recently diversified by buying Alcon‚ in a £24.8bn deal. Alcon is a producer of eye care products such as contact lenses. Google has diversified by investing £124m in a wind power business. To what extent is diversification the best strategy to achieve profitable growth? Justify your answer with reference to Novartis‚ Google and/ or other organisations that you know. (40 marks) Diversification - Practice under which a firm enters an industry or market different from its core business. Growth – The
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1 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? An industry analysis through Porter’s Five Forces reveals that market forces are favorable for profitability. Defining the industry: Both concentrate producers (CP) and bottlers are profitable. These two parts of the industry are extremely interdependent‚ sharing costs in procurement‚ production‚ marketing and distribution. Many of their functions overlap; for instance‚ CPs do some bottling‚ and bottlers conduct many promotional activities
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Microsoft® Word 2010 Quick Reference Card The Word 2010 Screen Quick Access Toolbar Title bar Minimize Ribbon Close button Ribbon Ruler File tab Customizable Training Materials Tel. (888) 903-2432 | www.customguide.com Keyboard Shortcuts General Open a Document Create New Save a Document Print a Document Close a Document Help + + + + + Insertion point Navigation: Up One Screen Vertical scroll bar Horizontal scroll bar + + Down One Screen Beginning
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Equality Act 2010 The Equality Act 2010 is a piece of legislation passed in October 2010. This Act replaces a number of previous legislations concerned with discrimination including the Sex Discrimination Acts of 1975 and 1986‚ the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The consolidation of many Acts has been implemented in order to streamline the legislation and make it simpler and more consistent. The Act relates to nine characteristics that it is unlawful to
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v %. FORM TP 2011092 TEST CODE OI234O2O MAY/JUNE 2011 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION MATHEMATICS Paper 02 - General Proficiency 2 hours 40 minutes 18 MAY 2011 (a.m.) INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This paper consists of TWO sections. 2. There are EIGHT questions in Section I and THREE questions in Section II. 3. Answer ALL questions in Section I‚ and any TWO questions from Section II. 4. Write
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1.0 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND The Equality Act 2010 is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes provisions and sets the requirements for strategic decision makings by Ministers of the Crown and others. These provisions govern the exercise of functions of the Ministers of the Crown with regards to: • The desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities • Reforming and harmonising equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment
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w w w e tr .X m eP UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education e ap .c rs om MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2010 question paper for the guidance of teachers 0580 MATHEMATICS 0580/41 Paper 41 (Extended)‚ maximum raw mark 130 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not
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Annual Report Project Did BP responded adequately and efficiently after the Oil Spill in April 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction p. 1 BP Oil spill characteristics p. 2 Cost Analysis of the spill p. 6 Clean-up of oil spill and recover environment p. 6 Estimation and recognition of the cost………………………………………………..p. 6 Financial highlights…………………………………………………………………….p. 7 1. Sale of Assets/ Opportunity Cost 2. Share Price Drop
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BALANCE SHEET AS AT JUNE 30‚ 2010 Note 2009 2010 Rupees (’000) SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES Authorised capital 6 1‚500‚000 1‚500‚000 Issued‚ subscribed and paid up capital Reserves Special reserve Revenue reserve Unappropriated profit 6 576‚000 576‚000 7 17‚043 34‚097 8‚643‚534 9‚236‚577 6‚472‚171 7‚082‚268 NON CURRENT LIABILITIES Long term deposits 8 178‚908 159‚538 Deferred income tax liability 9 110‚000 288‚908 92‚000 251‚538 CURRENT
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Introducing the EFQM Excellence Model 2010 Introduction Agenda for Today Why change the Model? Drivers of change The Core Team The Process Introduction the EFQM Excellence Model 2010 Fundamental Concepts of Excellence Criteria and Criterion Parts RADAR and Scoring Implementing the EFQM Excellence Model 2010 EFQM Excellence Award 2010 Assessor Training Implementation Guides Self-Assessment Ongoing Review and Update Process Drivers of Change Key Drivers of Change Feedback
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