and the Indian Ocean trade are two of the most important trade routes during the Post Classical Era (600CE- 1450CE) especially during the rise of African civilization and the Middle Ages. Both of these trade routes spread wealth‚ were Arab controlled‚ and a significant aspect for the dissemination of Islam; however‚ the differences in geography and resources traded set them apart from each other. Although they have very different geography‚ the Trans- Saharan and Indian Ocean Trade are both Arab
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Ocean Carriers Case Report Executive Summary Ocean Carriers is evaluating a proposed lease for a ship over three years starting in 2003. Currently‚ Ocean Carriers does not have any ships that are available to meet this customer demand. This report will assist VP of Finance Mary Lynn to make a decision on whether or not to commission a new carrier and how long to hold on to this asset. Based off a financial analysis using the data Ocean Carriers has provided‚ the final recommendation is that
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Ocean Carriers Project Analysis Introduction Ocean Carriers receives a lease for a ship over three years starting in 2003. However‚ the company currently does not hold qualified ships that can meet customers’ demand. Our report is not only to assist Ms. Linn to decide whether or not to purchase a new ship but also give a reasonable suggestion on how long to hold on the ship regarding the NPV and long term prospective of dry bulk industry. Upon business operating in U.S or H.K‚ we consider four scenarios
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makes history. 36 Blue ocean vs Red Ocean The most efficient way to maximize the profits‚ a company needs to build an uncontested market space that makes the competition irrelevant. In 2004‚ Kim and Mauborgne published their study‚ where they analyzed 150 companies from 30 different industries over the time span of 100 years (Kim & Mauborgne‚ 2005). They named two type of different markets called Blue Ocean and Red Ocean. According to their report‚ only the companies in Blue Ocean has succeeded to make
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ecologically crucial habitats. The key process that has resulted in this extensive damage to coral reefs is termed ocean acidification‚ which is defined as the increase in oceanic acidity as a result of the uptake of atmospheric CO₂. Over the past 200 years‚ more than 30% of all CO₂ that has been emitted to the atmosphere as a result of anthropogenic activity has been absorbed by the oceans (Anthony et al. 2008). Such drastic changes in oceanic pH are having multiple adverse impacts upon coral reefs
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Sinem Ersoy ENG2D6 Mr.Wade Creation Myth-India In the Indian creation myth it is believed that world is created‚ destroyed‚ re-created in eternally repetitive series of cycles. It moves from one Maha Yuga to the next‚ and each Maha Yuga contains four yugas each worse than the last one. The creator of the earth is only one god but it goes through many phases. Vishnu is his name and he is Brahma first as the creator of the world. Then he is Vishnu‚ preserver of life on earth. Finally he
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Employee Handbook Psychiatric Floor Marlyn Aguirre Kristy Borowicz Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Jessica Wilson University of Phoenix Legal Issues is Health Care: Regulation and Compliance HCS 430 John Weiss May 11‚ 2014 Employee Handbook Psychiatric Floor The Oxford dictionary defines nondiscrimination as “fair and unprejudiced treatment of different categories of people” ("Definition‚" 2014‚ p. 1). Discrimination in the workplace is not tolerable. The United States government has created laws to
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on Blue Ocean Strategy The Blue Ocean strategy appears to be an ideal move in the market until I learned its own drawbacks. Its advice is to create an uncontested market space‚ meaning no competition. I consider it a head start‚ yet it would just be an amount of time before others stand at-level with you. A first entrant earns the early profit‚ and the second entrant will likely perceive the first as a platform and eventually overtakes the same firm. Another drawback of the blue ocean is the
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planet. However‚ eventually the planet started cooling down; huge amounts of steam rose causing clouds. Then the clouds rained. One thousand years of continuous raining caused oceans which made earth like it is today. Planet Earth‚ also known as the blue planet‚ has oceans covering three quarters of the Earth’s surface. Oceans have a system to try and keep the water temperatures even‚ whether or not the climate is the same. This is called the ‘Thermohaline Conveyer’. This is when water from the Tropics
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According to a case study cited by Staudt and Stranz (2009)‚ Ocean Spray Cranberries‚ Inc is an agricultural cooperative owned by more than 750 cranberry growers in the United States and Canada. The company produces canned and bottled juice‚ juice drinks and food products at distribution centers in Bordentown‚ New Jersey; Kenosha‚ Wisconsin; Sulphur Springs‚ Texas; and Henderson‚ Nevada. August is usually a challenging month for Ocean Spray Cranberries‚ Inc.‚ when the Lakeville‚ Massachusetts-based
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