The short story by Ailing “Sealed Off” has various levels and interpretations of the title. The first being the war background and what happened throughout the city. Shanghai grew quiet every time an air raid attack happened when the Japanese frequently bombed them during the Second Sino-Japanese War. When these air raid attacks happened the city would seal off temporarily. The tramcars would halt and seal off as well‚ and whoever was in the tramcars would be stuck inside until the raids were over
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Profitability of Environmentally Friendly Companies By: Jayvee Maza BSBA- Financial Management TF (1:00pm-2:30pm) Corporations that have an eco-friendly philosophy are rewarded with greater profits. Outline: I. The Environment and your business II. The benefits of an environmentally friendly business A. Value of Being green B. Make your business environmentally friendly III. Support to help your business go green IV. A. Summary B. Conclusion
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STUDY OF PROFITABILITY OF A LOGISTICS COMPANY USING ECONOMETRICS TOOLS Executive summary This study examines the impact of three factors‚ namely Sales‚ Fixed assets and Interest paid on the profitability of a logistics company. Econometric tool of multiple linear regression model was used for analyzing the impact of above factors on profitability of a major logistics company GATI Limited. Based on the financial data of last 10 years 2000-2009 the regression analysis has revealed that profitability
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Productivity in Research A production system involves constant and numerous decisions that greatly impact its performance. The company must need to develop certain methods to help engineers to make the best choices when designing or using production systems. Such systems range from simple machine on a production line to a complete logistic platform with many interacting industrial partners. It entails that optimization is playing a key role for specific elements of these systems. A company must
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For many U.S. government decision makers at the time of the crisis most have agreed that Cuba was just a locale for a U.S.- Soviet confrontation. Ex U.S. Ambassador to Cuba (1959-60) Philip W. Bonsal declares that the Missile Crisis cannot truly be classified under Cuban American relation since “the issue was entirely one between the United States and the Soviet Union.”25 He states that although the confrontation could have eliminated Castro‚ “the exercise had little to do with himOn the
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Summary of Forecasting Profitability and Earnings In the competitive environment‚ there is a strong prediction in economic theory that profitability is mean reversion both within and across industries. For instance‚ under competition‚ firms will leave relatively profitless industries and turn into relatively high profitable industries. Some companies introduce new products and technologies that bring more profitability for an entrepreneur. Otherwise‚ the expectation of failure which makes companies
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and firms’ performance in emerging markets: The case of Jordan. 1-25. Akinlo and Olufisayo‚ O. (2011). The effect of working capital on profitability of firms in Nigeria: evidence from general method of moments (GMM). Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences‚ Volume 1‚ Number 2‚ 130-135. Al-Debi’e‚ M. M. (2011). Working capital management and profitability: The case of industrial firms in Jordan. European Journal of Economics‚ Finance and Administrative Sciences‚ Volume 36‚ 75-86. Azam‚ M
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AACSB assurance of learning standards in accounting and business education require documentation of outcomes assessment. Although schools‚ departments‚ and faculty may approach assessment and its documentation differently‚ one approach is to provide specific questions on exams that become the basis for assessment. To aid faculty in this endeavor‚ we have labeled each question‚ exercise‚ and problem in Intermediate Accounting‚ 7e‚ with the following AACSB learning skills: Questions AACSB
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The Importance of Analyzing Customer Profitability BADM 603 July 30‚ 2007 Every for-profit business has one main goal: to maximize profits by selling as much of its products or services to as many customers as possible. It seems logical to think that the more customers that a business has‚ the more profitable the company will be. However‚ business managers should also be aware that some customers are more profitable to the company than others. Managers should analyze their customers to determine
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recovering from the global economic crisis. A crisis that “layoff” employees of the different company. Mostly affected is the United States of America. Lay-Off means - When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees’ performance. This is usually because the company is facing financial difficulties. (1)This case study starts off with Morris Meyers who is the CFO and Lisa Warren who is the head of legal. They both realize that if Astrigo is to remain competitive‚ 10% of its workforce
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