business concept and must never be confused with profit. The contribution of a product refers to how much it contributes to the fixed costs and profit of the business once variable costs have been covered. It can be calculated either per unit of output or in terms of total contribution of all units produced. Contribution ignores fixed costs and only considers any surplus left once variable costs have been subtracted from revenue. Hence‚ contribution is what a product contributes towards the fixed costs
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On May 20‚ 1856‚ Senator Charles Sumner‚ a Massachusetts anti-slavery Republican‚ delivered a speech called “Crime against Kansas”. The speech was about Kansas` admission to the Union as a Slave State or Free State. In his speech‚ Sumner insulted two Democratic senators. South Carolina senator‚ Andrew Butler‚ who was not present‚ got his share of Sumner insults. Senator Butler`s kinsman Preston Smith Brooks‚ representative from South Carolina‚ offended by Sumner`s speech‚ he considered the speech
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CASE STUDY OF CHARLES SCHWAB & CORPORATION: The Charles Schwab Corporation is a leading provider of financial services‚ with more than 300 offices and 7.5 million client brokerage accounts‚ 1.5 million corporate retirement plan participants‚ 508‚000 banking accounts‚ and $1.1 trillion in client assets as of March 31‚ 2009. Through its operating subsidiaries‚ the company provides a full range of securities brokerage‚ banking‚ money management and financial advisory services to individual investors
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CHARLES by Shirley Jackson The day my son Laurie started kindergarten‚ he gave up his little-boy clothes. He started wearing blue jeans with a belt. I watched him go off that first morning with the older girl next door. He looked as though he were going off to a fight. He came home the same way at lunchtime. “Isn’t anybody here?” he yelled. At the table‚ he knocked over his little sister’s milk. “How was school today?” I asked. “Did you learn anything?’’ “I didn’t learn nothing‚” he
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52 Character Building Thoughts for Children The following quotes may be used in a variety of ways by both teachers and counselors. One idea is for a thought to be posted‚ read‚ and discussed at the beginning of each week. It could then be read daily with the students. At the end of the week ask them what they learned or how the thought applied to their lives or activities during the week. Have the children give written or oral examples‚ or have them draw a picture to illustrate their ideas.
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Research Paper King Charles XII was born on June 17‚ 1682 in Stockholm‚ Sweden. Charles XII was a member of the Gustav family. Charles XII took the throne on December 24th‚ 1697 at the age of 15 after his father‚ Charles XI‚ died of cancer. Charles XII ruled over all of Sweden. Charles XII was the first Swedish king born to absolutism and at the age of 16‚ officially crowned himself king in Stockholm instead of Upsalla. Charles XII omitted the traditional royal oath as well. Charles’ first official
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Charles Chocolates Case Analysis In March of 2012 Steve Parkland was hired as the new president at Charles Chocolates. He was immediately faced with numerous decisions about the future of the company. The board of directors had tasked Parkland with doubling or tripling the size of the company over the next decade‚ but the board and the senior management team had different opinions about the strategy that would accomplish this goal. The main issues that Parkland faced were how to increase the company’s
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mathematical contributions. However‚ not all mathematicians have contributed in the same way. Charles Babbage’s contributions to the world of math are unique in its own way. His contributions are unique because his work helped develop the evolution of computers as well as math. Babbage was not only a mathematician‚ but also an inventor who designed many machines for the advancement of mathematics. Charles Babbage was born on December 26th 1791‚ as the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Babbage. Charles
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Contributions of Pakistani authors to foreign library and information science journals An evaluative study Zahiruddin Khurshid Cataloging Operations Department‚ King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals‚ Dhahran‚ Saudi Arabia Abstract Purpose – In addition to quantitative analysis‚ the purpose of this paper is to measure the quality of articles published in foreign LIS journals by Pakistani authors based on their Impact Factor (IF) scores reported in the Journal Citation Reports (
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Charles Spearman is undoubtedly a prominent figure in the history of science‚ especially in terms of introducing statistical methods to psychology (Deary‚ Lawn & Bartholomew‚ 2008)‚ but also because of his impact on intelligence theories. This might be the reason why‚ unlike any other theorists of his time‚ his citation rates did not drop after his death‚ but actually are still increasing showing his undeniable contribution to the most recent scientific disputes (Jensen‚ 2000). Spearman was born
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