of curvature‚ though‚ the flanges on the center driver would begin to bind in the curve. The farther apart were the front and rear drivers‚ the less track curvature the locomotive could negotiate. One solution was to make the center driver(s) without flanges on the tires.[1] The other solution was to allow at least one of the axles (often the front driver) to move lateral to the frame‚ and such designs incorporated various devices to permit this motion. Typically the bearing boxes were designed to
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Business Venture By Ericka Smith-Williams American Intercontinental University July 30‚ 2010 Abstract Investment Bankers‚ Stock Market‚ Financial Management‚ and Risk Financing all play a role in funding a business venture. This paper will discuss what and why investment bankers‚ stock market‚ financial management and risk financing are important to businesses. This paper will also talk about what form of funding is best to use and why. Funding a Business Venture Funding a business venture takes some
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are entitled to have trust and confidence in the healthcare system and health professionals at all times and this is so important because it allows relationships to form with people. When you walk into a healthcare service provider‚ you walk in with trust. As a Radiographer we need the patient to trust and have confidence with their private information and body and always have a duty to make the care of patients the first concern. Key attributes include competency‚ keeping knowledge and skills up to
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Value Chain Analysis Series No. 3 Value Chain Based Approach to Micro-Enterprise Development Value Chain Analysis-Incense Sticks Micro-Enterprise Development Programme (MEDEP) (MEDEP-NEP/08/006) Dhobighat‚ Lalitpur December 2010 Foreword The Micro-Enterprise Development Programme (MEDEP) is a nationally executed project implemented by Ministry of Industry (MOI) with the technical and financial supports of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The programme is funded
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Case Problem 3- Hart Venture Capital Problem Statement Hart Venture Capital (HVC) specializes in providing venture capital for software development and Internet applications. Currently HVC has two investment opportunities: (1) Security Systems‚ a firm that needs additional capital to develop an Internet security software package‚ and (2) Market Analysis‚ a market research company that needs additional capital to develop a software package for conducting customer satisfaction surveys. In exchange
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IDENTIFYING VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs‚ then I proceed to invent. —Thomas Edison INTRODUCTION One of the biggest questions on every hopeful entrepreneur’s mind is‚ ―how do I come up with a compelling idea for a new venture?‖ While there is no right or wrong answer to this question‚ there are several things to be aware of and thinking about as one heads down
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BUSINESS DESCRIPTION INTRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONAL FORM MARKETING MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING RISKS FINANCIALS BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Ventures‚ a nonalcohol nightclub‚ will cater to the 15- to 20-year-old age group. Ventures will be 7‚000-8‚000 square feet‚ accommodating around 650-700 people. INTRODUCTION During the past ten years‚ a new concept has been blazing the trails. Nonalcohol nightclubs have been popping up throughout the United States‚ as well as in other parts of the world. The majority
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------------------------------------------------- Topic: Joint-Venture – China – Wall Panelling Once a foreign investor is put into the mix‚ a wealth of legal‚ administrative or operational violations that a solely-owned Chinese firm may have been able to survive with‚ will most likely not be tolerated by the local authorities (Devonshire-Ellise & Hoffman‚ 2010; Norris‚ 2011). Therefore an array of legal and contractual issues may arise for which a foreign party should be prepared. Some of
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Why would an attack on the Global Trade Center in the other part of the world affect us‚ as Muslims‚ as Arabs‚ as Moroccans‚ and even as a family among thousand others in this small city of Morocco? Why would a socially respectful man‚ a nice and intelligent father like mine‚ become a suspect of something so odd to my hearing that is “terrorism” only because he is bearded‚ and leads the community’s prayers? Those were some of the disparate questions that intrigued me as a young girl‚ and kept me
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Case Analysis for Xerox Ajoy Singh Discussed Question 2. What is your opinion of the original vision of Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV)? What would you have done differently? Xerox’s interest in XTV came with the realization that the Xerox PARC’s technology was leaking out of the company. Industry rumor suggests that the Macintosh‚ Ethernet‚ laser printers‚ and mouse pointers were all invented by Xerox PARC and leaked out to various start-ups. The company
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