Louisiana Purchase On April 30‚ 1803‚ Thomas Jefferson made a treaty with Napoleon of France called the Louisiana Purchase. The purchase included the acquirement of the New Orleans area and 828‚000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. Jefferson bought this land from France for $15 million dollars‚ with each acre costing about three cents. The Louisiana Purchase was one of Jefferson’s greatest accomplishments because it more than doubled the size of the United States. The land
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What are the Difference between Laptop and Netbook? So what is the difference between laptop and netbook? A laptop (also called a notebook) is computer which has been designed to be made portable‚ featuring a screen hinged to a keyboard. A laptop includes a battery for portable power and a touchpad instead of a mouse for input. Mini laptops (also called a netbook‚ subnotebook or ultraportables) take these ideas further still‚ creating a new market above handheld computers‚ smartphones and personal
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Cost/Benefit Analysis Evaluating Quantitatively Whether to Follow a Course of Action You may have been intensely creative in generating solutions to a problem‚ and rigorous in your selection of the best one available. However‚ this solution may still not be worth implementing‚ as you may invest a lot of time and money in solving a problem that is not worthy of this effort. Cost Benefit Analysis or CBA is a relatively* simple and widely used technique for deciding whether to make a change. As its
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not occur under efficient operating conditions absorption costing all manufacturing costs are assigned to products: direct material‚ direct labour‚ variable and fixed manufacturing overhead acceptable quality level (AQL) the defect rate at which total quality costs are minimised account classification method (or account analysis) the process in which managers use their judgement to classify costs as fixed‚ variable or semivariable costs accounting rate of return (or simple rate of return‚ rate of return
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research on impulsive purchase There are many researches have examined the impulsive purchase. Extensive research on impulsive purchase began in the early 1950s and pursued to study consumers’ purchase decision that are made after consumers enter a retailing environment (Rook 1987). The DuPont Consumer Buying Habits Studies (1948-1965) and studies sponsored by the Point-of-Purchase Advertising Institute (e.g. Patterson 1963) boosted the research of impulsive purchase during this period. Subsequently
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Describe the many roles of the azTeen management staff as discussed by Deb Rochford‚ Michelle Burgess‚ and Veronica Sherbina in the video. In general‚ Mrs. Deb Rochford as a publisher founded azTeen Magazine with the idea of gives teens an opportunity to get published. Mrs. Deb Rochford handles the management of azTeen Magazine. She and her staff of azTeen Magazine develop the roles of hiring‚ firing and sales. To be specific‚ Michelle Burgess is the Editor in chief of azTeen Magazine
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The Louisiana Purchase was an arrangement between the United States and France‚ in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827 thousand square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. In 1801‚ Spain and France signed a secret treaty surrendering Louisiana to France. Thomas Jefferson realized that with this treaty‚ France suddenly posed a potential threat to America. If America did not purchase New Orleans from France‚ and with the change of ownership from Spain to France it could
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competitor. He estimates his entrepreneurial talents are worth $3‚000 per year. Total annual revenue from pottery sales is $72‚000. Calculate accounting profits and economic profits for Gomez’s pottery. Explicit costs: $37‚000 (= $12‚000 for the helper + $5‚000 of rent + $20‚000 of materials). Implicit costs: $22‚000 (= $4‚000 of forgone interest + $15‚000 of forgone salary + $3‚000 of entreprenuership). Accounting profit = $35‚000 (= $72‚000 of revenue - $37‚000 of explicit costs); Economic
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TYPES OF COSTS Introduction :-Production is the result of services rendered by various factors of production.The producer or firm has to make payments for this factor services. From the point of view of the factor inputs it is called ‘factor income’ while for the firm it is ‘factor payment’‚ or cost of inputs.Generally‚ the term cost of production refers to the ‘money expenses’ incurredin the production of a commodity. But money expenses are not the only expensesincurred on the production
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lectures you’ve attended." Hopefully … 4) Be on top of the practicalities - It is easy to forget practical details‚ so be clear about simple things like start times‚ venue‚ equipment‚ material you can or cannot bring‚ and so on. "Being on top of all these can make a huge difference in your poise and performance and will help avoid unnecessary last-minute jitters‚" 5) Don’t despair - Even if you feel underprepared‚ you can do a lot with the short time you have left. "Night-before notes can be
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