SUBMITTED TO: - RAJIB MUSTOFA GORE-TEX Gore-Tex is a multinational textile company. It was first founded by Bill and Vieve Gore as W.L. Gore & Associates in 1958. The company started with serving the electronic products market. In 1969‚ Bob Gore independently discovered expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and introduced in the market as Gore-Tex. In today’s date Gore-Tex is more focused on electronics‚ fabrics‚ industrial and medical products. It is
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Bush v. Gore‚ 531 U.S. 98 (2000)‚ is the United States Supreme Court decision that resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election. Three days earlier‚ the Court had preliminarily halted the Florida recount that was occurring. Eight days earlier‚ the Court unanimously decided the closely related case of Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board‚ 531 U.S. 70 (2000). In a per curiam decision‚ the Court ruled that there was an Equal Protection Clause violation in using different standards
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Gore-Tex Case Study 1) Explain what happened to the Gore-Tex brand after the patent expired. What activity can firms use to try to maintain any advantage developed during the patent protection phase? When a patent expires‚ generally around 20 years after the original filing; the inventor no longer has the exclusive rights to his or her invention thereby opening up the said patent to everyone to use. At this point other companies can offer comparative products at reduced prices. Gore-Tex was
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1.Explain what happened to the Gore-Tex brand after the patent expired When the patent expires the inventor has no longer exclusive rights to her or hers invention opening it up to everyone. At this point other companies can offer competitive products at reduced prices. It seems that Gore-Tex was smart enough to take advantage of their own patent and expand the product line to include other products using the same technology. 2.What activity can firms use to try to maintain any advantage developed
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“Gore” Short story analysis 4. Amy- Is a major character because she is telling the story and most of the story is about her. The term major character means; a character that plays an important part of the story‚ someone who is part of the plot. When she is explaining her knocking over things and having the silence is her being major. She’s a round character because you get to see all sides of her. Round is a character in fiction whose personality‚ background‚ motives‚ and other features are fully
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Riley Joslin josserball3@yahoo.com 315.939.4130 Beaver River Correspondent Week 26 – Favorite Moments There are so many games‚ matches‚ meets‚ etc. in each season‚ and I attend nearly 75% of them I’d say‚ so it’s hard for me to pick my favorite moments of the season; I’ve tried to compile a list nonetheless. The beginning of the season seems like a logical place to start. Right off the bat‚ the girls’ basketball team was able to string together five wins to spark the season – something that’s
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Business Strategy and Policy. Case 26: W.L. Gore and Associates. 1) In terms of its management and method of achieving objectives‚ Gore’s associates is very unique. Some impressive components of Gore Company are how the workforce/associates is set up in terms of innovation and cohesiveness‚ involvement of coaches and building and promoting of relationships and how less authoritative and hierarchical the company is. This is based on the fact that employees address each other by their first name
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GORE-TEX 1. INTRODUCTION There are plenty of clothing options out in the market to keep you warm‚ but how about to keep you dry in wet conditions? Being dry is one of the key components to keeping warm so this is essential. That is were GORE-TEX comes in. GORE-TEX is an inner membrane layer in outdoor clothing containing over nine billion microscopic pores per square inch (Figure 2). These pores are each twenty thousand times smaller then a water droplet but seven hundred times larger then a water
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Written Assignment 10 Chapter 26‚ Problems 2‚ 5‚ 6‚ 9‚ & 11. 2) Tinker‚ Inc.‚ finances its seasonal working capital need with short-term bank loans‚ Management plans to borrow $65‚000 for a year. The bank has offered the company a 3.5% discounted loan with a 1.5% origination fee. What are the interest payment and the origination fee required by the loan? Interest paid: $65‚000 x 0.1 x 120/360 = $2‚167 Origination fee: $65‚000 x 0.015 = $975 Funds the firm gets to use: $65‚000 - $2‚167 - $975 =
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ASSIGNMENT A new International cricket stadium to be constructed outside a mega city over a piece of land in 16 months. We have to provide following facilities- 1. Capacity of spectators- 800000 2. Day/ Night play facility 3. TV camera platforms in six directions 4. Safety of players from spectators 5. Pavilion for VIPs to sit 300 6. Parking (adequate space for all above) The time available is 16 months including monsoon. Cost of construction to be recovered in 5
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