Finance Case Study: Fonderia di Torino S.p.A. Case Overview: Company considering purchase of Vulcan Mold-Maker automated molding machine. Machine prepares sand molds into molten iron using iron castings‚ automates manual intensive process. Questions: 1. Assess the economic benefits of acquiring the Vulcan Mold-Maker machine. What is the initial outlay? What are the benefits over time? What is an appropriate discount rate? Does the net present value (NPV) warrant the investment in the
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considered before the project is accepted or rejected. Question 1: What is the basic nature of the problem in this case? Answer: The basic nature of the problem in this case is all about capital budgeting issue that was being faced by Fonderia di Torino S.p.A. in decided to have some resources investments in order to manage their production throughputs. Managing director of this specialty foundry must decide whether to approve a major investment to automate part of her plant ’s production process
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How do we solve a problem like....stereotypes We can say that stereotypes are based in some kernel of truth. Some stereotypes are self-perpetuating‚ but is it up to the minority itself to regulate and stop those who perpetuate certain stereotypes? Can you tell one group of a minority to stop acting a certain way‚ to stop dressing a certain way‚ to stop talking a certain way? Would it really be better for society if we took out the kernels causing all the self-perpetuating problems? I believe
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Case Introduction Fonderia di Torino S.P.A‚ founded in 1912 by Benito Cerini‚ was a manufacturing company which produced metal castings using semi-automated molding machines. The company’s main line of business was the production of precision metal castings for use in automotive‚ aerospace‚ and construction equipment. The company excelled at this and was awarded because of the quality of its products. The mainly European customers of Fonderia di Torino were original-equipment manufacturers (OEM)
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The Importance Of Teaching Culture In The Foreign Language Classroom 1/14/10 11:34 PM Radical Pedagogy (2001) ISSN: 1524-6345 The Importance Of Teaching Culture In The Foreign Language Classroom Dimitrios Thanasoulas Member of TESOL Greece and the AILA Scientific Commission on Learner Autonomy akasa74@hotmail.com I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor‚ Dr. Doreen Du Boulay for her assistance and insightful ideas‚ and record my thanks to my friends Joshua Jackson and Eleni
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guy her father does not necessarily approve of‚ while breaking stereotypes. Even though the family is successful‚ they are not written as “white” and they are proud of their heritage and shows it through artwork throughout the house. Even though the viewers know that Clair is a lawyer‚ they only see her as a mother in the pilot episode while they see Heathcliff at his
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Can Technology Affect Ethics and Culture? Jeremiah Johnson TEC/401 Linda Poole November 16‚ 2006 Can Technology Affect Ethics and Culture? In today ’s work environment‚ workers are expected to know more than ever before. With the growing of technology comes more knowledge that end-users must know‚ so it is important for workers not to be distracted by unethical practices. However‚ with technology also comes a more defined sense of communication‚ which can be good or bad. This improved communication
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Teotihuacan: Political: Power not concentrated in the hands of a single ruler. The rapid growth in urban population initially resulted from a series of volcanic eruptions that disrupted agriculture. The elite used the cities growing labor resources to bring marginal lands into production. Members of the elite controlled the state bureaucracy‚ tax collection‚ and commerce. Economy: More than 2 % of the urban population was engaged in making obsidian tools More than 2/3 of the city’s
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How do perceptions and stereotypes affect others’ understandings of ourself? Stereotypes and perspective can affect other’s understanding of ourselves. Whether positively or negatively‚ what group‚ religion‚ or culture we are in can define us. Whether the stereotypes about your group are true or false‚ they still are a part of who you are‚ even though it may be completely inaccurate. In the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ there are two separate social groups‚ the socs’ and the greasers. The
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How Does Television Violence Affect Children’s Behavior. Does television promote violence and crime among children? Although most people look at television as an entertaining and educational way to spend time‚ some people think there is to much violence in television and that is influencing our young into becoming aggressive in nature and to tolerate violence. Now scientists have discovered that all the violence in television can in fact mold a young innocent person into becoming a monster right
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