1. Introduction- The SAS institute was founded in 1976 by Dr. James Goodnight and Dr. John Sall‚ both professors at North Carolina State University‚ SAS Institute‚ Inc. provides business intelligence (BI) software and services at more than 40‚000 customer sites worldwide‚ including 90 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. SAS‚ which stands for “statistical analysis software‚” is headquartered in Cary‚ North Carolina. It is the world’s largest privately held software company‚ having over 100 offices
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Cost-Conscious Marketing Research by Alan R. Andreasen Many small businesses and nonprofit organizations assiduously avoid more than a cursory flirtation with marketing research because they misunderstand what it is and what it can accomplish. Five misconceptions often dominate managers’ thinking about it: 1. The “big decision” myth. You turn to marketing research only when you have a major decision to make; otherwise it has little to do with the details of day-to-day decision making. 2. The “survey
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What’s So Bad About Plastic Bags? Plastic bags are not biodegradable. They clog waterways‚ spoil the landscape‚ and end up in landfills where they may take 1‚000 years or more to break down into ever smaller particles that continue to pollute the soil and water. Plastic bags also pose a serious danger to birds and marine mammals that often mistake them for food. Thousands die each year after swallowing or choking on discarded plastic bags. Finally‚ producing plastic bags requires millions of gallons
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and Throwing Away Trash Social loafing occurs when people work together and when their “output” is combined leaving no one to feel solely accountable for the completed task. Social loafing occurs on many different types of tasks including ones requiring physical effort (Szymanski & Harkins‚ 1987). Due to social loafing effect we hypothesized that people in groups would leave behind more trash then groups of one to two people. We wanted to see if larger groups left more trash thinking that either
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1. Introduction Piele SA started a budget committee consisting of the chief accountant‚ a cost accountant‚ a technical director‚ and heads of the production departments. The committee was formed to help develop a budget using the zero-based budgeting system. Piele SA’s budget was based on the expected level of activity in sales that the firm expected to generate during the year. Piele SA started its budget from zero‚ and continued to re-evaluate and adjust targets throughout the operating year;
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George Carlos H. Pastor III-BSBA-M Marketing Strategy and SWOT Analysis Marketing Strategy Target Market: Cosplaying Community The basic direction is to follow the rule of marketing wherein the first thing that is considered is finding the market before developing the product. As such‚ there appears to be a very profitable market in the form of the cosplaying community. The community thrives on the need for individuality and self expression through novelty costumes depicting popular
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Every ad is different and unique. Designers use many elements to make an ad interesting; it then makes it easy for the reader to understand or analysis the ad better. They use variety of elements of art‚ different styles of art and many more different techniques. The two ads that I will be comparing are “wending machine” and “Accenture”. I will be talking about the how they are different and some similarities they share as well. In the “wending machine” ad‚ we see a ground covered with snow
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The Importance of Trash Cans & Garbage Cans Posted on October 4‚ 2010 by admin inShare Trash Cans Every business generates trash and garbage that require attention on a regular basis to maintain cleanliness‚ safety and health in the workplace or home. Having the proper equipment applies to waste management just as it does to other areas of successful business operations. When a business supplies its employees and customers with easy access to waste containers‚ overall maintenance of the building
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1) What is Blockbuster’s amortization timetable? Do you think it is appropriate? The Blockbuster’s amortization timetable is 40 years. I think this is not appropriate because it is not the industry standard and should be 5-7 years. 2) What would be the impact on Blockbuster’s 1988 earnings per share if 5 year amortization were applied to this goodwill? This will actually make the company to experience large amount of goodwill and thus their tax liability will increase. 3) What would have been the
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INTRODUCTION Every Barangay in our town have their own problem. Our problem in our Barangay in the trash in the rivers so I design a Trash trap To trap the trash in the watershed’s. Trash is becoming a larger and larger problem for us and for the environment. As we continue to waste more and more‚ we use more natural resources and increase pollution in our world. About 900 million trees are cut down each year to create raw materials for American paper and paper mills. The average American uses
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