...5/15/2016 The ACA is changing the Industrial Organization of Healthcare | Economics Everywhere Economics Everywhere Connecting With The World Around You ≡ MENU The ACA is changing the Industrial Organization of Healthcare by PATRICK on DECEMBER 31 , 201 5 As the Affordable Care Act has taken shape over the past few years, little has changed. Healthcare costs have continued to rise, insurance premiums have increased, and there are still millions of uninsured or underinsured Americans. However there are some notable changes that have occurred in recent years. For one, a relatively small number of Americans that did not have health insurance are now insured. Many ACA advocates, including the President, argue that the decrease in the number of uninsured is a clear sign that the plan is working. And yet, we should expect these numbers to drop as it is now required by law to purchase insurance; therefore, this measure does not translate to marked improvement. Secondly, the entire healthcare sector is consolidating in response to the new law. This is an unseen (for some) consequence of the legislation that has greatly reduced competition in the sector. As insurers, providers, and healthcare retailer interests http://economicseverywhere.com/welcome/theacaischangingtheindustrialorganizationofhealthcare/ 1/4 5/15/2016 The ACA is changing the Industrial Organization of Healthcare | Economics Everywhere gain power, consumers are left with fewer choices...
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...The Poems 靜夜思 Jìng Yè Sī [quiet] [night] [think] Quiet Night Thoughts 唐朝 (Tang dynasty)李白 (Li Bai) 床前明月光 Chuáng qián míng yuè guāng [bed] [front] [bright] [moon] [light] Bright moonlight before my bed; 疑是地上霜 Yí shì dìshàng shuāng [suspect] [is] [ground] [on] [frost] I suppose it is frost on the ground. 舉頭望明月 Jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè [raise] [head] [look] [bright] [moon] I raise my head to view the bright moon, 低頭思故鄉 Dītóu sī gùxiāng [lower] [head] [think of] [old] [home village] then lower it, thinking of my home village. Brief explanation This is one of the famous poems from Tang dynasty. A poem related to Mid-autumn festival. This is a very famous one, written also by a very famous poet, Li Bai, who can even write excellent poems whilst he is drunk. This poem was also the first Chinese literature I learned. It is a story about how Li Bai misses his hometown while he was travelling all over the countryfar from his hometown. Deciphering with my words As you can see in above story, he saw a moonlight passing through and turn the ground in front of his bed to look like it was frozen. The impression that I got here is he feels lonely and sad. He filled the first 2 lines with sad vibes. Talking about moon and how its light make the ground seems frozen. Frozen has long be related with cold and sad feeling, like you lost something, I knew this from my experience as I once wrote my own poem. Later, he looks to the night sky to gaze over the moon. Here the impression I got...
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...Under “Western Eyes”: The Personal Odyssey of Huang Fei-Hong in Once upon a Time in China by Tony Williams Rather than being read in exclusively postmodernist terms, Tsui Hark’s series Once upon a Time in China may be understood as a new version of a Hong Kong cinematic discourse involving historical “interflow.” It deals with dispersion, China’s relationship to the outside world, and strategic forms of reintegration designed to strengthen national identity. In Sammo Hung’s Wong Fei Hung Ji Saam (West Territory Mighty Lion/Once upon a Time in China and America, 1997), Master Huang Fei-hong (Jet Li Linjie) travels to the Wild West to visit an American branch of the Po Chi Lam Clinic set up by his student Sol. During the journey, he bangs his head against a rock in a turbulent stream and loses his memory. He is rescued by a friendly tribe of Indians. Moments before we see Huang again, an Indian emerges from a tepee proudly announcing the birth of a child. When Huang recovers, he stumbles around in the Indian camp wearing an Indian costume, and his loose unbraided hair is flowing like an Indian’s. After using his martial arts prowess to defeat a hostile Indian, who ironically mouths racist American platitudes against the outsider—”His clothing is different, his skin color is different, his speech is different”—Huang is adopted into the tribe and given the name “Yellow.” Before this, he attempts to remember events of the recent past. But his vague recollections...
