...Office on the Go By Ashanti Greenwood IS535 –Managerial Applications of Information Technology DeVry University Table of Contents Definition of Broadband 2-3 Background of Thomas & Betts 4-5 Current Business Issues with Thomas & Betts 6-8 Proposed Solutions for Thomas & Betts 8-9 Recommendations for Thomas & Betts 10 References 11 Definition of Broadband What is broadband, Laudon and Laudon (2008, G1) defines broadband as a high speed transmission technology, also designates a single communications medium that can transmit multiple mediums of data simultaneously. Broadband is thought of by most people as a fast internet connection. Most people think of a connection as a way to connect to the internet at a home or business. More over a connection that is wired and in someway to the device that’s receiving the internet signal. Now enter the existence of mobile broadband which allows near landline speeds to a mobile device. Mobile broadband gives a user the ability to send and receive data on the go. Data has been able to be transmitted wirelessly for sometime now. The only difference between then and now is the increases in speed that has come with the maturation of technology. There are a few pieces that dictate the speed of a wireless device. One piece is the network at which the wireless signal is traveling on. Secondly, the hardware that’s powering today’s devices is very different from when the technology...
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...multinational corporations operating in robotics and in the power and automation technology areas. They provide solutions for secure, energy-efficient generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and for increasing productivity in industrial, commercial and utility operations (ABB Group Annual Report 2011). Their collection of products ranges from light switches to robots, and from large electrical transformers to control systems that manage entire power networks and factories. ABB is a global company that currently has 135,000 employees and operates in around 100 countries. Their assignment is to help their customers meet their challenges with minimal environmental impact. Globalization consists of knowing how to compete globally, how to address new players and regional training blocks and how to develop new products for emerging regions. Michel Demare, CEO and CFO of ABB, states “ABB supporting globalization with a balanced, non-colonial approach.” A global company must find enough raw materials and learn how to use existing ones more efficiently. ABB is looking at ways to make its participation in the global economy more resource-efficient. The environment involves addressing climate changes, developing protocols and doing it before the 2016 threshold which is when some estimates project these changes will become irreversible. In 2008, ABB looked at ways internally and externally to proactively address climate change issues. “Research suggests that we could...
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...Earning Emancipation Slavery as a social institution has been around since recorded history, it was not invented by the United States, it was however practiced and perpetuated to a level that at its peak created the highest number of millionaires per capita to have ever existed. In order to understand the full spectrum of such a monumental racial issue, not only must case to case examples be explored; but also the demographics of these generations, socially and economically. The United State’s industrial beginnings were fueled by slavery, over generations of struggle, and unimaginable stories of Africans, it has finally been constitutionally bound, amended, and re-amended, that the nation of the United States will provide freedom and equality, and that no man or woman will be owned by another. Every ounce of this freedom was earned, fought for, and wept over, by great Africans and white abolitionists that cared more for their brothers and sisters futures than themselves. African-Americans created their own freedom, it is illustrated and proven by great Africans who rose to eloquently convince, fiercely battle through the bloodiest war on American Soil, passionately illustrate deep humanity, and patiently march forward for freedom, taking action, and creating equality. Dr. Robert Francis Engs is a well-loved historian, a graduate from Princeton and Yale, and revered professor proclaims in his own words, “THE SLAVES FREED THEMSELVES.”1 Dr. Engs has compiled a database that holds...
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...gave birth to five children with those five years. Two years before the Emancipation Act of 1828, which all slaves within New York was freed, Dumont promised Isabella that if she work extra hard the following year, he would set her free a year early than the other slaves. She was the even hard working already hardest working slaves on the plantation. Around 1815, she fell in love with a slave named Robert from a neighboring farm. The two had a daughter, Diana. Robert's owner forbade the relationship, since Diana and any subsequent children produced by the union would be the property of John Dumont rather than himself. Robert and Sojourner Truth never saw each other again. In 1817, Dumont compelled Truth to marry an older slave named Thomas. Their marriage produced a...
