returns to scale‚ or demand-uncertainties that create expected inventory-cost risks and induce firms to produce to order and carry backlogs. The second condition certainly prevails in the turbine generator case. Anti-trust regulators observed that both GE and Westinghouse were pricing higher than conventional economic analysis predicts. So they assumed collusion and prosecuted‚ not just once but several times. In fact‚ as Ghemawat ’s research shows‚ the firms tried to collude but couldn ’t manage
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2010 EABR & ETLC Conference Proceedings Dublin‚ Ireland Corporate Entrepreneurship at GE and Intel John Zimmerman‚ Zayed University‚ U.A.E Abstract This is the first of three planned articles concerning Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE). The author is a former entrepreneur practitioner who secured an earned doctorate from Pepperdine University in 2008‚ and who now teaches at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. In this article the author explores the concept of Corporate Entrepreneurship
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Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 Daniel Alvalle BUS 670 Legal Environment Instructor: Peter McCann 7/29/2013 If you were an investor would you want your money protected? Would you be skeptical about investing in companies since the securities fraud scandals that have happened recently? The answer is most likely‚ “yes”‚ to a certain degree. With the news about unethical business practices and companies not following regulatory guidelines‚ it is difficult to ignore the risk that is involved
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What are iatrogenic effects of current medical systems? The layout Ivan Illich is making in the article called‚ “Medical Nemesis‚” is focused on medical practices and how iatrogenic effects are caused by the diagnosis and manner of treatment by a physician. Throughout the years‚ iatrogenic effects have caused more suffering‚ “Than all accidents from traffic or industry.”(Illich) The effects listed in the article include: “Infection‚ depression‚ dysfunction‚ disability‚ and their specific diseases
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Standards IEEE Std 450™-2002 (Revision of IEEE Std 450-1995) 450 TM IEEE Recommended Practice for Maintenance‚ Testing‚ and Replacement of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications IEEE Power Engineering Society Sponsored by the PES Stationary Battery Committee Published by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers‚ Inc. 3 Park Avenue‚ New York‚ NY 10016-5997‚ USA 3 April 2003 Print: SH95063 PDF: SS95063 IEEE Std 450™-2002 (Revision of IEEE Std
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Main provisions of the Education Act 2002 The Education Act 2002 received Royal Assent in July. The Act implements the legislative commitments set out in the White paper Schools — Achieving Success. It is a substantial and important piece of legislation intended to raise standards‚ promote innovation in schools and reform education law. The following summary sets out the main provisions of the Act. Furthermore‚ the wallchart sets out when the provisions will come into force. (Download the LEA or
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How GE Disrupting Itself We call the process used to IN MAY 2009‚ General Elecsold modified Western develop the two machines and tric announced that over the next six years it would spend billion products to emerging take them global reverse innovation‚ because it’s the opposite of to create at least health-care markets. Now‚ to the glocalization approach that innovations that would substantially lower costs‚ increase access‚ preempt the emerging many industrial-goods manufacturers based in
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did a short tenure at Intel before working at GRiD Systems in 1982. While at GRiD‚ he developed GRiDTask – a high-level programming language which fuelled further the technological advancements in handheld computing‚ particularly in the area of text entry. In 1986‚ Hawkins left grid to pursue further studies at Berkeley and due to difficulties he experienced with being a graduate student after a successful career he‚ later‚ returned to GRiD Systems as Vice President of Research but not before a pattern
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Integration of biomedical devices for continuous‚ real time and automated patient monitoring emergency system System objectives Emergency medical situations require responders to effectively care for patients with limited personnel and medical infrastructure‚ often under intense time pressure. In large-scale medical emergencies‚ emergency medical service (EMS) officers coordinate ambulatory transportation for victims‚ while relying heavily on information from responders in the field. EMS may
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HIROFILOS: A Medical Expert System for Prostate Diseases CONSTANTINOS KOUTSOJANNIS 1‚ MARIA TSIMARA2‚ EMAN NABIL1 1 Medical Physics Lab‚ Department of Physiotherapy TEI of Patras Psaron 6‚ Aigion 2 Department of Medicine University of Patras Rion‚ Patras GREECE ckoutsog@teipat.gr‚ http://aigio.teipat.gr Abstract: - Prostate gland diseases‚ including cancer are estimated to be one of the leading cause of male death worldwide and its management is based on guidelines regarding diagnosis‚ evaluation
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