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...DEAR WIKIPEDIA READERS: You’re probably busy, so we’ll get right to it. This week we ask our readers to help us. To protect our independence, we'll never run ads. We survive on donations averaging about $15. Now is the time we ask. If everyone reading this right now gave $3, our fundraiser would be done within an hour. Yep, that’s about the price of buying a programmer a coffee. We’re a small non-profit with costs of a top website: servers, staff and programs. Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park, a temple for the mind where we can all go to think and learn. When we founded Wikipedia, we could have made it a for-profit company with advertising banners, but we decided to do something different. Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn’t belong here. If Wikipedia is useful to you, take one minute to keep it online and ad-free another year. Thank you. If we all gave $3, the fundraiser would be over within an hour. One-time Monthly* $3 $5 $10 $20 $30 $50 $100 Other $ Credit Card PayPal Amazon Problems donating? | Other ways to give | Frequently asked questions | By donating, you are agreeing to our donor privacy policy. The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. *Recurring payments will be debited by the Wikimedia Foundation until you notify us to stop. We'll send you an email receipt for each payment, which will include...
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...Picking labor rate/hour 12 Yuan 12 Yuan 12 Yuan Matting and framing time 20 minutes 30 minutes Matting and framing rate/hour 21 Yuan 21 Yuan Illustration 1-2 – Manufacturing overhead budget for Sino-Beauty Manufacturing Overhead Budget (in RMB) Supervisory salaries 100,000 Factory rent 130,200 Equipment rent (framing and matting equipment) 50,000 Utilities 20,000 Insurance 10,000 Information technology 50,000 Building maintenance 11,000 Equipment maintenance 4,000 375,200 4. Compute the product cost for the following three items. a. Yao Ming unframed print (base cost of print 12 Yuan).3.36+12+2=17.36 b. Jackie Chan print in steel frame, no mat (base cost of print 16 Yuan).4.48+16+4+2+7=33.48 c. Jet Li print in wood frame with mat (base cost of print 20 Yuan).5.6+20+6+4+2+10.5=48.1 5. (a) How much of the total overhead cost is expected to be allocated to unframed prints? 6. (b) How much of the total overhead cost is expected to...
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...Kung Fu movies Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date of submission: Introduction {introduce kung Fu movies] 0.5 Kung Fu movies are part of a subgenre of martial arts films. They are set in the modern period of futuristic martial arts. Kung Fu has its origins in China, which before being modernized, was popularly known as Wuxia (Greene, 2014). This film genre is an important creation of Hong Kong Cinema. The main difference between Kung Fu and Woxia is that the former has less sword play, instead, used more armed combat. It however found its way to the West, where it was embraced in Hollywood as one of them most loved action film genres. The genre was first played on screen in the 1930s in a film known as The Adventures of Fong Sai-Yuk (Kato, 2012). The first directors choreographed the fights to become more realistic on screen. The genre reached its heights in the 1970s and overtook some of the most famous genres of the time. Today, Kung Fu has reached international audiences across the world. The genre is mainly produced Hong Kong, main land china japan and India. This paper looks at the genre as produced in these countries, contrasts and compares them. Characteristics of kung Fu movies in Hong Kong, main land china japan and India The Hong Kong Kung Fu films combine action, mainly as codified by Hollywood, and Chinese storytelling. This is interwoven with aesthetic traditions, which combine to create a distinctive form that has a wide transcultural appeal. However...
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...Group Structure EXPORT SOURCING The Group’s export trading arm is Li & Fung Limited – one of the largest global supply chain management companies that manages the supply chain of high-volume, time-sensitive consumer goods through its office network in more than 40 economics DISTRIBUTION The Group’s distribution businesses are housed under the integrated Distribution Services Group which provides its customers with a menu of integrated Distribution Services in three core businesses across Asia: Manufacturing, Logistics and Distribution RETAILING The Group’s retailing businesses include the publicly listed Convenience Retail Asia Ltd, the Trinity Group and privately held Toys “R” Us, with store networks extending from the China markets to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, south Korea and the Philippines Li Fung Business Trading * 100 years of trading history since 1906 * Export trading arm handles the supply chain of high volume, time-sensitive consumer goods through its worldwide office network * Around 14,000 staff * Orchestrates nearly 15,000 international suppliers in over 40 economies to service approximately 2,000 customers * Member of Hang Seng Index, MSCI Index and FTSE4Good Index * 2009 Revenue: US$13.4 billion Li & Fung specializes in orchestrating a highly-customized path through the supply chain in order to deliver high-quality, low-cost products to its customers reliably and quickly. Over 80 offices in over...
