1. Discuss five (5) ways in which information systems are transforming business. Answer: An Information System (IS) is the study of complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect‚ filter‚ process‚ create and distribute data. Information system is crucial to collect‚ arrange‚ store‚ process and distribute necessary information at the required times to the required personnel. Usually information is much required for day- to- day operations of business
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Introduction ‘Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a long-term strategy‚ uniquely relevant to the twenty-first century‚ in which responsible social change can become a source of innovation and profits rather than added cost‘ (Vogel‚ David J‚ 2005‚ p.19). ‘Those that don’t make that effort won’t be a problem because ultimately they won’t be around.’ (L. Hunter Lovins‚ 2006‚ p.26). Obviously‚ CSR is no longer a new strategy to companies nowadays. In terms of definition‚ Carroll (1991) suggests
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Calculate WACC using book values: The weight of debt is calculated by adding the current portion of long-term debt‚ notes payable and long-term debt‚ and dividing it by the sum of debt and equity. $5.4 + 855.3 + 435.9 = $1‚296.6 $1‚296.6 / (1‚296.6 + 3‚494.5) = .27 = 27% The weight of equity is calculated by dividing the total shareholder equity by the sum of debt and equity. $3‚494.5 / (1‚296.6 + 3‚494.5) = .73 = 73% Cost of Debt To find the cost of debt I subtracted the tax savings from
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of life in terms of beauty through the medium of words. Poems of the poet Seamus Heaney reveal different kinds of emotions and memories. Comparing “Anahorish 1944” and “Rilke: After the fire”‚ the memories in the two poems interpret in two different ways by one poet. “Anahorish 1944” gives a vivid imagery of the soldiers from WW2. The speaker tells as a witness (as the quotation marks show at the beginning and end of the poem). This means that Heaney is quoting someone else’s word in his poem. Vivid
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Culture illustrates the accepted norms and values and traditional behaviour of a group. One definition of culture by Deal and Kennedy is “the way we do things around here”. However‚ culture also evolves over time. The culture of each country has its own beliefs‚ values and activities. In other words culture can be defined as an evolving set of collective beliefs‚ values and attitudes. Culture is a key component in business and has an impact on the strategic direction of business. Culture influences
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U.S.A began to act towards containing communism. The policy of containment meant the U.S. actively prevented the psreading of communism.There were several ways with which the U.S. tried to contain communism some of which were futile and others effective. However‚ for every move the U.S. made the U.S.S.R. had a retaliation. One way with which the U.S. tried to contain communism was with the use of the atomic bomb. The dropping of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima was a method that was used to bring the
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it was a mess of bloody liquidy skin piled on the floor. That is when John knew what he was after‚ a shape-shifter. The shape-shifter had the ability to transform into any person or animal that it has seen in it’s lifetime. They are very hard to decipher from an actual human being‚ unless the shine their white iris to let people know what they are. Shape-shifters can be killed in one of two ways‚ either by a silver bullet or blade through the heart‚ or by decapitation. John runs up to the creature
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word personality when describing others and ourselves. Personality can limit or expand option and choices of lives. It has also been said that personality is shape through environmental‚ learning‚ parental and developmental factors. People developed different personality that can be can be studied through forces‚ factor and influences that shape personality. Different theories believe that personality is build on different factors such as the genetic‚ environmental factors‚ learning factors‚ parental
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exempt. That is‚ consumers might spend more money on some substitutes of free VAT‚ rather than those products where VAT is payable. 3.3 Social Environment Social changes can also shape the evolution of retail industry. Those social factors include lifestyles‚ attitudes‚ personal value，household structure and demographic changes‚ etc. Changes in these aspects can also create threats and opportunities for retailers. 3.3.1 Demographic changes Demographic changes in UK have profound economic impacts
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September 9th Storm poems ( Re-draft ). Compare the ways in which Heaney and Hughes describe their storms. “Storm on the Island” starts in a very dramatic way by setting the scene of the poem on a lonely‚ deserted island. Firstly‚ Seamus Heaney describes the surroundings in a way‚ to make the readers assume that the storm is set on a very bare waste land with a handful of residents on it that preparing for a storm that turns out to be more severe than they expected. Seamus Heaney then
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