Geo 255 Tue Key focus: container Tension between mobility and fixity Containers 20 feet or 40 feet long : standard size for easy movement standard size ensures that containers are “intermodal” switch them among ship‚ road. Move via shipping‚ rail‚ and road networks Bulit Over 8000 container ships 12.5 million TEUs (20 foot equivalent units) Annual global trade estimated at 150 million TEUs “Invented” in 1956 The largest container ships 1995-1998 4‚000 to 8000 TEUs
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Acquisition between Merck and Schering-Plough Introduction On March 9‚ 2009‚ Merck & Co.‚ Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation announced that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Merck and Schering-Plough will combine‚ under the name Merck in a stock and cash transaction. As the two companies’ combined 2008 revenues were $47 billion. The deal officially closed on November 3‚ 2009. Background of the two parties Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK)
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CASE BASED SYNOPSIS ON HOW EXACTLY HAVE COMPUTERIZATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LOWERED COSTS AT CHEVRON AND MERCK ? 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPANIES Chevron Corporation Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. Headquartered in San Ramon‚ California‚ and active in more than 180 countries‚ it is engaged in every aspect of the oil‚ gas‚ and geothermal energy industries‚ including exploration and production; refining‚ marketing and transport;
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Monday September 9th‚ 2013 The Individual What is society: It could be comprised as families In many communities‚ becomes societies You may be apart of a Portuguese community‚ or Jamaican‚ but you are Canadian Institution communities- students‚ Government Police force is what helps control society Work place helps control the society by distributing jobs Health care is apart of society Social institutions have a role to play to individuals The social structure imposes the rules‚ or
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10/6/2014 Case 3: Merck and River Blindness 1. Why was Merck hesitant about developing a human version of Ivermectin? Merck considered this opportunity as a high risk investment. The cost of developing the drug was estimated at $100 million. Even if it was successful to cure river blindness the victims were too poor to afford the drug. There was no way to distribute it in these rural areas were the victims were located. In addition‚ there was a possibility that people would misuse the drugs‚ which
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archive file of ACC 225 Entire Course you will find the next documents: ACC 225 Week 1 CheckPoint Financial Statements.doc ACC 225 Week 1 DQs.doc ACC 225 Week 1 Exercise 1-1.doc ACC 225 Week 1 Exercise 1-4.doc ACC 225 Week 2 Exercise 2-4.xlsx ACC 225 Week 2 Exercise 2-5.xlsx ACC 225 Week 2 Problem 2-2A.xlsx ACC 225 Week 2 QS 2-3.doc ACC 225 Week 2 QS 2-4.doc ACC 225 Week 2 QS 2-5.doc ACC 225 Week 3 DQs.doc ACC 225 Week 3 Exercise 3-1.doc ACC 225 Week 3 Exercise 3-7.doc ACC 225 Week 3 QS 3-1
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1) WHY? Brief Background on Merck & Co. Performance Appraisal System The past and existing performance appraisal of Merck & Co. was ineffective to identify and reward performance to a certain extent. Although the company was paying their employees around seven to eight percent more than the average compensation in other large companies‚ the performance appraisal system did not clearly identified outstanding performance‚ which caused inequity in rewarding performance and led to unhappiness
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COMM 225‚ FALL 2011: CASE STUDY DUE: Dec 6‚ 2011‚ 19.00 HR‚ SUBMIT ONLINE IN THE DROP BOX TO BE DONE IN GROUPS OF MAXIMUM OF 3 STUDENTS (WITH SAME CONTENT EXPECTATIONS). If you have been to one of the Walt Disney Theme Parks‚ it is inevitable that you have encountered the problem of waiting at the theme/attraction of your choice. Here is what a New York Times journalist has to say about this problem: Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/business/media/28disney.html Disney Tackles Major
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Week 9 Final Project: Interview Profile Scott A. Gieseking BEH/225 University of Phoenix October 28‚ 2012 In the following paragraphs I will compare the profile of my interviewee and I in contrast it to the results of the Myers Briggs test along with other questions to see how we compare. My interviewee was my wife of similar age‚ actually a couple of years my younger as we are in our 40’s. Backgrounds are different with my wife coming from a middle class white family in the far southern
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Associate Level Material Appendix C Brain Response of Behavior Part I Note: Parts II and III follow below‚ complete all three. Write a 350- to 700-word response to the following: Explain the communication process of neurons in the brain. List some common neurotransmitters and describe their effect on behavior. Neurons are electrically excitable cells found in the nervous system‚ which is mainly responsible in the transmission of information between the neurons and the cells
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