...utilizes human capital theory to model M&A events as transactions that simultaneously have cross-level, real effects on workers, plants and firms, while the traditionally method just concentrates on firm level financial performance. After the empirical studies of M&A, the author gives us a conclusion that even though M&A decreases the size of establishments and firms, it increases productivity of plant and performance of firm does not change as well. Terminologies Mergers and Acquisitions: Mergers mean that the company merged two or more independent enterprises to form a new one company. It usually consists of a dominant company to absorb one or several companies. Acquisitions mean that a business with cash or marketable securities to buy another company 's stock or assets in order to obtain title to all assets of the enterprise or the control of the enterprise. Human Capital: Measure the economic value of employees' skills set. On the basis of this measure, all of the labor is considered equal basic production inputs of labor measures. A bad match: Even though a worker is not productive enough to permit compensation, he will get the common wage, which is same as the same industry. Information asymmetry Information asymmetry refers that one party in a transaction has more information than others. Major Findings or Arguments: 1. From the Figure 1, Hypothesis one is approved. It claims that workers who work at M&A plant will get higher compensation...
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...government combined prevention with control, made strict environmental, increased investment of environmental technology and promoted the development of environmental technology and industry. By the end of 2005, the quality of environment has improved and total emissions of major pollutants have reduced10% comparing with 2000. (Bloomberg, 2010) In this aspect, H&M set an example for many Chinese Companies. H&M promotes environmental awareness between their suppliers and employees. They adopted new technologies to use the resources as efficient as possible that could minimize waste. H&M respect the decisions which be made by nature. H&M adhere to use organic cotton, which grow in the traditional environment without any chemical (H&M, 2007b). Therefore H&M has adopted a sustainable cotton strategy that consists of three components: improving conventional cotton production, engaging in organic cotton production, and recycling cotton. Firstly H&M developed a newly Improving conventional production. H&M contributes to improvements in conventional cotton production through its participation in the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI). Its argument for this engagement is that nearly all cotton worldwide continues to be produced conventionally and that large-scale transition to organic production is therefore unlikely to happen quickly.BCI is a voluntary programmer,...
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...values (Guzman et al., 2008). In order to take a look deep inside an organization’s social and technical dynamics, via value chain we turn our attention to “The Mini-cases: 5 companies, 5 strategies, 5 transformations”. This unique interaction case study was conducted by Balu Bagopal, Maurice Berns, Zayna Khajat, Martin Reeves and Andrew Townsend a MIT Sloan Management Review and knowledge partner. The Boston Consulting Group, with sponsorship support from business analytics provider SAS, are collaborating on a project called the Sustainability Initiative. This case study is a survey of five corporate executives and managers about their perspectives on the intersection of sustainability and business strategy (Berns, M., Townsend, A., Khajat, Z., Bagopal, B., Reeves, M., et al. (2009). The researchers started their analysis by separating the case study participants into three...
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...Cyborg Beetle, written by Michel M. Maharbiz and Hirotaka Sato, the military is developing small robots that can be used as spy equipment that can fly inside caves and barricaded rooms to send back information about people and weapons inside. The Cyborg Beetles will also be functional in major disasters that happen throughout the world. For example, if people were enclosed in a cave, the Beetles could bring back information like how many victims are trapped inside or the medical state of the people trapped inside. The article provided quality information on the capabilities and history of Cyborg Beetles, why Beetles where chosen for the experiment, and if these Cyborg Beetle should be used as military spy weapons. The author went through a few possibilities such as dragonflies and ordinary houseflies. They realized that the dragonfly body was too fragile for this experiment and the housefly body was so small that it would take a nanosurgeon for the implant to be necessary (Maharbiz, M. M., Sato, H. 2010).They wanted to place wires to control how the insect wings moved and cameras to see anything. The author used the book called “The Biology of the Coleoptera,” which is a classic guide to the world of beetles written by R.A. Crowson in 1981 (Maharbiz, M. M., Sato, H. 2010). The book provides ample information on a variety of beetles and gave the authors important information such as the size that range from one millimeter to 10 centimeter (Maharbiz, M. M., Sato, H. 2010). This information...
