Professor Collins is a social theorist whose research and scholarship have examined issues of race‚ gender‚ social class‚ sexuality and the nation. Her first book‚ Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge‚ Consciousness‚ and the Politics of Empowerment‚ won the Jessie Bernard Award of the American Sociological Association for significant scholarship in gender‚ and the C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Her second book‚ Race‚ Class‚ and Gender: An Anthology is widely used
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Global Supply Chain Management Simulation Debrief Slides ©© Enspire Enspire Learning Learning and and Harvard Harvard Business Business School School (revised Dec 2010) 1 Board Members’ Objectives Member Objective Betty Forecasting: choice of options (consensus vs. mean) Doug Forecasting: choice of options (role of risk) Yvonne Stocking Levels: Weighing the costs of over/understocking Meryl Production flexibility: accurate response/ sourcing strategy (focus on flexibility) Paul Production
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Background of the Company Collins and Aikman (C&A) was incorporated in 1891 with Charles Aikman as President and William Collins as Corporate Secretary and Treasurer. In the early years‚ they were considered specialists in heavy‚ upholstery-type materials as a retailer in home décor. By the early 1920’s‚ both original owners had sold out and the company began producing fabrics for the auto industry. Eighty years later‚ C&A was the largest supplier of seat fabrics‚ floor mats and convertible
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methods‚ after 24 and 48 hours in each test‚ against 7 day old (3rd instar) larvae of S. litura on castor leaves. Stock solutions of the test compounds were prepared in the carrier solvents. Further dilution was done in emulsified water by maintaining emulsifier (Tween – 80) level at 0.5 % to yield various concentrations. Castor leaf discs (4 cm diameter) were punched out from the washed and dried castor leaves. Leaf discs were dipped thoroughly in each of the concentration and air dried. Moist filter
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How is Charlotte and Mr. Collins’ marriage presented in this text? During the beginning of Mr. Collins and Charlotte’s relationship‚ Austen presented this as a ‘plan’. Here Austen shows charlotte as secretive‚ as if she was designing a plot. ‘Miss Lucas’s scheme’ as well as Mr. Collins ‘entreated her to name the day.’ ‘Her’ being Charlotte‚ this is showing how rushed and formal this wedding is. They are both eager and anxious to get married. Not only this‚ but social historical context was also
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internal Irish affairs ( education ‚ transport etc). Westminster would continue to control foreign affairs and international trade. This partial independence would be achieved by PEACEFUL means only 2. Republicans – They believed that Home Rule did not go far enough. Ireland needed complete freedom from Britain in the form of a Republic. They believed that this could only be achieved by violent means. What is Home Rule Party Home Rule means that Dublin would have its own Parliament.- (at
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Market Structure Simulation Quasar Computers When industries are selling similar products this makes up market structure. I will be discussing economic profit that Quasar computer is able to make. The market structure is made of the following pure monopoly‚ pure competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ and oligopoly. In the simulation I learn about pricing and non pricing strategies and understanding the diverse market structure. Quasar put out a new first all-optical notebook that is called
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uncoordinated mode‚ caused the limited quality in decision making. Furthermore‚ one may identify perceived risk of individual players’ bounded rationality as one of the underlying reasons that had impact on the buildup of backorders. In addition to this‚ a prevalent issue throughout the first 18 weeks was panic ordering reactions after unmet demand‚ which consequently contributed to the high inventory cost‚ ergo the bullwhip effect. First of all‚ during coordination‚ the retailer can communicate
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formed to pursue natural resource exploration because SLIC management felt that favorable tax laws provided them opportunities to achieve significant profits in this arena. Their primary goal was to find and produce natural gas from shale‚ to capture the so-called "Section 29" tax credits associated with such gas. Congress passed this tax credit in 1978 as part of the Natural Gas Policy Act in order to stimulate drilling for natural gas found in shale. Although
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Economic Issues Simulation Paper HCS 440 – Economics: The Financing of Health Care Economic Issues Simulation Paper Health care system has evolved tremendously in the last few years‚ with many changes with the health care laws including but not limited to Universal Health Care‚ many individuals have choices when it comes to their coverage. According to healthcare.gov‚ in January of 2015‚ an employer with 50 or more full time employees will have to make an Employer Shared Responsibility
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