J & L Railroad 1. J & L can use heating oil futures to hedge its exposure to diesel fuel prices. Which futures position should J & L take? Explain. J&L Railroad should take a long position. They need to purchase diesel fuel in the future‚ they don’t produce diesel fuel‚ so they would want to take a future to be able to lock in the price of diesel fuel for future purchases. 2. What problems could the use of heating oil futures for hedging create for J&L? Note: I assume this question is asking
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ways and to what effect did local government intervene to ameliorate the adverse effects of industrialisation on the populations of towns and cities? Towns and Cities in the nineteenth century grew extremely quickly as vast numbers of people congregated in urban environment’s which were created as a response to rapid industrialisation‚ this developed problems such as poor public health. The problems that became apparent had to be dealt with and this gave rise to local governments being set up
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Describe Pizza Hut and KFC’s investment strategy in Latin America. Latin America was appealing to Yum brands because of its close proximity to the United States‚ language and cultural similarities‚ and the North America free Trade Agreement eliminated tariffs on goods traded between the United States. Performing a country analysis was an important part of the strategic decision making process. Yum Brands had to accurately assesses the risks of doing business in other countries and regions in order to
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10 FAILURE BRANDS IN INDIA Marketing is easy to teach‚ it is easier to understand as well. On practice‚ marketing is quite difficult as a company should have a strong marketing team to work on market opportunity analysis‚ target market selection‚ marketing strategy design‚ marketing program development. When a company slips away from deciding the right marketing mix‚ their products meet failure. Failures are not patented by small companies ‚ there are stories of several huge brands who have failed
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(THE HEADER) TO: Dr. Kamal Ghose‚ Marketing 201 Human resource manager FROM: Fatimah Zahra Tengku‚ Marketing 201 Student DATE: 19 March 2009 SUBJECT: Fatimah’s personal brand statement (THE OPENING) The impact of current recession towards potential graduating student is no doubt will be another reason that amplifies the need for a properly branded university graduate. This memo will have the basic idea of the branding definition‚ the vital personal information of the writer‚
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Introduction This report is made based on the topic “Knowledge Gap between Generations Based on Media Exposure.” What is knowledge gap? It was first introduced by 3 researchers of University of Minnesota that is Phillip J. Tichenor‚ Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication‚ George A. Donohue‚ Professor of Sociology and Clarice‚ and N. Olien‚ Instructor in Sociology in 1970. Based on the title of the research‚ it can be defined as the gap of the information obtained by exposed
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Brand name Dosage form composition Pack size Manufacturer importer prize FERROCARE CAPSULES DRIED FERROUS SULPHATE107.2MG‚FOLIC ACID 500MCG‚CYANOCOBALAMIN 300MCG 6x10s‚ 6s Softgel Health Care Pvt Ltd. Pharma Associates RARICAP L 200ML GLASS BOTTLES FERROUS CALCIUM CITRATE AND FOLIC ACID 25MG & 0.5MG Bafna Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Associated Laboratories (Pvt) Ltd FERUP SOFT GEL CAPSUL FERROUS FUMARATE 152MG +FOLIC ACID 1.5MG BP 12X10‚ 4X30 Cadila Healthcare Ltd Hemas Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd FERROVIT
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Knowledge management systems: strategic asset or not? Abstract In the knowledge based economy today‚ it is important for organisations to rapidly collect and share knowledge with globally dispersed locations. KMS is collection of technical artefacts designed to help organisations to achieve such goal. The purpose of this essay is to evaluated whether KMS are strategic asset from resource based view. The outcome of the finding determines whether KMS can be leveraged to facilitate knowledge dissemination
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SYNOPSIS 1. TITLE: “Factors responsible for Brand switching from Samsung to Nokia in smartphones in Indore region ”. 2. BRIEF OVERVIEW: 15 years ago‚ having a mobile phone was considered a luxury‚ but now it is a very common commodity. Just look around and you will see someone talking on a mobile phone. This device has become an integral part of our life. It is very interesting to see how the mobile handset market has evolved from ten years before to what it is now. What is even more
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Brand Antecedents of true BrAnd LoyALty Jooyoung Kim‚ Jon d. Morris‚ and Joffre swait ABSTRACT: We examine a model of six latent constructs and propose that true brand loyalty can be explained as a result of five distinct antecedents: brand credibility‚ affective brand conviction‚ cognitive brand conviction‚ attitude strength‚ and brand commitment. Data from experimental conditions with manipulations of eight product classes and two involvement levels lend support for the proposed model‚ demonstrating
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