Question one: The most important thing when identifying strategy is to distinguish it from operational effectiveness. For the failure to distinguish between operational effectiveness and strategy is in many cases the main cause to why a company can’t sustain their competitive advantage between its rivals. The mix up is understandable; they are both essential to superior performance‚ however in the same time they work in very different ways. Operational effectiveness is performing different activities
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2. Costing aircraft components A British Aerospace case study Introduction When we think about the cost of an aircraft‚ we tend to think of the cost of buying the product rather than the costs of running it! British Aerospace’s service to the customer does not stop at the aircraft acquisition stage‚ when the aeroplane is sold to the customer. If anything‚ this is when the customer relationship begins. This case study focuses upon the processes involved in costing aircraft components. Given the
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sound in the air and it’s nothing like I’ve ever heard before. Jet carriers are the source of the strange sound as they zoom at impossible speeds above us. The carriers are a streak of black on the city and what I can make out; they’re nothing like the carriers I’m used to. Normal carriers begin to land on the roofs tops in the distance and that’s why there’s an echoing of marching boots. Order troops are being unloaded from those carriers or I guess. I can’t see
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Case Study of the Indian Ocean Tsunami On December 26‚ 2004‚ the Indian Ocean earthquake‚ or the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake‚ caused a tsunami that killed 230‚000 people and was recorded as the deadliest tsunami in known history. The earthquake was recorded as between 9.1 and 9.3 on the Richter scale‚ the second largest earthquake ever recorded. It was also recorded as the longest one‚ triggering earthquakes as far away as Alaska. Following the disaster‚ a worldwide effort raised billions of dollars
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balance after one year? 812.25 b. What is your account balance after 8 years? 1234.92 c. What is the annual percentage yield for this account? (Recall that the annual percentage yield is the percentage change in the account for one year‚ in this case in 12 months.) 8.3% 4. Compare the accumulated balance in three accounts that all start with an initial deposit of $1000. All three accounts have an annual percentage rate of 5.5%‚ but the first account compounds interest annually‚ the second account
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The ocean is one of Earth’s most valuable natural resources. It provides food in the form of fish and shellfish—about 200 billion pounds are caught each year. It’s used for transportation—both travel and shipping. It provides a treasured source of recreation for humans. It is mined for minerals (salt‚ sand‚ gravel‚ and some manganese‚ copper‚ nickel‚ iron‚ and cobalt can be found in the deep sea) and drilled for crude oil. The ocean plays a critical role in removing carbon from the atmosphere and
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hardest part about this assignment is finding the center line. The center line is always X-bar-bar. (An x with two bars above it). It’s the mean of all the sample means. I’ve attached an Excel spreadsheet showing how to calculate X-bar-bar. First‚ you find the average of each sampe. There were four in this case. The average is at the bottom. Then you take those four numbers and find the average for those. I rounded up to 5.1 to make it easier to graph. So X-bar-bar = 5.1. Once you X-bar-bar then
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1. INTRODUCTION This report is a critical analysis on tax disclosure of two selected companies—GD Express Carrier Berhad (GDEX) and Bonia Corporation Berhad (BONIA) which falls under trading/services sector and consumer sector respectively. Analysis is based on the annual report 2015 of each company (extracted in the appendices). All detailed calculations are performed in the footnotes attached. GDEX‚ founded in 1997‚ focuses on two business segments‚ namely‚ Express delivery and Logistics. Primarily
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Newsletter‚ Research Paper‚ and Mailing Labels Project Description: In the following project‚ you will format a newsletter by inserting pictures and screenshots‚ applying two-column formatting‚ and adding a border to a paragraph. You will edit and format a research paper by inserting footnotes‚ creating citations‚ and formatting a bibliography. You will also create mailing labels. Instructions: For the purpose of grading the project you are required to perform the following tasks: Step
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Question 1 Consider the following Excel screenshot: Cells C10:C13 are a named range called “Province”. Which of the following is the correct entry in the ‘Source’ field in the data validation dialogue box to display the drop-down list in the cell F4 if cells C10:C13 is a named range called “Province”? A) B) C) D) Ontario‚Quebec‚Alberta‚British Columbia =C10:C13 Province ={Ontario‚Quebec‚Alberta‚British Columbia} Questions 2‚ 3 Consider the following Excel screenshot: Which of the following is
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