CASES: The California Wine Cluster‚ HBS Case: 9-799-124 ASSIGNMENTS: 1. Why has California emerged as one of the leading wine – producing regions in the world? It was Californian first vintners in California who began cultivating grapes for use in sacramental wines in the mid-to-late 1700s. In the 1830s and 1840s the first commercial vineyards were established. Vintners survived by making grape juice and sacramental or medicinal wines. 2. How was California able to upgrade from producing
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Workplace Organisation 5 S’s WHAT IS 5S? • Developed by the Japanese • Workplace Organisation and Housekeeping System • Helps Create a Better Working Environment and a Consistently High Quality Process THE 5S PRINCIPLES • SEIRI – Organisation • SEITON – Orderliness • SEISO – The Act of Cleaning • SEIKETSU – The State of Cleanliness • SHITSUKE - The Practice of Discipline WHY DO IT? QUALITY EFFICIENCY 5S SAFETY ELIMINATING BREAKDOWNS EFFICIENCY • Time is wasted looking for tools‚ equipment
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petrol should be replaced with pure petrol to take the purity level to 98%? (a) 80% (b) 32% (c) 66.67% (d) cannot be determined. Ans (a) 80% 5. There is a family of six persons P‚Q‚R‚S‚T and U.They are Lawyer‚ Doctor‚ Teacher‚ Salesman‚ Engineer and Accountant. There are two married couples in the family. S‚ the salesman is married to the Lady Teacher. The Doctor is married to the Lawyer U‚ The Accountant is the son of Q and brother of T. R‚ the Lawyer is the daughter-in-law of P. T is the unmarried
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Vienna B) Rome C) Paris D) Florence Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): D 2. This artist is celebrated as the designer of the doors of the Florence Baptistery. A) Leonardo B) Michelangelo C) Ghiberti D) Donatello Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): C 3. Brunelleschi’s contribution to Florence Cathedral was its famous: A) dome. B) nave. C) apse. D) crypt. Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): A 4. This Flemish artist painted the portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini
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Automobile Industry Hailed as ‘the industry of industries’ by Peter Drucker‚ the founding father of the study of management‚ in 1946‚ the automobile industry had evolved continuously with changing times from craft production in 1890s to mass production in 1910s to lean production techniques in the 1970s. The Asian countries‚ mainly by Japan‚ China and India‚ registered a 9% increase in production over last year‚ constituting 35.9% of the global production. In fact China and India posted positive
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Market Failure Market failure can be defined as give full play to the market mechanism but still cannot achieve social welfare maximization. Market failure was caused by the free market fails to allocated resources in an optimum and efficient manner. Type of market failure can be divided into three types; there are externalities‚ public goods and non-competitive behavior. Externalities is part of the interests of people’s economic behavior cannot be classified for their own enjoyment of‚ or part
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Points Earned: | 2.0/2.0 | | Correct Answer(s): | C | 2. Buying movie tickets via cell phone is an example of ____. A) 2G networking B) B2B commerce C) RFID technology D) m-commerce Points Earned: | 2.0/2.0 | | Correct Answer(s): | D | 3. A(n) ____ allows others besides the manufacturer to develop software to run on the system or device. A) EPI B) BPI C) SPI D) API Points Earned: | 2.0/2.0 | | Correct Answer(s): | D | 4. A gaming system takes advantage
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micronutrients include lipids‚ vitamins‚ and minerals. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False Question 2 1 out of 1 points The "gold standard" of research experiments is the double-blind‚ placebo-controlled study. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 3 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is NOT a function of water in the body? Answer Selected Answer: functions as a coenzyme Correct Answer: functions as a coenzyme Question 4 0 out of 1 points
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does diversity of citizenship give the defendant the right to do?Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Have a suit filed in state court removed to federal court | | | | | * Question 2 1 out of 1 points | | | When the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a case‚ it issues a writ of________.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Certiorari | | | | | * Question 3 1 out of 1 points | | | U. S. District Court in Vermont is hearing a case brought by a citizen
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result in Answer Selected Answer: all of the above Correct Answer: all of the above Question 2 0.5 out of 0.5 points Performance protocols are: Answer Selected Answer: both a and b Correct Answer: both a and b Question 3 0.5 out of 0.5 points A skill that teaches performers to hold their attention on a predetermined task‚ and if their attention wanders‚ to gently bring their attention back is known as: Answer
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