...Smith’s Information Services, Inc. BPO and Cloud Computing Analysis Version 0.1: January 26, 2014 Presented by: Renee Bonds Client approval: Pending Note whether your case study needs to be ready in time for a specific event: Date: 1/26/2014 Event: Executive Monthly Meeting My Company Information Branch | Smith’s Information System | Address | 125 South Main Street | City, state, ZIP Code | Lexington, Massachusetts | Phone number | 339-555-2300 | Fax number | 339-555-2323 | Contact name | Bob Smith | Title | CEO | Phone number | 339-505-2600 | Fax number | 339-505-2501 | E-mail address | bobsmith@smithserv.com | Solution group | Under Investigation | Solution offering | Data Center | Project name or title | Present potential vendor choice | Customer Profile Industry | Marketing | Annual revenue | $2 Billion | Contact name | Renee Bonds | Title | CIO | Phone number | 832-505-2600 | Fax number | 832-505-2501 | E-mail address | reneebonds@hotmail.com | Analysis Analysis prepared for Smith’s Information Services, Inc. Company Profile Smith’s Information Services, Inc. is among the leaders in data collection of consumer information. Headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts – Smith’s has as impeccable record in providing the stabilization of consumer data. * Annual Sales: $2 billion * Primary Line of Business: Sales in Consumer Information * * Management Directory: * Bob...
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...Secondly, how to control the immigrants issue either stopping it completely or controlling it? Thirdly, what are the possible pros and cons of such particular measures? Lastly, figure out effective and sustained strategic model that will help in ensuring sustained and safe future of Singaporeans. Migration Moving from one place to another in any aspect such as livelihood, food or shelter. It is not as simple as birds that migrate when it is between countries and humans it becomes a little more complex than it appears. Let we think deeply why such migration or relocation becomes an issue? We can derive with many answers in terms of competition for food, shelter, job etc. It tells that when struggle arises for the basic amenities it becomes worsen. However, the relocation or resettlement occurs due to enjoy a betterment of life than what they already had but in current scenario rather it developed into a issue that most of the countries on this universe is facing off. Krugman (1991) highlights such a model where the effects of migration can lead to the so called "core periphery outcomes". An economy can reach a tipping point and become hollowed out. As he said the migration can take a country's economy or development to the positive extreme and in turn also brings in many other issues that are matter of concern. Singapore scenario The effect of migration can be analysed in...
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...United States dates back to the 17th century where a huge percentage of the immigrant population came from the European continent and a few others from the other parts of the world. Others were brought from Africa to work as slaves and ended up staying here after slave trade was abolished. Immigration counts for the majority of the population in America today. The ongoing migration into the United States has seen people coming from different continents around the world to come and settle in the United States. The basic reason of immigration today is due to the fact that the United States has always been looked at as the land of milk and honey, in other wards people come to the United States with the hope of getting a better life and achieving the ultimate “American Dream”. Indeed the United States being a developed country and having one of the best economy has favourable living conditions in comparison to other parts of the world. This was not the basic reason back in the 17thand 18th century where America was more so a dump place for the poor or people trying to escape harsh governments. Immigration into America is still going on to this very day and it has become an issue amongst many who claim that it is impacting the country in a negative way. Is immigration really having a negative impact in the United States? Perhaps Immigration does have its pros and cons. All together I do agree that there are a lot of effects of a large movement of people into the United States....
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...this business, the paper explores three central manifestations of globalization at work in the Caribbean cruise industry: the restructuring of the industry in the face of global competition, capital mobility, and labor migration; new patterns of global ethnic recruitment and strati®cation, including their incorporation into the product marketed to tourists; and deterritorialization, cultural theming, and simulation. The paper asserts that this ``globalization at sea'' illustrates the contradictions, ambiguities, and unchartered course of contemporary globalization processes. Keywords: globalization, tourism, cruise industry, Caribbean, migration, ethnicity. 5 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. ReÂsumeÂ: Le tourisme de croisiÁere aux CaraÈõbes: la globalisation en mer. Le tourisme de croisiÁere aux CaraÈõbes fournit un point de vue particuliÁerement appropriÂe pour comprendre le processus de globalisation dans le monde d'aujourd'hui. AprÁes avoir passÂe en revue la rapide expansion de ce genre de commerce, l'article explore trois manifestations centrales de la globalisation aÁ l'úuvre dans l'industrie des croisiÁeres aux CaraÈõbes: la restructuration de l'industrie confrontÂee Áa la concurrence globale, aÁ la mobilitÂe du capital et aÁ la migration du travail; les nouveaux modes de recrutement et de strati®cation ethniques globaux; et la dÂeterritorialisation, le thÁeme culturel...
