...act of viewing the leaked data of the competitors would give Bananas! a great advantage in the industry. Which in the business world, isn’t viewed as such a terrible thing. Actually using the data would be very useful to Bananas! as well. Any company who is behind in any industry is going to be looking for anyway to get ahead. The fact that none of the information they will be using is illegal is just another incentive to go ahead and use the data for their own advantage. On the other hand, there is the deontological theory. This theory applies to a more personal level. Jennifer could feel guilt about using the data, knowing that the competitors do not know about the leak of their data. The universal rule would be to tell the competitors about this, and let them get their data protected. Of course, she wouldn’t let her employees use the information either. Even though there is no law saying Jennifer’s company couldn’t look at the data, the ethics behind it would be violated. It is like finding someone’s money they dropped, you could take it but you know the right thing to do is give it back. It is a matter of is Jennifer wants to put her company first, or her morals. 2. The resolution chosen would affect both Bananas!, and their competitors. Bananas! would be able to gain a big advantage in the industry. They would be able to have the newest features, and they could put them at a lower price. Bananas! would also be able to gain a lot of their customers back,...
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...THE EFFECTIVENESS BANANA (MUSA X PARADISIACA) PEELS USED AS FERTILIZER APPLIED IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS SAMPLES RESEARCHER: BERLENE GAIL H. LAMA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study A banana peel, known as a banana skin in British English, is the outer covering of the banana fruit. As bananas, whether eaten raw or cooked, are a popular fruit consumed worldwide, with yearly production over 145 million tonnes in 2011, there is a significant amount of banana peel waste being generated as well. Banana peels are used as feedstock as they have some nutritional value. Banana peels are widely used for that purpose on small farms in regions where bananas are grown. There are some concerns over the impact of tannins contained in the peels on animals that consume them.[3][4] Banana peels are used as feedstock for cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits, fish and several other species. The specific nutrition contained in peel depends on the stage of maturity and the cultivar; for example plantain peels contain less fibre than dessert banana peels, and lignin content increases with ripening (from 7 to 15% dry matter). On average, banana peels contain 6-9% dry matter of protein and 20-30% fibre (measured as NDF). Green plantain peels contain 40% starch that is transformed into sugars after ripening. Green banana peels contain much less starch (about 15%) when green while ripe banana peels contain up to 30% free sugars. Banana peels are also used for water purification...
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...the Study Bananas are among the most widely consumed fruits on the planet and, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans' favorite fresh fruit. The curvy yellow fruits are high in "potassium and pectin, a form of fiber," said Laura Flores, a San Diego-based nutritionist. They can also be a good way to get magnesium and vitamins C and B6. "Bananas are high in antioxidants, which can provide protection from free radicals, which we come into contact with every day, from the sunlight to the lotion you put on your skin," Flores added. Hawaii is the only place in the U.S. where bananas are grown commercially, although at one time they were also grown in southern California and Florida. The overwhelming majority of the bananas Americans eat come from countries in Latin America and South America, including Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras, Panama, and Guatemala. Bananas were first found in New Guinea and spread throughout the Philippines nearly 4,000 years ago, and from their diversified around the world. They became a popular item in India, Indonesia, Australia, and Malaysia and were even used to make clothes and other fabrics in Japan. It wasn’t until they hit colonial plantations in America that they were used for inter cropping plants such as coffee, cacao, and pepper plantations. Their leaves provided the perfect shade for the more valuable plants, which was only the beginning of their endless environmental uses and health benefits. Bananas are rich in...
