11.1 Outline the advantages for a car hire firm of the introduction of credit cards into Australia. Firstly‚ for the car-rental companies‚ customers drive away merchandise. And credit card is an indicator of good financial standing with external parties‚ furthermore‚ it provides efficient and secure transaction. Secondly‚ using credit cards will benefit both companies and individuals. For the car-rental companies‚ extra incoming will be increased which come from the ‘holding fees’ for customers
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Question 1 (1 mark) The methods that a firm can use to evaluate a potential investment: 1) ‘Discounting’ Methods: Net Present Value (NPV): the present value of the future after-tax cash flow minus the investment outlay made initially. The decision rule for the NPV as follows: invest if NPV> 0‚ do not invest if NPV< 0 Internal Rate of Return (IRR): calculates the interest rate that equates the present value of the future after-tax cash flows equal that investment outlay;
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1. Quality is an attribute of a) Product b) Process c) Standard d) Policy 2. What does “IEC” expands to (E.g. As used with ISO/IEC 12207)? a) International Electronics Committee b) International Engineers Confederation c) International Electrotechnical Commission d) Internal Electronics Association 3. Which of the following defines the “SPICE”? a) SEI CMM b) ISO/EIA 12207 c) ISO 9001:2000 d) ISO/IEC TR 15504 4. The two components of the “Manage By Fact” process are a) Meeting
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Instruments in Research Review Problems and Exercises: 1. What is the role of data-gathering instrument in research? * Instruments are materials‚ concrete or verbal or non-verbal communications‚ used to collect data for the research study. Instruments are very important components of the overall research design. Without these‚ the researcher will not be able to obtain data and information that will be analyzed for findings‚ presentation and interpretation. 2. Characterize “good”
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Minding the store 1- There are nine specific ways to foster empowerment. Ken Hoffman didn’t follow these rules and thus failed to produce a sense of competence choice‚ impact value and security. The first rule that Ken Hoffman violated was articulating a clear vision and goals. When Ruth Cummings was made the branch manager‚ she was told to make the store one of the best in the system. He failed to share the vision of where the organization is going and how Ruth can contribute as an individual
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Assignment 9: Marketing (20 points) In Section 9‚ you learned about marketing. Now‚ you’ll apply what you learned. 1. Visit a Web site for a company that sells products online. Then go to that company’s corporate Web site. Compare the company’s product sales site with its corporate site. Describe at least 3 differences between them. (1-3 sentences. 3.0 points) The website of the company I visited was Ebay. Its corporate site and the product sales site differ in many ways‚ for example the
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Daughter”‚ the author Sandra Cisneros expresses her struggles as being the only daughter in a Mexican family of six sons and how these facts have affected her life and made her the person she is today. Sandra Cisneros mentions “I am the only daughter in a family of six sons. That explains everything.” Being the only girl in a large family has‚ in a way‚ forced Sandra to spend time alone with herself because Sandra’s brothers would not spend time with Sandra. This allowed Sandra to spend more time thinking
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Barbie A Popular Culture focus study A popular culture is a shared set of practices and benefits that have attained global acceptance‚ and which can be normally characterised by: being associated with commercial products; developing from a local to a national to a global level; allowing consumers to have widespread access to it and; is constantly changing and evolving. As a focus study‚ it is seen that Barbie inherently displays such characteristics‚ and is therefore a legitimate popular
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Ah Q is a metaphor for the confusing revolutionary period that took place in China after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. He is a metaphor for everything that was “backward” at this time‚ and is seen as a rather ironic and satirical character‚ in order to criticize the changes taking place at the time. He is also a symbol of anonymity‚ helping to establish that the individual was anonymous during this time period‚ and that the reforms that were meant to help the ordinary people did not. Ah Q’s story
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Nicholas Russo 10/16/12 THTR 3011-001 Avenue Q is a hilarious‚ almost borderline disturbing show‚ filled with adult themes‚ vulgar language‚ and half naked puppets. If you can see past the inescapable sex or gay storyline‚ the artists of Avenue Q attack relevant social stereotypes such as homophobia‚ racism‚ and gender. Connections from Avenue Q can be made to the recent NY Times article titled “It’s Not Me‚ It’s You.”‚ which addresses intelligence and the stereotype threat. In the production
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