Case 08-4 The Bear Minimum Big Bear Power (Big Bear) is a widely held public utility company that has posted strong financial results for several years. Big Bear has positive cash flow‚ and it is in compliance with all its debt covenants. Big Bear leases a combustion turbine from Goliath Co. (Goliath) for a 10-year non-cancelable term. The lease agreement is signed on December 15‚ 2010‚ and Big Bear’s right to use the turbine begins on January 1‚ 2011. Various provisions and other facts from the
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Miguel De La Torre (born October 6‚ 1958) is a professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at llff School of Theology‚ a scholar-activist‚ author‚ and an ordained Southern Baptist minister. Though Miguel was born in Cuba months before the Castro Revolution‚ De La Torre and his family migrated to the United States as refugees when he was an infant. For a while the U.S. government considered him and his family as "illegal aliens". On June 6‚ 1960‚ De La Torre received an order from Immigration
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Experiment 41: 4-Methylcyclohexene Introduction: This experiment was a study of protonating a cyclo-alcohol to become a cyclo-ene. In this case 4-methylcyclohexanol was protonated using phosphoric acid to become 4-methylcyclohexene. This demonstrates the loss of an alcohol group by protonation‚ the loss of a proton from the cyclohexane to form an alkene through elimination. This also demonstrates Le Chatelier’s principle‚ by using distillation to remove the product as it is formed the equilibrium
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Part 2 Cases Case 1A–Joint Venture #1: The Corning-Vitro Divorce This case analyzes the business venture and subsequent breakup of Corning Glass Works‚ and American company‚ and Vitro‚ a Mexican firm. Suggested Questions for Class Discussion 1. Did Vitro and Corning do enough research before engaging in a joint venture? 2. Was it wise to start with such a large venture? 3. Could some of the problems have been mitigated through cultural training during the joint venture? 4. Was two and one
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Case 7-4: Aloha Products Jane McTague- 200904755 March 26‚ 2013 The executives of Aloha Products manage sales policies; assume advertising responsibility and promotion; and oversee the roasting‚ grinding‚ and packaging of Aloha coffees. Executives have left little control to plant managers because‚ although executives have control of inputs‚ each of the plants it still responsible with its profits and losses. Plant manger’s bonuses are also based on the percentage of his or her plant’s gross
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Case 4: Competition among the North American Warehouse Clubs: Costco Wholesale vs. Sam’s Clubs vs. BJ’s Wholesale 1. Competition in the North American wholesale club industry is mildly intense. The players in the wholesale club industry try to achieve lower prices by reducing throughout the store by using pallets or inexpensive shelving to display items. They also incur very low costs for store decoration and light fixtures and a relatively low labor cost because of the use of fewer works and
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are two distinct Indigenous Australian cultural groups‚ they obtain definite rights as Australia’s First Inhabitants. This is demonstrated in international law. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have preserved a powerful connection to their cultural identity‚ language and traditional lands. They have historically lived on mainland Australia. Australian aborigines have inhabited Australia for over 40‚000 years before European settlement. The Europeans first
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to catch up with their production schedule to meet Apple’s requirements. A few potential strategies that hopefully will help speed up the plant’s production of Apple’s new iPhone 4 will be discussed below. A strategy that Chen can consider is to train his workers to full knowledge regarding the assembly of the new iPhone 4. Before Danshui accepted the manufacturing contract with Apple‚ Danshui’s workers were producing hard drives for computers‚ which is completely different considering to assemble
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CASE 4-1 Hardee Transportation (A) Jim O’Brien has realized for quite some time that some of Hardee’s customers are more profitable than others. This is also quite true for certain freight lanes. However‚ Hardee has traditionally structured its prices around discounts off their published tariff rates. Most of the discounts have been based on freight volume only. Jim knows that his drivers and dock people do more for certain customers than move volume; they count freight during loading‚ sort and
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Why was the 1967 referendum significant in the fight for aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? The Australian Referendum of 1967‚ called by Prime Minister Harold Holt‚ led to important and influential decisions and legislations; which ultimately bettered the lives of the first Australians. Although the amendments made to the constitution‚ were minimal and overall didn’t immediately amount to much‚ it was significant in the progression of the mentality of Australian society. One of the most
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