Medium formulation is an essential stage in the design of fermentation process. Most fermentation media require liquid media‚ although some solid-substrate fermentations are also operated. Fermentation media must satisfy all the nutritional requirements of the microorganisms and fulfill the technical objectives of the process. There are several stages where media are required in a fermentation process; inoculum (starter culture)‚ propagation steps‚ pilot-scale fermentations and the main production
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1998 is when Daimler-Benz acquired Chrysler. Many people thought that Chrysler would break away from Ford and GM and join Japanese automobile makers. The planned strategy at Daimler-Benz for Chrysler in 1998 was to emphasize bold design‚ better product quality‚ and higher productivity by sharing designs and parts between the two companies. This strategic plan however‚ proved to be disastrous for Chrysler. Looking back‚ I’m sure the company’s CEO’s can see the poor decisions they made. They
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Question 1: Identify the global marketing environmental in this case. Show with references to Daimler’s product markets‚ how it might monitor and meet these environmental challenges in next three years. Mercedes Benz is a German based manufacturer of luxury cars‚ trucks an coaches and it also world’s oldest automobile company. There are 13 major automobile players in the European automobile industry and outside European giants are Toyota & Nissan. Mercedes Benz has a manufacturing plant in
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6-B3 Dropping a Product Line Hambley’s Toy Store is on Regent Street in London. It has a magic department near the main door. Suppose that management is considering dropping the magic department‚ which has consistently shown an operating loss. The predicted income statements‚ in thousands of pounds (£)‚ follow (for ease of analysis‚ only three product lines are shown): General Electronic Magic Total Merchandise Products Department Sales £6‚000 £5‚000 £400 £ 600 Variable expenses 4‚090 3‚500
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a number of Internet-based services and products and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program. The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ often dubbed the "Google Guys"‚ while the two were attending Stanford University as Ph.D. candidates. It was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4‚ 1998‚ and its initial public offering followed on August 19‚ 2004. (a) Why are companies like Chrysler now looking more favourably at the Internet
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HDFC Bank commenced operations as Scheduled Commercial Bank in 1995. The mission of HDFC Bank is to become World-Class Indian Bank. The business philosophy of HDFC Bank is based on four core values- Operational Excellence‚ Customer Focus‚ Product Leadership and People. At present‚ HDFC Bank has vast network of 2150 branches spread in 1141 cities across India. All branches are linked on real time basis. The Bank also has 6838 networked ATMs across these cities. All the bank branches have online
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Discuss broadly the merger assessment techniques. How are they applied? What are the advantages‚ disadvantages‚ etc.? There are many benefits to a merger between firms. These include: exploiting economies of scale‚ diversification and of course increasing shareholder wealth. The reason for mergers are predominantly monetary. These benefits can either be competitive or anti-competitive‚ when a collusion is anti competitive a governing body should intervene. Anti competitive behaviour would reduce
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contents Introduction 3 Types of Mergers 3 Types of Acquisitions 4 Motives behind M&A 5 Problems faced in Mergers and Acquisitions 6 Problems faced in Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions 7 Sony’s Acquisition of Columbia Pictures 8 Sony 8 Columbia Pictures 9 Analysis: Star Framework 9 Fig: Choice of Entry Mode 15 Failure of the Acquisition 15 Reasons for the Failure 16 Merger between Daimler-Benz and Chrysler Corporation 18 Daimler-Benz 18 Chrysler Corporation 18 Analysis: Star Framework
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Process of public policy formulation in developing countries Prof.Dr. Do Phu Hai‚ Faculty of Public Policy Graduate Academy of Social Science (GASS)‚ Vietnam Abstract: Policy formulation clearly is a critical phase of the policy process which also is an explicit subject of policy design. The public policy formulation is part of the pre-decision phase of policy making including to craft the goals and priorities and options‚ costs and benefits of each options‚ externalities of each option. It
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Psychodynamic Formulation: Its Purpose‚ Structure‚ and Clinical Application Samuel Perry‚ M.D.‚ Arnold M. Cooper‚ M.D.‚ and Robert Michels‚ M.D. The authors present a brief written psychodynamic formulation that focuses on central conflicts‚ anticipates transferences and resistances‚ and helps guide all psychiatric treatments. After placing the presenting problem in the context of the patient’s life and identifying nondynamic determinants of the psychopathology‚ the formulation explains the development
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