...than it had thirty years back, yet almost half of Bangladesh is still far from being food secure. The World Bank and GoB-UN in their respective reports on MDGs, put the target of 34% children being underweight as non-attainable at present rates of progress. Much will need to be done to achieve the 2015 MDG target of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger and malnutrition. Demographic changes in upcoming years are likely to affect poverty and hunger in adverse ways. While poverty is an overall denominator of this food insecurity in the country, the additional intensifiers are disability (gender, age, and physical challenge) and location .Issues of governance and accountability further thwart attempts at providing targeted safety nets and price stabilisation. Achieving the MDG targets within the next decade will require Bangladesh to...
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...Grid Energy Storage U.S. Department of Energy December 2013 Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the members of the core team dedicated to developing this report on grid energy storage: Imre Gyuk (OE), Mark Johnson (ARPA-E), John Vetrano (Office of Science), Kevin Lynn (EERE), William Parks (OE), Rachna Handa (OE), Landis Kannberg (PNNL), Sean Hearne & Karen Waldrip (SNL), Ralph Braccio (Booz Allen Hamilton). Table of Contents Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................... 1 . Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 4 1.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 7 2.0 State of Energy Storage in US and Abroad .......................................................................................... 11 3.0 Grid Scale Energy Storage Applications .............................................................................................. 20 4.0 Summary of Key Barriers ..................................................................................................................... 30 5.0 Energy Storage Strategic Goals ...............................................
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...company especially if they are in the same league. Nothing is ever guaranteed and in a world that is constantly changing it is best to stay one step ahead of the competition. The Fortune 500 list has companies who have made an impact on the economy and have continued to grow over the years to show improvement. One such company is ExxonMobil who retained the prestigious spot of number one for this year. However, there are other companies in the same field that are considered rivals but they also continue to strive and push forward. This paper will discuss the comparisons with the other companies in the same field. Also the financial health of said company, any technological advances, how globalization has affected the company’s business strategy and a bench marking analysis. Hess Corporation As one of the more notable competitors for ExxonMobil, this is a company that does have some extensive history behind it as well. It does have its place on the Fortune 500 list, however the number is quite down and not as high as s tome might think. This is a company that has marketed gasoline throughout more “1360 Hess gas stations in 16 U.S. states and operates a 50% owned oil storage terminal in the US Virgin Islands and a refinery in New Jersey. It also provides power to Northeast and Mid-Atlantic customers”(Andrews, 2012). “Leon Hess formed the Hess Corporation in 1933 where he purchased a 1926 second hand 615-gallon oil delivery truck and begins residential delivery, seven days...
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...| Leadership and Strategic Thinking | Assignment 1 | | Name: Ramya Gopalakrishnan | Student ID: 12663642 | Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Overview of the UK Oil and Gas Industry 4 2.1 Discussion on the current state of the industry 4 3. UK Oil and Gas Industry Leadership Outlook 5 3.1 Current Leadership Issues and Practices 5 4. Current Global and National Crises Issues 8 4.1 Issues and Impact on the Industry and Practices 8 5. Future Leadership Outlook 10 5.1 Leadership Aims for the Future 10 5.2 Leadership practice: Challenges, Impacts and Recommendations 10 Works Cited 13 1. Executive Summary This report is focused on the current leadership and development in the United Kingdom’s (UK) Oil and Gas industry. The first section highlights and describes the current external and internal environment, along with the challenges posed to the industry. The second section describes the issues faced by the industry in the short-term and long-term process and the measures taken by leaders to curb these issues and minimize the potential of risks and high costs to the industry. The third section gives an analysis of the global issues and problems posed to the UK oil and gas industry, their effects and practices undertaken to resolves these issues. The last section gives an analysis of the future outlook of the industry and its leadership capabilities. It also focuses on recommendations for the leaders to face the challenges that...
