United Metals has decided to launch the production of a new product‚ the firm is expecting this project to last over 8 years. The issue at hand is to know whether it would be more advantageous for United Metals to produce the components itself or to directly buy them from one of its suppliers‚ Amalgamated Components. In order to arbitrage between the “make” and “buy” decision we will calculate the Net Present Value of both these options. In order to do so we will first compute the annual cash flows
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1. Explain the business idea that Kurt Conti was considering. What is his business model? Conti’s business idea is an online trading platform business model which connecting supplier and purchaser (e-commerce) which would be easier‚ quick‚ cheap and paperless business transaction. 2. How did he spot the business opportunity? How did he surface? As the construction equipment industry’s order management cycle is typical of many business transactions. Manufacturers of heavy equipment‚ such as Caterpillar
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Introduction: The STCW Convention “The Standards of Training‚ Certification & Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention was drafted in 1978 by conference at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London‚ and was activated in 1984” (wikipedia/stcw). Since its beginning‚ its scope has been to set qualification standards for masters‚ officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships. On an international level‚ “the 1978 STCW Convention was the first to establish basic requirements on training
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Critical Analysis of Slamming Society: Critical Theory and Situationism Sociology 3000: Sociological Theory Eric ofosu-Asare This review is based on chapter 4 “Slamming Society: Critical Theory and Situationsim” in Mann’s textbook of “Understanding Society”. Within this chapter are the theorists Hegel‚ Freud‚ Adorno‚ Marcuse‚ and Lasch. Each main theorist’s argument will be presented and reviewed. Hegel’s theory is the journey of reason and argued on
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FULL DISCLOSURE PRINCIPLE ACC 421 Kimberly Dixon 12/10/12 What is the full disclosure principle in accounting‚ why has disclosures increased substantially in the last 10 years‚ and regulations that are being increased and put into place. These are the three areas of the full disclosure principle that will be discussed in this paper. First‚ what is the full disclosure principle in accounting? The full disclosure principle is the principle that states that a company must include in its financial
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Critical Analysis of the Communication Activity Communication activity between the hotel and the guests is the way of hotel that attract the people come to live in the hotel and the process of service delivery. There are many types of communication activity can be conducted between the hotel and the guests. Communication is the activity of transmission of information through the exchange of messages‚ thoughts or information‚ as by speech‚ signals‚ visuals or writing‚ or behavior. It is the
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At Clifton Metal Works | | Your Name Instructor NameCourse Title | [Pick the date] | Introduction The mission statements is a written declaration of an organizations core purpose and focus that normally remains unchanged over time. It defines why an organization exists and the reason for being in particular business. The present discussion is to understand the existing mission of Clifton Metal Works (CMW)‚ whether it can be further improved. Given Facts * Clifton Metal Works was
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1. Berger says that "Discourse analysis... focuses attention not only on the content of written material but on the style that writers use‚ the language they use to express themselves‚ and the strategies they adopt to get their ideas across. The focus‚ we may say‚ is on the ’how’ not the ’what’" (p. 174). Explain the difference between the "how" and the "what." Instead of concentrating on the content they concentrate on the style of the content. When reading a review of a movie‚ we are still reading
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A World Full of Cruelty Different aspects of human nature have always been a part of literary works written by writers of every era. Human beings are portrayed as compassionate‚ loving‚ caring‚ empathetic and concerned about society and the people around them. However‚ literature is also filled with the abundance of negative facets of human nature such as hatred‚ discrimination and cruelty. This very form of cruelty is shown in the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚” by Mark Twain in which Huck
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If you run your application and click your button you should see your dialog. 15. Layout Manager and ViewGroups 15.1. Available Layout Manager A layout manager is a subclass of ViewGroup and is responsible for the layout of itself and its child Views. Android supports different default layout managers. As of Android 4.0 the most relevant layout manager are LinearLayout‚ FrameLayout‚ RelativeLayout and GridLayout. All layouts allow the developer to define attributes. Children can also define
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