...The strategic capabilities involves to what extent Starbucks is able to use it resources and competences wisely and which capabilities are creating a competitive advantage. First, a model is made to select the resources from the competences and the unique resources and threshold resources. From these the core competences can be created and implemented in the VRIN-model. Resources Competences Treshold capabilities Treshold resources ● Financial resources ● Suppliers ● Stores ● Equipment ● Staff ● Worldwide stores in more than 60 countries Treshold competences ● Always say yes to the customer ● Personal service Capabilities for competitive advantages Unique resources Tangible ● Coffee ● Located world wide ● Technological resources ( Starbucks app) Intangible ● Brand/Trademark ● Atmosphere ● Word to mouth(online) ● Schooling program ● Loyalty program Core competencies ● Most recognized brand in the coffeehouse industry ● Exceptional customer services achieved through employee motivation ● Focus on high product quality ● Customer loyalty ● High CSR image Table *.* Resources, capabilities and competences of Starbucks With the table above, the core competences can be put in the VRIN-model to see if they have a competitive advantage. Resources and capabilities of Starbucks Is it valuable? Is it rare? Is it hard/costly to imitate? Is it non-substitutable? Competitive implication Located World Wide ( stores in 60 countries)...
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...incir less expenses. The governement is the mediator by implementing the minumum wage. It also gives the workers a sense of protection and security since the government impleted a minimum wage, the workers are sure of a wage they eanred from all their hard work. However, even though I agree with the concept of the minimum wage, it believe that the minimum wage that we have is not enough. According to the IBON foundation, an average family of five or six has a living wage of Php 1,022. The minimum wage given by the government is Php 456. It has a difference of Php 566. The differnce of 44% is quite alarming. If a family has only one worker, this will not enough to sustain all the needs of the family. The minimum wage is below the poverty treshold of $15 or estimated of Php 610. Alarming isn’t it? What's more is that 30 percent of all businesses are not complying with the given minimum wage. If the living wage for a average family of 5 or 6 has a Php 1022: An estimate of Php 262 (26%) will be alloted for food and Php 675 (66%) are alloted for non-food and the remaining 8% will be used in saving. Let’s say think positive and say that the economy is rising so it will affect the people too. That is not the case. Even though it is rising, the prices are also inflating. There will be no use even if the gov’t will say that the economy is rising. Not to mention that there are a lot of non-food expenses that should be considered like transportation, allowances, ulities, etc. I would...
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...Sistem Pemilu Versus Kualitas Anggota DPR Sistem pemilihan umum 2014 masih sama dengan sistem pemilihan umum 2009 dimana kita menggunakan sistem proporsional terbuka dengan sedikit peningkatan di parliamentary treshold dari 2,5% menjadi 3,5%. Berdasarkan sistem ini, indonesia dibagi menjadi 77 daerah pemilihan, dan setiap daerah pemilihan menempatkan 6 hingga 12 orang di DPR. Sistem ini memungkinkan setiap caleg memiliki kesempatan yang sama untuk terpilih, tidak lagi bergantung pada nomor urut ataupun jabatan di DPR. Berikut cara kerja sistem ini dalam menentukan anggota dewan yang terpilih Setiap partai harus mencapai perolehan suara secara nasional sebesar 3,5 %, (Akumulasi dari perolehan suara setiap caleg) agar bisa menempatkan kadernya di DPR. Angka 3,5% ini disebut sebagai parliamentary threshold. Tentukan kuota jumlah suara yang harus didapatkan agar bisa menjadi anggota dewan, kuota ini disebut dengan istilah bilangan pembagi pemilih (BPP). Cara menentukan BPP adalah sebagai berikut: jumlah suara sah dalam daerah pemilihan dikurangi suara partai yang tidak lolos threshold dibagi dengan jumlah kursi yang tersedia di dapil tsb. Setelah itu, jumlah suara setiap caleg dalam satu partai digabungkan. Apabila memenuhi BPP, maka caleg dengan jumlah suara tertinggi di partai tersebut berhak menjadi anggota DPR. Apabila jumlah gabungan suara tersebut mencapai 2 kali BPP, mala 2 caleg yang perolehan suaranya paling tinggi berhak menjadi amggota DPR Jika tidak ada lagi partai...
