CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW OF SIWES The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) was established by Industrial Training Fund (ITF) in 1973 to solve the problem of lack of adequate practical skills preparatory for employment in industries by Nigerian graduates of tertiary institutions. It is an acceptable skill training program which forms part of the approved minimum academic standard in various degree programs for all Nigerian universities, polytechnics and college of education
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“Indefeasible Right of Use” or “IRU” refers to an indefeasible right to use an international telecommunications submarine cable system1. An international telecommunications submarine cable system is often built and owned by a few parties, commonly known as a consortium of members (referred to as “the grantors”). The grantors may grant the right to use international telecommunications submarine cable system through an IRU agreement or arrangement, to a third party (a nonconsortium member, referred to as the “purchaser”)
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Warner Cable and Nike. After an environmental scan it is possible to analyze the competitive advantage of Time Warner Cable and Nike. While, analyzing the competitive advantage, it is possible to see the value and effectiveness of Time Warner Cable and Nike’s business strategies. These two companies are in different industries; Nike being a global shoes and apparel company and Time Warner Cable being the second cable, internet and home phone service provider. Even though Time Warner Cable does not
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MICRO-ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT Group 24 VINEET KHANDELWAL | FT161105 | ANKIT GUPTA | FT161016 | CHANDAN | FT161030 | KUSHAL RAVEENDRA | FT161046 | Question Number 1: You run a small firm. Two management consultants are offering you advice. The consultant A says that your firm is losing money on every unit that you produce. To reduce your losses, the consultant recommends that you cut back production. The consultant B says that if your firm sells some additional units, the price will
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Comcast and Time Warner Merger One of the largest and most controversial proposed mergers in recent history is the acquisition of Time Warner Cable by Comcast. This proposed acquisition was structured through a friendly agreement between Time Warner Cable and Comcast. Comcast, the initiator of this merger, is set to acquire Time Warner Cable’s eleven million managed service subscribers, Time Warner’s other equity holdings in areas such as Sterling Enterprises and DukeNet Communications, along
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‘‘I Think Competition is Better Than You Do: Does It Make Me Happier?’’ Evidence from the World Value Surveys Juan Jose´ Barrios 1 Introduction 1.1 The Issue Mainstream Economic theory and most Professional Economists postulate that competition drives the forces of development and improves economic well-being. To the extent that happiness is a measure of well-being,1 then competition and happiness should be positively associated. First, competition creates positive incentives for producers
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prison, while his son Timothy is serving a 20 year sentence" (John). Adelphia all started in "1951 when John Rigas paid $72,000 for a movie theater that was no longer being used in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. The next year he spent $300 for a local cable franchise" (Adelphia Timeline). That's all it took for him to start up a company that little did he know at the time that it would become a multi-million dollar corporation. His brother, Gus Rigas, ended up joining in on the franchise in 1954. Once
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of misinformation are talked about by most people who speak on the topic of copper vs. fiber cabling. The wire most use for LANs is a lot younger than fiber optics. Fiber use is over 20 years old, but computer networks on unshielded-twisted-pair cable (UTP) have only been around about 15 years. In that time, UTP has gone through at least 5 generations, each time to keep up with the incrementing bandwidth requisites of LANs; the ever evolving technology of LAN wire is hardly the “telephone wire”
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Analyzing and Interpreting Data Ballard Integrated Managed Services (BIMS) conducted an internal survey for 440 employees, excluding top management, asking 10 questions on morale and four questions on demographics. BIMS upper management noticed a change in staff morale and an increase in the staff turnover rate, which initiated the survey. Barbara Tucker, General Manager, wants to discover what is making employees want to leave and has enlisted the help of Debbie Horner. Debbie Horner, human
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of misinformation are talked about by most people who speak on the topic of copper vs. fiber cabling. The wire most use for LANs is a lot younger than fiber optics. Fiber use is over 20 years old, but computer networks on unshielded-twisted-pair cable (UTP) have only been around about 15 years. In that time, UTP has gone through at least 5 generations, each time to keep up with the incrementing bandwidth requisites of LANs; the ever evolving technology of LAN wire is hardly the “telephone wire”
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