The Gap-Year “Princeton encourages it. Harvard is a big fan. From Tufts to MIT‚ some of the most prestigious universities in the nation are urging students to consider something that would make most parents cringe: The idea of putting off college for a year in favor of some much-needed downtime” (Wood 1). A Gap Year is a year taken off from academics and is mainly used to do things such as travel‚ work‚ or volunteer. Parents and students‚ burnout on school is common and overwhelming. Taking
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Case Study ’TATA SWACH-Nano Tech Water Purifier ’ 1.How the TATA Chemicals developed an innovative product‚ Tata Swach‚ the Nano Filter? Tata Chemicals and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd first began work in 2006 on the idea of water purification system made up of natural materials. Mr. Gopalkrishnan‚ vice chairman of TATA Chemical was inspired by the concept of an earlier water filter conceived. The filter used rice-husk ash‚ which is derived after burning rice husk or chaff ‚ a byproduct
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Wage Gap in America On a broader aspect‚ it says men and women are equal. Though at a bottom level‚ women are still struggling to occupy the same status as men in the outer world. Stratification between the two genders is seen everywhere including the household or the workplace. Even today‚ women still earns less as compared to men involved in the same profession. Like a male physician makes $140‚000‚ while a female in the same profession makes $88‚000. Statisticians at the US census bureau looked
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Professors‚ Peter S. Li presents the results of a study conducted‚ which shows the pay gap between university professors Canada. Li’s goal in this paper is to uncover the factors that influence the earnings of university professors in Canada‚ and most importantly to determine the reasons behind these differences in earnings‚ such as gender or visible minority status. In finding the answers regarding pay gaps between university professors in Canada‚ Li collects his data from the Analytical File
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At the end of 19th century Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata met steel makers in Pittsburgh to get the most advanced technology for his plant. It is said that he got the idea of building a steel plant when he heard Thomas Carlyle declaring that "the nation which gains control of iron soon acquires the control of gold" in a lecture in Manchester. At the turn of the twentieth century‚ Jamshetji Tata asked geologist Charles Page Perin to help him find the site to build India’s first steel plant. The search
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positive response Product Decisions The term "product" refers to tangible‚ physical products as well as services. Here are some examples of the product decisions to be made: • Brand name • Functionality • Styling • Quality • Safety • Packaging • Repairs and Support • Warranty • Accessories and services Price Decisions Some examples of pricing decisions to be made include: • Pricing strategy (skim‚ penetration‚ etc.) • Suggested retail price • Volume
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Case study of ERP Topic:Compare SAP at TATA Steel and SAP at CO-OPERATIVE BULK HANDLING LTD.(CBH) Date: April 6‚ 2013 Section: K1108 Roll no: B34‚ B36‚ B40 Index: 1. Introduction 2. SAP 3. TISCO 4. Implementation of ERP at TATA Steel 4.1 Problems occurred 4.2 Solution and implementation 4.3 Benefits 5. What change has occurred after the SAP implementation at Tata steel? 6. Sap at Co- Operative Bulk Handling ltd (CBH) 6.1 Problems occurred 6.2 Solution
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Web Catalog Revenue Models: The seller establishes a brand image‚ and then uses the strength of that image to sell through printed catalogs mailed to prospective buyers. Buyers place orders by mail or by calling the seller’s toll-free telephone number Advantages: 1/ A wide variety of consumer items‚ including apparel‚ computers‚ electronics‚ house wares‚ and gifts. 2/ Customers can place orders through the Web site or by telephone Disadvantages: For many types of products‚ people are still
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clearly illustrates on the achievement gap experienced since the beginning of the 20th century to present time. Therefore‚ it is pertinent to understand the family dynamics and the poverty concentration which are highlighted. As noted by William Julius Wilson‚ “the individual framework does not capture the impact of relational‚ organizational and collective processes that embody the social structure of inequality.” This phrase is particularly true because most model minority become desensitize to their
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planning model and its main function within the financial planning process‚ with specific focus on the review stage of the process and how it is affected by an individual’s life course or changes in the social or economic context. The financial planning model is a cyclical model‚ and is designed to help individuals or households achieve financial goals by managing their income and expenditure. [pic] Figure 1: Stages of Financial Planning (Brown‚ 2007‚ pg 38) I will explain the model using
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