“Ocean Carriers” case Assume that Ocean Carriers uses a 9% discount rate. 1) Do you expect daily spot hire rates to increase or decrease next year? (5 points) 2) What factors drive daily hire rates? (5 points) 3) How would you characterize the long-term prospects of the capesize dry bulk industry? (10 points) 4) Should Ms Linn purchase the $39M capsize? Make 2 different assumptions. First‚ assume that Ocean Carriers is a US firm subject to 35% taxation. Second‚ assume that
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I feel that Ocean Acidification is an issue that isn’t talked about enough and that people don’t really know about it or what to do about it. This article did a really good job of giving examples of Ocean acidification but it doesn’t do a very good job of telling us what we can do to prevent it. The article also did a very good job of informing us with facts about it. In this article‚ it tells us that by 2050 the ocean will have become much‚ much more acidic‚ and a lot of the fish will have either
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Summary and Response to Ocean Acidification Article The National Geographic article “Ocean Acidification; Carbon Dioxide is Putting Shelled Animals at Risk‚” argues that the drop in surface pH could have a devastating effect on not only the organisms living in the ocean‚ but the environment that surrounds us. Research has shown that at least half of the carbon dioxide being emitted into the atmosphere has been absorbed by the oceans over time. This has benefited our environment because by
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Starfish Crayfish coral Some Bottom dwellers clean the ocean floors Bottom dwellers refers to any species of animal or some other organism that lives on the sea floor. Biologists often use the term benthos to refer to bottom dwellers. Benthos feed off algae. Examples include many species such as crab rock-fish worms sea slugs sea snails. Sea cucumber Starfish Crayfish coral Some Bottom dwellers clean the ocean floors Bottom dwellers refers to any species of animal or
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper MKT/421 September‚ 29‚ 2014 Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Companies are not eternally remaining on the market in a productive way. It is normal to find industries that make wise decisions‚ but there is also the possibility that the decisions taken have not been the best. Our mission as marketing managers is to discover the wise decision that would mark not only within the industry‚ but also in the market with the purpose of repeating that decision in a clever and a systematic
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NIKE ANALYSIS USING THE BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY Nike Corporate Strategy Mission Statement: “Our mission at Nike is to be a company that surpasses all others in the athletic industry”. Visual Awakening Competitors - Reebok Key Opportunities Threats Internal & External Industry Analysis Visual Exploration Major and Subordinate Problems: Finance –Declining stock market price. Strategy Formulation- Loss in market share for shoes and apparel to non-traditional athletic companies . Marketing-
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The End of Ocean Water Pollution Before the Industrial Revolution‚ the world’s oceans were pristine‚ beautiful‚ and clean. Instead of facing the ocean as an issue‚ it was considered a great resource. However‚ in the time that has passed between the Industrial Revolution and today‚ people have been polluting the world and the seas non-stop. As a result‚ the state of the water’s cleanliness has deteriorated. Today‚ however‚ there are many ways that we can stop ocean pollution. In order to do so‚ we
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blue ocean strategy ® Go where profits and growth are – and where the competition isn’t www.blueoceanstrategy.com © Kim & Mauborgne R esearching the history of blue ocean
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Dolphins in the Ocean Park The main attraction at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park is a dolphin show with an earnest message about humans and animals living in harmony. Yet‚ David Wong of Hong Kong animal rights group Animal Earth says the shows are "detrimental to moral thinking." He also says that the very act of capturing the animals strips people of all respect that they may have for animals. There was an anti-dolphin show campaign by local animal rights groups in the summer of 2012. They wanted
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universe. Red Oceans are all the industries in existence today the known market space. In the red oceans‚ industry boundaries are defined and accepted‚ the competitive rules of the game are known. Here companies try to outperform their rivals to grab a greater share of existing demand. As the market space gets crowded‚ prospects for profits and growth are reduced. Products become commodities‚ and cutthroat competition turns the red ocean bloody‚ hence‚ the term “red” oceans. Blue Oceans in contrast
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