...INTRODUCTION Since the first car rolled out on the streets of Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1898, the Automobile Industry of India has come a long way. During its early stages the auto industry was overlooked by the then Government and the policies were also not favorable. The liberalization policy and various tax relief by the Govt. of India in recent years has made remarkable impacts on Indian Automobile Industry. Indian auto industry, which is currently growing at the pace of around 18 % per annum, has become a hot destination for global auto players like Volvo, General Motors and Ford. A well developed transportation system plays a key role in the development of an economy, and India is no exception to it. With the growth of transportation system the Automotive Industry of India is also growing at rapid speed, occupying an important place on the 'canvas' of Indian economy. Today Indian automotive industry is fully capable in producing various kinds of vehicles and can be divided into 03 broad categories: Cars, two-wheelers and heavy vehicles. ← The first automobile in India rolled in 1897 in Bombay. ← India is being recognized as potential emerging auto market. ← Foreign players are adding to their investments in Indian auto industry. ← Within two-wheelers, motorcycles contribute 80% of the segment size. ← Unlike the USA, the Indian passenger vehicle market is dominated by cars (79%). ← Tata Motors dominates over 60% of the Indian commercial vehicle...
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...vendor provision of maintenance and parts; and effective regulation and oversight of system management and financing. I. Introduction The recent sharp increases in the prices of oil, natural gas, uranium and coal underline the importance for all countries to focus on development of alternative energy resources. For developing countries, these price increases can have ruinous economic consequences; for many countries already plagued by poverty this means a choice between fuel and food, health care, education and other essentials. Renewable energy resources need priority because: 1) the overwhelming scientific evidence that anthropological emissions of greenhouse gases from carbon combustion threaten catastrophic results from rapid climate change; 2) the severe health and environmental consequences from fossil fuel combustion being experienced...
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...[pic] CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION The automobile industry is one of the largest industries in India as in many other countries. It plays a major role in the growth of economy in India. The automobile industry in India is the ninth largest in the world with an annual production of over 2.3 million units in 2008. The industry comprises automobiles and auto component sectors, which encompass passenger cars, two-wheelers, three-wheelers, tractors, commercial vehicles, multi- utility vehicles and components. Today, the Indian automobile industry is the world s largest motorcycle manufacturer, the second largest two-wheeler and tractor manufacturer, the fifth largest commercial vehicle manufacturer and the fourth largest car maker in Asia. Apart from serving the domestic market, the Indian auto sector has also become a sourcing hub for the global auto giants. In 2009, India emerged as Asia's fourth largest exporter of automobiles, behind Japan, South Korea and Thailand. The Government of India has introduced an ambitious project of setting up world-class automotive testing and R&D infrastructure to place India in the USD 6 trillion global automotive business. This book details the current status and factors influencing the growth of the Indian automobile industry; its future prospects and the success stories of some automobile giants in India. It also focuses on the future growth of the industry as a result of the newly adopted technologies and strategies...
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...give the company ability to expand production at low capital cost. We expect Daimler and Toyota to provide for high recurring revenues in terms of powertrain sales. Unlike many of its competitors, Tesla has developed its own battery pack. We note that battery packs account for 30 – 40% of a car‟s cost, offering Tesla significant advantages as it scales. The company should be able to offer multiple models (such as SUV, minivans, sedans) based off the same platform without having to make significant R&D investment. June 29, 2010 Our valuation of $1.74 - $1.88B reflects stronger OEM sales offset by weaker Roadster revenues. Our revised per share price of $17.01 to $18.37 reflects the recent 3 to 1 reverse stock split and additional shares from the public offering. We note that the IPO (on 6/29/10) is priced at $17 per share. Investment Concerns The cost of ownership for Tesla Roadster is significantly higher than for comparable alternatives such as Porsche 911. We are concerned that this factor may limit the appeal of the car to the so called green crowd. The more attractively priced $50k Model S could take another two years before achieving any traction. The Model S is still in concept stages. Any significant delays in the ramp could have an adverse impact on the quarterly numbers of the company and on the...
