...Devil – Vacuum Cleaners Cytonia Williams 000299566 Marketing Principles and Applications Western Governors University Abstract Company G new stream of vacuum cleaners – “Devil”, are a part of newly improved line of small appliances. The vacuum cleaners are designed in way, so that they allow consumers to improve the quality and convenience of their lives. These new lines of vacuum cleaners are very effective which deliver unmatchable performance by any existing product in the market. Company G’s vacuum cleaners are targeted for consumers who are pet owners. Devil product line will use the existing company logo XG on the product. As an introductory offer company G is offering a 30-day money back with no questions asked to the customers. Product Support of Mission Statement Company G’s Devil vacuum cleaner is a high-quality, innovative electronic solution to enable consumers to improve the quality and convenience of their lives. Devil vacuum cleaner line falls into the category of shopping goods (Consumer good classification).Devil vacuum is part of re-designed small appliances category. The re-designed vacuum cleaner provides a superior performance over any available product in this line. Company G’s engineers were able to design the product in such a way that these appliance provided effective and stable performance for years. This has added lot of value to the Devil product line. Target Market Most pet owners face with pet hair problems and most current vacuum cleaners...
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...Poem Analysis Essay ENGL 102 B07: Literature and Composition Summer 2011 Linda Vaughn L24421443 June 19, 2011 APA Style Outline I. Introduction A. Thesis II. Body A. Figures of Speech B. Imagery C. Tone IV. Conclusion Introduction Who, at one point or another in their life, has not pleaded with God for some tangible, physical help? Asking Him to take over, prove Himself, so that we can know that He is real and we can give our heart to Him. In the poem “Batter my heart, three-personed God”, written by poet John Donne, the speaker is asking God for exactly that. With his use of metaphors, paradoxes, and alliteration, we can actually feel the speaker’s urgency to be saved. The violent imagery and changes in tone throughout the poem prove just how desperate he is for God to take over control of him. Body The title itself, with the metaphor “Batter my heart”, draws the reader in. It captures the attention and makes one curious as to what will happen next in the poem. It gives the reader an image of destruction to an essential essence of life; for without a heart, we cannot survive. Is he stating that there is no life without God? The title also provides the initial tone of the poem. It gives the reader the impression that the speaker is desperate, vulnerable, and seeks to be violently manipulated. As we move on, we find that the speaker believes in the Holy Trinity, as he is pleading to the “three personed God”. ...
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...Elizabeth Cady Stanton Biography: Where did Elizabeth Cady Stanton grow up? Elizabeth Cady was born in Johnstown, New York on November 12, 1815. She had 10 brothers and sisters, however, many of them died during childhood. Only Elizabeth and four of her sisters lived well into adulthood. Her last brother, Eleazar, died when he was 20 years old leaving her mother depressed and her father wishing that Elizabeth was a boy. Elizabeth (sitting) with Susan B. Anthony Not Fair for Women Growing up Elizabeth was exposed to the law through her father Daniel. He was a lawyer who also served as a judge and a U.S. Congressman. She learned that the law was not the same for men and women. She learned that only men could vote and that women had few rights under the law. She didn't think this was fair. She thought she was as good as any boy and should be given the same opportunities. Going to School When Elizabeth reached school age she wanted to go to school to learn. Not many women went to school in those days, but her father agreed to send her to school. At school Elizabeth was an excellent student. She won awards and proved that she could do as well or better than most of the boys. After high school, Elizabeth wanted to go to college. She quickly learned that girls were not allowed into the major universities. She ended up going to a college for girls where she was able to continue her studies. Abolitionist and Human Rights Elizabeth began to believe...
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...Torn Between Two Worlds: Fiction Essay Jody D. Boring November 10, 2013 English 102 Thesis Torn Between Two Worlds There is a similarity of self-conflict in the fictional short stories of “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence. Both main characters want to be pleasing and accepted in their tumultuous worlds. However, both fall short in finding their place in a dark, cold world. Outline 1) Fictional Short Stories to compare and contrast a. “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence b. “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorn 2) Main Characters a. Young Goodman Brown b. Paul 3) Nature of Characters (Similarities) c. Confused d. Lost e. Torn between two worlds f. Wanting to do well, but pressure pushes them to give in to temptations and wants. 4) Story Similarities g. Other people’s actions or feeling seem to drive the characters h. Family and other relationships are important i. Both characters seem pulled towards “worldly” forces 5) Story Ending j. Although they both try so hard to succeed and do well, they fail. Torn Between Two Worlds In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young...