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...PERANCANGAN PROGRAM PATTERN RECOGNITION DENGAN METODE VEKTOR EIGEN LAPORAN KERJA PRAKTEK di DEPARTEMEN REKAYASA INDUSTRI DAN PERANGKAT LUNAK PT DIRGANTARA INDONESIA Oleh AHMAD ABDULLAH NIM : 13208106 PROGRAM STUDI TEKNIK ELEKTRO SEKOLAH TEKNIK ELEKTRO DAN INFORMATIKA INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG 2013 1 PERANCANGAN PROGRAM PATTERN RECOGNITION DENGAN METODE VEKTOR EIGEN Oleh : Ahmad Abdullah Laporan kerja praktek ini telah diterima dan disahkan sebagai persyaratan untuk memperoleh nilai MATA KULIAH EL4091 di PROGRAM STUDI TEKNIK ELEKTRO SEKOLAH TEKNIK ELEKTRO DAN INFORMATIKA INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG Bandung, Desember 2013 Disetujui oleh : Penanggung Jawab Mata Kuliah EL4091, Penanggung Jawab di Lokasi Kerja Praktek, Dr. Ir. Aciek Ida Wuryandari ii Ida Bagus Budiyanto, S.Kom, M.T. ABSTRAK PERANCANGAN PROGRAM PATTERN RECOGNITION DENGAN METODE VEKTOR EIGEN Oleh AHMAD ABDULLAH NIM : 13208106 PROGRAM STUDI TEKNIK ELEKTRO Program pengenalan dan identifikasi pola objek sudah menjadi teknologi penting dalam kehidupan sehari-hari yang dipakai di berbagai macam organisasi seperti pemerintah, industri, bisnis, institusi pendidikan dan lain sebagainya. Teknologi ini memiliki peran penting dalam sistem keamanan data dan proses produksi. Secara umum teknologi pengenalan objek belum berkembang secara pesat di Indonesia sedangkan variasi penggunaannya semakin meningkat dan dibutuhkan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Pada studi kasus ini wajah manusia...
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...FAMOUS WRITERS & THEIR WORK Old English (Anglo-Saxon Period): writers: Caedmon and Cynewulf. work: Beowulf (by anonymous). 1200-1500: Middle English Period : Geoffrey Chaucer's(1343-1400) : The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde and Book of the Duchess. Other Major Poems The House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowles, The Legend of Good Women. Prose Treatises Treatise on the astrolabe. Short Poems The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse ,Truth, Gentilesse, Merciles Beaute, Lak of Stedfastnesse, Against Women Unconstant. Geoffrey Chaucer Thomas Malory's (1405-1471) : Morte d'Arthur. work: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (by anonymous). 1500-1660: The English Renaissance 1500-1558: Tudor Period (Humanist Era) The Humanists: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) : Utopia, The History of King Richard the Third, The Life of Pico della Mirandola, The Four Last Things, A Dialogue Concerning Tyndale, The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer, A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation and Sadness of Christ . Sir Thomas More John Skelton (1460-1529): A ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge John Skelton Sir Thomas Wyatt(1503-1542): My Lute Awake! Once, As Methought, Fortune Me Kissed They Flee From Me The restful place ! renewer of my smart It may be good, like it who list In faith I wot not what to say There Was Never Nothing More Me Pained Patience ! though I have not Though I Cannot Your Cruelty Constrain Blame Not My Lute My Pen ! Take Pain The heart and...
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...radi An analysis of storytelling and Joseph Campbell’s universal themes and their role in animated films. Theodore Hicks Word count: 1,711 Feedback: quite broad terms. Where there is some analysis it is very short and this needs developing further. Much of this is down to Analysis, Argument There is some analysis here but it is very limited. ON the whole you are describing events and stories in animation in quite broad terms. Where there is some analysis it is very short and this needs developing further. Much of this is down to your choice of question. If you had picked a couple of Disney/Pixar films and analysed them in more detail in relation to Campbell, your essay would have been more focused. Outlining this narrowing in the question will help with this, as reading the essay, this is where the topic really lies. You need to be able to show Campbell’s theories working across more than one film for it to be a successful piece of analysis at this stage, and in doing so, it will help you reach a central argument about the use of Campbell’s theories in discussing these films – at the moment this doesn’t happen. This is the section you need to work on the most, to increase your word count and extend the overall discussion. Structure, communication, referencing/bibliography The structure is generally ok, with an introduction, and a conclusion. You need to work on some of the in between sections as the essay jumps between ideas of outlining theories, linking some...