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...most important strategies in China. China as the one of the most powerful countries in the world, its sustainability development is limited by several elements. This report aims to introduce the problems, which restrict the development of the sustainability in China and the strategies they made to solve the problems. The main problems 1. Land resources China's land area of 9.6 million square kilometers, ranking third in the world, but the available land accounted for only 1/3 of the land area, the per capita possession of...
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...Analyze the life cycle environmental and social impact of Heidelberg Cement’s operations, the concerns of different stakeholders on these impacts, and how these stakeholders concerns affect the company. Cement is considered to be one of the most useful materials ever developed by man due to its strength and durability. However by virtue of its chemical and mineral composition as well as its manufacturing process cement production is deemed to have quite a significant environmental and social impact on its various stakeholders in a variety of ways and at varying degrees. One strategy that has been developed to help assess the extent of this impact is the use of a life cycle Assessment tool. The life cycle assessment is a systematic way of compiling and examining the inputs and outputs of energy as well as materials used in the manufacturing of a product or service as well as the environmental impacts directly attributed to the manufacturing process of that product or service throughout its life cycle. The life cycle of a product comprises the manufacturing process from raw material extraction, through to materials processing and manufacturing, all the way to distribution, usage, maintenance and disposal or recycling. One company that has been at the forefront of Cement production over the years has been Heidelberg Cement. Heidelberg cement having been in operation for over 140 years is one of the world’s largest building materials companies. It is a multinational building...
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...www.thetimes100.co.uk Social responsibility - using resources more efficiently Curriculum Topics • Aims and objectives • SMART objectives • Strategy • Tactics Images supplied by Vismedia Introduction The challenge facing business and society in the 21st century is how to use resources more efficiently. Every business large or small needs to consider carefully: 1. how to reduce its use of energy 2. how to minimise waste. The central economic problem is how to match finite resources with unlimited wants. With the demand for resources rising as the world economy grows this is becoming more of a challenge. Leading global companies like Anglo American strive to find new solutions to this problem every day. Anglo American is one of the world’s largest mining companies. Its portfolio of mining businesses spans precious metals and minerals – in which it is a global leader in platinum and diamonds, base metals (copper and nickel) and bulk commodities (iron ore, metallurgical coal and thermal coal). The company’s mining operations and extensive pipeline of growth projects are located in southern Africa, South America, Australia, North America and Asia. The purpose of the organisation is set out in a mission statement. In 2008 there was a downturn in world economic activity. This resulted from a loss of confidence in the world financial system. The downturn led to a steep fall in commodity prices such as coal, copper and platinum. By late 2009 these prices started to rise...
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...Deepwater Horizon Accident Part 1(week 4) A Study of Strategic Implications of the Recent BP Deepwater Horizon Accident Date: Submitted by: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Student ID Number: H00032634 Chapter 1 Introduction History of British Petroleum (BP) Company British Petroleum is one of the oldest companies in the oil industry. According to BP Global (2010b), the company was founded in the year 1909 in the UK under the name Anglo-Persian Company. Later, in the year 1954, the company changed its name to British Petroleum (BP). Being in the gas and oil industry, BP conducts various operations including exploration and refining of oil among others. According to BP Global (2010), Bp is the largest energy company globally with presence in over 100 countries. Overview of the Deepwater Horizon Accident In the year 2010, BP experienced a Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster which involved gas release and subsequent explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Webb (2010), the fire lasted for 36 hours and this was followed by leaking of hydrocarbon into the Gulf for eighty-seven days. BP admitted responsibility explaining that the accident occurred following loss of control related to pressure within the well blowouts in which a special type of is designed to keep constant pressure. Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon accident This tragedy impacted immensely on various BP stakeholders i.e. local communities, global customers and the...
