words‚ “The benefits and costs of fitting individual customer preference are more complex and less deterministic than has been assumed”. That’s because “customer preferences are often ill-defined and susceptible to various influences‚ and in many cases‚ customers have poor insight into their preferences”. In one of his recent papers‚ Simonson tackles the issue of one-to-one marketing and mass customization. Supporters of these marketing approaches have suggested that learning what customers want
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CHAPTER 27. FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN NPTEL May 24‚ 2006 Chapter 27 Flexible pavement design 27.1 Overview Flexible pavements are so named because the total pavement structure deflects‚ or flexes‚ under loading. A flexible pavement structure is typically composed of several layers of materials. Each layer receives loads from the above layer‚ spreads them out‚ and passes on these loads to the next layer below. Thus the stresses will be reduced‚ which are maximum at the top layer and
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1 UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI’S ALKESH DINESH MODY INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL & MANAGEMENT STUDIES 2 NAME OF THE STUDENT AHSAN KHAN AJAY DHUTAWALE ARUN IYER ANAS KHAN VIKAS GUPTA VIVEK KAMBLE ROLL NOS 45 11 28 48 25 39 SYBMS SEM II SIGNATURES Submitted to :- Prof. Anita Boabade Mam 3 Topic : - 4 I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my Prof. Anita Bobade Mam as well as our Director who gave us golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic
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quantities of waste heat. The waste heat produced can be used to generate steam as well as power. The capital cost of such plants can be slightly higher but the generation of power represents a useful by-product when the waste must be burnt in any case. Steam turbines can also be deployed advantageously in industries with greater requirements of both steam and power. They are used in cogeneration or combined heat and power applications where process steam is also used in the turbine to
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Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Case 14 A Case Brief Submitted to Submitted by In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Date Submitted September 28‚ 2011 Summary This case highlights Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager with NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm. She managed the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ and in July of 2001‚ was looking at the possibility of taking a position in Nike for her fund. Nike stock had declined significantly over the previous year‚ and it appeared
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ECON 105 – Principles of Macroeconomics Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply (Ch. 14) Junjie Liu – Econ 105 1 Topics Covered • Three Key Facts about Economic Fluctuations • Economy in the Short Run and the Economy in the Long Run • Aggregate Demand • Aggregate Supply • Three Theories for the Short-Run Aggregate Supply • Using AD-AS Model to Explain Economic Fluctuations Junjie Liu – Econ 105 2 A Scenario… If one household saves money‚ it can consume more in the future
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INTRODUCTION Project Overview: Library management system is a system which maintain the information about the books present in the library. The books received in the library are entered in books entry form and the new members are entered in the members entry form. When the members wants to get the desired book the same is issued on the availability of the book is also entered into the book issue the members has to pay the fine if any on the basis of no
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f Rajan [ Ferrari: The Italian Automotive Company] STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROJECT Introduction: Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello‚ Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929‚ as Scuderia Ferrari‚ the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947. Throughout its history‚ the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing‚ especially in
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CASE ANALYSIS NIKE THE SWEATSHOP DEBATE Summary of the Facts Nike was established in 1972 by former University of Oregon track star Phil Knight. ... Nike has $10 billion in annual revenues and sells its products in 140 countries. ... Nike has been dogged for more than a decade by repeated accusations that its products are made in sweatshops where workers‚ many of them children‚ slave away in hazardous conditions for less than subsistence wages. ... Many reporters‚ TV shows‚ companies and organizations
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Kenneth Sikora February 20‚ 2013 MKTG 430 Nike Case Analysis In 1962‚ Nike started as a US distributor for the Japanese shoe manufacturer Onitsuka under the name of Blue Ribbon Sports selling merchandise out of the back of cars at track meets. It wasn’t long before they realized they wanted to start designing and manufacturing their own brand of athletic footwear. In 1972‚ they changed their name to Nike and developed their iconic swoosh logo. Their first innovative shoe featured a waffle
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