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...App. Math. and Comp. Intel., Vol. 2 (1) (2013) 137–148 http://amci.unimap.edu.my © 2013 Institute of Engineering Mathematics, UniMAP Modeling of prediction system: An application of the nearest neighbor approach to chaotic data N. Z. A. Hamida,b,*and M. S. M. Nooranib a Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris 35900, Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia b School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Received: 20 February 2012; Revised: 12 February 2013, Accepted: 25 February 2013 Abstract: This paper is about modeling of chaotic systems via nearest neighbor approach. This approach holds the principle that future data can be predicted using past data information. Here, all the past data known as neighbors. There are various prediction models that have been developed through this approach. In this paper, the zeroth-order approximation method (ZOAM) and improved ZOAM, namely the k-nearest neighbor approximation (KNNAM) and weighted distance approximation method (WDAM) were used. In ZOAM, only one nearest neighbor is used to predict future data while KNNAM uses more than one nearest neighbor and WDAM add the distance element for prediction process. These models were used to predict one of the chaotic data, Logistic map. 3008 Logistic map data has been produced, in which the first 3000 data were used to train the model while...
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...Cyborg Beetle, written by Michel M. Maharbiz and Hirotaka Sato, the military is developing small robots that can be used as spy equipment that can fly inside caves and barricaded rooms to send back information about people and weapons inside. The Cyborg Beetles will also be functional in major disasters that happen throughout the world. For example, if people were enclosed in a cave, the Beetles could bring back information like how many victims are trapped inside or the medical state of the people trapped inside. The article provided quality information on the capabilities and history of Cyborg Beetles, why Beetles where chosen for the experiment, and if these Cyborg Beetle should be used as military spy weapons. The author went through a few possibilities such as dragonflies and ordinary houseflies. They realized that the dragonfly body was too fragile for this experiment and the housefly body was so small that it would take a nanosurgeon for the implant to be necessary (Maharbiz, M. M., Sato, H. 2010).They wanted to place wires to control how the insect wings moved and cameras to see anything. The author used the book called “The Biology of the Coleoptera,” which is a classic guide to the world of beetles written by R.A. Crowson in 1981 (Maharbiz, M. M., Sato, H. 2010). The book provides ample information on a variety of beetles and gave the authors important information such as the size that range from one millimeter to 10 centimeter (Maharbiz, M. M., Sato, H. 2010). This information...
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...Cyborg Beetle, written by Michel M. Maharbiz and Hirotaka Sato, the military is developing small robots that can be used as spy equipment that can fly inside caves and barricaded rooms to send back information about people and weapons inside. The Cyborg Beetles will also be functional in major disasters that happen throughout the world. For example, if people were enclosed in a cave, the Beetles could bring back information like how many victims are trapped inside or the medical state of the people trapped inside. The article provided quality information on the capabilities and history of Cyborg Beetles, why Beetles where chosen for the experiment, and if these Cyborg Beetle should be used as military spy weapons. The author went through a few possibilities such as dragonflies and ordinary houseflies. They realized that the dragonfly body was too fragile for this experiment and the housefly body was so small that it would take a nanosurgeon for the implant to be necessary (Maharbiz, M. M., Sato, H. 2010).They wanted to place wires to control how the insect wings moved and cameras to see anything. The author used the book called “The Biology of the Coleoptera,” which is a classic guide to the world of beetles written by R.A. Crowson in 1981 (Maharbiz, M. M., Sato, H. 2010). The book provides ample information on a variety of beetles and gave the authors important information such as the size that range from one millimeter to 10 centimeter (Maharbiz, M. M., Sato, H. 2010). This information...
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...benefits of mobile coupons (m-coupons) within the context of challenges and disadvantages. BC will also address the power in tracking and collecting data information for marketing strategies. Leveraging advanced technologies BC will reach out to target markets thus fostering customer relationships and brand loyalty. With the power of mobile commerce and the internet established BC will look to improve internal operations. Operational excellence will require internal system enhancements that will integrate all business operations to give BC cost effective operation to create a competitive business operation. Networks, Telecommunications, and Wireless Computing Benefits The benefits of wireless computing and m-commerce are speed of delivery to target markets, reduced operating cost, expanded mobile target market, and centralized information thru wireless networks. “M-coupons are better than traditional paper coupons because sometimes you can forget to bring paper coupons from home, but most phone user keeps their phones with them most of the time and there is no way they can miss place or lose the coupons.” (Raza, nd) M-coupons reach the target markets in real-time making coupon clipping a thing of the past. M-coupons are a cost effective way to market and create customer loyalty. Integrated system will help facilitate the receipt of m-coupons and centralize information that will build a data base for additional customer relations. Another advantage of m-coupons is meeting the...
