When playwright and actor John Leguizamo wrote his hit one-man show Latin American History for Dummies he had kept his son‚ a middle school student at the time‚ in his mind. As a child of Latino descent in a non-diverse area‚ Lucas faced the brunt of many racially ignorant jokes and comments. In order to bring Lucas closer to his Colombian roots‚ he assisted him with his History project on finding great historical figures from Latin America. After hours of what seemed to be dead-end research Lucas
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Design Patterns FOR DUMmIES by Steve Holzner‚ PhD ‰ Design Patterns FOR DUMmIES ‰ Design Patterns FOR DUMmIES by Steve Holzner‚ PhD ‰ Design Patterns For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing‚ Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken‚ NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing‚ Inc.‚ Indianapolis‚ Indiana Gamma/Helm/Johnson/Vlissides‚ DESIGN PATTERNS: ELEMENTS OF REUSABLE OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE‚ © 1995 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Reprinted
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Asked for their reactions to specific demand-shifting tactics based on revenue management‚ patrons of a restaurant in Ithaca‚ New York‚ indicated that they generally would be willing to shift their dining time to off-peak hours in exchange for discounts on menu items. Better than three-quarters of the 367 respondents agreed that they would accept an incentive for dining at an off-peak time. Specific results and conclusions are detailed below. Keywords: revenue management; pricing strategies
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consumer demand for a good when prices increase. As the price of a good rises‚ consumers will usually demand a lower quantity of that good‚ perhaps by consuming less‚ substituting other goods‚ and so on and the demand of complementary product will also be less. The greater the extent to which demand falls as price rises‚ the greater the price elasticity of demand. Conversely‚ as the price of a good falls‚ consumers will usually demand a greater quantity of that good‚ by consuming more‚ the demand of complementary
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rich countries‚ for whom the retail price is not an issue. As health benefits of quinoa are immense‚ The United Nations have ambitious plans to market it to a wider range of customers on a bet to fight world hunger. Presently‚ however‚ there are no indicators to support the idea that demand for quinoa will increase: It is little known‚ its taste bland and its retail price currently too high for it to appeal to a wider range of customers. Assuming that demand will be restricted to the above mentioned
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State the factors affecting the price elasticity of demand? The type of product will affect the price elasticity of demand i.e. a necessity such as petrol will have a inelastic demand as it is a must have for consumers so a change in price will cause only a minor change in price whereas if a product is not a necessity for consumers it will have an elastic demand meaning a small change in price could lead to a greater change in quantity demanded The proportion of the consumers income spent on a product
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THE DETERMINANT OF TOURIST ARRIVALS IN MALAYSIA: A PANEL DATA REGRESSION ANALYSIS. TABLE OF CONTENT CONTENT PAGE Chapter 1- Introduction Background of the Study 1 Problem Statement 2 Scope and Rational of the Study 2 Significance of Study 2 Research Objectives 3 Chapter 2- Literature Review History of Tourism in Malaysia 4 Chapter 3- Methodology Methodology 6 Model Specification 10 References
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Cox Regression Models Questions with Answers Worked Example An investigation is carried out into popularity of new cars being bought in the showroom of a Mercedes dealer. Data recorded for each car included colour‚ engine size and car type. A Cox proportional hazards model was fitted to the data and the results are given below: Write down the Cox hazard function according to this model. With regards to the model you have written down above state the following: • To which class of car does the
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and poverty reduction through the Tobit regression method of analysis. For this study to evaluate the influence of microfinance on the poverty reduction‚ Tobit regression model was regressed on the poverty reduction‚ on the key variables in this study. These include micro-credit‚ age‚ household size‚ qualification‚ nature of business‚ duration of membership and village type. In this model‚ poverty reduction is a dummy and is considered as the dependent variable‚ while micro-credit‚ age‚ household size
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by event Shift in supply‚ demand‚ or both. Explain your answer. Change in equilibrium Frozen orange crops in California Orange juice Supply (left)—Not as many available oranges to offer consumers. Price will increase and quantity will decrease. Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast Tourism Demand (left) because not as many people are going to want to travel there due to the Threat of hurricanes and the damage from a hurricane will make less availability of hotels. Price will decrease and so will the
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