*1. How do you evaluate the historic/existing pricing strategy of Lesser Antilles Lines (LAL) in the San Huberto* market? What is the objective of this strategy? Can this objective be achieved? The objective is to “run them out of the market”. It is a poor strategy given that there is a price inelasticity of demand so competing in prices is hurting performance at the expense of share. Moreover‚ it is a usual practice in San Huberto for importers to divide their order between both shipping lines
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The line and staff activity has been debated for many years. One of the earliest expositions in line-staff activities dates back to 1911‚ in the military’s plan to simplify shop work (Fisch‚ 1961). These two activities are often perceived as one process; however they are not the same. There are fundamental differences between line and staff activity. These two functions cross over in organizations including health care‚ manufacturing‚ and service organizations. The line does not have direct authority
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Animal Communication !1 L i n g u i s t s ’ i n t e re s t i n a n i m a l communication systems has been largely fueled by a desire to compare such systems with human language in order to show the differences between the two‚ and often‚ by implication‚ to show the superiority of human language over the communication systems of animals. !2 Can animals understand human language? !3 As far as animal behaviour is concerned‚ the standard explanation is that the animal produces
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Carnival Cruise Lines: Exploring a Sea of Global Opportunity Carnival Cruise Lines is one of the most successful cruise lines in the world. They have taken an industry that once only catered to the elite and turned it into a possibility for people of varying economic means all over the world. In their quest to provide a service with mass appeal‚ Carnival has become the very definition of international business. The cruise line industry has seen a substantial amount of growth in the last
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VALUE LINE PUBLISHING‚ OCTOBER 2002 Case Analysis Report Introduction The Retail Building – Supply Industry remains to be going strong despite the slow economic growth in 2002; this is due to low interest rates and strong housing market. This industry with the size of $175 billion is expected to reach $194 billion after five years. In this consolidating industry‚ two key players are dominating: Home Depot‚ which is holding 29% of the market‚ and Lowe’s that has 10.8% market share. Both wanting
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1. Introduction Pacific International Lines or PIL as it is commonly known in the market is a container shipping company started by Mr.Y C Chang in 1967. What he started as a 1 ship company is today the 19th biggest container shipping company in terms of TEU capacity & the 8th largest container ship owner. Ambition: Integrated shipping group with a meaningful market share by setting own pace of growth based on the group’s financial strength and human resource capabilities. 2. External Analysis:
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Experiment 1 - Decoders‚ Encoders Objectives: To design a 2-4 decoder To design a 4-2 encoder To use a 7442 IC for BCD to decimal conversion Required IC’s: 7408 AND Gate 7432 OR Gate 7400 NAND Gate 7404 INV Gate 7474 D Latch 7442 BCD to Decimal converter Theory: Decoders The basic function of a decoder is to detect the presence of a particular combination of bits at the inputs and indicate the presence of that particular set of bits by outputting a specified
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Carnival Cruise Lines is the largest cruise company in North America and carries more than 60‚000 passengers a week. The Carnival experience is the standard against what past cruisers judge their later cruise experiences. Carnival has captured the "fun" psychographic and has a strong reputation for an enjoyable‚ relaxed cruise. Furthermore‚ Carnival has a strong market expansion strategy for selling the mass-market cruise category and first-time cruisers. They have a clear vision and knowledge about
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Essay on ”The Red Line” by Charles Higson Society contains a vast majority of different types of people‚ and all of them look‚ act‚ and think differently. How we as individuals do these things‚ are greatly influenced by the people around us‚ as our differences makes us judge others. In creating our own identity‚ our reliance on others is consequently grand‚ which can be either a fine or a dreadful matter. For some‚ the prejudice in the perceptions of others can cause the truth to be exceedingly
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Fundamentals of Distance Protection GE Multilin Outline • Transmission line introduction • What is distance protection? • Non-pilot and pilot schemes • Redundancy considerations • Security for dual-breaker terminals • Out-of-step relaying • Single-pole tripping • Series-compensated lines 2/ GE / December 7‚ 2014 Transmission Lines A Vital Part of the Power System: • Provide path to transfer power between generation and load • Operate at voltage levels from 69kV to 765kV • Deregulated markets
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