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...AN INSURANCE PROPOSAL PREPARED FOR: SKM Health Services, Inc. [pic] Top of Form Bottom of Form | | POLICY TERM 04/15/16 to 04/15/17 PRESENTED BY: James Singleton Master of Business Administration Certified Insurance Counselor Certified Professional Insurance Agent Certified Risk Manager Management Liability Insurance Specialist DISCLAIMER: COVERAGE SUMMARIES PROVIDED HEREIN ARE INTENDED AS AN OUTLINE OF COVERAGE ONLY. IN THE EVENT OF A LOSS, ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF THE ACTUAL POLICIES WILL APPLY. | Our Story | ARTHUR J. GLATFELTER FOUNDER In 1968, while working with a prospective client, a local volunteer fire department, Art discovered a significantly underserved market. Since emergency service organizations were largely overlooked by the insurance industry at that time, Art interviewed every fire chief he could in order to gain a solid understanding of their needs. His findings became the foundation of VFIS, a division of GIG and the world’s leading provider of insurance, education, training and consulting products and services for emergency service organizations. The principles upon which Art built his insurance agency remain the foundation of Glatfelter Insurance...
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...For the exclusive use of T. Song, 2015. 9-714-413 REV: JANUARY 24, 2014 ERIC VAN DEN STEEN Tesla Motors “Tesla is in California, so it is not April Fool’s yet!” tweeted Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, around 10 PM PT on March 31, 2013. “First profitable Q for Tesla thanks to awesome customers & hard work by a super dedicated team”1 he had tweeted a few minutes earlier. And indeed, on May 8, Tesla announced a net income of more than $10mln on $560 mln in sales.2 Tesla had outsold both Nissan and GM in electric cars in the U.S.3 Its Model S had sold more than the BMW 7 and Audi A8 combined.4 Tesla raised its Model S sales target for its first full year from 20,000 to 21,000 cars.5 Over the next three months, its stock price almost tripled.6 In its 10 years since founding, Tesla had launched both a high-end limited edition “Tesla Roadster” and its “Model S” production car, and was now taking reservations on its upcoming “Model X” electric crossover SUV. Despite a public controversy about its range, the Model S had received the coveted Car of the Year award and earned the highest rating that Consumer Reports ever gave to a car, an astonishing feat for a company that was only at its second car. While some of its most visible EV competitors went bankrupt or halted production,7 Tesla became profitable. Elon Musk wanted Tesla to be a mass manufacturer of electric cars.8 Becoming profitable meant that that goal was within reach. Or was it not? The Car Business ...
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...coffee. Today it is a global roaster and retailer of coffee with more than 7,600 retail stores, some 2,000 of which are to be found in 34 countries outside the United States. Starbucks Corporation set out on its current course in the 1980s when the company’s director of marketing, Howard Schultz, came back from a trip to Italy enchanted with the Italian coffeehouse experience. Schultz, who later became CEO, persuaded the company’s owners to experiment with the coffeehouse format—and the Starbucks experience was born. The basic strategy was to sell the company’s own premium roasted coffee, along with freshly brewed espresso-style coffee beverages, a variety of pastries, coffee accessories, teas, and other products, in a tastefully designed coffeehouse setting. The company also stressed providing superior customer service. Reasoning that motivated employees provide the best customer service, Starbucks executives devoted much attention to employee hiring and training programs and progressive compensation policies that gave even part-time employees stock option grants and medical benefits. The formula met with spectacular success in the United States, where Starbucks went from obscurity to one of the best known brands in the country in a decade. In 1995, with almost 700 stores across the United States, Starbucks began exploring foreign opportunities. The company established a joint venture with a Japanese retailer, Sazaby Inc. Each company held a 50 percent stake in the venture, Starbucks...
