WEEK 1 CLASS 2 DSC340 Fall 2014 DSC340 YIN 1 SCHEDULE Ch.5 Moore’s law HTML tutorial DSC340 YIN 2 CH. 5 MOORE’S LAW AND MORE: FAST‚ CHEAP COMPUTING‚ DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION‚ AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE MANAGER DSC340 YIN 3 ICLICKER Did you read chapter 5? A. Yes‚ the whole chapter B. Yes‚ some of it C. Not at all DSC340 YIN 4 ICLICKER Moore’s Law originally stated that chip performance per dollar doubles every twelve months. A. True B. False DSC340 YIN 5 SOME DEFINITIONS Moore’s
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Chapter 2 questions (1) Why is Manulife’s share price ($13.96) less than its embedded value per share ($20.02)? (2) Critically analyze Husky Energy Inc.’s reserve recognition accounting (RRA). Is it relevant? Is it reliable? As a manager‚ do you like to report such information? As an investor‚ do you like oil and gas companies to provide such information? Why do regulators require RRA to be reported as supplementary information? (3) The author states that “under the real-world conditions in which
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Class 1 Metallic bonding: Found in metals and alloys‚ 1‚ 2‚ or 3 valence electrons that are not bound to any particular atom in the solid. They drift throughout the entire metal. This results in a sea of electrons. These free electrons result in good electrical and heat conductivity. Coordination number is 8 or 12 (number of nearest neighbors). Ionic Bonding Found in compounds that are composed of both metallic and nonmetallic elements. Metallic element gives up valence electrons to the
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Marketing Exam-Chapter 7‚9‚10‚11‚12‚13‚14‚16‚17 Chapter 7-Reaching global markets Countertrade: the practice of using barter rather than money for making global sales. Trade feedback effect: a country’s imports affect its exports and exports affect its imports (GDP) Gross Domestic Product: The monetary value of all goods and services produced in a country during a year Balance of trade: the difference between the monetary value of a nation’s exports and imports Protectionism: the
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CTCS 466 LECTURE NOTES 1/17: John Dies At the End * CTCS 466 * Former Professors * Arthur Knight * Charles Chaplin * Former Students * Ron Howard * Robert Zemeckis * 16 mm/35 mm * Brotherly Love (Popeye)‚ Max Fleischer * Original song * Made for adults as well as children * Take place in cities * As opposed to the barnyard settings of early Disney * Classic cartoon
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Early Modern Period: Uniform and powerful Church (the Catholic Church) -> rise of heretics (those who believed something other than what the Church believed)‚ and religious fragmentation Feudal society -> states Feudalism= a defficult concept Feodum -> fief Lords have sovereignty over an area Kings still fight to achieve control over land and countries Social upheaval The Early Modern World (500-1300) 1) Crisis of the Western Church also known as the Great Schism 2) Hundred
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CHAPTER 1 Retailing – a set of business activities that adds value to the products and services sold to the consumers for their personal or family use A retailer is a business that sells products and/or services to consumers for personal or family use A Retailer’s Role Attempt to satisfy consumer needs by having: the right merchandise at the rice price‚ place‚ in the right quantities‚ and at the right time Retailers Role in the Distribution Channel Ex. Manufacturing -> Wholesaler ->
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CH. 2 NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR Part 1 I. Our Genetic Inheritance Neuroscience: scientific study of the biology of behavior & mental processes Behavioral Genetics: study of the relative effects of heredity & environment on behavior & mental processes Genes & DNA -The nucleus of every cell contains genes‚ which carry the code for hereditary transmission -Genes are arranged along chromosomes (strands of paired DNA). Evolutionary Psychology: studies how natural selection & adaptation
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Chapter 1 * * Energy is the ability to do work * It can be measured in food Calories‚ kilowatt-hours and joules * Gasoline has about 10 Cal per gram * Cookies have about 5 * TNT has about 0.65 * Expensive batteries about 0.1 Cal * Fuel cells produce electricity like batteries but are recharged by adding chemicals * Uranium has 20 million Calories per gram * Power is the rate of energy delivery and can be measured in Cal/sec or in watts * 1 hp = 1 kW
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Corruption from Nibble to Gulp dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power‚ typically involving bribery (OED) Generally thought of as resulting in the misuse of public office for private gain four main deliquescences: 1) dash 2) money politics 3) mango corruption 4) baobab corruption Dash: > spreads through all developing societies > small bribes‚ “presents”‚ unprofessionalized favours Money Politics > the flow of money outside official channels to influence the selection
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