CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LUPU BRIDGE IN SHANGHAI L J H Ellis Dept. Civil & Architectural Engineering‚ University of Bath Abstract: This article provides a critical analysis of The Lupu Bridge in Shanghai. The bridge is currently the world’s longest spanning steel arch bridge with a span of 550m. The analysis of this report includes sections on aesthetics‚ loading‚ structural analysis and construction. The Lupu Bridge is a steel through-tied box-girder arch bridge and it is also the only steel arch
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disadvantages of listing on the NASDAQ? Baidu listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market to pursue an IPO. 1. Since Baidu was technically a wholly foreign-owned company (registered in the Cayman Islands)‚ the company was ineligible for listing on either the Shanghai or Shenzhen exchanges. As such‚ the key listing alternatives for Baidu were the NASDAQ Stock Market‚ the Hong Kong Stock Exchange‚ or the London Stock Exchange. 2. Compared to Hong Kong or London‚ there were more securities analysts covering NASDAQ-listed
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1) Read the following two cases (Source: Cellich – Jain: Global Business Negotiations) and answer the questions after each case. You can do this either individually or with a partner. Assessment Pass/Fail. 2) Culture has a great impact on different types of negotiations. Find out the general features of business culture in your home country and how you negotiate in your own culture. Case 1 Background Brown Casual shoes‚ Inc. located in Houston‚ Texas‚ is a second-generation family-owned
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Disney Learns to "Act Local" on the Global Stage CHAPTER 4 ° SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS 114B CASE 4-2 Disney Learns to "Act Local" on the Global Stage The Walt Disney Company‚ home to Mickey Mouse‚ Donald Duck‚ and other iconic characters‚ has a stellar reputation in many parts of the world for its family-friendly entertainment offerings. The company ’s parks and resorts division operates theme parks in five global locations‚ including a recent $1.8 billion park in Hong Kong. Disney ’s
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found two resources by searching in UCSB library database‚ and they are really useful for us to understand both Chinese immigrants and students. I also made an interview with a graduate student in University of Minnesota Twin Cities who came from Shanghai and finished her bachelor degree
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INTRODUCTION “At Build-A-Bear Workshop®‚ our mission is to bring the Teddy Bear to life. An American icon‚ the Teddy Bear brings to mind warm thoughts about our childhood‚ about friendship‚ about trust and comfort‚ and also about love. Build-A-Bear Workshop embodies those thoughts in how we run our business every day.” (Build-A-Bear Workshop - Our Company 2009) Build-A-Bear Workshops was started in 1997 by current CEO Maxine Clark‚ and there are now over four hundred Build-A-Bear Workshop stores
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Mattel‚ Inc: Vendor Operations in Asia 小组成员：葛晔韬、李如妍、陈嘉、黎健兴、马迪 Introduction Mattel is a leading company in the toy industry created in 1945‚ which owns a number of iconic toys and renowned brands. Mattel differentiate between core and non-core products‚ manufacturing its core products in-house and outsourcing non-core products. And core products include Barbie‚ Hot Wheels products‚ selective Disney and Fisher Price lines‚ while non-core products tended to be promotional items‚ or toys with short
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References: Chen‚ B and Zhang‚ Y‚ 2007. ‘Energy air pollution and health‚ in Shanghai’ Japanese Journal of Hygiene. Xu‚ X. Gao‚ J.‚ Dockery‚ DW and Chen‚ Y. 2007 ‘air pollution and daily mortality in residential areas of Beijing‚ China’ Archives of Environmtal health. Xu‚ X. Gao‚ J.‚ Dockery‚ DW and Chen‚ Y. 2007 ‘air pollution and
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Mongolian Hot Pot and Mongolian Beef are some of the more familiar types of this cuisine. * EASTERN‚ OR SHANGHAI: This cuisine uses a combination of wheat and rice as its staples. Rice and wheat noodles are very popular. This region has a lot of rivers and other bodies of water‚ so fish and seafood are a very large part of the cuisine. Sugar is also grown in this area‚ and shanghai cuisine uses more of it than the other regions. The cooking style of this region can be delicate and refined
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than 200 countries enjoy the Company’s beverages at a rate of nearly 1.6 billion servings a day. The Coca-Cola Company has been refreshing China for eight decades. Coca-Cola Company opened the first bottling plants in Tianjin and Shanghai in 1927‚ and by 1948‚ Shanghai was the first market outside of the United States to post annual sales of more than one million cases of Coca-Cola. When the Coca-Cola Company re-entered China in 1979‚ it was the first international consumer company to grasp the opportunities
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