...compared to other racquet sports. Because shuttlecock flight is affected by wind, competitive badminton is played indoors. Badminton is also played outdoors as a casual recreational activity, often as a garden or beach game. Since 1992, badminton has been an Olympic sport with five events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, in which each pair consists of a man and a woman. At high levels of play, the sport demands excellent fitness: players require aerobic stamina, agility, strength, speed and precision. It is also a technical sport, requiring good motor coordination and the development of sophisticated racquet movements. HISTORY The beginnings of Badminton can be traced to mid-18th century British India, where it was created by British military officers stationed there. Early photographs show Englishmen adding a net to the traditional English game of battledore and shuttlecock. Being particularly popular in the British garrison town Poona (now Pune), the game also came to be known as Poona. Initially, balls of wool referred as ball...
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...of ideas Step 4: Snap investigation of ideas Step 5: Evaluating in terms of OS framework and shortlisting of ideas Step 6: Pre-feasibility studies Step 7: Opportunity Selection Preparation of personal profile: Personal profile describes the basic details of the person such as his education, work experience, his area of interest and personality. It is also necessary that the individual highlights his objectives of establishing the enterprise, his current investment preparedness, level of risk taking attitude and his personal considerations. Development of OS Framework: The development of OS framework mentions the following: * Investment * Technological Sophistication * Managerial / Organizational Needs * Market and competition * Sector Preference * Govt. Intervention/ dependence * Implementation time * Profitability * Degree of risk and its form * Location * Personal Considerations * Taboos/Religious sentiments * Life Style – Trader in Agra * Relative Importance of Money – Restaurant in Ahmedabad * Amenability to takeover by children * Speculative Orientation – Eye on land & building Generation of Ideas: The ideas can be generated from the following sources: * Natural resources * Existing/anticipated industries * Market-driven * Service sector scanning * Extension/modification of present work content * Creative effort and * Other ways Snap...
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...Live Project Yumee - Cadbury PDF generated using the open source mwlib toolkit. See http://code.pediapress.com/ for more information. PDF generated at: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:46:55 UTC Contents Articles Cadbury Cadbury Dairy Milk List of Cadbury products 1 15 18 References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 32 33 Article Licenses License 34 Cadbury 1 Cadbury Cadbury Type Industry Founded Headquarters Products Revenue Subsidiary of Mondelēz International Confectionery Birmingham, United Kingdom (1824) Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom See list of Cadbury products £5,384 million (2008) Operating income £388 million (2008) Net income Employees Parent Website £364 million (2008) 71,657 (2008) [1] Kraft Foods (2010-2012) Mondelēz International (2012-present) Cadbury.co.uk [2] Cadbury is a British confectionery company owned by Mondelēz International Inc. and is the industry's second-largest globally after Mars, Incorporated.[3] With its headquarters in Uxbridge, London, England, the company operates in more than 50 countries worldwide. The company was known as Cadbury Schweppes plc from 1969–2008 until its demerger, in which its global confectionery business was separated from its US beverage unit (now called "Dr Pepper Snapple Group").[4] It was also a constant constituent of the FTSE 100 from the index's 1984 inception until its 2010 Kraft Foods takeover.[5][6] History 1824–1900: Early history In...
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...Through her expressive photographs, Mary Ellen Mark takes us on a journey without barriers into the lives not often seen of others. My main focus in this paper is to analyze Mary Ellen Mark’s social documentation through the connotative and denotative aspects of her photographs, which capture a scene but say a thousand words. A humanization to all her photographs, which is a true gift of Mark’s and is a style that seems to be disappearing today. I have always been in “aw” of Mary Ellen Mark” since I was 12 years old. I wanted to travel around the world and capture life in a different perspective. She was my inspiration on many photographs I have taken in my life. When I was 14, I was living in another country and joined my first photography group. I used Marks inspiration to photograph poverty, war, and to capture portraits of lives not seen by others. At 15, I was given my own exhibit and I was able to show others photographs that said a thousand words. It was a success and after that moment I knew what path I wanted to take in my life. Mary Ellen Mark has a very distinct style, typically narrating the lives of people that are in extremely heartbreaking situations, such as physical abuse, prostitution, poverty, and drug addiction. Marks ability to capture the brutal honesty of her subjects is extremely unique to her style of photography. She blasts through the scarred walls of her subjects and exhibits their raw vulnerability leaving no room for sentiment. Mark...
