driverless cars‚ the public was abuzz. Wherever you went‚ you could not escape the questions of curious internet browsers. “What do they look like? Will I be able to use one?” they queried. While the buzz has died down‚ pressing questions still remain about these autonomous cars. Even among excited fans of this new technology‚ few understand the inner workings of these vehicles. Moreover‚ technology rarely stays dormant for long. How will this technology advance in the future? What industries could this
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Car Wash Partners Type of Deal (the method for making money) “Roll up” vs “Start up” Differences and similarities (“low risk‚ high return”?) Nature of risk in roll ups (operational scale/execution capacity) Build company quickly by leveraged acquisitions (at low P/EBITDAs) Economies of scale/cost reductions Go public at higher multiple Car Wash Industry Suitable for Roll up? Low risk High margins‚ “barriers to entry”‚ simplicity Highly fragmented‚ unorganized “Leveragable”? “Improvable”
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with their positions. Enterprise is the largest car rental company with the largest fleet and the most rental locations. Because of this‚ they are easily accessible all over the country. Their main market focus is the home/city market segment and they are the industry leader in this segment with the most market share. In order to stay on top‚ Enterprise has kept up with technology and has formed many long-term alliances with insurance agents and car repair shops to produce referrals. Shifting to
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Political Philosophy - “…nation shall not lift up sword against nation…” (Isaiah‚ 2:4) Superficially‚ political pacifism is often discarded due to its lack of practicality. However‚ my primary goal throughout the course of this paper is to prove pacifism is rather practical. This is not to be mistaken. I am not deeming political pacifism as correct or incorrect but more so asserting its practicality by imparting thoughts in support of properly warranting consideration. In a primary sense
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predicted that economic liberalization is the first step towards political reform and hence to democratization. The fact that all the rich countries in the world are somehow democratic is to be taken as evidence to the validity of this predicament. The process works as follows: economic growth leads to urbanization and improvements in technology and infrastructure. These improvements facilitate communication and recruitment by new political groups. Growth also tends to lead to increased investment in
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Journal: Political This week’s reading is about “POLITCAL” that the second chapter of the book. In this chapter‚ there are three articles: “Censorship and Its Progeny”‚ “Performance‚ Community‚ Culture” and “The Politics of Art”. Although these three articles all focus on the topic about art politics‚ each article introduce different aspects about art politics. “Censorship and Its Progeny” is about a history of political art that happens in Middle Ages‚ the art event in Alaska and the
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Political Reform and Elite Persistence: Term Limits and Political Dynasties in the Philippines∗ Pablo Querubin Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies October‚ 2011 Abstract Research in political economy emphasizes the tendency of elites to persist and reproduce their power over time‚ potentially undermining the effectiveness of institutional reforms. One particular form of elite persistence is illustrated by the existence of political dynasties. A natural question is whether
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definitely reducing the cost of operation and could deliver the best efficiency and reliability to the users. Hybrid cars have been hailed as an exciting green advancement for the vehicle and transport industry. Using dual electric and petrol engines‚ models such as the Prius
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Political Machines Political Machines are an organized group that controls a political party in a city. They would offer services to voters and businesses in exchange for political and financial support. Political Machines arose when Europeans‚ farmers‚ and African Americans from the south moved to cities. Urbanization led to new challenges for city government‚ there were demands in city services such as a fire department‚ police‚ sewage‚ transportation and water. Political Machines had a negative
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clear that corruption and bribery go hand in hand and cover a big sphere of social activity‚ which can be disrupted to an extent that makes people’s lives miserable and retards the growth of a country. Types of Corruption: a) Petty‚ b) Grand c) Political d) Financial • Incidence of corruption: a) Rare b) widespread‚ c) systemic * Corruption in Pakistan: After the great leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah corruption was just a problem and it remained problem up to the government
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