In the year 2004‚ the U.S. domestic express delivery market worth $45 billion. Mainly‚ this vast market is divided between the two major package delivery companies‚ United Parcel Services (UPS) and Federal Express Corporations (FedEx). This service is consists of three categories: 1) Weights: Letters‚ Packages‚ Freights 2) Mode of Transit: Air‚ Ground 3) Timeliness: Overnight‚ second-day‚ 3-day delivery‚ regular delivery (4 or more days) The air-express portion of the entire U.S. market
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Extended Case 2.1: Southern Prestige Industries‚ Inc. v. Independence Plating Corp. The plaintiff (Southern Prestige Industries‚ Inc.) initiated an action against the defendant (Independence Plating Corp.) in a North Carolina state court for a breach of contract. The plaintiff alleged that defects in the defendant’s anodizing process caused the plaintiff’s machine parts to be rejected by Kidde Aerospace. The defendant being a New Jersey corporation and having its only office and all of its personnel
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Sony Corp of America vs. Universal City Studios In a 1984 Supreme Court hearing‚ defendant‚ Sony Corporation of America was being sued by Universal City Studios‚ Inc. The case was known as the "Betamax" case and ruled that the creation of copied television shows for purposes of time-shifting is in fact fair use. This included the manufacturers of home video recording equipment such as Betamax and other video tape recorders to not be held liable for any infringement. The courts came to this
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Directors owe various fiduciary duties to the company as they have a fiduciary relationship with the company they are working at. An example of a case will be Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corp ‚ which explained that a significant feature of a fiduciary relationship was that the fiduciary agrees to act on behalf in another party’s interests. At common law‚ directors are required to act in good faith in the best interests of the company‚ exercise
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I. Executive Summary In this report we focus on the two main competitors in the package delivery industry: Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) and United Parcel Service of America‚ Inc. Studying FedEx‚ UPS and their competitive relationship in the decade from mid - 80’s to mid - 90’s gives a good insight for the companies’ and industry’s future. The two companies have different strategic goals and are operating in the same industry but in different main markets: FedEx is working on "producing
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Why I joined the Marine Corps and how I can be useful to Tow PLT at 2nd tanks In this paper I will illustrate the fallowing two points: “why I joined the United States Marine Corps and how as an anti tank guided missileman with the billet of driver; I can be useful to not only TOW platoon but the current second section. I will begin by explaining chronologically the events that led me into making the life altering decision to join America’s finest fighting force‚ the tip of the spear‚ those
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3/2/15 Final Paper Evaluate the challenges that for-profit public companies face from recurrent scandals‚ political attacks and alternative corporate structures such as the B-corp. “Public companies have been the locomotives of capitalism since they were invented in the mid-19th century. They have installed themselves at the heart of the world’s largest economy‚ the United States.”[Economist‚ p.1] “Public companies have shown an extraordinary resilience. They have survived the Depression‚ the fashion
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United States Marine Corps Professional Reading Program Written by: LCpl Rodriguez‚ Jazmin Submitted: 13 Feb 2013 1. Title: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 2. Author: ERICH MARIA REMARQUE 3. Published: 1929 4. SUBJECT: This book is written by a German veteran of World War I‚ who describes the German soldiers’ extreme physical and mental stress during the war‚ and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the frontlines.
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CRITERIA OF CHOICE FOR PROCUREMENT METHODS Prof. Peter Hibberd Dr Ramdane Djebarni Centre For Research In The Built Environment University Of Glamorgan‚ Pontypridd‚ Mid Glamorgan CF37 1DL‚ UK 1. Introduction Over the past fifteen years much work has been done on attempting to define procurement paths and Masterman (1992) provides a good background to some of this work. As the traditional procurement route came under closer scrutiny other procurement routes developed and consequently means
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During the film whale rider‚ we see the characters‚ Paka and Pai. Paka‚ growing up the way he did‚ follows every rule that their tradition has‚ whereas Pai‚ being born into the modern world‚ wants the maori people to think more progressively. At first‚ Paka is blind to Pai’s ability to be the chief‚ he is harsh and strict towards Pai. However his intentions are good and everything he does is out of respect and fear for his culture. Paka’s outdated beliefs of his culture‚ place strict expectations
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