Edwin Stanton Porter was born on April 21‚ 1870 in Pennsylvania. He had grown up with his parents Thomas Richard Porter and Mary Jane Clark. He had worked in the electrical field at first and began experiencing with electricity. He had worked with light bulb currents and telegraphs. In early 1890’s he had opened his own small business as a tailor‚ until 1893‚ when he had joined the Navy. He served there as an electrician and telegraph operator. With his help communications were improved. After a
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Michael Collins 1. On the16th October 1890 Michael Collins was born in West Cork near Sam’s Cross‚ named after Sam Wallace‚ a local highwayman. Michael was born to father Michael Senior and mother Marianne O’Brien. Even though there was a 52-year age difference it did not stop them from making Michael the youngest of 8 children. Collins’ father‚ Michael Senior‚ said on his deathbed "Mind that child"‚ pointing to his six-year-old son. "He’ll be a great man yet‚ he’ll do great things for Ireland."
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Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29‚ 1958)‚ often referred to as MJ[1] and The King of Pop‚[2] is an American musician and entertainer. The seventh child of the Jackson family‚ Michael Jackson debuted on the professional music scene at the age of ten as a member of the Jackson 5‚[3] and went on to become a pop icon as a solo artist. His successful career and controversial‚ enigmatic personal life have been a part of pop culture for almost four decades.[4] Jackson has dominated pop music since
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the text conform to‚ or deviate from‚ the conventions of a particular genre‚ and for what purpose? ! ! Known for his dislike of conventions and structure‚ the highly structured nature of a sonnet would‚ at first glance‚ appear to be unappealing to e e cummings. However‚ Cummings has struck the fine balance between maintaining traditional form and introducing radical reform. His sonnet ‘it may not always be so’ conforms to the conventional fourteen-line length‚ positioning of the volta and iambic
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Porter Five Forces – Degree of Competition The UK banking industry is made up of three distinct types of competition which include the following (OFT‚ 2010): · Retail banks - Accept deposits and use these funds to make loans as well as offering other financial products to consumers and firms. Lloyds Banking Group‚ Virgin Money‚ Metro Bank‚ · Universal banks which not only offer retail banking services but also offer wholesale and investment banking services. For example: Barclays‚ HSBC
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Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (Gage R&R) is the amount of measurement variation introduced by a system of measurement that consists of a measuring instrument itself and the individuals using it. It quantifies three things: 1. Repeatability – variation from the measurement instrument 2. Reproducibility – variation from the individuals using the instrument 3. Overall Gage R&R‚ which is the combined effect of both of the above The Gage R&R is normally expressed as a percentage of the tolerance
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University System Michael Porter observed and explained the different levels of profitability across firms and industries by his “Porter’s Five - Forces”. The main factors that affect the difference are: 1. Threat of Substitutes‚ 2. Buyer Power‚ 3. Supplier Power‚ 4. Barriers to Entry/Threat of Entry and 5. Rivalry. He analyzed the importance of all these forces minutely and provided the reason why these are useful and has to be considered in the strategy of companies
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Mr. Porter is a subsidiary for The NET-A-PORTER GROUP‚ which is the home to the world leading style destination. They are a multi-brand retailer‚ media and publishing group (PORTER 2015). Stall under their group consists of Mr. Porter.com‚ NET-A-PORTER.com and THE OUTNET.com. They offer a luxurious experience containing unique editorial content and a wide varies items with next day delivery all across the globe with 24 hours customers’ service. Mr. Porter focuses on the sales for Men’s wear and
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Porter’s Generis Strategies model‚ critically analyse IKEA’s competitive strategy. You must also recommend a course of action or direction that the organisation should take. Use the case study as a starting point and source relevant company information from their web site and other suitable sources. Style: report Word limit: 2500 words Deadline: 19 August 2013 Approximate weighting of marks and suggested structure: Section 1: Critique and evaluation of Porter’s Generic Strategies = 20% [This requires
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press release Issued: 22nd May 2012 MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC FULL YEAR RESULTS 2011/12 - 52 WEEKS ENDED 31 MARCH 2012 Marks & Spencer performed well in a challenging economic environment and made good progress in delivering our strategy Final results: • • • • • • • • • Group sales up 2.0% at £9.9bn Total UK sales +1.5%: Food +3.9%; General Merchandise -0.9% (Clothing +0.2%‚ Home -10.0%) Like-for-like UK sales +0.3%: Food +2.1%; General Merchandise -1.8% International sales +5.8% Multi-channel
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