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...Answers to Homework #2 Due 6/5/12 Directions: The homework will be collected in a box before the lecture. Please place your name, TA name and section number on top of the homework (legibly). Make sure you write your name as it appears on your ID so that you can receive the correct grade. Late homework will not be accepted so make plans ahead of time. Please show your work. Good luck! Please realize that you are essentially creating “your brand” when you submit this homework. Do you want your homework to convey that you are competent, careful, professional? Or, do you want to convey the image that you are careless, sloppy, and less than professional. For the rest of your life you will be creating your brand: please think about what you are saying about yourself when you do any work for someone else! 1. George and Martha both make meatloaf and bake bread. It takes George three hours to bake six loaves of bread and two hours to make three meatloaves. It takes Martha three hours to bake eight loaves of bread and two hours to make three meatloaves. Currently George and Martha do not trade with one another. For this problem assume that George and Martha have linear production possibility frontiers and that they do not trade with anyone else. a. Suppose George and Martha each have 60 hours this week that they can devote to bread baking and meatloaf cooking. Construct graphs depicting the production possibility frontiers for George and Martha. In your graphs make sure you label...
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...Proposal for Use of Pseudostem from Banana Tree (Musa cavendish) D. G. FERIOTTI & A. M. IGUTI Maua Institute of Technology, Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil (danygf85@yahoo.com.br) ABSTRACT This paper presents a proposal for use of pseudostem from the banana tree (Musa cavendish). After banana harvesting, the pseudostems are cut and left in the fields. In order to add value to banana plantation, the pseudostem could be processed into products. Nowadays, the pseudostem fiber has been used mainly in handicrafts. Although studies have shown that the cellulose fiber has suitable features to industry, the yield is low because pseudostem has about 90% of water. This research presents the physicochemical composition of the liquid fraction extracted from pseudostems and proposes an application for it. The following analyses were performed: sugar, protein, fat, solids, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, tannin, polyphenoloxidase and peroxidase activity, microbiological and pesticides. Once it contains potassium and sodium, the development of a sport drink seemed suitable. The paper presents some social and economical data of Vale do Ribeira region, the main banana producing region of Sao Paulo State. Additionally, some concepts of the banana plantation are reviewed as well as information about sport drink and the new Brazilian law on athlete’s food. Data about its market are also included, and the results of analyses. The results showed that the liquid fraction...
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...Describe shortly the most important strategic choices and activities based on which Bananas competes in the field marketing industry Bananas focuses on becoming a highly efficient field marketing company, using softwares like proprietary software platform to increase both the quality and reliability of execution. It also cuts costs (variable costs are lower by 15-20%) and increases profit margin (clients were willing to pay about 5-10% more for Bananas’ services). Finally, Bananas provides perfectly executed solutions to clients, “no nonsense approach”. Threat to Profits from Entry Entry in general requires little capital and know-how. However, relationships play an important part in both getting contracts and signing better deals on purchased materials and services (with savings upto 20%). Moreover, the market is more or less saturated with lots of small local companies. To sum up, it seems like the entry barrier is high and therefore it works for the profitability of the market Threats to profits from supplier power Little information is given on supplier. According to the little information given, we learn that most suppliers charge more or less the same price (e.g. all companies pay promo people approximately the same) and that large agencies can bargain down significantly. Threats to profits from supplier power seem low. Threats to profits from Substitutes Substitutes of field marketing include traditional advertising and internet advertising. Neither form of advertising...
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...Shoe Polish out of Banana Peel extract An Investigative Project Presented to: Mr. Paul Keenan C. Butt At Philippine Women’s University Jose Abad Santos Edsa QC In Partial fulfilment of the research in Chemistry By: Gabrielle Balanon III-Newton March 2014 Abstract The product of my research is a shoe polish made out of Banana peel extract. Tannin, an astringent that is an important ingredient in the process of tanning leather, can be found in Banana peels. This makes it an efficient ingredient for making shoe polish. I also decided to use Banana peels because there is a significant amount of banana peel waste being generated all around the world, so instead of just throwing them away and letting them rot, it’s better to put them to good use. The materials and ingredients needed for my research are very easy to get a hold of and doesn’t cost much as well. The process of making the product won’t take long either. It is a very affordable and effective product. It goes to show that Banana peels are more than just a part of the classic physical comedy slapstick visual gag, the "slipping on a banana peel" because it can actually make your shoes shine. Acknowledgement In the making of this research, I have a number of people who I would like to acknowledge for their unending patience and their big help. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge my parents. For all the patience they have given me. They have put in the effort of...
