Task 3 for GKE 1 March 25‚ 2014 Western Governors University Page 2 In 1615 the East India Company acquired its first territory in Bombay‚ India. The East India Company was a British company that traded for goods‚ services‚ and raw materials with India. What initially started as a trading company became a company ruling a country with Brittan’s backing. The company established an army in India comprised mostly of local citizens called Sepoys. With help from the British army
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Case Study ‘Blu-ray versus HD-DVD: A Standards Battle in High-Definition Video’ Discussion Questions 1. What factors do you think influenced whether (1) consumers‚ (2) retailers or (3) movie producers supported Blu-ray versus HD-DVD? Every party in this standards battle had its own reasons for chosing one standard over the other. For instance‚ the motives for movie producers to choose Blu-ray were completely different from the motives for consumers to choose Blu-ray. In our opinion‚ the
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Mini-Case 3 There are various advantages and disadvantages mutual funds offer compared to company stock for you retirement investing. Advantages: First‚ there is a lower cost; mutual funds are usually lower in expenses than company stock. Second‚ diversification‚ where diversification is used to reduce the portfolio risk. When you invest in multiple stocks from different companies there are more benefits from lower risk. Third they are convenient. Mutual funds are relatively easy to buy. Minimum
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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY Rhodes University Sociology III Contemporary Social Theory WEEK 5 Jacques Rancière: Richard Pithouse Jacques Rancière starts‚ as Peter Hallward notes in the essay that we will read for the first lecture‚ from the assumption that everybody thinks and everybody speaks but that not everyone is authorised to think and to speak. Rancière’s work is in fundamental and sustained rebellion against the attempt to place limits on the right to think and to speak. While his
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and cold winter morning‚ I awoke to the sound of knocking on my front door. I rushed downstairs to open it. I turned the knob and was aghast at who I saw on the other side. Cameras flashed as Oprah Winfrey told me that I had won the “Fall Kick Off ‘3 Wishes’ Give-A-Way.” The three wishes that I desired was to become a wrestling state champion‚ to be with the perfect girl‚ and to have unlimited gas for my car. The first wish that was granted to me was to become a state champion in wrestling. More
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10/28/2014 Assignment Print View Score: 100 out of 100 points (100%) 1. award: 20 out of 20.00 points Piscataway Plastics Company manufactures a highly specialized plastic that is used extensively in the automobile industry. The following data have been compiled for the month of June. Conversion activity occurs uniformly throughout the production process. Work in process‚ June 1—40‚000 units: Direct material: 100% complete‚ cost of Conversion: 40% complete
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Jemma Walker Unit 3; P1 P1 - Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in a health or social care setting Relating to the physical environment The physical environment is everything that is around you‚ this includes; 1. The building 2. The air 3. The temperature 4. Objects 5. People 6. Pets The physical environment has a huge impact on the staffs and individuals well-being. The spread of Airborne infections are increased when the ventilation
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CYP 3.3 Types of schools Community schools - A community school in England and Wales is a type of state-funded school in which the local education authority (LEA) employs the school’s staff‚ is responsible for the school’s admissions and owns the school’s estate. Foundation/trust Schools -- are a kind of "maintained school"‚ meaning that they are funded by central government via the Local Education Authority‚ and do not charge fees to students. As with voluntary controlled schools‚ all capital
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help to reduce the total annual cost by $3‚375.36. (…) 3. What do you think the sources of the other problems are? Be specific and analyze as completely as possible. The source of the problems is a weak inventory management system‚ there are several problems: 1. Demand and forecast management/planning. Certain parts are often out of stocks and inventory level are too high. (…) 2. Write off cost. Due to obsolete stocks (80%) (…) 3. No safety stocks policy. (…) 4. Inappropriate order/purchase
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problem arises. Answer: The agency problem arises when managers have control rights but insignificant cash flow rights. This wedge between control and cash flow rights motivates managers to engage in self-dealings at the expense of shareholders. 3. Following corporate scandals and failures in the U.S. and abroad‚ there is a growing demand for corporate governance reform. What should be the key objectives of corporate governance reform? What kind of obstacles can there be thwarting
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