Chapter 7 Commerce and Culture Different areas and environments such as highlands‚ steppes‚ farmlands‚ islands‚ mainlands‚ valleys‚ mountains‚ deserts‚ and forests all generate different products Some societies were able to form monopolies on a certain good like silk in China This uneven distribution of goods and resources are what drives trade In the period of 500 to 1500 long distance trade became more important than ever before in linking and shaping distant societies and people Trade was
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the employer must have a payroll system in place. Without it‚ chaos occurs‚ as employees will become upset if their checks are inaccurate (or worse‚ if they don’t get paid) due to a haphazard payroll structure. So obviously‚ there are benefits to be derived from using a payroll system. A payroll system is the method used by payroll professionals to pay employees for their services. Regardless of the type of system used‚ there are basic Introduction Payroll System is the heart of any
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military C) The same as the web D) a large network of networks Answer: D Section Ref: The Internet and How It Works 2) The concept of the Internet was developed in response to the ________ War. A) Korean B) Vietnam C) Cold D) Gulf Answer: C Section Ref: The Origin of the Internet 3) The World Wide Web was based on a protocol developed by ________. A) Microsoft B) Apple C) Tim Berners-Lee D) the U.S. government Answer: C Section Ref: The Origin of the Internet 4) The "fathers"
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The processing requirements for each product on each of the four machines are shown in the table. | Processing Time (min/unit) | Work Center | A | B | C | D | W | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | X | 9 | 10 | 4 | 8 | Y | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | Z | 10 | 0 | 7 | 11 | Work centers W‚ X‚ Y‚ and Z are available for 40 hours per week and have no setup time when switching between products. Market demand for each product is 80 units per week. In the questions that follow‚ the traditional method refers to maximizing
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Chapter 18 – Private Equity Impact on Corporations Q1. What are some measurable benefits from private equity ownership of corporations? Private equity portfolio companies have slightly higher management practices scores. Private equity– owned company management quickly adopts merit-based hiring‚ firing‚ pay‚ and promotion practices. These companies have tough evaluation metrics‚ which are focused on both short-term and long-run objectives‚ and the metrics are well understood by employees and
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EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMPUTERISED PAYROLL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM A CASE STUDY AT THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS DAR ES SALAAM BY HASSAN MOHAMED HANGAI BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTANCY AND FINANCE (B.A.F) OCTOBER 2010 A RESEACH PROPOSAL TO BE SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A DEGREE ON BUSINESS ACCOUNTANCY AND FINANCE AT MZUMBE UNIVERSITY MOROGORO-TANZANIA 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 0.0 MEANING OF TERMS…………………………………………………………..3 1.0 CHAPTER ONE…………………………………………………………………..
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1. How has the convenience-store concept evolved in the United States. A company called Southland Ice Company found 7-Eleven in Dallas‚ Texas in 1927. They initially started by selling ice blocks that were used to refrigerate food in homes. Later‚ an employee at one of the stores started offering common essential groceries such as milk‚ bread‚ and eggs on Sundays. Customers valued the convenience of this since regular grocery stores were closed for the weekend. As this become popular‚ the stores
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Chapter I Introduction The manufacturing industry is turning their attention from a solely product orientation view‚ to the creation of new value-adding services in order to increase their after-sales business. In this thesis‚ a case study was conducted in order to examine a manufacturing industry in their process of developing value-adding services. By exploring their processes in service delivery and studying their introduction of ordering and sales management systems in their service distribution
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suppliers. External stakeholders are customers‚ supplier‚ or lender that influences and is influenced by an organization but is not a member of it. The duty of loyalty owed to each internal and external stakeholder References Halbert‚ Ingulli (2012) Law and Ethics in the Business Environment 7th Edition Solis‚ Hilda (ND) Discrimination Based on religion- United States Department of Labor Retrieved January 27‚ 2013 from: http://search.usa.gov/search?affliate=u.s.departmentoflabor&query=the+right+to+take+off+for+religious+holidays
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C) Increasing government spending D) Increasing taxes on capital goods Answer: A 2) Assume that the full-employment level of output is $5000 billion and the natural unemployment rate is 5%. Suppose the current unemployment rate is 8%. What would be the current level of output according to Okun’s law (when the Okun’s law coefficient is 2)? A) $4500 billion B) $4700 billion C) $4900 billion D) $5300 billion Answer: B 4) Endogenous growth theory attempts to A) replace the Solow model
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