...The Detroit River International Crossing Study (DRIC) focuses on the growing issues facing the Detroit river border crossings between Michigan and Ontario. The study outlines the impacts of increased traffic congestion and delays due to the growth of border traffic. The study also provides insight into the potential future impacts on cross-border freight activity and industries if this issue is not dealt with. Such impacts can be outlined in the 2005 report, Regional and National Economic Impact of Increasing Delay and Delay-Related Costs at the Detroit River crossings. The North American Free Trade Agreement came into effect in 1994 and solidified trade between Canada and the United States. Canada and the United States are the world’s largest...
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... T H E SAFETY NET in Detroit, Michigan Urgent Matters The George Washington University Medical Center School of Public Health and Health Services Department of Health Policy Acknowledgments The Urgent Matters safety net assessment team would like to thank our community partner, the Voices of Detroit Initiative (VODI), for its help in identifying key safety net issues in Detroit and connecting us with stakeholders in the community. At VODI, Lucille Smith was instrumental in coordinating our site visits, interviews and focus groups and an essential resource through the course of the project. We would also like to thank Amani Younis for her help in facilitating two of our focus groups. The Voices of Detroit Initiative is a partnership between the leading health system providers in Detroit, federally qualified health centers and the Detroit Health Department. VODI focuses on bringing all segments of the community together to address the issues of access to cost-effective health care for the uninsured. We would also like to acknowledge William Schramm at the Henry Ford Health System for providing us with important information and resources regarding the emergency department at Henry Ford Hospital. The Urgent Matters team would also like to recognize the many individuals in the Detroit health care community who gave generously of their time and provided important and useful insights into the local safety net system. The Detroit, Michigan, Safety Net Assessment...
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...Executive Summary Campaign Definition * “Bridgepointe to Success” campaign is aimed to build partnerships with local higher education institutions, to offer students life skills training and college preparation advice. Research * Research into life skills training and college preparatory institutions revealed that Bridgepointe is unique in its mission to bridge cultural gaps through education. Kick-off Event * The campaign kick-off will take place at the Open House event on February 1, 2013. Event Participants * Four universities and colleges will be present at the event to introduce Bridgepointe students to their programs. Program Details * Participating programs will cover architecture design, arts, business, engineering, and nursing fields. * Personnel from the admissions offices of the respective colleges will be involved in this initiative and offer advice and information packets at the event. Program Enrollment * The life skills training program will be offered to a limited number of students at first. * After the evaluation of the success of this training program, the life skills classes can be offered to all interested children participating in Bridgepointe programs. Vision for the Future * Our vision for the future is that Bridgepointe will build additional partnerships with other local universities and colleges to expand this program further. Table of Contents MARKETING PUBLIC RELATIONS PLAN...
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...racist or is it the people around us that influences the way we think about racism? Does Racism Really Exist I am a Caucasian male and grew up in the City of Woodhaven, MI. Within this small city there is a population of roughly 40,000 people and of that count, there are only about 2,000 that would be considered a minority. As you can imagine, most of the people that lived there looked like me and had much the same religion and moral standings. As I grew up, I attended three different schools and the first of which was Yake Elementary School. There must have only been a select few minority children attending that school as I had never remembered encountering children different from myself until I went to Brownstown Middle School. There, I noticed a small group of African American children that were in the same grade as me along with some Asian America and Hispanic American children. Even at the age of eleven, I noticed the staff treating the African American children slightly differently than myself and other white students. It was as if they were waiting for them to do something wrong or to act up in class. These reactions from the staff followed them all the way through our time together at Woodhaven High School where, I believe, they began to act up in class due to...
