Kotler and Keller (2009) believe that marketing is about identifying and meeting human and social needs. They further explain that this idea can be simplified by defining marketing as meeting needs profitability. Some argue that marketing goes beyond meeting needs and wants. For these critics‚ their counterpoint is that marketers create products and services to make people want or need what they otherwise would not. Although this may be true with unsought goods such as insurance‚ encyclopedias‚ and
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Litigation and Alternatives Video LAW/531 October 10‚2012 Litigation and Alternatives Video Quick Takes Video was interested in an editing system by NonLinear Pro they saw at a trade show. After three weeks Quick Takes decided they were not interested in the product because it performance did not meet the company’s expectations. Quick Takes Video contacted NonLinear Pro that they could pick up their product only to learn that NonLinear Pro expected five thousand dollars as per the lease
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Page 1 Question 1.1. (TCO B) Which of the following statements concerning the MM extension with growth is NOT CORRECT? (a) The tax shields should be discounted at the unlevered cost of equity. (b) The value of a growing tax shield is greater than the value of a constant tax shield. (c) For a given D/S‚ the levered cost of equity is greater than the levered cost of equity under MM’s original (with tax) assumptions. (d) For a given D/S‚ the WACC is greater than the WACC under MM’s original
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Participative Leadership Approach Mike McGuire LDR-531 Organizational Leadership November 19th‚ 2012 Timothy De Long Participative Leadership Approach The Trait Approach assumes that some people are natural leaders and examines motives‚ values‚ personality‚ and skills. The Behavior Approach branches into two sections. One method to the Behavior Approach is to look at leader
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June 27‚ 2014 HRM531 Landslide Limousine has given us the opportunity to help them develop their recruitment and selection strategies. Recruiting and selecting the right candidate can be a very overwhelming process. In this document I have put together a series of recommendation that I believe will help the process become a lot less stressful. My recommendation will cover the following areas • Organizational goals • Forecasted demographic changes • Workforce diversity objectives • Organizational
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1. a) Write the Gibbs equation for free energy and specify the terms in the equation and their respective units in the SI system. G = U + PV – TS b= H – TS Where G = Gibbs free energy(Joule) H =Enthalpy(Joule) U = Internal energy(Joule) P = Pressure(Pa) V = Volume (m3) T = Temperature (K) S = Entropy(Joule/K) b) Write the Gibbs phase rule and explain the meaning of the terms in the equation. F = VAR – REL (where VAR= P(C+1)‚ REL = (P-1)(C+2)) F = P(C+1)
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BUSL301 Final exam Session 1 2013 The exam does not include: Lecture Area 1-4 Lecture Area 9 [Week 10] (Takeovers / Financial Services and Markets) The Role of Auditors / ASIC Investigation (these are both in Lecture Area 7 [Week 8]) Everything else is examinable – that is‚ within the range of material that may be included in the final exam Part A of the exam (20 marks) is multiple-choice (10 x 2 marks per question) Part B of the exam (40 marks) has 2 problem style questions requiring written responses
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& 13 1. A sales manager collected the following data on salespersons’ annual sales and years of experience. Years of Annual Sales Salesperson Experience ($1000s) 1 1 80 2 3 97 3 4 92 4 4 102 5 6 103 6 8 111 7 10 119 8 10 123 9 11 117 10 13 136 a. Develop a scatter diagram for these data with years of experience as the independent variable. b. Develop an estimated regression equation that can be used to predict annual
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Please respond to each question in 100-200 words. Make sure they are your own words (i.e. you cannot use direct quotes! I want to know your understanding of a topic). Do not copy directly from the book or any other source. Each question is worth 1.5 points‚ for a total of 15 points. You should be able to answer all questions with the textbook. If you use your textbook as a source‚ please reference the book and use in text citations where possible. 1. What is a species? How do we place value
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private corporations have responsibilities to society that extend beyond making a profit is known as A. flexible responsibility B. social responsibility C. social flexibility D. managerial responsibility E. profit maximization 6) Who said that the social responsibility of business is a "fundamentally subversive doctrine" and that the one social responsibility of business is "to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays with
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