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...Abstract . 3M Corporation History of the 3M Corporation What started off as a small company in the Lake Superior Town of Two Harbors, Minnesota in the year 1902 – 3M has grown into a worldwide corporation with companies in over 60 countries. Things seemed bright in June 1902, when Two Harbors attorney John Dwan drew up articles of incorporation and added his $1,000 to that of other charter board members, meat market owner Hermon Cable, Dr. J. Danley Budd, the city’s leading physician, and Duluth and Iron Range Railroad executives William McGonagle and Henry Bryan (3M Corporation, 2015). The five men set out looking for the next new product. They wanted to mine a certain type of mineral deposit (Corundum) to use as an adhesive for grinding-wheels. Corundum was in demand as the premier abrasive for grinding wheels, sandpaper and other items to polish, shape, sharpen and decorate items produced by America’s increasingly industrialized economy. This new source of corundum was greeted jubilantly; the only other North American source was in Ontario. The problem – one that surfaced after the company had incurred a large start-up debt – was that the corundum was not there on Lake Superior’s Minnesota north shore. What was there was anorthosite, which is useless as an abrasive (Bishop, 2005). So within a couple of years of its founding, 3M had tons of mineral for sale, no customers and was all but bankrupt. When mining turned out to be of little use and a failed attempt with mineral...
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...Sustainable development is appearing with increasing frequency in trade union discussions around the world, as concern mounts over the deteriorating state of our natural and man-made environment. Such threats as global climate change have caught the attention of trade union members, especially with publicity given to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001),1 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2000), the Worldwatch Institute (2001) and other high-profile reports. Trade unionists in unprecedented numbers are joining the search for solutions that go beyond environmental issues to embrace such related social and economic conditions as poverty, dysfunctional subsidies, unfair trade and price structures, corruption and unemployment, all of which reflect longstanding trade union concerns. It is significant that concern over sustainable development should be occurring just as the world’s trade unions are coming to grips with the notion of globalization. For although the nature of this phenomenon has yet to be adequately analysed and clarified, it has taken on its own meaning in trade union discussions and policy papers. What is significant for this paper, however, is the extent to which the trade union perspective on sustainable development incorporates its concerns about globalization. Trade union discussions about sustainable development invariably turn to current social and economic developments, and their implications for workers. Throughout history...
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...Assignment 2: Human Resource Strategy BUS 508 May 16, 2015 Assignment 2: Human Resource Strategy Good Human Resource strategies are imperative for any organization to successfully meet its ultimate goals. This case study will discuss the mission, vision and Human Resource strategies of Burns and McDonnell and Cisco Systems and analyze how both companies can improve their strategies to help them excel in their industries. Compare and contrast the two (2) industries you have identified in terms of size, products, services, customers, economic and regulatory environment. Burns & McDonnell is an engineering design company with more than 5,000 employees (“About Us,” 2015). The company provides engineering, architecture, construction and consulting services for health care, aviation, defense and utilities markets (“About Us,”,2015). Burns & McDonnell is not a product company. It is an engineering company that designs solutions for clients. Some examples include boiler design and installation, building a cellulosic biorefining plant, and design of a microbiology lab. Their customers include healthcare industry companies, power energy companies, aviation companies, IT and construction companies, including clients like Duke Energy, American Airlines and the U.S. Navy (“Burns & McDonnell,” 2015). Burns & McDonnell is part of several governing security regulatory boards. The company's regulatory environment includes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, Emissions...
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...Paper Case Study Nantonia Paper Case study Nantonia ICT Strategy & Planning Master : ICT in Business Location : University, Leiden Course : ICT Strategy & Planning Assignment : Paper Case study Nantonia Date : 3 June 2011 Name : Suraj Soerdjbali Studentnr : Teacher : ------------------------------------------------- Part 1 The business model: 1. Partners: Natepco is a subsidiary of Natonia Energy Holdings. Which on their turn have a joint venture with Prime Energy Group and Government of Natonia 2. Key activities: The key activities of Natepco are exploration and production 3. Key resources: The key resources of Natepco are sell crude oil to commodity markets and gas (LHG) to power/electricity producers 4. Value Proposition: crude oil and gas (LHG) 5. Relationship: Their Brand, retaining customers 6. Distribution and acquisition channel: Traders, electricity producers 7. Customers: willing market in local industry 8. Cost structure: Manufacturing, exploration, maintenance 9. Revenue streams: The IT systems being used within the business model: * Partners: Prime Energy Group is in consideration of implementing SAP * Key activities: VAX/Compaq systems are used for drilling applications, HP systems are used for running applications for maintenance en procurement. Offshore platforms uses email application and application access * Key resource: IBM systems for finance The business maxims that I found in...