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...Firstly-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DECLARATION PREFACE (ITS ABOUT YAAAAR,UR MBA PROGRAM OK) CONTENT SL.NO | TITLE | PAGE NO: | 1. | CHAPTER –I : INTRODUCTION | | | BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM | | | INTRODUCTION TO COMPANY | | | OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY | | | RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | | | SCOPE OF THE STUDY | | | LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY | | | | | 2. | CHAPTER-II : REVIEW LITERATURE | | | | | 3. | CHAPTER-III : DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION | | | | | 4. | CHAPTER-IV: FINDINGS,SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION | | | | | | BIBLIOGRAPHY | | | APPENDIX | | LIST OF TABLES LIST OF CHARTS AFTER THAT CHAPTER 1,2,,3,4 OK ANY MORE DOUBT CALL ME According to Ahmed Arif Almazari (2011), this study attempted basically to measure the financial performance of some selected Jordanian commercial banks for the period 2005-2009. It is evaluatory in nature, drawing sources of information from secondary data. The financial performance of banks is studied on the basis of financial variables and ratios. In this paper an attempt was made to analyze the financial performance of seven selected Jordanian commercial banks using simple regression in order to estimate the impact of independent variable represented by; the bank...
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...Wind Turbine Manufacturers in the U.S.: Locations and Local Impacts WINDPOWER 2010 Conference and Exhibition Dallas, Texas Suzanne Tegen May 26, 2010 NREL/PR-6A2-47913 NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC. Challenges to modeling Renewables Renewables represent new industries • Not isolated as an industry in conventional I/O codes Requires detailed knowledge of project costs and industry specific expenditures • Equipment, Engineering, Labor, Permitting, O&M, etc. The Wind JEDI Model • Provides a project basic project recipe for specific RE technologies • Applies Industry Specific Multipliers derived from IMPLAN National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy Future Jobs and Economic Impacts from the JEDI Model Wind Energy’s Economic Impacts JEDI Model Version W1.09.03e Local Revenue, Turbine, & Supply Chain Impacts Project Development & Onsite Labor Impacts •Construction workers •Management •Administrative support •Cement truck drivers •Road crews •Maintenance workers •Legal and siting •Blades, towers, gear boxes •Boom truck & management, gas and gas station workers; •Supporting businesses, such as bankers financing the construction, contractor, manufacturers and equipment suppliers; •Utilities; •Hardware store purchases and workers, spare parts and their suppliers Induced Impacts Jobs and earnings that...
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...Fit………………………………………………..….….9 7. Research methods ……………………………………………………..….....9 *An outline of the methods used for the research study……..…......…9 *Description of methods…………………………………………….......10 *Analysing the Methods suitability for the study………………………10 8. Key Findings of the study ………………………………………………..…12 9. Research Limitations ……………………………………………………….13 10. Suggestions for future research……………………………………….….14 11. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………...15 12. References…………………………………………………………………..16 13. Appendix* EXECUTIVE SUMMARY According to Zairi’s (1997) definition, BPM is the ability to consistently enhance integral activities within vital company operations, with the use of a procedure which is well structured. From this, determining the best possible way to identify the critical success factors by a combination of three theories; contingency theory, dynamic capability and Task Technology Fit as attempted by the author Trkman (2010) is critiqued to...
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...of the largest engineering companies as well as one of the largest conglomerates in the world. ABB has operations in around 100 countries, with approximately 140,000 employees in October 2015,[3] and reported global revenue of $39.8 billion for 2014.[1] ABB is traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich, Nasdaq Stockholm and the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.[4] ABB's Indian unit, ABB India Limited, is traded on the National Stock Exchange of India and on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The Indian subsidiary of ABB has a market capitalization of over $4 billion.[5] HISTORY ABB resulted from the 1988 merger of the Swedish corporation Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and the Swiss company Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC); the latter had absorbed the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon in 1967. CEO at the time of the merger was the former CEO of ASEA, Percy Barnevik, who ran the company until 1996. ABB's history goes back to the late 19th century. The company was incorporated by Ludwig Fredholm in 1883 and Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) was formed in 1891 in Baden, Switzerland, by Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown and Walter Boveri as a Swiss group of electrical companies producing AC and DC motors, generators, steam turbines and transformers. Organizational structure ABB is the world's largest builder of electricity grids[6] and is active in many sectors, its core businesses being in power and automation technologies. The company has one corporate division...
