* R&D Outsourcing Case study: Blackberry 10 development Outsourcing of R&D functions of company is not a new concept. Its history can be traced way back to 1970’s and 1980’s when companies in United States were contracted by the government to carry out R&D activities on behalf of them. During the early 1990’s‚ concept of outsourcing R&D expanded rapidly. Today many global players in the market outsource at least a small portion of their R&D activities to other countries like
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NTFS (New Technology File System) This system was developed by Microsoft. For the first time‚ it was included in Windows NT 3.1. Since then‚ it is default system used in windows NT. NTFS has many advantages over other systems like FAT and HPFS such as improvements in metadata‚ it used advanced data structures‚ and disk space utilization‚ reliability‚ and additional extensions‚ such as file system journaling and security access control lists (ACL). In the mid-1980s‚ IBM and Microsoft formed a
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that the ARFRE project developed by Center of Artificial intelligence is deserved to be funded by the MSC Malaysia grant because of the following main factors of the project mentioned in the report: - Report clarifies that the project has R&D and systems development work in a significance technology field and would provide company with new knowledge and skills - Document detailed activities‚ milestones‚ resource allocations and timelines (Appendix I). - Report clearly identifies the competitors
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D.A.R.E. Program Describe the Policy: The D.A.R.E. Program was created to help youths say “no to drugs”. “Started in 1983 by the Los Angeles Police Department and the L.A. School Districts‚ DARE has quickly become the nation’s standard anti-drug curriculum.”(Glass 1997) The D.A.R.E program represents an agreement between local schools and their local law enforcement officers. However‚ the D.A.R.E program on a national scale is ran by D.A.R.E America‚ which receives input from state and
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A Comparative Look at the Japanese Healthcare Systems The Japanese health care system is one of the most efficient in the world. In fact‚ it is so efficient that the people of Japan have the highest life expectancy rate of any other country in the world (The Economist‚ 2011). Life expectancy at birth was 83 years in 2009 ; 79.6 for males and 86.4 years for females (Wikipedia‚ 2012). The Japanese government has been able to accomplish this through strict regulations and policies.
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5% ad allowance‚ to department stores for placing ad in print * Free media publicity * In this industry the fad of products was really high * The industry was highly competitive with big retailers having maximum say and share * R and R was a new and small player in this industry which was unknown to both retailers and customers so there were doubt of their acceptance * In order to achieve credibility‚ they went ahead with collaborating with TV Guide * TV Guide could be
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Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1. Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work. 1.1 The most common aspects of employment covered by law are: Pay Hours of work Health + safety Employment contracts Bullying‚ Harassment‚ Victimisation Dismissal Discrimination Absences (Holidays‚ sickness‚ maternity/paternity leave) Grievances Disciplinary The transfer of undertakings
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In class we have been learning about the election‚ and there was many topic people don’t know. The Democracy is rule by the government that serve the people.The system tries to provide as much law to the every social organization. The founding father were revolutionary groups‚ and they said that people such as citizens should have a saying in their government for the person to have the legitimate power. To have the free and fair election in the democracy is to have the right support from those
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some extent replaced by concept of organisational culture. Climate was redefined as the visible expression of organisational culture. Organisational culture is said to mean‚ for example‚ an organisation’s values‚ an organisation’s generally accepted system of meaning or an organisation’s operating philosophy. According to Schein’s theory‚ organisational theory‚ organisational culture is defined as “A pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved it problems of external
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ACER GROUP’S R&D STRATEGY THE CHINA DECISION Position the PC & Acer’s strategy Back to 1998 ! 12 years old is another age in PC industry ! Internet – Speed Experience using… 56 Kbits modem ! – No ADSL 1st iMac – 1800€ Average PC – – – – – PC Pentium II 333 MHz (x10) Disque Dur 5 Go (x50) 64 Mo de Mémoire (x40) Windows 98 (+4th generation) 1500€ 2 PC Industry : Value Chain & Key Figures Semiconductors • Microprocessor • Memory • WLAN Radio Hardware Components • HDD
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