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...cultures, and ideas cross borders at. This paper will be analysing the effects of globalization on many aspects of France. Historically, France has opposed globalization and this disdain started gaining ground during the early 1990s as Europe was becoming integrated. The French feared globalization because they wanted to preserve their own rich culture, and because they saw globalization as another form of americanization and wanted no part of that. An example of this would be in 1999 when “a forty-six-year-old sheep farmer named José Bové was arrested for dismantling the construction site of a new McDonald’s restaurant in the southern French town of Millau. He acted, he argued, in protest against U.S. retaliatory trade sanctions against European products (notably, French cheese) and the uncontrolled spread of free market globalization. By attacking McDonald’s, and getting himself photographed in handcuffs in the process, the publicity conscious Bové was striking out at the symbol of U.S.-inspired globalization, a perceived threat to French identity and culinary traditions” (Gordon, 1). José Bové tried to stand up against a global corporation who was eating away at french culture, his ideals struck a chord and he became famous quickly, symbolizing the part of france that resisted globalization. Surveys done of public opinion showed that Bové’s message was popular and “in a range of polls 72 percent said they felt suspicious of globalization, 65 percent perceived it as a direct cause...
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...The cultural challenges that Europe is facing now Subject: Cultural challenges coming from European integration and globalization processes current in European Union. Introduction In the post war period Europe started to go through many processes of integration. With the time passage this processes started to have a bigger geographical range as well as they started to be present in more dimensions of social, economic and political life. On the top of that strong globalization processes are taking place all over the world, which also has its strong reflection in shape of Europe. Economy, culture and educational become one of the main issues for Europe in globalization and integration processes. The creation and expansion of European Union a form which never was present in any other place in the history is a significant and irreversible creation. European Integration – does it really concern also the way in which we perceive or will perceive our culture? Some scholars started to use term of Europeanization as the less inclusive and less biased than European Integration itself. Will next generations and new European perceive themselves as European? We can multiply such a questions. This short essay will attempt to answer the main question stated in the title in prism of cross-cultural aspects. What is national culture? In a scientific sense it means a certain class of objects, phenomena and processes, or definite ways of behavior. However, in the philosophical sense the...
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...report is to analyze strategic and operational issues with CHC and to provide recommendations to improve the performance of the company. CHC’s external opportunities and threats that affect the company’s decision on its strategic alternatives include: increasing popularity of prefabricated housing, high demand of renovation, labor shortage, and a shortage of land available for development. In light of its internal analysis and external environment, CHC must: 1. Pursue renovation services 2. Manufacture prefabricated homes 3. Reject GH’s joint venture proposal 4. Reject rental property development proposal 5. Divest Maritimes Division To mitigate the various operational issues: 1. Declare bankruptcy for its European subsidiary 2. Implement a rating system to ensure consistent quality among performance of subcontractor’s performance 3. Establish a Board of Director (BOD) succession plan to ensure consistency in operations By implementing the new strategic direction and the recommendations outlined in this report for the company’s operational issues, CHC will have an unobstructed road to business growth and...
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... 4:30-5:30 p.m. M (Rm 947 Templin Hall), 6-7 p.m. T (Rm 131A Diggs Hall), 5:00-5:30 p.m. W (Rm 947 Templin Hall) and by appointment INTRODUCTION COURSE DESCRIPTION: (from VCCS Master Course file): Focuses on the relationship between culture and geography. Presents a survey of modern demographics, landscape modification, material and non-material culture, language, race and ethnicity, religion, politics, and economic activities. Introduces the student to types and uses of maps. COURSE CONTENT: Cultural geography entails the study of spatial variations among cultural groups and the spatial functioning of society. The course provides an introduction to the manner in which humans have modified the world, emphasizing patterns of migration, livelihoods of man, and environments in which these modifications have taken place and continue to occur. It focuses on describing and analyzing the ways population, religion, language, ethnicity and race, political factors, economy, agriculture, industry, the urban setting, and other cultural phenomena vary or remain constant from one place to another. The framework of geographic location of significant countries, regions, and physical features is also addressed in order to provide the necessary context in which the spatial aspects of cultural geography may be understood. MATERIALS: Texts: Domash, Mona at al., The Human Mosaic: A Cultural Approach to Human Geography, 12th edition, NY: Freeman, 2013 Oxford International Student...