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...last decades has attracted much attention and these days the pace and scale associated with the rapid emergence of global value chains as production processes is without precedent. Today more than ever, companies have more options in regards to where and how they produce their products, which target markets and consumers they should approach and how they should communicate with both their suppliers and buyers. Trade liberalization and more open economic policies have facilitated international economic integration and combined with technical advances (mainly in communications and transport) they lower costs and foster globalization further. Companies find the advantages of using various sites and source inputs globally thus becoming increasingly fragmented geographically and that was made possible by information and communication technology which allows the value chain to be sliced in various locations and help reduce costs. As information and communication technology enables the production of various services independent of location, globalization now involves more foreign investment and trade with many service activities becoming internationalized. The need to globalise value chains stems from a number of factors. The desire to become more efficient is the main aim of companies as growing competition in international and domestic markets forces them to find ways to be more cost effective and increase efficiency. In order to achieve this, firms select more efficient producers that...
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...THE FEASIBILITY OF A NEW SIT-DOWN RESTAURANT IN VENTURA Presented to the Faculty of the Agribusiness Department California Polytechnic State University In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science by John Wassil Winter 2011 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Fast food chains have grown at an incredible rate over the past couple of decades. There seems to be a McDonald's or Burger King on every street corner. Fast food offers people in a rush an inexpensive way to grab food whenever they want. In the United States, fast food restaurants accounts for 46.7% of the total food service industry while sit-down restaurants have 39.3% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2009). This forces sit-down restaurants to target a different market, people that are looking for pleasure and a relaxing experience. The food services industry is considered to be the most known industry in the world. Sitdown restaurants typically offer full menus, which include appetizers, entrees, sides, desserts, and all types of beverages including alcohol. Most restaurants will have a host or hostess that will greet a person as they walk in and show them to the table that they will be sitting at for the duration of their meal. Sit-down restaurants typically will have trained chefs to cook and prepare the meals and servers that will completely take care of any needs that there will be while eating at the restaurant (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2009). It is important to have honest and...
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...dollars in lost sales and damaged brand eguity {Turpin, 2002). Effective or ineffective communication during the first hours - or even minutes - of an emergency can have dramatic implications for the image of a company (Dawar and Pillutla, 2000). A study of 2,645 consumers conducted by the advertising agency DDB Needham showed that a company's handling of a crisis ranked as the third most important influence on consumer purchasing, after product quality and handling of complaints {Marketing News, 1995). issue 25. summer 2006 51 When disaster strikes: communicating in a crisis Crisis-management experts are unanimous in concluding that it is not a matter of if a company wiil be faced with a crisis, but when and how weii-prepared executives wili be to weather the storm {Albrecht, 1996). Indeed, no company is immune to a potential crisis created by flawed products, blackmail by unscrupulous consumers, dishonest acts by employees or managers, the sudden death of a senior executive, terrorist acts or natural disasters. In any one of these situations, saying the "right" thing, showing real concern and compassion wifh actions that are consistent can save companies much trouble. Even if management perceives the crisis as "unfounded" or "unfair" because of below-the-bett attacks...
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...MAPPING THE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE By Mohamed A. Aboulezz A Thesis Submitted to the faculty of the WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Construction Project Management February 2003 Approved Prof. Roberto Pietroforte, Thesis Advisor Prof. Fredrick L. Hart, Head of Department Abstract The objective of the study was to map the structure of the construction engineering and management (CEM) discipline and its contents, trace its evolution, and to identify the most prevailing research areas in the discipline. The study entailed a review of the literature in construction engineering and management as well as two of the leading academic journals in the discipline, particularly a bibliometric study of the contents of the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (JME), as a case study of the CEM refereed journals. The JME’s contents were investigated from its onset in 1985 until 2002. The results of the analysis show that 70% of the published papers focused on four main subjects: management and organization of the firm, project management, industry structure and environment, and management of personnel. Considerable changes occurred within the subjects with the emergence of new topics and the decline of others over the eighteen years of publication. The study also analyzed the use of keywords, research methods, and identified authors, and the concentration of...
