1. INTRODUCTION Micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) are small integrated devices or systems that combine electrical and mechanical components. They range in size from the sub micrometer level to the millimeter level and there can be any number‚ from a few to millions‚ in a particular system. MEMS extend the fabrication techniques developed for the integrated circuit industry to add mechanical elements such as beams‚ gears‚ diaphragms‚ and springs to devices. Examples of MEMS device applications
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Introduction to Marketing Environment Firms are affected by lots of different things; a firm’s marketing environment is made up of all of the things that affect the way it operates. Some of the factors in a firm’s marketing environment can be controlled by the firm but some are uncontrollable. Firms need to understand their marketing environment so that they can make the most of positive factors and manage the impact of negative factors. The market environment is a marketing term and refers to
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Business Ethics Fiat Pushes Work Ethic at Italian Plant (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/business/global/23fiat.html?page (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/business/global/23fiat.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)wanted=all&_r=0) Description The article published in the New York Times on July 22‚ 2010 emphasizes on how culture and social background influences work ethics in multinationals. As the title suggests Fiat during the first half of the year faced financial crunch and Italy as
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Reflection of Micro lesson I presented my first micro-teaching lesson and lesson plan for 1.5 hours to my peer groups and delivered 20-25 minutes. My chosen topic was diabetes I chose this because I felt diabetes is common and most students will have some knowledge of diabetes. I felt nervous at the beginning of lesson‚ I was having difficulties with technical problems‚ I felt that this made me loose concentration‚ and this will be a learning curb for next time. As I carried on presenting my
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proactive to the constantly changing dynamics of the business environment within which any organization operates. It is widely recognized at the start of the twenty-first century that the pace of change is accelerating around the world as the globalization of economies forces businesses to respond. Figure 2.1‚ representing the systematic marketing process has‚ at the start of the process‚ an appreciation of the external business environment on which all strategy and subsequent marketing decisions
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THE MICRO-ENTERPRISE BRIEF As a group we have been given the task of carefully selecting an informal micro-enterprise that operates in Cape Town. From this small business we need to ask a range of questions in order to investigate and identify the opportunities that are available to the business as well as where and how these opportunities could be improved. As a group the business we selected the flower stalls in Trafalgar Place on Adderley Street. This turned out to be a very interesting business
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programs that provide credit for self-employment and other financial and business services like savings and technical assistance to low income people. The meaning of Micro finance includes small scale financial assistance to people who work in agriculture‚ animal husbandry‚ fishing‚ poultry farming‚ trading‚ herding and running small or micro enterprises etc. It also renders services like insurance‚ group empowerment programme‚ and technical assistance in various income generating activities etc. According
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Fiat Group’s first-time adoption of IFRS Course: Corporate valuation Authors: Hanlin Wang David Řeha Jin Zhang Joy Nguyen On Wednesday‚ February 24‚ 2010 the SEC reiterated its support for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ this was conditional upon the accomplishment of a number of milestones. The SEC staff had developed a comprehensive work plan that would help to keep the process moving forward. Including Fiat‚more and more huge cooperations are adopting IFRS
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Goal: Total word count in this document: 743 Title: LEKI Micro Vario Carbon Trekking Poles Trekking poles and hiking staffs are normal equipment for many walkers‚ hikers‚ trekkers‚ backpackers and snowshoers. The reasons why are easy; they enhance your stability and provide support on all types of terrain. Trekking poles and hiking staffs will not decrease your overall energy expenditure since you’ll be using your arms more than you would when hiking without poles. They do‚ however‚ help distribute
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look at the perspectives of different sociologists and the theory’s applied within perspectives to explain the impact of social influences. There are two main perspectives in sociology; macro- sociological and micro-sociological. For my case study I have chosen to look at the functionalist theory which is the macro perspective regards to individual behaviour as being predominantly influenced by the demands and constraints of the social systems in which the person lives. The other theory
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