselves profitable through sustainable development, economic market, techno trash, and labor forces that's responsible for assembling, disassembling and manufacturing devices from around the world. When we think our technologies...
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...What Types of Bacteria are Found on Gas Pump Handles? BY: ANNIE LYONS Problem/Question: How much bacteria are on gas pump handles? Do the newer gas stations have less germs than the older ones? Do we need to sanitize our hands after we pump gas? Hypothesis: Gas pump handles contain bacteria that could cause harmful diseases. There will be a significant amount of staph bacteria on the handles. Control: Each gas pump handle will have some bacteria on it. There is not baseline because it has so many variables. Dependent Variables: Temperature, Weather, Age of the Gas Station, Type of Customers, Time of year, and Location. Independent Variables: Types of bacteria on the gas pump handles. Conclusion: The newer gas stations have 10x the amount of bacteria including Staphylococcus Aureus). There is enough bacteria on the handles of each gas station to make someone sick. Hand sanitizer should be used after pumping gas in your car to prevent illness. Constants: Swabs, Blood plates, temperature of the incubator, gas stations, gas handles, and the gas. Material List: Swabs, Culture, Lab, Incubator, plastic loops, differentiation disc, identification stickers, and blood culture plates. A. Swabs- Used to rub on the gas pump handle to catch germs. B. Culture Process- The process used to help bacteria grow. C. Lab- Certified place for...
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...How Oil Prices are Established Did you realize that at our current consumption of crude oil and at our current status of known reserves, we have approximately 40 years of reserves remaining? This is a startling fact when we take into account all the products that are produced from refined crude oil or from its by-products. Many people are aware of the price increases they feel at the gas pump, but has anyone ever considered the cost or investment put forth in finding new reserves? Under the right conditions, oil would sometimes seep up to the surface, but in our times, the search for new reserves is more costly and dangerous. When considering how the price of crude oil and its by-products are determined, one must first look at the quantities available and the amount required by its users. Crude oil by itself is not a valuable product. The products that are refined from crude oil are where the value lies. Crude oil is refined down into such products as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, propane and various flammable gasses, perfumes and insecticides. Some refined products from crude oil are also used as feed stocks in the production of other products like animal feed, plastics and other household items. With the expanding economies of various countries like China and Russia (Brown and Virmani 2007), the demand for these products has risen dramatically over the past four to five years. Many nations classified as third world countries are also increasing their need. Unfortunately...
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