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...TASK: In the light of this brief company overview please answer the following four questions in connection to the industry in which Li Fung operates with particular focus on Supply Network Management aspects required for the manufacturing, distributing and selling of its products (equal number of words per section, 3000 words in total). Please research Li Fung in relation to all the tasks below. Question 1 (20 marks) Critically evaluate ALL aspects you think are relevant in relation to warehouse space and layout planning. You MUST provide various examples from the academic literature to underpin your arguments. Question 2 (20 marks) Critically evaluate ALL aspects you think are relevant in relation to warehouse operations management. Consider the appropriateness of mechanization and full automation. You MUST provide various practical examples from the academic literature to underpin your arguments. Question 3 (20 marks) Use Li Fung (see assignment brief above) as a case study for a critical review of how information technology in the Supply Network can help the Logistics and Operations Manager achieve their objectives. Question 4 (20 marks) What do you understand by the term modern methods of inventory management? Consider these terms with reference to the above Case Organization (Li and Fung) and then critically evaluate these terms with more traditional models such as re-order point and EOQ. A connection to the answers is NOT required. Outcomes...
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...The movie Expendables was a box office smash that came out in 2010. It is about a group of men that are mercenaries that take a job to stop a dictator in another country. It is full of action and even has some humor to it that makes the movie even more pleasurable. One example would be one of the characters that is played by Jet Li. He is way smaller person than all of his counter parts and is always trying to challenge them. Even though he is way smaller than them he does keep up with them and that makes it funny, especially when he starts saying funny remarks. It also has some struggles in the movie that reflect what everybody goes through sometimes in their lives which makes it easier for the audience to relate. The main character in this movie is Sylvester Stallone which is the leader of the mercenaries and is one of the most level headed characters throughout the movie. He ends up seeing this woman played by Gisele Itie and he starts falling for her while still trying to do the right thing. Once the other mercenaries find out about his feelings towards the woman they start to think that he may be making mistakes. Even though this movie is action packed it still shows people that even the toughest person in the world can be loving and kind and that we are all humans that have feelings after all. This movie is a bit graphic so if you have a weak stomach than this is not the movie for you. Another thing that made this movie such a box office smash was the fact that it had a...
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...in flashbacks where nameless and the king of Qin are conversing at the palace. Hero is filming that entirely depicts the ancient Chinese culture and uses visual designs in a relevant way. The film uses the fascist aesthetics that represents authoritarianism. The film represents the Chinese culture in a number of ways. It does not concentrate on the multiculturalism as other Chinese films could do. First, the movie shows the Chinese culture in the form of leadership. At the beginning of the film, the narrator tells of ancient China being a kingdom ruled by kings, and initially it was made up of seven kingdoms. The film also shows the ancient Chinese leadership to have had many wars. It was during this wars that the parents of nameless (jet li) were killed making him come for revenge in the palace. The evidence is when the king asks nameless why he had the plot to kill him. It is after he had realised that nameless had not for sure killed sky and broken sword, as he had narrated to the king in order to secure his trust. The film shows the power of politics in a kingdom as part of the culture. As depicted in the movie, the people have influence to the ruler. When nameless does not kill the king, the people and the...
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...China’s Tainted Baby Milk Powder: Rumored Control of Online News วันที่ 16 มีนาคม 2007 ทั่วโลกได้รับรู้ว่าสารเมลามีนมีผลเสียต่อไต เมื่อบริษัท Menu foods of Streetvilleในจังหวัด Ontario ประเทศแคนาดาแจ้งว่าอาหารสุนัขและแมวที่มีส่วนผสมที่ได้จากประเทศจีนนั้นมีสารเมลามีนเจือปน หลังจากนั้นไม่นาน เจ้าของสัตว์เลี้ยงได้ฟ้องร้องบริษัทโดยขู่ว่าจะทำให้บริษัทล้มละลาย จนกระทั่งตกลงกันได้ภายในเวลาต่อมา ซึ่งองค์กรอาหารและยาประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา(U.S. Food and Drug administration: FDA)ได้ทำการตรวจสอบสินค้าและให้ผู้ผลิตอาหารสุนัขรายใหญ่ๆ เช่น Del Monte, Nestle Purina, Menu Foods เป็นต้น ต้องเรียกเก็บสินค้าคืนจากท้องตลาด เมื่อวันที่ 6 กุมภาพันธ์ 2008 FDA ได้ประกาศว่า บริษัทของจีนสองแห่ง และบริษัทของอเมริกาอีกหนึ่งแห่ง ตลอดจนประธานบริษัทและ CEO ได้ถูกฟ้องร้องเนื่องจากได้ทำผิดโดยส่งออกโปรตีนจากข้าวที่มีสารเมลามีนเจือปนอยู่ แม้ว่าเรื่องราวการปนเปื้อนของเมลามีนจะแพร่กระจายไปในช่วงกลางมีนาคม 2007 แต่ประเทศจีนกลับรับรู้เรื่องนี้ในอีก 16 เดือนให้หลัง เนื่องจากรัฐบาลไม่ได้รีบนำเสนอเรื่องราวเหล่านี้เท่าใดนัก วันที่ 16 กรกฎาคม 2008 มีประกาศออกมาว่า ผู้ผลิตนมผงสำหรับเด็กจากประเทศจีนได้ใส่สารเมลามีนซึ่งใช้สำหรับทำส่วนบนของเคาน์เตอร์ เพื่อเพิ่มปริมาณผงนมและจำนวนโปรตีน ซึ่งนมผงที่ปนเปื้อนสารเมลามีนนี้ เป็นสาเหตุการเสียชีวิตของทารก4 คนและทำให้ทารกอีกกว่า 6,200 คนล้มป่วยโดยผู้ผลิตนมผงได้ใช้สารเมลามีนซึ่งมีต้นทุนต่ำเพื่อเพิ่มรสชาติและโปรตีนให้กับนมผง เมื่อวันที่ 8 ตุลาคม 2008 รัฐบาลจีนได้หยุดให้ข่าวเกี่ยวกับผู้ที่ป่วยจากการบริโภคนมผงสำหรับทารก โดยให้เหตุผลว่าอาการป่วยนี้ไม่ใช่โรคติดต่อ จึงไม่มีความจำเป็นจะต้องประกาศให้สาธารณชนรับรู้...
