Chairman’s Speech Mar 2006 Mar2008 What can one say about the coming of age of a child you loved‚ nurtured and protected? A child whose successes you rejoiced‚ and whose failures you suffered quietly. Commitment‚ admiration and affection for Infosys are unparalleled among my colleagues who always put the interest of this child first in every thing they do. Completing 25 years is a watershed event in anybody’s life. It signals the arrival of a strong‚ confident‚ young person‚ ready to take on
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HP’s salespeople were able to spend only about one-third of the time with customers; the remainder of their workday was spent in negotiating the bureaucracy inside of HP. 2. How did Mark Hurd decide to address his company’s structural problems? What do you think of his changes? How do you think the company’s customers responded to these changes? How about the company’s executives and sales force? In attempting to remedy the structural problems at his company‚ Mark Hurd first terminated the
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Tortilla Curtain and Crash: Another Kind of Racism Racism is a disease. Spread by not only words and actions but by silence and inaction. In two stories presented in different media – a novel and a movie—racism is spread by people who feel they are not racists‚ but who do nothing to prevent and stop racism. The reality is that it is easy to pretend racism doesn’t exist‚ yet everyone practices it in some way. Those who know racism is wrong and do nothing are the “perpetrators” of racism. They allow
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Middle Ages What kinds of gardens existed in the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance? 1. During the Middle Ages and early Renaissance gardens were built in order to benefit people for numerous reasons such as‚ medicinal‚ for decoration‚ or for cooking. A garden during those times was very valuable and would define the esteem of its possessor. Mostly gardens existed in castles‚ manor‚ monastery‚ guildhall‚ and in small houses. There were various types of gardens filled with different things
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying in a foreign country? With the rapid development of society‚ people have entered an era of information spreading which makes the world seems smaller. In order to acquire more knowledge‚ more and more people decide to further their study abroad like students who are not using English as a native language may wish to continue their studies and decide to learn English outside their home country or English speakers decide to study in Japan where
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probably picked out in love‚ but has one problem - the receiver doesn’t like it. The hand knit sweater grandma made that wasn’t their style‚ the doll that they’ll never play with‚ the science kit that doesn’t interest them - all one of those gifts. So what are they supposed to do with that gift? It would be a waste to throw it away‚ but is regifting the answer? Regifting is a good choice because it would put the unwanted gift to good use‚ is eco friendly‚ and can save money. Regifting can put an unwanted
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What are the advantages and disadvantages for a company going public? An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of stock by a company. Small companies looking to further the growth of their company often use an IPO as a way to generate the capital needed to expand. Although further expansion is a benefit to the company‚ there are both advantages and disadvantages that arise when a company goes public. There are many advantages for a company going public. As said earlier‚ the financial
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"Two Kinds" The story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan represents the theme that parents cannot control their children‚ but can only guide them. A Chinese mother and daughter Ni Kan are at odds with each other in story. The mother pushes her daughter to become a prodigy of some sort‚ her daughter does try to follow her mother ’s orders but has she gets older she realizes she wants to find her own self and not to be what her mother wants her to be. They both have conflicting values‚ which is the theme of the
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shares that are not cumulative are called non-cumulative‚ or straight. In essence‚ holders of straight preferred stocks cannot expect to receive any payout for missed or omitted dividends. Callable or Redeemable Stocks - As the name implies‚ this kind of preferred stock comes with a provision that gives the issuing company the right to call or redeem the share at a certain price‚ which will usually be higher than market value. Callable preferred stocks are not very popular with investors because
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Agile Software Engineering? One mooted solution to project management issues is Agile Software Engineering. Agile software engineering was devised‚ in the early 1990’s‚ as a counter to the then-prevalent preference for huge‚ carefully-planned and expertly orchestrated grand projects. As Alistair Cockburn has noted‚ "the 1990’s saw some of the most bloated‚ over-organised attempts at problem-solving imaginable‚ whereas agile software engineering came in
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