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...Photography is the technique of recording and generating permanent images, by the capturing and preservation of physical stimulus-patterns on a layer of photosensitive material. It involves recordinglight patterns as reflected from objects, on to a sensitive medium through momentary exposure. The process is done through mechanical, chemical or digital devices commonly known as camera. The word comes from the Greek words φως phos ("light"), and γραφις graphis ("stylus", "paintbrush") or γραφη graphê, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". Photography is the art, science, and practice of creating pictures by recording radiation on a radiation-sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or electronic image sensors. Photography uses foremost radiation in the UV, visible andnear-IR spectrum. As far as can be ascertained, it was Sir John Herschel in a lecture before the Royal Society of London, on March 14, 1839 who made the word "photography" known to the world. But in an article published on February 25 of the same year in a German newspaper called the Vossische Zeitung, Johann von Maedler, a Berlin astronomer, had used the word photography already.[2] The word photography is based on the Greek φῶς (photos) "light" and γραφή (graphé) "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", together meaning "drawing with light".[3] 1. The art or process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces. 2. The art...
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...11 14 16 17 18 19 19 19 20 22 22 23 24 25 1 1.1 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 3 3.1 4 4.1 5 5.1 6 6.1 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 8 7.1 9 10 11 Introduction Gucci India Story………………… Indian Fashion Retail Landscape FDI Scenario………………… Modes of Entry of Foreign Retailer………………… India as a Manufacturing Hub for Global Luxury Brands Indian Luxury Market Indian Luxury Product Market- A Snap Shot………………… The Luxury Consumer Profile Target Groups for Luxury Brands………………… The Competitive Trend Creating an International Luxury Fashion Brand……… Key issues facing the industry Major Cost Component………………… Gucci as a Company Gucci’s goals and values………………… Philosophy………………… Gucci as a Brand………………… Marketing Distribution Channel………………… Revenue Breakdown Prices in Indian Market The Bumpy Road? . . 2010 ANNEXURES I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII KEY DATES………………… INDIA VS CHINA AS A MANUFACTURING HUB……………… THE INDIAN WEALTH LEAGUE………………… SHOW ME THE MONEY- WELATH DEFINITIONS…………… HNWI POPULATION GROWTH RATE 2007 (%)…………… INDIA’S ‘BRAND FREAKS’………………… 28 29 30 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 37 NO. OF CATEGORIES VS MARKET IMAGE………………… GUCCI GROUP DIVISIONS………………… DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS………………… REVENUES BY CHANNEL………………… GROUP REVENUES BY REGION………………… CAGR 1994- 2001………………… PPR CONSOLIDATED 2004…… FIGURES AT YEAR END 37 . . 2010 GUCCI Fashioning India 1. Introduction The House of Gucci, or simply Gucci is one of the more established premium fashion brands in the world. Its success worldwide...
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...Project Report for Understanding and creating the busienss potential for Zappos keeping in view the E-commerce Footwear retail business in india Synopsis: Having seen the potential of e-commerce business in India, the internet user base is on the growth path. India being one of the fastest growing e-commerce markets shows a sign of business success. Both Brick and Mortar and Online business have its own pros and cons however online business in on a trajectory growth trend. The market assessment talks positive about the online Footwear Business. It would be worthwhile to say Zappos has a right time to enter into the Indian market scenario as though he cannot enjoy the “ first mover advantage” , however it can capitalize the unknown and expected potential from e-commerce trade in India. The USPs which are tried and tested at other part of the globe can be replicated in Indian scenario with a clinch of Indian localization. In the report, we have said that Zappos should opt for a “wholly owned subsidiary” with 50:50 debt equity ratios. Various models of revenue like Sales, affiliate, transaction, subscription and sales revenue have been suggested to increase the overall revenue base. The wide policies will be Free Shipping & returns (365 days) and creation of ZCLT (Zappos Customer Loyalty Team). Keeping in view the emerging retail trends worldwide where Nike is creating Nike Runner's Lounge for athletes, Rocky debuts the shoes for nursing professionals, Road Runner...
