...Energy Education Science and Technology 2007 Volume(issue) 18(2): 101-114 Solar energy potential assessment using GIS T. V. Ramachandra Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Centre for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas (ASTRA), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India Received 07 December 2006; accepted 15 December 2006 Abstract Renewable energy resources are those having a cycling time less than 100 years and are renewed by the nature and their supply exceeds the rate of consumption. Renewable energy systems use resources that are constantly replaced in nature and are usually less polluting. In order to tap the potential of renewable energy sources, there is a need to assess the availability of resources spatially as well as temporally. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) along with Remote Sensing (RS) helps in mapping on spatial and temporal scales of the resources and demand. The spatial database of resource availability and the demand would help in the regional energy planning. This paper discusses the application of geographical information system (GIS) to map the solar potential in Karnataka state, India. Regions suitable for tapping solar energy are mapped on the basis of global solar radiation data, and this analysis provides a picture of the potential. The study identifies that Coastal parts of Karnataka with the higher global solar radiation is ideally suited for harvesting solar energy. The potential analysis...
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...Jordan Camacho 4/10/2014 Pixar Case Pixar Pixar is a leading digital animation studio, which they create animated feature films and related products that have gross revenues over $3 billion dollars to date. They were founded in 1986, and started to be known for their short films, commercials and amazing animation features. In 2006, there company began to flourish as they had an acquisition by the Walt Disney Company for a heavy sum of $7.4 billion dollars, which Walt Disney was known for their animated movies of traditional 2D animation. This acquisition was finalized by Steve Jobs, the former Apple CEO, when there deal was to be expired after the 2006 movie Cars. The purpose of the deal was to protect Pixar’s creative culture of animations, while shifting some of Pixar’s amazing work over to Disney to team up and make movies that will boost both companies’ revenues, as Pixar is one of the leading animation companies around. The case also goes on about the success of Pixar and Disney and how forming together created the most dominating animation company ever. With Pixar holding such a high standard of animation work and reputation, there is many tangible, intangible and capabilities that play a factor in leading them to their success. After reading this case, I came up with a couple tangible assets that Pixar has that separates them from the ordinary animation studio companies and also sets them to be at such a high standard. One tangible assets that plays a huge role is...
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...Contents Introduction 3 Task 1 3 – 4 Task 2 4 – 6 Task 3 6 – 8 Task 4 8 – 10 Task 5 10 - 11 References & Bibliography 12 Appendices 13 Introduction Occupational Health Services (OHS) is a small business located on Immingham Docks which has been in operation for the past 15 years. The company employs qualified and highly experienced Occupational Health Nurses supported by Occupational Health Physicians. Occupational Health Surveillance is a pro-active approach that many companies are now adopting to actively maintain and promote good health in the workplace and thus safeguarding its most valuable asset – its employees. Occupational Health aim at the prevention of departures amongst workers due to health problems caused by their working conditions, protection of workers in their employment from risk resulting from factors adverse to health alongside placing and maintenance of the workers in an occupational environment adapted to their psychological capabilities. OHS provides flexible and cost effective health surveillance for employers/clients in a wide range of industries and all medicals are certified upon completion to ensure that the employer/client has an accurate record of their employees/clients health and fitness. They primarily provide health surveillance for ABP employees but they also provide...
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...E-ISSN 2281-4612 ISSN 2281-3993 Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies Published by MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome Vol 2 No 5 July 2013 Challenges and Prospects of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria Okezie A. Ihugba Alex Odii Asoluka C. Njoku Department of Economics, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri-Imo State, Nigeria Doi:10.5901/ajis.2012.v2n5p25 Abtsract The success of generating income for majority of rural and urban dwellers with no formal paid employment highly depends on Entrepreneurship. They are the backbone of economic development all over the world and play important role for employment, income and societal changes, particularly in transition economies like Nigeria. This paper is concerned with the nature and the extent to which entrepreneurship in Nigeria has been developed so far, and outlines the initiative by government and also the main current and future challenges and perspectives for the development of entrepreneurship. The study revealed that such initiatives by government failed abysmally due to over bearing bureaucracies, corruption, inadequate and inefficient infrastructural facilities and maladministration. The paper concludes that entrepreneurship miracle in other country is an engine for job creation; innovation and diversity and Nigeria’s entrepreneurs have a long way to go before they can effectively drive changes in the economy and recommends that Government (policy makers) should genuine recognize the essence of entrepreneurship...
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...BooK 1 ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARD S, QuANTITATIVE METHODS, AND EcoNOMics - Readings and Learning Outcome Statements .......................................................... 6 Study Session 1 - Ethical and Professional Standards ............................................ 13 Study Session 2 - Ethical and Professional Standards: Application Self-Test - Ethical and Professional Standards ....................... 110 128 138 256 262 339 344 349 358 ..................................................... Study Session 3 - Quantitative Methods for Valuation Self-Test - Quantitative Methods for Valuation Study Session 4 - Economics for Valuation Self-Test - Economics for Valuation Formulas ........................................ ................................................... ......................................................... .................................................................... ............................................................................................................ Appendices Index ........................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................. SCHWESERNOTES™ 2013 CFA LEVEL II BOOK 1: ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, QUANTITATIVE METHODS, AND ECONOMICS ©20 12 Kaplan, Inc. All rights reserved. Published in 20 12 by...
