Christopher W. Leary AC0801859 PY 360 Ethics in Technology Assignment 3 February 24‚ 2015 The United States Constitution affords Congress the authority in granting certain inventors‚ and authors unique rights to things they have created‚ however‚ they do not provide details on how the rights are protected. In todays world there are four ways individuals and entities protect their intellectual property and they are: trade secrecy‚ copyright‚ and patents. Copyright is the legal protection given to
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ACCT 421A: CORPORATE TAX : Chapter Sixteen DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 5. How are farmers treated differently from other producers in regard to tax accounting? Since farmers are usually allowed to use the cash method of accounting‚ the UNICAP rules do not apply to farmers‚ except in the case of plants with a reproduction period of more than two years. The farmer can elect to use the farm price method of the unit-livestock-price-method. A farmer may also elect to average the income from farming
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(marketing matrix‚ product‚ price‚ promotion‚ place) List relevant qualitative data: evidence related to or based on the quality or character of something. B&D has been accepted as one of the most powerful brand in the world‚ just like Walt Disney‚ Kodak and NBC. For professional industry segment‚ the customers view B&D as offering high-quality‚ differentiated products and excellent services. B&D’s share problem in tradesmen was not in product quality. B&D’s product quality was very competitive
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unrelated products or unrelated geographical markets for existing products. For example‚Eastman Kodak Co.successfully used a bypass approach into such diverse areas as electronics and biotechnology‚ with products as diverse as electronic publishing systems‚cattle feed nutrients‚ and anti cancer drugs. However‚ this relatively sudden move into diverse fields followed an ultraconservative period in which Kodak temporarily stalled and competitors grabbed such markets as instant photography‚ 35mm cameras
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Facilitate Continuous Improvement BSBMGT516C BY CALLAN FORGAN January 2015 Assessment Activity 1 1. You work for an organisation that does not actively encourage its employees to participate in decision-making processes‚ and to assume responsibility and exercise initiative as appropriate. What would you say to convince the organisation’s management that they should actively encourage employees to assume responsibility and initiative? Write a transcript of what you would say. “Although
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1.1 Introduction Polaroid Corporation was founded in 1937 by Edwin Land who dropped out of Harvard College in order to focus on the research on the polarization of light. He developed the first instant camera in 1948. From that time onwards the instant camera was the main product of the company. 90% of the company’s efforts were tied up to this product over the next decades. Within four decades‚ sales of the firm grew from $142000 to over $1 billion. Significant break- through of Polaroid included:
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New-product development: several basic steps to make a new product successful Abstract Considering the fast change in customer taste since the society is always making progress and individuals pursue more advanced technique and more convenient life styles‚ every company should try to innovate new products which satisfy customers’ need. However‚ only a few new products can be successful‚ and research shows that 90% of new products will fail after they enter the market (Kotler‚ 2008). Several reasons
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Using examples‚ discuss the potential advantages and disadvantages of offshore outsourcing for A) western companies‚ B) emerging market companies C) the workforce of western countries D) the workforce of emerging market countries. Offshore outsourcing is defined as “Geographical relocation of specific business functions abroad ... to be performed by contractually outsourced independent party” (Prasad and Prasad 2007 cited in Javalgi et al. 2009‚p.157). INTRODUCTION Context: Western companies:
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Which way to grow? The question is‚ should the company expand horizontally or should the company diversify or expand vertically? There is no clear cut answer to this question. There are advantages and pitfalls to each of these methods and there are many examples of organisation where a certain choice has proven extremely profitable and vice versa. This essay will provide advantages and disadvantages of horizontal expansion by comparing it with vertical and diversified growth. The reader will be
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Ask any school kid what happened in 1492. Columbus sailed the ocean blue‚ of course. What about 1776? You get the idea. Some events are important enough to be seen for centuries as turning points in history. What will future generations remember about 1992? Bill Clinton’s election? Hardly. They will remember an event that far too many Americans don’t even know occurred -- UNCED‚ the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. They won’t remember that UNCED was the
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