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...node 24 to node 35 15. 100 Simulation Stops Table 2: Event Schedule 9. Color Scheme S.No. Color Description 1. Tomato AODV Flow Color 2. Green ARP Flow Color 3. Navy MAC Flow Color 4. Red FFDs Node 32 – Node 35 5. Green 4 TCP Flow Color 6. Blue ACK Flow Color Table 3: Color Scheme 10. Trace File S.No. Color Description 1. R Receive 2. S Send 3. D Drop 4. E Error 5. + Enqueue 6. - Dequeue Table 4: Color Scheme NAM SIMULATIONS WPAN Coordinator Coordinator Vehicles Fig 2: Scenario of nodes place – ment. Fig 3: TCP Packet Movement and ACK Packet Movement between RFD 16, 8, 23 and FFD 33, 34, 35 respectively ABOUT SNAPSHOTS These snapshots are taken from nam animator after simulating the tcl script for ZigBee on ns2, as we can see from the snap shots, it shows what scenario we have taken, we have a main wpan coordinator that sends beacon frames that are recognized by receivers, fig 2 and then packets transfer starts between the 2 nodes as shown in fig 3, at a particular bandwidth, 10 mbps in this case, shown in fig 4. Trace Files On Trace Graphs ABOUT GRAPHS Graphs are being plotted after studying the trace file generated from script executed on NS2 and are analyzed in trace graph [37] as we can see from the graphs plotted, the amount of sent packets from wpan coordinator to receivers and then throughput of received packets at the receiving nodes, and finally studying the throughput of dropped packets, we can say that ZigBee transmission is very efficient and it supports our theory...
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... 1[pic] SECOM-Islamabad, Pakistan [pic]Pulp and Paper Industry in Pakistan 1. Pakistan’s Economy Pakistan economy is positioned at 27th largest economy with 488 (1) billion USD in term of Purchasing Power Parity. Pakistan has a semi-industrialized economy, which mainly encompasses textiles, chemicals, food processing, agriculture and other industries. Growth poles of Pakistan's economy are situated along the Indus River, diversified economies of Karachi and Punjab's urban centers. The economy has suffered in the past from decades of internal political disputes, terrorism, political instability, and tensions with neighboring India. Now, energy crises in the country are affecting the growth rate of the economy. Foreign exchange reserves are bolstered by steady worker remittances; however a growing current account deficit – driven by a widening...
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...BENGAL PETROCHEM & SYNTHETIC TEXTILES LTD 01. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Name of the Project : BENGAL PETROCHEM & SYNTHETIC TEXTILES LIMITED. Legal Status of the Projects: The proposed project is under Bengal Petrochem & Synthetic Textiles Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the companies Act 1994 vides registration no. C91112/11 dated 10th March 2011 with authorized capital of BDT 1000,000,000 divided into 10,000,000 ordinary shares of BDT 100 each. Location: Registered Office: Bengal House, 75, Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka-1212 Factory : Plot # 295 – 298, DEPZ Extension Area, Savar. Name and Shareholdings of Sponsors’ Directors: Status in the Proposed Company Chairman 80% Bangladeshi Bangladeshi Bangladeshi Bangladeshi Bangladeshi Bangladeshi Managing Director Director Director Director Director Director 4% 4% 3% 3% 3% 3% Name Bengal Windsor Thermoplastics Ltd (Represented by Chairman Mr. Morshed Alam) Mr. Jashim Uddin Nationality Extend of Share Holding Bangladeshi Mrs. Bilkis Nahar Mr. Humayun Kabir Mr. Firoz Alam Mr. Shamsul Alam Mr. Saiful Alam Corporate Set up: Public Limited Company Type of Project: Garments accessories manufacturer and exporter. Activities of the Project: Bengal Petrochem & Synthetic Textiles Limited has been manufacturing and exporting different types of Garments Hanger. Bengal Petrochem & Synthetic Textiles Limited has an installed capacity to produce 4.5 lac pcs of Plastic Apparel hangers a day an extensive line of A sister...
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...Logistics and Supply Chain Management Practices in India Samir K. Srivastava, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India ABSTRACT India is the fourth largest country in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and constitutes one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Globalization of businesses, infrastructural bottlenecks, increasing uncertainty of supply chain networks, shortening of product life cycles and proliferation of product variety have forced Indian firms to look beyond their four walls. They face issues related to choosing and working with the right supply chain partners (suppliers, customers and logistics service providers), fostering trust between them and designing the right system of gauging performance. In this paper, we present a snapshot picture of logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) practices in India. It is borne out of the felt need by managers, expert professionals and academicians to address logistics and supply chain practices at the national level. Our exploratory study is based on both field visits and secondary data. We capture facts, figures as well as qualitative responses about the logistics infrastructure and supply chain practices. We focus on supply chain collaboration and partnerships, supply chain structure, facilities network design, transportation and logistics and the role of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). Field visits to at least one major facility of 25 firms were carried out during...