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...britain ’s bruisin g banana wars Why ch threat eap bananas Policy en farmers’ report future s A Fairtrade Foundation Report February 2014 When I sell a box of bananas it’s a product with quality, with incredible taste, so it should be fair that you pay a fair price for it. Horatio Hernandez Coobafrio Co-operative, Magdalena, Colombia January 2014 contents 1 Introduction 4 2 6 Executive Summary Britain’s Bruising Banana Wars 16 16 20 21 4 The banana value chain 4.1 The UK banana market 4.2 The retail price of bananas in Britain 4.3 UK banana imports 2002 – 2013 4.4 Changes in banana supply chain operations 4.5 The impact of supermarket price wars on producers 4.6 Producer prices vs costs of sustainable production 22 22 23 5 The market environment for bananas 5.1 Evolution of the global banana trade 5.2 Consolidation of retailer power and UK price wars 5.3 The impact of competition law on banana prices 38 6 Fairtrade’s alternative approach 6.1 General background to the Fairtrade system 6.2 Fairtrade bananas – scope and scale 6.3 airtrade: the benefits and F constraints for farmers and workers 2 3 About this report 3.1 Fairtrade’s involvement in bananas 3.2 Research objectives and approach 3.3 Methodological note 7 Achieving a sustainable banana industry 7.1 inclusive market An ...
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...is a transit one. In 1998 nearly 7.2 metric tons of cocaine were seized in Colombia on its way to Cuba. Also, there was a 50% increase in drug over flight, which includes people carrying drugs as mules on planes and the dropping of drugs into American water from Cuban planes heading to the States (House Government Reform Committee) Castro had once said that he did not want the United States interfering with Cuban drug relations. Most American government officials believed him to be the main cause of drug transportation in and out of Cuba. Especially since the ship that was seized with the 7.2 metric tons of cocaine was a Cuban Government vessel (House Government Reform Committee). The United States has always held Cuba closely in check about drug trafficking. The FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigations, the DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration, and specific strike teams like TNT, Tactical Narcotic...
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... | | |Semester: Fall 2013 | | |Class Location: Washington DC Center | | | | Case Study #3: Blood Bananas: Chiquita in Columbia Andreas Schotter http://hbr.org/product/blood-bananas-chiquita-in-colombia/an/TB0245-PDF-ENG Due Date: Wednesday, November 6th, 2013, 11.59pm. Submit your paper via Blackboard. Task for Students Use just the information contained in the case study and what you have learned in class to complete this assignment. 1. Make a list of the top five (5) opportunities and five (5) threats facing the Chiquita Brands International company. 2. Use the information in...
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...There were two incidents of students placing bananas on the door handles of black students dorm rooms in Temple University’s dormitory Morgan Hall. The Temple Police confirmed they are investigating if these acts were racially motivated. The first incident happened to a group of female students. They left their dorm to go grocery shopping and when they came back they noticed the banana placed on their door handle. The girls pointed out how they are the only all black girl dorm room on the floor. The second incident is not as detailed as the first and the only information given was that it was similar to the first incident and it happened in the same dormitory. Temple has found the man accused of these acts but did not release any information...
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...March 20, 2013 CRITIQUE PAPER IN ChE 426N The research paper is entitled “Electricity generation from synthetic substrates and cheese whey using a two chamber microbial fuel cell”. The authors are Georgia Antonopoulou, Katerina Stamatelatou, Symeon Bebelis, and Gerasimos Lyberatos from the Department of Chemical Engineering in the University of Patras in Greece. The research paper is taken from pages 10 to 15 of the Biochemical Engineering Journal, Volume 50. In this study, the possibility of electricity generation from diluted cheese whey in a two-chamber mediator-less microbial fuel cell (MFC) was investigated. The research aims to generate electricity using glucose, lactose, and cheese whey wastewater as substrates. It also aims to compare the performance of a MFC using synthetic sugars, such as glucose and lactose, to that of the same MFC when using raw wastewater, such as cheese whey, as substrate. The title of the article is appropriate and clear in such a way that readers can grasp an idea of the research by just reading it. The abstract is specific and is a representative of the article, although it takes a second look to realize that the research would involve electricity generation from synthetic substrates such as glucose and fructose, and from cheese whey. The research problem is attention-grabbing and timely since there is recently an emerging interest focused on the energy recovery from wastes. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is gaining promising interest in the research...