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...Case D M-COMMERCE Q1. What is the 8-second rule and why is it important to m-commerce technology? The 8-second rule is an old way of measuring the adequate response time of a webserver through different bandwidth connections, the average web user will wait about eight seconds for a page to download, but that current average download time across backbone connection on most web sites is almost ten seconds. If the load time of a webpage is more than 8 seconds, users will have no patience to wait it and they will close this website. For the aspect of its importance: Firstly, the 8-seond rule is prerequisite for m-commerce technology. The mobile phones and other handheld devices provide the high speed internet connectivity, which provides the basis of the M-commerce. Once you have high speed internet connectivity on your mobile phones, you can shop, sell, pay or trade online anytime and anywhere in the world. Secondly, speed is very much an issue when using your mobile, because you often tend to be impatient in the first place, when the mobile is so slow to connect to the internet. Thirdly, Consumers become nervous when an electronic financial transaction takes too long, or when they have to re-enter their information to make it happen. Q2. Why might it be useful to m-commerce providers to have records of their users’ purchase histories? By engaging a mobile commerce, mobile providers not only allow the customers to go to more sophisticated behaviors, but also do have...
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...Case study on H&M Introduction In recent years, H&M has marked the retail clothing industry by the phenomenal pace at which it has expanded the number of its stores across a diverse range of countries and markets spanning Europe, the United States and recently Asia. H&M distinguishes itself from its competitors notably by offering clothes that are trendy, fashionable yet accessible in terms of price. So how does H&M manage to combine these seemingly divergent characteristics, especially in such a fast-moving and fiercely competitive industry as the retail clothing business? In the following report, I attempt to cast some light on some of the approaches that account for the success and reputation of the company and that have enabled it to remain competitive over the years and across markets in which it operates. I also seek to raise some of the drawbacks related to those approaches in terms of risk for the business. Practice of Market Orientation The practice of market driven marketing rests upon the core idea of generating and offering value to a particular target market better than competitors, which in turn will enable the company to grow and be successful.[1] Generally a market oriented strategy involves focusing on the buyer’s needs and determining the best means by which the consumer will be satisfied. As we will see in the next section, a market oriented strategy begins with identifying a particular target group within a segment and then focusing efforts in understanding...
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...Joel A Alvarado Perez 1. Why are M&S in this predicament? Has increased overseas sourcing helped or hindered their marketplace performance? Business was only getting worse for M&S through the 1990’s. The company started off on top of the department store chain, but by 1998, sales began dropping. By 1998, sales had dropped by 6%. As oppose to helping themselves by increasing the sourcing overseas, they spread out too fast and were not able to manage all of their new factories. 5 Factories were closed in that same time period. As they were losing control of their business, competitors made their arrival and easily took over the fashion industry knocking M&S off their throne for some years 2. Given that costs must be reduced, how can M&S capture the potential benefits of low-cost sourcing whilst still improving responsiveness? * M&S was one of the first companies to buy directly from the manufacturer, which reduced some costs. On top of that, worked with the largest suppliers in order to reduce the cost of manufacturing and shipping the goods, thus allowing the reduced costs. By having a consolidation warehouse, it was easier and more efficient for M&S to be able to ship it’s own product to its stores as oppose to having to set up different ship locations with the manufacturer. M&S was then able to perfect this Supply chain as they were more in control of the distribution of their goods 3. Is the current one-size-fits all approach...
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...MBA 405 - Global Organisational Environment Content |1. Abstract |Page 4 | |2. Task 1: Learning log |Page 5 - 12 | |3. Task 1: Summary of academic journal |Page 13 -14 | |4. Task 1: Reference |Page 15 | |5. Task 1: Indexes |PDF file | |6. Task 2: Marks and Spencer operation report |Page 16 - 26 | |7. Task 2: Reference |Page 27 - 28 | ABSTRACT MBA 405 - Global Organisational Environment Probably everyone will agree that at the beginning of the 21st century, the impact of globalisation on countries, societies, businesses and individuals have been much more evident than ever before. Especially for businesses and organizations, globalization has impacted considerably on the way businesses are operated, managed and developed. Success of businesses and organizations have been so dependent on how well and proactively they have responded to the global organizational environment...
