*“Technology Management” EA 2009 Spring Semester 1st* Q Prof. NAKATA CASE STUDY: Strategic Investment in LCD Industry Q.1: Please describe the investment strategies for LCD production lines of Japan‚ Korea and Taiwan respectively. According to the case study‚ as Japan introduced the LCD technology to the market‚ it could take the competitive advantage in 1999 and 2000. Therefore‚ Japan made about 3 times amount of investment of the average year in 2000. However‚ when the LCD line
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Simple toll plaza system using low frequency RFID interfaced with 8051 microcontroller (AT89C51) Introduction: Electronic/automated toll collection systems are very popular these days. They do not require manual collection and operation of toll barriers. The details about the vehicles and payment are stored in an RFID based system. This article explains the working of a simple toll plaza system interfaced with RFID. Each user holds a unique ID for his vehicle. When the user scans his tag while
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Having taken look at the segmentation of the automobile market in the last post‚ we shall now take a look at the segmentation of the computer market; which is one of the fastest growing markets globally. · Geographic segmentation In the segmentation of computers‚ geographical segmentation yet again plays a very important role. This is because the demands of people would vary according to their regions. A very good example of this is the computer market in India. Few years ago‚ laptops
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Why Price Fixing Should Remain Unlawful In today’s economy it is generally said that supply and demand determine prices on goods and services. In order for this to be true the free market cannot be interfered with. The New York Times article‚ “Taiwan Company Fined $500 Million for Price-Fixing‚” highlights some of the issues that can arise when it comes to price fixing. In this essay I will explain what the antitrust law says regarding price-fixing agreements‚ and what impact these regulations have
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Last Chance Securities Situation: The IT director opened the department staff meeting today by saying “I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that management approved the pay- roll system project this morning. The new system will reduce clerical time and errors‚ improve morale in the payroll department‚ and avoid possible fines and penalties for noncompliance. The bad news is that the system must be installed by the end of December in order to meet new federal reporting rules
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Measurement of hardness is a useful non-destructive testing method used to determine the applicability of the crystal in the device fabrication. Microhardness study was carried out on 2PPA single crystal using a Vickers microhardness tester fitted with a Vickers diamond pyramidal indenter in order to evaluate its mechanical stability. The static indentations were made at room temperature and 323 K with a constant indentation time of 5 s for all indentations. As grown polished sample of 2PPA was used
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English as a global language – 2nd edition – David Crystal Chapter 1 summary In why a Global Language‚ author David Crystal explains what a global language is‚ how English has become the global language of today‚ and also why it is important for the world to have a global language. The article begins with David Crystal going explaining how English is the global language today. He explains how English is everywhere‚ it can be found all around the world‚ even headlines in other countries
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of the most famous “archaeologists” in the world. However‚ can a fictional movie character played by Harrison Ford really be considered an archaeologist? As we look into the most recent film in the franchise‚ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull‚ we find many indicators that Indiana Jones could actually be considered a real archaeologist. With that‚ we also see many characteristics that do not make him an archaeologist‚ and show that he might not have ever had any archaeological training
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In this experiment I conducted a test to see if solid crystals would form better between sugar and unionized salts. Also under two different temperatures‚ would this effect the size at all. My overall hypothesis was to test at what rate and size would crystals grow in sugar vs salt at different temperatures‚ and that I thought the salt would produce a greater amount of crystal deposits. My method was hanging a string from a pencil immersed in the different solutions. My results were similar in both
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Throughout the centuries‚ people have often wished they could somehow know what would happen in the future before it actually happened. Sometimes‚ however‚ certain consequences are hinted at ahead of time‚ giving you a chance to take care of it before it is too late. In his book 1984‚ George Orwell uses foreshadowing through Winston ’s dreams and memories to predict what will happen in later events‚ which then explain what took place before. (S) One memory that was foreshadowed was the last time
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