E.I du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide Group#: 7 Lu Yu Yang Hu You Wang 1 1. There are basically three technologies to produce TiO2: sulfate process‚ rutile chloride process and ilmenite chloride process. Most of Du Pont’s competitors‚ such as NL Industry‚ mainly used sulfate process‚ which require lowgrade feedstock and produce a large amount of waste. This process will cost the
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Case Study Summary 1. What are du Pont ’s competitive advantages in the TiO2 market as of 1972? How permanent or defensible are they? What must du Pont do to retain its competitive advantages in the future? 2. Given the forecasts provided in the case‚ estimate the expected incremental free cash flows associated with du Pont ’s growth strategy and maintain strategy for the TiO2 market. How much risk and uncertainty surround these future cash flows? Which strategy looks most attractive?
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How does Emily Bronte use Gothic elements to enhance the novel ‘Wuthering Heights’? Discuss how Daphne Du Maurier’s ‘Jamaica Inn’ illuminates this. In the Victorian era we saw the revival of gothic literature; it fictionalised contemporary fears such as ethical degeneration‚ unmediated spiritual beliefs against a stern religious faith and also questioned the social structure of the time. Although written almost 100 years apart both Wuthering Heights and Jamaica Inn share many themes and components
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African-American history Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois had contrasting views on how to deal with the problems facing American-Americans. Which was superior in dealing with these conflicts? Booker T. Washington and WEB Du Bois are perhaps the two most important and influential African-American ’s of the late nineteenth century and they both played pivotal roles in the Civil Rights movement. However‚ as the question suggests‚ they also had very contrasting political beliefs when it came
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E. I. du Pont’s strategy will have to respond to future challenges in the TiO₂ market TiO₂ market: Oligopolistic‚ highly competitive and undergoing major technology changes‚ substantial excess demand. Future potential: Market growth of 3% a year with an expected market size of 1‚072‚000 tons in year 1985‚ potential of 65% market leadership Challenge for Du Pont: What strategy will maximize the value of our TiO₂ business? Alternatives for E.I. Du Pont Do nothing Maintain Growth Main
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Does Rousseau ’s _Du Contrat Social_ signal the advent of modern democracy? Or does it represent a dangerous recipe for the suppression of individual human freedom? Rousseau ’s social contract is often likened to modern democracy‚ however‚ most political ideologies can be likened to one another in some form and one doesn ’t have to dig deep before they find some major differences between the two ideologies. In his writing‚ Rousseau tries to develop an ideology that maintains humans individual freedom
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Identifying the role of festivals‚ oral traditions in music‚ distinct national dances such as that of the Meo‚ traditional theatre of cheo‚ fine arts and literature such as the famous 3000 verse epic Kieu by Nguyen Du (1766-1820). Festivals: Lunar new year (TET) - Is the most important festivals for Vietnamese people - Celebrated between late January and February - Homeland festival which continues for a week or more - They indulge in eating‚ drink and social activities
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References: Blumenthal‚ R. G. ‘Tis the gift to be simple: Why the 80-year-old Du Pont model still has fans‚ CFO Magazine‚ January‚ 1998‚ pp Brigham‚ E. F. and Houston‚ J. F. Fundamentals of Financial Management‚ Concise Third Edition‚ Harcourt Publishers‚ 2001. Devine‚ K. and Seaton‚ L. An examination of quarterly financial ratio stability:
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