R for Programmers Norman Matloff University of California‚ Davis c 2007-8‚ N. Matloff December 4‚ 2008 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This document is no longer being maintained. My book on R programming‚ The Art of R Programming‚ is due out in August 2011. You are welcome to use an early draft at http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/˜matloff/132/NSPpart.pdf; it was about 50% complete and contains bugs‚ but should be useful. Licensing: This work‚ dated December 4‚ 2008‚ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No
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potential use of information technology for strategic advantage. Sunflower Inc. is a large distribution company that purchases and distributes snack foods and liquor to retail stores throughout the United States and Canada. The organization has one head office and twenty-two regions. Each region is encouraged to be autonomous to accommodate local tastes and practices. Competition is very intense in the industry and Sunflower Inc. is unable to respond to market shifts. The organization is characterized
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Gap Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer offering clothing‚ accessories and personal care products for men‚ women‚ children and babies under the Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ and Old Navy brand names. There are four brand names included in Gap: Gap‚ GapKids‚ BabyGap‚ and GapBody. There are worldwide Gap headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area‚ product development offices in New York City and distribution operations and offices coordinating sourcing activities around the globe (www.gapataglance
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Resources Management September 5‚ 2011 Case Analysis Question: What is Strategic Human Resources Management and how does it link the people with the strategic needs of the business? Introduction Human resource management is a combination of strategically coordinated efforts to manage people. Managing people involves‚ employing them‚ teaching and developing their skills‚ and utilizing‚ maintaining and compensating their services (Mello‚ 2010). In most cases the strategic method of human resource
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CASE: MAKING NORWICH TOOLS LATHE INVESTMENT DECISIONS PAR T A: PAYBACK PERIOD years cash flows 0 1 2 3 4 5 (660‚000) 128‚000 182‚000 166‚000 168‚000 450‚000 PBPA LATHE A cumulative cash flows cash flows LATHE B cumulative cash flows 128‚000 310‚000 476‚000 644‚000 1‚094‚000 (360‚000) 88‚000 120‚000 96‚000 86‚000 207‚000 88‚000 208‚000 304‚000 390‚000 597‚000 4.04 PBPB 3.65 ACCEPTABILTY OF EACH PROJECT: Lathe A will be
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About the Lima Tire Plant Located in Lima‚ Ohio‚ the plant building encompassed over 1.5 million square feet and was situated on 128 acres of land. About 1‚120 people were employed at the Lima location: 970 were hourly employees and 150 were salaried employees. The hourly personnel at the plant were unionized by the United Steelworkers (USW)‚ which had merged with the United Rubber Workers in 1995. The Lima Plant had undergone a $100 million expansion and modernization effort in 2000‚ which enabled
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Food Inc. 1. Food production has changed more in the last 10 years than in the preceding 10‚000. 2. Images of agrarian (farm) society in the consumer’s mind include: green fields cattle grazing red barns 3. The average supermarket contains 47‚000 (how many?) items 4. How do you think farm animals should be treated? How do your ideas compare to what you saw in the film? I think farm animals should be treated with some respect. If we are going to keep them trapped then we ought to let them do what
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Scheed: CASE Walter Meier (Monika) Im Überblick: 2 Beschaffungsstandorte‚ 5 Länder mit eigenen Verkaufsorganisationen‚ 17 Länder mit Vertriebspartnern MOTIVES AND ISSUES FOR A GLOBAL BUSINESS: Motives: ● Growth potential as existing market is saturated: Lifecycle Metal and woodworking: Decline stage in the US but growth stage in emerging Markets (S.4) Also emerging markets continued to industrialize( → need for machine tools) And growth in Brazil is basically guaranteed till 2016 (World Cup & Olympics)
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ethics‚ finance and restructuring of debt. The analysis examines issues faced by a company experiencing financial distress such as a conflict of interest among debt holders‚ management and stockholders and corporate responsibility in practice. Dice‚ Inc‚ a provider of online recruiting services for technology professionals faced a series of challenges which included a troubled economy‚ undesirable balance sheets and heartless debt holders following the crash of the dot.com bubble. The company earned
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Unit 1 Case Analysis: Apple‚ Inc.‚ 2008 Background Apple Computer‚ Inc. was created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in April 1976. It started as a computer software and hardware manufacturer. Apple Computer‚ Inc. is famous for having one of the largest and most loyal customer bases that have helped to make concrete consistent growth for the company (Yoffie‚ Slind‚ 2008). In 2007 Apple Computer Inc.‚ became Apple Inc. to mirror its expansion into the consumer electronics market while still
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