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...Johnson & Wales University ScholarsArchive@JWU MBA Student Scholarship The Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School 5-10-2011 Wynn Resorts, Ltd. Myung Ji Doh Johnson & Wales University - Providence, mjd141@jwu.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/mba_student Part of the Food and Beverage Management Commons, and the Gaming and Casino Operations Management Commons Repository Citation Doh, Myung Ji, "Wynn Resorts, Ltd." (2011). MBA Student Scholarship. Paper 3. http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/mba_student/3 This Research Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the The Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School at ScholarsArchive@JWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in MBA Student Scholarship by an authorized administrator of ScholarsArchive@JWU. For more information, please contact egearing@jwu.edu. Johnson & Wales University Providence, Rhode Island Feinstein Graduate School WYNN RESORTS, LIMITED A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the MBA Degree Course: HOSP6800 Hospitality and Tourism Business Policy and Strategy May 10, 2011 Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 2 I. All financial data have come from the 20 I 0 or 2009 IO-K Report of Las Vegas Sands Corp., MGM Resorts International, and Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 2. All industry standards are from personal communications with Dr. Cooper, HOSP5600. 3. All industry medians are taken from Hoovers.com and the market price...
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...Many managers have bought into expensive fictions about compensation, Haveyoul SIX DANGEROUS MYTHS ABOUT PAY BY JEFFREY PFEFFER pays an average C average of $21.^2hourly wage of $18.07. ^^^^ second pays an an hour. Assuming that other directemployment costs, such as benefits, are the same for the two groups, which group has the higher labor eosts^ • • • • An airline is seeking to compete in the low-cost, low-frills segment of the U.S. market where, for obvious reasons, labor productivity and efficiency are crucial for competitive success. The company pays virtually no one on the basis of individual merit or performance. Does it stand a chance of successl • • • • A company that operates in an intensely competitive segment of the software industry does not pay its sales force on commission. Nor does it pay individual bonuses or offer stock options or phantom stock, common incentives in an industry heavily dependent on attracting and retaining scarce programming talent. Would you invest in this company} • • • • ONSIDER TWO GROUPS of Steel miiiimills. One group Every day, organizational leaders confront decisions about pay. Should they adjust the company's compensation system to encourage some set of behaviors? Should they retain consultants to help them implement a performance-based pay system? How large a raise should they authorize? ARTWORK BY CRAIG FRAZIER SIX DANGEROUS MYTHS ABOUT PAY In general terms, these kinds of questions come down to four decisions...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Firms need to constantly renew and develop new capabilities and resources as they respond to challenges in their environment. These resources can be developed in-house or developed among strategic partners or purchased. Outsourcing entails the delegation of tasks or jobs from internal production to an external entity such as sub-contractor. It is the process of placing the development of system components in another development organization with the aim of achieving cost reduction and a gain in terms of production capacity and development. The main striking features of the Nigerian economy today is that available infrastructures of all types fall far below the quantities and qualities required. This naturally results in overstretching of most facilities. Despite huge potentials in almost every sector, poor overall economic performances have made it inevitable to tap unduly and at high cost and less profit than they should be. According to Alaofin (2003), “operating costs are high in Nigeria inspite of relatively cheap labour hence, running any business according to international standards is therefore costly”. He further stated that facilities management as an area is just evolving in Nigeria through janitorial services which is the best development component, has been around for nearly (5) five decades. Security services are in the stage of development. He stated that there are various merits of outsourcing which...
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...same thing? What does each of these terms mean? •Growth refers to specific body changes and increases in the child’s size (such as:height, weight, head circumference, and body mass index). These size changes can easily be measured. Growth •Development typically refers to an increase in complexity (a change from simple to more complex) Involves a progression along a continuing pathway on which the child aquires more refined knowledge, behavior, and skills. The sequence is basically the same for all children, however the rate varies. Child Growth and Development 4 Growth (p.3) We defined growth as specific body changes and increases in the child’s size. During the first year of an infant’s life, babies can grow 10 inches in length and triple their birth weight. After the first year, a baby’s...
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...CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Information The Cross River gorilla, Gorilla gorilla diehli (Matschie, 1904), a subspecies of the western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla, is found in contiguous forest patches bordering South-Southern Nigeria and South-Western Cameroon, an area recognized as a biodiversity hotspot characterized by species diversity and endemism (Edet, 2011). The subspecies is one of the most critically endangered primates of Africa (Oates et al., 2008; IUCN, 2013). The subspecies is also one of the world’s 25 most endangered primates (Mittermeier et al., 2009). As humans extend their land use, Cross River gorilla habitat is rapidly disappearing, and this may have adverse effects on number of individuals within the subspecies. The Cross River gorilla, Gorilla gorilla diehli, chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes vellorosus) and drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus), though legally protected by the Endangered Species Decree 11 of 1985, are some of the primates hunted for bushmeat and other purposes (Edet, 2011). The Major threat to the survival of the subspecies is lack of thorough conservation strategy necessary for its protection. The survival of this endangered species and ecosystems depends on long-term participation and understanding of local populations (Oates, 1999). Due to the close relationship between cultural diversity and biodiversity, traditional knowledge systems play an important role when developing species conservation and management strategies (Caldecott...
