Published online in Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/tal.368 PROS AND CONS OF MULTISTORY RC TUNNEL-FORM (BOX-TYPE) BUILDINGS EROL KALKAN1* AND S. BAHADIR YÜKSEL2 2 1 California Geological Survey‚ Sacramento‚ CA‚ USA Department of Civil Engineering‚ Selcuk University‚ Konya‚ Turkey SUMMARY Tunnel-form structural systems (i.e.‚ box systems)‚ having a load-carrying mechanism composed of reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls and slabs only‚ have been prevailingly utilized
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BOX & JENKINS METHOD I. Introduction Many market participants‚ namely‚ international investors‚ banks‚ non-bank financial institutions‚ portfolio managers‚ are interested in coming up with a model‚ which accurately predicts exchange rates. Managers of multinational corporations are interested in accuracy of such foreign exchange prediction models as it directly impacts their activities relating to exposure management‚ hedging‚ arbitraging‚ investing and financing decisions. Policymakers frequently
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|Procuring in a vertical integration International Project : The case of Esquel Group in Xinjiang‚ China | |Procurement & Contract Management Team Project | | | |
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COMPETITVE ANALYSIS Jack In the Box Market Performance Jack in the Box is one of the nation’s fast food hamburger chains‚ operating and franchising more than 2‚600 quick-service and fast-casual restaurants in the brand name. According to Business and Company Resources Center database “The Company has around 2‚212 Jack in the Box restaurants in 18 states‚ of which 1‚190 were company-operated and 1‚022 were franchise-operated.” In fiscal 2009‚ Jack in the Box sold 109 company- operated restaurants
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unhappiness to the world.” If you were Pandora‚ would you leave the mysterious chest be‚ or let curiosity take over you? The Greek myth‚”Pandora’s Box” was about a girl named‚Pandora‚ who was created by the gods and was almost perfect. She was given a box and was told not open it no matter what. Until one day‚ curiosity took over‚ as she opened the box all sorts of evil came rushing out! One‚ can read the legend or just watch the short movie. Although‚ both have the same purpose of entertainment‚
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Executive Summary The new business venture to produce quality boxes for the U.S market has created a requirement for Platinum Box to source five new presses. The three bids to supply these presses were from Merakuri‚ Jabaking and Pnutype. Each bid had its attributes over the other. Finding a way to fairly evaluate each bid was needed. A Weighted Evaluation System was chosen. Four factors were used to evaluate the bids. They are: Performance & Quality‚ Service‚ Price (total cost of purchase
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Box Inc. is a business that was founded in 2005 that specifically targeted the market of file sharing within the business world. Box Inc. is a cloud-based service that offers free personal memberships or paid premium personal/business memberships with unlimited gigabytes of storage for a given company. The interesting facts about the company’s background were that it was founded by some college dropouts who ended up making millions of dollars for this leap of faith. Sound familiar? The case study
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STEWART BOX COMPANY I. BACKGROUND Stewart Box is a packaging company that manufactures paperboard and cartons. Its paperboard division sells to external customers and supplies raw materials to the carton division. Outlined in the case are the planning and control systems that Stewart Box has in place. The paperboard mill and the carton factory were profits centers‚ where 10 of the 15 production centers under the carton factory are production cost centers while the remaining 5 are service
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store‚ supermarkets‚ and fast-food restaurants” (Kolter and Armstrong‚ 2012‚ p. 370). REDBOX was the first of its kind to offer affordable daily DVD rentals from a kiosk. REDBOX is still in competition with Blockbuster and Netflix in the DVD rental market. However‚ REDBOX is a step ahead. They realize the high cost of rental and membership fees consumers can endure‚ so they offer a unique distinguishing marketing tool‚ $1 a day rentals. Imperative to their success‚ REDBOX uses a sophisticated software
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Case Study 1 Part 1 Analyse the issue using the Potter Box. Use the quadrants of the Potter Box to make your own judgment of the New York Times’ decision to delay publication for a year‚ and omit certain information. Was it ethically justifiable? 1.Definition or situation. 4. Loyalties. 2. Values. 3. Ethical principal. Facing objection for the White House‚ The New York Times went ahead and published an article about President Bush permitting the N.S.A to spy on Americans without court
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