concept is believable because you can create a battery with a few potatoes. This experiment is a science class favorite because it helps demonstrate how the galvanic cells that make up a car battery work. Some batteries use galvanic cells to transfer chemical energy into electric energy. They depend on two metals‚ a cathode or positive terminal (such as copper) and an anode or negative terminal (such as zinc). These are placed in an electrically conductive solution that allows ions to travel freely
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reinvest 80% of its profit for community development sort of makes it a social business. SWOT Analysis of Bolaven Farm: Strength: Cheap labor‚ business with social cause‚ premium grade coffee‚ organic certified coffee‚ 75% of people are farmers Weakness: The business is oligopoly. So‚ it’s difficult to create the market‚ lack of farming skills‚ corruption in Laos‚ starting a brand from scratch‚ local market Opportunity: Market growth of coffee is huge (yearly average 90%)‚ can venture in Europe and
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The objectives of the firm can be viewed as the motives of the entrepreneur/s who own and run the firm. There a number of goals that firm can pursue in its day to day operations - it may try to maximise profits‚ sales or growth‚ meeting shareholder expectations‚ or increasing market share. Maximising profits - making the biggest possible profit‚ or the smallest possible loss - is recognised as the main objective of most firms. Profit is the difference between the firm’s total revenue (output sold
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can’t‚ neither can anyone else. Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? by David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad Reprint R0804E It’s a dirty little secret: Most executives cannot articulate the objective‚ scope‚ and advantage of their business in a simple statement. If they can’t‚ neither can anyone else. Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? by David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad COPYRIGHT © 2008 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Can you summarize your
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DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION Anil M. Pandya and Narendar V. Rao Abstract Diversification is a strategic option that many managers use to improve their firms’ performance. This interdisciplinary research attempts to verify whether firm level diversification has any impact on performance. The study finds that on average‚ diversified firms show better performance compared to undiversified firms on both risk and return dimensions. It also tests the robustness of these
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LIVORIA SANDWICHES November 14‚ 2013 STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FORECASTED YEARS: 2013 -2015 Prepared by Dev Das‚ CMA Memorandum November 14‚ 2013 TO: Paul and Sam Livoria From: Dev Das‚ CMA Subject: Strategic and Operational opportunities Livoria Sandwiches faces major changes within the food industry in Dawkins. The city is in continuing growth and expansion‚ being ranked as the fastest growing number of vegetarians in the country. Currently Livoria
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Altamirano 1 Victor J. Altamirano Professor Powers Business and its Publics 25 February 2012 Subsidizing Profits In contemporary United States policy‚ the conception of free market principles result in negative externalities for the public as well as market inefficiencies. To address these issues‚ the government has developed methods to sway commercial enterprise and its services through taxes and subsidies. Taxes are used to discourage certain transactions and production operations
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Tammy Wang‚ a new customer‚ to fulfill a large one-time-only special order for a product similar to one offered to regular customers. The following per unit data apply for sales to regular customers: Direct materials $455 Direct labor 300 Variable manufacturing support 45 Fixed manufacturing support 100 Total manufacturing costs 900 Markup (60%) 540 Targeted selling price $1440 Grant’s Kitchens has excess capacity. Ms. Wang wants the cabinets in cherry rather than oak‚ so direct
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of value creation and measurement. Economic Value Added (EVA) plays the main role in this management approach‚ as a very effective performance metric in the alignment of the organization with its ultimate goal of shareholder’s value creation. VIEW OF THE READING In the first paper “Accounting is Broken. Here’s How to fix it. A Radical Manifiesto”‚ the accounting related aspects of EVA are discussed‚ providing a comparison between accounting earnings and economic earnings. Weaknesses of accounting
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CATCH US IF YOU CAN by Catherine MacPhail Synopsis (Chapter by Chapter) Name : ONG KOK YANG Class : 5 AMANAH CHAPTER 1 Rory and his granda were at the clinic. It was time for Granda’s regular check-up. Mister McIntosh‚ Rory’s granda‚ took a puff of his pipe. They met a young girl with a baby. The baby’s name was Lorelei. Granda linked the name to some past films. Granda’s pocket was on fire and the smoke alarm in the clinic went off. Rory took
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