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...fifty private universities have started their function. Though a lot of questions about the quality, mission and vision of these institutions, some are providing world standard education. These quality institutions have prepared a ground to compete each other about the quality of services they are providing. The private universities (PUs) for first time have introduced American system in country’s higher education. Despite mismanagement and profit motive, PUs has a role to reshape higher education to develop competent and market oriented human resources. The Emergence and the growth of the private universities in Bangladesh have taken a phenomenal shape in recent years. However, the private universities are playing an important role in spreading the opportunities of higher education in our country. But in recent years a widespread allegations were raised against PUs that some are selling...
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...Student Life @UNSW Global Education Global Networks Global Opportunities contents 3 sydney People ___________________________________________________________________________ 3 Places of Interest __________________________________________________________________ 4 Multicultural sydney ________________________________________________________________ 5 suburbs Around UnsW_____________________________________________________________ 6 Climate __________________________________________________________________________ 18 World Times______________________________________________________________________ 18 21 AboUT UnsW UnsW – The organisation _________________________________________________________ 22 UnsW Campuses_________________________________________________________________ 24 University Glossary _______________________________________________________________ 26 Faculty of Arts and social sciences _________________________________________________ 28 Faculty of the built environment_____________________________________________________ 30 Australian school of business ______________________________________________________ 32 College of Fine Arts (CoFA) ________________________________________________________ 34 Faculty of engineering ____________________________________________________________ 36 Faculty of Law ____________________________________________________________________ 38 Faculty of Medicine _______________________________________________________________ 40...
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...APRIL 2007 Doing Business in Brazil ERNST & YOUNG DOING BUSINESS IN BRAZIL CONTENT SUMMARY B7 - Essential Industries .................................................. 13 B8 - Energy and Natural Resources ............................. 13 A B9 - Foreign Trade ............................................................... 13 Trade Balance ............................................................... 13 Exports and Imports ..................................................... 13 Trading Partners ........................................................... 14 A1 - Regulatory Constraints and Relief ........................ 6 Regional and International Trading Associations ........ 14 Exchange Background ................................................... 6 Exchange Controls ........................................................ 6 Foreign Ownership of Business .................................... 6 Foreign Ownership of Real State .................................. 6 A2 - Government Attitude and Incentives ................... 7 C Government Attitude to Foreign Investment ................. 7 Foreign Investment Government Financial Incentives .................................. 7 A3 - Tax System ..................................................................... 7 C1 - Exchange Controls .................................................... 14 Remittance of Dividends and Profits ........................... 14 Corporate Income Tax...
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...Total (%) Population (%) 51.48% 49.52% 51.36% 48.64% Source: Statistical Pocketbook, Bangladesh ’99, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka 1999, Page 85. Total 10631500 0 Sex and Age-based Structure of the Population (Table-2) shows that like the male population of the country, the women represent a vast resource for the country. They must be provided equal opportunity in education, employment and economic activities, only then this resource could be utilised properly. Table -2 Sex and Age-based Structure of the Population 1996 Age-base Group Total Population (%) Male Population (%) Female Population (%) 10-14 Years 12.6 12.52 11.58 15-19 Years 8.52 8.41 8.65 20-24 Years 8.40 7.60 9.25 25-29 Years 6.10 7.92 9.11 30-34 Years 4.25 6.10 6.10 35-39 Years 3.25 5.87 5.14 40-44 Years 2.89 4.40 4.09 Source: Statistical Pocketbook, Bangla desh ’99, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka 1999, Page 124. The educational status of the women in Bangladesh shows that the women are being increasingly educated. Though the literacy rate of the women remains in average nearly 10 percent point behind their male citizen, as a least development country it must be rated as encouraging (Table – 3). The country should provide...
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...Accounting Standards Codification® Notice to Constituents (v 4.5) About the Codification FASB Accounting Standards Codification® Notice to Constituents (v 4.5) About the Codification Notice to Constituent version numbers - The Notice to Constituents contains a version number indicating the degree of change within a particular version. Versions ending with ".0" represent substantive changes to the text, whereas versions ending with a number other than zero represent editorial or clerical corrections. Page FASB Accounting Standards Codification ................................................................................... 4 Codification Goals .......................................................................................................................... 5 Codification Research System ........................................................................................................ 6 Content Matters............................................................................................................................... 7 Population of codified standards as of July 1, 2009 ................................................................... 7 Standards issued by standard setters other than the SEC ........................................................ 7 Standards issued by the SEC................................................................................................... 8 Essential and nonessential content ................................
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