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...The Psychology of Racism Introduction Throughout history the superiority of the winners has been connected to a denial of feelings - what, in the British empire, was called the stiff upper lip. The conquerers of nature and "natives" claimed their right to the world as their possession because they had first conquered themselves. Powerful people get others to do their bidding. It is the people that they subordinate who are forced to make adapt their lives to their masters bidding. The people with power can look aloof, calm and collected because they find it is easier to appear to be like this. They have the easier life, they are not being treated like beasts of burden, they are not being robbed and murdered. The ideology and culture of power often turns things upside down. Distress is the result of subordination and in human relationships the emotional display of distress then becomes the proof of inferiority. It proves that you need "protection". It becomes part of the power way of thinking, embedded in the culture, that the unemotional life style is evidence of superiority. The "Stiff upper lip" is the way you hold your face so as not to smile, snarl or cry. It is colonialism in facial expression when times, occaisionally, don't go so well. In contrast the emotional excitability of "the natives" proves their inferiority, it proves they have to be 'civilised'...
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...Definition of 'Accounting Information System - AIS'The collection, storage and processing of financial and accounting data that is used by decision makers. An accounting information system is generally a computer-based method for tracking accounting activity in conjunction with information technology resources. The resulting statistical reports can be used internally by management or externally by other interested parties including investors, creditors and tax authorities. | Answer:There are various importance of accounting information to a business entity. Getting to know what an accounting information is and the importance (need) of it is a great step to improving one's capital base, both from the finance aspect to the resources (raw materials) an organisation uses in carrying out its objectives. An accounting information is simply the data which an organisation/business entity is able to make known to its users. It should be taken note that these users of accounting are of various sections - to which a business entity is one of. A business entity will require an accounting information so as to enable it manage and control its finances and resources. It also needs it for it to be able to improve on its level of profit earning, should it realises it is declining in its profitability level. It also needs to for it know the differences between its marginal liability and its marginal assets. There are so many importance of a business information to a business enterprise, but the...
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...Northern California Sign up for our monthly E-Newsletter Home Local Markets Management Topics Industry Topics Insights Multimedia Events Marketing Programs About Us How an executive coach can help improve employee morale and productivity 03.01.2012 | Northern California Ricci M. Victorio, CSP, Managing Partner, Mosaic Family Business Center As companies continue to try to do more with less, the stress of doing the work of two or more people is taking a toll on employees. And that is making them less productive, less motivated and less likely to do their best work, says Ricci Victorio, CSP, managing partner at Mosaic Family Business Center. “As companies deal with lower budgets and tighten their belts, they are putting ever-greater demands on their employees,” says Victorio. “As an employer, you need to help your employees fill their cups back up, because they are being significantly drained. Whenever you have people being pushed at absolute top levels performing on all 100 cylinders all of the time, they run out of gas. And when they run out of emotional gas, negative behaviors start springing up.” Smart Business spoke with Victorio about how one-on-one coaching with employees can improve morale and help them work better together as a team. What is the value of executive coaching? It can improve morale and provide an internal vision for employees as they ask: What is my value? Why am I here? What am I doing? How can I do it better? Improved morale increases...
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...42x which is much higher than its competitors such as McDonalds, who carries a 17x p/e, or Yum Brands, who carries a 24x p/e ratio. From this data you can infer that chipotle is overpriced compared to competition, which also means the market likes the stock. Then you must stand back and look at the data from an even different angle and notice that P/E ratios as a whole don’t matter as much during a time of such a bull market, they are just an indicator that the company will be a more risky investment when the market eventually pulls back. It is also important to understand that even though companies may be competitors they really may not be all that similar. Yum’s Foods has 39,000 stores in 125 countries with broad exposure in china and India where middle income is higher and help them maintain growth as a rather mature company. Whereas Chipotle is mostly domesticated here in America where the spending gap is growing and the market is very saturated, which may cause concern for where the growth company will find its growth. That is where these companies differ; Chipotle is in a relatively new market called, “the fast casual industry” which combines upper class atmosphere and service with fast food prices. Compared to the overall fast food industry, which only grew a measly .6% in 2012, fast casual grew a whopping 6%. Some other important ratios to look at include: liquidity and short term solvency, leverage, management efficiency, and profitability ratios. Liquidity ratios are...
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