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...How Does China’s Reemergence Impact the Current World’s Dynamics? * Background China’s reemergence In retrospect, there were three glorious dynasties of Han, Tang and Ming in China. During that time China took the leading position in economics, politics, culture, military and diplomacy. But after Ming dynasty China lost its leading position for a long time. Since the reform and opening-up in 1978, China’s reemergence of economics impresses the world substantially. In 2010, China witnessed GDP of 5,878.3 billion US dollars, which is at the second place just following United States 1. During the last decade, China moved from the being the ninth-largest exporter to the largest in the world. According to the Global Competitiveness Index 2011-2012 report, China’s global competitiveness index scored 4.90 and ranked 26 out of 142. The group performance of the developing world is boosted by the strong dynamics of some of the largest economies including China. At the meantime, China’s military power is also strengthened. From 1989 to 2010 China's official military budget increased by double digits every year 2. Based on above positive and negative facts, China’s reemergence really impacts the world’s dynamics in various dimensions. In general these impacts can be divided into areas including goods, technology, people, capital and culture. * China’s reemergence impacts world’s dynamics in different aspects Goods According the percentage distribution of Merchandise...
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...Executive Summary Automation Consulting Services (ASC) has experienced rapid and tremendous growth, resulting in several issues and problems within the company. Founders are worried the company is out of control due to the increasing business practice conflict, inconsistency in entrepreneur spirit and increase in office expenses. Thus they are considering documenting a long-term company strategy, monitoring office costs and centralizing the control in order to address these problems. The purposes of this report are to: · Identify and analyze the issues raised from current operating offices. · Provide recommendations to address the problems and concerns that have been raised. To address the issues that have been raised, it is recommended that ASC: · Establish a long-term strategy to convey company goals, promote a unified entrepreneur spirit, and prevent future business practice conflicts, while maintaining the current level of autonomy assigned to office partners. · Implement a new pricing policy where the price is determined by the estimated expense plus a 20% markup. This helps eliminate the current practice of cross-subsidizing, provides partners with incentives in cost control, and helps offices shift from operating as revenue centres to profit centres. · Incorporate client based evaluations into the annual bonus system for partners, encouraging them to expand the client base through acquisition of new clients while maintaining current client relationships...
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...General Motors Maren Pöpsel Managerial Finance Ferhat Dastan Table of Contents Introduction 3 Historical Performance and Price 4 Historical Profitability 6 Historical Stockprice 7 Financial Statement Summary 8 Income Statement 8 Balance Sheet 9 Cash Flow Analysis 10 Ratio Analysis 11 Capital Structure 15 Equity Evaluation & Price Target 16 News and Highlights 17 Investment Upsides and Risks 18 Investment Recommendations 20 Introduction General Motor Company (NYSE: GM) is an American multinational automaker in the world. The company’s headquarter is in Detroit, Michigan. General Motor Company is one of the largest companies in the world. The company was founded on September 16, 1908 in Flint, Michigan as a holding company for Buick luxury cars and controlled by William C. Durant. General Motor Company produces cars and trucks in 37 countries and sells services for some brands such as Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, Isuzu, Holden, GMC, Jie Fang, Opel, Vauxhall, Baojun, and Wuling. Also, it is doing business with 157 countries and 202,000 employees worldwide. There are four different automotive segments for automotive operations include GM North America (GMNA), GM Europe (GME), GM International Operations (GMIO) and GM South America (GMSA). Also the company provides automotive financing services through General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (GM Financial). General Motor led global sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through...
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...University Child and Adolescent Psychology ED 502 August 21, 2010 Introduction “Children do not copy what they encounter, but actively construct reality out of their experiences with the environment” (Elkind, 1981, pp 97). Those words were quoted, studied, and believed by Jean Piaget. I am going into my fifth year of teaching and I can agree with Piaget. David Elkind was a follower of Jean Piaget and believed these very same words as well. Elkind is instrumental in explaining the implications of Piaget’s theory for early childhood education both through his writings and films (Bergen, 2008). This paper will explore David Elkind’s beliefs and the affects of his mentor’s theories. David Elkind’s Biography David Elkind was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Peter and Bessie Elkind. His family moved to California when he was an adolescent. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1952, and his Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.) from UCLA in 1955 (Doorey, 2010). He also received an honorary Doctorate in Science from Rhode Island College in 1987. Elkind's father operated machinery in a factory that built parts for the automotive industry. Elkind remembered his father complaining about how the engineers who designed the parts did not understand the machinery his father was working with and thus sometimes designed things the machines could not create. This memory stuck with Elkind so he always tried to consider the relationship between...
