EUROPEAN´S READING LITERACY Nowadays‚ european countries are experiencing a new phenomenon called reading literacy. Reading literacy is understanding‚ using‚ and reflecting on written texts‚ in order to achieve one’s goals‚ to develop one’s knowledge and potential‚ and to participate in society. Reading literacy is currently being studied by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) which is an internationally standardised assessment tool that was developed by the OECD and given
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The rapid urbanisation and rise in population in Surat led to the growth of slums‚ increase in garbage and overflowing drains. In 1994‚ Surat was struck by an outbreak of a virulent disease somewhat like the plague. The disease caused panic countrywide and while the citizens blamed the municipality‚ the civic authorities in turn blamed the citizens for their lack of civic sense. It was a harsh reminder of what negligence in the area of solid waste management can lead to. But what was most amazing
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COMPANY BACKGROUND Volkswagen of America is the U.S. subsidiary of the Volkswagen automobile company in Germany. Formed in April 1955 in Englewood Cliffs‚ New Jersey to standardize dealership service in the United States‚ it grew to 909 Volkswagen dealers in the United States by 1965 under the leadership of Dr. Carl Hahn. Under him and his successor as president of Volkswagen of America‚ J. Stuart Perkins‚ VW’s U.S. sales grew to 569‚696 cars in 1970‚ an all-time peak‚ when Volkswagen captured 7 percent
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VOLKSWAGEN REVS UP ITS B2B NET MARKETPLACE Volkswagen AG is Europe’s largest car manufacturer‚ producing 5 million cars‚ trucks‚ and vans each year. VW owns luxury car makers such as Audi‚ Lamborghini‚ and Bentley and family car makers such as SEAT in Spain and Skoda in the Czech Republic. The company has 300‚000 employees and operates plants in Europe‚ Africa‚ the Asia/Pacific Rim‚ and the Americas. Vehicles produced by Volkswagen Group account for over 12 percent of the world market.
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E.W. Scripps 1854-1926 Edward W. Scripps built a media empire that includes daily newspapers in 20 markets stretching from Washington to Florida‚ Scripps Howard News Service‚ United Media‚ and the worldwide licensing and syndication home of PEANUTS and DILBERT. He started the business in 1878‚ borrowing $10‚000 to launch a newspaper in Cleveland called "The Penny Press." It was aimed at an unserved market of urban workers‚ and quickly became the model for the nation’s first mass medium. He found
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Volkswagen and Porsche - Corporate Finance Case study: Mergers & Acquisitions of listed companies by Joachim Häcker What is the macro view of this case study? Small fish tries to eat big fish (financial figures are end of 2005 and rounded): VW: Market cap: €16 bn Book value: €24 bn Cash and cash equivalent: €8 bn (+€4 bn marketable securities) Porsche: Market cap: €11 bn Book value: €3.4 bn Cash and cash equivalent: €3.6 bn VW Porsche case study – by Joachim Häcker Seite 1
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Summary of the Skoda Case Study The purpose of this summary is learns about what is SWOT analysis‚ how to use it to analysis a company and the way to guide goals and business behavior. Next‚ the object is understands how a particular company-in this case is Skoda Company-used a SWOT analysis to analysis itself. Skoda Company was established in 1925 and then had become a strong competitive power company in car market. However‚ it only have a 1.7% share-a very few part-in car market in recent
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Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities Submitted by: Saahil Goel Q. What should Dr. Uwe Matulovic do about the unfunded Supply Flow project? A. There is clearly a problem with the classification of the Supply Flow project and its benefits. The Project Management Office and the Digital Business Council is responsible‚ in conjunction with the Executive Leadership Team‚ for prioritizing IT projects basis their alignment with the company’s strategic goals and the smooth running of the
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Introduction: Volkswagen‚ the “People’s Car”‚ has quite a diverse track record of production‚ ranging from cars to military equipment and passenger vehicles to commercial cars. It is a German company that was founded in 1937 with the intention of creating the Volkswagen Car‚ which is now known as the Beetle; however‚ as World War II dawned‚ it shifted its production to military equipment. After the war ended‚ Volkswagen realigned its objectives to producing cars‚ and with that began to expand on
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