Trembley was a Swiss naturalist who first studied the fresh water hydra. When Trembley first observed hydra he thought that they were plants because of their green colour‚ appearance and immobility. Trembley then observed the body contractions and relaxations and the movement of the tentacles and so called them very sensitive plants. When the surrounding water is disturbed hydra shows contractions and relaxations of the body. This made Trembley perform an experiment in which he cut the polyps and
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Using Technology and Constituting Structures: A Practice Lens for Studying Technology in Organizations Author(s): Wanda J. Orlikowski Source: Organization Science‚ Vol. 11‚ No. 4 (Jul. - Aug.‚ 2000)‚ pp. 404-428 Published by: INFORMS Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2640412 . Accessed: 25/03/2013 09:57 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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BEST PRACTICE You know your company depends on informal networks‚ but what can you do about them? Decide which of three different types of networks will deliver the results you want‚ and then set up frameworks to help them flourish. A Practical Guide to Social Networks by RobCrossJeanne Liedtka‚and Leigh Weiss W HEN IS A COMPANY GREATER than the sum of its parts? When its once-siloed business units find a way to harvest innovations in the white space between them. That’s exactly what
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How would you assess the challenge of repositioning the Samsung brand? Samsung‚ in wanting to reposition itself as a high value added preferred products provider from a value‚ or cheap OEM products provider‚ faced many challenges. A big challenge for Samsung was that the Samsung brand was at different stages of development in different country markets – so while in some markets the Samsung brand had high brand recognition and loyalty‚ in some the brand had low awareness. This caused management
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Brother Number 3‚ David Brother number 3‚ David‚ questioned why his father didn’t leave him any money in his will so he could attend college. He wanted to obtain his master’s in business administration (MBA) from Harvard University. He appreciated what his father had left him in his will—one acre of land with a large oak tree on it‚ surrounded by different-colored flowers and blue grass. But how could he use this inheritance to support his wife‚ children‚ and himself‚ coupled with being able to
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1. With whom do you agree here-Abdala or Korman? I don’t agree with any of them because both made mistakes that created the situation. 2. What mistakes do you think each party made? One of the mistakes made by both of them was the fact that both could not refrain from insulting one another. If one or the other would have simply been the bigger person and stopped responding‚ the situation may have not gotten out of hand. But if we focused on each of their mistakes firstly Abdala’s Mistakes:
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The SportDOG Field Trainer 425S is an excellent product due to the price and availability to its targeted audiences. This product is available online and in selective stores. The price of this product is geared to its targeted audience. SportDog sells more products than just this one and has other products to cover any losses this product may find itself into. Analyze relationships between a company’s place strategies for a product and its economic success The SportDOG Fieldtrainer 425S is located
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help analyze the major factors surrounding the launch of O-Natura and its own internal capabilities to support the effort. QUESTION 1: What key factors should RefreshNow! consider in deciding whether or not to launch O-Natura? Reveal answer A good answer would include the following: Consumers. Who drinks flavored water? Are there specific market segments to address? Cost/Price. Is the flavored bottled water market more profitable than those markets for RefreshNow!’s current products? Is it
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War Prisons 1. Carved Chess Set a. These wooden chess pieces were carved by POWs at Elmira prison camp in New York. Games such as chess‚ created by hand by the prisoners‚ were common ways to make time pass in the camps. 2. Prisoner’s petition to Lincoln a. Prisoners in the Andersonville prison camp signed petitions‚ emploring Lincoln to do something about the state in which they were kept. However‚ these petitions never made it to Lincoln‚ or even past the guards at the camp. 3. Leslie’s Illustrated
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The two primary reporting alternatives Alcoa has in accounting for the repurchase of the shares include converting to treasury stock or formally retiring stock (Spiceland‚ Sepe‚ Nelson & Thomas‚ 2016). With either choice‚ the total shareholders’ equity would be equivalent: the cash and shareholders’ equity would decrease since cash is paid to repurchase the stock. By changing it to treasury stock‚ the cost is reported as a decrease in total shareholders’ equity. The purchase of the treasury stock
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