Case 2 Leadership Factories Companies differ markedly in their ability to produce future leaders‚ as several recent analyses of the 1‚187 largest publicly traded U.S. companies revealed. Among the CEOs in one study‚ a remarkable total of 26 once worked at General Electric (GE). However‚ as the following table shows‚ on a per employee basis‚ that ability earns GE only tenth place in terms of the likelihood of a current or former employee becoming CEO of a large company. Top on the list is management
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BA7108 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION L T P C 3 0 0 3 COURSE OBJECTIVE: 1. To familiarize learners with the mechanics of writing. 2. To enable learners to write in English precisely and effectively. COURSE OUTCOME: Learners should be able to 1. get into the habit of writing regularly‚ 2. express themselves in different genres of writing from creative to critical to factual writing‚ 3. take part in print and online media communication‚ 4. read quite widely to acquire a style of writing
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same as snorting a line of cocaine? A number of scientific studies‚ many of which were conducted within the past year‚ have found that junk food addiction is essentially the same as cocaine addiction‚ at least as far as the brain is concerned. Bloomberg Businessweek reports on a plethora of recent data that identifies junk food addiction as being just as serious as drug addiction. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)‚ monosodium glutamate (MSG)‚ hydrogenated oils‚ refined salt‚ and various other chemical
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first-hand information from all US securities issuers. S&P/CSB includes the information gathered from securities issuers in a descriptive database ("the S&P ISIN database")‚ which is then licensed to information services providers such as Bloomberg‚ Reuters‚ etc. It appears at this stage that US ISINs are the only universal or common identifier for US securities and that they are essential for the day-to-day business of financial institutions‚ including those located in the EU. The alleged
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industry is critical in order to accomplish the future changes in the market. In addition‚ other industries such as automotive or audio-visual are rising the demand of semiconductors because those products are more technological advanced. According to Bloomberg‚ the demand of semiconductors will increase in the coming years due to the enhance of service and technology in industries no related to IT like entertainment or transportation‚ indicating the positive prospect of the industry in the coming years
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TO: Trish Cooper and Carrie Schwinoff FROM: DATE: October 2‚ 2013 SUBJECT: Marketing Strategy for Zatswho Marketing research has shown that guerilla marketing campaigns can be highly effective at relatively low cost (Hutter & Hoffman‚ 2011). I have developed a guerilla marketing strategy for your company that will focus on logo placement and social media. The goal of this marketing strategy is to win over potential customers of your target market‚ which is parent of toddlers (Hutter & Hoffman
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Programme. It also offers round-the-clock online shopping services (www.sasa.com) along with product and corporate information Source : (1) Sa Sa Official Website (2013) : http://web1.sasa.com/corporate/eng/whoweare/coinfo/retail.jsp (2) Bloomberg Businessweek (2013) : http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?tick Customer Base Sasa emphasize they offer “value of money” to the customer. By offering quality items in competitive price throughout the market‚ Sasa
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Hydraulic fracturing has allowed us to reach natural gas reservoirs buried deep below the surface and as result of this the US actually cut greenhouse gases by half. This can be credited due to natural gas slowly replacing and easing out coal. (Bloomberg) Fracking in the US this year alone has created over 1.7 million U.S jobs both in the industry alone and the communities they build from the ground up. Within the next 20 years job growth by fracking is expected to reach 3.5
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ANALYSIS * Consumer electronics was a $30 billion industry in US * The market was growing at 5.6% CAGR‚ and is expected to grow through 1998 * Lechmere and Circuit City- leading consumer electronics retailers * Tweeter founded by Sandy Bloomberg as a small retailer of high-end audio/video equipment * Due to decline in market in mid 1980s to 1993‚ not all retailers survived and survivors started competing on price by providing Discounts in weekend “Sales” * Tweeter tried to compete
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at the end of 2011. Figure 1: Leverage of the banking sector3 Equity (SGD million) Debt (SGD million) Leverage (debt/Equity) DBS UOB OCBC 33‚069 23‚144 25‚390 55‚425 33‚266 34‚716 1.68 1.44 1.37 Source: Bloomberg Typical maturities Corporate loans have maturity mostly either 3 years or 5 years and sometime 10 years. Revolving feature Revolver loans are quite frequently issued in Singapore. Revolving features allows the borrower to drawdown some portion
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