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...Mohammad Monowarul Islam Student ID: 1209 ATCHARAPORN STUDENT ID: 1213 BSBSUS501 Assessment 1 Unit Name: BSBSUS501- Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability Course Name: Diploma of Business Introduction Tiny Opera Company operates in a rural NSW town. Colleen Starr started the company after moving to the small town from Sydney in the late 1970s. Colleen wanted to bring the wonder and entertainment of theatre-based performances to rural NSW. Her vision was to create a regional theatre that emulated the Sydney Opera House; making theatre both accessible and valued in her town and the surrounding community. Stella’s idea and passion was shared by a wealthy landowner in the area who donated $2.3 million to support the purchase of a venue and the ongoing operation of the theatre. $1.3 million of this was invested in a trust which has been added to over the years that Tiny Opera Company has generated a profit. Colleen Starr bought an old town hall that had been built in the early 1900s. The hall is listed on the State Heritage Register in NSW. Basic interior renovations were carried out to the stage, three dressing rooms, kitchen, break room, meeting room, food counter and ticketing booth including: ● painting internal walls ● installing wall-mounted radiators throughout the theatres, dressing rooms and break room ● installing a dishwasher and oven in the kitchen ● installing a wood heater in the meeting room. Tiny Opera Company has staged regular...
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...------------------------------------------------- TESCO CORPORATION Presented to University of Houston Victoria School of Business MAY 4, 2014 Elena Acosta Amy Rodriguez Hina Naqvi Teghrid Darwich March 2, 2014 Hina Naqvi Amy Rodriguez Teghrid Darwich Elena Acosta March 2, 2014 Hina Naqvi Amy Rodriguez Teghrid Darwich Elena Acosta Table of Contents 1.0. Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………...4 2.0 Company History…………………………………………………………………………...5 2.1 Background…………………………………………………………………………………6 2.2 Purpose of this Study……………………………………………………………………….8 3.0 External Analysis…………………………………………………………………………...9 3.1 General Environmental Analysis…………………………………………………………..10 3.1.1. Demographic Segment…………………………………………………………………..10 3.1.2. Economic Segment………………………………………………………………………12 3.1.3. Political/Legal Segment………………………………………………………………….12 3.1.4. Socio-Cultural Segment………………………………………………………………….13 3.1.5. Technological Segment……………………………………………………………………14 3.1.6. Physical Segment……………………………………………………………………………14 3.1.7. Summary of General Environment Analysis……………………………………………...15 3.1.8. Driving Forces……………………………………………………………………………...
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...ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT -Government participation in business activities is in the form of assistance and control. -Protect the consumers and other sectors of society -Provide social-economic infrastructures in order to accelerate business growth. MAJOR AREAS OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF BUSINESSS ENTERPRISE 1.Occupational safety-welfare of the workers. 2.Fair labor practices-laws and regulations,fair wages,hours of work. 3.Consumer protection-welfare of the consumers. 4.Pollution prevention-laws and policies for the protection of the people and environment against pollution. 5.Economic security-government laws which are implemented by GSIS,SSS,NHS,and other agencies. BUSINESS FOR THE POOR -Micro business is most appropriate for the poor.It requires small capital and simple management.With financial and technical help from the government,the poor can put up their own business enterprises. THE VISION:PHILIPPINES 2000 -The vision of Philippines 2000 is to improve the quality life for every Filipino.The government aims to raise per capita income and reduce poverty.Its twin goals are global excellence and people empowerment. GROWTH STRATEGIES -Commitment to a “planned”free market economy -Giving people a stake in...
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