3. Do additional research on B Corps. What are the advantages and disadvantages of B Corps? Name some other successful B Corps. In your estimation‚ are B Corps a better model for socially responsible firms? Why or why not? B-Corp certification‚ a new business classification that scores companies on a 200-point scale‚ is done on a state-by-state basis and allows companies to demonstrate higher standards of corporate purpose‚ accountability and transparency [3]. It also permits businesses to make
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Star Appliance Company B Executive Brief This proposal accounts for the new debt and equity mix of Star Appliances by estimating the company’s cost of equity. The methods used include the dividend discount model‚ the earnings/price model‚ and the CAPM model. After analyzing all three possibilities‚ it is apparent that the CAPM model provides the most accurate estimate of Star Company’s cost of capital because it accounts for the beta. Using the CAPM model‚ the new Star Company cost of equity is
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Eastern and Western Philosophers Comparison Paper Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge with an emphasis on the conditions of its validity and finding answers to ultimate questions. While every other science aims at investigating a specific area of knowledge‚ such as physics or psychology‚ philosophy has been defined as “thinking about thinking.” The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia)‚ which literally means "love of wisdom"
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The Push & Tugs of Social Orders Each Shakespearean play read pulls and tugs at certain social norms within their own world. Be it gender‚ religion‚ or race there are revolving themes of disorder in all of these texts. In Taming of the Shrew many social norms are being challenged‚ but the biggest two are that of gender identity and social politics. By refusing to be chased‚ silent‚ and obedient Kate mocks the social norm that her sister Bianca seems to follow perfectly (at least in the public view)
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Snowbirds of the south-west Anybody who drives in Arizona at this time of year will be familiar with the annual migration of “snowbirds”—retired people‚ that is‚ seeking to escape the sub-zero temperatures of the north for the balmy desert winter. As many as 300‚000 snowbirds flock here each year‚ so if you haven’t seen one before‚ there’s a good chance that your first encounter with this exotic creature will occur when you find yourself stuck behind a Jayco caravan with Nebraska licence plates
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Britain’s Continued Influences in West Africa The main goal of colonialism was to extract the economic benefits for the colonizing empire and England was just that‚ it wanted to exploit the natural resources and established a profitable setting for its settler colonies in Africa. England’s approach of direct rule‚ limited the rights to Africans‚ which affected English rule as well as their post colonial relationships with neighboring countries. With England’s influences in every aspect of African
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“Looking West Or Within” 20/09/2012 Gujarat National Law University Submitted by Aastha Mehta REG NO: 12A003 Political Science Project: “Looking West or Within” Submitted by Aastha Mehta Reg No. 12A003 Semester 1 B.A LLB (HONS) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my utmost privilege to present this paper to Gujarat National Law University named “LOOKING WEST OR
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There are many outstanding information that can be discussed under this topic of self-esteem‚ but the only purpose of this piece is to briefly address the pros and cons of self-esteem. Self-esteem is a term in psychology to reflect a person’s overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own worth. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs (for example‚ "I am competent"‚ "I am worthy"‚ "I can"‚) and emotions such as triumph‚ despair‚ pride and shame. ’The self-concept is what we think about the self;
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LO1 Understand different food and beverage production and service systems 1.1 discuss the characteristics of food production and food and beverage service systems Food production: systems eg traditional‚ batch cooking‚ call-order‚ centralised‚ assembly kitchens‚ sous-vide‚ cook-chill‚ cook-freeze Service: systems eg table service‚ counter service‚ a la carte‚ table d’hote‚ silver service‚ family service‚ plate service‚ gueridon service‚ specialist food service systems 1.2 discuss factors
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Richard Franke argues that traditional West African cultures invented better adaptations to their environments than were developed later through outside‚ Western Influences. As is stated in the first page‚ "the historical record so far suggests strongly that Western policies have been major contributors to the current degraded state of the Sahel that renders its food production systems so vulnerable to shifts in the weather." (Franke‚ p. 257) The thought‚ is that this is because we do not have the
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