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...Unlike many other forms of art, music is universal and can be reached by anyone, anywhere. It is recognized as one of the earliest art forms due to the several mentions of music in the Bible. When you ask anyone the question, “What is music?” many of them will reply, “Music is life!”, “Music is the voice of the world!” and I totally agree with them in saying that. In my opinion music is a powerful art form that uses one of the most vital senses to portray a message. Music evolves feeling; it is a mean by which individuals (artiste) express their beliefs and ideas, address issues and share stories and experiences to the world. In this essay, I will be assessing the role that reggae has played in the development of the Caribbean identity. Music is part of our cultural identity, it’s prevalence in the region helps define the Caribbean civilisation and identity gained through time. The root of Caribbean identity lies in slavery, race, language and the ecology of the region but the term transcends further to include the various types of cuisine, music, ethnicities, religions and cultures present in the Caribbean today. The Caribbean remains one of the most diverse regions on earth, it can be referred to as multi-racial, multi-lingual and some might even say, multi-cultural. The history of music in the Caribbean dates as far back as the Neo-Indians who inhabited the region pre-Christopher Columbus. They had a ceremony referred to as “areito” at which the indigenous people sang...
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...Journal of World Business 37 (2002) 69±80 Eastern European cluster: tradition and transition     Gyula Bakacsi, Takacs Sandor, Karacsonyi Andras, Imrek Viktor1 Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, 1093 Budapest, Hungary Abstract The eastern European cluster consists of Albania, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, and Slovenia. It has a population of 232 million and a gross domestic product (GDP) of U.S.$772 billion. The cluster's distinctive cultural practices are high power distance and high family and group collectivism. The region is facing signi®cant challenges during its period of transition from communist philosophy to market-based economies. The participating managers value a much greater degree of future and performance orientation, but are strongly attached to their cultural heritage of deep family and group cohesion. They are also highly value charismatic and team-oriented leadership. The challenges and complexities facing the region are explored in the paper. # 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Inc. 1. Introduction This article provides an in-depth look at the eastern European culture. This region is understudied due to its socialist past and was not (with the exception of Greece and Yugoslavia), included in Hofstede's seminal work (1980) or basic reviewing and synthesizing study of Ronen & Shenkar, 1985 comparative study of 25 countries. Over the past few years, a few writers have examined cultural and...
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...Globalization has benefited developed countries more than developing countries. To what extend do you agree with this statement? Globalization is widely discussed subject. Therefore, it is not that easy to explain such a complicated term in simple words. The advancement in technology such as mobile phones, airplanes, telephones and the internet have made the growth of transport and communication networks possible and more convenient. This means that people and countries can exchange information and goods more quickly and in a less complicated way. This is called globalization. Since, there is an active trade among countries, the products that are manufactured are affordable. The products can be purchased by more people since they are priced cheap. However, the trade of economic goods and products are not only the matter that takes place, but also services, knowledge, cultural goods and even languages. Simply, globalization can be described as the borders being removed so that countries become economically, socially and politically interdependent on one another. There are both benefits and consequences to globalisation for developed and developing nations which impact aspects of society such as employment, level of foreign investment, brain drain/gain and aid (UNESCO, 2014). Globalization has helped countries to developed greatly in all the economy and society. Researchers from different parts of the world have gone through this topic and there are some of them who believe...