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...imports GCC Highlights-Foreign trade in Automotive sector UAE Automotive Sector UAE Auto Industry SWOT UAE Economic SWOT UAE Business Environment SWOT UAE Automotive Sector trade Automotive Manufacturing in UAE Low cost and Luxury car market in UAE Used Car Market in UAE After- sales Business in UAE Car Rental Market in UAE Rationale for setting up projects in RAK Identified Projects UAE Auto Industry Forecast Scenario Automotive Products & Free Trade Agreements About Ras Al Khaimah About RAK Investment Authority References Annexure I II III IV V-A V-B VI-A VI-B VII VIII IX X World Motor Vehicle Production By Country And Type In 2008 World Ranking of Vehicle Manufacturers In 2008 UAE Imports & Re-exports of Vehicles in value term List of Automobile Component Manufacturers in GCC UAE Trade figures on components 2006-1008 In value term UAE Trade figures on components 2006-1008 In Numbers UAE Trade on Tyre & Tyre Products-2008 UAE Trade on Tyre & Tyre Products-2007 Key Global Tyre Manufacturers Contact Details UAE Trade on Vehicle Battery (Accumulators)-2006-2008 UAE Trade on Electrical Ignition System-2006-2008 List of UAE car dealers 3 6 8 10 12 13 13 15 16 17 19 19 21 22 23 23 24 31 33 35 36 37 38 38 54 56 57...
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...Resources and Data III. Tesla in Context.............................................................................................................Page 9 A. The Global Auto Industry B. Tesla: The Innovative Disrupter C. Sparking the Electric Revolution IV. The Man Behind the Machine...................................................................................Page 12 A. Elon Musk B. Entrepreneur from the Start C. Space X V. Tesla Motors Overview...............................................................................................Page 15 A. Company Offerings B. Phase I. Roadster C. Phase II. Models S and X 2 D. Phase III. Project BlueStar VI. How It Works: The Model S......................................................................................Page 18 A. The Design B. The Mechanics VII. How Did They Do It?..................................................................................................Page 22 A. Defining “It” B. Elon Musk’s Vision C. Re-Imagining the Product Experience D. The Perfect Storm for an Impending Revolution VIII.Moving Away from the Oil Economy...
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...Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 8-1-2012 Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A StateCorporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Elizabeth A. Bradshaw Western Michigan University, brads2ea@cmich.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Recommended Citation Bradshaw, Elizabeth A., "Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill" (2012). Dissertations. Paper 53. This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact maira.bundza@wmich.edu. DEEPWATER, DEEP TIES, DEEP TROUBLE: A STATE-CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME ANALYSIS OF THE 2010 GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL by Elizabeth A. Bradshaw A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Sociology Advisor: Ronald C. Kramer, Ph.D. Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan August 2012 THE GRADUATE COLLEGE WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN June 29, 2012 Date WE HEREBY APPROVE THE DISSERTATION SUBMITTED BY Elizabeth A. Bradshaw ENTITLED Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental...
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...much better than the government, however, they cannot replace the government. · Even today, unfortunately there many NGO’s that produce fake papers and work and take support from government. · If NGO’s can work for people’s interest without any intention of money and profit, they can be a better substitute of the government. China market - a threat to Indian market China has always been compared to India in terms of population and technological advancements. China undoubtedly has a humongous software market, but is definitely not a threat. · India has its own unique power and intelligence. · Indian IT companies have captured Asia and Japan as well. · India is becoming one of the world’s largest internet and mobile user’s country. · India’s mobile market is growing by leaps and bounds. · Most countries prefer employees from India rather than China because of communication barrier. English is spoken by almost all IT industries in India. · India has a large consumer and industrial market, all thirsting for products, with great brands and distribution networks. For There is no doubt that India may take many years to have a market like China. · China has a huge population. Moreover people there are advancing each passing day. · China launches new mobiles, technologies, automobiles...
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...APPRAISAL & CREDIT RISK RATING At Punjab National Bank Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Master of Business Administration (MBA) Amity University, Gurgaon (Manesar) Under the Guidance of: Submitted By: Name: Mr. A.K. Rastogi Mohit Batra Senior Manager MBA: 3rd Semester A50050213025 Amity Business School Amity University Gurgaon SESSION 2014 – 2015 Preface While searching for a suitable topic for the MBA Dissertation, I Had gone through the various projects & books, ultimately settling On the topic credit appraisal and credit risk rating –A Study With Reference To Punjab national bank The topic inspired me, to go through the various books, articles, Reports etc. to know the process and also understand the real Issues plaguing the industry. All these aspects then resulted in the development of the project Report titled ‘credit appraisal and credit risk rating –A Study with Reference To Punjab national bank.’ It is strongly hoped that this project covers not only the various Requirements of the Project Study but also of the Industry . Acknowledgement I would like to express my profound gratitude to all those who have been instrumental in the preparation of my project report. To start with, I would like to thank the organization Punjab National Bank (Chairman- K.R. KAMATH) for providing...
