...507-P01 5 DE MAYO DE 2005 ANITA ELBERSE Marvel Enterprises, Inc. Era 29 de junho de 2004, um dia antes do lançamento nos cinemas da tão esperada seqüência do filme Homem-Aranha, baseado no personagem mais popular da Marvel Enterprises. O filme parecia destinado a seguir os passos do recordista de bilheterias original ao oferecer sua mistura familiar de forte ação e drama. Porém, Peter Cuneo, o Vice-Presidente e ex-CEO, sabia que sua equipe havia realizado um resgate que nem o Homem-Aranha (ou qualquer outro dos super-heróis sobre os quais a Marvel detinha direitos) teria sucesso – o resgate da própria empresa. Apenas seis anos depois da firma ter emergido da falência, e apenas três anos depois de ter publicado prejuízos de US$100 milhões e ver suas ações serem negociadas próximo a US$1, a Marvel acumulara um valor de mercado de mais de US$2 bilhões, registrando vendas de US$300 milhões e um lucro operacional de cerca de US$170 milhões em 2003, com suas ações sendo negociadas por mais de US$20 (veja o Anexo 1). “O ápice de nosso trabalho veio a algumas semanas atrás, quando o Wall Street Journal selecionou nossas ações como as de melhor desempenho,” disse Cuneo. “Adivinhe quem foi a ação número 1 na Bolsa de Valores de Nova Iorque nos últimos três anos?” Não apenas o negócio original da Marvel de publicação de histórias em quadrinhos foi transformado em uma divisão lucrativa; suas operações de licenciamentos e brinquedos também geraram retornos impressionantes...
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...servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels. Part Number: 615717-002 April 2011 Edition: 2 © Copyright 2010, 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Server are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by its proprietor and used by Hewlett-Packard Company under license. Contents Operations................................................................................................................................... 6 Power up the server ................................................................................................................................... 6 Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 6 Open the panel door ................................................................................................................................. 6 Setup......................
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...TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND SIX SIGMA Edited by Tauseef Aized Total Quality Management and Six Sigma http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2559 Edited by Tauseef Aized Contributors Aleksandar Vujovic, Zdravko Krivokapic, Jelena Jovanovic, Svante Lifvergren, Bo Bergman, Adela-Eliza Dumitrascu, Anisor Nedelcu, Erika Alves dos Santos, Mithat Zeydan, Gülhan Toğa, Johnson Olabode Adeoti, Andrey Kostogryzov, George Nistratov, Andrey Nistratov, Vidoje Moracanin, Ching-Chow Yang, Ayon Chakraborty, Kay Chuan Tan, Graham Cartwright, John Oakland Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained...
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...12:06 Page 1 WOMEN, GENDER AND WORK People are not defined solely by their work, nor is it possible to ignore the effects of factors outside the workplace on a person's status at work. To seek equality at work without seeking equality in the larger society – and at home – is illusory.Thus an examination of the issues surrounding women, gender and work must be holistic. That means considering the role of productive work in life as a whole and the distribution of unpaid work as well as the myriad questions relating to employment. This important anthology brings together the thinking of leading philosophers, economists and lawyers on this complex subject. Selected recent articles from the multidisciplinary International Labour Review are assembled for the first time to illuminate questions such as how we should define equality, what equal opportunity means and what statistics tell us about differences between men and women at work, how the family confronts globalization and what is the role of law in achieving equality. There is an examination of policy – to deal with sexual harassment and wage inequality, for example, as well as part-time work, the glass ceiling, social security, and much more. A major reference on the best of current research and analysis on gender roles and work. Martha Fetherolf Loutfi has been Editor-in-Chief of the International Labour Review, a Senior Economist for the Brandt Commission and in the ILO’s Employment and Development...
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...Acknowledgments ix Acknowledgments This book owes a great deal to the mental energy of several generations of scholars. As an undergraduate at the University of Cape Town, Francis Wilson made me aware of the importance of migrant labour and Robin Hallett inspired me, and a generation of students, to study the African past. At the School of Oriental and African Studies in London I was fortunate enough to have David Birmingham as a thesis supervisor. I hope that some of his knowledge and understanding of Lusophone Africa has found its way into this book. I owe an equal debt to Shula Marks who, over the years, has provided me with criticism and inspiration. In the United States I learnt a great deal from ]eanne Penvenne, Marcia Wright and, especially, Leroy Vail. In Switzerland I benefitted from the friendship and assistance of Laurent Monier of the IUED in Geneva, Francois Iecquier of the University of Lausanne and Mariette Ouwerhand of the dépurtement évangélrlyue (the former Swiss Mission). In South Africa, Patricia Davison of the South African Museum introduced me to material culture and made me aware of the richness of difference; the late Monica Wilson taught me the fundamentals of anthropology and Andrew Spiegel and Robert Thornton struggled to keep me abreast of changes in the discipline; Sue Newton-King and Nigel Penn brought shafts of light from the eighteenthcentury to bear on early industrialism. Charles van Onselen laid a major part of the intellectual foundations on...
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