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... o “Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs” o “Godfather Death” “Godfather Death” • 1822 • from oral tradition • fairy tale o magical world o witches & goblins or fairies o by & for the uneducated I. EXPOSITION (setting the scene, background, introduces characters) • poor man w/12 children, worked night & day to feed them • 13th child comes along • goes out to a great highway to ask the 1st person he sees to be the boy’s godfather o GOD: • takes pity on man • promises happiness to child • refused b/c inequality – gives to the rich, lets poor go hungry • (lost faith) • “he turned from the Lord” o DEVIL: • too willing to make a deal • promises gold & pleasures • refused b/c equality but unfairness deceives & misleads humanity o DEATH: • accepted b/c equality – makes all men equal, takes rich/poor w/o distinction • promises rich & famous • section ends with Baptism II. COMPLICATION: (obstacle) • boy comes “of age” • *switch from Father to Son as protagonist • Death gives him his christening gift * HERB (will cure any ailment) • WARNING #1: • Death stands at patient’s FEET = no help, doomed to die • Death stands at patient’s HEAD =...
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...Debt ratio 4 3.3 Product Mix Revenue 4 3.4 Global stores growth 4 3.5 Starbucks SWOT Analysis 5 3.5.1 Strengths 5 3.5.2 Weaknesses 5 3.5.3 Opportunities 5 3.5.4 Threats 6 3.6 Ansoff’s matrix analysis for Starbucks 6 4 Specialty Coffee Market Competition 7 4.1 Overview of Starbucks competitors 7 4.2 Financial analysis between Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts 7 4.3 Starbucks versus Dunkin Donuts strategies 8 5 Analysis of specialty coffee market 9 5.1 Industry overview 9 6 Future Market Challenges 10 6.1 Factors in favor of the industry 10 6.2 Challenges derived using Porter’s Five Forces 10 6.2.1. The Threat of Substitution 10 6.2.2. The Threat of New Entry 10 6.2.3. Competitive Rivalry 10 6.2.4. The Bargaining Power of Suppliers 10 6.2.5. The Bargaining Power of Buyers 11 6.3 Recommendation 11 6.4 Conclusion 11 Bibliographic 11 Appendix 11 Company Name : Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) Headquarters : Seattle, Washington, U.S. Number of Employees : More than 200,000 employees Revenue (FY2013) : USD14.9 billion Total number of store : 19,767 stores in 62 countries worldwide Market Capital (FY2013) : USD41.44 billion Chief Executive Officer : Howard Schultz 1 Introduction Starbucks is the world’s largest specialty coffee retailer, Starbucks has more than 19,000 retail outlets in more than 62 countries. The outlets offer coffee drinks and food items such as pastries and confections, as well as roasted beans, coffee accessories...
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...criticism. He knew his people well- he knew that Igbos are ungovernable, so he allowed free flow of all criticisms. It's really lubricating and didactic to listen to more critical analysis from all sides: A Chaplain of Ihiala Catholic Church warned his congregation to be careful of what the Igbos are bargaining for..... a philosophical reference to Ojukwu's Ahiara Declaration: "Is this another white man in black man's skin? He seems to be preaching the credo of political and Economical Purity here on Earth? Is this another Iron Law of Oligarchy, an Igbo Arm-chair philosopher soliloquizing?" Chaplain Odogwu criticized in mockery...
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...Iaeudyfgioerjhsdgklasd;fkyyyyyguitvbeoitvbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueopwbn oserituboew orituoieruotyb uyrouyo rouyoriuyero roituyeroiuy7o oruyo neoruybw0ruy 0wrt9uy rtuyworiuy b0riuyowperiybn ri5uyrowei wr09tuywe4oy w0rtuyei9ry6t94p 9guyoeir 9r8rtu oey riu 8ory 9eroiugjeuorg oerug eori 79eoeri r8tyg rtetym ryjhdfym m h ry uer y5 356 uy7 67 u rt y yt ui ertu tu7 er y er6uy t I bh gufy gtyd trdseyrw cvrbfuytdestf yugtrdrdtyhguh g6duytgiujhuioy yrytguijhiojuigut uhoijiujiytuv ugiojuioguyrfty oihuyfytghujoljm oguyguihoi jigijiop jtfuytfrt5 ertyf deree ws 5rgy u The Knight The Knight rides at the front of the procession described in the General Prologue, and his story is the first in the sequence. The Host clearly admires the Knight, as does the narrator. The narrator seems to remember four main qualities of the Knight. The first is the Knight’s love of ideals—“chivalrie” (prowess), “trouthe” (fidelity), “honour” (reputation), “fredom” (generosity), and “curteisie” (refinement) (General Prologue, 45–46). The second is the Knight’s impressive military career. The Knight has fought in the Crusades, wars in which Europeans traveled by sea to non-Christian lands and attempted to convert whole cultures by the force of their swords. By Chaucer’s time, the spirit for conducting these wars was dying out, and they were no longer undertaken as frequently. The Knight has battled the Muslims in Egypt, Spain, and Turkey, and the Russian Orthodox in Lithuania and Russia. He has also fought in formal...