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...NIKON CORPORATION NIKON REPORT 2014 Shin-Yurakucho Bldg., 12-1, Yurakucho 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8331 Japan (Scheduled to relocate to the following address on Nov. 25, 2014: Shinagawa Intercity Tower C, 2-15-3, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6290 Japan) www.nikon.com This eco-friendly booklet was produced using FSC®-certified paper; non-VOC (volatile organic compound), vegetable-oil ink; and waterless printing technology. Printed in Japan NIKON REPORT 2014 Year Ended March 31, 2014 NIKON REPORT 2014 NIKON REPORT 2014 Independent Practitioner’s Assurance of Social and Environmental Performance Independent Practitioner’s Assurance of Social and Environmental Performance About NIKON REPORT 2014 Starting with reports published in the fiscal year ending March 2015, Nikon Corporation publishes its previously named ANNUAL REPORT as the NIKON REPORT. In addition to details regarding business performance and strategy, operational overviews, and other financial data previously published in the ANNUAL REPORT, this report comprises a broader range of non-financial data, including information on CSR activities and corporate governance. As a corporate group that continues to pursue steady growth and create new value prefaced on harmony with society, we hope that NIKON REPORT will promote further understanding of the Nikon Group among our shareholders, investors, and all other stakeholders. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 02 Nikon’s Growth...
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...Jamaica Water Properties A Case Study The case is about an accounting fraud that involves the Jamaica Water Properties, Inc. The fraud was characterized by misapplication of purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, recording fictitious assets, improper accounting for NOLCO, non-recording of appropriate allowances for uncollectible receivables, and misapplication of the percentage-of-completion method of accounting for long-term contracts. Ernest Grendi made the fraud possible, company CFO as helped by three senior accountants. These were aimed to inflate the price of the company stocks because of overstated earnings that caused them to receive sizable bonuses. However, JWP internal auditors just tolerated all of these because of their fear of being fired. In addition, Ernst & Young, the company’s external auditor, knowing the fraudulent activities, have been issuing an unqualified opinion for six consecutive years. This has been seen as a product of the close relationship between Grendi and his co-conspirators with E&Y. 2011 JAMAICA WATER PROPERTIES: A Case Study Jamaica Water Properties A Case Study The case is about an accounting fraud that involves the Jamaica Water Properties, Inc. The fraud was characterized by misapplication of purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, recording fictitious assets, improper accounting for NOLCO, non-recording of appropriate allowances for uncollectible receivables, and misapplication of the percentage-of-completion...
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...Jamaica Water Properties A Case Study The case is about an accounting fraud that involves the Jamaica Water Properties, Inc. The fraud was characterized by misapplication of purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, recording fictitious assets, improper accounting for NOLCO, non-recording of appropriate allowances for uncollectible receivables, and misapplication of the percentage-of-completion method of accounting for long-term contracts. Ernest Grendi made the fraud possible, company CFO as helped by three senior accountants. These were aimed to inflate the price of the company stocks because of overstated earnings that caused them to receive sizable bonuses. However, JWP internal auditors just tolerated all of these because of their fear of being fired. In addition, Ernst & Young, the company’s external auditor, knowing the fraudulent activities, have been issuing an unqualified opinion for six consecutive years. This has been seen as a product of the close relationship between Grendi and his co-conspirators with E&Y. 2011 JAMAICA WATER PROPERTIES: A Case Study Jamaica Water Properties A Case Study The case is about an accounting fraud that involves the Jamaica Water Properties, Inc. The fraud was characterized by misapplication of purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, recording fictitious assets, improper accounting for NOLCO, non-recording of appropriate allowances for uncollectible receivables, and misapplication of the percentage-of-completion...
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