launched Sputnik I. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball‚ weighed only 183 pounds‚ and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political‚ military‚ technological‚ and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event‚ it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race. The story begins in 1952‚ when the International Council of Scientific Unions decided to establish July
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1. Problem Originated from a grain-milling company in Finland‚ the 57-year-old Rasio Group developed a substantial export business which accounted for 39% of its sales by 1996. Its main products including margarine‚ pasta and other food products were manufactured‚ sold locally and exported. In 1995‚ a blockbuster product Benecol‚ cholesterol-lowering margarine‚ attracted the interest of food processors and supermarket groups throughout the world and fueled a surge of investor interest. Stanol ester
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Internet Protocol (IP)based systems. Compiled by Shauvik Ghosh Who else Will lAunch 4G services in indiA? Reliance Infotel Ltd is the only operator with spectrum across the country. The firm is expected to launch services using the same TD-LTE technology by the end of the June quarter. Aircel has the second-highest number of BWA circles. The telco announced it successfully tested the technology in September and will launch services soon. It has spectrum in Andhra Pradesh‚ Tamil Nadu‚ West Bengal‚
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1) What is competition like in the minicar segment of the European automobile industry? What do we learn about the nature and strength of the competitive pressures Toyota Motor Europe faces from doing a five-forces analysis? Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world. From 2000 to 2005 the sales units have increased from 2.5 million to 7.97 million. With 35 percent of the total market capitalization in the automobile industry‚ the Japanese firm is becoming more
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Harvard Business School 9-500-039 Rev. November 9‚ 1999 D Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch (Condensed) O N In January 1992‚ Barry Robbins‚ Goodyear’s vice president of marketing for North American Tires‚ was contemplating the upcoming launch of the Aquatred‚ a new tire providing improved driving traction under wet conditions. The Aquatred would be positioned in the U.S. market as a replacement tire for passenger cars. Over recent years‚ the replacement tire market had matured and
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New Product Development for Microfinance: Design‚ Testing‚ and Launch Technical Note Number 2 New Product Development for Microfinance: Design‚ Testing‚ and Launch by Monica Brand ACCION International October 1998 This work was supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development‚ Global Bureau‚ Economic Growth Section‚ Microenterprise Development Office‚ through funding to the Microenterprise Best Practices (MBP) Project‚ contract number PCE-C-00-96-90004-00. i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Case Analysis Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch March 31‚ 2014Problem Statement: In 1989 Goodyear started a project to develop a new and exciting replacement market tire that would provide improved driving traction under wet conditions. The company planning to launch the ‘Aquatred’ tire in early 1992 and management was upbeat and saw the Aquatred as a product to revitalize Goodyear. Goodyear planned to sell the Aquatred with a 60‚000-mile warranty with a 10% price premium. Management
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Failure to launch - According to Hala Al-Nasser reporter at USA TODAY‚ the biggest impact that make people stay home longer is because of lower income and less education. In the movie failure to launch‚ Tripp has a great job yet he stays at his parents house and doesn’t think about moving out. According to Riegel’s Interpretation of Development and The Family Life Cycle‚ there are reasons why Tripp refused to leave the nest. U.S. census data for the year 2011 showed that almost 20% of Americans
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targeted and thereafter those in Tier I and Tier II cities will be surveyed. Estimates have been made for the next three years because by that time‚ there might be a need in the changes in strategies or product offering. Decision Problem Whether to launch a moisturiser based’ premium segment soap in the Indian market (1995) Research Problem 1) To estimate the acceptability of a moisturiser based soap in the targeted segment. As it stands‚ moisturizer based’ soaps do not exist in the market and
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During the launch‚ I saw the Earth from very high up as I launched into space (though the fire emitted by the rocket blocked most of the view). We reached very intense speeds as we left the Earth’s atmosphere. We used a new rocket from SpaceX called the Dragon. This rocket will also be taking us back to earth as it is capable of making a launch and return trip. Our first stop on the trip was to the Apollo 11 landing site‚ as it was the place of the first lunar landing. It is also a relatively smooth
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