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...out for the company’s/employees’ best interest, the lack of a solid game plan has led us to this point where the working relationship between management has failed. While attempting to uncover the optimal solution I will look at the factors that should be considered when evaluating all options. My hopes are to bring to light why one solution is better than the next as it relates to the vision and goals of the company. This will be done by examining evidence from outside sources that have been through similar situations. This solution will be centered on transformational leadership and organizational culture. By identifying the primary causes of the failed strategy’s implementation, I will dissect and attempt to salvage the IPO strategy that Gene One will still need to carry out. In reading this scenario, one thing obvious from the onset; the senior leadership team at Gene One is not all on the same page. Anytime there is a culture change within an organization there will be resistance by some to change. In the case of Gene One they are no more immune than any other company. Evidence of this could be seen from the interactions of Teri and Michelle at the 1st leadership meeting after the board’s approval of the IPO plan. “What’s the matter, Michelle? Not finding enough challenges in finance, so you want to get into research? We’re in the plant research and bio-agriculture industry. I would assume you know that cancer is a whole different business that would require a different set...
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...University of Nairobi MBA Project List 2011 CANDIDATE | PROJECT TITLE | NDIRANGU SAMUEL NJOGO | A SURVEY INTO THE CAUSES OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS IN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN NAIROBI | NDIANG’UI DOROTHY WAIRIMU | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIVIDEND GROWTH AND RISK FOR COMPANIES LISTED AT THE NSE | MURIITHI ERIC | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES AND FINANCIAL AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF INVESTMENT BANKS IN KENYA | NICHOLAS KIPYEGOMEN CHEPKOIWO | FACTORS AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING CAPITAL MARKETS. THE CASE OF NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE | KIPKURUI KIMOSOP | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN KENYA | OMENDA CHRISTOPHER ODHIAMBO | EFFECT OF STOCK SPLITS ON STOCK LIQUIDITY OF COMPANIES QUOTED AT THE NSE | GEORGE MARTIN NZIVE KASYOKA | THE USE OF STRATEGIC POSITIONING TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AT SAFARICOM LIMITED | MUTIE PETER KIOKO | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIOR PERIOD DIVIDENDS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS LISTED AT THE NSE | EVANS ODHIAMBO OYIEYO | BALANCE SCORE CARD AS A STRATEGIC MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN KENYA | SAMBA STEPHEN MIDEGA | INVESTIGATION OF CAPACITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SERVICE QUALITY: CASE OF NAIROBI SUPERMARKETS. | LUCY MUTHEU KIILU | CAUSES OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE IN GARMENT FACTORIES AT THE ATHI RIVER EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES, KENYA | JENIFFER N. MULI | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOUSE PRICES AND MORTGAGE...
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...Leading Licensing Companies By Dawn Wilensky A combination of new and evergreen properties/brands drove 2006 worldwide retail sales of licensed merchandise. Over the last five years, we have made strategic changes to our Leading Licensors list to ensure up-to-date, accurate worldwide retail sales estimates. This year, we made yet another change. As the line between licensor and licensing agent continues to blur—with many licensors taking on the task of representing properties/brands outside of their portfolio, and many traditional licensing agents being charged with fueling power for the brands/properties they represent—we have widened our list to include overall retail sales figures for licensing agents. As a result, we have changed this feature's name from “Leading Licensors” to “Leading Licensing Companies” to better reflect the power of the licensing business. As for this year’s list, which reflects 2006 worldwide retail sales of licensed merchandise, No. 1 Disney recorded a $2 billion increase in retail sales fueled, in part, by consumer demand for all things Pirates of the Caribbean, High School Musical, Cars, and Disney Princess. Sanrio also saw a significant uptick in sales, rising from $4.2 billion in 2005 to $5.2 billion in 2006. Phillips-Van Heusen makes its debut on the list at No. 2 with $6.7 billion in sales driven by proprietary brands Van Heusen, Arrow, Izod, Bass, and Calvin Klein. Other newcomers include: Carte Blanche Greetings ($700 million); Sean John...
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