reactors)? Industry: → increased demand for water and water treatment‚ trend expected to continue → market projections reaching $348 billion → demand growing for safe drinking water in developing countries → sustainability challenges and advancements in environmental regulation result in growth of demand for higher water treatment standards → 2008‚ 1.2 billion without drinking water‚ 2.4 billion not connected to wastewater systems → 40% projected increase in water consumption by 2025‚ 1/3 of world
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Westport Innovations Things are improving for Westport. Although its revenue has not grown‚ it has shown great resilience in the face of the headwinds that this turbulent oil price environment has brought with itself. Due to a 50 % decline in oil prices the inclination of fleet owners towards gas engine driven vehicles has also declined. This has caused a drop in sales and hence the drop in revenue. But the company was able to make a comeback this year by containing its costs within levels that
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In 1999‚ Mary Kay’s senior executives were contemplating a new strategy. This new strategy was necessary to face stagnant sales‚ changing consumer trends and increased competition. I. Background A. Industry and Distribution Channel Mary Kay was a direct seller of cosmetics and toiletries. This direct sales force consisted mainly of women who sell full-time or part-time through home demonstrations. The company’s product line included items such as skin creams‚ cosmetics‚ fragrances and
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The Amazon of Innovation Amazon is a company we all know and love. The company is widely known for its online retail shopping‚ it’s popular Kindle Series with e-bookstore‚ along with their cloud and order fulfillment services amongst many other things. Amazon has become a great example of a perfect collaboration system and utilizing all of its information systems. With the vast history of Amazon we can begin to ask certain questions that would help understand Amazon and its continual success in
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of Haier’s culture is Innovation. This can also be reflected by Zhang’s continual push to employees for innovation. • Before pushing employees to innovate‚ Zhang has already set a high bar for himself to be innovative. Zhang Ruimin has never set a border for him‚ even for what Haier is. Initially‚ he positioned Haier is a manufacturer with high quality. Moving on‚ he pushes himself to re-position Haier as a service provider. Therefore‚ under his strong desire for innovation‚ Haier not only produces
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conceptual technological management Mushin Lee and Kiyong Om framework innovation of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)‚ Department Management and Policy‚ 373-l Kusong-dong‚ Yusong-gu‚ Taejon 305-701‚ Korea of South Abstract J. T. Chiang argues that studies in technological innovation management are not mature enough in terms of (I) the conceptual categories‚ (2) the interrelationships and (3) the taxonomy of relevant systems. We claim that we can solve these problems
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marketing. Sustainable innovation- Nokia case study Introduction: The technology offers a promise of a better world through the improvements in standards of living. On the other hand‚ resource extraction‚ emissions of dangerous materials‚ and pollution of air‚ water‚ and soil have created conditions for environmental catastrophe and have already caused irreversible damage to the Earth. That is why in last few years‚ companies started focusing on an eco-innovation. Eco-innovation is the development
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Q1. Imagine your Bill. How would you explain to Mary the relationship between risk and return of individual stocks? Find Expected Return and Standard Deviation for each stock in the Ralph’s portfolio. As the risk increases the potential return increases as well. In order to get higher returns one needs to invest in riskier assets. In other words‚ risk is the probability of negative outcome and return is the compensation for this risk. Q2. Mary has no idea what Beta means and how it is related
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Case 3.1 Enron: Understanding the Client’s Business and Industry Price‚ Ria; Walters‚ Jessica 1. Inherent risk‚ a component of the audit risk model‚ refers to the susceptibility of the accounts to material misstatement‚ without regard to the systems internal controls. Inherent risk is a function of the nature of the client’s business‚ the major types of transactions‚ and the effectiveness and integrity of its managers and accountants. A clear understanding of the audit client’s business model is essential in assessing
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Technical Innovation is the Key to development of Crusher Industry During the processing course of various metallic‚ non-metallic ore raw materials and building materials‚ the application of crushing machines is very wide. Since crushing needs to consumes plenty of energy‚ and at the same time‚ it is low efficient process‚ crushing will consumes lots of energy and produce sound‚ heat and vibration. The economic development has higher and higher requirement for the technical level of the crushing
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