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...B.C. however widespread use of it recreationally didn't become popular until alcohol was banned during the Prohibition Era. In 1937 the government used fear, and false stories of violence to completely outlaw it. Since then, almost all of the theories used to ban marijuana have been proven false. By making marijuana a legal, taxed, and regulated product, it will result in a sharp decrease in drug related crime and a sharp increase in government income. Solution The Plan: My proposed solution is to model new laws in all states after Proposition 19, also known as the Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act which is already in affect in California. These laws include things like: allowing adults 21 and up to possess up to an ounce, own up to 6 plants, no child marketing, growing and purchasing limits, and Regulations on how much THC products can contain...
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...Detroit’s Perfect Storm sets Sales up for Bailout By Jeffrey Adik Copyright © November 2008 Jeffrey Adik Intraduce, LLC | All Rights Reserved The domestic automotive crisis embodies the perfect storm. The gale-forces our economy now faces are the result of a lengthy series of events that have effectively frozen consumer lending and generated an extraordinary global lack of trust across all investor categories. Attempts by the international market to hedge the crisis, through US currency devaluation, have only accelerated problems. The doubling of fuel prices had an immediate impact on the US consumer goods market, perhaps most visible in the automotive industry. This dramatically affected consumer buying habits, whose interest has shifted away from operationally expensive SUVs and resulted in substantially devalued new and used gas guzzlers. Automotive demand has now fallen to the lowest levels in 20 years, and had irreplaceable impact on the largest profit category of the industry. While we have seen a huge direct impact on the market’s perception of the auto industry’s viability, an even deeper crisis looms: Leased vehicles, a large proportion of which fall into the SUV & lower fuel-economy categories, are still on the industry books. These vehicles will be entering a redefined market with substantially lowered demand, and therefore require significant price discounts. Auto Inventory and Demand: Vehicle production has been cut, of course, yet the length...
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... 5. Target market 6. Marketing objectives A. Need satisfying objective B. Long and short term sale market III/ ADVERTISING OBJECTIVES: 1. Product concept 2. Target market - Detailed description of target audience: Relationship between target market and target audience 3. Communication media 4. Advertising message I/ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Have you ever felt the power of a horse when you rode it? Imagine a herd of horses as they run through an open plain. You do not want to ride a herd of horses on the street, now you just need the new 2014 Dodge Durango. In this planner, you will be seeing, imagining and experiencing the unique way Dodge advertises using lower cost but still attracting more potential consumers of Dodge brand and Paramount Pictures, also you will get the information about the new Dodge Durango. "But for the most part, the Durango remains a stylish, aggressive-looking truck with available V-8 power, plenty of towing ability, and some new fuel-economy technology lurking behind its menacing face." -- Car and Driver The Dodge brand is upping the ante in the fast-growing full-size sport-utility vehicle (SUV) and crossover segments, introducing the new 2014 Dodge Durango at the 2013 New York International Auto Show. This new SUV is built on the Dodge brand's pillars of performance, style and innovation, delivering a new standard state-of-the-art...
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...Tarannum Rahman Annotated Bibliography: 1) Olson, Elizabeth. “The Latest Entrepreneurial Fantasy Is Selling Cupcakes.” The New York Times 25 Nov. 2009, Small Business sec.: 1-5. Print. 2) Key Terms: * Cupcakes * Recipes * Business Plan * Baking * Profit * Kitchen * Store * Company * Rent * Salary 3) Summary: Elizabeth Olson’s “The Latest Entrepreneurial Fantasy Is Selling Cupcakes,” is a brief account of the different kinds of cupcake businesses that are opening up and the startup. This article questions whether cupcake bakeries and the respected owners make enough profit. Different types of bakery businesses are mentioned such as: the chain, the web-only store, the cupcakes and more store, and the sole bakery. Alongside with these types of bakeries, there are interviews of people and how they decided to enter the business, business plans, income, and the profitability. The hours and money invested to start these bakeries are mentioned and further explored proving how difficult it is. 4) Reflection: Reading this gave me a whole new sight to the cupcake business. Just like any business, there are a lot of things to be done and thought of. These people mentioned in the article come from different socio-economic backgrounds and take the plunge into following their dreams. Not only is that daring and courageous, it is also seen as foolish. The cupcake enterprises...
