Determine Appropriate Uses for Plea-bargaining A plea bargain (“offer”) is an acquiescent in a criminal case whereby the prosecution may offer the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty‚ conventionally to a lesser charge or to the pristine criminal charge with a proposal of a lighter than the maximum sentence. This opportunity sanctions defendants to avoid the risk of a conviction by trial on a more serious charge. This allows a court’s caseloads to be lighter without exhausting resources of
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The case of “The Sole Remaining Supplier” deliberates between what is more important‚ a human beings life or financial loss. During the year 1975‚ doctors across the nation started to implant a new and promising medical technology called pacemakers. It was in its early years; therefore‚ cardiology doctors did not possess the advanced skills needed to install such equipment. A patient’s heartbeat depended solely on these units to survive; however‚ a malfunction from such unit would cause a patient
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EFFICACY OF CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION MODELS MIR FAROOQ ALI CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT KING FAHD UNIVERSITYOF PETROLEUM & MINERALS MAY‚ 2005 In the Name of Allah‚ Most Gracious‚ Most Merciful. KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS DHAHRAN 31261‚ SAUDI ARABIADEANSHIP OF GRADUATE STUDIES This thesis‚ written by MIR FAROOQ ALI under the direction of his thesis advisor and approved by his thesis committee‚ has been presented to and accepted by Dean
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Coke and Pepsi are the main pieces of this market. They struggle for over a century to conquer the number one position in the market‚ competing fiercely in last few years‚ following each one’s strategic decisions. Nevertheless‚ something seems to threaten the profitability of these two giants. The increasing share of non-carbonated soft drinks seems to be able to decrease the high margins that once ruled in the CSD’s industry. In this sense‚ what will the future of Coke and Pepsi be? How will
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negotiation that I was pleased by was my preparation. This was a very complicated negotiation so the preparation for it was very critical. I really didn’t have many options available to me. I felt going in to the negotiation that I would have very minimal power so my BATNA was to declare bankruptcy. I felt that this was the only card that I could play‚ I knew that Pat would be worried that if I went into bankruptcy he would lose some of the 200k loan that I owed him. My biggest concern going in was that I
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PepsiCo’s financial statements are presented in Appendix A. Financial statements of The Coca-Cola Company are presented in Appendix B. This is from the appendixes in the 7th edition of financial accounting by Weygandt‚ kimmel‚ and kieso. Instructions; (a) Based on the information contained in these financial statements‚ determine each of the following for each company. Please show all numerical equations including numerator and denominator‚ not just a final number. Present your work in a comparative
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1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers The term ’suppliers’ comprises all sources for inputs that are needed in order to provide goods or services. Supplier bargaining power is likely to be high when: · The market is dominated by a few large suppliers rather than a fragmented source of supply‚ · There are no substitutes for the particular input‚ · The suppliers customers are fragmented‚ so their bargaining power is low‚ · The switching costs from one supplier to another
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1965 when Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay shareholders merged their salty snack icon and soft drink giant. With revenues of $500 million with popular brands such as Pepsi-Cola‚ Mountain Dew‚ Fritos‚ Lay’s‚ Cheetos‚ and Ruffles‚ they have achieved growth and long-term value in its operational activities by creating competitive advantages through new product innovation and acquisitions. Its portfolio has grown year after year with its acquisition of Tropicana in 1998‚ two largest bottlers (Pepsi Bottling Group/PepsiAmericas)
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Marketing Strategy Analysis of Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola Two famous beverage companies exist in the market today‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola. Each competes intensely to distribute their beverage and food products to a global market for higher profits for the last several generations. In the free market‚ it can be difficult to determine which company uses the best practices in their marketing strategy as both use similar strategies to expand their local and global markets. In this paper the subjects
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Financial Management: Coke vs. Pepsi BUS 508 – Business Enterprise June 11‚ 2011 Financial Management: Coke vs. Pepsi The purpose of this paper is to analysis companies Coke and Pepsi and determinate (a) which company is better able to pay current liabilities (debt)‚ (b) explain what profitability ratios can tell about a company’s performance and how that information would influence investing decisions‚ (c) discuss which financial ratios to utilized while examining the company’s most
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