Considerations for Carsharing and Station Cars‚ Transportation Research Record‚ No. 1887‚ TRB‚ National Research Council‚ Washington‚ D.C.‚ 2004‚ pp. 128-136. 9. Katzev‚ R. Car Sharing: A New Approach to Urban Transportation Problems. In Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 1‚ 2003‚ pp. 65-86. http://www.asapspssi.org/pdf/katzev.pdf. Accessed July 31‚ 2005. 10. Shaheen‚ S.‚ M. Meyn‚ and K. Wipyewski. U.S. Shared-Use Vehicle Findings on Carsharing and Station Car Growth‚ Transportation Research
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concerns and conflicts have surfaced throughout human history‚ from the earliest settlements to the latest headlines. This comes as a surprise to many people because our emphasis in history has all too often been on war and politics‚ rather than environment‚ culture and development. The evidence for a longstanding concern for environmental issues has been readily available in manuscripts‚ publications and historical archives. It can be found under labels like conservation‚ public health‚ preservation
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Macro and micro environments both fall into the categories of environmental scanning. The general scope of environmental scanning is that it is a component of global environmental analysis. While analyses are typically carried out on the macro environment‚ the micro environment still has an important role to play. In summary‚ the macro environment is involved with the industries‚ companies‚ markets‚ clients and competitors‚ while the micro environment can be represented by the suppliers‚ competitors
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INTRODUCTION: The subject of car finance comprises the different financial products which allows someone to acquire a car with any arrangement other than a single lump payment. The provision of car finance by a third party supplier allows the acquirer to provide for and raise the funds to compensate the initial owner‚ either a dealer or manufacturer. For Business sector finance: Car finance is required by both private individuals and businesses. All types of finance products are available to either
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case has been designed to be taught in 75 minutes and is expected to require about two hours of outside preparation. CASE SYNOPSIS This case describes the situation faced by easyCar.com at the start of 2003. EasyCar is the low priced European car rental business founded by easyJet pioneer Stelios Haji-Ioannou. EasyCar had just reached breakeven in 2002 on sales of 27 million [pounds sterling]‚ and had as its goals to reach sales of [pounds sterling] 100 million and profits of 10 million [pounds
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The modification of company-manufactured vehicles‚ otherwise known as “Car Tuning”‚ has become increasingly widespread over the past few years. It has developed from industry application into being a popular hobby in which cars are modified by their owners in order to optimize performance‚ handling and perhaps add a personal touch. This type of activity might be mistaken by many to be reserved for racing “junkies”‚ but if we take a closer look‚ it actually proves to be quite beneficial in terms of
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PART 2 Marketing Analysis 3 4 5 6 7 8 The marketing environment Understanding consumer behaviour Understanding organizational buying behaviour Understanding marketing ethics and corporate social responsibility Marketing research and information systems Market segmentation and positioning 72 108 145 180 216 259 CHAPTER “ Change is the only constant. 3 1 2 3 4 5 A. TOFFLER ” The marketing environment LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: describe
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Electric Vehicle Electric vehicles use electric motors to drive their wheels. They derive some or all of their power from large‚ rechargeable batteries. All-electric EVs‚ where the battery is the only power source. Most current (non-luxury) models have a quoted range of 80-120 miles (130-190 km). In practice‚ range varies according to driving style‚ terrain and the use of auxiliary equipment such as heating/air conditioning. Electric Vehicle Component Type of Electric Vehicle Battery electric
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Electric Car has a history but is there a future in the UK or will there be a better option? The invention of the first Electric Car was in 1830 but was not perfected until the creation of rechargeable batteries in 1859. By 1912 50 companies were producing 34‚000 electric cars. Once the development of the electric starting motor occurred and the price of fuel was cheap then the electric cars industry vanished. The oil crisis in the 1970’s caused some re-emergence of electric cars but the high
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according to which the political disagreement about climate change is a function of rational choice and the cultural theory‚ according to which the difference is a function of deep-rooted cultural differences. From personal experience‚ education‚ and analysis of Kahan et al.’s survey results‚ the precursor factor for the variation in perceptions of climate change is the lack of scientific understanding of the phenomenon‚ including its causes‚ impacts‚ and course of response actions. However‚ cultural
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