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...1.Environment 2.Stakeholder 3.Region of the conflict What is the conflict? Who are involve in? Why happened the conflict? Identify the stage,Analysis the power of players, What’s they want(stakeholders) Identify the zone of the conflict. Decision Making, Learning, Knowledge Management, and Information Technology Sessions 21 & 22 Organization Theory, BL3 visiting students m.marais@supco-montpellier.fr Learning Objectives Differentiate among several models of decision making that describe how managers make decisions ! Describe the nature of organizational learning and the different levels at which learning occurs ! Explain how organizations can use knowledge management and information technology to promote organizational learning and improve the quality of their decision making ! Learning Objectives Identify the factors, such as the operation of cognitive biases, that reduce the level of organizational learning and result in poor decision making ! Discuss some techniques that managers can use to overcome these cognitive biases and thus open the organization up to new learning ! I. Organizational decision making 1. Organizational decision making Definitions Organizational decision making: The process of responding to a problem by searching for and selecting a solution or course of action that will create value for organizational stakeholders ! Programmed decisions: Decisions that are repetitive and routine ! Nonprogrammed decisions: Decisions that...
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...Russian Literature Russia was the last of the great European nations to produce literature of more than merely a national interest. The reasons for this condition are various. Russia was the last of those nations to feel the impress o the cultural influences that periodically have swept through Western Europe since the Middle Ages. It was not until the time of Peter the Great (1972 - 1735) that she began to take her place in the affairs of Europe; it was the same monarch who made the first efforts to westernize his vast country. Moreover, the Russian language, the very alphabet of which seems fantastic to the Western eye, is quite remote from the languages of Western Europe and from classic Latin and Greek. Early Russian literature is of small interest, being largely of ecclesiastical import. In the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Russian literature, sespite its late awakening, became one of the most imposing bodies of literature of its time, eagerly read and profoundly admired the world over. The Russian have produced a body of literature that tend toward the morbid, the pessimistic, and tragic, but which in its very powered derived from searching the depths of human experiences is one of the greatest literature of Europe. Another marked characteristic of Russian writing is its realism; in contrast to the strong romantic quality of much western literature, Russian books turn their searchlights on the daily lives of men and women. They throw no glamour...
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...Islamic financial models are unique in that ethics are intertwined with their operations. Islamic governance takes into account the social implications of a business transaction and thereby serves the greater community interests. One of the main tenets upon which Islamic banking law rests is the prohibition on interest or “riba”. The concept is meant to outlaw all forms of wrongdoing and give the financier an interest in the venture. Not only does the doctrine of “riba” prevent the exploitation of someone in a weak bargaining position, but it also forbids “all forms of gain or profit which were unearned in the sense that they resulted from speculative or risky transactions and could not be precisely calculated in advance by the contracting parties.” The prohibition of interest is meant to design an economy and society based on risk-sharing, fair dealing, and equity. In Islamic law, the justification that interest is the cost of using money or that a loan is an investment is rejected in favor of ethics. Islamic economic theory criticizes the conventional financial industry for speculation, consumerism, volatility, “unnecessary products,” large corporations, and usury. These traditional capitalistic means of profit-making are not compatible with Islamic values. Islamic law therefore creates a culture where people only spend what they have, a theory in direct opposition to consumer driven models. Investment regulations are implemented to avoid “sinful” activity. Currency hedging...