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...Population-Control-Policies and their Implications for Economic Growth in China Bachelor’s Thesis supervised by the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Zilibotti to obtain the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics Author: Noemi Schramm Course of Studies: Economics Closing date: August 17, 2011 Abstract This bachelor thesis is giving an overview on previously performed research how family-planning-policies in China (explicitly the so-called One-Child-Policy) have affected economic growth since 1979 and tries to give possible predictions and forecasts on how it could affect economic growth until 2050 through critical model analysis. The Solow model gives theoretical answers but also yields analytical results through calculations subject to different population development scenarios (low, middle, high growth rates). The dependency ratio as a measurement of population age structure is analyzed and implemented into the Solow model to help understand the influence of family-planning-policies. It is shown that the One-Child-Policy affected heavily the last 32 years of China’s economic development and will continue to affect its future, but according to the calculations in this paper, the impact changes from a positive one to a negative one. Acknowledgements I would like to thank Professor Fabrizio Zilibotti for his supervision and for giving me the opportunity to write my thesis at his chair. Especially I would like to thank Yikai Wang for...
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...Test of asymmetric Garch models Henri Högkulla s082880 Carl-Anton Karlsson s081760 Hanken School of Economics Department of Finance and Statistics Vaasa November 2011 Contents Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 2 2 Methodology ........................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 ARCH and GARCH ......................................................................................................... 4 2.2 EGARCH ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.3 GJR-GARCH ................................................................................................................... 5 2.4 Distributions ..................................................................................................................... 5 2.5 Information criterions ....................................................................................................... 6 3 Data ......................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Descriptive statistics .............................................
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...Sri Lanka | Beverage, Food & Tobacco Initiation of coverage EQUITY RESEARCH 19 December 2013 Cargills (Ceylon) PLC (CARG.N0000) A consumption play Cargills (Ceylon) PLC (CARG) is the largest organized food retailer by market capitalization listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), and also manufactures a range of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and operates a fast-food chain. The company is majority owned by its parent company CT Holdings PLC (CTHR), itself one of the largest traded conglomerates on the CSE. We expect the typical signs of consumption growth, such as rising GDP and private consumption expenditure, to support CARG’s revenue growth, at an 11.3% CAGR over FY14E-FY16E. We also forecast CARG’s EBIT margin to expand to 4.3% in FY16E from 4.1% in FY13. Margin development across all segments is likely to be tempered by persisting high operating costs, particularly electricity and fuel expenses, as well as currently underwhelming results from the brewery and biscuits businesses. CARG’s debt and gearing levels in the past three years have risen due to a string of acquisitions and investments to expand capacity of several product lines. Our SOTP and P/E analyses yield a valuation range of LKR110-149, compared with the share price of LKR149 as of 18 December 2013. We forecast revenue to post an 11.3% CAGR over FY14E-FY16E as consumption levels are set to improve. CARG’s revenue is likely to be driven by its retail segment, which we forecast to also grow at an 11.2% CAGR...
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...American Political Science Review Vol. 105, No. 1 February 2011 doi:10.1017/S0003055410000523 Bribes, Lobbying, and Development BARD HARSTAD Northwestern University JAKOB SVENSSON Stockholm University hen faced with a regulatory constraint, firms can either comply, bribe the regulator to get around the rule, or lobby the government to relax it. We analyze this choice, and its consequences, in a simple dynamic model. In equilibrium, when the level of development is low, firms are more inclined to bend the rule through bribery but they tend to switch to lobbying when the level of development is sufficiently high. Bribery, however, is associated with holdup problems, which discourage firms from investing. If the holdup problems are severe, firms will never invest enough to make lobbying worthwhile. The country may then be stuck in a poverty trap with bribery forever. The model can account for the common perception that bribery is relatively more common in poor countries, whereas lobbying is relatively more common in rich ones. In India, as elsewhere in the developing world, the old business of corruption is meeting a new rival: the Washington-style business of persuasion — –International Herald Tribune, May 31, 2006 ◦ W L obbying and corruption have been the subject of tremendous public interest and research. Surprisingly, these two means of influencing regulation have either been studied separately or viewed as basically being one and the same. The question of...
