Chapter 1 Revision Questions 1) List three abiotic characteristics and briefly describe the main differences between aquatic and terrestrial environments. Abiotic characteristics are: Temperature‚ Pressure and Light Availability. The differences between aquatic and terrestrial environments are: Small temperature changes occur in aquatic environments while large temperature changes occur in terrestrial environments. As the depth of water increases‚ pressure increases in aquatic environments while
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Part 2 Cases Case 1A–Joint Venture #1: The Corning-Vitro Divorce This case analyzes the business venture and subsequent breakup of Corning Glass Works‚ and American company‚ and Vitro‚ a Mexican firm. Suggested Questions for Class Discussion 1. Did Vitro and Corning do enough research before engaging in a joint venture? 2. Was it wise to start with such a large venture? 3. Could some of the problems have been mitigated through cultural training during the joint venture? 4. Was two and one
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Describe The Market Segment Describe the market segment: Mercedes sells a product for which consumers are willing to pay a premium price. This high price means that Mercedes sells almost exclusively to a small group of very high-income consumers. Describe the product positioning for this specific brand: Mercedes Benz holds a strong position and brand due to perceptions of superior engineering‚ safety‚ and customer satisfaction. Mercedes Benz has always been known for its quality
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Chapter 1 Critical thinking Questions 1.4 &5 1. You are correct that organizational behavior courses are useful for management careers‚ however it has many other uses. In order to look at all the other uses you must understand the meaning of organizational behavior (OB). OB is a study of what people think‚ feel and do in and around organizations. With that said‚ here some examples; your family‚ church‚ sorority‚ and book club‚ are all groups that work interdependently toward the same purpose. So
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Automobile Segment Targeting There are many needs of consumers when they are looking for a vehicle to purchase or rent. However‚ some needs may not apply to each individual. I have included several things that different types of people would feel they need. * * Truck bed * Seating capacity (6+) * Compact (for speed) * Spacious * Trunk space * Additional storage * High pulling power * All-terrain capable * High-safety rating * High top speed and acceleration
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What is the relationship among money‚ labor cost‚ profitability‚ and knowledge in the modern democratic-capitalistic society? The relationship is that there has to be a cost (monetarily) between all the aspects. The labor cost is all tied to money and how to sustain while democratic capitalistic society a market-based economy all related to the circulation of money. Money is arbitrary‚ labors costs cut into profitability‚ and knowledge can temporarily increase profitability. Briefly describe the
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Nokia‚ Oyj Table of Contents Introduction 1 Internal Analysis 2 External Analysis 5 Solutions to Strategic Challenge 6 Recommendation 9 Introduction A. Company Summary: Nokia Corporation (“Nokia”) has been the undisputed leader in the mobile phone space for as long as the market has been in existence. Under the previous generation of mobile phones‚ Nokia grew in scale and expanded its distribution channels and manufacturing flexibility to secure its place as the world’s largest
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1. AIM: To write a C program to simulate the shortest job first algorithm with preemption. DESCRIPTION: For implementing SJF algorithm with preemption‚ we consider the arrival times of each process‚ the burst times of all the previously arrived processes. After the arrival of all the processes into the ready queue‚ the average waiting time and turn around time can be calculated by using the above algorithm. ALGORITHM: 1) start 2) read the no of processes to n 3) initialize i to 0 4) if
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Top-Down Approach‚ 6th ed.‚ J.F. Kurose and K.W. Ross © 2005-21012‚ J.F Kurose and K.W. Ross‚ All Rights Reserved The answers below are based on the trace file tcp-ethereal-trace-1 in in http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/wireshark-traces.zip TCP Basics Answer the following questions for the TCP segments: 1. What is the IP address and TCP port number used by your client computer (source) to transfer the file to gaia.cs.umass.edu? 2. What is the IP address and port number used by gaia
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Diana Nechiporuk Unit 1: Lab questions Hair Detective 1. Describe the crime that you are investigating in this activity. One of the sassy snips girls stole all the hair products that belonged to the guys. The guys found that out from the trail of glitter to the Sassy Snips room. I am trying to investigate who stole the hair products. 2. What evidence do you have to identify the culprit of the crime? The evidence I have is the hair gel. I know that the theif is one of the Sassy Snips girls. There
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