2010 Ninth International Conference on Mobile Business / 2010 Ninth Global Mobility Roundtable What factors contributed to the success of Apple’s iPhone? John Laugesen Yufei Yuan McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA laugesjd@mcmaster.ca McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA yuanyuf@mcmaster.ca Abstract — Unknown to most North American consumers‚ a mobile data and Internet service in Japan called i-mode has been highly successful
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Vietnamese Christian Fellowship at Fall Church. I went to the eleven o’clock service on Sunday. The whole church itself was pretty big. There is the main temple that has the regular service and then there is a whole other building that has separate classrooms where the English service is held and other Sunday school type classes are held. It was just the cross by itself. The scriptures that were read came from the bible. They provided me with a bible there so I could follow along with any of the passages
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Max Hamburger History- Established in 1968‚ Max was the first burger fast food chain in Sweden. Their founders Curt Bergfors and Britta Anderson opened their first restaurant in Gallivare‚ high up in the northern part of Sweden. Max is a second generation family owned company run by the sons of founder Curt Bergfors. The name Max stems from founder’s nickname. The founder‚ Curt Bergfors is still active in the company as Chairman of Board‚ and family still owns 1000 percent
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relax. The 90’s was a decade of unbelievably talented athletes and major icons. Michael Jordan started his fame in basketball and is now known as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. In 1995‚ at age fourteen Serena Williams became a top competitor and became a pro in the game of tennis. Tiger Woods became the first golfer in history to win the U.S. Amateur title for three consecutive years. The 1992 Dream Team won gold for basketball at the Barcelona Olympics and was one of the first
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Invention of the Car - Technology - 1920 In the 1920’s‚ the Henry Ford automobile became popular with the average family. It changed the lives of Americans and everyone that wanted a better form of transportation. The most appealing part of this automobile was the affordability for the average family. In the next few years‚ most families had a car or were getting ready to buy one. Ford cars became more and more popular. They were creating a group of cars made for mass production and selling. The
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PRINCIPLES • SEIRI – Organisation • SEITON – Orderliness • SEISO – The Act of Cleaning • SEIKETSU – The State of Cleanliness • SHITSUKE - The Practice of Discipline WHY DO IT? QUALITY EFFICIENCY 5S SAFETY ELIMINATING BREAKDOWNS EFFICIENCY • Time is wasted looking for tools‚ equipment and paperwork‚ etc • A clean and tidy workplace leads to greater well being and increased motivation • Teamworking makes unexciting work more rewarding ELIMINATE BREAKDOWNS • Breakdowns caused by the elimination
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Case Study: S&S Air Inc. Founders of S&S Air‚ Inc. Mark Sexton and Todd Story recently hired Chris Guthrie to come on board as their financial planner. His job entailed gaining valuable information as to compare how their company was fairing with competing companies in the aircraft manufacturing industry. Through his research‚ Guthrie calculated many ratios through the careful examination of S&S Air’s balance sheet and income statement
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1960’s and 1970’s is much different than music of today. Classic rock was started in the 1960’s as a cause of the British invasion‚ which included the discovery of bands such as the Beatles‚ Led Zeppelin‚ and Pink Floyd. The British invasion influenced garage rock which many high school aged boys would participate in. Some examples of garage rock inspired bands are: the Yarbirds‚ the Animals‚ the Rolling Stones‚ the Kinks‚ and the Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Also at this time‚ folk
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experience and it insisted on the freedom and the autonomy of the individual” (Wolf). The philosophy of existentialism‚ and one of its greatest philosophers Jean Paul Sartre‚ were the motivation and inspiration to the arts and humanities during the 1940’s and 1950’s. First allow me to elaborate on the definition of existentialism and France at the start of 1940. Existentialism is a philosophical movement oriented toward two major themes‚ the analysis of human existence and the centrality of human choice
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Process of Digestion and Absorption after eating a hamburger. After someone eats a hamburger with the works‚ they do not really think of what nutrients are in that hamburger‚ what the body does to get those nutrients out of the food‚ or even what process is used‚ they just think of how good it tasted. To get all the nutrients out of the food the human body uses processes called absorption and digestion. Some of the processes of digestion are mechanical and chemical; these are the step before the
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