Primary Source: Tumor Microenvironment Topic Summary Cancer has become one of the world’s leading trends in diseases‚ both in discussion and in medicinal related research. Major insights and discoveries within cellular biology can be accredited to the drive of understanding and curing cancer. The battle of cancer began to rise in public attention around the era of Henrietta Lacks‚ who provided the world’s first immortal cell line. Most research of the time‚ and even up to the past decade‚ was targeted
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macro environment Definitions (2) 1. The major external and uncontrollable factors thatinfluence an organization’s decision making‚ and affect itsperformance and strategies. These factors include theeconomic factors; demographics; legal‚ political‚ and socialconditions; technological changes; and natural forces. 2. Specific examples of macro environment influences include competitors‚ changes in interest rates‚ changes in cultural tastes‚ disastrous weather‚ or governmentregulations.
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may enter the wound from the air in the OR(operating room)‚ or from the instruments or surgeon(s) that come into contact with the wound. Skin bacteria are1 always present despite the throughness of the preparation of the skin. The largest inoculums of bacteria at the surgical site occur when the operation involves a body structure that ordinarily is heavily colonized by bacteria‚ such as the bowel. Procedures involving the female genital tract will encounter 106 – 107 bacterial/ml. 29
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the size in terms of sales from 2002 to 2007. £ million 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 RTE cereals 1‚210.39 1‚244.81 1‚279.53 1‚300.37 1‚326.25 1‚349.78 - Family breakfast cereals 870.99 885.11 907.25 924.17 945.54 964.88 - Children ’s breakfast cereals 339.40 359.70 372.29 376.20 380.71 384.90 Hot cereals 65.90 70.18 82.57 106.89 126.34 147.00 Breakfast cereals 1‚276.29 1‚315.00 1‚362.11 1‚407.25 1‚452.59 1‚496.78 Source: Euromonitor International Just to give a feeling
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BP By: Anna DeHart About BP “BP is one of the worlds leading international oil and gas companies‚ providing its customers with fuel for transportation ‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail services and petrochemical products for everyday items” In 1908 oil was found in a rugged part of Persia after a long search. Things we do are: • Find oil and natural gas • Extract it from hard to reach places • Move it to sea or land • Make what is needed from it • Generate low carbon power • Build construction
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BP’s Management Planning Presentation By Michelle Rollins MGT/230 1/20/14 Rick Benito Overview The planning function of management The influence of legal issues‚ ethics and corporate social responsibilities of British Petroleum (BP) The factors that influence‚ Strategic‚ Tactical‚ operational and contingency planning Planning For Rebuilding and Growth Exploration Deepwater Gas value and chains Technology Relationships Strategic goals Increase stock values Rebuild public relationships
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strategy‚ have led BP to develop a negative reputation amongst consumers and government officials. The company needs to develop a way to get consumers to put the past behavior of BP behind them and to make consumers believe that the new core values BP has‚ along with its efforts towards rectifying the situation‚ are truthful and valuable. Situational Analysis Internal Environment: Marketing Objectives‚ Strategy‚ and Performance Without actually defining a mission statement‚ BP has published a
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BP plc (British Petroleum) February 2‚ 2014 University of Mount Olive Table of Contents Title Page ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………………... 2 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………….... 3 External Environment …………………………………………………………………………... 3 Economic Trends………………………………………………………………………… 4 Political/Legal …………………………………………………………………………… 5 Demographics …………………………………………………………………………… 6 Technological Trends ……………………………………………………………………
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general strategy Oil companies were the worst performing brands in the world market. There was no brand in the oil industry that had created positive perception in the public. During the late 1990’s BP has decided to change this perception for their brand. The main idea was to create a symbolic capital for BP. The definition of symbolic capital is given by (Bourdieu‚ 1974/1977 sited in Holt & McNulty‚2008‚p.76) as “ the resources by which authority and credibility are established amongst employees‚ peers
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9-201-054 REV : M A Y 4‚ 2010 B ENJA M IN E ST Y M ICHA EL K A NE BP Amoco (A): Policy Statement on the Use of Project Finance As two of the largest oil and gas firms in the world‚ The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. (BP) and Amoco Corporation (Amoco) had a long history of competitive encounters. This rivalry continued into the 1990s in a variety of locations ranging from the United States to the North Sea to‚ more recently‚ the Caspian Sea—a region that had opened up to exploration by Western
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