To what extent can preparedness mitigate the impacts of tropical revolving storms? (40 marks) Tropical revolving storms can be referred to as Hurricanes‚ cyclones and Typhoons these occur in the Atlantic‚ Indian and pacific oceans. Nobody is quite sure how they form but certain factors do need to be met for one to form. One of these is the temperature of the sea which has to be above 28degrees‚ the water also has to be deep beneath the storm‚ this is how the storm gathers its energy. These storms
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? (40 marks) A volcanic hazard is anything that can cause a threat to human life‚ infrastructure or nature as a result of volcanic activity. There are methods to lessen the effects of volcanic hazards to a certain extent through planning and preparation. Common volcanic hazards include: Pyroclastic flows‚ Ash clouds and mudslides. Pyroclastic flows are high-density mixtures of hot‚ dry rock fragments and hot gases
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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EM6602 Accounting for Decision-Making and Control Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy (HBR 9-100-027) Team Members Toh Wei Hong‚ Prashant Trivedi‚ Preethy Varadarajan Question 1 The difference between Microsoft’s market value and book value is primarily due to unrecorded intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ human capital‚ and commercial advantages such as long-term contracts and market dominance. These intangible assets confer Microsoft a tremendous edge over its
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Organizational Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Process^ RAYMOND E. MILES University of California‚ Berkeley CHARLES C. SNOW The Pennsylvania State University ALAN D. MEYER University of Wisconsin‚ Milwaukee HENRY J. COLEMAN JR. University of California‚ Berkeley Organizational adaptation is a topic that has received only limited and fragmented theoretical treatment. Any attempt to examine organiza-^ tional adaptation is difficult‚ since the process is highly complex and changeable. The proposed theoretical
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To what extent can planning and preparedness mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or environment. There is a very big difference that helps prepare for a volcanic hazard and that is whether you are in a MEDC or a LEDC. In a MEDC monitoring volcanic zones and potential hazards is an option many LEDC’s don’t have. In Italy at Mt Etna they have Geochemical monitoring programs currently run by INGV which focus on the
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Steiner Internationalization Strategy and Organizational Structure Corporate Strategy Philips case 1 Questions! • What were Philips Interna8onaliza8on strategies over the decades (especially pre-‐ and post-‐1960s)? • Examine it’s development over ‚me • Examine the Interna‚onaliza‚on strategy and organiza‚onal structure • Look for the
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globalised world.” Using examples; to what extent do you agree with this view? (40 marks) A Transnational Corporation (TNC) is a company which operates in more than one country. We refer to the country in which the company was started as the ‘home country’‚ and any other country that it is operating in as a ‘host country’. Globalisation can be described as the movement of people‚ money‚ resources‚ ideas‚ or culture across international borders; but can also be described as the process by which
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? (40 marks) Volcanic activity happens across the surface of the globe and naturally hazards occur too. A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or environment. It is easy to locate volcanoes‚ but it is very difficult to predict exactly when activity will take place‚ particularly a major eruption‚ this makes it difficult to prepare or plan for one. There is a very big difference
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The Transnational Model by A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal Dr. Stephan Buse‚ The Transnational Model Challenges of Globalization Need for Global Efficiency Need for Local Responsiveness and Flexibility Need for Cross-Market Capacity to Leverage Learning on a Worldwide Basis (Worldwide Learning) Dr. Stephan Buse‚ The Transnational Model © Dr. Stephan Buse Global Efficiency Converging consumer tastes and preferences Technological innovations force companies to develop and
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