America’s Zoos: Entertainment to Conservation The children run ahead‚ squealing with delight. Their parents lag behind holding the children’s brightly colored balloons and carrying the remnants of the half-eaten cotton candy. The family stops to let the children ride the minitrain and take pictures together under the tree. They walk hand- in-hand toward the exit‚ stopping first at the gift shop where they each splurge on a treat to remind them of the day’s adventure. Although this may sound
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CASE 2: VALUING CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROJECTS CORPORATE FINANCE GROUP Y Growth Enterprises‚ Inc When valuing any project‚ the free cash flows must be determined in order to be able to successfully implement any method of capital budgeting. Growth Enterprises is currently considering four projects. Each has an equal required initial investment of $10‚000‚000 which is followed by a set of cash flows different for each project. Depreciation figures for each project were calculated on a straight-line
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“The Blackstone Group: Merlin Entertainment” The Blackstone group‚ founded in New York‚ is one of the largest private equity firms in the world with offices in USA‚ UK‚ Germany‚ France and India. The Blackstone model of investment operation is to invest out of a singel global equity fund so all its investments around the world tap into the same capital pools. One of the most attractive industries to invest for the Blackstone is theme parks and there are a number of reasons for that. The first
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August 29 2013 The Honorable Thom Ellis North Carolina State Senate/House of Representatives North Carolina General Assembly Raleigh‚ NC 27601-1096 Dear Senator Ellis‚ I strongly urge you to oppose the HB 693 law that deprives the teenagers in NC of medical confidentiality. We talk about our right to be free‚ our right to have privacy and to make discretionary decisions about our health‚ where are they? The question at hand‚ “Legislated parent-child relationship vs. Open parent-child relationship
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REDUCING ELECTROVISION ’S TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT COSTS Prepared for Dennis McWilliams‚ Vice President of Operations Electrovision‚ Inc. Prepared by Linda Moreno‚ Manager Cost Accounting Services Electrovision‚ Inc. May 15‚ 2013 MEMORANDUM TO: Dennis McWilliams‚ Vice President of Operations FROM: Linda Moreno‚ Manager of Cost Accounting Services DATE: February 15‚ 2000 SUBJECT: Reducing Electrovision ’s Travel and Entertainment Costs Here is the report you requested January
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A Study of Tourist Perception Towards Travel Risk Factors in Tourist Decision Making Anshul Garg Abstract People from different cultures tend to have different ways of making decisions‚ based on the emphasis they place on different phases of the decision making process. Studies have also suggested that people from divergent national cultures use different negotiation approaches‚ and they do so because their perceptions of the decision making situation are conditioned by the characteristics
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Case Analysis Introduction In evaluating Case 3: “The Home Video Game Industry: Atari Pong to the Nintendo Wii”‚ it soon became evident that choosing a single company would become crucial in unlocking the next level to this Case Analysis. Much research revealed that Nintendo’s array of experience and the changes and obstacles that Nintendo has overcome‚ made them a great choice for a Case Analysis. This analysis will cover a SWOT analysis: digging deep into the internal strengths and weaknesses‚
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accessing any kind of visual imaging is relatively effortless. For most of us‚ our easiest medium for being exposed to these things is our televisions. It’s that very fact that concerns people like Mary Ann Watson. In her article “Ethics in Entertainment Television”‚ Watson argues the affects of graphic and violent television programming on our culture. She makes the claim
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MKTG202 Marketing Research Progress Report A MKTG202 MARKETING RESEARCH PROGRESS REPORT A Investigation into Entertainment at Ubar‚ Macquarie University. ABSTRACT: The Macquarie Ubar provides students with a place to relax‚ socialize‚ and catch up with friends
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A R T I C L E www.hbr.org A New Game Plan for C Players by Beth Axelrod‚ Helen Handfield-Jones‚ and Ed Michaels Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 A New Game Plan for C Players 10 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Product 8598 A New Game Plan for C Players
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