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...Projet de Fin d’Etudes Pour l’Obtention du Diplôme Master en Ingénierie Informatique et Internet Intitulé : Gestion et centralisation des logs avec leurs corrélations Présenté par : BENZIDANE KARIM Le, 06/07/2010 Encadrants : Moussaid Khaild , Faculté des Sciences, Casablanca Zoubir Sami , Crédit du Maroc, Casablanca Ouali Youness, Crédit du Maroc, Casablanca Membres du Jury : Mr Abghour, Faculté des Sciences, Casablanca Mr Bouzidi, Faculté des Sciences, Casablanca Mme Fetjah, Faculté des Sciences, Casablanca Année Universitaire 2009 / 2010 1 Remerciements J’adresse mon remercîment à Mr. Zoubir sami pour sa disponibilité et écoute ainsi de m’avoir accepté dans son département et m’avoir permis le choix du sujet. Je remercie également Mr. Youness OUALI pour ses valeureux conseils ainsi que son encadrement au cours de ce stage allant de la démarche du travail jusqu’au technique de déploiement. Je remercie également Mr Abderahim SEKKAKI pour nous avoir donnée l’opportunité d’acquérir ces connaissances, ainsi que tous les enseignants que j’ai eu au long de ces 2 années du Master. Un grand merci à mon encadrant Mr Moussaid pour son aide et conseil pour que ce stage soit réalisé et finalisé. Je tiens aussi à remercier toute l’équipe du plateau ou j’étais à CDM, pour leur aide afin de me fournir les informations nécessaires pour le bon déroulement du projet . Mes remerciements aux membres des jurys qui m’ont honoré en acceptant de juger ce travail. 2 Table des matieres Liste...
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...Building Code of the Philippines CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 101. Title This Decree shall be known as the “National Building Code of the Philippines” and shall hereinafter be referred as the “Code”. SECTION 102. Declaration of Policy It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, consistent with the principles of sound environmental management and control; and to this end, make it the purpose of this Code to provide for all buildings and structures, a framework of minimum standards and requirements to regulate and control their location, site, design, quality of materials, construction, use occupancy, and maintenance. SECTION 103. Scope and Application (a) The provisions of this Code shall apply to the design, location, sitting, construction, alteration, repair, conversion, use, occupancy, maintenance, moving, demolition of, and addition to public and private buildings and structures, except traditional indigenous family dwellings as defined herein. (b) Buildings and/or structures constructed before the approval of this Code shall not be affected except when alterations, additions, conversions or repairs are to be made therein in which case, this Code shall apply only to portions to be altered, added converted or repaired. SECTION 104. General Building Requirements (a) All buildings or structures as well as accessory facilities thereto shall conform in all respects to the principles...
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...Danksagung Ich möchte allen danken, die sich in den vergangenen Jahren die Mühe gemacht haben, sich mit meiner Dissertation, mit diesem Text, zu beschäftigen und ihn zu kommentieren. An erster Stelle sind das meine Betreuer am Europäischen Hochschulinstitut in Florenz, Klaus Eder und Friedhelm Neidhardt. Außerdem: Catherine Brice, Colin Crouch, Nora Eisermann, Bernd Giesen, Michaela Krützen, Johannes Lübking, Anne Marijnen, Gesa Marten, Jo Reichertz, Frederic Vandenberghe und Anne Will. Besonders danke ich meinem Bruder David Eisermann, der mir die nötige Zuversicht und liebevolle Unterstützung gegeben hat, die Arbeit abzuschließen. Berlin, im Oktober 2000 Jessica Eisermann Inhalt Danksagung .........................................................................................................5 Abkürzungen......................................................................................................10 Einleitung.......................................................................................................... 13 1 1.1 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 Das Problem der Mediengewalt........................................................... 21 Die Definition des Problems in der Öffentlichkeit .................................21 Die ordnungsgenerierende Funktion 'unterhaltender' Nachrichten ...22 Das Problem im Zusammenhang mit dem Symbol der Gewalt ........28 Das Problem im Zusammenhang mit dem Medium...
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...Vijay V. Vazirani College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Copyright c 2001 Approximation Algorithms Springer Berlin Heidelberg NewYork Barcelona Hong Kong London Milan Paris Singapore Tokyo To my parents Preface Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) Most natural optimization problems, including those arising in important application areas, are NP-hard. Therefore, under the widely believed conjecture that P = NP, their exact solution is prohibitively time consuming. Charting the landscape of approximability of these problems, via polynomial time algorithms, therefore becomes a compelling subject of scientific inquiry in computer science and mathematics. This book presents the theory of approximation algorithms as it stands today. It is reasonable to expect the picture to change with time. The book is divided into three parts. In Part I we cover a combinatorial algorithms for a number of important problems, using a wide variety of algorithm design techniques. The latter may give Part I a non-cohesive appearance. However, this is to be expected – nature is very rich, and we cannot expect a few tricks to help solve the diverse collection of NP-hard problems. Indeed, in this part, we have purposely refrained from tightly categorizing algorithmic techniques so as not to trivialize matters. Instead, we have attempted to capture, as accurately as possible, the individual character...
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