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...The Impact of Globalization on Employment Adrian Armijo April 21, 2016 Abstract This paper focuses on the impact of globalization on employment and provides a thorough analysis based on its pros and cons, as well as its effect on wages in OECD nations. With faster interaction or communication of ideas, the stride of industry growth in the emerging world amplified, producing an upsurge in the job markets. As a result, many emerging countries are now undergoing very positive growth rates. In developing nations, predominantly developing nations, globalization led to an increase in employment, either through new businesses being created or businesses offshoring from industrialized nations. While it may be tough to put an accurate number on this, it can be said that globalization generated more jobs in total than it eliminated. In some countries, globalization has played an extremely important role in relation of enhancing employment. Given these points, globalization has enhanced employment and salaries in emerging nations mainly because of inflows of foreign investment or rises in the price of an emerging nation's export products. Introduction First of all, the primary reason and result of globalization is worldwide trade, which has increased significantly. An increasing trade has frequently been followed by greater financial advance, though not in all cases. The correlation between globalization and employment is of rising importance to policy makers in developing countries...
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...you and your MacBook Pro were made for each other. Welcome to your MacBook Pro. www.apple.com/macbookpro Built-in FaceTime HD camera Make video calls to the latest iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or Mac. Help Center facetime Thunderbolt high-speed I/O Connect high-performance devices and displays. Help Center thunderbolt MacBook Pro Click anywhere Pinch to zoom Rotate images Scroll up or down Swipe between full-screen apps View Mission Control Multi-Touch trackpad Use gestures like these to control your Mac. Help Center gestures OS X Lion www.apple.com/macosx Mission Control A bird’s-eye view of what’s running on your Mac. Help Center mission control Launchpad Instant access to all your apps in one place. Help Center launchpad Full screen Make apps full screen with a click. Help Center full screen Mac App Store The best way to discover and download Mac apps. Help Center mac app store H EL LO F R O M A C UP Mail Group your messages by conversations. Help Center mail C E R T I N O, iPhoto Organize, edit, and share your photos. iPhoto Help photos iMovie Turn home videos into home blockbusters. iMovie Help movie GarageBand Create greatsounding songs with ease. GarageBand Help record Contents Chapter 1: Ready, Set Up, Go 9 What’s in the Box 9 Setting Up Your MacBook Pro 16 Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep or Shutting It Down Chapter 2: Life with Your MacBook Pro 20 22 24 26 30...
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...- Impact of Migration: Focus on Philippines I. Introduction Ia. Defining Migration a.1 Kinds of Migration a.2 Who are Migrants a.3 Factors of Migration a.4 Reasons for Migration II. Review of Related Literature III. History of Migration and its Policies III.a. Migration Policies - Critique III.b. Statistics b.1.Number of Migrants b.2.Main destinations b.3.Occupations b.4.Sex b.5.Remittances III.c. Case Study c.1. Flor Contemplacion c.2. Angelo Dela Cruz c.3. Rodelio “Dondon” Lanuza IV. Impact of Saudization to Filipino OFWs V. Impact of Migration V.a. Impact of Migration to the Sending State a.1 Positive effects a.2 Negative effects V.b. Impact of Migration to the Receiving State b.1. Positive effects b.2. Negative effects VI. Implication of the Effects to the Philippines (Actions made to combat negative migration effects) VII. Implications of Migration to the Youth - Youth Migration VIII. Migration and Filipino Family Life, Society and Culture VIII.a. Effects on the family of an OFW VIII.b. Migration and Filipino Society IX. Solving Migration Problems X. Conclusion I. Introduction What is migration? According...
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...Keywords: smart card, transportation, payment system, technology diffusion, Octopus, Hong Kong A b s t r a c t Although debit/cash cards based on smart card technology promised to bring forth the end of loose change, very few managed to gain critical mass or come close to totally eliminating coins including those supported by major credit card operators (e.g., Visa Cash and Mondex). In this paper, we discuss a specific system – Octopus – which not only gained momentum among the passenger transportation industry in Hong Kong, but also expanded into other payment channels such as fast food outlets and snack machines. We examine the factors why Octopus has been successful despite most micro-payment systems failing to gain critical mass let alone expand their customer base. Finally, we conclude that convenience factors, a specific set of societal factors and its management strategy to expand from a captive market towards a generic micro-payment system had been instrumental to the growth of this e-payment system. A Copyright © 2001 Electronic Markets Volume 11 (2): 97–106. www.electronicmarkets.org Downloaded By: [Schmelich, Volker] At: 12:59 16 March 2010 E-COMMERCE IN AUSTRAL-ASIA u t h o r s Simpson Poon (Spoon@hku.hk) is the Director of the Centre for E-Commerce and Internet Studies at Murdoch University in Australia and a Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Business, The University...
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