...Strategic Research Project Analysis: NOBLE ENERGY, INC Respectfully Submitted to: Dr Shengsheng Charlie Huang Strategic Management MGMT 4309- Fall 2013 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3.1 Company Background 3.2 Purpose of the study 3. External Analysis 4.3 General Environmental Analysis 4.4.1 Demographic Segment 4.4.2 Economic Segment 4.4.3 Political/Legal Segment 4.4.4 Socio-Cultural Segment 4.4.5 Technological Segment 4.4.6 Global Segment 4.4.7 Summary of the General Environmental Analysis 4.4.8 Industry Driving Forces 4.4 Industry Analysis 4.5.9 Description of the Industry 4.5.10 Industry Dominant Economic Features 4.5.11.1 Market Size 4.5.11.2 Market Growth Rate 4.5.11.3 Industry Trends 4.5.11 Five Forces Analysis 4.5.12.4 Threats of New Entrants 4.5.12.5 Power of Suppliers 4.5.12.6 Power of Buyers 4.5.12.7 Power of Substitutes 4.5.12.8 Intensity of Rivalry 4.5.12.9 Summary of Industry Analysis 4.5 Competition Analysis 4.6.12 Industry Competitors 4.6.13 Rivals Anticipated Strategic Moves 4.6.14 Summary of Competitive Analysis 4.6.15 Key Success Factors 4. Internal Analysis 4.1 Organizational Analysis 4.1.1 Corporate Values...
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...strong underlying meaning that is brought out by a few lines within the middle of the poem. The quote goes from line 5 till the end of line 8. The quote has some serious power behind it and brings the whole meaning of the poem together. It develops the idea that if one were to die that it be a noble and honorable death as if you were to die a hero. If a hero were to die that is exactly the way there would go out, holding their head high and proud. McKays poem develops the idea of a hero and if one were to die a hero that they would let it be a nobly proud and honorable death. When the poem is first read it is vague exactly what McKay is referring to. But after rereading and analyzing specific parts of the poem lots of conclusions can be derived. Certain lines in the poem are what can make the argument so strong. The main quote that allows one to believe in such argument is on line 5 through 8. “If we must die—oh, let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy, Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!”(CITE***) This quote has a lot of meaning behind it in the sense that it highlights the main idea of the whole poem about noble and honorable death as a hero. There are certain word within the quote that help defy the main idea of the poem. They are certain words that really exemplify the main meaning of the poem as a whole. Mckay clearly chose words and phrases especially in the quote chosen, to develop and connect back...
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...the Athenian citizens, as they were mostly poor. However, it also meant that he had to follow through with his promise otherwise he would have the citizens against him and his regime. In order to make sure that no one else could seize tyrannical power, new cults and military functions increased the unity of the new tribe. The loyalty of the new tribes was now to Attica and not to the noble families as they were grouped into three areas of Attica. The basis of the Boule was strengthened making it more difficult for ambitious tyrants to take power. Breaking up the demes broke the power of the nobles and the old ionic tribes they had dominated. Also, the Boule of 500 became open to all over 30, except thetes and was most likely selected by lot which gave no advantage to the aristocracy. They served for one year and reappointment was allowed once but not in consecutive years making it hard for individuals to dominate. The nobles had reduced power of patronage when citizenship of valid males were admitted at 18. The Strategoi were directly elected by the people, yearly and they tended to come from noble or wealthy background. There were 10 of them, one from each tribe and were eligible for another election the next year but were held accountable to the people rather than to an area or faction. When ostracism was...
