next-generation optical disc format which was jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA)‚ a group of the world’s leading consumer electronics‚ personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple‚ Dell‚ Hitachi‚ HP‚ JVC‚ LG‚ Mitsubishi‚ Panasonic‚ Pioneer‚ Philips‚ Samsung‚ Sharp‚ Sony‚ TDK and Thomson). As compared to the current optical disc format such as DVD‚ this new format allows users to record‚ rewrite and playback high-definition (HD) video and store large amounts of
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MECHANISTIC ORGANIZATIONS Metaphors create a method of thinking‚ it compares items of deferent characteristic showing similarities but not differences‚ recently shadow chancellor George Osborne criticising Gordon Brown‚ he said ’Gordon is a man with an overdraft‚ not a plan’ (Metro‚ October 28‚ 2008). Here we can see that the word overdraft is used to describe some of the present characteristics of Gordon Brown in relation to spending. Various metaphors have been used by different writers to
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Case Study: The Hyundai Group Time Context: Summary/Abstract: Like many Korean chaebols‚ Hyundai was established only recently‚ in 1947 as a construction company. But by the end of the 1950s‚ Hyundai Construction grew to become one of the major construction companies in Korea. Then‚ Hyundai expanded businesses primarily in the construction‚ heavy industry and automobile manufacturing sectors during the next two decades to become the largest business group in Korea. During this period
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Just as he was to graduate from Raffles Institutions in Singapore‚ the Second World War broke out; Fortunately‚ he was favored and was given work; ever since then‚ he had been working in the grains department of Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsubishi between 1942 till 1945 and later started a business with support from his relatives (Kuok Brothers Sdn Bhd) which was a year after the passing of their father’s. Even though his father passing had sadden him and his family‚ he pressed on with the
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Excavator A typical modern excavator: a CAT 325C‚ fitted with quick couplerand tilting bucket. For the AMD CPU microarchitecture‚ see Excavator (microarchitecture). Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom‚ stick‚ bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house".[1]The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. A cable-operated excavator uses winches and steel ropes to accomplish the movements.[2] They are a natural progression from the steam shovels and
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126-137_Q4_Ayala_V5 8/20/02 4:24 PM Page 126 THE 126 McKinseyQuarterly I N T E RV I E W A case for the family-owned conglomerate Ken Gibson The president and CEO of the Philippines’ largest and most conservative family conglomerate expounds on the value of financial discipline‚ trust‚ and good governance in a volatile market. T he Philippines would seem to be an unlikely place to find perspec- tives on management and governance. Hit hard by the 1997 Asian crisis
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BACKGROUND REPORT Pakistan State Oil Company Limited is one of Pakistan’s largest companies which posted an after tax profit of Rs. 9.31 billion this year. For nearly two decades PSO had held the reigns of market leadership when it came to lubricants. Yet in 1994‚ when the government announced a new petroleum policy in which lubricants were deregulated‚ PSO failed to react and manage the challenges of the free market conditions. It did not expand its stagnant product lines‚ and the growing consumer
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started operation in 1946 with orangy yellow‚ silver and dark green bus paint design. In 1974‚ Saulog Transit Inc. acquired the franchise of Villarey Transit‚ which it used to operate its sister company‚ Dagupan Bus Co.‚ Inc. initially with only six Mitsubishi Fuso buses as part of its expansion in Northern Luzon. It was in 2010 when Saulog Transit and Genesis Transport Service Inc. signed a memorandum of agreement for the long time
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Within the modern fantasy anime Fate/Zero‚ originally written and created by Gen Urobuchi‚ the audience is introduced to the epitome of the tragic hero Kiritsugu Emiya. In an archetypically-filled work‚ Kiritsugu Emiya goes through a unique and unorthodox Cycle of the Hero‚ be it by changing certain steps to suit his own needs or skipping them all together. In his quest to obtain the Holy Grail to rid the world of All the World’s Evil‚ he discovers that even the purest of dreams‚ such as ridding
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COMPARISION OF 1980’s ADVERTISEMENT AND NOW DAYS ADVERTISEMENT In 1980’s‚ there was no motivation‚ no fulfillment of psychological‚ spiritual or social needs in advertisement as there were no competitors at all‚ but now days there are more competitors as well as people had developed more broader sense of thinking that‚ which product is less cheaper‚ which product can fulfill our needs. For example taking the example of milk products. In Pakistan‚ there are more than 10 products such as Nestle
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