What is net neutrality? According to the Merriam Dictionary‚ Net Neutrality is “the idea‚ principle‚ or requirement that Internet service providers should or must treat all Internet data as the same regardless of its kind‚ source‚ or destination”. This explanation indicates how the Internet service providers‚ ISPs‚ are unable to block or favor any websites or companies. In 2003‚ Professor Tim Wu constructed the idea of Net Neutrality. Up until 2005‚ Internet service providers were considered common
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“Net neutrality”. Two words that seem to pop up every few years‚ met with the internet’s fury‚ just to disappear from the public’s collective conscience. Although the words are familiar‚ the definition is sometimes not. Net neutrality is defined by Dictionary.com as‚ “the concept that...internet service providers should provide nondiscriminatory access to Internet content…”. Net neutrality is often at risk‚ thanks to new law proposals that‚ similarly to the words‚ seem to keep popping up every
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5.0 Net Neutrality 5.1 What is net neutrality? Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same‚ not discriminating or charging differentially by user‚ content‚ website‚ platform‚ application‚ type of attached equipment‚ or mode of communication. The term was coined by Columbia University media law professor Tim Wu in 2003‚ as an extension of the longstanding concept of a common carrier‚ which
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NPS Net Promoter Score ______________________________________________ Research assignment for Hotel unknown: Study to the Net Promoter Score‚ and the application process within the company ______________________________________________ Thesis 19 July 2010 ______________________________________________ Presented for the Rotterdam Business School‚ A faculty of Hogeschool Rotterdam PREFACE This report is a graduation assignment written and composed in assignment of Hotel unknown
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is now expected to be a near 50-50 split between Java and .Net. When making a decision on which technology to bank on‚ you should really research what types of companies use which technology‚ and which fits into your career aspirations. Java and .Net overlap in a lot of markets and inevitably each will form definitive niches that will be hard to break until newer model-based programming technologies take over." -Payton Byrd‚ Java vs .Net - The Professional Software Developer’s Survival Guide
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Gross and Net profit Gross profit A company’s revenue‚ minus the business’ costs of goods For example: If I sold 5000 cheese sandwiches for £1 each my total revenue would be 50 x £1 = £5000 It costs 25p per sandwich to purchase bread‚ butter and cheese. My gross profit = Revenue – Costs of sales (25p x 5000= £1250.00) = £3750.00 Net profit The business’ gross profit minus expenses For example: My gross profit from my sandwiches is £3750.00 to calculate my Net profit I need to minus
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The process one would follow to analyze the key business activities that would sustain a competitive advantage for the given company XYZ‚ would be Porter ’s Five Force Model. The Five Force model gives focus to the external environment of the organization. It reveals the source of competition in an industry‚ and the external influence‚ including the threats and opportunities that an organization has to face in order to gain a competitive advantage. The Value chain on the other hand‚ focuses on the
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from a customer in 30 days III. account payable to a supplier that is due next week IV. loan payable to the bank in sixteen months A. I and III only B. II and III only C. I‚ II‚ and III only D. I‚ III‚ and IV only E. I‚ II‚ III‚ and IV 4. ABC Inc. has net working capital of $360; current liabilities of $190. What is the Current Ratio? (Ch3) a. 0.3 b. 0.5 c. 1.9 d. 2.1 e. 2.9 1 Intentionally limited to computational questions. “Concept” type questions excluded. 1 5. You just got lucky and won $80
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Imagine living in a world with internet restrictions. What is the problem with congress removing net neutrality if company’s say they will not block or slow down access to content on the internet? On the one hand‚ supporters of net neutrality argue that only large companies would be able to afford the faster internet speeds. Thus‚ reducing traffic to smaller businesses because of throttling and that content control could lead to content or site discrimination. On the other hand‚ opponents contend
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assessing any industry that they are currently in or are thinking about entering into. Assessing the industry in this manner reveals why the industry is profitable (Porter‚ 2008) and is an essential part of a well developed business strategy. The main points of the article consist of an assessment of each of the five competitive forces that Porter believes shape competition. The first force is threat of new entrants. One of the most important things to consider under this category is what they call “barriers
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