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...INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 COMPANY PROFILE 1 1.2 COMPANY VISION 2 1.3 COMPANY MISSION 2 1.4 COMPANY OBJECTIVE 2 1.5 COMPANY VALUES 2 1.6 HISTORY 4 1.7 TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM 5 1.8 COMPANY STRUCTURE 7 1.8.1 Structure of Fairy 7 1.9 ADVANTAGES 8 1.9.1 Fast decision making 11 1.9.2 High cohesion force 11 1.9.3 Convenient to control 11 1.9.4 Flexibility 11 1.10 DISADVANTAGES 12 1.10.1 Less asset 12 1.10.2 Hard to expand 12 1.10.3 Lose the good employees 12 CHAPTER 2: PESTEL ANALYSIS 16 2.1 JUSTIFICATION OF USING THE PESTEL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE 16 2.2 INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 18 2.3 SUMMARY OF PESTEL ANALYSIS OF FAIRY 19 2.4 CONCLUSION 20 CHAPTER 3: THE COMPETITIVE FORCES IN BAKERY INDUSTRY 21 3.1 RIVALRY AMONG EXISTING FIRMS 22 3.2 BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS 25 3.3 THREAT OF NEW ENTRIES 28 3.4 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 31 3.5 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS / SERVICES 33 CHAPTER 4: SWOT ANALYSIS 36 4.1 STRENGTHS 36 4.1.1 High quality machine 36 4.1.2 Fresh daily product and zero preventives 36 4.1.3 Market niche 36 4.1.4 Loyal suppliers 37 4.1.5 Word of mouth advertisements 37 4.1.6 Strong financial 37 4.1.7 Halal certificate of the product 37 4.1.8 Focus on low and middle income customers 37 4.1.9 Strong customers’ loyalty 38 4.1.10 Loyal employees 38 4.2 WEAKNESSES...
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...APPENDIX A - PORTERS 5 FORCES Barriers to Entry • Entering of the potential industrialists is easy, if they have the necessary finances, because the cost of obtaining the permit and start operations is very high. However, there is stiff competition among the companies, especially with the pharmaceuticals, which have not only expanded their scope of operations and distribution through mergers and acquisitions, but also have the necessary know how and long experience to combat any new entrant. • The lengthy and cumbersome registration process, spanning up to two years or more, whereby the new companies have to provide the Certificates of Free Sale, (which confirms the approval for the sale of products in US, Europe, Japan etc) ensure the sale of product in the parent company (incase of MNC) and live up to other irrational clauses in the registration form, inhibit the companies from entering. • The pharmaceutical industry is a very capital intensive industry. This requires large amount of investment, and since, we lag behind in the capital industry, and it has to be imported. Thus, limiting new entrants. • With no stress and emphasis on research and development in our country, it is most likely that the new entrants will produce a new form of the generic type, already being produced in abundance. Thus, the absence of any differential advantage over their competitors will further reduce their chances of survival in the industry. • The risk aversive nature of the industrialists...
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...-Corrections is a booming business prisons + crime = profitable industry we have an Increasing number of people under correctional supervision 6 million people under the correctional system by the end of the century - Tough on Crime Political Stance popular public policy 20 million victimizations in 2009 repeat violent felons off of the streets treat minors as adults create mandatory sentencing laws reduce time-off-for-good-behavior - Shift in Public Opinion 4.3 million violent crimes 33 million personal theft crimes - 7.2 million 3% (1 in 33) of adults in the U.S. are under some sort of correctional supervision -Probation (community sentence) and parole are NOT the same thing -1.3% average annual increase from 2000 to 2009 But declined 1.3% in 2010 to 2009 “has the correctional population supervision increased or decreased from 2000 to 2009?” Answer: INCREASED - the majority of people in the corrections system are on PROBATION - Percentage breakdowns for types of offences: 9% Public Disorder (35% federal) DUI, indecent exposure, drunken disorderly, prostitution, etc. 18% Drug Offence (51% federal) 19% Property Offense (less than 10% federal) 53% Violent Offenses (less than 10% federal) - Regions highest to lowest South West Midwest Fed? North East - Top 5 States Federal Texas California Florida New York Notes From Ch. 1 in Textbook- - Penology the study of the use of punishment for criminal acts - Penitentiary typically used...
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...Harley Davidson (HD): Preparing for the Next Century Q1 How would you characterize HD’s primary challenge(s) as of the end of 2005? Stock prices dropped 17% due to lower forecasts, in spite of positive trending financials. Lower forecasts were due to growing saturation within their target market. Saturation was occurring due to fewer younger buyers replacing aging buyers. Fewer younger buyers was occurring because HD did not have a highly successful plan to win them over, noting pointed attempts with Buell and the V-Rod. Therefore: * their issues are not cyclical, but structural * their issues are not urgent in the sense that creditors will force bankruptcy in the immediate future * however, they must be addressed to maintain long-term strength as an organization * further, this is more of a strategic issue than it is tactical * and, HD may be approaching the upper limits of their current business model Stock analysts were seeing that HD stock was inflated as a strong working solution did not appear to be in place to address these issues. All things being equal, past performance did not appear to be sustainable. Q2 Deconstruct HD’s macro environment (PEST) and industry (Porter’s 5). Economic: Given that HD is a big ticket discretionary consumer luxury product, the strength of the economies in their principle markets is very important. An economic downturn would have a downward pressure on sales. Conversely, further economic growth would create a...
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