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...nonmetals are gases, molecular, or network solids at room temperature. Nonmetals are delicate in solids. Nonmetal solids surfaces are dull. Nonmetals have high ionization energy and high electronegativity values. They are bad at making heat and electricity. Nonmetals gain electrons becoming negative ions with larger radii than the atoms. They have oxidation numbers of ±4, -3, and -2. The elements in Group 18 are called noble gases. Noble gases do not have all the properties of nonmetals because they react chemically. A few compounds that have noble gases have been created. Each element has filled an outer energy level of electrons. The level of helium is filled with two electrons, but the rest of noble gases have eight electrons. Group 18 was originally called inert gas group because it was thought that elements could not produce stable compounds. Also because their valence levels are full and normally noble gases do not add more electrons. Fluorine can have a high attraction to electrons that it attracts electrons from some noble gases and causes them to have a positive oxidation state. Only some reactivity is seen. Argon and xenon are the only ones to produce stable compounds. Neon has been wheedled into reactions under bead conditions of temperature and pressure. Helium has not shown an activity. Noble gases are nonpolar and that means they hold in the liquid and solid phases by van der Waals forces. Helium with the fewest electrons has the lowest boiling point. In this...
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...Argon was discovered by William Ramsay, an English chemist, in 1894. The name Argon originates from the Greek word ‘Argos’ meaning inactive. Argons symbol is Ar and it’s located in period 3, group 18 of the periodic table. It’s a noble gas. It has 18 electrons and protons, and 22 neutrons. Argons electron configuration is 1s22s22p63s23p6. Argon is a colorless, odorless gas present in the atmosphere. It’s known to not form true chemical compounds. It’s heavier than air, but less reactive than N2. Argons atomic number is 18, its mass number is 39.948, it has 8 valence electrons, it’s molar mass is 39.95, it’s ionization energy is very high, but still less than neon, it’s melting point is -189.3 c, and it’s boiling point is -186.0 c. Argons density is 0.00178 grams per cubic centimeter. Argons is a gas at room temperature. The electrical conductivity of Argon is very low, and the flammability is zero, you cannot burn Argon, it can’t burn because it is inert and it won’t react with Oxygen to create what is known as fire. It can be heated and used to weld, but even then it’s not necessarily burning. Argon doesn’t react with any other element because it’s a noble gas, so there is no reactivity from Argon with water or Oxygen. There are several common uses for the element Argon such as the following. Argon is used in fluorescent tubes and usually emits a blue light. It extinguishes fires without damaging the equipment that is burning, it’s used in museums to protect old documents...
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...Assignment (a) Economic factor Analysis form Argentina (b) BRIC countries, having Goal in Conglolomarates (India & China) (c) What is the Departmentalization chose a company from Developed countries and Draw out its Functional Departmentalization and Products/Brand departmentalization Economic factor Analysis of Argentina The economy of Argentina has been recently on rise after the recovery from a severe economic crisis of 2001/2002. Over the last 5 years, the country's GDP growth has been quite high: 9.2% in 2005, 8.6% in 2007 and 6.6% in 2008 (slowed down by the international financial crises). GDP Annual Growth Rate in Argentina averaged 3.29% from 1994 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 12.50% in the second quarter of 2010 and a record low of -16.30% in the first quarter of 2002. With a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of more than US$ 540 billion, Argentina invested heavily in health and education, areas which account for 7% and 6% of GDP, respectively. Argentina was the top performer in the region in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity between 2004 and 2008. Incomes of the bottom 40% grew at an annualized rate of 11.8% compared to average income growth of 7.6%. This trend continued but slowed after 2008. As of 2014, 12.7% lived in poverty – defined as living on under $4 a-day. A third of the population lives on between 4 and 10 dollars a day and remains at risk of falling back into poverty. The country prioritized social spending through...