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...Childhood: 当今世界很多杰出的企业家都从事过推销工作。推销是一门十分复杂而且不容易学会的工作。李嘉诚酷爱读书。每天白天工作之后，晚上他还要买些旧书来自学，学完的旧书再拿到旧书店去卖，再用卖掉的'''买“新”的旧书。这样既学到了知识，又节省了很多'''。最初，李嘉诚向客户推销产品之前，心情总是十分紧张。于是他就在出门前或者路上把要说的话想好，反复练习，从而成功地克服了紧张的心理。渐渐地，李嘉诚发现自己不仅推销有术，而且大有潜力。他那与生俱来的观察能力'''分析能力十分适合于做推销员。他总是能凭着直觉看出客户是什么类型的人物，并且能马上了解客户的心理'''性格，从而定好相应的推销策略。李嘉诚认为，在从事推销工作的时候，必须充满自信，而且要熟悉所推销的产品，尽最大努力，设法让客户感到你的产品是廉价而且优秀的。很快，李嘉诚成了全公司的佼佼者。但李嘉诚从来不喜欢高谈阔论，他认为从事推销工作，重要的有两点：一是勤劳，二是创新。由于出色的推销成绩，李嘉诚18岁就做了部门经理，两年后又被提升为这家塑胶带制造公司的总经理。 赤手空拳打天下 1941年12月8日，太平洋战争爆发，圣诞节前夕，香港英军向日军投降。港币不断贬值，物价飞涨，李家生活愈加困难，而李云经又在这时病'''了。1943年冬天，李云经病重，他把李嘉诚叫到床前，轻声告诫道：“求人不如求己。吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。失意时莫灰心，得意时莫忘形。”15岁的李嘉诚坚定地点了点头，李云经才放心地闭上了眼睛。 父亲去世了，李嘉诚自觉长大了许多，他明白，从此以后他要挑起全家的生活重担了。尽管舅舅表示要资助李家，但倔强的李嘉诚仍然决定中止学业，打工挣'''。他相信只要自己肯努力，一定能出人头地。舅舅表示支持他，因为舅舅自己也是十多岁就离开父母到广州打天下的。不过，他仍然没有让李嘉诚进他的公司。李嘉诚明白没有人可以帮助他，他必须赤手空拳闯出一条路来。 月明走的却是完全不同的另一条路。她以优异成绩从英华女子中学毕业后，进入香港大学，后来又留学于日本明治大学。她的生活之路充满阳光'''鲜花。但难得的是，她从来没有嫌弃过表哥。而且，她与李嘉诚两小无猜的纯真感情还随着年龄的增长转变为热烈的爱情。她一直牵挂着在香港拼搏的表哥。李嘉诚踏上谋生路后，不管是当茶楼的堂倌、还是当'''表公司的学'''，月明对李嘉诚都是一往情深，她在精神上对李嘉诚的慰藉'''支持，鼓舞着李嘉诚战胜了一个又一个的困难。 1950年，年仅22岁的李嘉诚在筲箕湾创办长江塑胶厂。“长江”取意于“长江不择细流，故能浩荡万里”，足见李嘉诚的雄心壮志。月明更加欣赏表哥，并为他感到自豪。 办厂初期，曾经出过质量事故，李嘉诚再一次体会到世态炎凉。危难之中，不变的是庄月明对表哥的一片赤诚之心。爱情的力量，将历经磨难的李嘉诚锻造成不屈的男子汉。 1955年，长江塑胶厂终于出现了转机，产销渐入佳境。1957年，李嘉诚到意大利考察，回港后率先推出塑胶花，随即成为热销产品。不久，他又积极开拓世界市场，很快就成为“塑胶花大王”。 1958年，李嘉诚涉足地产业，在港岛北'''建起了第一幢工业大厦；1960年，又在柴湾兴建了第二幢工业大厦，李嘉诚的事业迅速走向辉煌。 |百度首页 | 登录 | [pic][pic] ...