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...General Motors’ Crisis Communication Plan Public Relations & Corporate Communications Company Overview General Motors (GM) is an American global car manufacturer headquartered in Detroit Michigan. Employing 202,000 people, GM produces automobiles in 31 out of the 157 countries in which it conducts business. In 2011, GM succeeded in surpassing Toyota and Volkswagen with the largest number of sales worldwide, 9.03 million vehicles1. At the heart of General Motor’s charge is customer satisfaction: “At the new General Motors, we are passionate about designing, building and selling the world’s best vehicles. This vision unites us as a team each and every day and is the hallmark of our customer-driven culture.”2 Background Information As the world emerged into the 20th century, automobiles were viewed as new, cutting edge technology. Little did the world know how dependent economies would become on this “carriage with no horses.” In order to meet the growing public demand for automobiles, new companies emerged on a widespread scale. Among the first on the scene was General Motors founder, William “Billy” Durant who founded the company on September 16, 19083. Throughout the first few decades after the company’s creation, General Motors only held possession of Buick Motor Company, but as the years progressed General Motors acquired an additional twenty car manufacturers including Oldsmobile, Cadillac and Oakland, also known as Pontiac. After the world recovered 1 http://www...
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...Greenfield Township. Ford’s parents were both European immigrants. His father, William Ford, emigrated from Ireland and his mother, Mary Ford, though born in the United States had strong ties to Belgium. (Henry Ford, 2012) The Fords were a successful farming family and never had to worry about money. While Henry Ford knew at an early age that taking over the family farm would have been a safe and advantageous decision, his ambition kept him focused on other possibilities. (Ford, H 2008) Ford’s teenage years were instrumental in helping him develop is dream and his career. There were two important memories that Ford could recall that sparked his interest in motor vehicles and engineering. Around the age of twelve, the Ford’s were traveling to Detroit with family when they passed a “road engine” delivering farm machinery (Ford, H 2008). This was the first non-horse pulled vehicle Henry had ever seen. From that moment Henry knew he wanted to develop a vehicle that was not pulled by horse, and that would increase the means of transportation between country farms and major cities. (Ford, H 2008) The other significant event happened in the same year, Ford’s father gave him his pocket watch. What seemed like a simple gesture but, by...
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...Fiat plays double or quits with Chrysler Introduction Below are two articles about the merger between Fiat and Chrysler. Please read these and analyse them in the context of TWO of the theoretical frameworks ( One from OS, One from HR) which have been reviewed and considered in this course. Your answer should include: A brief summary of the relevant theories, and any evidenced based critique of those theories You should then apply those three concepts to this case study, so as to illustrate how they apply, or may be contradicted, in the Fiat –Chrysler merger. From The Economist, 27 November 2010, P 73-74 IN JANUARY Fiat cars will be back on sale in America for the first time in 27 years. The tiny, retro-styled Fiat 500 will appear in the showrooms of 130 dealers across the country. It was launched at the Los Angeles motor show last week, alongside a revamped Chrysler range. Fiat’s return to America is the first visible result of what is intended to be an ever closer union with Chrysler, agreed on last year when the Detroit giant was in bankruptcy. The two companies are betting that the Fiat 500—designed by Frank Stephenson, the man behind BMW’s transatlantic success with the MINI—will also prove as popular with Americans as it has with Europeans. Returning to a country from which Fiat was driven out by poor quality—Americans used to quip that its name stood for “Fix It Again, Tony”—is a big risk. But the reward is to get back into one of the world’s largest...
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