towards making jobs more mobile and allowing employees to access work remotely from home. Technology has also made a great contribution allowing people to work from home. Equipments such as computers‚ facsimile machines‚ telephones etc. have revolutionized the work industry and this trend has helped employers‚ employees and the state at large. An International Telework Association survey found that the number of teleworking employees grew from 41.3 million in 2003 to 44.4 million in 2005 and projects that
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Managerial Economics Home Work-I Solutions 1. The Potomac Range Corporation manufactures a line of microwave ovens costing $500 each. Its sales have averaged about 6‚000 units per month during the past year. In August‚ Potomac’s closest competitor‚ Spring City Stove Works‚ cut its price for a closely competitive model from $600 to $450. Potomac noticed that its sales volume declined to 4‚500 units per month after Spring City announced its price cut. a. What is the arc cross elasticity of demand between
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Religion is detrimental to the commonwealth. Throughout history‚ religion has influenced numerous governmental decisions‚ displacing individuals from the rest of society. According to the International Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA)‚ seventy-five countries have criminal laws against sexual activity by lesbian‚ gay‚ transgender‚ or bisexual people. These countries enforce the death penalty or implement deportation. In other countries‚ gay and lesbians endure harassment
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the second stanza starts exactly after the half line. The purpose Elizabeth did that because she would like to continue the second stanza exactly where the first stanza ended; so she has the same line of thought‚ but she moved from one place to another (city to the countryside). She also ends the first stanza with ‘smell of subway crowded at rush hours’ and starts the second stanza with ‘where I come from’‚ this is done to show the distinct change between the first and second stanza‚ with the first
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success come from careful planning. In most of the cases‚ taking risks or chances are the key to success at the outset. It is quite difficult to succeed without having any risks. As we all know‚ Bill Gates once dropped out of the school to pursue his career‚ and to the incredible luck‚ he succeeded and started his own company. However‚ he needs to make plans to maintain his success‚ to keep his company running. Therefore‚ once taken risks and succeeded‚ maintaining the success comes from careful
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Energy comes from the earth. In order to make the necessary forms of energy for use‚ we must use the earth’s resources. Unfortunately‚ the earth’s resources that are being used to make energy cannot be replaced forcing us to conserve energy. Conserving energy can be achieved through energy efficiency. First we must define to conserve and energy efficiency. To conserve energy means to save as much as possible. Energy efficiency means to use our resources wisely and productively. So to save energy
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religion and a culture that places a lot of meaning on freedom but they give a different meaning to it. From learning about Hindu culture in this class their focus on it follows suit as does our version. While our "freedom" is an idea that can be used in many different ways the Hindu "Freedom" is a more pure idea as it seems the rest of the culture is. In the Eastern culture freedom comes along with a level or state that you have reached in your life. To understand the meaning of freedom
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Have you ever sat back and thought‚ where does gelatin come from? How is it made? What good does it do in the food industry? Neither have I‚ until now! I’m sure gelatin does not interest many until they have gotten a chance to work with it. Let me tell you‚ this stuff is pretty weird. The word gelatin comes from the Latin word gelatus‚ which means stiff or frozen. Which explains the texture of sheet (or leaf) gelatin. Sheet gelatin is sheets of solid‚ firm‚ plastic like‚ gelatin. There is also powdered
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Task 1 In this essay I will explore with the use of evidence and research the statement made by Richard Layard that happiness comes from outside and within. The happiness comes from the outside will be shown to be directly attributable to having a stable relationship‚ enjoyable experiences and environment‚ whereas the happiness within section will focus on the brains activity‚ the body’s chemical make-up and the biological factors. Firstly I will explore the outside factors that can have a direct
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Moving is an imperative task and there would be numerous things to do while relocating your home or workplace. Suitable planning is the key to an efficient move. Without planning‚ you can overlook numerous things and outpace many vital things. However‚ when you plan to move your home‚ you have to start planning in such a way so that you keep the imperative things in the last part and start clearing out the mess. If you carry the muddle along with you‚ it can swell up your overall bill. Also‚ if you
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