In E-Commerce systems, like online shops, there is a need to present a variety of products to online customers. These products can be unrelated like food and books, or related in a hierarchical classification structure. The product information needs to be organized in a way that enables the customer to do searches, matches, and comparisons between different products based on some common product attributes. The common solution for this is to represent all products in a store in a catalog, either
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A game of catch-up The shift in economic power from West to East is accelerating, says John O’Sullivan. The rich world will lose some of its privileges Sep 24th 2011 | from the print edition * * QUARRY BANK MILL is a handsome five-storey brick building set in the valley of the river Bollin at Styal, a small English village a few miles south of Manchester. It was built in 1784 by Samuel Greg, a merchant, who found profit in supplying cotton thread to Lancashire’s weavers. The raw cotton
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Characteristics of LDCs Exports of Primary Goods: The primary and agricultural products are the main exports of these countries. The international trade. For example the main exports products of Pakistan are rice, cotton yarn, fish and garments etc. Capital Deficiency: The deficiency of capital in an important feature of developing countries. Therefore they are often called capital poor economies. The shortage of capital is reflected in the very low capital labour ratio in these countries. Over
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The 20 factors indicating whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor are: 1. Instructions. An employee must comply with instructions about when, where, and how to work. Even if no instructions are given, the control factor is present if the employer has the right to control how the work results are achieved. 2. Training. An employee may be trained to perform services in a particular manner. Independent contractors ordinarily use their own methods and receive no training from
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In 1987, IRS determined to issue the new rule related between employer and employee relationship. The rule was named Revenue Ruling 87 – 41 by IRS. Here are the 20 factors which guides to use to assess the likelihood as to whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor. (1) Instructions. An employee must comply with instructions about when, where and how to work. The control factor is present if the employer has the right to require compliance with the instructions. (2)
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Base price: $8,674 Options: $987 Destination charge: $190 Sticker price: $9,852 Profit margin: 15% Dealer cost: __________ $8,374.20 $1,477.80 $11,329.80 2. Base price: $15,555 Options: 425 Destination charges: $250 Sticker price: $16,230 Profit margin: __________ Dealer profit: $1,275 0.079% 12.7% 7.86% 3. A car has a sticker price of $8,775 and the dealer's profit margin is 15%. What is the dealer's profit on the car? Would the dealer be likely to accept an offer
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Magic Hands ability to provide a high quality service, both in regards to the actual washing as well as customer service is all based on their ability to find the best employees. Hiring the best employees is cost effective because it decreases HR costs associated with turnover and other employee costs. Hiring the best employees and making sure that they are well taken care of ensures that they in turn take care of the customers. Study after study proves that a happy employee is far more likely to provide
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delivery service it would cut down cost on warehouse storage and get their products to their destinations in a timely manner. His idea came to past again when he took interest in how hard it was to get parts to a Little Rock, Arkansas, aircraft modification and overhaul shop. What makes new venture creation difficult? In the situation of Fredrick Smith with his new venture creation difficulties, first began with OPEC causing a massive inflation of fuel costs at the beginning of his new venture
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You Decide Date: 01/10/2012 1. Do you feel that Karen is an independent contractor or an employee? What is your rationale for this decision? Karen is a self-regulating contractor as she has never been hired on to ABC Utility as a permanent employee. Karen was brought on as a human resources consultant. My grounds for this decision is based on the fact that Karen has been working for the company for a period of five years and began her career with ABC as an independent employee where the human
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Classification Systems Catrina Lemus American International University April 3, 2011 Abstract The following paper will be discussing the 4 main steps to ensure that the ICD codes are accurate. This paper will also be discussing the four steps that are necessary to establish the proper ICD-9-CM code. There are many ways that this paper will explain what is right to do and gives you a good source through a book that you can just gather all your information from. Step-by Step Medical Code Book
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