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...Atlantic Computer Case Study Marketing II Assignment Group 17 AMITESH PRIOLKAR (2009009) MANISH ARORA (2009022) NEELAY THALY (2009026) SAGAR KHICHADE (2009040) ALOK SHETTY (2009047) SIDDHARTH CHAKU (2009048) Case Issue Develop a pricing strategy for ¶Atlantic bundle· - the new Tronn server and the PESA (Performance Enhancing Server Accelerator) software tool before SME trade show Company Overview y y Atlantic Computers is a manufacturer of Servers and High-tech products Jason Jowers joined the Company four months back and he was responsible for the pricing strategy of the ´Atlantic Bundleµ i.e (A package of the Tronn server and PESA software tool) y The Tronn was developed mainly f or the emerging US market opportunity for basic web servers y The ´Performance Enhancing Server Acceleratorµ (PESA) would allow Tronn to perform four times faster than its usual speed for standard procedures and hence the bundling made sense y y Existence of 2 market segments - High Performance and Basic Servers Atlantic has 20% market share in High Performance Servers with Radia being premier product over 30 years y y An emerging market for basic servers is coming up in the late 1990s Decided to introduce the Basic server into the market by 2000 with the belief that it won·t be seen as a substitute of the High Performance Servers Advantages of PESA & Tronn PESA ² will improve Tronn speed by 4 times Need to purchase fewer servers Lower annual electricity charges...
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...Richest Chinese Li Ka-shing and his characteristics Jianghui Yang COLL 148 February 13, 2013 Professor: Yvette Ricks Week 5 Leadership Outline: 100 points I. Li Ka shing is the businessman which I admire. I would like to introduce some of him characteristics and points out how those characteristics are helpful for me to succeed in future college and career. A. My paper is about what are the characteristics of the richest Chinese Li Ka-shing and why he is a good leader to teach me leadership skills and individual accountability to success in college and career. B. Anthony B.Chan (1997) claims that “Li Ka-shing is the richest man in Asia and eleventh global fortune according to Forbes in 2011. Li Ka-shing is the boss of conglomerates Hutchison Whampoa, Cheung Kong Holdings and Watson Group, the world leader in port management.” C. The purpose of this paper is to display what characteristics Li Ka-shing has and how those characteristics has helped him and will help me to success in business field. D. Li Ka-shing is the most hard-working, talentful and smart businessman I have ever known and he has many characteristics for me to learn. II. My major is Business Administration and I will concentrate in Finance. A. I am choosing this field from the influence of my father. My father is a businessman and he made me be interested in business and owning a successful company. B. I am planning to graduate in May 2014. Before that I need to take 4 courses in each...
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...Buyer Buyer 1 Buyer Buyer When we as consumers think of making a purchases there are so many things that go through our heads, what to buy, price, location to make the purchase. These are the same thoughts that a manager has go through when they make large quantity of purchases, but there’s purchases are on a larger scale. When you are a consumer you want the quality of the product and also pricing must be reasonable. If traveling to a certain location, the question is does it take a lot of gas? Searching on the internet brings on the question, is this site safe and does this site take debit our credit? Some stores will sell refurbish items. What is the return policy if I don’t want the item? The first item I have chosen is a 70” flat screen television, the brand is Vizio it is a LED “235 ultra-slim 1080p 120HZ HDTV E7-li-A3, and the cost is only $1, 689.00 this does not include taxes and I looked around at Kmart and Target and there cost was about $30.00 dollars higher. With this Vizio Razor the resolution is very clear picture and also smooth display for the action scenes with a stunning detail and clarity. This television in the customer review is the number one choice. When choosing a television you must think of the environment, and if it the family will enjoy your choice. 2 My second choice would be shoes for the family or for you. There are billions of shoe sold all around the world from year to year. How we as consumers make the difficult choices of the right...
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