e-commerce is a particularly attractive segment of the technology market with very strong growth potential,” says Tarek Assaad, managing partner at Ideavelopers, an Egyptian venture capital fund investing in early-stage technology companies. In 2011 Ideavelopers invested $10 million in nefsak.com, an e-commerce website selling a wide range of goods from a variety of brands. Launched in late 2008, Nefsak was the first website of its kind in Egypt that gained traction. “People thought we were crazy
Words: 704 - Pages: 3
the one of the highest priority discussions. This became known as the space race. (American Psychological Association, 2011) The United States launched its first Earth satellite on January 31, 1958. It was called Explorer 1. Then the United States started several missions to the moon and other planets in 1950 and the 1960’s. It had 8,000 employees and an annual budget of $100 million. Nasa rapidly grew. They had three main laboratories. First, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Second, Ames Aeronautical
Words: 2518 - Pages: 11
Corruption India is ranked 85th out of 175 countries (China is ranked 100th) which is an improvement of 2 places compared to 2010 where India was ranked 87th. The new Modi government has also vowed to clamp down on corruption which will definitely improve rankings. (e.V., 2015) Policies encourage manufacturing especially automobiles Under the Modi government, the Make in India initiative was launched in September 2015 to promote manufacturing in India. This initiative introduced new tax cuts, streamlined
Words: 2161 - Pages: 9
Introduction Coca-Cola began in 1886, Dr. John S Pemberton created a soft drink that could be sold at soda fountains (Abbette, 2012). According to Abette (2012), Dr. Pemberton took the flavored syrup to his neighborhood pharmacy mixed it with carbonated water and received excellent feedback from those that sampled it. He was trying to concoct a head ache remedy once he mixed his special syrup with carbonated water, he realized that he had the makings of a popular soda beverage. Coca-Cola had
Words: 2252 - Pages: 10
company. Namasté Solar’s unique business model has garnered widespread recognition including a “Best for the World” designation from B Corporation (2012), a “Top Small Company Workplace” award from Winning Workplaces (2011), a “Best Place to Work” award from the Boulder Chamber of Commerce (2010) and Denver Business Journal (2009), a #56 ranking on the “Inc. 500” (2009), and a “Most Democratic Workplace” listing from Worldblu (2010-2012). At Namasté Solar, we measure profit and success holistically
Words: 676 - Pages: 3
Works Cited 22 Introduction I will be conducting a risk management plan for the construction of a large scale Ashley furniture store. This plan will identify both positive and negative risks, and will include their probability, impact, risk ranking number and color code and proactive ad reactive response plans. The process of how these risks were identified will be discussed as well as how they were ranked. With any large scale commercial project comes many risks. There can also be multiple
Words: 6546 - Pages: 27
The Enron Corporation Scandal Yolanda M. Allen Business Law I/LEG 100 Strayer University Instructor: Prof. Bryan Smith 20 August 2011 The Enron Corporation Scandal Describe how Enron could have been structured differently to avoid such activities. The origins of Enron started with the merger of Kenneth Lay’s company, Houston Natural Gas with InterNorth, a Nebraska-based pipeline company in 1985. Initially, from the beginning, Enron began to show some cracks in its structure
Words: 1673 - Pages: 7
survey, conducted in the 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2012, once again focused on three important areas: Key IT Issues Included in the Survey 1. Management concerns This year’s participants were asked to provide their top three managerial concerns from a list of 21 and their top five application and technology investments from a list of 51. Respondents were also asked questions pertaining to their spending and various IT organizational issues (see the Appendix for a description of the survey design)
Words: 6215 - Pages: 25
of energy. Its products include petrochemicals, biofuels, gasoline, ethanol, lubricants, oils, asphalt, fertilizers, LPG, LNG, and VNG. Petrobras has nearly 9,000 service stations, 15 refineries, 133 production platforms (86 fixed and 47 floating), 100 exploratory rigs (48 offshore), nearly 15,000 productive wells, some 26,000km of pipelines, five biofuels units, two fertilizer plants, and an oil tanker fleet of 172 vessels (52 self-owned). Petrobras is the world's eighth-biggest global company in
Words: 1214 - Pages: 5
Innovative Product Worldwide mobile device sales were reported to 1.6 bill units in 2010. This was a 31.8 percent increase over sales the previous year. Of those 314.9 million units sold Apple posted 8.7 million in sales that quarter which was a 100 percent unit to the previous year and a market share of 1.2 percent. But the technology sales market place is not just about mobile phones it also includes other mobile devices such as the tablet. In 2010 there were 15.7 million units sold with an estimated
Words: 2499 - Pages: 10
