There have been many discoveries and technical advancements throughout human history; the discovery of magnetism‚ utilization of mathematics‚ the understanding of the mechanics of gravity and the harnessing the power of the atom. With all these pivotal discoveries and huge technological advancements‚ there have been many that have been overlooked‚ such as “The Potato.” Since I was a child‚ I have always been interested in topics that kids and even adults would find inexorably boring and absurd
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Business Case: Phillips Foods‚ Inc. 1) Problem statement: Phillips Foods Inc. just launched its new product called King Crab. It is a brand new product with a key innovation: a pasteurizing process which allows the product to stay fresh. The product therefore enjoys an 18 month shelf life. Management has decided to split the launch into two phases. Phase I is done; the company targeted foodservice buyers thanks to an advertising campaign through restaurant and institutional foodservice magazines
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Scientific Discovery of Plasma. Plasma‚ the "Fourth State of Matter‚" was first identified in a Crookes tube‚ an experimental electrical discharge tube in which air is ionized by the application of a high voltage through a voltage coil‚ and it was described by Sir William Crookes‚ an English physicist‚ in 1879. It was first called "radiant matter”. However‚ Dr. Irving Langmuir‚ an American chemist and physicist‚ applied the word "Plasma" to ionized gas‚ in 1929. Plasma just happens to be the most
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Markets by “Peter Lattman” Wall Street Journal Nov 7‚ 2006 (C1-C5). The case of Le Nature Inc was an indication of the fragility of the debt markets. On Tuesday November 7‚ 2006 in its section “Money & Investing” Wall street Journal reported the collapse of Le Nature Inc. Founded in 1989 by “Gregory Podlucky” this closely held beverage company specialized in producing and selling drinks: flavored water‚ vitamin juice. Le Nature Inc went to bankruptcy under the allegations of financial wrongdoing such
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Family of Woodstock‚ Inc. BSHS/355 Mar 04‚ 2015 Family of Woodstock‚ Inc. The history of human services agencies is tied to a famous event in America’s history know as‚ "Woodstock". In 1969‚ Woodstock was a musical moment in music history that lasted three days. This event hosted 32 musical performances performed outdoors and attracted an audience of over 400‚000 young people. Even though this event was held an hour away from the town known as Woodstock‚ the name stuck‚ and the town became
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BUSINESS POLICY Case Study Analysis: Nike‚ Inc. Executive Summary Nike‚ Inc. has had three years of shifts of revenue and profit increases. During the case years studied (1999-2001)‚ the net income in 2001 for Nike‚ Inc. (589.7M) increased by only 1.8% over 2000. Increases from 1999-2000 were much more significant 28.3% (579.1M). For the year 2001‚ revenues at Nike increased by 5.5% over 2000 to 9.489B. Since 1997‚ the company’s success include maintaining the number two position in soccer
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CASE OVERVIEW Valley Technology Inc. is a part of the computer storage industry that initially offered a tape drive portfolio of products‚ which provides backup and recovery capabilities‚ and it has recently introduced a network attached product which is dedicated to file sharing only. The company encountered dilemmas regarding the most appropriate alternative that would be best to resolve their plan of reducing the company’s overall cost‚ specifically with the tape storage division
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Custom Molds‚ Inc. Summary: Custom Molds is a design & fabricator of precision molds and molds part for the electronic industry. The company has to face an environmental change when the electronic industry began to have partnership with parts suppliers. Problem statement: On a short term‚ Custom Molds is not able to satisfy its customers by having a high quality custom product: there was orders returned because of defective parts; and Custom Molds is also not able to respect it’s delivery
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duties‚ which would appear he is either not qualified or trained to do his‚ job effectively. This situation may have been alleviated by instituting a thorough supervision and mentoring program by ABC‚ Inc. to coach and counsel their employees. Background Carl Robins‚ a new recruiter for ABC‚ Inc. with only six months experience‚ successfully hired 15 new employees. Carl scheduled a new hire orientation to take place June 15 with the intent of having all the new hires working by July. On May 15
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NEHRU’S ‘THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA’ A Brief Study JAGDISH V. DAVE M. N. College‚ Visnagar (NG)‚ Gujarat The Discovery of India was written by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942-1946 at Ahmednagar in the Ahmednagar Fort. Nehru was jailed for his participation in the Quit India movement along with other Indian leaders‚ and he used this time to write down his thoughts and knowledge about India’s history. The book is widely regarded as a classic
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