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...TB0245 Andreas Schotter Mary Teagarden Blood Bananas: Chiquita in Colombia No one laughs at the banana in its areas of origin. It is too serious a business, on which jobs and lives depend. Peter Chapman, Author of Jungle Capitalists. For Chiquita Brands International, a pioneer in the globalization of the banana industry, bananas are not only serious business, they represent an array of economic, social, environmental, political, and legal hassles. Since its founding more than a hundred years ago as United Fruit Company, Chiquita has been involved in paying bribes to Latin American government officials in exchange for preferential treatment, encouraging or supporting U.S. coups against smaller nations, putting in place dictatorships in Central America’s “banana republics,” exploiting local workers, creating an abusive monopoly, and now doing business with terrorists.1 For American multinationals, the rewards of doing business abroad are enormous, but so are the risks. Over the past decades, no place has been more hazardous than Colombia, a country that is just emerging from a deadly civil war and the effects of wide-ranging narco-terrorism. Chiquita found out the hard way. It made tens of millions in profit growing bananas in Colombia, only to emerge with its reputation splattered in blood.2 In 2004, Chiquita voluntarily admitted criminal responsibility to the U.S. Justice Department that one of its Colombian banana subsidiaries had made protection payments from 1997...
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...Mr. X Head of the SME division, Brac Bank Limited Dhaka, Bangladesh Dear Mr. X: In order to seek finance for my business, I am writing to you. For my new business which involves producing and selling banana-fiber related products, I need you to join hands with me with some cash from your bank. I have the confidence to state that my newly-established company has the potential to maintain your interest. BestFiber Bangladesh, a company intending to become born- global right from the start, is designed to take advantage of the market opportunities present throughout the world with high quality and diversified product portfolio produced from fiber extracted from banana stem. This business being relatively new has the potential to become a high- growth yielding one as there is no such domineering firms with similar businesses as is found in other industries. I strongly believe that, of course I have the necessary backing tools here, Bestfiber with its professional approach to branding and marketing and high- quality machines for production can leverage the opportunities present for this industry. Though starting with small- scale manufacturing, the company has the plan to grow big and enter into associated businesses with strength gained from the earlier operation. We currently require8,500,000taka that will be used to finance the purchasing of infrastructure like land at Bonpara,Natore, office space at Dhaka, machineries import, worker recruitment and training and other...
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...Strategic Management By Mashell Chapeyama History of Strategic Management Strategic management has changed since the 1970s. Basically strategic management studies started in the 1950s and 1960s and then evolved along the way to today. Strategic management just refers to the fact that an organization is working with clearly stated strategies to meet its vision. The strategies have changed from the 1970s to now. In 1970s strategic management was mostly centred on the ideas of size, growth and portfolio. This means managers saw the need to seek growth through size and increased portfolio. By portfolio we mean different investment opportunities or diversification. In the 1970s there was emphasis on market growth strategies. The main emphasis was on extending the markets as a means of harnessing more profits. By this time firms were market oriented. Their strategies were to control as much market as possible. Impact of market shares has led to the concept of increased profit based on reaching as many people as possible. There was the need to craft strategies that affected the entire organization not sub units. The need for overall company orientation was important. Strategic planning has changed a bit from that time. The focus has changed. The earlier focus was on growth and market share. Now the focus is on an efficient organization that has greater coordination and viability. The strategies have changed. Companies are no longer market oriented as before. Their focus is...
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