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...ANNEXURE Dear respondent, I am Balbir kaur student of final semester MBA, School of management studies, Punjabi university,patiala .I am doing a survey on Mobile banking in different banks, so I would be grateful if you could spend some of your time in filling up this Questionnaire. Name______________________________ 1. Age: a)18-20 b)21-25 c) 26-30 d)31-40 e)41-50 f)>50 2. Monthly Income a)5,000-10,000 b)10,001-15000 c) 15,001-20,000 d) 20,001-25,000 e)>25,000 3. Which are the banks you are dealing with? a) ICICI Bank b)HDFC Bank c) Bank d) Axis bank e)IDBI Bank f) Others 4. Since how long are you holding a Account in the following banks Years | ICICI | HDFC | HSBC | Axis bank | IDBI | Others | a)6m-1yr | | | | | | | b)1yr-2yr | | | | | | | c)2yr-5yr | | | | | | | d)> 5yr | | | | | | | 5.In last 6 months which channels did you mostly used for your every daily transaction? Channels | ICICI | HDFC | HSBC | Axis bank | IDBI | Others | a) Branch transaction | | | | | | | b) ATM | | | | | | | c) Tele-banking | | | | | | | d) Online banking | | | | | | | e) Mobile banking | | | | | | | 6. In which of the following banks are you aware of Mobile Banking services? Banks | YES | NO | ICICI Bank | | | HDFC Bank | | | HSBC Bank | | | Axis bank | | | IDBI Bank...
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...MG320 BUSINESS ANALIYSIS ACCOUNTING MODULE ASSIGNMENT STUDENT NAME SHOMA SHIVANGANI HARSHIKA PATEL SONAM SINGH STUDENT ID S11058237 S11058254 S11058 TUTORIAL DAY & TIME THURSDAY 1 – 2 PM THURSDAY 1 – 2 PM MONDAY 3-4 PM TUTOR ATISHWAR PANDARAM ATISHWAR PANADRAM ATISHWAR PANDARAM LECTURER ATISHWAR PANDARAM ATISHWAR PANADRAM ATISHWAR PANDARAM INTRODUCTION The primary objective in doing this assignment was to evaluate the financial performances of the two competitive airline industries financial statements. The two airline industries we have compared are AIR NEW ZEALAND and QANTAS. We have calculated the rations of these two competitors in terms of profitability, long-term solvency, short term solvency and capital structure. A period of three years financial report was taken into account (2008-2010) to identify significant relationship between the two industries. The second objective of this assignment is to calculate the ratios and make commentings for the two airline industries by abstracting their group data. Profitability ratios were used to evaluate the financial performance during their three year period combined with other data to forecast potential future performance. Liquidity ratios were used to evaluate whether an entity can meet its short- term and long-term obligations. the financial stability ratios were used to analyze the ability of the entity to continue operations in the long...
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... Technology helps and assists companies to provide better healthcare for their patients and their establishment. Technology has had such a revolution that it has transformed health care systems from the bottom up. The growth of technology has sprouted so quickly and it has had a tremendous impact on the whole health care system. It has made a huge impact on various aspects of health care such as the patient experience, the quality of care, and access to health care. One of the greatest things that technology has done within the health care industry is simply simplify it to where patients as well as medical facilities can operate in an easier fashion in order to deliver best service. Many entities have taken and embraced the concept of technology in their workplaces, but there are other entities that still need to step up in that aspect. Throughout this paper, software development will be discussed for home health nursing such as Bayada Nurses. Home health nursing is a phenomenal concept, which allows nurses to go out to the homes of their patients and provide them with skilled nursing. The patients are individuals who still need the skilled nursing aspect, but they no longer need to be in a hospital facility or in any medical facility ("Mobile Health Technologies", 2013). This concept of m-health enables nurses to provide patient care in the comfort of their home. After a nurse sees their patient, she can then go into her m-health and do all the necessary documentation. Documentation...
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