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...beautiful verses from the Metta Sutta known as the Discourse of Love one can feel their energies move to a solid place of calmness, love and compassion. Our love energy is stronger and more sustainable when we continue to offer it to another. "May everyone be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy." "May all living beings live in security and peace, beings who are frail or strong, tall or short, big or small, visible or not visible, near or far away, already born or yet to be born. May all of them dwell in perfect tranquility." "Let no one do harm to anyone. Let no one put the life of anyone in danger. Let no one, out of anger or ill will, wish anyone any harm. " " Just as a mother loves and protects her only child at the risk of her own life, we should cultivate boundless love to offer to all living beings in the entire cosmos. Let our boundless love pervade the whole universe, above, below, and across. Only our love will know no obstacles, our heart will be absolutely free from hatred and enmity. Whether standing or walking, sitting or lying as long as we are awake, we should maintain this mindfulness of love in our The Buddha has numerous teachings on love. By reciting these beautiful verses from the Metta Sutta known as the Discourse of Love one can feel their energies move to a solid place of calmness, love and compassion. Our love energy is stronger and more sustainable when we continue to offer it to another. "May everyone...
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...UST Global, India: delivering software service solutions Balakrishnan Menon Balakrishnan Menon is a Professor in the DC School of Management and Technology, Idukki, India and Research Scholar in the School of Management Studies, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, India. 1. Introduction When the founder Chairman of US Technology Private Ltd (UST) Late Mr G. A Menon wanted to set up a software company in Trivandrum, the capital city of the communist party dominated state of Kerala in the year 1999, many people close to him warned that he was setting himself up for failure. The state of Kerala was, in those days, labeled as anti-investment and non-conducive to new entrepreneurial ventures, as it was dominated by a work force, controlled by militant trade unionism with a vested interest to keep their flocks together with age-old dogmas and philosophies. However, Mr Menon went ahead with his plan and set up the company in Trivandrum, as he was keen to do something for his home state, even when the top echelon in the Secretariat (head quarters of the state administration machinery) discouraged him. In subsequent years, UST became the largest software exporter from the state of Kerala, to USA and other countries. UST is a fully-owned subsidiary of California-based US Technology Resources LLC. Established on September 1, 1999 with barely 14 employees, the company was set up, as a 100 per cent Export Oriented Unit, to export software services and solutions, in Techno Park, Trivandrum...
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...Question 1: a) Learning curve equation: Y(u) = au-b u | Y(u) | Ln(u)x | Ln(Y(u))y | x2 | xy | 13 | 276 | 2.565 | 5.620 | 6.579 | 14.415 | 29 | 198 | 3.367 | 5.288 | 11.337 | 17.805 | 41 | 171 | 3.714 | 5.142 | 13.794 | 19.097 | 71 | 137 | 4.263 | 4.919 | 18.173 | 20.969 | 127 | 107 | 4.844 | 4.673 | 23.464 | 22.636 | | Sum: | 18.753 | 25.642 | 73.347 | 94.922 | x = 18.7535 = 3.751 y = 25.6425 = 5.128 m = 594.922-[18.75325.642]573.347-(18.753)2 = -0.415 c = 5.128 – (-0.415)(3.751) = 6.685 a = e6.685 = 800.311 b = -m = 0.415 Y(u) = 800.31u-0.415 b) Average learning rate: L = 2-b = 2-0.415 = 0.750 L = 75% c) Cost for the 200th unit: Y(200) = 800.31(200)-0.415 = $88.78 Question 2: a) Values of k and a: y = (xD) f(y) = kya f(1.75y) = k(1.75y)a f(1.75y) = 1.5f(y) 1.5 = f(1.75y)f(y)= k(1.75y)akya=1.75ayaya = 1.75a 1.75a = 1.5 a = log 1.5log 1.75 = 0.725 30 million = k(300,000)0.725 k = 3,207.81 b) Optimal timing of plant additions: a=rxerx-1 r = 12.25% Using figure 1.4 in the lecture notes plus trial and error to estimate rx. rx = 0.61 0.61e0.61-1=0.7258 x = rxr x = 0.610.1225 = 4.979 Optimal timing of plant additions is 4.98 years c) Optimal size of each plant addition: D = 25,000 tonnes xD = 4.979 x 25,000 = 124,475 Optimal size of each plant addition is 124,475 tonnes d) Optimal cost of each plant addition: f(25,000) = 3,207.81(25,000)0.725 = 4,951,253.281 Optimal cost of each plant addition is $4...
