Assignment 1: Ocean Carriers Refer to the HBS case “Ocean Carriers” and answer the questions below. Each student must turn in a hardcopy of her/his solution and answers in class at the start of the week-4 lecture. She/he must also up-load a softcopy of her/his solution spreadsheet on LMES by then‚ too. Note: You should complete the related textbook chapters (RWJJ Chapters 7 & 8) before attempting this case. In particular‚ you need to study the Baldwin Case first (Chapter 8.2 + material on LMES)
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1. The client acceptance process can be quite complex. Discuss five procedures an auditor should perform in determining whether to accept a client. Which of these five are required by auditing standards and identify the applicable standards? 1. Obtain an understanding of the client ’s business and operations. Consideration should be given to reading available financial information regarding the prospective client such as annual reports‚ registration statements‚ Forms 10-K‚ other reports to regulatory
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Acidification in our Oceans Oceanography April 2‚ 2013 What is Ocean Acidification? “Ocean Acidification‚ is the worldwide reduction in the pH of seawater as a consequence of the absorption of large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) by the oceans.” (Britannica). Ocean acidification is largely the result of loading Earth’s atmosphere with large quantities of CO2‚ produced by vehicles and industrial and agricultural processes. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution about
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Managerial Marketing Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim The second part describes the four principles of blue ocean strategy formulation: how to create uncontested market space by reconstructing market boundaries‚ focusing on the big picture‚ reaching beyond existing demand and getting the strategic sequence right. These four formulation principles address how an organization can create blue oceans by looking across the six conventional boundaries of competition (Six Paths Framework)
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Wikipedia: A Blue Ocean Strategy Section A: Group 4 Analysis of Wikipedia‚ as a Blue Ocean Strategy Wikipedia‚ the collaboratively edited free internet encyclopaedia is a household name. Launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger‚ it has now grown to be the seventh most visited website with approximately 365 million users worldwide. How is it that the small encyclopaedia market grew more than a hundred times in the space of 8-10 years and changed its orientation in such a path breaking
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changes and continuities in commerce in the Indian Ocean region from 650 c.e. to 1750 c.e. THESIS: In the period between 650 C.E. and 1750 C.E.‚ the Indian Ocean region endured both change and continuity. CHANGES: Who dominated the trade‚ use to be used mostly by Indians and the Chinese but by 1750 Europe dominated most of all commerce.tfrtftgfygdfgrffffffffzzzzzgdfr1. Analyze the changes and continuities in commerce in the Indian Ocean region from 650 c.e. to 1750 c.e. THESIS:
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Ocean Turns Into Plastic Island? Could Happen Have you ever wondered what happens to that plastic bottle or plastic bag that you throw away? What if I told you that the bag and the bottle are slowly killing off marine life and slowly turning our oceans into dumps? This is the case and the problem is only growing and everybody is responsible for it and everybody needs to pitch in and clean up this mess. We all use plastic because it’s convenient for us‚ but in the end it ends up killing the marine
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FROM “ONION” TO “OCEAN” 71 71 Tony Fang is assistant professor of international business at Stockholm University‚ SE-106 91 Stockholm‚ Sweden (tel.: +46 8 163063; fax: +46 8 674 74 40; e-mail: tony.fang@fek.su.se). The author thanks Urapa Joy Watanachote (Thailand)‚ Joost Stel (Netherlands)‚ George Kakhadze (Georgia)‚ Satu Penttinen (Finland)‚ and Gabriel de Mello Pratellesi (Brazil) for personal communications about their respective countries discussed in this paper. The author also thanks
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has been around for centuries. Currently there are only a few different types of hydro power used to produce energy‚ and only 2 will be covered in this research: wave/current energy & tidal energy. Although both rely on the movement of the earth’s ocean‚ they use the kinetic energy produced to manipulate the movement into an energy source. keywords: sustainable‚ renewable‚ energy‚ resources Table of contents Introduction ……………………………………………….……pg 4 Chapter
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Ocean Carriers Objectives • Forecast pro-forma cash flows for a project • Estimate project values using Net Present Value (NPV) • Conduct sensitivity analysis for the forecast inputs Setting • January 2001 • Customer offering attractive terms on 3-year lease for a capesize carrier • Would require purchase of new carrier since existing fleet does not fulfill customer needs • Should it be purchased? Industry Dynamics • Revenue Drivers • Outlook in the: –
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