Piracy and Its Regulation: Filipino’s Historical Response to Globalization Media Piracy and Intellectual Property in Southeast Asia Piracy “Robbery committed at sea” Sea piracy tripled‚ half in Indonesian waters Shipping lanes servicing 50‚000 commercial ships Seaborne piracy loss US$13-16 billion Media piracy loss $30-250 billion Pirates Rampant piracy secondnature Thesis: piracy as form of wanting to become middleclass in contemporary Philippine society Middle class precarious position
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I’ve been browsing through the book‚ Why a Painting Is like a Pizza by Nancy G. Heller and I thought I would share some of my thoughts on this. Nancy says that‚ "art depends both on visual balance for much of their overall appeal and‚ though both can be judged by established standards‚ pizzas and paintings must ultimately be evaluated in terms of individual taste." I believe this to be true. While my personal individual taste for pizza is cheese‚ just plain cheese‚ my individual taste for painting
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How to Make a Pizza Generally if you ask someone what their favorite food is you’ll probably hear the word pizza. Pizza is one of everyone’s favorite foods. There is so many different toppings‚ cheeses‚ sauces‚ and crust styles. But not everyone knows how to make a pizza‚ so this essay will break the recipe down step by step to tell someone how to prepare and create a pizza. First‚ to start out you must start by prepping all of the necessary items for the pizza. Generally you will start by
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decades‚ attention to quality has increased dramatically‚ and this has truly yielded significant results. However‚ the owner needs to realize that there may be vast differences from industry to industry. Also‚ the quality of pizza available in local markets varies widely as local pizza enthusiasts can testify. Therefore‚ the writer is probably right‚ in general‚ but might be wrong in this situation. Q2. What are the benefits and drawbacks of placing the firm’s primary emphasis on minimizing customer wait
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Accounting Regulation With the recent accounting discrepancies that have taken place in some of America’s largest and well known corporations greater importance is being placed on the creation and monitoring of financial reports. Some of these organizations which regulate how financial reports and compiled are private‚ given a charter by a federal agency‚ others were born from the creation of new laws and regulations‚ some are state agencies‚ and many more are private organizations made up of academics
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Version 1.0 CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN Everyone knows that 95 percent of restaurants fail in the first two years‚ and a lot of people think it’s ‘location‚ location‚ location.’ It could be‚ but my experience is you have to have the financial staying power. You could have the greatest idea‚ but many restaurants do not start out making money – they build over time. So it’s really about having the capital and the staying power. — Rick Rosenfield‚ Co-CEO‚ California Pizza Kitchen1 In early July
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Creve Couer Pizza‚ Inc. In this case the ethical aspects primarily involved the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as James Checksfield was serving as Creve Couer’s CPA. However‚ the professional standards set for accountants by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and the AICPA share close similarities. Both organizations emphasize that accountants follow a code of ethics when performing their duties. The members must use these ethical principles when engaging in
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Demand Estimation After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Discuss how the firm’s managers use the information about demand for its product to determine correctly its profit-maximizing rate of output and price‚ or whether to produce a particular product at all. 2. Discuss demand respond to consumer income increase or decrease as a result of an economic expansion or contraction. 3. Specify the components of a regression model that can be used to estimate a demand equation. 4. Interpret
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Lena Reed/Period 1 Be Cool to the Pizza Dude Questions 1. What does “the pizza delivery dude” represent to Adams? What in her description of him leads you to your response? Why does she feel it is important to be “cool” to him and his kind? I think Adams is trying to have “the pizza delivery dude” represent those who are less fortunate than us‚ because if you are kind to those who have it harder than you‚ that kindness will come back to you in any way that you may need it. “What goes around comes
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Case #33 California Pizza Kitchen Synopsis and Objectives This case examines the question of financial leverage at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) in July 2007. With a highly profitable business and an aversion to debt‚ CPK management is considering a debt-financed stock buyback program. The case is intended to provide an introduction to the Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance propositions and the concept of debt tax shields. With the background of a pizza company‚ the case provides
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