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...StratSim Simulation Assessment: Firm A Team Members: Timothy McKinney, Alesh Shah, Sami Belbase, Brian Muirhead, Kayleigh Ballantyne Initial Marketing Strategy For our initial strategy we wanted to choose a product line that would be most intriguing to customers in this poor economy. To initiate this we focused our products around better gas mileage, safety, and quality. In order to do this we needed to evaluate consumers’ needs and desires when making a high involvement purchase such as a car. We believe the best target market for this type of car would be a middle class family that does not have as much disposable income due to the recession in our economy. After choosing key characteristics that we believed would make our cars more desirable than the competition, we took an economic approach to our marketing strategy. Our team knew that are best chance to gain more market share would be to go allocate our focus toward a high gas mileage car that does not eat into the pockets of the consumer. With this strategy, middle class families would be able to afford a quality car that did not impair their ability to buy other necessary goods. With this approach our cars would have an advantage in this target market over prestige priced competitors who focus more on luxury then affordability. We believed as a company we could not compete with highly established luxury brands in this market such as BMW, Audi, Lexus, and Mercedes. This leads us to believe...
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...The Merger of Liberty Media and Barnes and Noble, Inc. [pic] [pic] Introduction Liberty Media has chosen to try to inquire Barnes and Noble. The price that has been offered to inquire this company is $17 per share or $1 billion. In the following we are going to discuss whether or not this inquiry is one that will be good or one that will be bad. We will determine if this industry is attractive to enter/maintain business in, we will this is a smart move financially and how much this inquiry will affect the current business practices, and lastly, we will use value chain analysis to determine if this was an overall smart move for the company. Industry Attractiveness Market Size and Projected Growth: The industry of books and media is one that is quite large there are many other book and media companies out there. Barnes and Noble has been trying to expand their business opportunities, buy expanding online operations by creating the world’s largest eBook store, and by developing the NBOOK which is the worlds most advanced eBook reader. Barnes and noble also is the world’s largest seller of magazines offering more than 5,000 titles. The company has tried to expand the company as much as possible by again expanding digital operations, and by expanding there publishing operations the company has recently acquired spark notes.com and sterling publishing. If the company continues to inquire upon more...
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...Davy Reteno Janice Spangenburg BSOP 330: Master planning May 23rd 2013 Assignment week 3: Problem 13.3: DATA Period | Demand | Reg. Time | Overtime | Subcontract | | | | | | Period 1 | 1,400 | 1,600 | | | Period 2 | 1,600 | 1,400 | | | Period 3 | 1,800 | 1,600 | | | Period 4 | 1,800 | 1,800 | | | Period 5 | 2,200 | 1,800 | | | Period 6 | 2,200 | 2,200 | | | Period 7 | 1,800 | 2,200 | | | Period 8 | 1,400 | 1,800 | | | Total | 14,200 | 14,400 | 0 | 0 | Average | 1,775 | | | | Cost | | $115,200 | $0 | $0 | Total Cost | $207,200 | | | | RESULT Period | Inventory | Holding | Shorting | Change | Increase | Decrease | | | | | | | | Period 1 | 400 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Period 2 | 200 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | Period 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 | Period 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 | Period 5 | 400 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Period 6 | 400 | 0 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 0 | Period 7 | | | | | | | Period 8 | | | | | | | Total | | 600 | 800 | | 800 | 200 | Average | | | | | | | Cost | | $12,000 | $80,00 | | $0 | $0 | This chase strategy would result in a $12,000 hit for excessive inventory in January and February. Also would accrue a hit of $80,000 due to shorting order in July and August period of cycle. Strategy would end up costing $207,200 dollars if carried out. If production would have met target in period 5 it would have saved the $80,000 hit and only accrued...
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...Lee Siew Tutorial 4: Chapter 4 States of Matter 1. Hydrogen gas occupies a 3.60 L container at 760 torr. Calculate the volume it occupies at 2.25 atm at a constant temperature. (1.6 L) 2. Nitrogen gas contained in a 1.85 L vessel exerts a pressure of 1.00 atm at 0 oC. Determine the required change in temperature to increase the pressure of nitrogen gas to 1.65 atm after it has been transferred to a 1.50 L vessel. (92.297) 3. An empty tank of 3 dm3 has a mass of 897.3 g. It is filled with propane gas, C3H8, at 25 o C to a pressure of 3.30 atm. Calculate the mass of the tank after it is filled. (Assuming that the expansion of the tank from an increase in temperature is negligible) (915.141 g) 4. A mixture of noble gases contains 4.46 moles of Neon and 0.74 moles of Krypton and y mole of Xenon at a pressure of 2 atm. (a) Determine y mole of Xenon if the partial pressure of Neon is 1.214 atm. (2.148 moles) (b) Determine the partial pressure of Krypton. [Sep 2014] (0.2 atm) 5. Calculate the number of moles of sulfur dioxide gas, SO2, transported in a 2 L container at s.t.p. (0.089 mole) 6. Water has a vapour pressure of 24 mm Hg at 25 °C and 182 mm Hg at 67 °C. Calculate the heat of vaporization. [Sep 2011] (40.685 kJ mole-1)...
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...Colorfastness refers to the resistance of color to fade or bleed of a dyed or printed textile materials against water, light, rubbing, washing, perspiration etc. to which they are normally exposed in textile manufacturing and in daily use. Colorfastness to Rubbing Colorfastness to rubbing test is designed to determine the degree of color which may be transferred from the surface of a colored fabric to a specify test cloth for rubbing (which could be dry and Wet). Crockmeter is the main equipment used in this test. Crockmeter uses a standard pressure and rubbing motion to provide reliable and reproducible test results. Specimens are positioned on the base of the Crockmeter and held in place with the sample holder. The rubbing action is provided by an acrylic "finger" which moves in a straight line with each complete turn of the crank. The reciprocating load arm is weighted to provide a constant 9N load on the sample at all times and a mechanical counter keeps track of completed cycles. Then, the result of the specimen is evaluated using the grey scale of staining. Colorfastness to Washing The main test method of the colorfastness to washing is carried out called AATCC standard detergent WOB (without optical brightener). The test measures the resistance to water of any colored textiles. Launder-moester is the main equipments used with the help of grey scales. Testing procedure (Usages) 1. Attach the multifiber fabric to specimen by sewing or stapling. 2. Place the sample...
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...Name ____________________________ Date _______________ Per _______ Valence Electrons Worksheet follow along with the lecture by completing the sample problems below. KEEP THESE NOTES IN YOUR FOLDER! Example 1: How many valence electrons does Magnesium have? 1. Write the electron configuration 2. Circle the subshells in the highest energy level 3. Count the electrons in those orbitals Example 2: How many valence electrons does Chlorine have? Example 3: What is the electron dot structure of Magnesium? Example 4: What is the electron dot structure of Chlorine? Example 5: What is the electron configuration and electron dot structure of Fluorine? KEY POINT: What do elements in the same family have in common? Name ____________________________ Date _______________ Per _______ Valence Electrons Worksheet follow along with the lecture by completing the sample problems below. KEEP THESE NOTES IN YOUR FOLDER! Example 1: How many valence electrons does Magnesium have? 1. Write the electron configuration 2. Circle the subshells in the highest energy level 3. Count the electrons in those orbitals Example 2: How many valence electrons does Chlorine have? Example 3: What is the electron dot structure of Magnesium? Example 4: What is the electron dot structure of Chlorine? Example 5: What is the electron configuration and electron dot structure of Fluorine? KEY POINT: What do elements in the same family have in common? Valence Electron...
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